Islamic State spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani recently called on Muslims to “get prepared, be ready … to make it a month of calamity everywhere for nonbelievers…” For the Islamic State, those “nonbelievers” would include Shi’ites, whom they deride as “Rafidites,” rejectors, i.e., those who reject the caliphates of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman. “Syria: Bombings […]
Syria: Islamic State blasts near Shia shrine murder at least 127
Not to worry. John Kerry is on the case. And once he has secured peace in our time, he should travel to Raqqa to explain to the Islamic State’s caliph how he is misunderstanding Islam. “As Kerry, Lavrov grope to secure Syria truce, Islamic State blasts claim at least 127,” Japan Times, February 22, 2016: […]
Syria: Sunnis murder 45 people near Shia shrine south of Damascus
The Sunni/Shi’ite jihad has killed far more people than the trumped-up propaganda term “Islamophobia.” Yet no one seems particularly concerned about it as a human rights issue. Perhaps too much concern about it would in itself be “Islamophobic.” “Syria conflict: Deadly blasts near Sayyida Zeinab shrine,” BBC, January 31, 2016: At least 45 people have […]