Why Pamela Geller is currently the Left’s chief villain
MAY 21, 2015 8:55 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER4 COMMENTS
The Left hates those who confront evil. “Why Pamela Geller is hated,” by Dennis Prager, May 19, 2015: Pamela Geller – the woman whose group, the American Freedom Defense Initiative, organized the Muhammad cartoon drawing contest in Garland, Texas – may be the most hated person in America right now. She is certainly the left’s […]
Kenya: Muslim preacher charged with inciting Muslims to kill non-Muslims
MAY 21, 2015 4:30 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER10 COMMENTS
“He faces a serious charge of inciting Muslims to kill non-Muslims…” Incitement, you see, is telling someone to go kill someone else, or that someone else deserves death. Incitement is not doing something that is perfectly legal and acceptable in other contexts, but which one irrational and authoritarian group has threatened to kill over. “Muslim […]
Garland, Texas imam calls for restrictions on the freedom of speech
MAY 20, 2015 11:50 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER48 COMMENTS
That is always the endgame for Islamic supremacists: to destroy the freedom of speech so that Islam cannot be criticized and the jihad cannot be opposed, so that it can advance unimpeded. People have no idea what is at stake in this controversy. “Group that hosted Prophet Muhammad Cartoon Contest has Houston supporters,” by Joel […]
Minnesota Muslims used college loans to pay for airfare to Syria to wage jihad
MAY 20, 2015 11:30 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER10 COMMENTS
Your tax dollars at work. “Fraud charges added to ISIL terrorism case against 2 Twin Cities men,” by Paul McEnroe, Star Tribune, May 19, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller) Two Twin Cities men charged with conspiracy to fight alongside terrorists now face financial fraud charges for allegedly using their college loans to purchase airline tickets […]
Minneapolis airplane fueler joins Islamic State
MAY 20, 2015 4:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER27 COMMENTS
No one would have dreamed of trying to determine whether Ahmed should really have been fueling passenger jets. That would have been “Islamophobic.” This report is attributing Ahmed’s turn to jihad to his unemployment and child support responsibilities. But lots of people are unemployed and have to pay child support, and don’t go wage jihad […]
AFDI Rolls Out New Free Speech Ad Campaign to Featuring Muhammad Cartoon
MAY 21, 2015 8:44 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER7 COMMENTS
NEW YORK, May 20, 2015: The human rights advocacy group the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) has announced a new ad campaign to defend the freedom of speech and stand up to violent intimidation. AFDI President Pamela Geller said in a statement: “Because the media and the cultural and political elites continue to self-enforce the […]
Toronto Muslim wanted to join Islamic State, settled for attack in Canada
MAY 20, 2015 11:56 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER9 COMMENTS
Why preventing jihadis from leaving the West to join the Islamic State is a bad idea. “T.O. man wanted to join ISIL, but would settle for terror attack in Canada, undercover RCMP officer told,” by Stewart Bell, National Post, May 20, 2015: TORONTO — An undercover RCMP officer described Wednesday how a Toronto man told […]
Canada: 10 Muslims arrested at airport on suspicion of leaving to join Islamic State
MAY 20, 2015 11:47 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
Good thing they stopped them, eh? What assets they will be to Canada! “‘These are very difficult times for the relatives and loved ones of the persons arrested, as the decision to leave the country was not that of the family, but of a single family member. As a result family members often find themselves […]
Islamic State seizes Syrian city of Palmyra, threatening ancient ruins
MAY 20, 2015 11:13 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER9 COMMENTS
Not to worry. John “Baghdad Bob” Kerry says the Islamic State is being driven back. Yes, they keep taking new cities, but really, they’re losing! “Islamic State militants seize Syrian city of Palmyra, threatening ancient ruins,” by Loveday Morris, Washington Post, May 20, 2015: BAGHDAD — Islamic State militants seized control of the majority of […]
Al-Qaeda application: “Who should we contact in case you became a martyr?”
MAY 20, 2015 3:34 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
“How much of the holy Qur’an have you memorized?” (Not that this has anything to do with Islam, of course.)
FBI speaks to New Jersey high school students about Islamic State recruitment
MAY 20, 2015 BY ROBERT SPENCER27 COMMENTS
“The FBI has targeted Bergen County, New Jersey to stop Islamic State militants from getting a stronghold there.” This is interesting — that the FBI considers it enough of a possibility that the Islamic State could get a stronghold in Bergen County that it does this. It seems from this article that the presentation was […]
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