Posted on 07/09/2014 7:07:15 PM PDT by markomalley
ISIS is leaving a path of destroyed churches, shrines and mosques in its wake as it storms across Syria and Iraq, and has even set its sights on Mecca -- Islam's holiest site.
The nihilistic jihadis, led by self-proclaimed descendant of Prophet Muhammad Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, have already bulldozed or blown up some of the most sacred places in Iraq, and seem bent on killing and destroying anyone or anything that does not measure up to their twisted vision of Islam. Experts say the group, which originally stood for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but now simply calls itself "Islamic State," has appointed itself the leading proponent of the Muslim faith.
“They see themselves as the last defenders of Islamic civilization and want to eradicate anything that they see as the enemy of Islam, and any Muslim they perceive as compromising with the West,” Yvonne Haddad, a professor at Georgetown University who specializes in the history of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations, told FoxNews.com.
“But if ISIS actually tried to destroy the Ka'ba, they would be met with extraordinary opposition.”- Prof. Carl Ernst, University of North Carolina
Mostly comprised of Sunnis, ISIS surprised few when it vowed to destroy sites revered by the rival Shia sect. The two main blocs of Islam have been at odds for nearly 1,400 years because of a dispute over who was Prophet Muhammad's successor. The destruction of at least 10 ancient Shia shrines in Iraq has enraged the Shia government in Baghdad, as well as the Iranian regime, also Shia.
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They won’t attack Mecca shrines — they are only after Shia sites.
Ha, ha, yes! I would shell out some dough to watch this on pay-per-view. Bring on the popcorn! And don’t forget the pork rinds.
And smear the hogs with bacon grease.
Israel must have at least two nukes aimed at Mecca.
We should give them all the dynamite needed to take care of the meccca
Destruction and murder are exactly what Allah(Satan) and Mohammed are all about.
Will the saudi’s stop funding terrorism long enough to stop ISIS? They make good money on the tourist trade to Mecca....
I thought the day would come when we would have to nuke Mecca. Maybe not.
Careful what you wish for. LOL!
all non muslim should join that movement
Sounds like a repeat of ‘79
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_Seizure
I read this book on the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Siege-Mecca-Forgotten-Uprising/dp/0385519257
hmmm.
WE should have been doing this!
I just hope we blow up Mecca before they do.
Yes, the Muslims claim all the Old Testament prophets (and St. John the Baptist and Jesus) were "prophets of Islam". However, the hard-end Sunni position is that the veneration of places or relics associated with prophets is worship, and thus idolatry, since worship is due to Allah alone. Not all Sunnis take this position (many Sunnis make pilgrimages to the various sites associated with prophets and the Virgin Mary) but the position is within the bounds of normal Sunni Islam.
Shi'ites, in contrast, have always had a vibrant analogue of the Christian cult of the saints, and erect many shrines to their "prophets" and notable imams.
The contrast also extends to art. It is only the Sunnis who insist on absolute aniconism. Shi'ites publish illustrated biographies of Mohammed in which the "prophet' is depicted.
The Hajj itself is the only real exception universally accepted among Sunnis, and it seems that that universal acceptance isn't so universal any more. "Caliph Ibrahim" may well be taking the hard-end Sunni position to its logical conclusion. The Muslims have a prophecy that in the end-times the Hajj will become impossible. I'd always rather fancied that would be because finally the West had enough and nuked Mecca. It could turn out to be instead because the internal logic of Sunni Islam finally destroys the principal object of material veneration among Muslims -- the Kaaba.
ISIS is so crazy that even Al Qaeda and its affiliates are staying away from it, and their groups have engaged ISIS in battle in Syria and Iraq.
You would think the ka'ba would be too. At this point I think it's just a bunch of kill-crazy Sunni fanatics out to butcher anyone who deviates in the slightest way from their theocratic beliefs.
Mecca will be destroyed, it’s the whore of Babylon...
Babylon the Great & The Turkish Antichrist - Armageddon News
http://youtu.be/uY20IFaWlsQ
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