MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Its strength and influence seems to be growing rapidly. As more Islamist terror groups submit to the Islamic State’s authority, more will feel compelled to follow in their footsteps …

• Flashback: Jordan: Salafi Group Pledges Allegiance To Islamic State
• Flashback: Nigeria: Boko Haram Voices Support For ISIS Caliphate
• Flashback: Sudan: Salafi Group Endorses Islamic State’s New Caliphate
• Flashback: Lebanon: Sunni Jihadists Pledge Allegiance To ISIS Caliphate
• Flashback: Indonesia: Authorities Fear Support For ISIS Caliphate Spreading
• Flashback: Pakistan: Taliban-Linked Terror Organization Pledges Allegiance To ISIS Caliphate

By Maria A. Ressa, Rappler – “The Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS or the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq or ISIS, is expanding its recruitment on social media in the Philippines.

On July 23, a video of senior Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon along with masked men was posted on YouTube. Hapilon carries a reward of up to $5 million from the US Rewards for Justice Program. He was indicted in the District of Columbia for ‘terrorist acts against United States nationals and other foreign nationals.’ The FBI says he was ‘the deputy or second in command for the foreign terrorist organization, the Abu Sayyaf.’

The propaganda video begins with still photos establishing the notoriety of Hapilon: his encircled photo on posters of most wanted terrorists from the United States, which include al-Qaeda’s leaders. Al-Qaeda’s symbolic black flag, which is being used by extremist groups in more than 20 countries around the world (including the foreign fighters of ISIS), peppers the opening montage.

In the video clip that lasts a little more than 6 minutes, Hapilon, wearing a black gown, links arms with men, most of whom hide their faces. Using a combination of his native dialect, Yakan, and Arabic, Hapilon and his men swear allegiance or ‘bay’ah,’ an oath, to IS and its head, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

‘We pledge bay’ah to Caliph Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Ibrahim Awwad Al-Qurashi Al-Husseini for loyalty and obedience in adversity and comfort,’ says Hapilon, reading from a sheet of paper. The men, ostensibly members of the Abu Sayyaf, linking arms with him in the video recite the oath after him.

‘We pledge to obey him on anything which our hearts desire or not and to value him more than anyone else,’ Hapilon leads the men. ‘We will not take any emir other than him unless we see in him any obvious act of disbelief that could be questioned by Allah in the hereafter.'” Read more.

Flashback: ISIS Caliphate Leader To Muslim World: ‘Obey Me’ – “The leader of ISIS, al-Bagdhadi, has given a message to the entire Muslim world: ‘obey me…’ The entire message goes as follows: ‘The mujahedeen have been rewarded victory by God after years of jihad and they were able to achieve their aim and hurried to announce the caliphate and choose the Imam… It is a burden to accept this responsibility to be in charge of you…I am not better than you or more virtuous than you. If you see me on the right path, help me. If you see me on the wrong path, advise me and halt time. And obey me as far as I obey God.’ What happens to those who do not obey? Here is a photo of one of Baghdadi’s recent victims …” Read more.

For peaceful purposes. But according to the words of the Prophet Zechariah, the sort of “peace” that they are seeking is something they will never achieve …

Zechariah 9:5-6, 9-15a, “Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted. Foreigners will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines…. Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you… He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners… I will bend Judah as I bend my bow and fill it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion… Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south, and the LORD Almighty will shield them.”

• Flashback: PA To Israelis: Death Is Near, Sons Of Zion, All You’ll Get From Us Is Death
• Flashback: Former Egyptian President Morsi: We Must Nurse Our Children And Grandchildren On Hatred Of Jews And All Who Support Them

Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), 8/1/2014: “Without a doubt, the blood being spilled [in Gaza] is dear. But the equation is ‘Those killed from our side are in Paradise, and those killed from their side in Hell.’ (Hadith) We are not afraid of Martyrdom. Not long ago, you cried out loud: ‘Death for Allah is our most exalted wish!’ (Muslim Brotherhood slogan) You received the death you wanted. We have no problem with death. We are not like the children of Israel: ‘And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life.’ (Quran) Whereas we yearn for death and Martyrdom… Every mother – especially the mothers in Palestine, but every mother in the [Islamic] Nation, not just Palestine – must nurse her children on hatred of the sons of Zion. We hate them and they are our enemies.” Listen to more.

Behold, the one-and-only Islamic State that speaks and enforces the “Word of Allah” is now officially endorsing the mass murder of all those who refuse to bow in submission. This is sure to top the Middle East’s list of Best New Honeymoon Destinations of 2014 for the just-married jihadist (and all four of his child brides). “It’s Either The Islamic State Or The Flood” — interesting choice of title for the leading article, too. Where have we heard that before? …

Daniel 9:26b, “And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.”

Revelation 12:15, “So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.”

“DIABLO” Would Have Been A Much More Fitting Name For This Publication

By Kerry Picket, Breitbart – “The Islamic terrorist group known as the ‘Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’ (ISIS) is making itself more visible in the West now. Newsweek is reporting Pro-ISIS demonstrators calling for ‘death to Jews’ in the Netherlands.  German news outlets reported ISIS supporters in Saarbrucken hung the ISIS flag from a balcony of a private home for several weeks. The flag was only recently removed.

The terrorist organization just released an online magazine called ‘Dabiq’ for its English readership for Ramadan. In the magazine, ISIS justifies stoning women for adultery and mass executions of their enemies, while touting their compassion and generosity with orphans and the impoverished.  Additionally, ISIS goes after only one American politician — Senator John McCain (R-AZ), for a June 12 floor speech of he delivered about ISIS:

“…the crusader John McCain came to the Senate floor to rant irritably about the victories the Islamic State was achieving in Iraq. He forgot that he himself participated in the invasion of Iraq that led to the blessed events unfolding today by Allah’s bounty and justice.”

McCain had this to say:

“I come to the floor this morning with great sorrow and great concern and even deep alarm about the events that are transpiring rapidly in Iraq. ISIS the most extreme, Islamist organization – radical terrorist organization – now controls at least 1/3 of Iraqi territory and is rapidly gaining more. The areas of Fallujah, Mosul, Tikrit, they are on the outsides of Samarra… with these victories ISIS controls a swath of territory that stretches from the Syrian-Turkish frontier in the north, down the Euphrates river, all the way down to the Iraqi city of Fallujah just forty miles west of Baghdad.

And of course, hourly they are experiencing greater gains while the Iraqi military and police seem to be dissolving before our very eyes. ISIS social media published pictures of their fighters demolishing the sand berm, which hitherto marked the border between Syria and Iraq – an interesting symbolic gesture.

They also released… ISIS released footage of large numbers of weapons and armored military vehicles being received by members in Eastern Syria, confirming fears that the looted weapons would fuel the insurgency on both sides – both Syria and Iraq. Sources in the Syrian city of Hasakah confirmed that large numbers of trucks – conveys of trucks – arrived late on Tuesday and were met by senior ISIS figure Omar al-Checheni.

McCain responded to the two page spread attack on him telling Breitbart News on Monday, ‘Well I think they view me as a problem. And just as I was flattered to be sanctioned by Vladimir Putin, I’m flattered to be attacked by ISIS — the worst radical terrorist organization in the world.’

Middle-Eastern Counter-terrorism expert Patrick Poole analyzed the ISIS magazine and explained, ‘For anyone who wants a look at the moral universe that the new Islamic State seeks to promote, here it is in glossy full-color and multiple Western languages …'” Read more.

Islamic State Opens ‘Marriage Bureau’ Offering Honeymoon Bus Tours For Women Looking To Marry Their Dream Jihadist – “Extremist Islamists may well have wondered how they could possibly celebrate the happiest day of their lives – their wedding – while at the same time re-affirming their commitment to violent jihad. Or they may not have. In any case, the gap in the market has now been filled by the Islamic State, which is offering honeymoon bus tours across its self-declared caliphate spanning Iraq and Syria. The move into tourism comes after the group, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, opened a marriage bureau for women who want to meet the jihadi of their dreams.” Read more.

As a Muslim becomes increasingly obsessed with Islam they inevitably become increasingly obsessed with dismemberment. Whether it’s their own limbs in a murder-suicide bombing or the limbs of the enemy doesn’t really seem to matter, either. If body parts are being disassembled for the glory of “Allah” then according to these savage beasts it’s all an act of worship that moves them closer to him. But I guess we shouldn’t be surprised at all when they start behaving like rabid, wild animals in order to draw closer to “Allah.” After all, the one they worship is likened to a vicious animal himself in Scripture …

Revelation 12:9, “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth …”

Revelation 13:4, “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”

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Hamas Official Islmail Radwan, Al-Jazeera TV, 8/1/2014: “The Palestinian people with not raise a white flag, they will continue its Resistance. Our people have decided to keep defending your honor, for we are defending the honor of the Arab and Islamic Nation, and I wish in this regard to contratulate the heroic Resistance in the land of Palestine. We say, you are the ones re-drawing the map of the homeland with your blood and your body parts.” Listen to more.

And they vow that more “apostates” will soon be slain. If Islamic terror organizations like Al-Shabab ignored the Qur’an, then it would be dead and we would not be seeing the mass slaughter of all those who oppose them and their vision of “pure” Islam. But they do not ignore it. Rather, they breathe life into the “Word of Allah” by imposing its draconian dictates upon all with deadly force, whether small or great, rich or poor, free or slave. And since “Allah’s word” already speaks loud and clear for them — for all those who have already received the Mark of the Beast — they are therefore compelled to see to it that everyone who has an ear to hear listens and obeys, or the only thing they’ll be hearing is dead silence …

Qur’an: Sura 4:89, “Have no unbelieving friends. Kill the unbelievers [non-Muslims and Muslims who befriend Jews and Christians] wherever you find them.”

Revelation 13:15, “And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.”

Zechariah 5:3a, 8a, “… This is the curse [אָלָה – “alah“] that goes out over the face of the whole earth … This is Wickedness …”

Moderate Muslims Who Don’t Fall In Line Will Fall By The Wayside

The Daily Star – “Somalia’s Al-Shabab insurgents said they had assassinated a lawmaker in Mogadishu as he left prayers at a mosque Friday, the fifth MP killed this year in a string of attacks.

‘This was a legitimate target, and he was killed on the orders of Allah,’ Al-Shabab spokesman Abdiaziz Abu Musab told AFP, adding that the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents were ‘preparing to kill all the other MPs.’

Gunmen opened fire from a car in a drive-by shooting in the center of the city before racing off, witnesses said. ‘Sheikh Adan Madeer was shot and killed in central Mogadishu by gunmen, the gunmen then fled,’ witness Abdisalan Mohammad said.

Madeer was chairman of the parliamentary finance committee. ‘He returned from a mosque near his house … when two gunmen shot him dead. Now we are preparing his burial,’ relative Nur Mohammad said.

Al-Shabab fighters fled fixed positions in Mogadishu three years ago and have since lost most large towns to a 22,000-strong U.N.-backed African Union force, fighting alongside government soldiers. But they still hold sway in vast swathes of the rural hinterland from which they regularly launch guerrilla raids.

Recent Al-Shabab attacks in Somalia have targeted key areas of government and security forces in an apparent bid to discredit claims by the authorities and AU troops that they are winning the war. Last month Al-Shabab launched an assault on the presidential palace using similar tactics deployed in an attack on the same fortified compound in February.

In May, the Islamist insurgents also launched a similar attack against the national parliament. Al-Shabab spokesman Musab said the extremists were targeting MPs as they had ‘authorized the deployment of foreign troops in Somalia and were a pillar of the apostate government.'” Read more.

Flashback: Somalia: Islamist Group Vows To Kill Anyone Who Supports Christians – “Somali terror group Al-Shabaab told Al-Jazeera that it wouldn’t be negotiating with the government and would continue its quest to kill ‘anyone who supports the Christians.’ … ‘Anyone who works for the apostate government, no matter where and at what level, they are supporting the apostates and the Christians who sent them. Our stand is clear is on such people. We will fight them and kill them anywhere we see them … Anyone who supports the Christians, either through the pen or by carrying a weapon, they are the same to us and we will kill them …” Read more.

Qur’an Sura 9:123, “O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers [non-Muslims] who are near to you and let them find in you hardness …”

And, O you who believe! When those of the unbelievers are nowhere near to you, then let them see just how hard you can be! When infidels are too far removed from the Caliphate’s web to strike fear in their hearts, do it on the world wide web instead. For peaceful purposes. Terrorism. Where would Islam be without it? …

Qur’an Sura 8:59a, “The infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them …”

“Allah Is Number One”

By Perry Chiaramonte, FOX News – “The Islamic State is proving highly adept at using 21st century technology to lead the Middle East back to the Middle Ages.

The Sunni Muslim extremist group formerly known as ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) is using social media websites like Twitter and Facebook and video upload sites like YouTube and LiveLeak.com to strike fear across the Middle East as it wages its brutal campaign to create a caliphate that extends from northern Africa to Iraq.

In its most recent video, Islamic State fighters are shown executing dozens of men in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, according to a description posted on Twitter. The five-minute clip, culled from a longer propaganda video, shows the militants packing their victims into a caravan of trucks and transporting them to a field, where they force the men to lie face-down on the ground as a militia member shoots them one-by-one, execution style, with an AK-47.

The same video shows other men being dragged to the edge of a large body of water, shot point-blank in the back of the head and then thrown in.

‘The Islamic State is a social media master,’ Ryan Mauro, a national security analyst with the Clarion Project, told FoxNews.com. ‘They know these videos get them attention – but more importantly, they are seen by IS and like-minded jihadists as proof of success.

‘The videos are also an intimidation tactic. The Iraqi government is launching counterattacks, and these videos may dissuade Iraqi soldiers from participating and Iraqi civilians from cooperating with the government.’

Mauro says the videos are a haunting reminder to Iraqis of how dangerous the Islamic State is.

‘The videos reflect an unpleasant reality for Iraqis who oppose IS. Even if the Iraqi forces push IS back, it’s questionable whether they will hold that territory, and IS supporters will stay behind. Iraqis look at the videos and know that could be them.’

Another video released this week seems to reinforce this theory. It shows the …” Read more.

The “Prophet” Mohammed, Al Bukhari Hadith 2977, “I have been made victorious with terror.”

Flashback: Medieval Darkness: ISIS Caliphate Displays 50 Heads On Poles After Mass Beheadings – “This is Islam’s version of ‘Game of Thrones’ — only this time it isn’t fantasy. It’s all real. And worse. Because ‘Allah is Greater’ than all other gods. But if the religion of the most magnificent and merciful ‘Allah’ were to take over the world, the centuries following the 21st would be much more reminiscent of those witnessed during the Dark Ages. Backwardness. Barbarism. Bloodshed. Where would Islam be without it? …” Read more.

Flashback: Syrian Islamists Live-Tweet Sharia Amputation Of Man’s Hand For All To See – “The extremist Syrian group deemed too radical even for al-Qaeda performed what may have been a Twitter first Friday: live-tweeting the amputation of a hand. The amputation took place in the remote rural town of Maskanah in the northern province of Aleppo, according to a series of tweets posted by the account of a supporter of the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The first showed a photograph of a blindfolded man having his arm positioned on a table by fighters as a masked man wielding a sword waits nearby. Another man, wearing a white robe of the kind favored in Arab Gulf countries, is reading a statement. A caption states that the …” Read more.