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Monthly Archives: August, 2014

ISIS execution of James Foley and the Aafia Siddiqui Deobandi connection to Pakistan

In the days following the brutal and tragic execution of US journalist James Foley, it has become clear that genocidal terrorist organizations like ISIS view Aafia Siddiqui as an icon … Continue reading

August 28, 2014 · Leave a comment

Taymiyyah followers massacaring Shia Sunni Christian and others from Yemen to Iraq to Pakistan NOT a Shia-Sunni conflict

We were witnessing a bloody internecine among the Muslims in the arc spanning from Pakistan to Yemen. However, people who explain this mayhem in the context of traditional Sunni-Shia conflict … Continue reading

August 27, 2014 · Leave a comment

Why Washington’s War on Terror Failed – by Patrick Cockburn

There are extraordinary elements in the present U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria that are attracting surprisingly little attention. In Iraq, the U.S. is carrying out air strikes and sending … Continue reading

August 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Expect exponential increase in home grown terror thanks to the internet – by Ali Abbas Taj

  While we appreciate Secretary Kerry and the administration finally seeing the light on the dangers of funding and arming Syrian rebel, now manifested as ISIS, it cannot be emphasized … Continue reading

August 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS bans philosophy, chemistry in Syria schools

  A terror organization that issues its own passports Editor’s note: The news that ISIL has banned philosophy as a subject at schools should not come as a surprise. Philosophy is … Continue reading

August 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

Syrian Rebel Commander says he Collaborated with Israel – by Elhanan Miller

  Sharif as-Safouri, abducted by Al-Nusra Front in July, confesses to receiving antitank weapons in return for protecting the occupied Golan Heights border. August 14, 2014 “ICH” – “Times Of … Continue reading

August 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

US actions in Iraq fueled rise of a rebel – by Tim Arango & Eric Schmitt

  BAGHDAD — When American forces raided a home near Falluja during the turbulent 2004 offensive against the Iraqi Wahabi/Deobandi insurgency, they got the hard-core militants they had been looking … Continue reading

August 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Is America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia broken beyond repair? – by Martin Chulov

Barack Obama arrives in Riyadh seeking rapprochement with an aggrieved Arab ally whose interests are increasingly at odds with its key western backer. The president’s flying visit – no more … Continue reading

August 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

UK PM Warns of terror state on Europe’s doorstep

David Cameron has warned that if the Islamic State’s onslaught continues Europe will be facing a “poisonous” terrorist state on the shores of the Mediterranean. The Prime Minister said urgent … Continue reading

August 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Have We Misunderstood the Threat from ISIS? – by Professor Gareth Stansfield,

Christian men who were circumcised forcefully in Mosul Having sent special forces to assess the humanitarian threat from ISIS in the Sinjar Mountains, the United States now says situation was … Continue reading

August 15, 2014 · 1 Comment

Mayhem in Mesopotamia: A mess of extremist Salafi Deobandi hatred – by Agha Jafri

  What began in Syria during the spring of 2011 as a simple uprising by a few so-called rebels has blossomed into a brazen and bloody movement led by the … Continue reading

August 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

SOS from Saudi Arabia: Rights activist and dissident Sheikh Nimr facing execution

An outspoken dissident against the oppressive Saudi regime, Sheikh Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr is facing imminent execution.  The Saudi prosecutor wants to literally crucify him for speaking against the regime. All … Continue reading

August 13, 2014 · Leave a comment

Obama is mute on his friendly ally Saudi Arabia, whose Salafists are the inspiration and fund-raisers for the Deobandi/Wahabi militias of Iraq and Syria – by Robert Fisk

He wouldn’t bomb Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s bloody caliphate when it was butchering the majority Shia Muslims of Iraq. But Barak Obama is riding to the rescue of the Christian refugees … Continue reading

August 12, 2014 · Leave a comment

The Wahhabi sack of Karbala (1802 A.D.)

  Among the most atrocious acts committed in modern Islamic history has been the sack of Karbala in 1802. Unfortunately, this remains a little known fact to most Muslims. However, … Continue reading

August 4, 2014 · 1 Comment