South Africa: Sunni Muslims who stabbed Shi’as and burned Shi’a mosque prayed first, then attacked

MAY 19, 2018  BY ROBERT SPENCER

Of course they prayed first, because they were about to embark upon a jihad. They believed that what they were about to do was a holy act, for which Allah would reward them. Yet the Western establishment media is still filled with nonsense such as this, which claims that jihad terrorists are not really motivated by religion — and people believe it, because they want to believe it, the implications of the alternative being too much for them to face.

An update on this story. “Mosque attackers ‘prayed first’ then attacked,” News24.com, May 14, 2018:

First they prayed, and then they wanted to kill…

That’s according to Ali Nchiyane, the imam of the Imam Hussain Mosque in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, who survived an attack on worshippers on Thursday afternoon.

One person died, while two others – including Nchiyane – were left seriously injured after three men targeted the mosque, setting it alight….

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/05/south-africa-sunni-muslims-who-stabbed-shias-and-burned-shia-mosque-prayed-first-then-attacked