#Islamic state

[secular-jew]

Shamima Begum, a Bangladeshi Muslim who left London with her friends as teens to join ISIS, is trying to return to the UK, but she just lost her latest appeal. The British government removed her citizenship and she has been spending millions of UK taxpayer money to appeal the rulings which went in favor of the government.

Using taxpayer money to sue the taxpayer for the right to return and be a taxpayer after leaving to wage war against the taxpayer.

#secular-jew #israel #jewish #judaism #israeli #jerusalem #diaspora #secular jew #secularjew #islam #uk #united kingdom #England #Isis #ISIS bride #islamic jihad #Islamic state #Shamima #shamima begum

[eretzyisrael]

by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Today, the Islamic State's al-Furqan media released a new speech from Islamic State spokesman Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari. The speech, entitled "And kill them wherever you find them" (taken from Qur'an 2:191), focused primarily on the Israel-Gaza war but was a very predictable reiteration of the group's talking points: (i) that the battle in Palestine is a religious war against Jews, and not one about liberation to establish a national homeland, (ii) denunciation of the various 'nationalist' Palestinian factions and those like Hamas aligned with the broader Iranian-led 'resistance' axis, which is utilised by Iran as a Shi'i expansionist project that is no less dangerous if not more so to Islam and Muslims than the state of Israel, (iii) the various Sunni Arab governments are 'apostate' entities that are part of the Jewish-'Crusader' alliance against Islam, (iv) the correct form of jihad is one the Islamic State pursues to establish the rule of God's law, and fighting all the disbelievers.

Within this context, the Islamic State has now launched a new expedition entitled "Kill them wherever you find them," beginning with claiming responsibility for the two bombings that took place on in the hometown of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force commander Qasim Sulaymani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the Americans. As soon as the sheer scale of the killing of people in such an indiscriminate terrorist attack, it became evident to me that the bombings were likely an Islamic State operation (though it is always wise to wait and see if the group claims a particular attack). Blaming Israel for the incident, as John Hopkins professor Vali Nasr did, was frankly ludicrous. It is simply not Israel's modus operandi to engage in such terroristic acts inside Iran: rather, Israel pursues carefully targeted killings for specific goals like undermining Iran's nuclear program. The suggestions that the attacks might have been an inside Iranian job also struck me as ridiculous.

These attacks illustrate the Islamic State's unchanging basic worldview and that it is ultimately a marginal player in wider regional geopolitics. The Islamic State pursues an ideologically purist agenda based on fighting all others who do not share its rigid political program, wherever it is possible for the group's members and supporters to do so. Ultimately, this amounts to the same old messaging and the same old tactics. While there was concern that these bombings would somehow trigger further 'regional escalation,' they are in reality a sideshow, especially now that the Islamic State has officially claimed the attacks.

Below is the statement by Islamic State claiming responsibility for the Iran bombings, translated by me.

As part of the 'And kill them wherever you find them' expedition: the killing and wounding of more than 300 of the idolatrous Rafidites [Shi'a] in a dual martyrdom operation [suicide bombing] in Iran.

Iran: Thursday, 22 Jumada al-Akhira 1445 AH

Through granting of success by God Almighty, and as part of the 'And kill them wherever you find them' expedition, two martyrdom operative brothers- Omar al-Muwahhid and Sayf Allah al-Mujahid (may God Almighty accept them both)- headed yesterday towards a great gathering of idolatrous Rafidites, near the tomb of their hypocrite leader 'Qasim Sulaymani' in the town of Kerman in southern Iran. There, they blew up their explosive belts amid their gathering. This resulted in the killing and wounding of more than 300 idolatrous Rafidites. Thanks and praise be to God.

May the idolatrous Rafidites know that the mujahidin lie in wait for them and their projects, by the permission of God Almighty.

#isis #islamic state #terrorism #terror attack #iran #terror attack in iran

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

March 19th, 2003: US President George W. Bush orders air strikes on Baghdad., beginning the US-Iraqi War.

This war would last over 8 years and failed to find any supposed weapons of mass destruction or connection between Iraq and the terrorist attacks in 9/11/2001. The war directly resulted in the death of an estimated 300,000 civilians, and indirectly more due to factors like poorer healthcare, increased lawlessness, and degrading infrastructure. The created power vacuum also contributed directly to the rise of the terrorist group the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/Da'ish).

#history #war on terror #us history #iraqi history #isis #isil #islamic state #war #death

[workersolidarity]

🇸🇴 🚨 💥SOMALIA LAUNCHES LARGE-SCALE OPERATIONS TARGETING AL-SHABAAB HELD TERRITORIES, MORE THAN 70 MILITANTS KILLED💥

The Somali military launched large-scale ground operations targeting territory held by the Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militant group, commonly known as al-Shabaab.

The Somali military says heavy fighting took place between Somali troops and al-Shabaab militants in the Aboodin area of the Lower Jubba region amid a strong military ground offensive into the rebel-held territories with close U.S. air support.

According to a statement released by the Somali military, more than 70 al-Shabaab fighters were killed and dozens more wounded in the fighting.

Allied forces consisting of the Somali military and Jubaland soldiers attacked concentrations of al-Shabaab's group leaders, leading to the deaths of a number of senior commanders.

"More than 70 militants and leaders were killed in the war,” the Somali military said in its statement, adding that the U.S. military provided air support to the ground operation in Al-Shabaab strongholds.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

#somalia #somalia news #africa #africa news #african news #somali news #east africa #al shabaab #al-shabaab #Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen #islamic resistance #islamic jihad #isis #islamic state #war #wars #war news #news #politics #geopolitics #world news #global news #international news #breaking news #current events #somali military #somalia military #military news #military operation

[the-land-of-women]

#radfem safe #yazidi #Islamic state #slavery #iraq #rape tw

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

https://quranx.com/9.72-73

Allah has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allah is greater. It is that which is the great attainment. O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.

https://quranx.com/47.20-21

Those who believe say, "Why has a surah not been sent down? But when a precise surah is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is hypocrisy looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them [would have been] Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allah, it would have been better for them.

https://quranx.com/Hadith/Muslim/USC-MSA/Book-20/Hadith-4635

It has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik (through a different chain of transmitters) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Nobody who enters Paradise will (ever like to) return to this world even if he were offered everything on the surface of the earth (as an inducement) except the martyr who will desire to return to this world and be killed ten times for the sake of the great honour that has been bestowed upon him.

https://quranx.com/Hadith/Bukhari/USC-MSA/Volume-4/Book-52/Hadith-72

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back to the world even if he got everything on the earth, except a Mujahid who wishes to return to the world so that he may be martyred ten times because of the dignity he receives (from Allah)."

#hamas #isis #islam #islamic terrorism #islamic state #execution #jihad #religion #religion of war #islamic violence #religion of violence #religion is a mental illness

[tilting-at-windmills]

The 74th genocide the Yazidi lived through was in 2014. It was several more years before I arrived in Iraq to help in any small way I could. When I went, ISIS was still in Mosul, Trump was still president, we never knew what caused the smoke on the Syrian border as we drove by, and I was afraid I wouldn't make it back into the country when the Muslim ban was debated.

The village elders I met in Sinjar thought my American status meant I could raise attention internationally, but all I had were words no one would listen to.

Now I have an audience, a very, very small one, but I made a promise to use my words and I am doing so to the best of my ability. If you can help, please get in touch with me.

Their website is still in the development stages but I can connect you with the director or other useful figures. Longer story under the cut.

On August 3, 2014, ISIS attacked the Sinjar region (and I'm using Americanized names for familiarity's sake) in Nineveh, in northern Iraq. The few who were able to get warning from nearby villages piled into their cars and drove as far up the mountain as their cars could take them. One girl, I believe she was ten, was unable to hold onto the side of her father's truck. He could stop and save her, or continue and save the rest of their family. He continued on, and this organization is named Yuva in her memory. No one knows which horror she encountered.

The next day, the now-director of Yuva began attempting to distract the children from their terror, their hunger, their grief, by starting impromptu lessons. These continued as the Yazidi were trapped on the mountain, the young and old dying from thirst, starvation, and exposure to the elements. Some of the women who escaped finding their own ends as well.

But my friend, a truly incredible person, my own age, didn't stop when they returned to their decimated homes. Throughout the rebuilding process, which was still underway when I arrived several years later, he began formal classes in buildings that were not too damaged, like the school had been. He had volunteers I worked with, and focused those early days on teaching children English. He wanted them to be able to leave Iraq, something very, very few have been able to do.

He now runs Yuva, an international NGO funded by the UN, and they have built schools over the rubble, found qualified teachers, and are still going strong.

I'm not rich. I'm not famous. But I have a small number of people who listen to what I have to say, and which I've said in my chapbook (shout out to And My Blood Sang because you know I gotta), I will use my voice as much as I am able. I promised I would do that. And even if I hadn't, it's the least I can do.

These people who lost everything took me in with kindness and promised to protect me. They didn't shame my naivety, I think in part because they hoped that if one optimistic girl could come and try to change things, even if they had to save her at checkpoints and adjust to having a woman in the many councils of men, maybe there could be more. I hope there will be.

If you read this far, thank you. Being in Iraq changed my entire life, and I will not stop fighting for the forgotten.

#yuva #yazidi #iraq #ngo #islamic state #daesh #nineveh #duhola

[indizombie]

I am wary of the assumption by Western governments that vast amounts of aid to Ukraine will determine the course of the war. Despite much lamentation in the White House and the US media about the refusal of the Republican-controlled House to pass a $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, I think its beneficial effect is overestimated. The EU is providing a €50bn aid package, but I am suspicious of the belief that this will fend off Ukrainian defeat, or at least stabilise the battlefront where Russia has recently made significant but by no means decisive advances. Western experience in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere shows that aid does not automatically translate into enhanced military capacity. The Iraqi army, built up at vast expense by the US after the invasion of 2003, collapsed like a paper bag when a limited number of Islamic State fighters stormed Mosul and seized most of non-Kurdish northern Iraq in 2014. To the surprise and discomfiture of Washington, the Afghan army which they had trained and equipped, disintegrated in a few months when attacked by the Taliban in 2021.

Patrick Cockburn, ‘Rishi Sunak’s bid to exploit the Gaza conflict is morally bankrupt’, inews.co.uk

#inews.co.uk #Patrick Cockburn #Ukraine #Russia #USA #EU #Islamic State #Iraq #Afghanistan #Taliban

[tuulikki]

President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday acknowledged for the first time that the bloody assault on a concert hall near Moscow was executed by “radical Islamists,” but he insisted that Ukraine could still have played a role despite the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility.

…

Russian investigators have not disclosed any evidence demonstrating that the four suspects, men from Tajikistan who were migrant workers in Russia, have a connection to Ukraine.

…

Mr. Macron said that France had offered to cooperate with Russia to investigate the Islamic State affiliate, adding that it would be a mistake to try and divert blame for the attack elsewhere.

“I think that it would be both cynical and counterproductive for Russia itself and the security of its citizens to use this context to try and turn it against Ukraine,” Mr. Macron said.

#crocus city hall #vladimir putin #russia #ISIS #islamic state #russian war on ukraine

[memenewsdotcom]

Crocus City Hall attack update

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#crime #iris #islamic state #meme #memes #news #Putin #russia #terrorism

[thepoliticalvulcan]

Much in the way that almost everything terrible in the world can eventually be traced back to Europeans doodling on maps, if we look at what is happening right now at this very instant we could tell a story that begins with the invasion of Iraq.

Where did the Houthis, Hamas et al. get weapons and training?

Iran in large part.

Where did Iran get all of its knowledge on guerrilla warfare to pass on to various insurgent groups?

In part by supporting militias fighting the Islamic State but also fighting the US.

How do you wind up with an Islamic State to need fighting?

Well quite a few of them were previously in Saddam Hussein’s military and intelligence services. They found what was functionally a never ending supply of people angry and traumatized by the invasion and occupation or simply possessed of no better path forward in life other than joining a militia. Zealots do mutual aid tragically well in shattered societies.

Oh and guess what Iran did?

Also reached out to and provided succor to people fitting the very same template.

Where did Iran get the resources for this effort?

In part it was it was due to relief afforded to it by removing one of its biggest regional threats: a strong and coherent Iraq.

In part it was the restoration in part of trade and access to financial resources that had been tied up in Western controlled banks for years as punishment for terrorism and such.

Why was Iran given this money back?

As part of a deal to get Iran to idle its nuclear weapons program.

Why was Iran pursuing nuclear weapons?

George W Bush named it as part of an Axis of Evil along with Iraq and North Korea and then invaded Iraq.

There’s a lot of reasons why the US might not have restarted the Korean War but nukes probably helped dissuade it.

Jews, Muslims, American service people, cargo ship crews trying to transit the Red Sea living in fear?

Iran is not not responsible but make sure to thank Bush.

And everyone better think about this as we stare down the barrel of further escalation in the region. It never ends once you begin. There’s no honorable escape, just one damn thing after another after another.

You can’t just knock one domino over. It’s not how it works.

#iraq #red sea #iran #houthis #israel hamas war #the unitary executive theory is fascism #repeal the aumf #domino theory #foucault's boomerang #blowback #George w bush #Iraq war #Islamic state

[daaft-prick-69]

Education is not a cure to this extremist mental illness.

#islamic state #jihad #doctor #education

[vizrecon]

#islamic state #yezidi

[divinum-pacis]

2022, Hasakeh, Syria: The Kurdish-run Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and Syrian forces.

Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty

#religion #islam #muslims #women #children #people #islamic state #syria #middle east #divinum-pacis

[gwydionmisha]

#Islamic State #El Shafee Elsheikh #Daesh #News

[bossniakjihadist]

#Bosnia #Western Frontlines #ukraine #islam #jihad #islamic state #isis