Sunni And Shiite British Imams Denounce ISIS Together

Sunni And Shiite British Imams Denounce ISIS Together In New Video

This is welcome, but I do not put a lot of stock in its effectiveness for reasons I explained in "The unserious stance of "moderate" Muslims."



As I said then, the Quran's "verses of the sword" are later than the verses of peace, hence abrogate the earlier verses. The terrorists know this. And so do moderates. And that's one reason Islamists win the argument - 1,400 years of Muslim exegesis is on their side, not the moderates. The other reason they win, of course, is that they simply kill anyone who opposes them, including moderates.

Meanwhile, this is what Daesh (ISIS) is doing, and warning, it is stomach turning:

Islamic State terrorists have begun their promised killing of Christians in Mosul, and they have started with the children. According to a report via CNN, a Chaldean-American businessman has said that killings have started in Mosul and children's heads are being erected on poles in a city park.

Photos at the link. I have seen some gore in my life, but those are sickening.

Speaking of ISIS and these imams, it's worth remembering the words of just retired British Gen. Jonathan Shaw.

He believes that Isil can only be defeated by political and ideological means. Western air strikes in Iraq and Syria will, in his view, achieve nothing except temporary tactical success.

When it comes to waging that ideological struggle, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are pivotal. "The root problem is that those two countries are the only two countries in the world where Wahhabi Salafism is the state religion – and Isil is a violent expression of Wahabist Salafism," said Gen Shaw. ...

[The bombing campaign against ISIS is] "not addressing the fundamental problem of Wahhabi Salafism as a culture and a creed, which has got out of control and is still the ideological basis of Isil – and which will continue to exist even if we stop their advance in Iraq."

And yet history does show that German and Japanese ideology got changed pretty quick and permanently back in 1941-1945. But that is not like what we are doing against ISIS, not even remotely.

Gen. Shaw also makes clear the bloodstream of this rancid ideology is Saudi and Qatari money. And now even some Pakistani government ministers are starting to get it.