An attack in the Ivory Coast left 16 dead, including a young boy who was shot after begging for his life.  (Warning:  graphic photos at the link.)

One survivor who saw the attack unfold said: ‘They killed a child despite him kneeling down and begging. They shot a woman in the chest. They’ve killed innocent people.’

Another witness, Marcel Guy, said a man with a long beard spoke to two children in Arabic and spared the life of the one who was able to recite an Islamic prayer.

‘The Christian boy was shot and killed right in front of my eyes,’ Guy said.

The practice of asking people to recite these prayers or die is common to several Islamic terrorist organizations.  In Nairobi, gunmen killed only those who could not recite the Islamic prayers:  39 died in that attack, with 150 more injured.  Also in Kenya, 28 bus passengers were killed by gunmen for failing to accurately recite the Islamic prayers.  In Niger, five traders were shot dead by terrorists after they were ordered to recite Koran and could not.

There is some evidence that the practice may spread to Europe.  Robert Spencer reported on a sign in Sweden that threatened, “Pray to Allah or Die.”  (Pictured above.)  Pamela Geller reported on a similar banner in Germany that translates, “Your children will pray to Allah or die.”

Have you ever wondered what such prayer say?  The American Thinker reports:

It is crucial that Westerners discover what Muslims are saying when they recite the Islamic mandatory prayers before sharing their places of worship…. The very first Koranic chapter, considered the most exalted of all chapters, is a prayer directed to Allah asking him to keep Muslims away from the misguided path of Jews and Christians. This chapter is a necessary part of the five mandatory daily prayers, and is recited not once, but anywhere from 17 to 100 times a day by devout Muslims (or in a broader sense, 6200 to 36,500 times a year).

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Friday prayers also include recitation of Koranic chapters 62 and 63 where Jews who reject Allah’s commandments in the Torah are loathed and compared to “the likeness of a donkey carrying books but understands them not.” Jews are told to “long for death” if they pretend to be Allah’s favorite.  Nonbelievers are condemned to a state of error until Mohammed is sent by Allah to purify them “from the filth of disbelief and polytheism” with his verses or revelations from Allah.  “Hypocrites” or apostates from Islam are considered enemies, “so beware of them, may Allah destroy them!”

You will need to learn to say them in Arabic if you want to try to save yourself this way.  There are other alternatives than submission, however.