Islamic State Morphing Into Global Gehenna…writes David Singer
Growing support for – and pledges of allegiance to – Islamic State by diverse Islamic terrorist groups world-wide are now creating horrific humanitarian problems for Christian communities in many countries – some far removed from the Middle East.
30 such groups have so far been identified:
- al-I’tisam of the Quran and Sunnah [Sudan] — Aug. 1, 2014 — Support
- Abu Sayyaf Group [Philippines] — June 25, 2014 — Support
- Ansar al-Khilafah [Philippines] — Aug. 4, 2014 — Allegiance
- Ansar al-Tawhid in India [India] — Oct. 4, 2014 — Allegiance
- Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) [Phillipines] — Aug. 13, 2014 — Support
- Bangsmoro Justice Movement (BJM) [Phillipines] — Sept. 11, 2014 — Support
- al-Huda Battalion in Maghreb of Islam [Algeria] — June 30, 2014 — Allegiance
- Heroes of Islam Brigade in Khorasan [Afghanistan] — Sept. 30, 2014 — Allegiance
- The Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria [Algeria] — 30 Sep. 2014 — Allegiance
- Jundullah [Pakistan] — Nov. 17, 2014 — Support
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) [Pakistan] Statement — Sept. 24, dated Sept. 12, 2014 — Support
- Islamic Youth Shura Council [Libya] — June 22, 2014 — Support
- Jaish al-Sahabah in the Levant [Syria] — July 1, 2014 — Allegiance
- Faction of Katibat al-Imam Bukhari [Syria] — Oct. 29, 2014 – Allegiance
- Jamaat Ansar Bait al-Maqdis [Egypt] — June 30, 2014 — Allegiance
- Jund al-Khilafah in Egypt [Egypt] — Sept. 23, 2014 — Allegiance
- Liwa Ahrar al-Sunna in Baalbek [Lebanon] — June 30, 2014 — Allegiance
- Islamic State Libya (Darnah) [Libya] — Nov. 9, 2014 — Allegiance
- Shura Council of Shabab al-Islam Darnah [Libya] — Oct. 6, 2014 — Allegiance
- Mujahedeen Indonesia Timor (MIT) [Indonesia] — July 1, 2014 — Allegiance
- Mujahedeen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSCJ) [Egypt] — Oct. 1, 2014 — Support
- Tehreek-e-Khilafat [Pakistan] — July 9, 2014 — Allegiance
- Okba Ibn Nafaa Battalion [Tunisia] — Sept. 20 2014 — Support
- Mujahedeen of Yemen [Yemen] — Nov. 10, 2014 — Allegiance
- Supporters for the Islamic State in Yemen [Yemen] — Sept. 4, 2014 — Allegiance
- al-Tawheed Brigade in Khorasan [Afghanistan] — Sept. 23, 2014 — Allegiance
- Supporters of the Islamic State in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques [Saudi Arabia] — Dec. 2, 2014 — Support
- Ansar al-Islam [Iraq] — Jan. 8, 2015 — Allegiance
- Leaders of the Mujahed in Khorasan (10 former TTP commanders) [Pakistan] — Jan. 10, 2015 — Allegiance
- Boko Haram [Nigeria] — March 7, 2015 — Allegiance
71 Chadian soldiers have reportedly been killed and 416 wounded in less than three months of fighting to crush Boko Haram. Chad has sent about 5,000 troops to fight alongside soldiers from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon against Boko Haram whose Nigeria-based insurgency has increasingly spilled-over into neighbouring nations.
Some 13,000 Nigerians have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their homes since 2009.
Other Islamic terrorist groups can be expected to join their ranks.
President Obama’s pledge to degrade and destroy Islamic State heading an international coalition of 62 like-minded nations – is looking increasingly ineffectual as Islamic State rapidly morphs into a global Gehenna.
President Obama declared on 23 September 2013:
“The United States will continue to work with the entire continent of Africa and around the world to make sure that we are dismantling these networks of destruction.”
A Chapter VII Security Council Resolution is urgently required authorising the use of a UN military force to eradicate these “networks of destruction” that are now uniting into a ruthless killing machine dedicated to restoring the Islamic Caliphate.
Only an internationally sanctioned force replacing Obama’s coalition can stem the tide.
President Obama needs to get that Security Council Resolution rolling.
Editor’s Note:
Gehenna
Would it be that difficult – seeing there’s a LIST
Of IS affiliated groups – for EVERY one of Obama’s international
Coalition to pressure the Security Council into Productive and useful actions toward
Eradicating these groups threatening our global peace?
These groups are not all underground!
Search the mosques and meeting places in these countries. Round up potential
Threats. Get all Intelligence Agencies on the job to work hand in hand with criminal agencies and police forces . We are cleverer than these despots and need to be one step ahead – or don’t we think these barbarians are a threat? Obama needs to be an effective and proactive President! What on earth is he thinking ?.
Unfortunately Christians keep turning the other cheek being part of their religious philosophy… Many world leaders are of that ilk and just don’t know how to combat the scourge of I.S. They must be thinking if you ignore it eventually it will go away (NOT SO)