This background was taken from wiki, it is accurate and is a good place to start this post.
Sunni Muslims, often referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h or Ahl as-Sunnah, are the largest denomination of Islam.
The word Sunni comes from the word sunnah, which means the teachings and actions or examples of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Therefore, the term “Sunni” refers to those who follow or maintain the sunnah of the prophet Muhammad. Another etymology proposed by some[who?] is that the word “sunni” comes from a movement “Am-ul-sunnah” started by Mu’awiya.
The Sunni believe that Muhammad did not specifically appoint a successor to lead the Muslim ummah (community) before his death, and after an initial period of confusion, a group of his most prominent companions gathered and elected Abu Bakr Siddique—Muhammad’s close friend and a father-in-law—as the first caliph of Islam. Sunni Muslims regard the first four caliphs—Abu Bakr, `Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Uthman Ibn Affan and Ali ibn Abu Talib—as “al-Khulafā’ur-Rāshidūn” or “The Rightly Guided Caliphs.” Sunnis also believe that the position of caliph may be democratically-chosen, but after the Rashidun, the position turned into a hereditary dynastic rule. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923, there has never been another as widely-recognized caliph in the Muslim world.
Shia Islam (Arabic: شيعة Shī‘ah, sometimes Shi’a or Shi’ite), is the second-largest denomination of Islam. Shia Muslims—though a minority in the Muslim world—constitute the majority of the populations in Azerbaijan, Bahrain and Iran, as well as a plurality in Iraq, Kuwait, and Lebanon.
In addition to believing in the authority of the Qur’an and teachings of the Muhammad, Shia believe that his family—the Ahl al-Bayt (the People of the House), including his descendants known as Imams—have special spiritual and political rule over the community[3] and believe that Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law, was the first of these Imams and was the rightful successor to Muhammad, and thus reject the legitimacy of the first three Rashidun caliphs.[4]
The use of a female suicide bomber in Iraq by the Sunni against the majority Shia (backed by Iran) during a high religious pilgrimage is not unique, the press is covering this as if this was the first time a female suicide bomber has been used. Females have been used over the past 20 years, the first was in Lebanon by secular members of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party in Southern Lebanon. It is impossible to pretend that Hezbollah had nothing to do with this given their operational control over that area in the 1980′s. They have occurred also in India, the Tamil Tigers used female suicide bombers to murder Prime Minister Ghandi. They have been used in Chechnya, Turkey (by the PPK), in Israel by the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s al Qaeda in Iraq. I do see a pattern here, the Iranian funding and training of these groups; that makes this aspect of suicide bombing primarily a Shia operation.
The advantages of using females is that they do not fit into the terrorist ‘profile’ and are often overlooked by security professionals. Modesty is also a factor, women are not searched, or even looked at in Muslim countries as thoroughly as men; women are often allowed to pass freely through the checkpoints. Combine this with a hajib, burqa, and the niqab and what you have is a concealed, invisible smart bomb. ABC reported “last week alleged that American law-enforcement officials have been told to be on the lookout for female suicide bombers who may attempt to enter the United States. The network quoted one official saying that at least two such women are believed to be connected to Al Qaeda in Yemen and may have a non-Arab appearance and be traveling on Western passports.” The terrorists will never stop, they will continue to find ways to attack us. Be prepared, In my opinion the next attack will have nothing to do with airplanes. All of the airport/airplane probes are a ruse to keep our attention away from other, now much easier to hit, targets. We can’t watch all of the malls, restaurants, schools, or other soft targets.
If women are used more frequently this means that the masculine chauvinistic Muslim ideals of jihad, martyrdom, and free pass to paradise and its rewards is not holding in the face of increased anti-terrorism efforts and more aggressive searches and profiles. The next step for the terrorists is that once the women are searched and countered, children will be used as suicide bombers next.
From this website, Hassan’s imam praises the Moslem coward. (Via Gateway Pundit)
Nidal Hassan is a hero. He is a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people. This is a contradiction that many Muslims brush aside and just pretend that it doesn’t exist. Any decent Muslim cannot live, understanding properly his duties towards his Creator and his fellow Muslims, and yet serve as a US soldier. The US is leading the war against terrorism which in reality is a war against Islam. Its army is directly invading two Muslim countries and indirectly occupying the rest through its stooges.
Only a shit-for-brains Moslem can see “heroism” when attacking unarmed infidels. If Allah is really as powerful as they claim, then why do these brave Moslems fight with people who can not fight back? It’s a rhetorical question.
If this POS Moslem (Hassan) was really “pious”, then why didnt he just move to a POS Moslem country, like Iraq, Afghanistan or any of the other POS Moslem countries?
And this “Moslems don’t kill Moslems is pure bullshit.” I have seen many a car swarms in both Iraq and Afghanistan that kill lots of Moslems. I sure hope they keep up the good work for Allah.
The ultimate slap to Islams face, the real hero is female (Kimberly Munley).
► Hot LinksPakistan’s top Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. targets, U.S. Defense Department and Pakistani officials say.
A Pakistani official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the topic, said the going price for child bombers was $7,000 to $14,000 – huge sums in Pakistan, where per-capita income is about $2,600 a year.
“[Mehsud] has turned suicide bombing into a production output, not unlike [the way] Toyota outputs cars,” a U.S. Defense Department official told reporters recently. He spoke on the condition that he not be named because of ongoing intelligence efforts to catch Mehsud, a prime target for a U.S. and Pakistani anti-Taliban campaign.
An apparent U.S. effort to kill Mehsud last week failed. On Sunday, the Pakistani government offered a reward of about $615,300 for information leading to the capture of Mehsud, dead or alive. The U.S. State Department has offered a bounty of $5 million for Mehsud, who is thought to be hiding in the tribal areas near the Afghan border.
This is beyond disgusting. Taking advantage of the weakest in society for their own personal gain. How “righteous” of them.
► Hot LinksDespite the Western Leftists insuring the World that Islam means peace, Terrorism doesn’t exist, and they only hate us because of George W. Bush…Al Qaeda hasn’t quite gotten the message.
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(Reuters) – If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired Sunday.
Pakistan has been battling al Qaeda’s Taliban allies in the Swat Valley since April after their thrust into a district 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital raised fears the nuclear-armed country could slowly slip into militant hands.
“God willing, the nuclear weapons will not fall into the hands of the Americans and the mujahideen would take them and use them against the Americans,” Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the leader of al Qaeda’s in Afghanistan, said in an interview with Al Jazeera television.
Abu al-Yazid was responding to a question about U.S. safeguards to seize control over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in case Islamist fighters came close to doing so.
“We expect that the Pakistani army would be defeated (in Swat) … and that would be its end everywhere, God willing.”
Asked about the group’s plans, the Egyptian militant leader said: “The strategy of the (al Qaeda) organization in the coming period is the same as in the previous period: to hit the head of the snake, the head of tyranny — the United States.
“That can be achieved through continued work on the open fronts and also by opening new fronts in a manner that achieves the interests of Islam and Muslims and by increasing military operations that drain the enemy financially.”
The militant leader suggested that naming a new leader for the group’s unit in the Arabian Peninsula, Abu Basir al-Wahayshi, could revive its campaign in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter.
“Our goals have been the Americans … and the oil targets which they are stealing to gain power to strike the mujahideen and Muslims.”
“There was a setback in work there for reasons that there is no room to state now, but as of late, efforts have been united and there is unity around a single leader.”
Abu al-Yazid, also known as Abu Saeed al-Masri, said al Qaeda will continue “with large scale operations against the enemy” — by which he meant the United States.
“We have demanded and we demand that all branches of al Qaeda carry out such operations,” he said, referring to attacks against U.S.-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The militant leader said al Qaeda would be willing to accept a truce of about 10 years’ duration (ed- ie: hudna) with the United States if Washington agreed to withdraw its troops from Muslim countries and stopped backing Israel and the pro-Western governments of Muslim nations.
Asked about the whereabouts of al Qaeda’s top leaders, he said: “Praise God, sheikh Osama (bin Laden) and sheikh Ayman al-Zawahri are safe from the reach of the enemies, but we would not say where they are; moreover, we do not know where they are, but we’re in continuous contact with them.”
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But really, don’t worry. Our deal leader is on top of all these Bush era overseas contingency operations (aka: man made disasters). Nothing that a good conversation couldn’t fix.
What? Me worry!?
America and the EU really must be either ignorant of Islamic Imperialism or something worse. This article is typical of the western mindset. The writer: Edward P. Joseph, is an Islamist sympathizer. He goes on to call for Kosovo to be recognized by the world, and that the Islamo-Fascist state of Bosnia must gain control over the liberated part of Bosnia: Republika Srpska and that Serbia must join NATO.
Something is terribly wrong with Joe Biden visiting the Balkans next week. It isn’t his expertise that is at issue. Few Americans understand the region better than Biden, who had the temerity to call Slobodan Milosevic, the late Serbian dictator, a “war criminal,” to his face. The problem is that a visit from the vice president of the United States is even needed nine years after Milosevic lost power, a decade after NATO intervened in Kosovo, and 14 years after determined U.S. diplomacy ended the war in Bosnia.
The US should never have gotten involved in this region. We should of allowed a Serb victory over the Islamo-Fascist forces there. Our involvement in neutering Serbia gave Muslims confidence and hence 9/11.
The second and better option is to finally fix the core problem in Bosnia: the unresolved relationship between Republika Srpska (RS), the Serb entity that emerged from the war, and the central state that Serbs see as “Muslim dominated.” This means opening up the constitution to fundamental change, something the Serbs are reluctant to do. They understand that any move to strengthen the central government will necessarily weaken Republika Srpska. Getting the Serbs and their Bosniak and Croat counterparts to negotiate seriously on the constitution will require a game-changer, something that will reward cooperation and penalize intransigence.
In other words the Serbs must submit to Muslim domination. Why does the US always side with Muslims against Christians? Please can someone explain this insane Bi Partisan policy of helping Islam?
Here is a picture of our Vice President Joe Biden shaking hands with an Al-Qaeda Terrorist.
The leader of the Islamist regime in Kosovo: Hashim Thaci, is an Al-Qaeda operative. He trained in Afghanistan in the 90′s and was friends with Osama Bin Laden. Biden by shaking hands with this man, has the blood of the dead of 9/11. Any American who supports the Islamist of Bosnia and Kosovo has the blood of 9/11 victims on their hands.
Before the Obama-Biden bashing begins, It was Bush who recognized the Illegal Terror State of Kosovo last year. Bush is a Dhimmi as was Clinton who backstabbed Serbia. Why don’t our Traitor politicians from both parties just take the Shahada since they love Islam so much?
America’s Pro-Muslim foreign policy makes me ashamed of my Nation.
Israel, let this be a warning, you are the next nation to be backstabbed to please the Islamic Friends of our politicians. May God be with Israel and Serbia.
► Hot LinksAs a Hip Hop fan and former DJ, I find this twisted. Al-Qaqeda is doing this to influence young people to make Islam look cool. It is an American who did this video for Al-Qaeda to brainwash the youth.
Al Qaeda exporting jihad with a hip-hop vibe
LONDON (CNN) — The latest video from Somalia’s al Qaeda-backed Al-Shabaab wing is as slickly produced as a reality TV show but with a startling message — complete with a hip-hop jihad vibe.
Mortar by mortar, shell by shell, only going to stop when I send them to hell,” the unidentified voice raps on the video, which runs at least 18 minutes.
The video also shows a man reported to be Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, dubbed “The American” by al Qaeda. He apparently is now in Somalia training and counseling Somalis from North America and Europe. He speaks in American English.
The reason young people might fall for this is because or education system isn’t good. Our History Classes don’t teach the truth about Islam. This is a disturbing fan that the music I love is being used to promote Islamo-Fascists.
Pakistan is collapsing, there is no way to sugar coat this. The problem with Pakistan’s collapse is it nukes. Who controls it? Will Al-Qaeda/Taliban get their hands on it? These are concerns worrying the US.
Pakistan Strife Raises U.S. Doubts on Nuclear Arms
WASHINGTON — As the insurgency of the Taliban and Al Qaeda spreads in Pakistan, senior American officials say they are increasingly concerned about new vulnerabilities for Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, including the potential for militants to snatch a weapon in transport or to insert sympathizers into laboratories or fuel-production facilities.
This is a dangerous situation and needs watching. We need to cooperate with India and China on the possibility of a Taliban takeover of Pakistan. This concerns everyone in the region and the world. The problem is that the Pakistan Army doesn’t have the will to fight the Taliban, so this is dangerous indeed.
► Hot LinksCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) – A man who was the “epicenter of the conspiracy” to kill military personnel was sentenced to life in prison and a fellow plotter was sentenced to 33 years as a judge on Wednesday finished sentencing five Muslim immigrants who contemplated an attack on Fort Dix.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler had sentenced the three others involved in the plot to at least life in prison.
Overall, Kugler seemed to accept the position of prosecutors that the plot was one of the most frightening homegrown terrorism plots ever hatched in the U.S.
Under federal law, none of the four men given life sentences will be eligible for parole. With each of the four, Kugler cited their actions in the plot, their run-ins with the law—either before the investigation began or in the federal detention center in Philadelphia—and what he called their radical Islamist ideology.
This report should shock no one. They say the Muslim public disagrees with Al Qaeda’s Terror tactocs, but agrees with its goals.
Muslim Publics Oppose Al Qaeda’s Terrorism, But Agree With Its Goal of Driving US Forces Out
A study of public opinion in predominantly Muslim countries reveals that very large majorities continue to renounce the use of attacks on civilians as a means of pursuing political goals. At the same time large majorities agree with al Qaeda’s goal of pushing the United States to remove its military forces from all Muslim countries and substantial numbers, in some cases majorities, approve of attacks on US troops in Muslim countries.
The Religion of Peace!
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“(IsraelNN.com) A 51-year-old Iraqi woman has been arrested for her role in a ring of terrorists who use rape as a way of “persuading” young women to become suicide bombers. Samira Ahmed Hassim, known as “the Mother of Believers,” confessed on a video released Tuesday by Iraqi police to having participated in the Ansar al-Sunnah terrorist network.
Hassim explained to the Associated Press in a prison interview a week after her arrest that dozens of young women were sent to her after they had been captured and raped by the men. She would then try to persuade them to become suicide terrorists as the only means of reclaiming their honor, and as a way to escape the stigma and shame they would otherwise face in Islamic society.
The Mother of Believers, also the mother of four daughters and two sons, intimated that she, too, had been pressured into her role in working with the Ansar al-Sunnah terrorist group. However, she gave no details, other than saying that she worked with them for a year-and-a-half.
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Not only women are being raped as a means of coercing them into becoming suicide bombers – men are being sexually attacked as well.
According to a report published Wednesday by the British newspaper The Sun, Algerian terrorist Abu Bacir El Assimi said, “The sexual act on young recruits aged between 16 and 19 was a means to urge them to commit suicide operations.” The report went on to explain that the “intense social stigma” attached to homosexual relations and the “fear of more gay sex attacks leaves Muslims prepared to die.”
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It seems that once again the Islamists have proven that they are the mecca of depravity! This is just another thing to think about the next time we are told to apologize to the so-called Muslim World, consider what we have done to deserve Terrorism, and how we are wrong for not respecting their different culture!
► Hot LinksObama wants to free these losers. OK he shouldn’t complain when there are more Jihadi atatcks.
Guantánamo detainee resurfaces in terrorist group
The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order that President Barack Obama signed that the detention center be shut down within a year.
The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen.
This is Hope and Change! Let us Hope these Jihadists Change!
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At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages. The al-Qaeda epidemic began in the cave hideouts of AQLIM in Tizi Ouzou province, 150km east of the capital Algiers. The group, led by wanted terror boss Abdelmalek Droudkal, was forced to turn its shelters in the Yakouren forest into mass graves and flee.
The extremists supporting madman Osama bin Laden went to Bejaia and Jijel provinces — hoping the plague did not go with them.
A source said: “The emirs (leaders) fear surviving terrorists will surrender to escape a horrible death.”
AQLIM boss Droudkal claims to command around 1,000 insurgents. Training camps are also based in Morocco, Tunisia and Nigeria.
AQLIM bombed the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007, killing 41. Attacks across Algeria last year killed at least 70 people.
In an interview last July, Droudkal boasted his cell was in constant contact with other al-Qaeda “brothers”.
Excellent comments in that article by the way.
Hat tip goes out to RickZ.
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