“Any inovation in Islam not found in Qur'an or sahih texts is no part of Islam. No matter who is suggesting it or doing it.” (Tweet)Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, July 31, 2015, 4:18 p.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627257064453210112.
“The Shari’ah is Allah’s law!!! NOT the man made law called democracy. So stop saying the #IS doesn’t represent the Islam. You’re talking…” (Tweet)Amal, Twitter post, July 29, 2015, 8:56 a.m.
“Fear Allah. So he might guide you.” (Tweet)Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 9:54 a.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626027931970740224.
“There”s more to life than eating sleeping working drinking fornicating or master bating. Islam shows u life that connects with its Creator” (Tweet)Abu Mutassim, Twitter post, July 23, 2015, 2:14 a.m., https://twitter.com/AbuMutassim03/status/624160558711971840.
“I am a Muslim and i believe anyone who rules without the shariah is a kaafir even if he is called Abdullah and prays 5x a day.
#Islaam” (Tweet)Ali al-Foutawi, Twitter post, July 25, 2015, 8:18 p.m., https://twitter.com/Alfoutawi_II/status/624418365751336960.
“Sharia law - why r the west scared of it?”Umm Radwa, Twitter post, July 23, 2015, 6:16 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummradwa3/status/624206540497498112.
“Keep donating brothers! In the name of Allah you all be blessed with his love and mercy!” (Tweet)ISSyria, Twitter post, July 22, 2015, 11:27 a.m., https://twitter.com/ISSyria15/status/623922319044513793.
“O foolish people. U very well know Islam will conquer the world. So why go against it.
Advice: embrace Islam and rally with it” (Tweet)Abu Mutassim, Twitter post, July 21, 2015, 8:30 a.m., https://twitter.com/AbuMutassim03/status/623515514560749568.
“America is a mass murder we will stop america in the name of quran and with the force of allah!!” (Tweet)ISSyria, Twitter post, July 20, 2015, 10:55 a.m., https://twitter.com/ISSyria15/status/623189624438046721.
“Fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you!” (Tweet)ISSyria, Twitter post, July 20, 2015, 10:56 a.m., https://twitter.com/ISSyria15/status/623189798099025920.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On March 30, 2020, an al-Shabaab suicide bomber mounted the vehicle of Abdisalan Hasan Hersi, a governor in Somalia’s Puntland, as he parked his car near a police station. The jihadist detonated his explosive device, killing Hersi and seriously wounding a former police commander and a civilian.
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