Islamic State Calls For Attacks On The West During Ramadan In Audio Message

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

A new message purporting to come from the spokesman of Islamic State calls on followers to launch attacks on the United States and Europe during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins in early June.

"Ramadan, the month of conquest and jihad. Get prepared, be ready ... to make it a month of calamity everywhere for the non-believers ... especially for the fighters and supporters of the caliphate in Europe and America," said the message, suggesting attacks on military and civilian targets.

The authenticity of the audio clip, purporting to be from Abu Muhammad al-Adnani and distributed on Saturday by Twitter accounts that usually publish Islamic State statements, could not be verified.

"The smallest action you do in their heartland is better and more enduring to us than what you would if you were with us. If one of you hoped to reach the Islamic State, we wish we were in your place to punish the Crusaders day and night," Adnani said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-islamicstate-idUSKCN0YC0OG

[elleng]

1. How 'Islamic,'

NOT.

[patsimp]

6. Actually, i thought islam promoted conquest over other religions

and death to homosexuals, people trying to convert to other religions, death for blasphemy, death to anyone who draws the prophet, death to women who are raped, death to women who don't wear the hijab.

Am I wrong?

[elleng]

13. My Muslim friend wrote this,

to help me respond to your query:

No and yes.


All through history:

Islam, in the form of Ottoman ( 800 year long ) has been very tolerant.
It tolerated non-muslims. Maimonides thrives under muslims.
It tolerated drinking. Abu Nawas. and his writing.
It tolerated woman A queen of empire was Razia Sulta. 1204 queen of India.


On and on


However, This century 21st is bad for any and all minorities.

Shia in Pakistan
Baha'i in Iran
Kurd in Turkey
non jews or arabs in Israel
Homosexual in Saudi Arabia
Bengalis in Burma,
Undocumented in USA
on and on


and mal-treated, killed. Brotherhood of mankind in in decline.

[Bad Dog]

2. As opposed to the rest of the year when they're normally so peaceful.

They could try being a bit more original, how about a knobbly knees competition? It is Summer after all.

[CJCRANE]

3. War On Terror 2.0

Nothing's changed.

Most people didn't even notice we've been led in a circle, back to where we began.

[jtuck004]

4. From our side we appear to have lined up at the starting line, and began running backwards.

Our saving of Ramadi has nearly destroyed what used to be a city of about a million people. 858 strikes by us and our friends. Reconstruction is now questionable in some areas.



http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/war-on-is/2016/05/05/iraq-routed-isis-ramadi-high-cost-city-destroyed/83975358/

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We won, and are "winning". But we are giving the criminals everything they asked for.

[Igel]

7. They asked for Ramadi to be destroyed?

Really?

I thought they asked to be left alone in Ramadi and to be handed over other cities so they could rule them and obtain what they think of as proper submission to Allah by the inhabitants.

It's the same with anything else we disagree with. IS really wants the US to have the authority to look at private info on cell phones. They really want to have increased phone surveillance in the US. They don't like the absence of guards in public spaces in France. They want our air travel to be inconvenient.

So if they got those things they'd lay down their arms and go back to being unemployed and drinking coffee?

Or is it the case that we can't see past our overgrown toenails and somehow confuse having them rule over us and punish us if we don't go to Friday prayers, don't fast properly, don't keep our women in subjection, etc., etc., with minor inconveniences under self-rule?

[McKim]

5. More Terror Could Ensure a Hillary Win

More terror events could ensure a Hillary win. People love a hawk when they are afraid. Terrorism IS destroying our country from it's soul outward. So sad what we have become. I keep working for something better than hate and fear.

[Purveyor]

8. I disagree here. Trump would benefit from a domestic attack with the "keep them out"

meme.

The people are witnessing the results of Clinton's debacle called Libya and many don't wish to see her ineptness in play again.

[CJCRANE]

11. Hillary miscalculated.

She thought she could ride into the rescue as the great interventionist savior, come to clean up all the chaos.

The trouble is, a lot of people blame her interventions as the cause of the chaos.

[starroute]

9. This year Ramadan occurs when the days are longest

Muslims are required to fast throughout the daylight hours during Ramadan. But a restriction that's barely tolerable at Middle Eastern latitudes becomes a lot more difficult to deal with further north -- and almost impossible when Ramadan falls around the summer solstice.

Here's a chart of June sunrise and sunset times in Paris, as well as the onset of twilight by various definitions.
http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/france/paris?month=6

According to http://www.as-sidq.org/mosque/time.htm, leading Islamic organizations endorse the use of astronomical twilight, which marks the onset of complete darkness, though some apparently accept nautical twilight.

So if you look at that chart for Paris, when Ramadan starts on June 5, there is less than an hour and a half of full darkness -- and by June 12, there is no full darkness at all. Even by the looser definition of nautical twilight, darkness lasts for roughly four and a half hours.

Which is great for Nuit Debout, of course -- but maybe not so helpful if you're a would-be Islamic terrorist.

[riderinthestorm]

10. I don't understand your point. I believe terrorists can wreak havoc while fasting

Or is there some injunction I've missed...

[starroute]

12. Fasts that extensive are weakening

And having to eat only once a day at 2 am is also not conducive to effective planning.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. The worst (longest) days in Detroit are 4am to 9:30pm

So, much eating at 9:31pm until the wee hours. Wolf down a quick breakfast at 3:45 and you're good for the day.

It can't be easy when Ramadan spans June 21.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

18. "but maybe not so helpful if you're a would-be Islamic terrorist"

So there are going to be low-blood-sugar motherfuckers blowing themselves up in their little stinking bomb making basements?

[WhoWoodaKnew]

15. I know what we normally say about indiscriminate killing.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

16. Islamic State supporters expose their locations in Europe

Islamic State supporters expose their locations in Europe

Islamic State supporters in Europe may have given away their locations after a mass release of content of social media allowed analysts to geolocate them.

On Saturday, following the announcement that IS spokesperson Abu Muhammad al-Adnani would be releasing a new audio recording through IS’s Al-Furqan media organisation, thousands of IS supporters tried to build anticipation of the event.

Photos released on Twitter - using the Al-Furqan hashtag - and the messaging application Telegram showed supporters from countries including Germany, France and the UK holding up signs of support for the militant group.

Eliot Higgins, an analyst and founder of the open source data journalism site Bellingcat, asked his Twitter followers to help him geolocate the IS supporters based on the visual clues offered.

More: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/islamic-state-supporters-expose-their-locations-europe-135353253