Syria: Muslims murder eight people in jihad attack
at Alawite mosque
The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but Sunni jihadis consider Alawites to be hypocrites or apostates.
Islamist militant group claims deadly bombing of Alawite mosque in Syria’s Homs
France 24, December 26, 2025:
At least eight people were killed in an explosion at the Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque, an Alawite-majority site in Homs, on Friday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
SANA cited Syrian Health Ministry official Najib al-Naasan as saying at least 18 others were wounded, noting that the figures were preliminary and could rise.
Homs city’s press office said security forces had cordoned off the area following the blast.
Local official Issam Naameh said the blast took place during Friday noon prayers, typically the busiest time for mosques.
An Islamist militant group, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna, later claimed responsibility for the attack via a statement on Telegram, saying its fighters “detonated a number of explosive devices” inside the mosque.
The group, formed after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, had previously claimed a Damascus church attack in June….
Nigeria: Jihad suicide bomber murders five people at mosque for being the wrong kind of Muslim
If you’re the wrong kind of Muslim, watch out: Allah guarantees Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for him (Qur’an 9:111).
Blast at Nigeria mosque kills 5, injures 35 in apparent suicide attack
CBS News, December 25, 2025:
A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suicide attack.
Police said 35 people were also injured in the attack.
Nahum Daso, spokesperson for police command in the surrounding state of Borno, said in a statement that fragments of a suspected suicide vest were found at the site.
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum condemned the attack, calling it “barbaric and inhumane,” the Reuters news agency reports. In a statement, he urged heightened vigilance in places of worship and public spaces during the festive season.
The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northern region, where the country is battling multiple armed groups, including Boko Haram and its splinter group, Islamic State West Africa Province.
Several thousand people have been killed, with millions displaced from their homes since 2009, according to the United Nations.
No group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack, but the use of suicide bombers has been heavily attributed to Boko Haram, the Islamic militant group that has claimed responsibility for many such attacks across the northeastern region….
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