[ April 18, 2024 ]
Ramadan has come to be synonymous with terror, violence and slaughter in the cause of Allah. For non-believers living in Muslim countries, it is as terrifying as Christmas and Easter.
‘Jihad Is the Best Part of Worship’: Jihadists Gear Up for Ramadan
Terrorist groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the Taliban in recent days made their annual call to arms as Ramadan approaches, claiming Allah exceptionally rewards martyrdom during the holy month.
By Edwin Mora, Breitbart, May 5, 2019:
This year, the holiest month for Muslims is expected to run from the evening of May 5 to June 5, depending on the phases of the moon.
Story continues below advertisement“Our battle today is one of attrition and stretching the enemy. They should know that jihad is ongoing until the day of judgment,” al-Baghdadi proclaimed.
In March, U.S.-backed Kurdish forces pushed ISIS out of its last sliver of territory in northern Syria’s Baghouz region, dealing a final blow to the group’s territorial caliphate.
“Truthfully, the battle of Islam and its people against the cross and its people is a long battle. The battle of Baghouz is over. But it did show the savagery, brutality and ill intentions of the Christians towards the Muslim community,” Baghdadi further declared in the video.
“This is part of the vengeance that awaits the crusaders and their henchmen,” he added, celebrating the heinous attack against Christians in Sri Lanka and beyond, calling it revenge for the complete demise of ISIS’s territorial caliphate in Iraq and Syria in March.
Althgouh it is unclear if the so-called caliph mentioned the holy month, some analysts argue that the new video is a rallying call for a global wave of jihad in the lead-up to Ramadan.
Citing unnamed Arab and European intelligence officials as well as terrorism experts such as Haroro Ingram from George Washington University, the Washington Post reported, “The experts and officials noted that the video was released days before the beginning of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, and said the timing could encourage ISIS cells and followers to commit attacks in the next weeks.”
ABC News further noted:
Baghdadi appeared healthy in a black headscarf, khaki fishing vest and with a bushy grey beard, dyed with red henna in a Ramadan tradition many trace to the Prophet Mohammed, whom Baghdadi claims a direct family lineage to. By his side was a Russian AK-74U assault rifle.
“As the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins in just days, experts warn there could be even more [ISIS] attacks looming,” the Associated Press (AP) added.
On Monday, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, posted a statement on Twitter rejecting a Ramadan ceasefire offer by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
“As jihad is … the best part of worship, doing it on Ramadan is rewarded more than in other months,” he wrote.
While most Muslims follow the Ramadan tradition of abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking, having sex, and other physical needs each day, starting from before the break of dawn until sunset, many jihadis believe it is especially heroic and exceptionally rewarded by Allah in paradise to die a martyr during the holy month.
For the last two years, Breitbart News has documented a wave of Islamic terrorist attacks during Ramadan encouraged by groups like ISIS, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda.
The holy month has regularly triggered a spike in jihadi attacks across the world.
In both 2017 and 2018, ISIS and the Afghan Taliban topped the list as the deadliest terrorist groups during Ramadan.
Despite participating in an unprecedented ceasefire at the end of the holy month last year, the Taliban replaced ISIS as the world’s most prolific Islamic terrorist group during Ramadan, killing at least 324 and wounding 404 others.
Afghan Taliban narco-jihadis were responsible for about 40 percent of all casualties in 2018 — a total of 841 deaths and 1,014 injuries across nearly 25 countries.
ISIS was responsible for about 30 percent of all casualties last year, with 256 deaths and 281 injuries.
With 3,343 casualties (1,639 deaths; 1,704 injuries) primarily fueled by ISIS, 2017 marked one of the bloodiest holy months in recent history.
In the weeks leading to Ramadan 2019, ISIS claimed responsibility for a wave of suicide attacks that primarily targeted Christians in three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka, killing more than 350 and wounding about 500 others, including Americans.
The Sri Lanka attack is considered one of the deadliest Islamic assaults in recent history.
This week, AP noted:
The group [ISIS] also recently claimed numerous attacks around the world, including in Saudi Arabia, Congo, and Libya. Jihadi propaganda by IS supporters online recently threatened India and Bangladesh, where IS claimed an attack for the first time in some two years this week.
In the new video, the ISIS chief alluded to pledges of allegiance from Islamic terrorists in Mali and Burkina Faso, which just experienced its first deadly jihadi attack on a Christian church.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) noted in 2015 that jihadi groups like ISIS and the Afghan Taliban exploit the belief that Ramadan is “a month in which Allah grants military victories to His believers,” adding:
Given the historic religious and military significance of Ramadan, Islamist and jihadi groups, and sometimes also mainstream Arab organizations and Arab media, escalate incitement to jihad and martyrdom during this month.
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The commandment of jihad, which is of supreme importance at all times, assumes even greater importance during this holy month and gains precedence over all other commandments… On Ramadan, Allah grants fighters special strength, despite – or rather by virtue of – their fasting. Those who gain martyrdom during the month of Ramadan are doubly rewarded in Paradise.
Without explicitly mentioning Ramanda, al-Qaeda has also urged attacks in recent days, particularly in Syria, where jihadis linked to the group control the last rebel bastion in the war-ravaged country.
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21 Comments
4 years ago
Unlike Christmas, Easter etc., Hanukkah (Chanukah), and Passover etc. we don’t murder people or blow ourselves
up. No, ONLY ISLAM does that to “celebrate” and show their “love” and obedience to their Allah. If a Moselem dies during this time, they are considered to be doubly blessed by their fake allah.
Starting today,
be extra vigilant as Moselem subhumans put into action their hate of others and death to non Moselems.
It’s RAMADAN time!!!
Ramadan 2019 in United States will begin in the evening of
Sunday, May 5
and ends in the evening of
Tuesday, June 4
Europe and the rest of the WEST had better wake up – IT IS A HOLY WAR against the crusaders.
4 years ago
4 years ago
Pope Frances would be proud of this ->
http://www.jesus-our-blessed-hope.com/uploads/8/7/5/0/87500100/6-5-18-toon-islam-terror5_orig.png
4 years ago
9 Things You Should Keep in Mind Around Someone Observing Ramadan
4 years ago
I predict (and I hope I’m wrong) that this year’s Ramadamn will be particularly violent and bloody with a death toll near 2000. All the while the mainstream media will be running glowing stories about how meaningful full Ramadamn is and wonderful the “religion of peace” is.
4 years ago
Reply to
Hector Stull
Well…at least obummer won’t be around to have Ramadamn on the White House lawn, defiling our American symbol of Freedom….
4 years ago
Reply to
ladywarrior
Seems to me, ladywarrior, that you didn’t get the memo, last year, when Trump hosted a ramadan dinner IN the White House last year, and then, was so proud of the speech he made to the MANY muzlims in this country, that he put it on the White House dot GOV webpage. If you’d like to see the links to all I’ve just said, let me know….as many articles came out about this, I’m surprised you didn’t see one. Or MY postings, in comment sections, everywhere.
4 years ago
Sending rockets to Israel is part of their Ramadan kickoff!
Media Evangelizes Latino Conversions to Islam
MAY 5, 2019 1:00 PM BY DANIEL GREENFIELD
This is one of those examples of the “Islamic Exception”.
I can’t think of any other religion that the media would actually evangelize for.
Not just praise or tout, but actually evangelize.
Take this recent story from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“More Latinos are becoming Muslims: ‘Islam is not as foreign as you think”
That’s not a news headline. It’s a sales pitch.
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Last year, it was the Chicago Sun-Times with, “In Chicago, and elsewhere, Latinos are converting to Islam.”
I’m sure that’s true. There are also Muslims converting to Christianity. But that doesn’t occasion news stories.
Last month, WFAA, a Texas TV news program boasted,
“A growing number of DFW Hispanics are converting to Islam. Here’s why.”
Its opening broadcast claimed glowingly that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and touted the Latinos “making the leap” to Islam.
Conversion stories are a staple of religious evangelism. And media conversion stories are sales pitches, indistinguishable from evangelism.
“You don’t need to compromise. I can be just as Mexican and just as Muslim,”
a woman in the Texas TV news story claims.
“When I became Muslim, I didn’t feel like I was abandoning Jesus. I just feel like I had a clearer understanding of him now,” another participant claims.
The “news” item even links to a group pushing Latino conversions to Islam.
This isn’t reporting. It’s evangelism.
The media should be asked why it didn’t interview critics of Islam or Christian clergy who might question these claims. But that would be journalism. When it comes to Islam, the media practices evangelism, not journalism.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/05/media-evangelizes-latino-conversions-to-islam
4 years ago
Off topic – What media, including FOX news won’t tell you.
Trump Ends Obama’s Taxpayer-Funded Mortgages for Illegal aliens
Apr 1, 2019 — Daniel Greenfield
https://canadafreepress.com/article/trump-ends-obamas-taxpayer-funded-mortgages-for-illegal-aliens
Ice Busts Millionaire Obama Donors
Feb 19, 2019 — Daniel Greenfield
Another scandal for the “scandal-free” Obama administration….
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272895/ice-busts-millionaire-obama-donors-daniel-greenfield
The Low Standards of Hate in the Sixth-Worst Airport in America
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By Daniel Greenfield —- April 5, 2019
The San Antonio Airport was rated as the sixth worst airport in the country. So, the city fathers got together and decided to fix the airport by banning businesses that donate to the Salvation Army
“San Antonio is a city full of compassion, and we do not have room in our public facilities for a business with a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior,” San Antonio Councilman Roberto Trevino declared, after blocking Chick-fil-A from opening at the airport. Does Chick-fil-A prohibit gay people from buying chicken? No, but they donate to the Salvation Army. …
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-low-standards-of-hate-in-the-sixth-worst-airport-in-america
Nothing says compassion like banning companies that give money to the Salvation Army
BTW Chick-fil-A is the best-performing large fast food chain in the country
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
….I can tell you exactly when Texas began to fall to the Muslims….when Governor Perry started allowing Divorces in Dallas under Sharia law to the Muslims…..there is not supposed to be any law in America but American law….so much for Texas.
In Florida, judges there are allowing Muslims to settle real estate disputes under Sharia Law….and some Judge up in the Northeast decided that FMG on little girls by the Muslim parents was just great!
Bit by bit….drip by drip…..
4 years ago
Off topic – Some days are discouraging but Trump is doing what he can and often quietly doing it.
I have no doubt he was trying to have this legislated with an immigration reform bill. The uniparty wants things to stay they way they are – it couldn’t be more obvious. So now he is quietly doing more to end the immigration madness.
Donald Trump Revives National Program to Exclude Illegals from Jobs
By Neil Munro
5/4/19
President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly reactivated a computer check that warns employers when their new employees are likely to be illegal immigrants.
Democrats, however, are protesting the new push to protect American families from illegal immigrants in the nation’s job market.
The so-called “no-match” letter warns employers that their employees’ claimed Social Security Numbers are suspect — and so allows the employers to minimize their legal risks by quietly firing the employees who do not have a right to work. The program was stopped by President Barack Obama mainly because it was so effective at warning employers.
Many — but not all — employers will cooperate and fire the illegals, she predicted. “A lot of employers want to do the right thing, and they have been duped by false documents, and they want to get into compliance with the law.” However, the new policy will not deter the many employers who pay their illegal immigrants under the table, she said.
But pro-migration Democrats are denouncing Trump’s pro-employee reform. On May 2, a group of more than 40 Democrats touted likely flaws in the wage-boosting process.
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This policy of flooding the market with cheap foreign white-collar graduates and blue-collar labor shifts enormous wealth from young employees towards older investors even as it also widens wealth gaps, reduces high-tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, and hurts children’s schools and college educations. It also pushes Americans away from high-tech careers and sidelines millions of marginalized Americans, including many who are now struggling with fentanyl addictions. The labor policy also moves business investment from the heartland to the coasts, explodes rents, shrivels real estate values in the Midwest, and rewards investors for creating low-tech, labor-intensive workplaces.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Good post, Felix.
I’ve observed that we have so many homeless on the streets is because the low-cost housing they used to rely on is going to illegals…funded by our tax dollars….unscrupulous.landlords prefer the illegals because they don’t complain for fear of being thrown out…..we’re killing American families and our youth….
4 years ago
Unlike some people who post here I am hoping for some horrific attacks; the sooner the better. It’s not because I am a terrible person, but rather it will allow “Progressives” to get on with the “suffering process” and wake up to what the Death Cult is really about. This will prevent many more casualties later. It will also allow these gullible sheep to see just what liars the fake MSM are.
4 years ago
Reply to
GonadTheRuffian
In some ways I agree with you…..but they don’t go after their dhimmis for Islam first….they go after you and me….the Left are dhimmis for Islam…
According to Michael Youssef in his book -JESUS, JIHAD, AND PEACE- when Muslims take over a country, a town, a region….the first people they behead and hang are the dhimmis….because they rightly surmise that if they will help them defeat their people…some day they will do the same to them.
PS: the attack here in Vegas didn’t wake anyone up…Paddock was one of Islam’s….they claimed him…and anyone who doesn’t understand that is soon to be one of their next victims.
4 years ago
Let the Ramadan Bombathon commence!
4 years ago
I wonder what muslims do who live near the south and north pole when it comes to ramadan. As the sun does not set for 6 months and then does not rise for 6 months. Or did allah get something wrong with his maths?
4 years ago
Reply to
Clem Jackson
The rule is, follow the nearest Islamic country. So here in Norway, Arctic Norway with midnight sun soon, the nearest country is Turkey.
If in a few decades the islamists get what they want, and become the largest group in the northern countries, it could be interesting when Ramadan is in the summer…
4 years ago
ordinary islam
4 years ago
“In both 2017 and 2018, ISIS and the Afghan Taliban topped the list as the deadliest terrorist groups during Ramadan.”
But OUR government seems to think, they can have talks and meetings about Afghanistan, with them! I laugh my head off!
Taliban hopeful on deal amid new round of talks with US
https://www.apnews.com/145328a6806848459d962cb0c9b91e65
New round of US-Taliban talks starts in Doha
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_round_of_US-Taliban_talks_starts_in_Doha_999.html
That’s only two of MANY articles on that subject.
Now, as for ramadan….I can’t WAIT to see what Trump will pull out of his sleeve THIS ramadan! As he hosted a ramadan dinner in the White House LAST year! And made a speech to the MANY muzlims in THIS country, that was so beautiful, I almost cried…..NOT!
Trump loved it so much, that it’s STILL on the White House dot GOV webpage! Don’t ask me what the cult-like, “rising of the moon” in the first sentence, has to do with.
Presidential Message on Ramadan
Issued on: May 15, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-ramadan/
Wonder if the new speech will overrule the old speech. Can’t wait to see! (sarc/off)
