Posted on 08/19/2014 7:48:24 AM PDT by cleghornboy
Writing for The Telegraph, Damien McElroy notes that:
"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the 'Islamic State' stretching across Iraq and Syria, has vowed to lead the conquest of Rome as he called on Muslims to immigrate to his new land to fight under its banner around the globe.
Baghdadi, who holds a PhD in Islamic studies, said Muslims were being targetted and killed from China to Indonesia. Speaking as the first Caliph, or commander of the Islamic faithful since the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, he called on Muslims to rally to his pan-Islamic state. 'Those who can immigrate to the Islamic State should immigrate, as immigration to the house of Islam is a duty,' he said in an audio recording released on a website used by the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.
'Rush O Muslims to your state. It is your state. Syria is not for Syrians and Iraq is not for Iraqis. The land is for the Muslims, all Muslims...This is my advice to you. If you hold to it you will conquer Rome and own the world, if Allah wills.'
Having claimed the title of 'caliph', Baghdadi appealed to 'judges and those who have military and managerial and service skills, and doctors and engineers in all fields.'
He also called on jihadi fighters to escalate fighting in the holy month of Ramadan, which began on Sunday. 'In this virtuous month or in any other month, there is no deed better than jihad in the path of Allah, so take advantage of this opportunity and walk the path of you righteous predecessors,' he said. 'So to arms, to arms, soldiers of the Islamic s, fight, fight.'
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I’d love to dismiss this guy as some insignificant radical douche, but we did that with bin Laden in the 90s.
“Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, (snip) has vowed to lead the conquest of Rome....”
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That is the exact reason so many folks from North Africa are crossing the Med and invading Italy.
So to arms, to arms, soldiers of the Islamic s, fight, fight.’..................................... And I will remain in my bunker until the last man falls? Seen all this before, it starts with a few bad apples and ends up killing millions of innocents. Same MO, and yet the good still do nothing but wait.
I sure hope this delusional clown is not allowed to hide out in Pakistan, or anywhere else, like the last koranimal "caliph."
The sooner al-Baghdadis is sent on his way to meet his 72 virgins, the better.
What can we do to help?
How many doe-eyed, nubile wives is a “caliph” entitled to claim for his harem?
Does THAT juicy “perk” explain why “caliphs” never never NEVER “martyr” THEMSELVES?
Real question: are these North African muzzies infiltrating Sicily, Reggio di Calabria, or anywhere in southern Italy where the Mafia is strong & folks don’t cotton much to outsiders? Just asking.
Seems like the easiest way in Sicily to get oneself blown away by a sawed-off `lupara’ is to be heard chanting “Allahu Akbar!!”
islam, not militant islam. Just islam. Never forget that!
Obama, the Islamic State and Christian
8/19/2014 - Chuck Norris
Pundits and news agencies have questioned the validity of reports that the Islamic State is beheading children in its conquest of Syria and Iraq. But there is one fact that can’t be contested: The Sunni-dominated al-Qaida splinter group is on a war rampage using some of the most heinous and barbaric means to exterminate anyone who opposes it, particularly Christians.
In 2011, President Barack Obama declared, “The long war in Iraq will come to an end by the end of this year.” The only thing he didn’t count on was that the terrorist enemies of the U.S. decided not to also call it quits on the war.
Last Wednesday, Obama called it quits again with combat operations in Iraq — or the dropping-bombs-and-not-calling-it-combat-operations operations.
From his vacation spot on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama declared: “We broke the (Islamic State) siege of Mount Sinjar. We helped vulnerable people reach safety, and we helped save many innocent lives. Because of these efforts, we do not expect there to be an additional operation to evacuate people off the mountain, and it’s unlikely that we’re going to need to continue humanitarian airdrops on the mountain. The majority of the military personnel who conducted the assessment will be leaving Iraq in the coming days.”
I guess we should be relieved again that we’re “pulling out of Iraq,” and the Islamic State will retreat from its tyrannical rampages, right? Not a chance.
While Obama was politicizing the success of his in-and-out combat mission, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “called on the international community to do even more to provide protection,” according to UN News Centre.
Why? Because just two days before Obama spoke about mission success, the U.N. refugee agency reported that “an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people remain trapped on the Mountain.”
A “profoundly dismayed” Ban added that the Islamic State remains carrying out “barbaric acts,” which he said, in UN News Centre’s words, “include accounts of summary executions, boys forcibly taken from their homes to fight, (and) girls abducted or trafficked as sex slaves.” Even those who manage to get off Mount Sinjar “remain exposed to,” Ban said, “a perilous odyssey” to freedom.
How perilous? Here’s what we know about the Islamic State’s horrific acts over the past few months:
The rest of the story
Shouldn’t he have learnt what a POS cult Islam is during his PhD studies?
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