Don’t Be Terrorized

The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list, freedom of speech, a multi-party political system, universal adult suffrage, accountable government, Jews, homosexuals, women’s rights, pluralism, secularism, short skits, dancing, beardlessness, evolution theory, sex. There are tyrants, not Muslims.

The fundamentalist believes that we believe in nothing. In his world-view, he has his absolute certainties, while we are sunk in sybaritic indulgences. To prove him wrong, we must first know that he is wrong. We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world’s resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love. These will be our weapons. Not by making war but by the unafraid way we choose to live shall we defeat them.

How to defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized. Don’t let fear rule your life. Even if you are scared..

Evil Islamic Ideology by ISIS

The establishment of  al-Qa’ida in Afghanistan was followed by a proliferation of terrorist organizations: al-Qa’ida in the Mesopotamian Valley and al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI), the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al-Qa-ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al-Shabab in Somalia and Boko Haram in Nigeria.  Now the global community faces the largest and most dangerous terrorist movement of all, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).

The world has not witnessed evil like the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in generations. The leaders of ISIS, their evil ideology, and their inhumane crimes are the antithesis of the fundamental values cherished by all of humanity, values that are affirmed in the teachings of Islam. Throughout history, repressive and nihilistic movements have shrouded their selfish political objectives with noble ideals intended to appeal to impressionable audiences.

To begin to answer this question, we may start by asking:

What is ISIS and what ideology does it espouse?

How does its ideology attract recruits?

Why are so many members ready to give their lives for what many would argue is an ill-defined cause?

Equally importantly, how does it fund itself?

What is the relationships between its ideological and military strategy and its sources of funding?

What is ISIS’ ultimate goals and how can it be stopped?

ISIS’ ideological narrative is not well developed. An offshoot of Wahhabism and Qutbism in its most violent form, its Manichean ideology postulates a world where evil has subordinated the good. As with other extremist movements that claim to be Islamic, it argues that the core problem is that Muslims have been seduced and corrupted by the West and thus deviated from true Islam.

It is unfortunate that ISIS has chosen the beautiful religion of Islam as their public messaging vehicle to promote their apocalyptic approach to grabbing power and territory. Not only will they be met with a formidable international military response to stop them in their tracks and eventually defeat them, they will be completely undermined when people of all faiths and backgrounds collectively act upon their shared values of peace, justice, and compassion.

We should speak out against injustices by criminal and terrorist groups like ISIS…., and to work with community and political leaders to promote peace at home and around the world.

Now a little analysis on French murders. They are blaming “Muslims” !!!!!!!!!!!!

‪#‎CharlieHebdo‬ Now when the suspects have been killed, how do we know they were angry at the cartoons or Europes decimation of ‪#‎Iraq‬ & ‪#‎Syria‬?
NEVER ever forget that Western nations have slaughtered a million Muslims in ME in last 10 years alone on false premise. Whenever any country votes against ‪#‎Israel‬, it starts to face catastrophic terrorism. ‪#‎Malaysia‬ lost planes,‪#‎Norway‬ & now ‪#‎France‬.
There are genuine war crimes & genocide being done by western nations within Muslim lands & then they say Muslims hate them!
US & EU are pouring in $ billions in #Iraq, #Syria, ‪#‎Pakistan‬ & ‪#‎Libya‬ to CREATE cannibalistic gangs of ‪#‎ISIS‬, ‪#‎FSA‬, ‪#‎TTP‬ & then blame us????

Analysis: Peshawar school attack

Pakistan has seen tens of thousands of civilians killed in attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies in recent years, but Tuesday’s gun-and-bomb attack on a school in the heart of Peshawar, resulting in the deaths of more than 140 people, mostly children, has left the nation numb.

Tuesda’s attack, which the TTP said in a statement was explicitly “in retaliation against” the military’s ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan, can be seen, perhaps, as a sign of the group’s desperation. Unable to hit high-value government or military targets, the TTP has been reduced to targeting a school, one that is only nominally army-affiliated, as a sign of its ability to hit civilian targets.

The school itself is a soft target, with relatively low security, even though it is located in a high-security zone of central Peshawar. But by killing scores of children, the TTP is unlikely to win itself much public support, with the backlash from the attack seeing a marked unity amongst Pakistanis in rejecting this form of violence. The indignation of the Pakistani public at this targeting of children seems also to have overridden any fear the TTP was attempting to sow with such a large-scale strike.

In a country where public support for militancy has often allowed space for the TTP and likeminded groups to operate, this is certainly significant.

 

Hostages evacuated

The Army Public School had about 1,100 students and teachers present, when the attack started at about 10:30am local time (05:00 GMT)

A heavy contingent of security forces arrived at the school shortly after the attack began and launched the rescue operation. The army said in a statement that many hostages had been evacuated but did not say how many.

The Pakistani military began Operation Zarb-e-Azb against the TTP and its allies on June 15, and says that it has so far retaken large areas of territory from the group, and killed more than 1,270 of them.

The army is also carrying out a military operation in Khyber Agency, which borders Peshawar, where it says it has killed at least 179 fighters.

This is a soft target. No one would expect a school to be attacked and children would be involved,

This will only strengthen the public’s resolve to carry on supporting the army.

Pakistan lifts death penalty moratorium after Taliban school attack in Peshawar

The Pakistani prime minister lifted a moratorium on the death penalty on Wednesday, a day after Taliban gunmen attacked a school, killing 132 students and nine teachers, a government spokesman said.

Pakistan began three days of mourning on Wednesday for the 141 people killed in the attack on the school in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

The bloodshed has shocked the nation and put pressure on the government to do more to tackle the Pakistani Taliban insurgency. Many people have called in the media for the death penalty to be restored.

“It was decided that this moratorium should be lifted. The prime minister approved,” said government spokesman Mohiuddin Wan, referring to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s approval of the decision by a ministerial committee.

“Black warrants will be issued within a day or two,” he said, referring to execution orders.

He did not give any details about who might be executed under such orders.

A moratorium on the death penalty was imposed in 2008 and only one execution has taken place since then.

There are believed to be more than 8,000 prisoners on death row in Pakistan, about 10 percent convicted of offences labelled “terrorism”, said Justice Project Pakistan, a legal aid group.

“Terrorism” has a very broad definition under Pakistani law. About 17,000 cases of “terrorism” are pending in special courts.

Justice Project Pakistan released a report on Wednesday saying that those convicted of terrorism were often tortured into confessions or denied lawyers, and that recent crackdowns had not stopped militant attacks.

“Swathes of defendants whose crimes bear no relation to terrorism have been sentenced to death following extremely unfair trials – whilst terrorist attacks continue unabated,”