ISIL killing other Muslims, as reported:
"ISIS and Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on Westerners is evil.
"And as a white American from a Judeo-Christian background, I am repulsed by the fact that ISIS is targeting Christians in Syria and Iraq with brutal murder … including crucifixion. [And these crimes are invariably not reported by the Western media.]
"But most victims of ISIS, Al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorism are themselves Muslim.
"The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center – the United States government organization responsible for national and international counterterrorism efforts – reported in 2011 (page 14):
"In cases where the religious affiliation of terrorism casualties could be determined, Muslims suffered between 82 and 97% of terrorism-related fatalities over the past five years." [1]
ISIL killing Christians, Yazidis and Shi’a Muslims, as reported:
" On March 17, for only the second time in American history, the secretary of state officially designated an ongoing genocide. Secretary John Kerry declared that Christians, as well as Yazidis and Shi’a Muslims, are suffering genocide at the hands of the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIL, ISIS and Islamic State).
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"Two years ago, in the summer of 2014, ISIL stormed Nineveh and established its so-called caliphate, driving out, killing or capturing its entire Christian population, along with the Yazidis and other minority groups. Within ISIL-controlled territory in Iraq and Syria, all churches have been shut, desecrated or destroyed, all clergy have been assassinated or driven out, and no Christian community has been left intact.
"Collectively numbering about 1.4 million before the U.S. invasion in 2003, Iraqi Christians now count only about 250,000, most of whom are in the Kurdistan region, with most of them deemed Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living as refugees. Two-thirds of the Syrian Christian community, who numbered 2 million in 2011, are displaced. Both Syrian and Iraqi Christian survivors can be found as refugees in surrounding areas, in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, as well as in Kurdistan.
"The Christian communities of Iraq and Syria are ancient ones with ties to the earliest Church. Some still pray in Aramaic, the language of Jesus of Nazareth and trace their religion to Thomas, one of the twelve, and to the Pentecost. Most of these Christians are Catholics or Orthodox but Protestants are also represented. The Eastern Catholic Churches – of the Chaldeans, the Syriacs, the Maronites, the Greek Melkites and the Armenians – are in communion with Rome. ISIL’s attacks are aimed at destroying all the Christian church communities." [2]
Two Muslims murdered in the United States, as reported:
"A gunman shot and killed an imam and his assistant on the street near their mosque in a working-class corner of Queens" on August 13, 2016, in New York. [3] A suspect was later taken into custody. [4]
A scapegoat killing in the United States, as reported:
"Khalid Jabara, [a 37-year old] Lebanese-American Christian man, was killed in Tulsa, Okla[homa, on August 12, 2016]. His alleged assailant was ['his 61-year old neighbor'] who repeatedly harassed his family with anti-Muslim, anti-Arab language." [5]
ISIL using civilians in retaliation against coalition forces, as reported:
"Islamic State fighters are reported to have abducted hundreds of Kurdish civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo, in retaliation for an offensive on its territory in a nearby area.
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"[S]ome of those taken captive have been forced to dig trenches in Isil-held areas while others are imprisoned in a detention centre. ... [A]ll captured males above the age of 12 were sent against their will to the front lines to help fortify Islamic State positions.
'The terror group is sending civilians to the battlefronts in northern Syria in order to use them as human shields to claim that the western-backed SDF troops are killing innocent civilians...'" [6]
Russia bombing ISIL, as reported:
"Six Russian strategic bombers (Tupolev Tu-22M3) have conducted air strikes against a major ISIS camp and ammunition depots in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) reported on July 12[, 2016]." [7]
Russia bombing US-backed rebels in Syria, as reported:
"Russian aircraft on June 16 dropped cluster bombs on a New Syrian Army unit garrisoned at a base in al-Tanf, a remote desert outpost where the borders of Iraq, Syria and Jordan meet.
"The New Syrian Army unit is a product of the American-backed train-and-equip program. Its mission is to fight Islamic State militants in Syria and to avoid confrontation with forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad." [8]
Chechen suicide bombers in Istanbul airport, as reported:
"Three suspected Isil jihadists from the former Soviet Union have been identified as being responsible for the attack on Istanbul airport, which left 43 dead and 230 injured." [9]
ISIL militants killing Nigerian soldiers, as reported:
"ISIS militants are shown conducting raids and killing soldiers with African government forces." [10]
US airstrikes against ISIL, as reported:
"US-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, US officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed." [11]
US airstrikes against Syrian civilians, as reported:
"A US air strike killed nearly 60 civilians, including children, in Syria on Tuesday after the coalition mistook them for Islamic State (Isil) fighters." [12]
The reports above are just a sampling. New ones will be written. They do not seem to end, but this entry has to end. The fight continues and the only one winning is Satan.
With Satan winning, does that mean God is losing? No, God is not losing. God is merely allowing man's Free Will to run its course. God certainly has the power to end all wars by creating conditions so that jets cannot fly, weapons do not fire and plans to kill cannot be carried out, and to remove all conflicts by taking away man's Free Will, giving man no choice but to obey God. If God intervenes like that, then man would be like robots, no longer a creation in the image of his Creator. If a robot was what God wanted, Android, instead of Adam, would have been made.
Absolute obedience to God would have made perfect sense if God's will is to be done perfectly, but that is not perfection. Perfection is a paradox: it can only be had if it can be rejected.
[1] http://www.globalresearch.ca/muslims-are-the-victims-of-between-82-and-97-of-terrorism-related-fatalities-us-government/5516565
[2] http://www.copticsolidarity.org/2016/07/26/genocide-of-christians-in-the-path-of-isil-an-interview-with-cardinal-theodore-mccarrick/
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/nyregion/queens-mosque-shooting.html?_r=0
[4] http://religionnews.com/2016/08/13/muslim-cleric-and-associate-shot-to-death-on-new-york-street/
[5] http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/in-arab-christians-murder-some-see-deadly-american-cultural-tensions-53040/
[6] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/25/isil-kidnaps-900-kurds-and-forces-them-to-fight-for-terror-group/
[7] https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-july-13-2016-russian-strategic-bombers-strike-isis/
[8] http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/06/23/why-did-russia-bomb-american-backed-syria-rebels/86289354/
[9] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/30/chechen-islamic-state-fighter-named-as-one-of-istanbul-airport-s/
[10] http://heavy.com/news/2016/08/new-isis-islamic-state-daesh-amaq-amaaq-news-pictures-videos-abubakar-shekau-boko-haram-isis-video-west-africa-full-uncensored-youtube-video-mp4-download/
[11] http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-Threat/WATCH-250-ISIS-fighters-killed-in-deadliest-ever-US-airstrikes-against-the-group-459148
[12] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/19/us-air-strike-in-syria-kills-up-to-85-civilians-mistaken-for-isi/
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