In Idlib, northwest Syria, seven soldiers were recently captured by "rebel" forces. They were tortured and executed, by beheading, echoing Koran 47:4: "So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve [or "infidels"], then smite the necks [decapitate] until when you have overcome them... That is the command." Today, Al Hadath News published the following pictures of the … [Read more...]
‘Our Youngest Hostage’
According to Sham Times and other Arabic websites, jihadi social media networks posted the above picture of a child sitting on the ground while surrounded by armed men pointing their rifles at him. The caption appearing with the picture, purportedly posted by a supporter of the Free Syrian Army, is "Our youngest hostage from among the hostile sects of Kessab." Kessab is a … [Read more...]
Turkey’s Latest Jihad on Christian Armenians
Far from being repentant of the Armenian Genocide, Turkey, under the leadership of Prime Minister Erdogan, is again, like its Ottoman forbear, targeting Armenians; is again causing their death and dislocation. In the early morning hours of March 21, al-Qaeda linked Islamic jihadis crossed into Syrian territory from the Turkish border and launched a jihad on the … [Read more...]
Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’
A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam, 2) remain Christian but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status, or 3) die by the sword. According to the BBC, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issued a directive citing the Islamic concept of “dhimma”, [which] requires … [Read more...]
Crucifix-less Nuns Indirectly Confirm Islamic Hostility for Christians
Now that the group of Syrian nuns held captive for three months by jihadi forces have been released (in exchange for prisoners held by the Syrian government), they have confirmed that "they did not feel comfortable wearing their crosses and crucifixes." Indeed, back on February 18, I discussed how pictures of the nuns showed no pectoral crosses in "Kidnapped Nuns No Longer … [Read more...]