The participants in the procession did not accept the authority of the Islamic State, and thus were heretics or apostates, who deserved death and could be lawfully killed according to Sharia.
“Over a dozen killed in terrorist attack on a funeral procession in northern Iraq,” Gulf News, July 31, 2021:
Baghdad: An attack on a funeral procession in northern Iraq has claimed a number of victims, Iraq’s military said in a statement on Friday.
The military said the “terrorist’’ attack in the province of Salahaddin resulted in a “number of victims’’ but did not provide specific figures.
An Iraqi security official, however, said 13 people had been killed and 45 injured, among them police and civilians, and that armed militants had opened fire on the crowd.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the attack had been perpetrated by the Daesh group.
The military said it will provide details once an investigation is complete.
Northern Iraq has been a hotspot for Daesh activity since their territorial defeat in 2017 by Iraqi security forces with assistance from the US-led coalition. Iraqi forces routinely carry out anti-Daesh operations in the rugged mountainous northern region and the deserts of western Iraq where they are known to be holed up….
Stanton Lore says
Mass murder at a funeral? Was the person being buried the wrong way? Wrong clothing? So, to retaliate against him, those honoring him are slaughtered? I don’t know the background but it’s evil regardless.
PMK says
Isn’t northern Iraq largely Kurdish? The Kurds have fought against IS, which, to IS, makes them the enemy.
Wellington says
Only 13?
Islam is sick to its core. One knows this or should know it.
Shame on ALL adult Muslims (and instilling Islamic belief in a child is definitely a form of child abuse).
However “mild” you adult Muslims are in your warped belief system, you still support a wretched belief system.
No excuses are acceptable any longer.
NONE.
gravenimage says
Iraq: Islamic State jihadis open fire on funeral procession, murder 13 people, injure 45
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These Jihadist thugs regularly attack funerals–damn barbarians.
“Pakistan: Muslim clerics lead mob to attack Ahmadi funeral, throw stones at mourners and beat them with sticks”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/06/pakistan-muslim-clerics-lead-mob-to-attack-ahmadi-funeral-throw-stones-at-mourners-and-beat-them-with-sticks
“At least 65 killed in suspected Boko Haram attack on funeral in Nigeria”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/65-killed-suspected-boko-haram-attack-funeral-nigeria/story?id=64627488
“Afghanistan: Nearly 40 die in funeral, hospital attacks”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/afghanistan-nearly-40-die-in-funeral-hospital-attacks/1837809
There are, horribly, many more cases.
OLD GUY says
Murder and violence the main doctrine of ISLAM. This is not a religion, it’s a dictatorship run by the islamic leadership using slavery and bloodletting as a tool to indoctrinate and control the masses. Why any modern country would allow muslims/islamic people to migrate into western civilization is a major mistake.
clive delmonte says
Iraq, and other ‘Muslim’ countries have the right to self-destruct. They must be left to do so.
We have no right to interfere. It doesn’t work anyway and our brave young men and women are needed here.