[ April 25, 2024 ]
Teens — the future of Islam. How has this “misunderstanding” (according to leftist lapdogs) become so widespread among Muslims, and most especially the young? Who is actually getting Islam wrong — devout Muslims or leftist apologists?
ISIS teenage fighters are ‘shooting people dead for failing to quote the Koran’ in besieged Philippines city as Duterte’s military warns jihadis to ‘surrender or die’
- Up to 50,000 Filipino residents fled the city of Marawi in south of the country
- They reported terror they left behind of young jihadis killing the city’s residents
- Militants forced people to recite verses and murdered them when they couldn’t
- Up to 2,000 residents are still feared trapped as president declared martial law
By Gareth Davies For Mailonline, 30 May 2017:
Teenage ISIS fighters are said to be shooting people dead for failing to quote the Koran in a besieged Philippines city.
Story continues below advertisementAs 50,000 people fled the city of Marawi in the south of the country, some reported the terror they had left behind.
Terrified residents reported young jihadis taking orders from commanders in their early 20s to force people to recite verses of the Islamic scripture, but when they failed, they would be shot dead to a chorus of laughter.
Philippine authorities on Tuesday warned Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender or die, as attack helicopters pounded the gunmen’s strongholds where up to 2,000 residents are still feared trapped.
A government soldier points to graffiti on some metal shutters which reads, ‘Welcome ISIS,’ with a crown painted over it
More than 100 people have been confirmed killed in the conflict, which began last week when gunmen waving black flags of the Islamic State (IS) group rampaged through the mostly Muslim-populated city of Marawi.
Tens of thousands managed to flee and one woman told The Telegraph her decision to leave was sealed when she witnessed teenage jihadis laughing at innocent people being shot.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law across the entire southern region of Mindanao, home to roughly 20 million people, in response to the crisis as he warned that local militant groups were uniting behind IS and becoming a major security threat.
But the militants, initially estimated by the nation’s defence chief to number just 100, have withstood eight days of intense air assaults and street-to-street combat, prompting the government’s threats on Tuesday.
‘For the terrorists, not surrendering will mean their sure death.’
Padilla also said the surrender call warning was aimed at limiting the loss of more lives and property.
Up to 2,000 residents were trapped in areas held by the militants, according to the local government, and the International Committee of the Red Cross had voiced alarm they would be caught in the bombing raids or crossfire.
The militants also took a priest and up to 14 other people hostage at the start of the crisis, and their fate remains unknown.
The militants released a video in which they threatened to kill the hostages, according to a report by the SITE Intelligence Group on Monday that could not be verified.
And clashes on Tuesday appeared to be as intense as previous days as military helicopters fired rockets repeatedly on that part of the city and black smoke rose from the buildings that were apparently hit.
The gunmen were being backed by foreign fighters, including those from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, authorities said.
A Philippine Marine fires his weapon towards the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi city
Government troops cross a bridge after securing a village outside Marawi city on Tuesday
The militants had killed at least 19 civilians, while 20 security forces and 65 gunmen had died, according to the military.
The death toll looked likely to climb, with soldiers reporting the smell of corpses in a public market still being held by the militants.
Martin Thalmann, deputy head of the ICRC’s Philippine delegation who is in Marawi, also said on Monday his staff had received reports from people trapped inside the militants’ areas that residents had died from stray bullets and sickness.
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in the Philippines
The violence began when dozens of gunmen went on a rampage in response to an attempt by security forces to arrest Isnilon Hapilon, a veteran Filipino militant regarded as the local leader of ISIS.
Hapilon, a senior member of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom gang, is on the US government’s list of most-wanted terrorists.
He was being protected in Marawi by the local Maute group, which has pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Hapilon, the Maute and other militants had been planning a major attack on Marawi, one of the few Islamic cities in the mainly Catholic Philippines with a population of 200,000 people, armed forces chief General Eduardo Ano said.
He said they were planning to launch the assault to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began on the weekend, but the raid on Hapilon triggered them to attack earlier, according to Ano.
Muslim separatist rebellion in the southern Philippines has claimed more than 120,000 lives since the 1970s.
The main Muslim rebel groups have signed accords with the government aimed at forging a final peace, giving up their separatist ambitions in return for autonomy.
The Maute, the Abu Sayyaf and other hardline groups are not interested in negotiating and have in recent years looked to IS to help them.
The Marawi violence was intended to highlight their credentials to IS, security analysts have said.
Duterte said Saturday he was prepared to enforce martial law for as long as was necessary to end the terrorist threat.
Filipino troops inspect graffiti outside a parade of shops which reads, ‘I love ISIS’ with the date under it as well as ‘ISIS fighters’ written on the ground
Up to 2,000 residents were trapped in areas held by the militants, according to the local government, and the International Committee of the Red Cross had voiced alarm they would be caught in the bombing raids or crossfire
Philippine Marines aim their weapons towards the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi
The Islamic fighters are said to be well-armed and resilient and experts have warned that with ISIS weakened in Syria and Iraq, battered by years of American-led attacks, Mindanao could become a focal point for regional fighters.
The fighters’ support network in Marawi remains unclear, though the power of one militant group – the Mautes – has grown in recent years.
Led by members of the city’s Maute clan, the group has become increasingly active across Lanao del Sur province, where Marawi is located, and has been instrumental in the fighting this past week.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4553998/Philippines-lawmakers-want-debate-martial-law-amid-siege.html#ixzz4iZwOOS3m
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A government soldier points to graffiti on some metal shutters which reads, ‘Welcome ISIS,’ with a crown painted over it
Government troops head to the frontline as fighting with Muslim militants in Marawi city enters its second week on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in southern Philippines
A Philippine Marine runs for cover near the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi City, southern Philippines
A soldier points his gun over a wall as troops walk through the streets in a bid to remove ISIS
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6 years ago
The founder of Methodism, John Wesley on Islam –
Ever since the religion of Islam appeared in the world, the espousers of it…have been as wolves and tigers to all other nations, rending and tearing all that fell into their merciless paws, and grinding them with their iron teeth; that numberless cities are raised from the foundation, and only their name remaining: that many countries,which were once as the garden of God, are now a desolate wilderness: and that so many once numerous and powerful Nations are vanished from the earth. Such was, and is at this day, the rage, the fury, the revenge, of these destroyers of humankind.
6 years ago
And we have obama supported Islamonazis demanding we stop
honoring American soldiers during Memorial day and instead honor Jihadis killed by American Soldiers just the way Palestine govt does to its jihadis !
Hard to believe ? check http://bit.ly/2qvcHov
And why are such scumbags who cannot even respect our soldiers Not deported after rescinding their citizenship rights for supporting jihadi terrorists ?
6 years ago
Islam .: Long March Through the Institutions.. Note the Levant and what happened in the 7th Century to Medina.
6 years ago
Muslims are guaranteed to go to heaven if they kill non-Muslims. (Koran.9;111).
6 years ago
Reply to
taxpayer22
Don’t be to sure of that, read the qur’an. “There will be no one of you who will not enter it (Hell).
This was an inevitable decree of your Lord.
Afterwards he may save some of the pious, God-fearing Muslims out of the burning fire.
— Sura 19:71-72”
6 years ago
Reply to
taxpayer22
I remember reading something about that. That muhamMUD stated something to the effect that the only surefire way to get into allah’s heavenly whorehouse and catamite salon is to kill and be killed in the way of jihad.
6 years ago
This is islam, destroy every trace of it everywhere.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Shades of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia all over again. Young men murdering for the fun of it. Yes, wipe them out and take no prisoners. They are vermin.
D
6 years ago
Finally someone is doing something about it.
6 years ago
Moslems, I suggest you learn to sing Yankee Doodle Dandy.
6 years ago
A lot of Muslims are illiterate anyhow.
6 years ago
I wonder if the f’ing muslums have ammo for that M203 grenade launcher?
Any muslum population is nothing more than a beachhead for muslum terrorism.
6 years ago
Islam is a weed! Spray then with weed killer (bullets) and they will go away!
D
6 years ago
WTF. I have not seen any of this reported on any major news channel. ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC my local newspaper. Not even talk radio (when I get to listen) It is purposeful I believe. Russia, Russia, Russia. The it is Kathy, Kathy, Kathy. Distraction is what it is. Fifth Column.
