Iraqi artist depicts life under ISIL
Source: Aljazeera Mostafa Taei’s paintings became a record of gruesome atrocities: beheadings, injured children and hangings. When ISIL captured his town, Taei hid his artworks but continued to paint in […]
Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack
Source: BBC Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others, officials say. The bus was travelling to the […]
Muslim man comforts elderly Jewish woman in symbol of Manchester’s unity
A Muslim man comforted an elderly Jewish woman and the pair prayed together at a floral tribute in the centre of Manchester in a symbol of the city’s unity following a suicide bomb attack which killed at least 22 people. Read more….http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-muslim-man-jewish-woman-picture-photo-image-elderly-unity-terror-bombing-a7754161.html
YOU ONLY NEED TO READ THESE PASSAGES FROM THE KORAN TO REALISE THAT THERE’S NOTHING ‘ISLAMIC’ ABOUT THE ISLAMIC STATE
Source: Jihad of the Pen By Adam Walker The Koran, whose message Isis butcher at every turn, even instructs Muslims to protect the religious freedoms of others When Isis beheaded […]
IS claims responsibility for London attack; UK’s May defiant
Source: Associated Press By JILL LAWLESS and PAISLEY DODDS LONDON (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack by a man who plowed an SUV into […]
Foreign ISIS Fighters Increasingly Isolated in Mosul Battle
Source: Wall Street Journal MOSUL, Iraq—Foreign Islamic State fighters are increasingly being abandoned by local militants as the group loses ground in Mosul, leaving a hardened core of extremists dominated […]
Trump’s New Anti-ISIS Strategy May Mean Deeper U.S. Involvement in Syria
Source: Time Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor / AP (WASHINGTON) — A new military strategy to meet President Donald Trump’s demand to “obliterate” the Islamic State group is likely […]
Indonesian police kill bomber, investigate for link to IS sympathizers
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Gayatri Suroyo | JAKARTA Indonesian police killed a militant on Monday after he detonated a small bomb in the city of Bandung […]
Last letters : From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’
Source: Reuters By Stephen Kalin | MOSUL, IRAQ “My dear family, please forgive me,” reads the handwritten letter discarded in the dusty halls of an Islamic State training compound in […]
Islamic State has gained a foothold in Pakistan – and the government allowed it
Source: The Guardian Last week, only three days after a suicide bomb went off in Lahore, an Islamic State supporter struck a crowd of Sufi dancers celebrating in the great […]
Pakistan says kills 100 ‘terrorists’ after suicide shrine attack
Source: Reuters By Syed Raza Hassan | SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN Pakistani security forces killed dozens of suspected militants on Friday, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that […]
Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens
Source: BBC A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 70 people, police say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine […]
Media jihadists
Source: Dawn Take the month of January. Open-source reporting suggests that, excluding lone-wolf operations that may or may not have been inspired by IS, the organisation mounted at least 37 separate attacks in nine different countries: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt, Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia. IS also attempted an […]
The policemen who dressed as women to hide from IS
Source: BBC A niqab saved Abu Alawi. For more than two-and-a-half years it helped keep the middle-aged former police officer hidden from IS and safe from the bullets and knives […]
Isis persecution of Christians not justified by Prophet Mohammed’s teachings, says study
The Independent: The persecution of Christians in the so-called Islamic State is not justified by Prophet Mohammed’s writings, according to research. The study into the works of the Muslim prophet written between 622 and 632 AD indicates Christians living within the “ummah” – Arabic for community – were protected and defended. More:
Real Housewives of Isis: ‘They want Muslims to be offended, but we aren’t’
Source: The Guardian BBC2 sketch has been criticised as ‘morally bankrupt’ but many say satire is British tradition and can help fight terrorism Real Housewives of Isis – a sketch […]
IS conflict: Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 35
Source: BBC At least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a busy square in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, security and medical sources say. Sixty-one other […]
Turkey nightclub attack: IS says it carried out shooting
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried […]
ISIS issues hit list of U.S. churches for holiday attacks
Source: RNS By John Bacon (USA Today) The Islamic State is urging its followers to attack U.S. churches and has published names and addresses of thousands of prospective targets, according […]
Islamic State group claims Ohio State University rampage
Source:BBC The Islamic State group says it was behind a car and knife rampage at a US college that left 11 people injured. Monday’s attack at Ohio State University was carried out by one of its students, Somali-born Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the authorities said. The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency […]