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South Asia al-Qaida group video claims responsibility for blogger murders
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/03/south-asia-al-qaida-group-video-claims-responsibility-for-blogger-murdersThe al-Qaida affiliate in south Asia has claimed responsibility for
the murders of a series of bloggers and a moderate Islamic scholar in the region.
In a nine-minute video, released by al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (Aqis) and produced by al-Qaida central’s own As Sahab production house, the head of the local group, Maulana Asim Umar, claims to “have recently assassinated several blasphemers of the Prophet and insulters of Islamic law.”
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The move was widely seen as a bid to counter the growing influence of Islamic State (Isis), which has established a so-called caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.
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In the video, Umar, the leader of Aqis, said “blasphemers” have now been “taught a lesson in France, Denmark, Pakistan and now in Bangladesh”.
the murders of a series of bloggers and a moderate Islamic scholar in the region.
In a nine-minute video, released by al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (Aqis) and produced by al-Qaida central’s own As Sahab production house, the head of the local group, Maulana Asim Umar, claims to “have recently assassinated several blasphemers of the Prophet and insulters of Islamic law.”
...
The move was widely seen as a bid to counter the growing influence of Islamic State (Isis), which has established a so-called caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.
...
In the video, Umar, the leader of Aqis, said “blasphemers” have now been “taught a lesson in France, Denmark, Pakistan and now in Bangladesh”.
Thankfully the latest lesson was interrupted in Texas.
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As we've been told over and over by posters here, it's purely political, and religion is "just an excuse". Or it's a "land grab". Or a "translation error". In any case, it's "complicated" and there are "fundamentalist atheists" who are just as bad.
