https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-67478428
Houthis released a video of their fighters hijacking the Galaxy Leader, which is being used by Nippon Yusen.
With them being deployed by Mi-8 chopper, I'm sure Iran's helping them.
There's more chatter of anti-Singaporean rhetoric by Islamist groups due to its stance on what happened after October 7 in the ME.
Foreign Troper
A knife attack left 1 dead and 2 wounded in Paris. Possibly an islamistic motive
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231203-attacker-stabs-german-tourist-to-death-in-paris
The guy I heard shouted jihadi stuff including "Allahu Akbar", according to the news.
Edited by Ominae on Dec 3rd 2023 at 4:39:01 AM
he/him
Just to clarify, after that last post -
The Takbīr ("Allahu Akbar") simply translates as "God is greatest".
It's a very common phrase in Islamic prayers, and it's also used by Christians who speak Arabic.
Attributing it solely to "jihadi" Islamic extremism is a bit like associating "Amen" with anglophone Christian extremism.
So let's not do that.
Edited by Mrph1 on Dec 3rd 2023 at 5:26:38 PM
A procrastination in of itself
Admittedly if someone shouts “Praise be to the lord” while doing a stabbing we would generally presume that they have Christian exstreamist motives.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
The guy is Iranian-French and he has a beef against the French government for siding with Israel with what happened in Gaza.
He also pledged alliance to Islamic State.
Edited by Ominae on Dec 3rd 2023 at 5:08:49 AM
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This. You don't yell "God is great" while committing murder if your murder isn't religiously-motivated.
And if you say it in Arabic, while it's not a 100%, odds are definitely on the side of said religion being Islam.
Edited by Medinoc on Dec 4th 2023 at 9:03:02 PM
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
he/him
Not arguing that, just emphasising the "solely". It's a thing extremists say. It's not a thing only extremists say.
But it's a thing only extremists say when killing someone.
Whoops wait I hadn't seen the saying and the murder were in separate news.
Wait... was it? I'm confused now. It's a bit ambiguous.
Edit: Well the part that's now clear to me was that you were reacting to the phrase "shouted jihady stuff including Allah Ackbar". I understand not liking this association.
...That said, as I mentioned, when killing someone, anything religion-related you say in Arabic becomes jihady.
Edited by Medinoc on Dec 4th 2023 at 10:05:19 AM
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
Soooo.
As a Muslim, I’ll say that I am very appreciative of Mrph’s point and think it is a good one.
HOWEVER. I think a bit of the context here makes ominae’s comment a little bit different.
If somebody takes “As-salamu alaykum”, said in a friendly tone, as a hostile religious statement or becomes frightened of random Arabic on a bag (I think we know what image I’m referencing here), that’s pretty racist.
“God is Great” is not INHERENTLY a hostile religious sentiment but when a religious terrorist bellows it during a violent incident, especially when there has been an recorded trend of religious terrorists using it as a battle-cry, it might be a bit of an assumption or inference but it’s not the thinnest connection that racism tends to based on.
It’s not an inherent connection but it’s also not a random one, either. Saying it during prayer is mundane. Saying it during a violent incident, questionable.
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Yes, but the original post was:
الله اكبر Allah Akbar is not "jihadi stuff", it is a word used in prayer.
Clarifying the misconception is important; otherwise, people may start taking it as a fact, that Allah Akbar is a word only used by "Jihadists" when killing someone, so the next time a Muslim says it in any context whatsoever, he gets called a terrorist.
So @ Mrph1's clarification was appropriate.
..............
An accurate statement may have been " The man responsible was heard shouting Allah Akbar during the stabbing, which raises the possibility that it was an act of terrorism"
I am aware that my post sounds like tone policing, a practice that I dislike, but still.
Edited by jawal on Dec 4th 2023 at 6:03:34 PM
Every Hero has his own way of eating yogurt
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1870411/islamic-state-admits-hand-in-marawi-blast
Islamic State gets the credit for a bombing attack on Mindanao State University in Marawi.
It's not tone policing when it's trying to rebut Islamophobia dipping into the discussion.
seconded
https://ticotimes.net/2023/12/07/costa-rica-nabs-al-shabab-suspect-at-border
Costa Rican government reported the arrest of Ali Abdinuur Ahmed of Al Shabab. He's detained since last week of November and is going to be deported.
Edited by Ominae on Dec 12th 2023 at 5:24:42 AM
RUSI article suggested that the rest of the world pressuring the Yemenis to back off from the Houthis over the years resulted in the recent ship attacks.
Edited by Ominae on Dec 20th 2023 at 5:05:20 AM
Foreign Troper
The Cologne Cathedral in Germany is suspected to be a target of extremists during New Years Eve
https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-warn-of-possible-attack-at-cologne-cathedral/a-67812983
The law in the night
US Navy helicopters destroy Houthi boats in Red Sea after attempted hijack
3 boats sunk, crew killed after trying to hijack a freighter in the Red Sea.
US helicopter answered the distress call, were fired upon and sunk 3 of the 4 attacking boats.
UK and US to make plans for striking the Houthis in Yemen over attacks on the Red Sea.
Edited by AngelusNox on Dec 31st 2023 at 8:34:47 AM
Inter arma enim silent leges
The law in the night
Perun's video on the current situation in Yemen and the Houthis, the US and UK intervention and impact of global trade.
Edited by AngelusNox on Jan 1st 2024 at 11:51:05 AM
Inter arma enim silent leges
The video is over an hour long. A summary and discussion points would be much appreciated.
The law in the night
Well, it would be around how the Houthis ramped up their attacks on global shipping since Oct 7, their indiscriminate attacks on any ship under any flag despite claiming their are attacking only ships "associated" with a certain conflict.
The challenges on US and UK navies to provide proper escorts on shipping lanes, specially since the Red Sea straight is pretty damn narrow and how it affects things like trade routes, ship and cargo insurance and the economic pressure it creates on the global market and in Egypt due to the Suez channel being a major economic bonus for Egypt.
How the Houthis are making use of drones, helicopters and Iranian provided A Sh Ms and ballistic missiles. And the USN capability of intercepting those.
The nuance on registering ships under countries and flags, where you hardly get nowadays the ship being owned, operated and under the flag of the country that built it.
Inter arma enim silent leges
Bomb threats were reported across the US on state capital buildings.
Reports I'm picking up mention that ex-Japanese Red Army terrorist Haruo Wako died at the age of 75 while serving his life sentence in Osaka Medical Prison. He's been there for a while after being moved from Tokushima Prison. I suspect he had medical conditions that the judge/s gave the OK.
Guy's known for attacking diplomatic facilities in Kuala Lumpur in 1975 and fled to Lebanon in the late 90s.
Not sure how many members are still around (aside from Shigenobu), but the NPA mentions that unknown number of sympathizers are in the Movement Rentai.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/11/13db2c144eda-haruo-wako-ex-red-army-member-serving-life-sentence-dies-at-75.html