Kurds Repel Major ISIS Offensive in Northern Iraq
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters repelled a “major attack” by Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) terrorists near Erbil in northern Iraq, various news outlets report.
Tag: Islamic State
President Obama: ‘No Religion is Responsible For Violence and Terrorism’
“No religion is responsible for violence and terrorism,” President Obama insists at a White House summit.
Obama: ‘No Religion is Responsible for Terrorism’
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that Islam is not the cause of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) brutality.
White House Renews Its ‘Tu Quoque’ Offensive Against Christians
A State Department spokesperson wonders why the world isn’t focused on Joseph Kony these days. But the reason is simple: African atrocities tend to be ignored, in part because there are a lot of them.
Aussie Jihadis Showcased in New ISIS Beheading Video
Two men who appear to resemble Australian nationals Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar are featured in a new Islamic State (ISIS) video that shows the beheading of a man the terror group claims is a spy.
Leaked Letters From ISIS Commanders Demand Suicide Bombings, Credit for Massacres in France
Men who left the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) revealed sixteen letters from commanding officers that detail horrifying orders to bomb and murder innocent civilians. Each letter received a stamp to indicate the province it is from.
ISIS Demands Women Wear Double-Layered Veils, Allow 9-Year-Olds to Marry
Women living under control of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) revealed to The Guardian the militant group has imposed more restrictions on females since taking over new territories. The terrorist group forces people to live under strict Sharia law, which treats women like second-class citizens. Rules include double-layered veils and marrying off girls as young as 9.
L.A. Times Defends Obama on ISIS; Polls Disagree
The Los Angeles Times published an editorial on Tuesday defending President Barack Obama’s policy of confronting ISIS (Islamic State) through “strategic patience” and rallied behind his long-held opposition to sending U.S. troops to the Middle East. However, most of America doesn’t agree.
Boko Haram Vows to ‘Enslave’ Obama Supporters in New ISIS-Style Video
A man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a new video threatening violence against the Nigerian government should they proceed with presidential elections, and warning that the terrorist group will “enslave” all those “supporters of Francois Hollande and Obama.”
Report: Charlie Hebdo Killers Texted Kosher Deli Attacker to ‘Coordinate’
On February 17, CNN reported that the Charlie Hebdo gunmen texted the Kosher deli gunman an hour before launching their January 7 attack on the satirical newspaper.
Leading Expert: Yes, ISIS Is Islamic
The Obama administration made a kind of parlor game out of refusing to connect the Islamic State with Islam. The president himself said it most directly last year when he announced in a prime time TV address, “ISIL is not ‘Islamic.’”
Iraq Police Chief: Islamic State Has Burned Alive 45 Iraqis
Islamic State terrorists burned forty-five people to death in the ISIS-held town of Al-Baghdadi, a local police chief told the BBC.
‘They Were Very Happy’: Yazidi Woman Details Horror as ISIS Sex Slave
More girls and young women have escaped ISIS to tell the horrors they endured at the jihadists’ hands.
Hezbollah Chief Urges Middle East Unity in Anti-ISIS Fight, Accuses CIA And Israel’s Mossad Of Backing ISIS
The leader of the Iranian-backed Lebanese terror group Hezbollah urged the Middle East to unite and join the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
Italy Mobilizes 5,000-Strong Military Force to Fight ISIS in Libya
The government of Italy appears to be taking seriously the threats posed by the Islamic State (ISIS) to its nation. Italian officials said on Monday that they are considering sending 5,000 troops into Libya to combat the country’s burgeoning jihadist presence.
Kurds Turn Away Foreign Volunteers From the ISIS Front
According to an article at the Kurdish outlet Rudaw, Peshmerga militia forces have had to turn back a high number of foreign fighters attempting to join the war on the Islamic State. Repeated attempts to discourage the foreign fighters and request arms aid instead have failed to stop the flow into Iraq.
ISIS Arrests Woman over Exposed Eyes
The Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) established “morality police” reportedly attacked a woman in eastern Syria because her eyes were exposed.
Syrian Doctors: ISIS Jihadists ‘Demanding Viagra,’ Lingerie for Wives and Slaves
ISIS fighters are “buying their wives kinky underwear,” demanding Viagra to better their performance, and subjecting their wives, concubines, and sex slaves to sadistic sexual practices, according to Syrian doctors forced to treat jihadists in conquered territories.
State Dept. Spokeswoman: ISIS Needs Jobs
A State Department spokesperson hints the military won’t be able to defeat ISIS, but that a jobs program might.
Amid New Threats, Thousands Rally in Niger for Boko Haram Destruction
As Cameroon and Niger, Nigeria’s neighbors, promise to aid a coalition military against the jihadist terror group Boko Haram, thousands of civilians gathered in Niamey, the capital of Niger, to demand their government do all within its power to eradicate and destroy Boko Haram.
The Truth About the Islamic State and End of Days Prophecy
Graeme Wood’s article, “What ISIS Really Wants,” in the March 2015 issue of The Atlantic is a fantastic summary of how the Islamic State (ISIS) interprets Islam – and, perhaps more importantly, how the rest of the Islamic world looks at ISIS. It does a great deal of damage to President Obama’s preferred narrative about how the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam, as well as his characterization of the terror state as “nihilistic.”
#ChristianLivesMatter, #CopticLivesMatter Fail to Trend Compared to #MuslimLivesMatter
After a gunman murdered three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, NC, the Twitter hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trended worldwide.
Jordan Sentences Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Prison for Criticism of UAE
The deputy chief of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan was sentenced to 18 months behind bars for criticizing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Facebook.
Re-enacting Muhammad in Copenhagen
Shouting the jihadist battle cry declared by Islam’s prophet Muhammad himself, “Allahu-akbar” (“Allah is greater”), on Saturday, February 14, 2015, a Muslim gunman opened fire on participants at a Copenhagen, Denmark, conference on freedom of expression, killing 1 and wounding 3 others.
ISIS Video: 17 Caged Kurdish Fighters Paraded Through Streets in Iraq
A video released by the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) shows 17 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages being paraded through the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq.
