Dalia Mogahed, you are needed in Mogadishu! Stereotyping of Islam is going on there! Sharia Alert: “Whipped for wearing a ‘deceptive’ bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown,” from the Daily Mail, October 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping […]
FBI arrests Somali man implicated in transfer of jihadists from U.S. to Somalia
“U.S. intelligence officials have been following the case out of concern that the Somalis leaving Minneapolis are being funneled to al-Shabab through what might be America’s first jihadi pipeline.” More on this story. Of additional concern is what these jihadists may do if they make it back from Somalia. “FBI Makes Another Arrest In Missing […]
Somalia: More amputations for theft
Sharia Alert. And where are they getting this idea? Which benevolent, compassionate verses of the Qur’an are they misunderstanding? Well, there’s Qur’an 5:38: “As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power.” And Qur’an […]
Al-Qaeda jihadists plot attack against 2010 World Cup
Mozambique emerges as a base of operations for al-Qaeda’s jihadists. “Plot to bomb US buildings, disrupt World Cup,” by Makhudu Sefara and Peter Fabricius for IOL, October 11: Tired of fighting, and largely losing, against the US in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia, a group of Somali terrorists devised a strategy to take on the superpower […]
Somali jihadists vow to attack UN offices
Don’t they realize who their friends are? “Islamist rebels vow to attack UN offices in Mogadishu,” from Xinhua, October 10 (thanks to James): MOGADISHU, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Somalia’s Hezbul Islam rebel group on Saturday threatened to attack UN offices planned to be reopened in Mogadishu, and ordered local and international non-governmental organizations to register […]
CAIR rep Brave Ahmed Rehab attends reception of jihadist Somali President
M. Cherif Bassiouni, distinguished emeritus yada yada, was there too. Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is part of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). In Fall 2007 I published an article in the Journal of International Security Affairs showing the ICU’s bloodthirsty Islamic supremacism. Here is an excerpt: […] For its troubles, the regime received an endorsement from […]
FBI director: Somali jihadists could launch attacks inside U.S.
It certainly stands to reason that if al-Shabaab can get Somalis and other Muslims to leave the U.S. to wage jihad in Somalia, they can get their personnel into the U.S., or use U.S.-based jihadists to wage jihad here instead of going overseas. “FBI Director: Al Qaeda-Linked Somali Group Could Attack U.S.,” by Catherine Herridge […]
Somalia: Another church leader killed, after jihadist’s wife caught her with six Bibles
Under Islamic law, non-Muslims are not allowed to propagate their faith, as was established in the Pact of Umar, which was concluded between Christians in Syria and Umar, and one of the four “rightly guided” caliphs of Sunni Islam: “We shall not manifest our [non-Islamic] religion publicly nor convert anyone to it.” The Pact of […]
Jihadists kill peacekeepers
Hezb al-Islam, the Party of Islam, kills African peacekeepers. Will the Islamophobia never end? “Eight civilians killed in Mogadishu clashes,” from AFP, September 23 (thanks to James): MOGADISHU — At least eight civilians were killed in Mogadishu when Islamist insurgents attacked African peacekeepers prompting an exchange of gun and artillery fire that hit civilian targets, […]
Jihadists returning to Somalia “motivated by religion, not patriotism”
Over at the excellent site Refugee Resettlement Watch they noticed what I wrote here and added some additional evidence: Robert Spencer, writing at Jihad Watch yesterday made this important point about Kastigar’s motivations: We have heard a lot about Somalis returning from Minnesota to Somalia to wage jihad. But this is the first account of […]