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When Islam’s politically correct enablers and the Western media go out of their way to whitewash everything else to do with Islam, why not take it a step further and whitewash the “Islamic State” itself? …

Proverbs 14:8, “The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves.”

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By Robert Spencer, Real Clear Religion – “The dominant dogma regarding jihadism, that Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked by a tiny minority of extremists who distort its teachings to justify violence, has been put to a severe test by the declaration of a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. The mainstream media is fighting back.

The Islamic State, as it calls itself, has issued several declarations thick with Koranic citations and mainstream media to explain and justify its positions. Its conscious, explicit, and deeply rooted Islamic character has rattled mainstream media cages — to the extent that articles have begun to appear claiming that this new caliphate is no caliphate at all, so unlike its illustrious predecessors as to be unworthy of the name.

That was the central claim of an article that appeared in the New York Times Wednesday: ‘The Caliphate Fantasy’ by Khaled Diab, ‘an Egyptian-Belgian journalist based in Jerusalem.’ Diab complains: ‘The problem with this new caliphate… is that it is ahistorical, to say the least.’ Why? Because ‘the Abbasid caliphate, for example, which ruled from 750 to 1258, was an impressively dynamic and diverse empire.’ The Abbasid caliphate, Diab asserts, ‘thrived on multiculturalism, science, innovation, learning and culture — in sharp contrast to ISIS’ violent puritanism.’

Multiculturalism? Bat Ye’or, the pioneering historian of dhimmitude, the institutionalized second-class status Islamic law stipulates for non-Muslims in the Islamic state, notes of Jews and Christians in this ‘multicultural’ caliphate that ‘it was during the Abbasid period that their degrading status developed and was integrated into the legal system of the dar al-Islam.’ She writes of the crushing taxes that the Abbasids made the dhimmis pay, in accord with the Koran’s dictum that they ‘pay the jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued’ (9:29). ‘Money was extorted by blows, torture and death,’ Bat Ye’or writes, ‘particularly by crucifixion.’

Ultimately ‘the dhimmis, ruined by taxation, abandoned their lands and villages,’ hoping to escape to the anonymity of the city, whereupon a ‘drive to track down dhimmi peasants, organized throughout the Abbasid Empire, required a considerable number of participants, who were joined by brigands greedy for plunder and pillage.’ The plunder and pillage of the minority communities was considered to be their due Read more…

Here we have a “pure” Islamic entity that, as commanded by the “prophet” Mohammed, claims to abhor idolatry (even while bowing down towards Mecca five times a day) yet is itself engaged in the perpetual pursuit of earthly possessions and pleasures, as commanded by the “prophet” Mohammed. Hypocrisy evidently isn’t hypocritical when it’s done in the name of the all-knowing (except-for-science-and-history) “Allah” …

Al Rod Al Anf, Volume 2, Page 182: “You see [our god Allah] will soon make you inherit their land, their treasures and make you sleep with their women.” – The “prophet” Mohammed

Revelation 9:21, “And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries [“φαρμακεία” – idolatry] or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”

By Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage Mag – “While ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has proclaimed an Islamic State, was telling Muslims they had to obey him, he showed off some of the loot that his followers could expect to pick up along the way.

The Islamic State leader spoke publicly for the first time at Mosul’s Great Mosque of Friday, an intervention in which he called on the world’s Muslims to “obey” him as “the leader who presides over you”.
But the self-anointed ‘Caliph Ibrahim’ also brought a touch of branding into the bloody conflict, with many who have seen the 20-minute sermon commenting on his bulky and expensive wristwatch.

Appearing in black robes and a turban in an attempt to evoke memories of the last Caliphs to rule from Baghdad, the jihadist broke with the tradition to sport an ill-fitting chrome watch with a dark face.

His choice of accessory, which is believed to be either a Rolex, Sekonda or £3,500 Omega seamaster…

Some are calling this a misstep, but looting was the core of Mohammed’s conquests. His followers weren’t all that devout, they were looking for stuff to steal. That is why many of Mohammed’s original targets, including the Jews, were well off.

Like most thieves, Mohammed went where the money was.

“Allah made booty lawful and good. He used it to incite the Muslims to unity of purpose. So enjoy what you have captured.

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“Allah saw what was in their hearts [what they coveted] so he rewarded them with victory and with as much spoil as they could take. Allah promised that they would soon capture a great deal of booty.”

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Allah taught them how to divide the spoil. He made it lawful and said, ‘A fifth of the booty belongs to the Apostle. (Mohammed)’

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On the Badr expedition, the Messenger took the sword of Dhu al-Faqar as booty. It had belonged to Munabbih. On that day he also took Abu Jahl’s camel as booty. It was a Mahri dromedary on which he used to go on raids. It is said that he wrote ‘Ma’aqil’ [Blood-Money] on his sword.”

Religion was a means for Mohammed to rob people. It’s not that different from what Al-Bagdadi is doing. The ‘spiritual’ aspect of martyrdom simply promised those of the Mohammedan bandits who died in the process of robbing people that they would enjoy the spoils of victory, e.g. food, women, wealth, in Islamic paradise.

Islam, as I have said before, is innately a gang religion. Its faith is in its ability to steal from others.” Read more.

And if the Islamists who reside all throughout the nations surrounding Israel today are any indication, ISIS will have plenty of help. For peaceful purposes, literally …

Joel 3:11-12, “Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations [H1471 gowy, “peoples” or figuratively “swarm of locusts”], and gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.”

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By John Rossomando, IPT – “A Twitter post Thursday by supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now calling itself the Islamic State (IS), has promised a Holocaust against the Jews.

‘The Real Zionist Holocaust is Predicted in the Hadiths! The Hour [resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, and the tree will say: ‘Oh, Muslim, servant of God, there is a Jew behind me, kill him! THE PROMISED Holocaust,’ the terrorist group’s Islamic State Media a graphic posted on its @ISIS_Conquests’s Twitter account said.

This hadith has proven popular with Islamic extremists of all stripes, ranging from IS to Hamas – and even on television in the Middle East.

Daniel Pipes, an expert on jihadism, said the hadith likely was a recruitment tool.

‘​Yes, ​calling for a holocaust against Jews refers to a violently anti-Semitic strain among jihadis and will surely appeal to some of them,’ Pipes said in an email to the Investigative Project on Terrorism.

Anti-Semitic propaganda has played an important role in the terrorist group’s recruitment effort. Its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, placed Jews on the side of evil in a speech posted Tuesday on the Internet in which he called on Muslims to join him.

‘O ummah of Islam, the world today has been divided into two camps and two trenches … The camp of Islam and faith, and the camp of kufr (disbelief) and hypocrisy … all being led by America and Russia, and being mobilized by the Jews,’ al-Baghdadi said.

In another such video released on Twitter, IS told jihadists to ‘Break the crosses and destroy the lin­eage of the grand­sons of mon­keys.’

Some jihadist supporters are calling on the group to open a new front against Israel.” Read more.

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