On June 3, the Islamic State kidnapped 86 Eritrean refugees in Libya, including 12 women and children. "IS militants asked everyone who is Muslim or not and everybody started saying they are Muslims. But you have to know the Koran, and they didn't," said a human rights activist, citing eyewitnesses who managed to escape. Nael Goitom, a 16-year-old Eritrean migrant who earlier … [Read more...]
Islamic State Burns 80-Year-Old Christian Woman Alive
According to a May 26 report, the Islamic State “burned an 80 year-old Assyrian [Christian] woman to death in a village southeast of Mosul.” The elderly woman was reportedly immolated for “failing to comply with Islamic Sharia law.” … [Read more...]
“It Is Permissible for the Mujahid to Enjoy Young Boys in the Absence of Women”
Recently a number of Arabic language websites posted the following picture which is attributed to the official Twitter account of Caliph Abu Bakr of the Islamic State. The Arabic writing reads: "It is permissible for the mujahid [jihadi] to enjoy young boys in the absence of women." The purported fatwa then justifies this position by quoting Koran 52:24: "There will … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on Jihad in Italy, the Obama/IS Connection, and More
Last week I was interviewed on Reel Talk with Audrey Russo. Topics included Obama's predictable polices that empower the Islamic State; the enforcement of blasphemy laws in Pakistan; IS and social media; jihad in Italy; and what Assyrian Christians seeking sanctuary in Beirut bodes. Click here to listen to the 25-minute interview. … [Read more...]
Islamic Jizya: Fact and Fiction
Portuguese The Return of Jizya Muslim demands for non-Muslim “infidels” to pay jizya on pain of death are growing, even as the West fluctuates between having no clue what jizya is and thinking that jizya is an example of “tolerance” in Islam. In the video where the Islamic State slaughters some 30 Christian Ethiopians in Libya last April, the spokesman repeatedly pointed out … [Read more...]