Muslims killing Muslims

[dwb]

The "religion of peace" is killing each other. In addition to world wide attacks on Christians and other groups, a branch of ISIS is upset some Muslim groups are too tolerant of others.

The New York Times (NYT) reported on Friday that a group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah (SAS), which is believed to be a splinter group of the Islamic State, has claimed responsibility for the attack in a social media post.

SAS also claimed responsibility for the devastating suicide bombing of a church in Damascus in June that killed 25 people. In its social media post on Friday, SAS claimed it worked with “jihadists from another group” to carry out the Homs mosque bombing.

According to counterterrorism experts, SAS once belonged to the alliance of insurgents and jihadists known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) which deposed Bashar Assad in December 2024 and installed its own leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, as “interim president.” SAS broke away because it considered HTS too soft on former Assad regime officials who were captured during the long civil war, and too tolerant of religions other than the SAS-approved version of Islam.

Dozens Killed and Injured by Mosque Bombings in Syria and Nigeria

Both Syria and Nigeria were struck by deadly mosque bombings this week, killing and injuring dozens of people.

www.breitbart.com

 

[mattfivefour]

Such hate! Truly the religion of Satan.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Various sects of muslims have been killing each other over differing beliefs for centuries.

satan is leading them all to Hell, no matter how tolerant or intolerant.

Jesus is the only way to Heaven


6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6, KJV


FWIW:

About 15 percent of muslims (shia) believe the imam* is sinless by nature and is infallible. Hmmm . . . where have we heard something very similar before
About 85 percent of muslims (sunni) believe leadership is not a birthright, and they should be able to select their leaders.

According to wiki:, "The succession to Muhammad in 632 led the Muslims to be split into two camps, the Sunnis, who believed that the caliphs of the Islamic community should be chosen by a council, as in Saqifa, while a second group, the Shia, who believed that Muhammad had named his successor to be Ali ibn Abi Talib, his cousin and son-in-law.
Today there are differences in religious practice and jurisprudence, traditions, and customs between Shia and Sunni Muslims. Although all Muslim groups consider the Quran to be divine, Sunni and Shia have different opinions on interpretations (hadith) of the Quran."

Shia–Sunni relations - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

*imam is defined as the successor to muhammad (caliph), leader of/authority over all muslims;
OR
male prayer leader at a mosque
OR
muslim, who leads prayer when two or more muslims are present


According to the Carnegie Endowment

"

• The Islamic State presents itself as the representative of authentic Islam as practiced by the early generations of Muslims—Salafism—and it draws on an especially strict brand of Salafism in particular, Wahhabism.
• It is overly simplistic, however, to blame any one ideology for the Islamic State’s extremism. Its extremism is the product of a hybridization of doctrinaire Salafism and other Islamist currents.
• The Islamic State relies on the jihadi literature of ideologues who support its stance as well as clerics who do not formally support the group. These clerics adhere to a set of ideas that significantly deviate from mainstream Islam, and many are direct heirs of the Sahwa, an intellectual religious movement that began in earnest in the 1970s.
• The Sahwa blended Salafi concepts with revolutionary ideas from political Islam in a broad sense, but primarily currents influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood. The intermarriage polarized and produced new and unpredictable religious currents.
• Politically submissive Salafism gave way to political takfirism—excommunication after one Muslim declares another an infidel or apostate. This ideology carries the banner of caliphate, jihad, and rebellion.
• The Islamic State is part of a legacy of takfiri schools and ideas to emerge from al-Qaeda. But the Islamic State’s ideological rigidity stands out. Its refusal to bend creates a culture of takfirism within takfirism."

The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context

The Islamic State’s ideology is multifaceted and cannot be traced to one individual, movement, or period. Understanding it is crucial to defeating the group.

carnegieendowment.org

and according to Wiki:

"The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist militant organisationand an unrecognised quasi-state. IS occupied significant territory in Iraq and Syria in 2013, but lost most of it between 2017 and 2019. In 2014, the group proclaimed itself to be a worldwide caliphate, and claimed religious and political authority over all Muslims worldwide, a claim not accepted by the vast majority of Muslims."

Islamic State - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org