“In the name of the Guardians of Jihad, we announce that the Hand of the Prophet will help us slay all foreign journalists in Mali”
August 31, 2015 4:13 pm By Robert Spencer 12 Comments
The Guardians of Jihad are apparently not happy with the press coverage they’re getting. Why not send them Christiane Amanpour or Niraj Warikoo or Lisa Wangsness or Manya Brachear or any one of a thousand other mainstream media “journalists” who do their utmost to whitewash Islamic jihad terror and to demonize those who oppose it? That should render them happy and “moderate,” no?
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“Journalists Reporting in Mali Receive Death Threats From ‘Guardians of Jihad,’” by Lova Rakotomalala, Global Voices, August 31, 2015:
A few journalists covering West Africa have received death threats following their reporting on the northern region of Mali.
In the message sent on 31 August, a group that names itself “Les Gardiens du Jihad” (Guardians of Jihad) did not specify the reasons for the threats but mentioned that foreign journalists, and French ones in particular, will be slain for “spreading lies about Islam”:
Here is a translation of an excerpt of the message:
In the name of the Guardians of Jihad, we announce that the Hand of the Prophet will help us slay all foreign journalists in Mali and journalists who work for foreign media. We know where you all live and we know where you are heading to. The Hand of the Prophet will guide us in getting rid of you and your lies about the jihad. We demand that you leave Mali [..] Heads will soon fall and it will begin with those of French journalists and journalists who work for France, the main enemy of Islam.
Two journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, were killed in Bamako, Mali, in November 2013 by Bayes Ag Bakabo, a man suspected to be a member of Al-Qaeda in Maghreb (AQIM).
Recent events in northern Mali have provided cause for concern that peace is on tenuous ground in the region. On August 9, 13 people were killed, including five UN workers, in a hostage siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare. The UN force in Mali took over responsibility for security in the country from French troops in July 2013. France intervened in the country after Islamist militants threatened to march on Bamako in December 2012 in what was then called Operation Serval.
This is one of the many threats that French journalists in particular have received for their reporting on Islamic militants since the Charlie Hebdo killing on January 7, 2015. In June, French journalist Anna Erelle (a pseudonym) was trying to understand why young women and teenagers would leave their homes and families to join ISIS in Syria. She created a fake online profile and was approached by a man called Abu Bilel who proposed to her and invited her to join the group. When she refused, Bilel sent her death threats….
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/08/in-the-name-of-the-guardians-of-jihad-we-announce-that-the-hand-of-the-prophet-will-help-us-slay-all-foreign-journalists-in-mali
