MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

And this terrorist group is affiliated with the Taliban in Pakistan. Could this be the first of many? …

1 Thessalonians 5:6, “Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”

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By Sam Webb, Mail Online – “A terrorist organisation claiming responsibility for a number of attacks in Pakistan has apparently become the first foreign extremist group to pledge their allegiance to the Islamic State currently wreaking havoc across Syria and Iraq.

Tehreek-e-Khilafat has declared it will raise the flag of the Islamic State – formerly known as ISIS – above south Asia and Khurusan, an historical Islamic region comprising parts of Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The move will be seen to bolster Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, who has garnered the nickname ‘the invisible sheikh’ due to his elusive nature.

Described as the world’s most wanted man, militants operating under Baghdadi’s control have spread terror through Syria and Iraq in an attempt to form a new Islamic state in the Middle East.

The Sunni fighters, responsible for the brutal slaughter of thousands, have vowed to expand the so-called caliphate to huge swathes of Europe and Africa.

Tehreek-e-Khilafat, affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, said in a statement: ‘From today, Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi shall consider Tehreek-e-Khilafat and Jihad mujahideen fighters of Pakistan as one of the arrows among his arrows which he has kept for his bow.

The statement, featured in the Daily Telegraph, added: ‘We are praying from the almighty Allah to give us chance in our lives to see the expansion of Islamic State boundaries toward the Sub­Continent and Khurasan region in order to hoist the flag of Islamic State here.’

The deadliness of Pakistani terror groups was brought home in March, when gunmen stormed Pakistan’s main court complex in Islamabad on Monday, cutting down fleeing lawyers before blowing themselves up in a rampage that killed 11 people.

It was the worst terror attack in years in the capital, which has largely been spared the violence raging in many parts of the country.” 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.

Daniel 8:19, “And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.”

The prophets of old knew that the fulfillment of the Word of God could only take place at the appointed time. Conquering Jerusalem and destroying the state of Israel may be “central” to this Caliphate’s global war against Jews and Christians, but even they know that, although it may be soon, the time is not yet right and certain other objectives must first be secured, objectives that a Panderer-in-Chief we know all too well has evidently encouraged, emboldened and empowered them to achieve …

Daniel 2:21, 4:17b, “He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning … the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men.”

Proverbs 19:21, “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”

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By Dalit Halevi and Ari Soffer, INN – “The Islamic State, or ISIS, has responded to critics who have questioned why its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is not actively supporting Hamas in fighting Israel.

After capturing vast swathes of Iraq and Syria, ISIS declared the regions under its control as a ‘Caliphate’, or Islamic state, and appointed Baghdadi as ‘leader of the Muslims’. While many jihadists celebrated the announcement, others – including Al Qaeda, which ISIS broke off from last year – have criticized the move for a variety of reasons.

Since the recent escalation between Israel and Islamist terrorists in Gaza, some of those critics have questioned why a self-declared ‘Caliphate’ is not rushing to the aid of Muslims in the Hamas-controlled territory.

In a statement a spokesperson for the group, Nidal Nuseiri reaffirmed that conquering ‘Bayt el-Maqdis’ (Jerusalem) and destroying the State of Israel is central to the group’s ‘jihad’, or holy war.

However, he pointed out that ISIS has been taking a systematic approach in its campaign, and outlined six specific stages it said needed to be fulfilled before taking on Israel.

Some of those ‘stages’ – building a firm base for an Islamic state in Iraq, and using it as a springboard to wage war in Syria and Lebanon – have already been achieved. But he said a number of other criteria still needed to be fulfilled before challenging Israel directly.

Among them, Nuseiri said that the US – seen as Israel’s greatest ally – needed to be weakened politically and economically via attacks on the American mainland, as well as US interests in Muslim countries. Additionally, the existing ‘Islamic State’ needed to expand its borders to cover all of ‘Greater Syria’ (which would include Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jorislamdan and possibly Gaza); such a state, he said, would then be in a position for a direct confrontation with Israel.” Source – INN.

Flashback: ISIS Jihadist: ‘This Is The War Muhammad Promised Us, The War Of The Great Tribulation’ – “These fighters who gather in Iraq and Syria are not there for the primary goal to fight Maliki and Assad. Abu Omar, a Sunni jihadist fighting in Aleppo said, ‘If you think that all these mujahideen came from around the world to fight Assad, you are mistaken. All of them came here as it was foretold and promised by the Prophet. It is the war He promised us; the war of The Great Tribulation.’ The Jihadists have a set of belief that one third of the Muslims in the world will be killed.” Read more.

I’m sure Dimona is well protected on many levels, but Hamas apparently failed to consider the consequences of what would happen to them — not to mention their co-religionists down wind — if Dimona were somehow hit and damaged as intended. Given their love of death, they’d probably welcome it …

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Sky News – “Hamas militants have fired rockets towards the Dimona nuclear reactor facility, an Israeli military spokesman has said.

The official said three rockets were detected and the ‘Iron Dome’ defensive missile system was activated.

Writing on Twitter, the official said: ‘A few minutes ago, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired three rockets at Dimona. Two fell in open areas, Iron Dome intercepted the other.’

The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said it ‘launched three M75 rockets at Dimona’. The rockets have a range of about 80km (50 miles).

The strike attempt comes after the Israeli military has said it has shot down rockets fired by Palestinian militants at other areas, as Israel’s major air offensive over the Gaza Strip approaches its third day.

A spokesperson for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said at least eight rockets sent from Gaza were intercepted over Tel Aviv, Ashdod and Ashkelon on Wednesday.

Israel said a rocket hit the city of Zichron Yaakov on Wednesday afternoon, which is some 120km (75 miles) from Gaza, representing the longest-range rocket strike by Hamas on the state to date.

The IDF claims at least 48 missiles, sent by Hamas, which controls Gaza, ‘struck Israel’ since midnight.

Other locations targeted included Beersheva and Sderot in the south, Rishon Lezion, and Hadera in the north – 60 miles from Gaza.

In total, more than 300 rockets have been fired at Israel since the military launched Operation Protective Edge began on Monday night.

To date no fatalities have been reported in Israel.” Read more.

Hamas TV Entertains Children With M75 Rocket Sounds

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is Israel’s peace partner. Unfortunately, the PA’s idea of peace is one that can only be achieved with the complete destruction of the Jewish State of Israel …

Qur’an Sura 18:26, “[Allah] maketh none to share in his government.”

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By The Washington Free Beacon – “The military wing of Fatah sent a message on Wednesday in Hebrew to Israel that ‘death will reach you from the south to the north,’ and advising the Israeli government and people to ‘flee our country and you won’t die.’

The video, made available by Palestinian Media Watch, was produced by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and posted by Fatah on Facebook…

The release of the video coincides with the firing of hundreds of rockets by Hamas from Gaza targeting cities across Israel including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the northern city of Haifa.

Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, formed a Palestinian unity government with Hamas in May, though experts on the region say that the partnership is already all but dead.

‘For all intents and purposes the unity government is done,’ said the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Jonathan Schanzer. ‘I don’t see unity, cooperation between Hamas and Fatah looks dead, and no one is even talking about whether the unity government is functioning.

Concerns have been voiced that Abbas may move towards more militant options in order to remain popular with his constituents.” Source – Washington Free Beacon.

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Suicide bombings and Islam. Like beheadings, you just can’t think about one without thinking about the other …

Qur’an Sura 4:74, “Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward.”

Hadith, Bukhari 52:54, “[Mohammed said] I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred.” 

Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), 7/9/2014: “Zionists, wait and see stabbing attacks everywhere. Wait for suicide attacks on every busy, café and street. Wait for the rage and for revenge for Gaza, wait for the flames of the West Bank and inside you [Israel]… Zionists, do you still remember the rockets that made Tel-Aviv and the Israeli Parliament tremble? We just wanted to tell you that we have thousands of them…” Watch more.

Every eye of this multi-headed Beast is reading the same books for Jihadi inspiration. But worry not, Islam has absolutely nothing to do with Islamic terrorism …

Qur’an Sura 8:12b, “… terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.”

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By Raymond Ibrahim, Islam Translated – “I just spent the better part of the day reading and listening to sermons by the leaders and jihadis of the new ‘caliphate’ in Mesopotamia, the Islamic State (formerly ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’).

I did so in the vain hopes of learning something ‘new.’

But it was absolute déjà vu — taking me back to a decade ago, when I was reading and translating the Arabic writings and speeches of al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri, as collated in The Al Qaeda Reader.

Now as then, it’s the same Koran verses; the same hadiths of Islamic prophet Muhammad waging and praising jihad; the same threats of hellfire for the munafiqun (hypocrites or lukewarm Muslims); the same carnal rewards in the now or hereafter for those who join the ‘caravan’ of jihad.

Consider for instance the following opening words of a recently released short video from the Islamic State titled, ‘There is No Life Without Jihad’:

If you wish to know the way to glory and power, to goodness, security and joy, you must learn that there are no rights without jihad, no justice without jihad, no dignity without jihad, no security without jihad, no future without jihad, no life without jihad, no life without jihad.

After this rather hackneyed opening, one Abu Muthana, a jihadi from Britain, appears quoting some more of the usual Koran verses, hadiths, and ulema, in this case, Imam Qurtubi, who wrote that ‘jihad gives life.’  Finally he summarizes the goal of the jihad — in case anyone is still not sure — namely, to fight until ‘the law [Sharia] of Allah is implemented and the caliphate restored.’

To reiterate, there is little new or original in the videos and communiques from the Islamic State.  Just static Islamism.

If one turns to the speeches of other Islamic and jihadi groups around the world—from the African groups such as Boko Haram (Nigeria) and al-Shabaab (Somalia), to Asian groups such as Abu Sayyaf (Philippines) and the Islamic Movement (Uzbekistan)—it’s the same thing, same themes, same scriptures, same quotations, same exhortations, same condemnations.   Only their temporal circumstances and vicissitudes of victory or defeat differ.

While the Western mentality, so used to seeing and hearing about the ‘latest’ or ‘newest’ fad, may deem the Islamist approach as static or insipid, it is, quite the contrary, immensely effective for its purposes, and thus dangerous.

Consider: It’s the same exact message — of supremacism, hate, and violence, capped off with divine sanctioning — repeated over and over again, from a myriad of sources and organizations, all of which claim authority.

One can think of few better ways to brainwash and indoctrinate young and impressionable minds—to the point that they eagerly embrace death, including through suicide (AKA “martyrdom operations”).

Nor is this message of jihad, conquest, and death-to-the-infidel, limited to the verbiage that transpires among terrorist organizations; instead, this sort of rhetoric has spread far and wide, thanks to Read more…