New Islamic State Recording Says ‘Kill Shi’ites’

A new IS recording is urging young Saudi muslims to join them in killing the Shi’ite muslims.

IS in Saudi Arabia

Islamic State has come up with a 13-minute long recording ordering its followers to “kill enemies of Islam, especially Shi’ites,” according to SITE.

Islamic State’s Saudi Arabia hand wants to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shi’ite Muslim.

“What then if they live with their disbelief in the Peninsula of Mohammad,” SITE quoted the speaker as saying, referring to the Arabian Peninsula, birthplace of Islam and where Saudi Arabia is located.

“They are disbelievers and apostates, and their blood is permissible to be shed, and their money is permissible to be taken. It is a duty upon us to kill them ... and even to purify the land from their filth,”

-IS Speaker in the recording

The speaker also urged the young Saudis to join his group to fend off the “Shi’ite threat” against Sunni Muslims as the government of King Salman was unable to protect them.

Mosque Bombings

The two bombings that IS claims responsibility for, took place on May 22 and May 29. They collectively claimed 25 lives.

While the speaker made a reference to the suicide bombing on May 22 in al-Qadeeh village, he did not mention the May 29 attack in Dammam, suggesting the recording predates the latest bombing.

Saudi Arabia has strongly denounced the attacks on its Shi’ite population and Saudi King Salman, has vowed to bring those involved or sympathetic to the acts to justice.

IS Leader

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a speech a week before the al-Qadeeh attack, dismissed Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, the Al-Saud, as “guard dogs” of the West and Israel. Muslim enemies, including Shi’ites, were “allies of Satan”, he said.

His group controls large parts of Iraq and Syria.