Islam in the new August to December

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Saudi Arabia: Former imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque jailed for 10 years
24 August 2022 13:49

A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca to 10 years in prison.

The Specialised Criminal Appeals Court in Riyadh sentenced Sheikh Saleh al Talib to prison after overturning a previous acquittal, US-based rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) said on Monday.

Saudi authorities first detained Talib in 2018 and gave no reason for his arrest, which came after he delivered a sermon criticising the General Entertainment Authority, a government body in charge of regulating the entertainment industry, according to activists.

More at
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-mecca-grand-mosque-former-imam-sentenced

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Terrorists Attack Zamfara Community, Amputate Man's Hands For Challenging Them
August 25, 2022

One Malam Bisallah has had both of his hands amputated by terrorists in Wadu Kauran village, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

According to witnesses, the bandits raided the community and stole cows, sheep, and other livestock.

Malam Bisallah challenged the gunmen when they subsequently came to steal livestock because he felt the situation had become too unbearable to tolerate.

More at
https://saharareporters.com/articles/terrorists-attack-zamfara-community-amputate-mans-hands-challenging-them

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Man ‘travelled from Yorkshire to attack Jews in Stamford Hill’, court hears
August 26, 2022, 9:39 am

A man deliberately travelled 180 miles from Yorkshire to north London to attack two Jewish men and a boy on their way to a synagogue, a court has heard.

Abdullah Qureshi, 29, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is accused of attacking the victims as they walked in traditional religious clothing through Stamford Hill.

One of his alleged victims claims he had been on the phone when Qureshi hit him over the head with a bottle after being targeted “because he was Jewish.”

More at
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/muslim-man-travelled-from-yorkshire-to-attack-three-jews-in-stamford-hillcourt-hears/

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Assam: Madarsa cleric with links to Al-Qaeda and ABT terror outfits arrested from Goalpara; the fourth such arrest in a week
26 August, 2022

On August 26 (Friday), the Assam Police arrested another person linked to Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Assam’s Goalpara district, as part of its ongoing crackdown on Jihadi terrorists operating from mosques and madrasas in the state. Hafizur Rahman Mufti, the arrested terrorist, is a resident of Goalpara and was working as a cleric in a madarsa located in the region.

He was apprehended in the Jogighopa area of Goalpara’s Bongaigaon district on Friday and sent to police custody for five days.

Speaking about the arrest, the Goalpara SP, VV Rakesh Reddy said that Hafizur Rahman Mufti’s arrest is the fourth such arrest made by the Assam police within a week.

More at
https://www.opindia.com/2022/08/assam-madarsa-cleric-links-to-al-qaeda-abt-terror-outfits-arrested-from-goalpara/

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New report shares shocking details of 2012 massacre of 700 Syrians by Assad regime
Today, 9:17 am

New details of the 2012 massacre in the Syrian town of Daraya, during the early stages of the country’s civil war, have emerged in a comprehensive report issued on Thursday.

The investigation sponsored by the Syrian British Consortium collected evidence and testimonies from witnesses of the atrocities committed by Bashar Assad’s forces in the Damascus suburb a decade ago, providing for the first time in-depth accounts of the killings of some 700 people.

“This investigation reveals that the Assad Government — including the Fourth Division, the Republican Guard, the Air Force Intelligence, shabiha [state sponsored militias] and supporting Hezbollah and Iranian militias — engaged in a systematic attack against the civilian population of Daraya,” the report reads.

More at
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-report-shares-shocking-details-of-2012-massacre-of-700-syrians-by-assad-regime/

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Pakistani court rules in favour of Muslim man who kidnapped 13-year-old Christian bride
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Yet another Christian child has been kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam and marry in Pakistan, Proto Thema reported.

Zarvia Pervaiz, 13, had begun receiving the attention of a Muslim couple in April. The Christian family had hosted Imran Shahzad, his wife Adiba, and their three children for a time at a time when they were facing economic difficulties.

However, Zarvia’s mother, Yasmeen, had then asked the Muslim family to leave as she was disturbed by Imran’s constant abuse of his wife.

A week later, on April 30, Adiba showed up at the Pervaiz home asking that Zarvia could accompany her to the grocery store.

More at
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/25/proto-thema-court-rules-in-favour/

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This is done in mailed (snail mail) letters style

Denmark: Muslims boast that soon they will outnumber Danes, ‘soon you will be exterminated’
AUGUSTA 25, 2022 5:00 PM

Muslims being racist towards danes and taunting them about the great replacement, in Denmark...

Oddly enough, the Pakistani didn’t say anything about “assimilating” or “adopting Danish values.”

More at
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/08/denmark-muslims-boast-that-soon-they-will-outnumber-danes-soon-you-will-be-exterminated

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Watch: Arab rioters violently attack Jew holding Israeli flag in Jerusalem
AUG 26, 2022 12:00 PM

Arabs attacked a Jewish man who waved an Israeli flag near the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel this afternoon.

A video circulating on social media shows a large number of rioters charging two men waving Israeli flags, one of whom was knocked to the ground and beaten. Police officers who attempted to disperse the crowd were likewise assaulted before pushing the rioters back.

Opposition leader Netanyahu commented: "National honor is not a voluntary matter, and it's absence will cost lives. The scene at the Tomb of Samuel the Prophet is shocking - dozens of Arabs attacking a young Jewish man, throwing him to the sidewalk and beating him, in front of police officers."

More at
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/358791

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Mozambique: 80,000 people displaced as jihadists launch renewed offensive
AUG 26, 2022 12:00 PM

The jihad rages on globally despite the media’s ignoring it, except for the sensationalized case of Salman Rushdie. But as that story gets exhausted, the news outlets will shift everyone’s attention elsewhere, and soon enough, the West will forget about the jihad, in both its violent and stealthy forms.

As jihadists launched their renewed offensive in Mozambique, scores are dead and a whopping 80,000 more people are displaced.

It isn’t just the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the like which seek to impose Sharia wherever they can. It’s also Iran, Turkey (with its goal of a revived Ottoman empire), Pakistan (infamous for its blasphemy laws), Saudi Arabia (with its human rights abuses and funding of the jihad ideology) and other Sharia countries, as well as numerous mainstream, organized Islamic organizations

More at
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/08/mozambique-80000-people-displaced-as-jihadists-launch-renewed-offensive

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Germany: Refugee fired bazooka into group of people
August 27, 2022

He arrived from Syria. He was recognised as a refugee in Berlin “for humanitarian reasons”.

Now he is on trial as an alleged war criminal: the Federal Prosecutor General’s Office accuses Moafak D. (55) of seven murders and three attempted murders!

In 2014, he allegedly fired a bazooka at people waiting for food distributed by a UN relief organisation. Two survivors (48, 57) of the explosion on March 23, 2014 in the Al Yarmouk camp in Damascus are joint plaintiffs before the Berlin Superior Court. They also now live in Germany.

More at
https://www.bz-berlin.de/polizei/menschen-vor-gericht/terror-fluechtling-feuerte-panzerfaust-in-menschengruppe

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Tampa Mosque Opens its Doors to Hate Preachers
August 25, 2022

Two imams with who have preached hatred towards Jews and have advocated for the stoning of adulterers and homosexuals are set to speak at a mosque in Tampa this weekend.

The double feature of Islamist hostility will take place on Aug. 26–27, 2022 as part of an “Islamic Family and Youth Conference” organized by the Islamic Community of Tampa. The imams scheduled to speak at the event are Uthman Ibn Farooq of the California-based One Message Foundation, and Imam Karim Abuzaid, founder of the Colorado Muslims Community Center and the Salahudin Future Academy based in New Jersey. Both imams have a long and well-documented history of espousing Islamist extremism in the form of antisemitism, hostility toward homosexuals, and general anti-Western sentiment.

More at
https://islamism.news/2022/08/25/tampa-mosque-opens-its-doors-to-hate-preachers/

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Turkish Education Ministry High School Textbooks Praise Jihad

In 2019, Turkey's Ministry of Education published an edition of a two-volume textbook called "Fundamentals Of Religious Knowledge – Islam II." The book, which is reportedly used in 12th-grade classrooms across Turkey includes a chapter about jihad that, among other things, says that: "All actions, including war, done to exalt the name of Allah (may his glory be exalted) are included in this concept [of jihad]... It can be performed by any means of the heart, tongue, hand, or weapon that human action makes possible... Our ancestors, who saw martyrdom as one of the supreme stages, when they set out for jihad in the path of Allah, would say 'If I die, I will be a martyr; if I live, I will be a gazi [a fighter in a holy war],' and in saying so they never held back from sacrificing their lives." In 2019, over 891,000 students graduated from high school in Turkey, while in 2020, 894,100 students did the same.

"All Actions, Including War, Done To Exalt The Name Of Allah Are Included In This Concept"

The chapter on jihad introduces the concept as follows: "One of the most important forms of worship in our religion is jihad. Based on its root, the word 'jihad' means working, growing tired, and expending effort by word and action using all one's strength. All actions, including war, done to exalt the name of Allah (may his glory be exalted) are included in this concept. When the Islamic scholars emphasized the general meaning of jihad, they said that it was a required form of worship for Muslims. Whereas, when they use the meaning of war, they are in consensus on the idea under normal circumstances it is farz-i kifaye (incumbent upon the community), and in times of general mobilization, it is a form of worship that is farz-i ayn (incumbent upon the individual) and that all Muslims must carry out.

More at
https://www.memri.org/reports/turkish-education-ministry-high-school-textbooks-praise-jihad-allah-has-given-good-news

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Why the Muslim Brotherhood Is Still Dangerous
by Cynthia Farahat
August 19, 2022

An Arab News article from September 12, 2021, quoted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi saying, "the Muslim Brotherhood has been eating away at the mind and body of Egypt for 90 years."

It went on to state that Sisi blamed it for creating a culture of mistrust and warned other countries against a permissive environment which fosters militant Islamists. Isn't it about time the US approached the progenitor of most, if not all, Sunni militant Islamist groups with coherent policies?

Egypt, Israel, Bahrain and the UAE know full well the dangers of allowing the Islamist terrorist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, to pursue its hegemonic goals without being met with significant resistance. Just a week ago, Israel killed two leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group, [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad.

More at
https://www.meforum.org/63479/why-the-muslim-brotherhood-is-still-dangerous?goal=0_086cfd423c-a839d7e73a-34002953&mc_cid=a839d7e73a

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EU's reverence for the PA: Old habits die hard - opinion
AUGUST 26, 2022 17:21

European countries have a historic knack for judging Jews, restricting Jews to specific pales of settlement, and labeling them – while lauding their enemies.

This week, the European Union ambassador, and diplomats from 19 European countries demanded answers from the Palestinian Authority regarding a long series of severe human rights violations, egregious police moves against political opponents, and Palestinian assaults on the cause of peace.

They demonstrably showed up in one united group at Mahmoud Abbas’ Muqata headquarters in Ramallah to protest the raid by PA police on student dorms at Bir Zeit University, part of an ongoing assault by Palestinian stormtroopers on Abbas’ critics.

More at
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-715596

*****This is one thing I've never have understood, the dislike for the Jewish people*****

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New Mexico Man Accused of Planning Islamic State Training Center
Aug. 26, 2022

A New Mexico man was charged with attempting to set up a training center for people wishing to fight for Islamic State, the Department of Justice said on Friday.

A federal grand jury on Aug. 23 charged Herman Leyvoune Wilson, 45, of Albuquerque, with trying to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization by setting up an “Islamic State Center” in New Mexico, according to a DOJ statement.

The center aimed to teach Islamic State ideology, provide training in "tactical maneuvers and martial arts," and serve as a safe haven for individuals preparing to travel and fight on behalf of the group in the United States and abroad, the statement said.

Wilson, also known as Bilal Mu’Min Abdullah, helped run an online platform that promoted Islamic State recruitment and discussed attacks in the United States and overseas, the statement said.

More at
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-08-26/new-mexico-man-accused-of-planning-islamic-state-training-center