Quote of the Day, Lebanese Sunni Scholar Sheikh Maaher Hammoud: If you want Arabs to fight Israel, tell them Israel converted to Shiaism
Quote of the Day Two, Patrick Cockburn: In some areas, being Shia is akin to being a Jew in Nazi Germany
Thought of the Day: Enemy of Enemy is my Friend?
15th July: Tribal Fighters in Dhuluia have fought and forced out Daash Fighters from the entire town. Dozens of Dash TERRORISTS were killed in an anti Daash alliance of al Khazraj, al Jobour, and Albu Jwari tribes
15th July: Daash fighters burn the central library in Sa’adiya, north east of Baqouba
15th July: Two Synchronized car bombings have left 7 people dead and 34 wounded in Sadr City, Baghdad
15th July: Iraqi Kurdistan has reached a deal with Turkey to increase exports of oil being pumped from the current 125000 barrels per day to 400000 barrels per day by the end of the year
15th July: Kurdish Peshmerga fighters commandeer/steal 50 military vehicles belonging to the government in Nineveh
15th July: Salim al-Jobouri has been voted as the speaker of the house getting 194 of the 273 votes
15th July: The residence of Falah Zaydan of the Sunni Motahidoin Alliance has been demolished in southern Mosul
15th July: Daash fighters are deploying on the road west out of Ramadi ready to face off against the Eight Brigade of the Iraqi Army in Anbar.
15th July: Daash has issued a decree banning minorities from receiving “government” rations in Mosul, Nineveh
15th July: The Taakhe newspaper incident—where gunmen barged into the office of the newspaper, confiscated the arms of the guards, and damage and confiscated property including computers—in Baghdad is being investigated by the Interior Ministry. The arrest of the guards has been ordered for dereliction of duty.
15th July: Government forces continue to fight Daash/rebel fighters in Tikrit. The hospital in Tikrit is in government hands. Clashes in the southern parts of the city have been fierce.
Daash fighters have reportedly fled from a number of areas
15th July: Kurdish political parties agree to appoint Aram Muhammad Ali as the deputy speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament
15th July: Haider al-Abadi of Maliki’s State of the Law coalition has been appointed the deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament
15th July: A Shia Hussainiyeh (Mosque where commemorations of Moharram are held for the Martyr Hussain [as]) was blown up by Daash TERRORISTS in Twakul village, north of Baqouba, Diyala province. 150 families have fled the village in fear of their lives.
15th July: Daash fighters execute three youngsters they had kidnapped in the north east of Baqouba
15th July: Dassh fighters demolish 20 houses in Haweija, western Kirkuk
15th July: Atta’s/Government claims for the day:
The Iraqi Army’s 3rd Tank Battalion and 13th Armored Brigade kill Daash fighters and sseize IEDs, vehicles and explosives in the Hamrin Mountains
Related:
15th July: A suicide bomber drives an explosive laden 4*4 into a busy market in Afganistan and kills 89 people
Short Analysis: The First Ayat of the Quran, revealed to the unlettered Prophet of the “jahiliya” Arabs: Read in the name of your Lord who Created.”
The Prophet (sawa) said: “Acquire knowledge even if it be in China.” Biharul Anwar vol 1, pg 57
Today fighters of Daash burnt down a 100 year old library in Tal Afar; it was the oldest and largest library of its kind in the city. The library was built by a Shia scholar. It contained thousands of rare books and manuscripts.
It reminded me of the contested story of Umar ibn Khattab (the second “rightfully” guided Caliph) where he tells Amr Ibn Al As to burn the library of Alexandria because “If those books are in agreement with the Quran, we have no need of them; and if these are opposed to the Quran, we don’t want them.” And of Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) trying to stop him from destroying this treasure trove of knowledge.
There are multiple uncontested Hadeses/traditions of Umar seeking the counsel of Ali again and again, and on being guided again and again, saying again and again “’If it were not for Ali, Umar would have surely perished/been ruined.”
The Quran tells the Muslims/mankind:
What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path?
Al Mulk 67:22
Who is being rightly guided by whom, by his own admission? And who are the Sunnis choosing to follow? And are they then after making their illogical choice, questioning the belief of the Shia.
I have tried to be objective and differentiate the rebels as either Daash/Naqshabandi/or former army men as and when the information was available. I keep thinking to myself that are Daash and the Takfiris different from the Sunnis of Iraq? A basic question is that if the Iraqi Sunnis are using/backing Daash to get their political ends met, and that if they are confident enough to tell the Baghdad government that we can get rid of Daash if we so wish, then are they not clearly responsible for Daash’s actions? They are the hosts, the patrons of these parasites.
I then think to myself when will I stop being apologetic and wanting to be accepted by Sunnis as a Muslim. Might as well be called a Shia Kafir and be referred to as another religion. Let them keep their distorted Islam where Mohammad (sawa) marries a minor girl and carries her on his shoulders, where Talha and Zubair are noble companions and don’t bear false witness, where Yazid participated in the battle of Constantinople, where Dogs did not bark at the Camel, where the Ridda wars were for zakat, where Abu Bakr is right in disinheriting the daughter of Mohammad, where Ali is not tied in chains for his Bayat, where Ali is a friend of the Believers and not their Maula/Master, where Hassan is not poisoned by Muawiyah, where arrows were not fired on the coffin of Hassan, Where Hussain was killed by the Shias, where mourning is an innovation, etc etc etc and wait till every Sufi Sunni is bought over to the Salafi way of thinking. Then one can clearly differentiate between the Islam of the Sunni and the Islam of the Shia Kafirs/rafidahs/tashayyu.
Further Reading:
Give gratitude where gratitude is due:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKHpTTvfAIQ
Great Game of the Gulf Arabs, thank you Seamus Padraig:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/iraq-crisis-how-saudi-arabia-helped-isis-take-over-the-north-of-the-country-9602312.html
Thank you, Mindfriedo.
Can the Saker (or his admin) please add the missing “5” from the title.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” might be better understood as “the enemy of my enemy is potentially my patsy”.
I think this better indicates the type of quagmire one walks into with this sort of thinking. It is the thinking that the Zionists have used to turn the Middle East into the ‘quagmire’ that it is. It promotes evermore fighting and betrayal. All of which suits whom?
Thanks for the update and your commentary Mindfriedo. Burning libraries is such terrible thing – easy to overlook amongst all the chaos and death swirling about the region, but important, tragic, and telling. I have been thinking about Saddam and Gaddafi of late – tyrannical autocrats but rulers of coherent nations. Heard an interview with a woman who had fled to Kurdistan from the south talking about how women were freer there that in the south. Questioned about that she said “Well of course before 2003 women in the south felt the same as here.”
I heard recently about a trove of papers, books and manuscripts that had been saved from Timbuktu when such stores were being destroyed recently. Now people are trying to catalog and restore them. A small blessing in this crazy world.
Saker, just be astonished at the simplicity of truth and at its beauty.
Differences between Shia and Sunni are strictly an invention of the ancient superior race whose Satanic directors command their Jewish children, “Hate thy neighbour.” When media assert ethnic conflict, they reveal the virulence is AngloZionist because neighbour does not hate neighbour. Neighbours love the land of their birth, and conflict coverage by media NEVER refers to nationalist/anti-globalist patriots.
Satanists sustain the US/UK globalist Hate establishment, and Goy hating victims of Judaic deception are their principal foot pads—whom most Jews despise.
Saker,
As opposed to your analysis, this SITREP from mindfriedo is very very biased. This guy is shia (no objection to it) but harbors in his heart a hatred (or a dislike) and a derogatory view for sunnis. He projects Shiaism being superior to Sunnism in his sitrep. I am a Muslim, neither Shia nor Sunni, and I goto Shia Mosques as well as Sunni and I tell you mindfreido is biased and does not deserve a place on this blog because he ridicules not just Sunnis but Sunnism.
Yeah Saker Do what Mr. Mirza Ghaaalib demands, afterall it’s Mr. Mirza’s blog not yours! What’s the matter with you Saker? Hurry up and censor Mindfriedo because Mr. Mirza DEMANDS IT! Cause Mr. Mirza is so compassionate towards Shias and Donbass massacre victims and has often condemned violence against them — Oh wait a minute, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen him do that.
Next Mr. Mirza is going to demand that you, Saker, should give up your Russian Orthodox perspective and underpinning to your points of view and of course you should comply with Mr. Mirza’s demands because he feels upset!
The only thing Mindfriedo is guilty of is being honest about his point of view. In ADDITION, the Shia have been the regular recipients of Sunni initiated massacres and Pogroms (“Taarajs” as user “Seize” pointed out). This is so typical of Entitled-mindset I see in so many Sunni extremists (and unfortunately, ordinary Sunnis), a total lack of sensitivity towards the victims of Sunni Islam (complete self-blindness) and a coddle-spoiled brat self-centered and self-righteous mindset that’s been inculcated into them by the Saudi-Wahabi pandering Anglo-Saxon media.
I have a suggestion for Mr. Mirza, you only have a right to accuse Mindfriedo of bias if you yourself are objective, therefore, please outline admit some of the horrible crimes committed by Sunni extremists and then condemn these acts as shameful and unacceptable acts committed by Sunnis (without any weasel-worded garbage such as “the people that did this are un-Islamic and it was contrary to Sunni-Islam” or any other such slimey bullshit, just a clear unequivocal admission with no excuses and then a clear condemnation). I doubt you have the integrity to do so. Mindfriedo, on the other hand, has gone on record condemning Shia militias for killing Sunni youths using ‘Ambulance emergencies’. Not only did he condemn these killings, he 1st made us aware of it (which he didn’t have to do) and then went on to condemn it (unequivocally).
So put-up or shut-up Mr. Mirza.
Oh and BTW in case you accuse me of bias, I don’t have a dog in this fight, I am neither Muslim, Christian, nor Jewish. My religion predates Sumeria/Babylon and is far older than all of these.
Mindfriedo, than you very much for your hardwork and excellent Sitreps.
Michael McDonnell said-
“the ancient superior race whose Satanic directors command their Jewish children”
Who are this “ancient superior race” that has Jewish children?
You refer to “Goy hating victims of Judaic deception”. Are these Jews?
Thank God Mindfriedo you’re finally starting to see the light.
You cannot compromise with Nazis, neither can you compromise with Salafists, Wahabis, and Takfiris. You cannot keep demeaning yourself and what you hold dear hoping that vicious, malicious bigots will come around to your way of thinking. Christian/Buddhist/Hindu style compassion does not work with Salafists or Nazis (it only emboldens them and increases their demands).
What you can do is hold your head high and be firm and confident in your convictions: Sunnis should show understanding and reaching out to your community, the victims, not the other way around. I noticed Shias constantly reaching out to Sunnis and even defending them but I see very little of the same in reverse.
That doesn’t mean you should hate members of the Sunni community, but you and your co-religionists need to stop coddling them too –> it’s not appreciated or reciprocated, instead it’s looked upon with contempt and derision. People of this kind of mindset only respect force, they don’t respect sincerity nor compassion: Look at the behavior of the Palestinian Movement that dumped Syria (that had lost so much on their behalf) just because they perceived Assad to be Shia. Yet those same Palestinians were on the side of Britain (which keeps screwing them) and even the Israeli government. Why? because they only respect force and power.
Do you know how many progroms (unprovoked massacres) Shia muslims have suffered at the hands of Sunni Muslims in India alone? They even have a word for it: Taaraj or Taaraj-e-Shia. These taaraj’s were followed by forced conversions and seizure of their womenfolk. Even now Shias are regularly massacred every year in Sunni-Majority Pakistan. And look at the pathetic situation of the Hazara community (Shias of Bamiyan Province) of Afghanistan.
I’m not advocating you hate the Sunni community – Far from it (note that most of the Syrian Army is Sunni and they still fight the Takfiris, so too I believe that Ramzan Kadirov’s Chechens are also Sunni [correct me if I’m wrong].) nor is it a good idea to get into conflict with the Sunnis (something the enemies of the Shias would love). However, I just think that it starts look stupid and weak for Shias to defend and pander to the Sunni community when in most cases Sunni-leaders and their followers don’t hesitate to betray the Shia when it suits their purposes.
Thank you so much for your SITREPs, mindfriedo. It’s such a blessing to be able to get good intel on the situation in Iraq. The terrible situation(s) in the Middle East, the Ukraine and throughout the world is enough to make me despair until I realize that Allah(God) hates the injustice and evil more than we can even imagine and it is all in His Control. There is so much hope for me in websites and blogs such as this one that gives the believers of all persuasions a place to unite against our common enemy. And thank you, Saker and all your friends for your courage and hard work in getting this information out. God bless you all!
Hi Mindfriedo,
You reveal some incredible differences between Shia Islam and Sunnism that most of us are ignorant about. Would you be able to direct us to a website which outlines and clearly delineates these differences?
Most of what we know of Islam is what with Neocon media has attributed to Salafist/Waahabist (i.e. Sunni) Islam; not knowing any better we, the general public, attribute these crticisms to Shia Islam as well.
You brought-up fascinating differences between the Neocon/Salafist narrative and the Shia narrative that most of us are utterly ignorant about, such as:
“Let them keep their distorted Islam where Mohammad (sawa) marries a minor girl and carries her on his shoulders, where Talha and Zubair are noble companions and don’t bear false witness, where Yazid participated in the battle of Constantinople, where Dogs did not bark at the Camel, where the Ridda wars were for zakat, where Abu Bakr is right in disinheriting the daughter of Mohammad, where Ali is not tied in chains for his Bayat, where Ali is a friend of the Believers and not their Maula/Master, where Hassan is not poisoned by Muawiyah, where arrows were not fired on the coffin of Hassan, Where Hussain was killed by the Shias, where mourning is an innovation, “
We had no idea that Shia Islam had such a different historical narrative regarding Ayesha being married to Mohammed. No idea who Talha and Zubaira are, nor most of the other references you made. The only thing some of us are familiar with is how Ali was betrayed and murdered when he was unarmed and in the middle of praying (or did I get that wrong too?).
Would you be kind enough to direct us to site that clearly shows us non-muslims the differences between the Shia narrative and the Sunni version of history, as well as the theological differences. I would be grateful and I’m sure others would benefit too and I think it would do a lot to dispel a lot of ignorance and bigotry too.
@Mirza Ghaalib 16 July, 2014 01:48 said…
Your attack on Mindfriedo contained no facts or examples. It is just an opinion and an ad hominem attack.
Mindfriedo, apart from his sitrep, listed a series of differences between Sunni and Shia and merely expressed his exasperation at this continuing situation. I think that after putting all the work into his sitreps that he does, Mindfriedo is entitled to make some observations from his personal perspective.
He also asked some very pertinent questions such as-
“A basic question is that if the Iraqi Sunnis are using/backing Daash to get their political ends met, and that if they are confident enough to tell the Baghdad government that we can get rid of Daash if we so wish, then are they not clearly responsible for Daash’s actions?”
If you reply, Mirza Ghaalib, please address what Mindfriedo actually wrote and perhaps you might like to answer Mindfriedo’s question that I quoted above.
@Mirza Ghaalib:mindfreido is biased and does not deserve a place on this blog
Did you really think that I would go “yessir” and follow your censorship request? If yes, I got a bridge to sell to you.
Also, I consider mindfriendo a friend, whom you have now slandered. If you want to post here again, you need to begin with an apology to him. If not, you can remain one on one with my friend /dev/null.
The Saker
Saker! .. How insensitive of you! How could you not pander to Mirza’s request to be coddled?
ROFL!!!!!! (you let that one through on purpose didn’t you?)
Excellent SITREP. Also, thanks for the pointer to the Padraig article.
The Saudis and other GCC states need to support intolerant and very violent extremists in order to deflect attention from their tremendous vulnerability. Here’s the proof on vulnerability. Both the Saudi and Bahrain monarchies have to hire Pakistani Army soldiers, dress them up in the local uniforms, and use them to keep order when the chips are down. None of the GCC states can field an army of citizens who will fight for their country.
Libya is a failed state. Algeria and Morocco are marginal to the Middle East situation. Turkey’s AKP Party is a Moslem Brotherhood controlled group but they’re going to get washed away when Turkey’s economy collapses (which will happen in the next six months).
These Sunni states are arrayed against Iran and Iraq plus the minority Shia populations. I’d put my money on Iran and a closely aligned Iraq prevailing. Egypt is out of the picture; they’re executing Moslem Brotherhood members. Which state or combination of states has the cohesion of iran?
Here’s an update to the SITREP:
Farsnews, July 15 – Turkish Airline Transporting Tajik Militants to Syria, Iraq This isn’t exactly new but the timing is of interest. Erdogan hates the truth and this has been true for some time. It won’t stop him from getting elected president in August but you never know.
Channel News Asia, July 15 – Hundreds of Kurds enter Syria from Turkey to fight jihadists This is the ultimate in disinformation. The Kurds in Iraq won’t fight ISIL/ISIS but the Kurds from Turkey will? Give me a break. This is a cover for the full fledged support of the Syrian and Iraqi jihadists.
AP, July 15 – Turkey Seeks to Boost Peace Talks with Kurds Erdogan is desperate to win the August presidential election. He can assure that win by picking up a portion of the Kurdish vote. The Turkish Kurds are ready to do this despite Erdogan’s proven criminality at home and abroad. Ironically, if Erdogan wins, it is easy to see what the Turkish Kurds do next – take the new freedoms Erdogan’s imitative provides and agitate for independence to unite with the emerging Kurdistan in northern Iraq. The Kurds are single minded on Kurdistan, not just in Iraq but the broader territory which includes the eastern part of Turkey.
James@WinterPatriot
Judaism started in AD30 with, “His blood be upon us and upon our children.” It is the essence of Judaism in that Jews are given to fear—not believe, just fear—that they might be divinely cursed, that if the truth, too terrible to examine, were ever illuminated it would be that the definitive, typical Jew is pre-destined to hell; but further, that it is not his fault, it is God’s fault, the one true God whose name alone the rabbis teach Jews to curse.
This is terrifying but irresistibly implied absurdity, because it suggests that Jews are ontologically/objectively separate from the rest of humanity and doomed! But it is Judaism’s foundation deception on which is build levels of optional deceptions one of which it that “the Jews” are superior to the (optionally inferior) rest of humanity, separated by recognition that their blood is not divinely cursed!).
This is not crazy, it is evil. Everything in the Judaic institution is optional except rejection, not hatred, of the only God Whom Satan hates—the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
My website defines Judaism clearly because it is never clearly defined.
(James, bless you but remove the “/64” from your URL or it won’t be found)
Quote of the Day Two, Patrick Cockburn: In some areas, being Shia is akin to being a Jew in Nazi Germany
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The time is coming in Europe the Russians will be persecuted as Jews had been in Nazi Germany thanks to UKUSA countries and NATO terrorist organization.
Please, please dear Mindfriedo: Don’t fall into the trap of talking about “Sunni /Shia division”. There are at least 4 Sunni madhahib (schools of law) and at least 3 Shia madhahib. This idea of Sunni /Shia division is either something for ignorant westerners who want a simple formula. (They may be excused). Or it is the first step to neglect and then to reject the traditional schools of laws. And that is the direct path into the essence of takfiri ideology: “I am right, everything else is wrong.” It was one of the great accomplishments of traditional ulama (scholars) to prevent internal religious wars like the Thirty Years’ War of the Christian world. This was an intellectual and religious accomplishment. Let’s not throw it away for transient political gains with eternal losses.
I understand why Mindfriedo prints this mostly Iraqi Government propaganda. There is no good news for the Maliki regime or those who support it so wishful thinking and spin is a normal reaction.
Denying the reality of the situation in Iraq will not alter the outcome of this conflict and the truth would only spread panic.
The Islamic State seems to be allowing the siege of Baghdad to destroy what is left of the government and society there from within with internal friction and crazed militias. We are already seeing this with mass, Shia Death Squad, murders and the government murdering prisoners in their cells. With the breakdown of civil order the fall of Baghdad will soon follow.
It’s a shame because the Shia majority had ten years and unchallenged authority to begin to construct an inclusive alternative to Saddam but corruption, greed and sectarian hostility was allowed to rule and ruin that project.
Saker
Plz DO NOT make ur blog a Shia/Sunni rivalry . I love ALI but I Prefer we keep the Islamic difference out of this blog.
” Mirza Ghaalib said…
Saker,
As opposed to your analysis, this SITREP from mindfriedo is very very biased. This guy is shia (no objection to it) but harbors in his heart a hatred (or a dislike) and a derogatory view for sunnis. He projects Shiaism being superior to Sunnism in his sitrep. I am a Muslim, neither Shia nor Sunni, and I goto Shia Mosques as well as Sunni and I tell you mindfreido is biased and does not deserve a place on this blog because he ridicules not just Sunnis but Sunnism.”
Mirza plz do not write ridiculous crap , All Mindfriedo did was provide link to Ali sermon. Ali was the four imam for the Sunni too so why do u connect Ali to only shiaism. The prophet himself had highest regards for ALI, abouve everyone else, to name him the gate of knowledge. If u read sahih muslim or Sahih al-Bukhari(a sunni book) u will read the importance of Ali.
I wonder sometimes , if a person like ALI would have taken over after the prophet death what Islam would have been today.
Dear Mindfriedo,
Thank you for continuing with your sitreps. I understand your frustration and despair. However, we must at least attempt to emulate Maula Ali (AS) in tolerating the attacks on his person, his family, his rights – all for the unity of Islam. Did it help? One may argue that his forbearance could not prevent his or Hassan’s or Hussain’s murders.
Yet Ali’s actions we believe are divinely guided. This is why some of the Shia powers seek to emulate Ali- Iran’s rapprochement with Qatar, Hezbollah’s continued support for Palestine. Some may argue it is realpolitik. Our friend Saker believes that this is a doomed attempt on the part of Shia to gain acceptance as Muslims. I disagree. we follow the example of Ali.
Your sister,
“Mindfriedo said…,
Then one can clearly differentiate between the Islam of the Sunni and the Islam of the Shia Kafirs/rafidahs/tashayyu.”
Salam brother Mindfriedo,
As Seize said, “Thank God Mindfriedo you’re finally starting to see the light.”
This SITREP is the best so far and the one before this one is the worst. Yesterday, I had to hold myself, basically restraining myself to write something to you. If I hadn’t known you for the last few months, I would have said that you are a Sunni disguised as Shia working for Saudi Arabia and its Hasbara.
Let me give you couple of examples:
Mindfriedo said, “Great Game of the Gulf Arabs, thank you Seamus Padraig.”
As Michael Collins said, “Excellent SITREP. Also, thanks for the pointer to the Padraig article.”
Iraq crisis: How Saudi Arabia helped Isis take over the north of the country
Now compare the above you posted for two days the Video and the Written Link from the Video.
I labeled the Video as Hasbara of Saudi Arabia and was lynched for it. I also said that the Video is much better as it shows the “Body Language”.
The Video which is an interview of ex-Saudi intelligence person says that ISIS was created by Qatar and USA, but not by Saudi Arabia. Compare this to Patrick Cockburn article provided by Seamus Padraig, which says that ISIS is the creation of Saudi Arabia.
In the Video the guy is considered a religious authority, but he has hard time quoting from the Holy Quran.
NOW For Kicker (in next post).
Best regards,
Mohamed.
NOW For Kicker ( July 14th Iraq SITREP by Mindfriedo: Power Corrupts):
“Mindfriedo said…,
It goes to explain the recent move by Sistani (asking Maliki politely to make way for a successor). To Sistani the survival of the State is more important than Maliki’s personal ambition. Even though winning the votes makes him the winner, Sistani is asking him to step down and see the larger picture. To Maliki, and possibly Iran, it is about power, power that is rightfully his; to Sistani it is about the future irresepective of who profits from power.”
Where did you get the above Crap and Hasbara from. Can you please provide some link or reference.
Since the fall of Saddam, the Shia have been in power. Whoever, the Shia was and is in power, he was supposedly a sectarian according to the Hasbara. Everyday, they are bomb blast in Iraq where lots of civilians Shia are killed and lot more civilians are seriously injured for life. Why all this killing? Because of Shia sectarianism.
According to Hasbara, the worst sectarian supposed to be Malaki. And, because of sectarian policies all these Shia civilian deaths are justified.
Look at Iraqi constitution, it is just like Lebanon. No way, a government can be formed, even though the government is democratically elected. The last time it took more than 100 days to form a government. Till today, Lebanon doesn’t have a President.
Sistani is not asking for Maliki to leave. He is simply asking for the government to be form as soon as possible.
All the Iraqi enemies are now in open. It is the time to get rid of all them once and for all, and get rid of this sectarianism. And, for this reason, the very first day ISIS took over I said:
“All are in cahoots. USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Qatar, Jordon … to bring out these Liver Eaters out in open. I said, that Turkey is 70% on board, but I am not sure of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Very much propaganda. The guy is as objective as Jen Psaki.
I just hope that the Shia government does not go down that root, because if it did it will fail. That’s why for all his crap, Assad is a good leader.
Malaki is better then is American puppet predecessors, but he does not have that much power yet so we do not know where he is going to go.
BTW, what % of the Syrian army is Sunni? Who are the ones doing the fighting and dying to protect Syria from the evil “Sunni”. 90% of the army is Sunni. Somebody send them a memo, the Shia are evil.
The Sunni Syrian army, unlike the Shia Iraq army stood there ground and fought back against ISIS.
Also someone should tell the Sunni scholars stop pointing out that the ISIS and what, are fighting for Islam, because they seem to be doing it all wrong.
#OpSyria: #Syria: Takfiri Clerics in Action
NOTE: ME TV, like Western TV will mainly represent the leaders position and not the truth or the people view. TV is mainly propaganda with a few gems of truth here and there.
” from India said…
Dear Mindfriedo,
Our friend Saker believes that this is a doomed attempt on the part of Shia to gain acceptance as Muslims. I disagree. we follow the example of Ali.”
Salam Dearest Sister from India,
Well said! ~:)
Best regards,
Mohamed.
“Wayoutwest said…,
It’s a shame because the Shia majority had ten years and unchallenged authority to begin to construct an inclusive alternative to Saddam but corruption, greed and sectarian hostility was allowed to rule and ruin that project.”
Dear Californian Brother,
Can you please provide some proof for your above outrageous claim? Please ensure this proof is not from Hasbara or MSN.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@MichaelMcDonnell 16 July, 2014 05:07,
thank you for the URL info.
I notice you didn’t answer my questions which are at 16 July, 2014 02:08 if you want to look at them again.
Comments found on the internet can be depicted as crossing a wide spectrum, from mild “butterflies” to “poisonous lizard tongues”.
In the scheme of things I do not think Mizra’s comment deserved the level of attack it has received.
But my history is not your history.
@Michael Collins (16 July, 2014 04:57):
Channel News Asia, July 15 – Hundreds of Kurds enter Syria from Turkey to fight jihadists This is the ultimate in disinformation. The Kurds in Iraq won’t fight ISIL/ISIS but the Kurds from Turkey will? Give me a break. This is a cover for the full fledged support of the Syrian and Iraqi jihadists.
Disinformation? Maybe, but quite possibly not. Most Turkish Kurds are loyal to Abdullah Öcalam’s PKK, which has often been at odds with the Iraqi Kurdish groups under Barzani and Talabani, even though they all agree on the same ultimate goal–Greater Kurdistan. I recently heard that Öcalam had criticized as premature the KRG’s plan to declare independence from Iraq . Perhaps he fears a war with Iraq would divert attention away from ISIS, which (as your link correctly notes) is presently attacking the Syrian Kurds. At any rate, it’s a possibility.
@from India:Our friend Saker believes that this is a doomed attempt on the part of Shia to gain acceptance as Muslims.
Say what?! Where did I say anything like this?
The Saker
” from India said…,
Dear Mindfriedo,
Thank you for continuing with your sitreps. I understand your frustration and despair. However, we must at least attempt to emulate Maula Ali (AS) in tolerating the attacks on his person, his family, his rights – all for the unity of Islam.”
Salam Dearest Sister from India,
Kuffur means to “cover”. A Kaffir is someone who Covers the Truth. God being the Truth, thus a Kaffir Covers God.
Imam Ali (as) throughout his life, especially after the death of the Prophet (saws) held the Truth in High Esteem. He kept the Unity of Islam, but he never kept quiet about his rights and spoke about them every chance he got.
Here is what Mindfriedo said in the SITREP, and I quote him:
“I then think to myself when will I stop being apologetic and wanting to be accepted by Sunnis as a Muslim. Might as well be called a Shia Kafir and be referred to as another religion. Let them keep their distorted Islam where Mohammad (sawa) marries a minor girl and carries her on his shoulders, where Talha and Zubair are noble companions and don’t bear false witness, where Yazid participated in the battle of Constantinople, where Dogs did not bark at the Camel, where the Ridda wars were for zakat, where Abu Bakr is right in disinheriting the daughter of Mohammad, where Ali is not tied in chains for his Bayat, where Ali is a friend of the Believers and not their Maula/Master, where Hassan is not poisoned by Muawiyah, where arrows were not fired on the coffin of Hassan, Where Hussain was killed by the Shias, where mourning is an innovation, etc etc etc and wait till every Sufi Sunni is bought over to the Salafi way of thinking. Then one can clearly differentiate between the Islam of the Sunni and the Islam of the Shia Kafirs/rafidahs/tashayyu.”
I challenge anyone either Muslim or non-Muslim to show any UN-Truth in his above statement.
So, why he being accused of sectarianism.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
“EggFriedUp2 said…
You reveal some incredible differences between Shia Islam and Sunnism that most of us are ignorant about. Would you be able to direct us to a website which outlines and clearly delineates these differences?
….. We had no idea that Shia Islam had such a different historical narrative regarding Ayesha being married to Mohammed.”
Hi there,
Let us see what the Holy Quran tell us. The whole chapter 66 which has 12 verses is about Prophet’s (saws) two wives. Aisha the daughter of abu-Bakr (first Caliph) and Hafsa the daughter of Omar (second Caliph).
Shia Site briefly explains how the Holy Quran is intentionally mistranslated and usually how the excuses are made.
It also gives the correct translation one of the highest Sunni scholar as follow:
“The correct translation of the word saghat is “deviated.” M. Abul Ala Maudoodi has given a correct translation of this verse which is as follows:”
This site is very good to learn about Shia Islam.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Mohamed, Greetings.
It is difficult to get factual information from anywhere on this conflict and I try to avoid Western media in favor of ME sources. One thing they all seem to agree on is the fact of the corruption and failures of the Maliki regime. I’m trying not to be too judgmental about these failures, that’s why I used the word shame not crime which would require proof.
With people such as Ahmed Chalabi and Paul Bremer involved there was little hope for a positive outcome.
Unity and clear vision are necessary to confront the Great Satan and religious divisions must be overcome to address the real enemy.
P.S. I live in New Mexico, in the real Old West.
“Old auntie said…,
Please, please dear Mindfriedo: Don’t fall into the trap of talking about “Sunni /Shia division”. There are at least 4 Sunni madhahib (schools of law) and at least 3 Shia madhahib. This idea of Sunni /Shia division is either something for ignorant westerners who want a simple formula. (They may be excused). Or it is the first step to neglect and then to reject the traditional schools of laws. And that is the direct path into the essence of takfiri ideology: “I am right, everything else is wrong.” It was one of the great accomplishments of traditional ulama (scholars) to prevent internal religious wars like the Thirty Years’ War of the Christian world. This was an intellectual and religious accomplishment. Let’s not throw it away for transient political gains with eternal losses.”
Dearest Old auntie,
I usually enjoy your posts as they are nothing but learning experience for me from an Old auntie. However, this time with due respect I will say that you are absolutely wrong.
There are about 73 sects in Islam, about 28 Shia sects and the rest are about 45 Sunni sects.
There are six madhahib (schools) in Islam, which are basically Sharia (Islamic) Laws.
1. Jaffari (Shia)
2. Hannafi (Sunni)
3. Malaki (Sunni)
4. Shafaie (Sunni)
5. Hambali (Sunni)
6. Ibada (Nor Sunni or Shia)
The Jaffari (Shia) madhab was not recognized by Sunni until 1920. Imagine, 1920. The Shia are persecuted throughout the centuries and still are till today.
The Ibada (school)madhab was recognized after 9/11.
Shia don’t believe in Religious Wars. Every Tom, Dick and Harry can issue a Fatwa for Religious Wars in Sunni.
Under Saddam rule, the Shia were in majority and he didn’t allow the Shia to practice their religion. One never saw any rebellious armed uprising against Saddam. The dear Saddam moved down the whole Muqtadā al-Ṣadr family, his father, his uncle, his brother and so forth. The al-Ṣadr have contributed highly to Shia Islam, both in Spiritually and in Deeds.
One didn’t see even one day a suicide bomber during Saddam era, let alone it is a daily occurrence these days. Every month at least 1,000 Shia are killed by suicide bombers and more than that are seriously injured for life.
After the First Gulf War, the Father Bush, came out and asked Iraqi to peacefully revolt against Saddam. Ayatollah Sistani mentor Ayatollah Khoei with his family and bunch, and bunch of Shia in masses came out with a peaceful demonstration for their religious rights. Saddam moved everyone of them. Father Bush laughed, spread his wings, had his single malt and smoked a cigar and gave hug to Monica Lewinsky.
No one screamed sectarian or any such bullshit then or ever.
Since the last ten years, Iraq is trying to built. Only big companies are interest in building. They requite 5 times the regular charges, as they have to provide 24 hours security for their workers due to daily suicide bombings. Every time something is build, it is later destroyed with suicide bombings. No electricity, no running water, no garbage collection. Whose fault? Of course, Malaki.
Who is to blame. Of course sectarian Shia. Sectarian Malaki. No one blames the monthly killings or the suicide bombers.
Every Iraqi security service, every Iraqi work force is infiltrated by these suicide bombers. Even the Vice President of Iraq was running death squads. He ran off to Turkey and he is being provided cover in Turkey. But people are calling Malaki a sectarian.
Now, these same people the Hasbara are calling Mindfriedo a sectarian. What is happening in Iraq now, if it is not sectarian, then what it is? What is ISIS and remnants of Saddam, if they are not sectarians.
Enough said.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
“Wayoutwest said…
Mohamed, Greetings.
P.S. I live in New Mexico, in the real Old West.”
Greeting! lol. Where in NM? Did spend some time there in my young’ days.
Please see my above post to Old auntie. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Great Sunni Powers are running death squads in Iraq and at the same time calling Malaki sectarian.
BTW, satan is a noun and it means, “adversary”. For this reason Iran calls USA, Great Satan (great adversary).
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@Seamus Padraig said…
Thanks for that clarification. I spoke too strongly in this case, it appears (likely;).
I am interested in what the Turkish Kurds have in mind, the strategists and tacticians. When Erdogan gets reelected, there will still be 48% or so of the people who find him and AKP as utterly trustworthy. AKP is also a threat to economic development – schools are failing, overstated figures on balance of trade, propped up economy. There could be some serious civil unrest (to say the least). Will the Kurds then turn on Erdogan and move for independence?
@Michael Collins
You talked about the collapse of the Turkish Economy in 6 months. With 250000 barrels of oil flowing through Kurdistan, by end of the year 400000 barrels per day, with unaccounted oil flowing in from the DI of Daash, won’t Turkey be financially sound for some time longer. The necessity of this stolen oil wealth is forcing Turkey to accept Barzani, Ocalan et al. Its going to hurt them soon.
@EggFriedUp2
please try this:
http://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sultan-al-waadhim-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-ash-shirazi
You can scroll down on the left to see what interests you in particular. It’s all there with references.
mindfriedo
@Mindfriedo and Mohammed, Thank you very much for your prompt reply regarding the following:
“please try this:
http://www.al-islam.org/peshawar-nights-sultan-al-waadhim-sayyid-muhammad-al-musawi-ash-shirazi
You can scroll down on the left to see what interests you in particular. It’s all there with references.
mindfriedo”
Thank you for the SITREP.
The Kurds are divided as rightly so points out Meyssan in his recent “”Kurdistan” Israeli Style” who also “sees a manipulation of the Kurdish peoples’ dream to profit Israel, the United States and Turkey. Also, he denounces the Barzani ethnic cleansing project and observes the PKK opposition to the creation of a “Kurdistan” of this nature.”
It seems that some Kurds fell for the trap of immediate gratification and sold out to the “devil” by abandoning their virtues.
Unfortunately that has happened before many times to Muslim, Arab and other movements fighting for social justice.
I just come across quite informative texts explaining well the context of the ME situation:
The Globalists and the Islamists: Fomenting the “Clash of Civilizations” for a New World Order
Islamism/Zionism: The Hegelian Dialectic by David Livingstone
Even Jews Ask: Is Judaism a Satanic Cult?
It seems that ancient satanic cult of Moloch worshipers has been used too successfully to poison religions and ‘divide and conquer’ the ME and rest of the world (masonty, mormonism, scientology)
As-salamu alaykum ya Mohamed
Your list of madhahib – I always call them schools of law, never „sects“– is right. You might add the Zaidi school of law, the one to which I adhere. It is mostly in Yemen, and the Saudi government (with a little bit help of their friends in the Yemenite government) more than once tried to annihilate the Yemenite Houthi tribe, who are Zaidis.
And although I am Zaidi, Baqir as-Sadr from the Djafari school of law was and always will be my favourite scholar (besides my teacher, of course). Abul Ala Maudoodi on the other hand never was a scholar at all, he was a journalist. His interests in school were mathematics and physics.
So I am not an enemy of Shiite Islam. But I am not an enemy of traditional Sunni Islam either. There were very venerable Sunni ulama (scholars) who were murdered by Wahhabis /Takfiris. To name only one: Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti. He was a Shafii and was murdered in March 2013 in Damascus.
There are so many other Sunni ulama who critized Wahhabis or Salafis (at times very sternly, one of their books is titled “Salafi is a perversion of thought, not a school of law”) and in the last years it is not a rare occurrence that they are murdered. And I wouldn’t want the victims to be painted with the same brush as the murderers. Ever.
I don’t like it when all Muslims are regarded as criminals because of the crimes of some. So I myself cannot regard all Sunnis as Wahhabis because there are Wahhabis (what I describe as “Islam in oil”, but maybe I should rather say “Islam in petrodollars”) in this dunya (lower world).
So, instead of sweeping generalizations, let us differentiate very carefully so as not do an injustice to good and courageous people. (And, unfortunately, nowadays it takes courage to criticize Takfiris). I don’t trust McClatchy very much but I hold Heiner Bielefeldt in high esteem (knowing him as an upright person since many years) and I think it is believable when he reports, that just in the last month 13 Sunni scholars were killed in Mossul by Daash:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/07/08/232563/un-islamic-state-executed-imam.html
I wish you a blessed Ramadan and in sha’Allah (God willing) better times for all the good people in the world.
Thanks, Mindfriedo, for the sitrep.
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“Old auntie said…,
As-salamu alaykum ya Mohamed
Your list of madhahib – I always call them schools of law, never „sects“– is right. You might add the Zaidi school of law, the one to which I adhere.”
Salam Dearest Sister,
The Zaidis, who are the children of Imam Hassan (as), Salam on you, and Salam on all Zaidis. You are right that because of 73 sects in Islam, there are more than six madahib (schools of law) in Islam. However, only six madahib are recognized, which is very unfortunate.
Even the Shia madhab (school of law) which was the first one, and is named after the sixth Imam Jaffar (as) was not recognized until 1920. Imagine 1920, even though Imam Jaffar (as) who was the Teacher for the other four Sunni madahib.
Al-Muraja’at : A Shi’i-Sunni dialogue (also known as ‘The Right Path’)
“A series of letters debating Shi’i and Sunni beliefs between the late Shi’i scholar Sharaf al-Din, and the late Sunni scholar and head of Al-Azhar university.”
It is an excellent book and must read debate with the highest Sunni Scholar for his time. After that the late Sunni scholar and head of Al-Azhar university issued a Fatwa (religious edict) recognizing the Jaffari (Shia) madhab. The Kuffars Shia were finally recognized as Muslims, though the centuries old persecution never stopped.
“Old auntie said…,
It is mostly in Yemen, and the Saudi government (with a little bit help of their friends in the Yemenite government) more than once tried to annihilate the Yemenite Houthi tribe, who are Zaidis.”
You are right, not only they tried to annihilate the Yemenite Houthi tribe, who are Zaidis, they are still trying to annihilated them. Just they like to annihilate Shia everywhere including Iraq, and for this reason ISIS is created and Malaki is called sectarian.
Two days before President Kennedy was murdered, he tried to stop both Israel and Saudi Arabia to annihilate the Zaidis and steal their oil. After President Kennedy death, President Johnson allowed them, and they stole the Yemenite Houthi oil with the aid of Yemeni Government by redrawing their borders, but once again they were not able to annihilate the Children of Prophet Mohammad (saws). Refer to Holy Quran:
To thee have We granted the Fount (of Abundance). Therefore to thy Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice. For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off (from Future Hope).
Al-Qur’an, (Al-KauTher [Abundance, Plenty])
“Old auntie said…,
And although I am Zaidi, Baqir as-Sadr from the Djafari school of law was and always will be my favourite scholar (besides my teacher, of course).”
Yes, Ayatollah Sayyid Imam Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (ra) was butchered by Saddam (la). The father-in-law of Muqtada al-Sadr and cousin of both Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr.
In my view the whole al-Sadr family is one of the highest caliber.
“Old auntie said…,
Abul Ala Maudoodi on the other hand never was a scholar at all, he was a journalist. His interests in school were mathematics and physics.”
I am sorry to say that you are absolutely wrong about Abul Ala Maudoodi. He was a Wahhabi and he is the one who was trained by Saudi Arabia to bring Wahhabism to Indo-China. He was the teacher of President Zia-ul-Haq and Taliban.
However, I believe that Wahhabism is on its death bed, as it has become a threat to its owner, and they recognize it.
Best regards,
Mohamed.