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Huge explosion hits Shiite Mosque in Afghan city of Kunduz,
dozens killed
8 Oct, 2021 10:02
A huge explosion ripped through a Shiite Mosque during Friday prayer in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province. Sources say that at least 60 people have been killed by the blast.
On Friday, a blast ripped through Sayed Abad Mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province. It reportedly occurred as local residents attended the Shiite Mosque for Friday prayer.
Afghanistan’s TOLOnews said that local officials have confirmed the blast but were unable to provide further details about the cause or casualties. Reports suggest that dozens of people have died.
Aamaj News Agency, citing witnesses, stated that as many as 100 people have died in the blast. A Taliban official said the blast was caused by a suicide bombing, noting that the death toll had risen to at least 60.
“This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our Shiite compatriots in the Khan Abad district of Bandar, the capital of Kunduz province,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement on Twitter, confirming that many had died and others were injured. He stated that special units had arrived at the scene and were investigating.
Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the blast.
Since taking control of the country in August, Afghanistan’s new Taliban government has struggled to neutralize the ISIS affiliate group, Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K). The group has claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks including a suicide bombing outside Kabul’s airport in August, which killed 13 US soldiers, dozens of Taliban members, and over 160 Afghan civilians.
On Tuesday, the Taliban said its fighters captured 11 members of ISIS-K in Kabul, just one day after another raid had reportedly wiped out an ISIS-K cell in the city. The offensive came in response to the bombing of the Eid Gah Mosque, the capital’s second-largest place of worship, on Sunday.
Taliban committing war crimes, kills 13 including 17-y/o girl: report
By Anugrah Kumar,
Christian Post Contributor|
Sunday, October 10, 2021
A woman protestor scuffles with a member of the Taliban during a demonstration outside a school in Kabul
on September 30, 2021. | BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images
The Taliban executed 11 ex-defense personnel and two civilians, including a 17-year-old girl in Afghanistan’s Daykundi province, all of whom were from the ethnic Shia minority, according to an investigation by Amnesty International, which says the killings appear to be war crimes.
The Taliban killed 11 former members of the Afghan National Defence Security Forces, nine of whom had surrendered, and two civilians in Kahor village of Khidir district on Aug. 30, about two weeks after taking control of Daykundi province, the human rights group says in the investigative report, which is based on eyewitness testimony and photographs and video evidence.
All the victims were from the ethnic Hazara community, a Shia minority in the Sunni majority country.
After the Taliban took control, about 34 ANDSF members, who had government military equipment and weaponry, sought safety in Khidir district and then agreed to surrender. On Aug. 29, the men negotiated to surrender fully to the Taliban.
On Aug. 30, about 300 Taliban fighters arrived in a convoy close to Dahani Qul village, where the ANDSF members were staying, some with family members. As the ANDSF members attempted to leave the area with their families, one vehicle remained stuck close to Kahor village, the report says.
“When the Taliban fighters caught up with them, they opened fire on the crowd and killed the 17-year-old girl, named Masuma. One of the ANDSF members then fired back, killing one Taliban fighter and wounding another.
“The Taliban continued to shoot as the families fled, killing two ANDSF members caught in the crossfire as they were fleeing the scene. After nine more ANDSF members surrendered, the Taliban promptly took them to a nearby river basin and executed them,” the report adds.
The day after the killings, the Taliban told remaining family members that anyone who had fled should return and surrender within three days. One senior Taliban official warned, “I have killed people for the past 20 years. Killing is easy for me. I can kill again.”
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard called the killings “cold-blooded executions,” and said they are “further proof that the Taliban are committing the same horrific abuses they were notorious for during their previous rule of Afghanistan.”
“They repeatedly violate the rights of those they perceive as their adversaries, even killing those who have already surrendered. The Taliban say they are not targeting former employees of the previous government, but these killings contradict such claims,” Callamard added.
I do not want to be accused of protecting the Taliban, however, in the interest of truth, I need to point out that this apparently occurred as the Taliban were taking over the country and therefore in a state of war. The massacre appears to have been ordered by a local commander, not the leadership of the Taliban.
"We will follow Islam and we will make our laws on the Quran.”
Last month, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor asked the court to relaunch an inquiry to investigate not only past but also contemporary crimes against humanity committed by the Taliban and supporters of Islamic State in Afghanistan since 2003, The Guardian reported at the time.
A previous ICC inquiry was deferred in April 2020 after the then Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani requested more time to gather evidence in cooperation with ICC lawyers.
“Odious and criminal acts should stop immediately and investigations commence to vindicate the principles that were established 75 years ago at Nuremberg and to honor humanity’s basic responsibility to itself,” ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was quoted as saying.
The Taliban publicly declared last month that they would carry out executions and other brutal punishments, including amputations, under Islamic Sharia law as part of their rule in Afghanistan.
“Cutting off of hands is very necessary for security,” Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, a member of the Taliban’s interim government and chief enforcer of the group’s strict interpretation of Sharia law, told The Associated Press at the time.
“Everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but we have never said anything about their laws and their punishments,” he continued. “No one will tell us what our laws should be. We will follow Islam and we will make our laws on the Quran.”
Turabi, who is under U.N. sanctions, also said the new government is considering carrying out such punishments in public.
Following the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the Taliban quickly seized control of much of the country, eventually taking the capital Kabul in August and forcing the government to flee.
In response to the unexpected speed at which they retook the nation, U.S., British and French troops evacuated tens of thousands of Afghans, Americans, British and Europeans out of the country. It’s been reported that many U.S. and British citizens and U.S. green card holders are still waiting to be evacuated.
The U.S. withdrawal marked the end of the war in Afghanistan, which spanned nearly two decades.
Khidir Dist., AFG
Over 50% of those wanted by the Ottawa police have Muslim names
OCT 11, 2021 11:00 AM
BY ROBERT SPENCER
The full wanted list is here. 6.7% of the population of Ottawa is Muslim, so Muslims are vastly overrepresented on the Wanted list.
What could account for this?
Justin Trudeau and other Canadian authorities would like say that it’s because of “Islamophobia”: Ottawa police disproportionately target Muslims out of “racism” and “Islamophobia.”
That's absurd! It's not like they are wanted for speeding or reckless driving, most are wanted for murder charges or sexual assaults.
These statistics are familiar throughout Europe, even those countries that welcomed Muslim migrants with open arms.
That is remotely possible, but it seems inconsistent with the Canadian character, which has always been welcoming of immigrants and tolerant of cultural differences.
Is it possible that some Muslims in Ottawa are taught to have contempt for Infidel law, and to respect only laws of Islam? That is a much more likely possibility, and yet Canadian officials will never even entertain the question, because to do so would bring them dangerously close to what they regard as “Islamophobia.” It’s better to have this explosion of criminality than that.
Does that really make any sense?
Only in Canada, eh!
2 men convicted of murdering prominent Dutch lawyer linked to
gangland case, jailed for 30 years
11 Oct, 2021 15:50
(FILE PHOTO) © REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a Dutch lawyer who, at the time of his death, was involved in a high-profile criminal case against suspected gangland bosses. The killers were both given 30 years in prison.
On Monday, Amsterdam District Court convicted the two men, identified by media only as Giermo B. and Moreno B. They were both sentenced to serve 30 years behind bars for the murder of Derk Wiersum outside his Amsterdam home in September 2019.
"With their brutal act, the men have shown a complete lack of respect for the life of another," the court stated. "Solely for money, they took Wiersum's life and inflicted immense and irreparable suffering on his wife, children, parents, and other relatives," the judge added.
This is what happens when you are raised without a conscience.
Wiersum, a Dutch lawyer, was shot and fatally wounded outside of his home by a man who fled the scene in a getaway car. Prosecutors said mobile phone data identified that the two individuals were both in the area at the time of the killing, and police found traces of their DNA in the getaway vehicle.
Giermo B. and Moreno B. had used other cars as they monitored the lawyer's movements days before shooting him.
At the time of his murder, Wiersum was representing a witness during a high-profile criminal case concerning suspected gang bosses linked to underworld killings.
Dutch gangland boss Ridouan Taghi is one of the main suspects involved in the trial, which continues to run. His charges include involvement in six murders and four attempted murders.
Taghi is a Dutch/Moroccan citizen. The main mafioso gang in the Netherlands is Moroccan.
An individual known only as Nabil B. was Wiersum's witness. He was involved in one of Taghi's alleged murders but had agreed to provide evidence in return for a lighter sentence.
In September, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that Prime Minister Mark Rutte was receiving extra security amid fears that the Moroccan mafia, apparently linked to the case Wiersum was working on at the time of his death, was planning to either kidnap or assassinate the leader.
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