• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        They had intelligence saying an attack was being planned, and they informed Russia, who dismissed it as US propaganda.

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          8 months ago

          These are the least radicalized radical Islamic terrorists in living memory.

          1. They didn’t seek to become martyrs, but instead ran away (with a well-planned extraction plan, as far as we can tell) instead of maximizing casualties

          2. They hid their faces instead of proudly declaring their martyrdom

          3. No screaming of Allah, no mention of Allah, no “God is great”, nothing

          4. Video shows the terrorists doing Shahada with their left index finger (which goes against the teachings of Muhammad)

          ‘Abdullah b. Zubair narrated on the authority of his father that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat for supplication, i. e. tashahhud (blessing and supplication), he placed his right hand on his right thigh and his left hand on his left thigh, and pointed with his forefinger, and placed his thumb on his (milddle) finger, and covered his knee with the palm of his left hand…

          In fact, the controversy surrounding the issue AFAIK is relating to when the finger should be raised and whether you should be allowed to move the finger during the prayer, not which hand (which has been established).

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            8 months ago

            Pretty sure the videos that the killers took had some Allah talk. It was released by Amaq news, an isis news group. It shows them close up killing a bunch of people in a small corridor and slicing at guys neck on the ground.

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              8 months ago

              ISIS isn’t exactly an organization with a robust top-down structure. In case you forgot, that was the whole point of the war in Syria.

              Violence does not make an Islamic extremist. I haven’t seen any of the telltale indicators of a radicalized Islamic extremist in the videos, but maybe I missed it?