[VIDEO] ‘Islam is Not a Religion of Peace. Anyone Who Still Claims This in 2015 is Either Stupid or Lying’
Posted: December 12, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, Politics, Religion, Terrorism, War Room, White House | Tags: Beheading, Death, Death Threats, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamism, Jihadism, Koran, murder, Muslim, Old Testament, Rape, Religion of peace, Stoning, video 1 Comment
ISIS Released a Video Threatening Christians and Executing by Gunshot and Beheading Ethiopian Christians in Libya
Posted: April 19, 2015 Filed under: Religion, War Room | Tags: Africa, Beheading, Christianity, Christians, Ethiopia, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic extremism, Islamic Radicalism, Jihadism, Libya, media, Muslims, Terror, Terrorism, Twitter 1 Comment#ISIS released a video threatening Christians and executing by gunshot and beheading Ethiopian Christians in Libya. pic.twitter.com/jSLVPKl22X
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) April 19, 2015
via SITE Intel Group
BREAKING: Mergers & Acquisitions Update: Boka Haram ISIS Merger Officially Approved
Posted: March 7, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Religion, U.S. News, War Room | Tags: Abu Dua, Abubakar Shekau, al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Beheading, Boko Haram, Borno State, Global Panic, Goodluck Jonathan, Islamism, Jihadism, Nigeria, Terrorism Leave a comment
BREAKING: Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), according to an audio statement.
The message, which was not verified, was posted on Boko Haram’s Twitter account and appeared to be by the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau.
Boko Haram began a military campaign to impose Islamic rule in northern Nigeria in 2009. The conflict has since spread to neighbouring states.
It would be the latest in a series of groups to swear allegiance to IS.
In the past Boko Haram is thought to have had links with al-Qaeda.
IS took control of large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and across northern and western Iraq last year.
The group aims to establish a “caliphate”, a state ruled by a single political and religious leader according to Islamic law, or Sharia. Its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is known to his followers as Caliph Ibrahim. Read the rest of this entry »
A Painting Marking the Recent ISIS Beheading of Coptic Christians
Posted: March 6, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Religion | Tags: anti-christian, Beheading, Christianity, Coptic Christian, Crucifixion of Jesus, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic extremism, Jesus Christ, Jew, Jihadism, Tim Montgomerie, Twitter 1 Comment
#GoodNightAll – flickr.com – Tim Montgomerie @montie
Saudi Arabia’s New King Refused to Intervene in a Controversial Beheading
Posted: January 26, 2015 Filed under: Global, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: Arabia, Arabian King, Beheading, media, news, Time Magazine Leave a comment
Islamic State Militant Extremist Thugs Threaten to Execute Japanese Hostages
Posted: January 20, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Religion, War Room | Tags: Beheading, Benjamin Netanyahu, East Jerusalem, Israel, Japan, Jerusalem, Jihadism, Middle East, murder, Prime Minister of Israel, Shinzō Abe, Terrorism 4 Comments
LONDON — A video posted online on Tuesday, purportedly by the Islamic State extremist group, depicted a black-clad militant with a knife threatening to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours unless the government in Tokyo paid a ransom of $200 million.
“To the Japanese public, just as how your government has made the foolish decision to pay 200 million to fight the Islamic State, you now have 72 hours to pressure your government in making a wise decision by paying the 200 million to save the lives of your citizens.”
— Masked Islamic State Militant
The video, which could not immediately be verified independently, showed two men, identified as Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, kneeling on a rocky hillside, with the masked militant standing between them.
“Using human lives as a shield to make threats is an unforgivable terrorist act, and I am extremely indignant. I strongly demand that they be released unharmed immediately.”
— Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan
The militant linked the ransom demand to a Japanese offer of assistance to enemies of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, which controls a large amount of territory stretching from Syria into Iraq. The group says it is seeking to establish an Islamic caliphate and has previously shown videos of the beheading of two Americans, James Foley and Steven J. Sotloff, and two Britons, David Cawthorne Haines and Alan Henning.
From the Japan Times:
In an online video released Tuesday, the Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese citizens unless Tokyo pays a ransom of $200 million within 72 hours.
The hostage crisis developed as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on the final leg of a six-day tour to the Middle East to pledge $200 million in non-military aid to countries in the region.
Abe vowed to save the men…(read more)
“To the Japanese public, just as how your government has made the foolish decision to pay 200 million to fight the Islamic State, you now have 72 hours to pressure your government in making a wise decision by paying the 200 million to save the lives of your citizens,” the masked man said in the video, speaking with what sounded like a British accent. “Otherwise this knife will become your nightmare.”
The masked man, whose voice, manner and attire resembled those of a person who appeared in earlier videos showing beheadings, did not specify a currency, but a subtitle in Arabic identified it as dollars.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a conference in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. Abe is on his six-day visit to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan made the promise of nonmilitary assistance to foes of the Islamic State on Saturday during a visit to Cairo on a Middle East tour.
The hostages in the video wore orange jumpsuits, the attire of many of the group’s captives in previous videos. The threat thrust Japan into the sort of high-profile hostage dilemma that has vexed the United States and Britain, which both say they refuse to pay ransoms. Read the rest of this entry »
[PHOTO] Vintage Selfie-Beheading Hoax
Posted: December 11, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Humor | Tags: 1800s, Beheading, Carnegie Museum of Art, George Eastman House, Mystery, Photography, Thriller, vintage 1 Comment
History’s First Selfie-Beheading Hoax? Hand-colored, trick photograph shows a deciptated man as he holds his own head in one hand and a bloody knife in the other, late 1800s. (Photo by George Eastman House/Getty Images)
[VIDEO] BREAKING: Oklahoma Woman BEHEADED in Shooting, Stabbing
Posted: September 26, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Alton Alexander Nolan, Beheading, CNN, Friday, Mark Vaughan, Moore, Moore High School, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Police, Vaughan Foods, YouTube 1 CommentA sheriff’s deputy shot the suspect, identified by officials as 30-year-old Alton Alexander Nolan. The deceased victim has been identified as 54-year-old Colleen Hufford.
(CNN) — A man has beheaded a woman after a workplace dispute in Oklahoma, U.S. law enforcement officials told CNN on Friday. He also tried to kill another woman, officials said.
The incident happened late Thursday afternoon at a Vaughan Foods processing plant in Moore, about 10 miles south of Oklahoma City.
There were no immediate indications of a link to terrorism, officials said.
A sheriff’s deputy shot the suspect, identified by officials as 30-year-old Alton Alexander Nolan.
He was taken a hospital and is expected to survive.
UPDATE: FBI looking into Moore beheading after suspect tried to convert others to Islam
UPDATE: No evidence of link to terror groups
New details from NBC:
The circumstances of Nolen’s firing weren’t made public. Some co-workers told police that he had recently converted to Islam and had been trying to convert them. Law enforcement officials told NBC News that his conversion took place during his recent stint in prison, which ended in March 2013, records show. A search of his home and car didn’t immediately yield any connection to radical fundamentalism and there’s no indication he had been in contact with terrorists groups such as ISIS, sources said.
Local authorities are working with the FBI to do an extensive background investigation on Nolen, Lewis said. Law enforcement officials say they are looking into his online activities and whether a Facebook page that contains materials with terrorist and fundamentalist themes was maintained by Nolen under an alias. Nolen does have an extensive rap sheet, including assault and battery on a police officer and escape from detention, according to NBC affiliate KFOR.
The Moore Police Department released the 911 tapes associated with the attack.
MOORE, Okla. – KFOR-TV reports: Officials with the Moore Police Department say the FBI is now involved in the investigation related to a brutal attack of workers at a food distribution plant.
“No link to terrorism.” What does this mean? Is there like a terrorist guild that approves acts of terrorism?
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) September 26, 2014
Sgt. Jeremy Lewis says the alleged suspect, 30-year-old Alton Nolen had just been fired when he drove to the front of the business, hit a vehicle and walked inside.
He walked into the front office area where he met 54-year-old Colleen Hufford and began attacking her with a knife.
“Mark Vaughan, an Oklahoma County reserve deputy and a former CEO of the business, shot him as he was actively stabbing Johnson.”
Sgt. Lewis confirms the type of knife used in the attack is the same kind used at the plant.
Lewis confirms that Hufford was stabbed several times and that Nolen “severed her head.”
At that point, Lewis claims Nolen met 43-year-old Traci Johnson and began attacking her with the same knife.
Officials say at that point, Mark Vaughan, an Oklahoma County reserve deputy and a former CEO of the business, shot him as he was actively stabbing Johnson.
“He’s a hero in this situation,” Sgt. Lewis said, referring to Vaughan. “It could have gotten a lot worse.”
Authorities say it appears Nolen was attacking employees at random.
Johnson is in stable condition at a local hospital, recovering from her injuries.
The FBI is now looking into Nolen’s background after his former co-workers said he tried to convert them to Islam after recently converting himself. [See the text of the 911 tapes] Read the rest of this entry »
Wake Up and Smell The Daesh: France is Rejecting the ‘Islamic State’ Name, Replacing it with a Label the Beheadng Bastards Hate
Posted: September 18, 2014 Filed under: Global, Religion, War Room | Tags: Arab, Associated Press, Beheading, Daesh, Iraq, Islam, Islamic state, Islamic State of Iraq, Laurent Fabius, Middle East 1 CommentThe Washington Post uses DAIISH, but DAASH, DAIISH and DAISH are also used. However it’s spelled, the group hates it.
“This is a terrorist group and not a state. I do not recommend using the term Islamic State because it blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims and Islamists. The Arabs call it ‘Daesh’ and I will be calling them the ‘Daesh cutthroats.’ ”
— Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
From the start, exactly what to call the extremist Islamist group that has taken over much of Syria and Iraq has been problematic. At first, many called it the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). However, due to differences over how the name should be translated from the Arabic, some (including the U.S. government) referred to them as ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).
“The Associated Press recently reported that the group were threatening to cut cut out the tongues of anyone who used the phrase publicly, and AFP have noted that the term “Daeshi” has been used a derogatory term in some parts of the Middle East.”
To make matters more complicated, the group later announced that it should simply be called the “Islamic State” – a reference to the idea that the group was breaking down state borders to form a new caliphate. A number of media groups, including The Post, the Associated Press and, eventually, the New York Times, adopted this name, while others stuck with ISIS and ISIL.
“‘Daeshi’ has been used a derogatory term in some parts of the Middle East. Some analysts have suggested that the dislike of the term comes from its similarity to another Arabic word, دعس, or Das. That word means to trample down or crush.”
Now the French have added another complication. On Monday, the French government released a statement that included a reference to the group under a different name: “Daesh.”
France had hinted that it would begin using this term – how the group is referred to in much of the Arab world – before, but this week appears to be the first time that the country has used it in official communications. Read the rest of this entry »
New York Post: August 20, 2014: ‘Savages’
Posted: August 20, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Beheading, ISIS, James Wright Foley, media, New York, New York Post, NYC 1 Comment
