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Faced With A Russian Onslaught, Syrian Rebels Are Calling for Help From All Muslims
news.vice.com ^ | January 23, 2016 | 3:15 pm | Sam Heller

Posted on 01/26/2016 7:34:20 AM PST by Trumpinator

Facing an overwhelming Russian assault from the air and an offensive on multiple fronts by the Syrian military and its allied foreign militia, some rebels have decided they urgently need more men — Syrian or not.

As a consequence, the most powerful rebel coalition in northern Syria and an association of mostly jihadist religious scholars have both issued calls to arms not just to able-bodied Syrians, but to the entire Muslim world.

On December 26, the military council of Jaysh al-Fatah, a rebel coalition whose name translates to "Army of Conquest," announced on social media a "general call to arms" for Muslims around the world, urging the Islamic nation's scholars to rally Muslim youth to stand against what it called an Iranian expansionist design.

Jaysh al-Fatah includes a number of factions, chief among them Salafist brigade Ahrar al-Sham and Syrian al Qaeda affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra. Ahrar al-Sham put out its own call for general mobilization in November.

An association of mostly jihadist clerics and Islamic scholars called the "League of Scholars in Syria" followed the call from rebel groups with a fatwa, or religious ruling, that declared it obligatory for every able- bodied Muslim to enlist in the Syrian jihad. The fatwa's 38 signatories include independent scholars, religious officials from Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, and others. While these scholars signed in an individual capacity, they carry weight in their respective organizations and brigades.

The fatwa has since been translated into languages including English and Russian. It has been followed with a series of videos publicizing the call to arms in English, German, and Turkish.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: jihad; russia; syria
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1 posted on 01/26/2016 7:34:21 AM PST by Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator

Excellent. Get them all in one place.

Then kill them. All of them.

Every single one.

L


2 posted on 01/26/2016 7:36:41 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Trumpinator
As a consequence, the most powerful rebel coalition in northern Syria and an association of mostly jihadist religious scholars have both issued calls to arms not just to able-bodied Syrians, but to the entire Muslim world.

Good. Might as well get started killing these savages too.

Who would have thought that the Russians would be on the side of Good, and we would be on the side of evil?

3 posted on 01/26/2016 7:38:25 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Trumpinator

OK.

Here is biblical prophecy in action. Wonder how the Kings of the East would be motivated to send an army of two or so million, led by the Mahdi, of course, towards the Levant. Well, this may very well be it.


4 posted on 01/26/2016 7:39:27 AM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: DiogenesLamp
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3388677/posts

Syrian government troops backed by Russian airpower retake Rabia, last rebel stronghold in Latakia

5 posted on 01/26/2016 7:41:25 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator

Paging president Obama


6 posted on 01/26/2016 7:42:13 AM PST by jcon40
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To: Lurker

I like the cut of your jib. :0)

My favorite line from “Stormship Troopers?”

“Kill them. Kill them all!”


7 posted on 01/26/2016 7:47:06 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Trumpinator

http://www.aim.org/guest-column/understanding-the-caliphate-curve/


8 posted on 01/26/2016 7:53:04 AM PST by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireallysupportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
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To: Lurker

I approve of this message.


9 posted on 01/26/2016 7:53:26 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Gaffer
“Kill them. Kill them all!”

That's a quote from General Stonewall Jackson, made after the battle Fredricksberg.

10 posted on 01/26/2016 7:53:49 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Trumpinator

Are these the “Moderate rebels” 0bama is backing?


11 posted on 01/26/2016 7:54:32 AM PST by wrench
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To: Trumpinator

Maybe this call will be heard by the invaders now flooding Europe?


12 posted on 01/26/2016 7:56:48 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Lurker

Wipe them out,

All of them.....

- Emperor Palpatine


13 posted on 01/26/2016 7:57:50 AM PST by the_individual2014
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To: wrench

Seems that way...


14 posted on 01/26/2016 8:05:32 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Who would have thought that the Russians would be on the side of Good, and we would be on the side of evil?


15 posted on 01/26/2016 8:07:46 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: circlecity

Thanks! It’s nice to know the real source! :0)

I thought it was cool in the movie.


16 posted on 01/26/2016 8:11:01 AM PST by Gaffer
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"I asked my parents for permission to leave and kill and be killed in the cause of Allah ta'ala [the Highest], but they went angry and my dad even uttered some words that did hurt my heart," wrote a commenter under one video, torn over leaving his family to join the jihad.

Any Muslim who would put his family ahead of Allah and Jihad is going to hell. I remember Muhammed making that clear in the Hadiths.-Tom

17 posted on 01/26/2016 8:15:19 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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To: wrench
Are these the "Moderate rebels" 0bama is backing?

Or as they're known in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda.

18 posted on 01/26/2016 8:18:31 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Lurker

Yeah, this could be golden. Get the ‘tards in one place and light ‘em up!


19 posted on 01/26/2016 8:37:21 AM PST by skimbell
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To: Trumpinator

I don’t recall muslims begging for reinforcements from one of Obama’s assaults.


20 posted on 01/26/2016 8:54:47 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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