The Filipino police say that the perpetrator was a lone robber, not Islamic State jihadis. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.
A Taliban spokesman recently explained: “Our fight is Jihad and an obligatory worship. And every obligatory act of worship has 70 times more reward in Ramadan.”
The Islamic State no doubt believes that as well.
ISIS is opening up a third battlefront, this time in the southern Philippines
‘Beyond Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State terrorises the southern Philippines…’
BEYOND Iraq and Syria, a third Islamic State battlefront has opened in the southern Philippines, bringing new conflict to the region by drawing militants from around the world to fight under the black flag of the caliphate.
At its core, the ideology of the militants does not differ from those who have fought decades-long Muslim insurgency, who operate under names such as Abu Sayyaf and more recently the Maute group.
However, their decision to rebrand to the Islamic State and move from jungle hideouts to open urban warfare is momentous.
In the last 12 days, more than 150 rebels, soldiers and citizens have been killed in Marawi City, on the major southern island of Mindanao, including eight workers who were executed, dumped off a bridge and branded “traitors” to ISIS.

A NATION ON EDGE
The attack on a casino-resort in Manila by a masked gunman overnight on Friday was claimed by Islamic State but police said there was no evidence it was a terrorist act. It will nonetheless set the country further on edge.
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law across Mindanao, a partially autonomous Muslim state. Even before the hotel attack, he was said to be considering putting the entire country under martial law, which now seems possible.
Australia is a heavy aid provider to the troubled south, recently announcing a $90m, nine-year project to educate children attending Islamic schools in an area that has become a no-go zone for foreigners.
Australian kafirs paying for Mohammedan “education”. Who voted for this?













