My latest in PJ Media:
Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, was in the middle of Shabbat services that were being livestreamed on Facebook, when a gunman burst in and took hostages. As of this writing, the situation is ongoing, but some details have already emerged.
Amichai Stein of Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, reports that “The gunman says he is muslim and holding atleast 6 people says ‘he will kill people if anyone gets close to the synagogue.’” Before the livestream from the synagogue was cut off, the gunman could be heard ranting in a foreign language that, according to journalist and trial attorney Marina Medvin, turned out to be Arabic. Medvin noted that the gunman said, “Are you listening? I am going to die. So don’t cry for me…”
Newsmax national correspondent Logan Ratick tweeted that “ABC is reporting one suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel (she’s incarcerated).”
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The family connections don’t stop there. According to terrorism expert Paul Sperry of The New York Post, Aafia Siddiqui is “an MIT scientist-turned-al Qaeda agent, who in 2010 was sentenced to 86 years in prison for planning a New York chemical attack. Known as ‘Lady al Qaeda,’ she is related to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. ISIS has tried to trade her release for journalist hostages.”
Why would Aafia Siddiqui’s brother choose a synagogue for his hostage-taking? Actually, a synagogue would be the most likely target for such a person, because of the deeply rooted anti-Semitism of the Qur’an. According to the Qur’an, Jews are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they disobey Allah and never observe his commands (5:13), and Muslims should wage war against them and subjugate them under Islamic hegemony (9:29), among many other slanders.
Meanwhile, the abduction of infidels as hostages is sanctioned in Islamic law and subject to particular rules. The renowned Islamic scholar al-Mawardi succinctly explained Islamic law for hostages: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4).”
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mortimer says
Muslims I have met argued that ALL Jews are part of Israel and that ALL Israelis are soldiers. Thus, it is MUBAA (licit) to attack ANY Jew, by the false reasoning that all Jews are soldiers fighting Islam.
As well, all Jews are in one form or another supporting Israel by paying taxes for armies that support Israel.
Synagogues will all support Israel in one way or another, so what better place to kill ‘Jewish soldiers’ than at a synagogue? At least that is the delusional reasoning.
About one in six Muslims self-declare as supporters of terrorist groups. This terrorist is no doubt connected with some group of jihadists, large or small.
The police may never fully reveal the true motives of this jihadist, because they fear others will copy him in future. That is a shame, because Western people need to learn the ESSENTIAL and CANONICAL parts of Islam that motivate Muslims to conduct jihad against the KUFAAR and the JEWS.
These motivational parts of the Koran, hadiths and Sharia law are being hidden, unfortunately.
somehistory says
There will probably not be a quick resolution. These things can take hours to be resolved and that time can mean that all survive.
But
The perp even needs to live through this so he can be prosecuted for his crimes.
Jim says
Only some people from Muslim countries have read the Koran or believe much of it. They may only pay lip-service and perhaps pray a bit, but otherwise do not take it seriously. It is the ones who believe in it or are willing to aid those who commit jihad that we have to worry about. But mass migration enables more and more jihadis into the Country. The best thing is to reduce their migration as much as possible, require assimilation, enforce American laws and forbid sharia. But the Democrats and all leftists will not use common sense measures, because they think they gain from mass migration.
John says
Democrat politicians would have us believe that opposing the continued policies of mass migration (immigration) is down right Un-American. When in fact it’s nothing more than one of their best voter generating tools for decades – Ted Kennedy and the Immigration Control Act of 1965. They knew what they were doing long ago. Chain migration laws that allow foreign immigrants to America to continue legally bringing in more and more family members. It’s ludicrous. One of the worst systems of immigration in existence bar none. All the while conservatives keep sending back do nothing worthless members of congress who won’t do anything to fix the immigration to match employment cycles (recession) and employment much less national values and culture. It’s about as hopeless as it gets – rigged elections, King Biden’s borderless America, and mass immigration never – ending
RP says
Here lies the problem, Need to understand the the problem with Muslim. Once a Muslim always a Muslim. Explain why Islamic nation are over 90% Muslims?? Even after 20 years in Afghanistan, over 80% let Mullahs take over? Look at ME regions. Most are educated too?
Madeleine Dunn says
They follow the deranged warlord profit of a blood thirsty god. Pro-Mo was jealous of the Jews and their holy book and traditions, so he usurped some of it and trashed the rest as being corrupted. He was furious the Jews laughed at him and his false claims of being a prophet of God.
somehistory says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colleyville-texas-fbi-assisting-in-hostage-situation-at-congregation-beth-israel-in-colleyville-texas/ar-
“BREAKING NEWS UPDATE 10:47 P.M.
The hostage situation at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is over, according to the governor of Texas.”
Westman says
Yes, all four hostages are free and the Muslim gunman is deceased.
Ray Jarman says
My prayers are with the hostages. I have not been following this on the television very closely and this is the first time I have heard definitively that this slug is a Muslim. A friend of mine was once stationed at Wheelus Air Base, Libya. He said that they called the people there Siddiquis which means friend but he said they were anything but friendly. This clown and his sister seem to also show the irony of their last name.
CogitoErgoSum says
Even after the hostage taker had been killed and the hostages safely freed none of the government and law enforcement officials at the scene would even speak the name of the perpetrator. Apparently the man was seen and heard during a live stream on Facebook making demands at the beginning of the ordeal but no one is willing to talk about it. They will need to conduct an investigation to determine his motive. Within a few days it will be as if this story never happened. It will disappear from the news more quickly than the story about the rogue SUV that somehow went out of control and massacred a bunch of people at a Christmas parade this past December.
WPM says
The MSM ,the democratic jihad appeasers will all label him “mental ill” ,nothing to see here down the rabbit hole it goes. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are too busy investigating parents at PTA meeting ,or fake “hate” crimes committed against Moslems .Wil anyone take a look at what was preached in his mosque ?Will anyone check on terrorist connections he had with other Moslems in the area he lived? If this was some deranged non-Moslem white guy who posted hatred of Jews on line and did this the FBI would be checking everyone that he ever meet ,his church, his employer where he lived ,all his relatives right down to his kindergarten teacher would be in the news for weeks.
star dust says
We can not cry for those who will kill for their hate and racism
Johnny B says
I never understood why people with a death wish wants to kill other people as well while they feel sorry for themselves. Not until I read the Quran that is..
notnolib says
In the terror guide the koran, they are what I refer to as “built-ins”. Murder, rape, theft, kidnapping……all koranic built-ins.
David Foot says
This is a good article, chapter and verse listed. All the terror laws which are quoted from the Quran and which regulate the actions of the Moslems like this one who attacked in USA.
So one can only question the cowardly Boris Johnson and Priti Patel who appease the Moslem terror culture by drawing a blind eye to the actions of the Batley Moslem terrorists who forced an ENGLISH teacher in to hiding for showing cartoons of the one behind the listed terror Quran verses. Who is Sovereign in the UK, who has freedom of speech in the UK?
Can a cult as evil as this one, remain without the most elemental criticism and the only party with freedom of speech? Or put it more directly: Are we all mad?
Vikram says
@Robert you have a typo in the tile “ands” -> “and”
marc says
thanks for the heads up, I fixed that now
Vikram says
BTW I would like to point you to a great and fairly reliable news source about the Arab world and the middle east, the telegram channel by a guy that calls himself “Abu Ali express” (the name is a pun) https://t.me/englishabuali
There is also a channel in Hebrew. the channel is anonymous rumored to be run by ex Shin Bet people, I have no idea, but clearly they know Arabic and are well connected
OLD GUY says
As I have said many times these attacks are going to increase in America as we open our borders to the people of ISLAM. Nows the time for the muslim Americans to speak out against these attacks and to inform law authorities of persons planning or inciting these attacks. Their participation in fighting jihad attacks will go along way in reducing islamophobia. Their silence however speaks loudly about their participation or support of the jihadi attacks on christians and jews.
RP says
He was a British Muslim. Mind you he will now look forward to see 72 virgin, but no sister!!
Bella70 says
Funny, they failed to mention along with trying to shoot our soldiers… Aafia Siddiqui is “an MIT scientist-turned-al Qaeda agent, who in 2010 was sentenced to 86 years in prison for planning a NEW YORK “CHEMICAL ATTACK.” Known as ‘Lady al Qaeda,’ she is related to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.