Friday, July 18, the Islamic State, which recently proclaimed itself the new caliphate, stoned a woman to death on the accusation of adultery. This occurred after evening prayers in the open market place of the northern province of Raqa, Syria. The woman was "in her thirties and found guilty of adultery in a Sharia court." The report, which appears on RT Arabic, concludes … [Read more...]
New Islamic Caliphate Declares Jihad on … Muslims
French The new “caliphate” of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the Islamic State, formerly “ISIS”—recently made clear that it means to follow in the footsteps of the original caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Sadiq (632-634), specifically by directing its jihad against fellow Muslims, in Islamic parlance, the “hypocrites” and “apostates,” or in Western terminology, “moderates.” This came out in … [Read more...]
The Watchman: Jihadists On The March
Recently I appeared on Erick Stakelbeck's program, The Watchman. The description and video follow: On this week's edition of The Watchman, we sit down with Middle East experts Raymond Ibrahim and Tawfik Hamid to discuss the latest developments with the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Iran and what can be done to counter the jihadist ... … [Read more...]
Jihadi Rhetoric: Tiresome but Deadly
I just spent the better part of the day reading and listening to sermons by the leaders and jihadis of the new “caliphate” in Mesopotamia, the Islamic State (formerly “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria”). I did so in the vain hopes of learning something “new.” But it was absolute déjà vu—taking me back to a decade ago, when I was reading and translating the Arabic writings … [Read more...]
Obama’s Secret Directive Supporting Global Islamism
French A recent Gulf News report sheds some light on how and why the United States helped bring the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies to power, followed by all the subsequent chaos and atrocities in the Mideast region. Large portions of the report follow with my commentary interspersed for added context: Dubai: For the past decade, two successive US administrations … [Read more...]