JIHAD WATCH
Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts
Pakistan’s answer to terrorism: show only good news at bedtime
DECEMBER 30, 2014 12:15 PM BY ROBERT SPENCERLEAVE A COMMENT
It’s much the same in the Western media. The news must be happy, at least when it comes to the global jihad and Islam. Jihad activity is downplayed, ignored, denied, or ascribed to “militants” or “youths,” while the media focus is on “backlash” against innocent Muslims. Those who call attention to the nature and magnitude […]
Pakistani officials enraged over “Homeland” portrayal of their country as “ugly, ignorant, terror-plagued ‘hellhole'”
DECEMBER 30, 2014 11:02 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
“‘Repeated insinuations that an intelligence agency of Pakistan is complicit in protecting the terrorists at the expense of innocent Pakistani civilians is not only absurd but also an insult to the ultimate sacrifices of the thousands of Pakistani security personnel in the war against terrorism,’ a source said.” If the shoe fits: Pakistan’s ISI spy […]
Is Major General Nagata subtly questioning Obama’s refusal to acknowledge the reality of jihad terror?
DECEMBER 30, 2014 10:07 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
There is good reason to think so, and it would be heartening to think that there is still at least one high-level official who sees the reality of the situation and is unwilling to close his eyes to it. More on this story. “Obama’s See-No-Islam Policy Forces Military Rethink,” by Neil Munro, Daily Caller, December […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Only Muslim Schoolchildren Lives Matter?
DECEMBER 30, 2014 8:41 AM BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM11 COMMENTS
[Via FrontPage Magazine] Earlier we looked at “how Western mainstream media enable Islamic terrorism,” specifically by employing an arsenal of semantic games, key phrases, convenient omissions, and moral relativism to portray such violence as a product of anything and everything—political and historical grievances, “Islamophobia,” individual insanity, poverty and ignorance, territorial disputes—not Islam. Another strategy that […]
Taliban crow over “the defeat of the infidel Western military alliance”
DECEMBER 29, 2014 5:23 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER16 COMMENTS
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said: “Isaf rolled up its flag in an atmosphere of failure and disappointment without having achieved anything substantial or tangible.” That is certainly true. The Taliban also said: “It should be emphasized that due to the blessed Jihad most of the involved nations excluding America have withdrawn all of their troops […]
Sharia UK: 19-year-old arrested for video showing him burning Qur’an
DECEMBER 30, 2014 11:29 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER6 COMMENTS
Would this teenager have been arrested for burning the Bible? Of course not. But the Cameron government is desperate to appease Islamic supremacists — apparently even to the point of adopting Sharia laws governing the treatment of the Qur’an. I am not in favor of burning any book, but I am also in favor of […]
Russia: Two Muslims imprisoned for jihad mass murder plot against Moscow supermarket
DECEMBER 30, 2014 10:43 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER9 COMMENTS
Imagine what a jihad bomb in a crowded supermarket would have done to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “Two sentenced to prison for plotting terrorist attack on Moscow supermarket,” Tass, December 25, 2014: MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The Moscow City Court sentenced on Thursday Feruza Nazarova and Murad […]
Jordan: Santa Claus arrested for “evangelizing and inciting sectarianism”
DECEMBER 30, 2014 8:45 AM BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM5 COMMENTS
A man dressed as Santa Claus in the nation of Jordan has been arrested for “evangelizing” and “inciting sectarian strife” in the Muslim-majority nation. A translation of the Arabic report published December 24 follows: Jordanian authorities have arrested a wanted man, a celebrity known as “Papa Noel” [Santa Claus], as he was distributing presents in […]
Islamic Republic of Iran General: Obama, EU leaders should convert to Islam for peace
DECEMBER 29, 2014 5:40 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER58 COMMENTS
You might almost get the idea that Brigadier General Qolamhossein Qeib-parvar thinks that the conflict between Iran and the West has something to do with Islam. But Barack Obama and so very many other authorities assure us that this is not the case — Brigadier General Qolamhossein Qeib-parvar must be wrong, no? “Iranian General: Obama, EU […]
Financial Times: “Buddhist militancy triggers international concern”
DECEMBER 29, 2014 2:47 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER121 COMMENTS
When did you ever see in the Financial Times, or anywhere else in the mainstream media, an article entitled, “Muslim militancy triggers international concern” — unless it was devoted to downplaying that concern or denying that there was anything rightly called “Muslim militancy” at all? When did you ever see in the Financial Times, o
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