Islam in South Asia > Ahmadis in Pakistan close to being declared 'apostate' and you know what that means

 

As I warned Ahmadis last week, it's time to get out of Pakistan, if it isn't too late already.

Pakistan: Council of Islamic Ideology says Ahmadis

‘must not be allowed to preach even within their houses’

Sep 1, 2024 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

It’s extremely curious: while this is going on, U.S. Ahmadi spokesmen including Qasim Rashid, Harris Zafar and Kashif Chaudry carry water for the same forces that persecute them in Pakistan, and defame and smear those who speak out against the persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan.

Pakistan, Council of Islamic Ideology Asks for Even Harsher Persecution of the Ahmadis

by Massimo Introvigne,

Bitter Winter, August 20, 2024:

The battle about the Mubarak Ahmed Sani case and the decision issued last February by the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court is difficult to understand for non-Pakistanis, primarily because Pakistanis themselves disagree with each other on the meaning of the verdict.

The decision concerned the possibility for the persecuted members of the Ahmadiyya community to print and disseminate the “Tafseer-e-Sagheer,” the shorter version of the 10-volume “Tafseer-e-Kabeer,” the commentary to the Holy Quran by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the son and successor of Ahmadiyya founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.

A man called Mubarak Ahmed Sami had been arrested on January 7, 2023, for disseminating the “Tafseer-e-Sagheer,” thus breaching a Punjab law of 2021 prohibiting the printing and distributing of “heterodox” editions and commentaries of the Holy Quran. The man claimed that he had distributed the book in 2019, when the law was not yet in force. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Qazi Faez Isa agreed with him, noted that criminal laws cannot be retroactive, and had him released.

It was immediately clear that the decision was perceived differently by different sectors of the population in Pakistan. Some legal scholars hailed the decision as a step, modest but real, in favor of religious liberty, as Ahmadis rarely win court cases. The Ahmadiyya community largely did not perceive it as such, as the decision did not establish their right to print and distribute the “Tafseer-e-Sagheer” or other publications and was only based on the issue of non-retroactivity. Radical Sunni Muslims, on the other hand, took to the streets insulting the Chief Justice for having “sided with the Ahmadis.”

The controversy led the Supreme Court to the rare decision of having the February verdict re-examined by a panel of three judges, including the Chief Justice, who on July 24 issued a lengthy explanation. The Justices clarified that they do believe that the Ahmadis are heterodox and cannot call themselves Muslims, nor are they allowed to propagate their ideas outside of their places of worship. The February decision, the Justices said, was only based on the issue of retroactivity.

However, the July 24 verdict did not appease the radical Sunni Muslims either. The reaction came from the Council of Islamic Ideology, which is not a private organization but a constitutional body charged with giving advice to the Parliament and the government on Islamic issues. While it is unclear whether the Council also objected to the Supreme Court’s comments on retroactivity, it considered “scandalous” and “perturbing the whole nation” the fact that the Justices stated in paragraph 42 of their decision that the Ahmadis are not allowed to profess their faith “outside of their places of worship.” This means that they can profess their faith “inside” their places of worship.

The Council commented that “the latter part of paragraph 42, which permits Ahmadis to profess or preach within their places of worship should be reconsidered. They must not be allowed to profess or preach in any manner even within their houses, community centers or in places of worship… They must not be permitted to profess or preach openly, inside their houses or otherwise, as their actions directly desecrate the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Islam, the Quran, and the Sunnah. They should be unequivocally declared as apostates.”…

And, of course, as apostates, they can be murdered according to Mohammed (PBUH). I suspect it will be a matter of days before Islam's Kristallnacht terrorizes Ahmadis remaining in Pakistan. Someone will whip them up into hysteria, it takes so little, and then the terror will begin.

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The Hamas War > Monstrous Hamas Demons don't even pretend to be Human - Murder 6 hostages just before they would have been rescued

 

Hamas Murders Six Hostages, But

The Left Blames Netanyahu

written by David Mark

September 1, 2024 3.2K views

Last night the IDF found the six freshly murdered bodies of hostages Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant Ori Danino in a tunnel underneath Rafah.

The six were murdered by their Hamas captors just before the IDF soldiers reached the location narrowly missing rescuing them alive. The murder of the six hostages elicited a flood of vitriol against Netanyahu and his government, blaming them for the murders instead of Hamas. Even Defense Minister Yoav Gallant joined in, claiming the government’s decision to keep the IDF along the Philadelphi Corridor led to the hostages being killed.

“The cabinet must gather immediately and reverse the decision made on Thursday. It is too late for the hostages who were murdered in cold blood. We must bring back the hostages that are still being held by Hamas. The State of Israel will pursue all Hamas leaders and murderers,” Gallant said.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in response to Gallant, “The Cabinet will not allow a surrender deal that would harm Israel’s security. Intelligence and national responsibility must prevail and guide our decision-making.”

Most Israelis have demanded that the IDF be kept along the Gaza-Egypt border to prevent Hamas from rearming.

Despite the obvious security threat any ceasefire would bring to the millions of Israelis that are still alive and not being held captive, the State Department backed protests as well as the opposition leaders that foment the current divisiveness and baseless hatred within the nation have continued to insist that Israel retreat, leaving Hamas in power as well as freeing hundreds of vicious murderers in order to save some of the hostages.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid had the following to say on X: “Netanyahu and the death cabinet decided not to rescue the abductees, I call on the Histadrut, employers and local authorities – shut down the economy!” He continued on another post: “Instead of doing everything to bring them home, Netanyahu is doing everything to stay in power. The government of disasters is burying the State of Israel.”

It sounds like Lapid is the one playing politics.

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli came out against those seeking to blame Netanyahu :

“I see and hear the voices that channel the feelings of anger and guilt for this horrible and vile murder towards the Prime Minister and the opponents of the withdrawal from the Philadephi Corridor.”

“This is a grave mistake not only because it is completely disconnected from the reality known to all of us, but because it strengthens the vile murderers and makes it difficult for us to direct our forces to the most important goal of all – victory in this war, a war that we did not choose, but we have no choice but to win it decisively, otherwise the events of October 7th will repeat themselves.”

“At this difficult time, I would like to strengthen the hands of the Prime Minister in his firm stance. We must not give in to Hamas’s demands. Such surrender and the abandonment of the Philadelphia Corridor which Hamas’s oxygen artery means erasing the IDF’s achievements in the war that were achieved at a heavy price in blood and crying for generations.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu said the following regarding the murder of the six hostages in a televised announcement: “Those who murder our hostages do not want a deal.”

The storm against Netanyahu from the hard left and Biden backed provocateurs appears to be backfiring as it is causing the majority of the country to rally behind the Prime Minister’s stances, with Defense Minister Gallant increasingly isolated in the cabinet. Despite the media’s spin, Netanyahu remains in a strong position with an increasing control over the levers of power and decision making through his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman.

The real responsible party behind the murders of the six hostages is Hamas along with their international enablers like the Biden-Harris administration and those Israeli politicians who have demanded surrendering to Hamas instead of taking Rafah months earlier. 

Israelis who are protesting on the streets against the current government would be far more justified in turning on their puppet masters in the leftist deep state media as well as political has bins like Ehud Barak, Ehud Omert, and Yair Lapid along with former and current defense leaders like Gantz, Eisenkot, and current DM Yoav Gallant rather than Netanyahu and the majority of his government which has had to hold external and internal pressures while leading a stubborn IDF leadership to victory in the war against the Jihadist hordes in Gaza.

As Hamas continues to collapse within Gaza, many more of these summary executions will unfortunately take place. Israel is fighting a death cult and must finish them off militarily. Afterwards Israel needs to transfer the “civilian” population in Gaza which is a breeding ground for more Jihadists to likeminded countries such as Qatar in order to permanently clean out the Gaza coast.

Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle to achieving a lasting peace is not the rightwing in Israel as many on the left would have everyone believe, but it is the left themselves who 19 years earlier advocated for the ethnic cleansing of their Jewish brothers and sisters from Gaza bringing upon Israel the current crisis.

In 2005, the Israeli military pulled out of Gaza, and the very next year Hamas pulled in. In 2009, there were about 3,000 Christians in Gaza, but by 2022, they were down to 1,100. It's likely there were several thousand in Gaza when 2005 began. Who is doing the ethnic cleansing?

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Islam in Turkey > Is Turkey becoming less tolerant and more Sharia compliant?

 

For a hundred years, Turkey has been one of the, if not the, most tolerant Muslim country. Tayyip Erdogan has been doing his best to change that and make Turkey a devout example of Islam so that he can recreate a form of the Ottoman Empire with himself as Caliph.

His reversal of a very long-term policy of leaving the Haggia Sophia as a museum and turning it into a mosque is a stinging slap in the face of God. When he spoke from the pulpit last year, it occurred to me that it might well be the fullfilment of the prophecy:

Matthew 24:15,16 - 15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."

The Haggia Sophia was the largest building in the world for more than a thousand years and the center of Christianity for more than a millenia.

Turkey: Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ attack cafes

for selling alcohol and serving unveiled women

Aug 30, 2024 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Once again we see that Sharia adherence is not brought about because people think Sharia is wonderful, but rather by means of fear and intimidation.

Diyarbakır cafes faced with Islamist attacks over alcohol sale,

women’s clothing

by Evrim Deniz, Bianet, August 27, 2024:

Two popular cafes in Diyarbakır’s historic Suriçi district, Karga and Hewş, have been repeatedly targeted by attackers demanding the prohibition of alcohol and stricter dress codes for customers. These incidents have sparked concerns about increasing religious extremism in the area.

The attacks began on Jul 11, when three individuals, later identified through security footage, launched an assault involving gunfire and sound bombs on the cafes. The attackers, who had demanded that the cafes stop serving alcohol and that patrons adhere to conservative dress codes, were detained but released after spending about a month in custody.

On Aug 25, two of the previously detained individuals, identified as V.G. and U.Y., returned to one of the cafes, threatening the staff. According to reports, they demanded that the cafe stop allowing women dressed in what they deemed inappropriate clothing to visit the establishment. Following a verbal altercation, V.G. and U.Y. physically assaulted the cafe employees.

Despite the presence of police officers in armored vehicles, who were stationed nearby due to the previous attacks, the situation escalated. During the incident, one of the attackers reportedly attempted to grab a weapon from a police officer.

The cafe’s operator, Bahoz Damlayıcı, expressed his frustration, telling the media, “Just an hour ago, I informed you that these individuals attacked us in front of dozens of police officers, and now they have been released. If anything happens to us, those who allowed their release are responsible.”

Damlayıcı explained that the threats began in May, with the situation deteriorating to violence in July. He also highlighted the attackers’ ability to return freely to the scene of the crime despite their previous actions. “We don’t understand how these people, shouting ‘Allahu Akbar,’ could just walk back into this street. If anything happens to us, they are to blame. We demand our safety be ensured and warn that these attacks on our lifestyle could soon threaten everyone in Diyarbakır. I call on everyone to stand in solidarity with us.”…

Sin is progressive. Sharia is progressive Islam. 

 

The Islamization of Europe > Two brutally murdered in Notting Hill carnival, was it jihad, terror?

 

There is no indication here that these attacks were motivated by Islamic jihad except that a number of things fit the pattern of previous Islamic terror attacks. A festival was attacked! Knives were used in both attacks, although there is no mention of throat-slitting which is common to Islamic terror and commanded in the Quran. However, one report says Maximen lost 20 liters of blood, which would suggest a jugular attack. 

All four arrested men appear to be black, suggesting an African heritage. Most African immigrants are Muslim. Oddly, though, both victims were also coloured. The Sun wrote: The court was told all three brothers were involved in the horror but just Shakiel Thibou carried out the stabbing. Prosecutors say they attended the carnival with the intention to cause the intended victim harm. Why? Did he use pork in one of his recipes?

So, it may be that they were not terror attacks, but that would normally be stated emphatically in all media accounts. It's not stated in any, neither are there any pictures, but one, of those arrested, nor any history on them. This is typical media treatment of Islamic terror attacks. 

Mother, top chef dead after separate attacks

during  Notting Hill carnival

By Mike Heuer

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Notting Hill CarnivalCredit: Getty

Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A mother died from her wounds Saturday after she was stabbed last weekend during the Notting Hill Carnival, and renowned chef Mussie Imnetu died Friday after an attack Monday at the event.

Metropolitan Police confirmed both deaths Saturday.

Cher Maximen, 32, tried to prevent an attack on another person while attending the Notting Hill Carnival with her 3-year-old daughter. The assailant stabbed Maximen in front of her daughter at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Is there a charge for that? For the horrific trauma that is likely to affect that child for the rest of her life, and not in a good way? There should be a charge and more than just an aggravation. The child might never recover from the horror. She should never be in danger of ever seeing that man in her life.

Imnetu, 41, was attacked a day later and was found unconscious and suffering from severe head injuries in the Notting Hill area on Monday evening.

Police said Imnetu died from catastrophic brain injuries and multiple heart attacks Friday. He leaves behind an 8-year-old son.

The "heartbreaking" attacks are a "betrayal of the values that Carnival was founded to celebrate," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said shortly after the attacks.

Imnetu was a Swedish citizen and prominent chef who worked with Gordon Ramsay and at high-end restaurants in London and New York before moving to Dubai to work as a chef there.

He was visiting London on a business trip when he was attacked at 11:20 p.m. in the Queensway area of Nothing Hill.

Notting Hill is located in western London, and police arrested suspects in both attacks.

Police arrested Omar Wilson, 31, early Wednesday morning, who was charged with causing grievous bodily harm on Thursday.

Police arrested Shakiel Thibou, 20, of Hammersmith, on Tuesday, and the Westminster Magistrates' Court charged him with attempted murder on Thursday.

Thibou's brothers, Sheldon Thibou, 24, of Hammersmith, and Shaeim Thibou, 22, of West Kensington, also were arrested and charged with crimes related to the attack that ended with Maximen's stabbing.

Sheldon Thibou is charged with possession of a stun gun, violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker.

Shaeim Thibou is charged with violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker. He pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Wolves Among the Sheep > Senior Pastor - a liar and a thief, sent to prison in Maryland

 

Pastor who obtained $3.5M in COVID relief funds, bought Tesla sentenced to prison

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, September 01, 2024

Rudolph Brooks, a 48-year-old pastor from Cheltenham, Maryland, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $3.5 million in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program loans and using part of these funds to purchase a Tesla.

The sentencing also includes two years of supervised release and mandates the forfeiture of significant assets, including properties in Maryland.

And the Tesla?

Investigations revealed that from April 2020 to September 2021, Brooks, founder and senior pastor of the Kingdom Tabernacle of Restoration Ministries in Washington, D.C., exploited the PPP by submitting falsified documents to obtain loans for businesses under his control, including a car dealership and a ministry, Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, said in a statement.

Brooks’ fraudulent activities centered around his businesses, Cars Direct by Gavawn HWD Bob’s Motors, Kingdom Tabernacle of Restoration Ministries, and Madaro, LLC. He inflated employee numbers and payroll expenses on PPP loan applications, securing millions, which he then misused for personal expenses.

Satan is the father of lies, and liars, IMHO.

Notable purchases included a 2018 Tesla Model 3, a property in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and lavish spending on groceries, retail items and restaurant meals.

The CARES Act, under which Brooks committed the fraud, was enacted in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans impacted by the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

Brooks pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering, as per court records from the sentencing Tuesday. As a result, he was ordered by Judge Deborah L. Boardman to forfeit over $2 million, the Tesla vehicle and the real estate purchased with the fraudulently obtained funds.

The case against Brooks involved several federal agencies, including the FBI and the IRS.

Brooks was prosecuted by the District of Maryland Strike Force, one of three nationwide initiatives aimed at combatting pandemic-related fraud.

In an interview with The Impact’s Robin Dorsey on WBGR in 2018, Brooks said he knew he was called by God when he was about 4 or 5 years old. He further noted that he was raised in the church and his father was a minister.

His church’s website describes him as “a man after God’s own heart and has a passion for God’s people.”

“Pastor Brooks desires to see believers grow spiritually and desires to see the church function according to the word of the Lord. His intense love for the Lord, relentless spirit and ability to tap into the very heart of God make him a memorable speaker. With his love for God and lively preaching style, which can hold even the skeptics’ attention, Pastor Brooks speaks and shares the heart of God with compassion and conviction,” the church notes.

Did Brooks write this himself? Liars and thieves have no place in the pulpit of a real Christian church. Where was the gift of discernment in this church? Was no-one listening to God?

Islam Hates Christianity > Islamic forces kill more than 16,000 Christians in Nigeria alone in 4 years

 

Over 16,000 Christians killed in 4 years as violence

in Nigeria continues unabated: observatory

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Saturday, August 31, 2024

More than 16,000 Christians were killed in Nigeria in four years between 2019 and 2023 as more followers of Christ were victims of violence than adherents of other religions, according to data collected by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa. 

ORFA released a four-year data project Thursday documenting 55,910 fatalities from 9,970 attacks, including both civilians and combatants, across Nigeria. Of those killed, 30,880 were civilians. Christian victims totaled 16,769, significantly outnumbering the 6,235 Muslim fatalities — the ratio of Christian to Muslim deaths being 6.5:1. Radicalized Muslim Fulani herdsmen were responsible for 55% of the Christian deaths. 

"For over a decade atrocities against civilians in Nigeria have been downplayed or minimized. This has proved a major obstacle for those seeking to understand the violence," the researchers wrote in the 136-page report shared with The Christian Post.

"Misleading euphemisms, such as 'armed herdsmen' and 'cattle grazers' are used to describe continual waves of invasion, torture and killing in rural communities. Descriptions of attacks as 'ethnic clashes,' 'farmers-herders clashes' or retaliatory attacks are seriously misleading."

Another frequent term used to describe militias that carry out mass kidnappings and enforce "serfdom" on communities is "bandits," the report warns, adding that "a policy of concealing the religious identity of victims" is distorting the reality of the situation. 

"Fulani Ethnic Militia are targeting Christian populations, while Muslims also suffer severely at their hands," notes Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, an observatory partner and analyst, said in a statement. 

"Millions of people are left undefended," Frans Vierhout, senior analyst at the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa, added. "For years, we've heard of calls for help being ignored, as terrorists attack vulnerable communities. Now the data tells its own story."

Across Nigeria, over 21,621 people were abducted in 2,705 attacks, with some incidents overlapping. The observatory recorded 11,610 distinct attacks where individuals were killed or abducted. Of these, 8,905 involved only killings, 1,065 included both killings and abductions and 1,640 involved only abductions.

Of the 21,532 civilians abducted, 11,185 were Christians, and 7,899 were Muslims, according to ORFA.

Researchers stated the religious identity of victims significantly influenced their treatment by captors, with Christian captives often facing harsher conditions and higher risks of execution compared to their Muslim counterparts.

On average, eight attacks involving killings or abductions occurred daily over a four-year period in Nigeria. Fear of violence has gotten so bad there were reports of children sleeping in trees to avoid nighttime attacks.

The data showed a large geographic spread of violence, with 65 different Local Government Areas affected. The majority of civilian fatalities occurred during attacks on communities, particularly during the farming season's peak months between April and June. The North West, North Central and North East regions were identified as epicenters of such attacks.

People were most vulnerable in their homes, with the majority of civilians — 25,312 killed and 16,761 abducted — suffering attacks in their communities, according to the report. This contrasts with other locations where 5,568 civilians were killed and 4,771 abducted.

The report pointed to the Fulani Ethnic Militia and other less-known groups as primary aggressors.

Armed Fulani herdsmen, part of FEM, and various terrorist groups were responsible for most killings and abductions, overshadowing the more internationally recognized threats from Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province. For instance, armed Fulani herdsmen were responsible for the deaths of 11,948 civilians, while other terror groups were responsible for 12,039 deaths. Armed Fulani were responsible for over 6,000 civilian abductions, while other groups were responsible for 13,000. 

Armed Fulani were responsible for 9,153 Christian deaths during that timespan; Other terrorist groups accounted for 29% or 4,895 deaths. Combined, Boko Haram and ISWAP were responsible for 8% of the Christian deaths, which amounts to 1,268 fatalities.

The report criticized the Nigerian government's focus away from these areas, suggesting that the lack of adequate security response has allowed these groups to operate with near impunity.

"The Nigerian government should wake up to its responsibility of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians. Impunity has allowed targeted attacks against innocent people to continue unabatedly," the report concludes. "The government has [a] responsibility to maintain law and order, therefore, providing protection for lives and properties will reassure citizens and endear trust in the government. If the people cannot trust the government to deliver justice, more militant groups and sub state actors could rise up to the State against its citizens."

The observatory urges the Nigerian government to prioritize peace and coexistence, reevaluate its security strategies and enhance support for affected communities.

Key suggestions include reorienting national values towards justice and reconciliation, enhancing security measures to protect civilians and promoting interfaith dialogue to mitigate religious biases and tensions.

The report called for a concerted effort also from international bodies to address the violence in Nigeria.

The European Union member states, along with the United States and United Kingdom governments, should allocate more aid resources to Nigeria's North Central Zone and Southern Kaduna, which are experiencing a displacement crisis, the report said, explaining that in areas where internally displaced persons can return to their home communities, they often find their houses and communities in ruins.

ORFA added that the U.S. and U.K. governments should use their positions on the United Nations Security Council to pursue a resolution aimed at enhancing the security of communities in Nigeria that are vulnerable to attacks.

The U.S. government continues to face pressure from advocates and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to again label Nigeria as a country of particular concern for international religious freedom after it was removed from the list during the first year of the Biden administration.