Islamic State executes women for refusing temporary marriage
JANUARY 25, 2015 8:51 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER23 COMMENTS
Temporary marriage is an established Shi’ite concept. Shi’ites justify temporary marriage, mutah, by their reading of Qur’an 4:24: And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them […]
Pamela Geller main site still down; temporary site operational
JANUARY 25, 2015 8:22 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER18 COMMENTS
It is the worst DDoS attack I have ever seen: Pamela Geller’s website at pamelageller.com has been down now for two weeks. Tech experts are still working to get it back to being fully operational, but so far they have had no luck; it seems that the virulence of this attack is far beyond anything […]
Video: “Naked, blind antisemitism”: Jew-haters disrupt NY City Council meeting
JANUARY 24, 2015 5:41 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER37 COMMENTS
David Greenfield is right: this isn’t simply opposition to Israel, which all too often is born of Jew-hatred in any case. This is open anti-Semitism. The Council was discussing a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The protesters were identifying with the Auschwitz murderers. “VIDEOS: Pro-Palestinians Disrupt City Council Meeting Over […]
Philippines: Islamic jihadis suspected as bomb at bar kills two, injures 54
JANUARY 24, 2015 1:33 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER32 COMMENTS
Every day the death count grows, and every day our leaders continue to dissemble about what is causing all this — which only ensures that will not do anything effective to counter it. “Explosion in Philippines kills 2, leaves 54 wounded,” Associated Press, January 24, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): MANILA, Philippines – A powerful […]
New video claims Islamic State jihadis have beheaded one of their two Japanese hostages
JANUARY 24, 2015 12:31 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER36 COMMENTS
“He didn’t care about his safety because he believed he and people of IS would be able to understand each other, as members of the global community.”… No one who understands the Islamic State would ever have said such a thing. “Video purportedly released by IS claims to have beheaded one of two hostages,” i24news, […]
Iran vows to attack Israel from Judea and Samaria
JANUARY 25, 2015 8:36 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER14 COMMENTS
Time for Barack Obama and the UN to issue more condemnations of Israel, and to call upon it to make more concessions to the “Palestinians.” “Iran vows to attack Israel from West Bank,” Times of Israel, January 24, 2015: Iran has threatened to attack Israel from the West Bank, in retaliation for an alleged Israeli […]
Sweden: Kippah-wearing reporter assaulted in Muslim-dominated Malmo
JANUARY 24, 2015 7:27 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER37 COMMENTS
Just don’t call it a no-go zone, you greasy, right-wing Islamophobe. “Kippah-wearing Swedish reporter assaulted in Malmo,” JTA, January 23, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): (JTA) — A Swedish reporter who walked around Malmo while wearing a kippah to test attitudes toward Jews was hit once and cursed at by passersby before he fled for […]
Pakistan: Muslim groups place bounties totaling over $1 million on Charlie Hebdo cartoonists
JANUARY 24, 2015 2:15 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER57 COMMENTS
This story lists two bounties, one for 100 million Pakistani rupees and the other for 10 million rupees. 100 million rupees is slightly less than a million US dollars, so the total bounty amounts to just under $1,100,000 dollars. Where is the global condemnation of this bloodlust and thuggery? “Sacrilegious caricatures: Bounties announced on Charlie […]
Spanish police arrest Muslim brothers plotting jihad; “many parallels” with Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre
JANUARY 24, 2015 1:20 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Spanish Police Arrest Brothers Suspected of Planning Jihad,” Reuters, January 24, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): MADRID — The police in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta arrested four men on Saturday suspected of belonging to a militant Islamist network that may have been planning an […]
Colorado Muslima jailed for plot to join Islamic State says she is “servant of Allah”: “Jihad must be waged to protect Muslim nations”
JANUARY 24, 2015 12:14 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER30 COMMENTS
Amatullah Conley’s parents were aware of their daughter’s conversion to Islam, but didn’t know about her interest in extreme Islam or jihad.” They were not prepared for the possibility that their daughter could become interested in “extreme Islam or jihad,” because they’ve been barraged for years with proclamations from the highest officials that Islam is […]
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