The Islamic State responds to Pope Francis: “We are making a religious war, and we hate you”

An original translation by Ava Lon

From F Desouche, a very important French website

By Horatius 18/08/2016

VLCScreenSnapz052

Weapons cache of the Islamic State in West Africa

The Islamic State has publicly responded to statements by Pope Francis that the war waged by the Islamic terrorists is not religious in nature. The article answers the pontiff that their only motivation is religious and approved by Allah in the Qur’an.

Highlights of the latest issue of Dabiq – the official propaganda magazine of the Islamic State – the terrorist group is criticizing especially the naivety of Pope Francis, who’s clinging to the belief that Muslims want peace and peaceful coexistence and that Islamic terror is motivated for economic reasons. In the article “By the Sword” ( “By the Sword”), the authors categorically state: “This is a divinely-sanctioned war between the Muslim nation and the infidel nations.” […]

“Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them”

The article laments that despite the clearly religious nature of their attacks, “many people in the ‘crusaders’ country’ (Western countries)” expressed shock and even disgust because the leadership of the Islamic State ” uses religion to justify violence … Indeed, jihad – the spread of the rule of Allah with the sword – is an obligation that we find in the Qur’an, the word of our Lord, “ says the magazine. “‘Pour the blood of unbelievers'” is a common obligation. The command is very clear: kill the unbelievers, as Allah says, “kill the disbelievers wherever you find them.” “[…]

The fact is that “even if you (the West) stopped bombing us, throwing us in jail, torturing us, to humiliating and driving you us out of our land, we would continue to hate you, because the main raison of our hatred will not disappear as long as you have not embraced Islam. Even if you had to pay the jizyah [tax for infidels] and live under the authority of Islam in humiliation, we would continue to hate you. ” […]

A few words about Dabiq

This video touches on the Islamic eschatology concerning a prophesied battle in a place called “Dabiq” of which the Islamic State or Al Quada has named a magazine after.

This video does not go into it nearly enough although I believe some of Stephen Coughlin or Clare Lopez’ materials do. Any links on the subject people are aware of, please add to comments section. Its always nice to have a clear view of what the enemy actually feels must happen.

Clarion Project’s page here. 

Brazilian Extremist Group Pledges Allegiance to the Islamic State

An original translation by José Atento

From this website in Brazil:

Rafael Martins, Revista Exame

São Paulo – An extremist group in Brazil expressed support for the terrorist group Islamic State 18 days before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The channel “Ansar al-Khilafah #Brazil” on the Telegram messaging application has been revealed by a team of specialized monitoring terror activity SITE Intelligence Group.

According to the director of the institution, Rita Katz, this is the first type of group to form in South America. As the Olympics near, the expert warns of the growing size and engagement of such groups with the date of sporting event so close.

“A channel Telegram called Ansar al-Khilafah #Brazil posted a pledge of allegiance to the leader of ISIS Baghdadi,” the tweet team.

Katz adds: “Declaration of fidelity to IS is the first of a group in South America. Worrying: Western languages channels (English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, etc.) has shown dramatic increase in size and engagement.”

Here are the tweets.

FirefoxScreenSnapz241
The Telegram channel called “Ansar al-Khilafah #Brazil” posted a pledge of allegiance to #ISIS leader Baghdadi pic.twitter.com/gRjDiE9DLG
– SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) July 18, 2016
1) Pledge to #ISIS by “Ansar al-Khilafah #Brazil” is 1st to come from a group in #SouthAmerica https://t.co/FSe9oj1tDm
– Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) July 18, 2016
Troubling: Western-language channels #ISIS (Inglês, Portuguese, Spanish, German, etc.) showing drastic Increase in BOTH quality & speed.
– Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) July 18, 2016
Rita is responsible for the group that had reported in June about the recent formation of an information service of ISIS in Portuguese and also have access to the video of the death of journalist Steven Joel Sotloff by the group even before its disclosure.

THE SITE (acronym for “Search for International Terrorist Entities”) is a highly recognized group in the United States, hired to monitor jihadist activities by the US government and private companies, as a kind of risk consultancy.

In 2004 Katz was praised by the FBI for his contributions to research on terrorism and, in 2007, his group was credited with finding the first videos of Osama bin Laden after three years of silence.

[to see the tweets properly formatted with the links, please go to source link at top]

the Brazilian member of the Islamic state planned to attack French delegation in Rio, newspaper says

An original translation by José Atento 

From this Portuguese language publication.

Information was revealed by the French secret service during Parliamentary hearings on on the 2015 attacks

RIO – A Brazilian member of the Islamic state was preparing an attack on the French delegation during the Olympic Games in Rio, according to the results of a parliamentary survey released on Wednesday by the French newspaper “Libération”. The content was revealed during a hearing behind closed doors on May 26 with the head of the military intelligence (Direction du Renseignement Militaire), General Christophe Gomart, in a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry about the 2015 attacks in France. The report was the site of headline European newspaper.
In the published transcript, Gomart does not give many details about the attack plan and responds to parliamentarians he just learned about the information “through partners.”

According to “Libération”, this passage should not have gone public, which explains the apparent inconsistency of the transcript. In the text published on the National Assembly website, Gomart reports the monitoring carried out by the intelligence service on suspects originated from Yemen and Libya, when the subject suddenly appears, as can be seen below:

General Christophe Gomart: At least three sources with references to websites Daech [acronym of the Islamic State] in several Syrian cities could also be evaluated thanks to the knowledge and DRM catches [Direction du Renseignement Militaire] (…) These changes enable you to recover and confirm the information in the theaters of operations [military term].

George Fenech (Member): I had not heard of this Brazilian who intended to commit attacks against the French delegation at the Olympic Games. How do you know that?

General Christophe Gomart: For our partners.

In the evaluation of the newspaper, “our partners” would be countries with which France contributes in the fight against terrorism. The “Libération” highlights that Brazil plans an “anti-terrorist center” composed of US, British, Spanish and French experts.

 

 

slamic State militants statement claims bomb downed EgyptAir from Paris

LINK

French authorities said earlier the plane crashed in southern Mediterranean and later remnants was found near Greek island

ALSO:

H/T Maria J., M, WTD.,

Peshmerga captured an American terrorist from ISIS.

New York Post:

IRBIL, Iraq — A Palestinian-American member of the Islamic State group gave himself up to an Iraqi Kurdish military unit in the country’s north on Monday, an Iraqi Kurdish general said, a rare instance of a voluntary surrender of a militant fighting with the extremist group in Iraq.

The man had been “lurking near the peshmerga lines” since late Sunday night, according to Maj. Gen. Feisal Helkani of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces, which are playing key role — along with the Iraqi military — in battling the extremist IS group.

Helkani said his troops first tried to shoot the man, assuming he was a would-be suicide bomber.

Rudaw.Net

-
–

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Kurdish Peshmerga captured an American member of the Islamic State (ISIS) on the Shingal front on Monday, said a local commander.
Muhammad Jamal Amin is a Virginia-born American citizen of a Palestinian father and Iraqi mother from Mosul.
According to the Peshmerga commander of the Shingal front who didn’t want to be named, the ISIS militant had mistaken the Peshmerga territory for the Turkish border.

FOX clip on this story just out