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ISIS destroys shrines and mosques, may be targeting Mecca
Fox News ^ | 7/9/2014 | Perry Chiaramonte

Posted on 07/09/2014 7:07:15 PM PDT by markomalley

ISIS is leaving a path of destroyed churches, shrines and mosques in its wake as it storms across Syria and Iraq, and has even set its sights on Mecca -- Islam's holiest site.

The nihilistic jihadis, led by self-proclaimed descendant of Prophet Muhammad Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, have already bulldozed or blown up some of the most sacred places in Iraq, and seem bent on killing and destroying anyone or anything that does not measure up to their twisted vision of Islam. Experts say the group, which originally stood for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but now simply calls itself "Islamic State," has appointed itself the leading proponent of the Muslim faith.

“They see themselves as the last defenders of Islamic civilization and want to eradicate anything that they see as the enemy of Islam, and any Muslim they perceive as compromising with the West,” Yvonne Haddad, a professor at Georgetown University who specializes in the history of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations, told FoxNews.com.

“But if ISIS actually tried to destroy the Ka'ba, they would be met with extraordinary opposition.”

- Prof. Carl Ernst, University of North Carolina

Mostly comprised of Sunnis, ISIS surprised few when it vowed to destroy sites revered by the rival Shia sect. The two main blocs of Islam have been at odds for nearly 1,400 years because of a dispute over who was Prophet Muhammad's successor. The destruction of at least 10 ancient Shia shrines in Iraq has enraged the Shia government in Baghdad, as well as the Iranian regime, also Shia.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: barrier; bombbombbombbombiran; churches; fence; fundamentalists; iraq; isis; mecca; mosques; perrychiaramonte; rop; shrines; syria; wall
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To: markomalley

They won’t attack Mecca shrines — they are only after Shia sites.


41 posted on 07/09/2014 9:24:47 PM PDT by expat2
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To: laplata; cripplecreek

Ha, ha, yes! I would shell out some dough to watch this on pay-per-view. Bring on the popcorn! And don’t forget the pork rinds.


42 posted on 07/09/2014 9:31:35 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Pining_4_TX

And smear the hogs with bacon grease.


43 posted on 07/09/2014 9:39:07 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: kalee

Israel must have at least two nukes aimed at Mecca.


44 posted on 07/09/2014 9:42:57 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: markomalley
Yeah. Sure. Mecca is in Saudi Arabia. Those ISIS dudes are friendlier with their Sunni peers in Saudi than with their enemies in Iran and Syria. Maybe Signor Chiaramonte is confusing Mecca with Rome or something.

Spanish-Speaking ISIS Fighter in Syria Warns: We Shall Liberate Spain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3175178/posts

Rome will be conquered next, says leader of Islamic State
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3174800/posts


45 posted on 07/09/2014 9:44:42 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

We should give them all the dynamite needed to take care of the meccca


46 posted on 07/09/2014 9:58:16 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
From all of this blood—may come a realization that this destruction and murder isn’t what Allah or Monhammed wanted.

Destruction and murder are exactly what Allah(Satan) and Mohammed are all about.

47 posted on 07/09/2014 10:04:46 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: markomalley

Will the saudi’s stop funding terrorism long enough to stop ISIS? They make good money on the tourist trade to Mecca....


48 posted on 07/09/2014 10:13:19 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: markomalley

I thought the day would come when we would have to nuke Mecca. Maybe not.


49 posted on 07/09/2014 10:26:44 PM PDT by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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50 posted on 07/09/2014 10:34:19 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: LeoWindhorse
the world needs a modern day Genghis Khan , with respect for GK’s approach towards Islam . Of all who have ever lived GK came the closest to forever whipping islam off the face of planet earth ( as I understand history ) We need a new GK whom will not fail a second time.

Careful what you wish for. LOL!

51 posted on 07/09/2014 10:53:59 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

all non muslim should join that movement


52 posted on 07/09/2014 10:56:46 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: markomalley

Sounds like a repeat of ‘79
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_Seizure


53 posted on 07/09/2014 11:29:34 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras

I read this book on the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Siege-Mecca-Forgotten-Uprising/dp/0385519257


54 posted on 07/09/2014 11:32:49 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: markomalley

hmmm.

WE should have been doing this!


55 posted on 07/09/2014 11:42:00 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (HELL, NO! BE UNGOVERNABLE! --- ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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To: markomalley

I just hope we blow up Mecca before they do.


56 posted on 07/10/2014 3:36:51 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ("There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Viennacon
Forgive me for being uninformed on this issue, but why did they destroy the resting place of Jonah? Wasn’t he believed to be a prophet in Islam as well?

Yes, the Muslims claim all the Old Testament prophets (and St. John the Baptist and Jesus) were "prophets of Islam". However, the hard-end Sunni position is that the veneration of places or relics associated with prophets is worship, and thus idolatry, since worship is due to Allah alone. Not all Sunnis take this position (many Sunnis make pilgrimages to the various sites associated with prophets and the Virgin Mary) but the position is within the bounds of normal Sunni Islam.

Shi'ites, in contrast, have always had a vibrant analogue of the Christian cult of the saints, and erect many shrines to their "prophets" and notable imams.

The contrast also extends to art. It is only the Sunnis who insist on absolute aniconism. Shi'ites publish illustrated biographies of Mohammed in which the "prophet' is depicted.

The Hajj itself is the only real exception universally accepted among Sunnis, and it seems that that universal acceptance isn't so universal any more. "Caliph Ibrahim" may well be taking the hard-end Sunni position to its logical conclusion. The Muslims have a prophecy that in the end-times the Hajj will become impossible. I'd always rather fancied that would be because finally the West had enough and nuked Mecca. It could turn out to be instead because the internal logic of Sunni Islam finally destroys the principal object of material veneration among Muslims -- the Kaaba.

57 posted on 07/10/2014 7:17:47 AM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: markomalley

ISIS is so crazy that even Al Qaeda and its affiliates are staying away from it, and their groups have engaged ISIS in battle in Syria and Iraq.


58 posted on 07/10/2014 8:11:31 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Viennacon
I understand the Mosque demolitions, if they are Shi’ite or non-conforming Sunni mosques, but the mausoleum of Jonah I would think transcends sectarianism. It’s just a prophet’s grave.

You would think the ka'ba would be too. At this point I think it's just a bunch of kill-crazy Sunni fanatics out to butcher anyone who deviates in the slightest way from their theocratic beliefs.

59 posted on 07/10/2014 8:26:04 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: markomalley

Mecca will be destroyed, it’s the whore of Babylon...

Babylon the Great & The Turkish Antichrist - Armageddon News
http://youtu.be/uY20IFaWlsQ


60 posted on 07/10/2014 8:34:45 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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