ISIS and Al Qaeda Urge Muslims to Kill People for Christmas

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ISIS and Al Qaeda Urge Muslims to Kill People for Christmas Posted: 02 Dec 2017 02:56 PM PST Christopher Holton makes some points worth reading (as usual) in his latest post, More on the Jihad Threat this Christmas and New Year's Season. But his main point is a warning. Here are some excerpts: Both the Islamic State and Al Qaeda have issued audio, video or online threats to attack the West this Christmas. These threats focus on European population centers, such as Paris and London, and New York City in America, though the possibility of Jihadi attacks in other places in the West can certainly not be discounted. History has shown that places as diverse geographically as Brussels, Berlin and San Bernardino have all been targeted, especially at Christmas time. Warnings in Jihadist literature and on Jihadi social media aren’t meant to give us a heads up. They are meant to inspire individual Jihadis to rise up and attack, in this case during the Christmas season. If recent history is any indication, we will see an act of deadly jihad somewhere in the West as a result of these communications. The Christmas and New Year season is a particularly high-risk period as it offers unusually large numbers of potentially high-value and high-casualty targets, not just in places like New York, London, Paris and Berlin, but in just about every major city in the West. The holiday season brings large crowds at sporting events, Christmas celebrations and ceremonies, churches, parks, restaurants and other gathering locations. In addition, the holiday season is also characterized by high volumes of leisure travel leading to large numbers of travellers in airports and train depots. The vast number of potential targets makes it virtually impossible for homeland security and law enforcement agencies to deploy enough personnel to successfully prevent every possible attack. The Western holiday season is particularly attractive to Islamic jihadists because any successful attack, even a minor one, becomes a propaganda victory that can inspire others to follow suit and aid in Jihadist organization recruitment (despite what the U.S. government has said, Jihadis don’t recruit based on the prison at Gitmo; they recruit based on their successful attacks). Read Holton's whole article here (and subscribe to his updates): More on the Jihad Threat this Christmas and New Year's Season. Along the same lines, he also reports that a pro-ISIS group has called for attacks on Western children. Do you know what orthodox Muslims hope to accomplish with this kind of random violence? It's worth knowing and sharing with people. Find out here: What Does ISIS Hope to Achieve With Random Violence?