The Paris terrorist attack yesterday at the Charlie Hebdo office has been praised by an Islamic State fighter, even though the rest of the world has condemned the attacks and spoken out against the violence that has been perpetrated in the name of Islam by extremist radicals. According to Islamic State fighter Abu Mussab, a native of Syria who fights for the Islamic State group, “The lions of Islam have avenged our Prophet. These are our lions. It’s the first drops – more will follow. Let these crusaders be scared because they should be.” So far no radical group has claimed responsibility for the Paris terror attack although the gunmen have been identified as French nationals and one of the three has surrendered to police.
The Islamic State fighter praising the Paris terror attack on social media has seen numerous Twitter responses, with a number of militant sympathizers expressing satisfaction over the attack. One Twitter reply read “Oh dog of the Romans in France, by God, by God, by God, we will not stop at targeting Charlie Hebdo magazine. What is coming is worse.” Another stated “The word of Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) shakes Paris”.A third reply simply said “Bravo lone wolves.:” Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist in Saudi Arabia, wrote “Charlie Hebdo is a satirical journal, nothing is sacred to it. It was abusive to Jesus Christ and the symbols of all religions and we as Muslims reject that – but to them this is freedom of expression.”