Yesterday, many Arabic-language Internet news websites posted the following pictures, purporting to be of the leader (or "emir") of the al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra ["Victory"] Front, which is in Syria waging jihad. According to these reports, Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani had managed to pass several military checkpoints dressed as a woman, until he was arrested by the Syrian army in … [Read more...]
Egypt: Civilian Population Terrorized; Women and Children Exploited
Egyptian authorities revealed yesterday that various terrorist (jihadi) organizations, particularly in the Sinai region—including the villages of Mahdiya, Ganoub Rifh, Sheikh Zawid, and al-Arish—are keeping the people in a state of terror and threatening to slaughter any that try to flee the region and/or expose them and their identities. Sources also say that the Egyptian … [Read more...]
Invisible Women: The Aftermath of Jihad
Massacres, beheadings, rapes and the rest often take place whenever and wherever Islamic jihadis take over. Lesser known but no less eye-opening, however, is the aftermath of occupation—the everyday “rules” and laws the jihadis enforce once they’re in charge. Consider the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL) recent occupation of Raqqah, a city in … [Read more...]
Jihad on Jesus: Militants Firebomb New Christ Statue and Ancient Monastery, Syria
Earlier this month, the Islamist-led opposition in Syria broadcast a video clip of a militant threatening the nation’s Christian minority, with a focus on the Cherubim monastery and the large Jesus statue recently erected in the region of Saidnaya in Damascus. In the video, images of militants firing rockets at the ancient monastery and setting the building on fire appear … [Read more...]
Syria: Terrorists Kill Four Children of Christian for Preaching Gospel?
Updated According to a new posting yesterday from Al Ahram Canada (not independently verified), titled "The picture that shook the world: priest goes out carrying his Bible returns to find bodies of four sons on the floor": The man sitting on the floor in white clothes [in picture] is a Christian priest in Syria who went out to preach the Gospel and, upon returning home, … [Read more...]