Month: October 2014

Have the Western media and mainstream Muslims exaggerated the barbarity of the so-called Islamic state? IS explains why it advocates slavery, concubinage, and violence in its own words (with a coerced assist from hostage John Cantlie): The Failed Crusade (Dabiq / Scribd) “Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who took office last month, has admitted to previous ‘excesses’…

While IS murders innocent humanitarians … If ISIS Beheads a Muslim … (The Hill) … Muslim neighbors of a one victim of IS murder raise funds “to help provide financial support for Alan’s family and other ongoing projects to benefit those in need to ensure his legacy continue”: Bolton’s Muslim Community Has Raised £30,000 in Alan…

As the town of Kobane teeters before the IS onslaught despite US airstrikes, Kurds press for a deeper Turkish involvement, but Erdogan insists an escalation must be part of the fight against the Asad regime” … US-led Coalition Struggles to Stop Islamic State Offensive on Turkey-Syria Border (Christian Science Monitor) Kobani: Anger Grows as Turkey…

“To give the Islamic State a free hand is to allow proponents of the caliphate to exploit the instability that U.S. efforts … have fostered. But to make Syria the latest free-fire zone in America’s never-ending Middle East misadventure will almost surely prolong and exacerbate the agonies that country is experiencing”: Even if We Defeat…

“According to local reports, Kurdish leaders in the border region have called on both sides to observe a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which starts on Saturday. Isis said that they would pray in Kobani on the first holiday of Eid…. Air strikes conducted by the US-led coalition have not slowed the…

“She also said IS leaders were ignoring the ‘verdict of their own justice system’ – in a previous statement she said she had been told a Sharia court found Mr Henning ‘innocent of being a spy’”: Alan Henning: Wife Makes New Appeal to Islamic State (BBC) “Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a…