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Title: ISIS leader declares ‘Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting’ as he calls on Muslims to ‘fight for the Caliphate’ in new audio message
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... tes-ancient-Palmyra-Syria.html
Published: May 15, 2015
Author: Tim Macfarlan For Mailonline and Afp and
Post Date: 2015-05-15 16:41:22 by cranky
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The leader of Islamic State has declared 'Islam is the religion of fighting' in a rare audio message which called on all Muslims to 'fight for the caliphate'. Islamic State released the message yesterday claiming it was from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the extremist group executed 26 civilians before reaching the gates of an ancient Syrian city amid fears they could destroy it. The audio message posted on militant websites features a voice that sounds like al-Baghdadi's exhorting all Muslims to take up arms and fight on behalf of the group's self-styled caliphate. In it the leader, who had not been seen or heard from in months, said: 'Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting. No one should believe that the war that we are waging is the war of the Islamic State.' Call to arms: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, pictured during his only public appearance in Mosul in July last year, has purportedly released an audio message claiming 'Islam was never a religion of peace' Gruesome: Ten civilians have been beheaded by ISIS in villages near the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, just as this man accused of spying for the Iraqi government was recently killed in the country's Nineveh province Ancient treasure: Roman columns at Palmyra. There are fears the world heritage site could face destruction of the kind ISIS has already wreaked on similiar sites in Iraq 'It is the war of all Muslims, but the Islamic State is spearheading it,' he said. 'It is the war of Muslims against infidels. 'O Muslims go to war everywhere. It is the duty of every Muslim.' It was not immediately possible to verify whether the voice was al-Baghdadi's. The last audio message purportedly from the Iraqi-born fanatic came in November, days after Iraqi officials said he was wounded in an airstrike on a town near the Syrian border. Al-Baghdadi has only appeared in public once, in a video showing him delivering a Friday sermon in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul last July, shortly after it was captured by his group. In the latest message, al-Baghdadi blasted Arab rulers, calling them 'guarding dogs' and saying the war in Yemen will lead to the end of the Saudi royal family's rule. Meanwhile Islamic State fighters executed 26 civilians as they swarmed through villages near the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The militants beheaded 10 of their victims as they advanced to the gates of the world heritage site today, raising fears it could face destruction of the kind the jihadists have already wreaked on similar sites in Iraq. Philistine: An Islamic State militant smashes relics in Nimrud, Iraq, an Assyrian city dating back to the 13th century BC As it overran nearby villages, IS executed the victims for 'collaborating with the regime,' the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syria's head of antiquities issued an urgent appeal for international action to save Palmyra, saying extremist militants were less than two kilometres (barely a mile) from the remains of one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. The world 'must mobilise before, not after, the destruction of the artefacts' at the site, Mamoun Abdulkarim said in a telephone call. 'IS has not entered the city yet, and we hope these barbarians will never enter,' he said. 'But if IS enters Palmyra, it will be destroyed and it will be an international catastrophe,' Abdulkarim added. UNESCO describes Palmyra as a heritage site of 'outstanding universal value'. The ancient city stood on a caravan route at the crossroads of several civilisations and its 1st and 2nd century temples and colonnaded streets mark a unique blend of Graeco-Roman and Persian influences. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said the city was 'under threat' as fierce fighting and shelling continued on its eastern edges amid a regime counter-offensive. The jihadist advance on the well-preserved remains came as an international conference was underway in Cairo to address destruction already wreaked by IS on the ancient sites of Nimrud and Hatra in Iraq. Under threat: Syria's head of antiquities issued an urgent appeal for international action to save Palmyra Closing in: Islamic State fighters are at the gates of the ancient site in central Syria, described by UNESCO as being of 'outstanding universal value' Foreign affairs and antiquities officials from 11 Arab countries gathered in Egypt to condemn the jihadists' demolition of Iraq's heritage with sledgehammers, bulldozers and high explosives. Abdulkarim said Syria's antiquities officials would try to ensure the safety of artefacts found in Palmyra's archaeological digs over the years and now housed in an adjacent museum. 'We can protect the statues and artefacts, but we cannot protect the architecture, the temples,' he said. 'IS will just destroy it from the outside.' Abdulkarim said he had no doubt that if Palmyra fell to the jihadists, it would suffer a similar fate to ancient Nimrud, which they blew up earlier this year. 'If IS enters Palmyra, it will spell its destruction... It will be a repetition of the barbarism and savagery which we saw in Nimrud, Hatra and Mosul.' It would not be the first time that government troops have lost control of Palmyra. Rebels held the site from February to September 2013 before the regime recaptured it. One of the ancient city's masterpieces, the Temple of Baal, suffered some damage during the accompanying artillery exchanges. On the march: ISIS overran villages near Palmyra, executing victims for 'collaborating with the regime' of President Bashar al-Assad But those rebels did not share the fanatical devotion of IS to demolishing all of the region's pre-Islamic heritage. There was ferocious fighting as the jihadists overran the town of Al-Sukhnah on Wednesday in their drive across the desert towards Palmyra. Syria's official news agency reported that military aircraft had destroyed IS vehicles near Al-Sukhnah and that army units 'killed IS terrorists' in the area. Provincial governor Talal Barazi said that 1,800 families who had fled the advancing jihadists were being sheltered in reception centres in the adjacent modern town of Tadmur. Both sides suffered heavy losses in the battle for Al-Sukhnah, including senior commanders, the Observatory said. The army lost 70 men, including six officers. IS lost 55 men, including two commanders, one of them the leader of the offensive. Jihadist websites named him as Abu Malik Anas al-Nashwan, who appeared in an IS video showing the beheadings of 28 Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians in Libya earlier this year.
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
One need to look no further than Washington DC to see the truth of that, for, look at the way the muslim in the oval office has waged war against the Republic, the Constitution, the people of the USA. People say that Christians should not hate, I don't know how a Christian can not hate obama.
A speech written by Mr. Baghdadi's superiors in Tel Aviv, no doubt.
'O Muslims go to war everywhere. It is the duty of every Muslim.' He's absolutely correct and fourteen hundred years of islamic history verify it. Now is tere any way to get our recent doucebag presidents and the doucebags who voted for them to wake up and believe it?
ISIS leader declares ‘Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting’ as he calls on Muslims to ‘fight for the Caliphate’ in new audio message
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#3. To: cranky (#0)
ISIS leader declares ‘Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting’ 'It is the war of all Muslims, but the Islamic State is spearheading it,' he said. 'It is the war of Muslims against infidels.
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