JIHAD WATCH
Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts
Independent: Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam
DECEMBER 28, 2014 8:56 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER4 COMMENTS
Why is the Independent publicizing this letter now, even while burying within the story that Churchill never seriously considered converting to Islam? Probably to blunt the force of Churchill’s remarks about Islam, which have become a rallying point for the few remaining Britons who are seriously resisting Islamization. The remarks are quoted in truncated form […]
Muslima from Australia goes to Islamic State, spouts hate for non-Muslims
DECEMBER 28, 2014 8:34 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER3 COMMENTS
How was it possible for this “loving sister and aunt” to be so swiftly “radicalized”? What would make this loving, “normal Turkish Melbourne girl” so suddenly flee to the Islamic State and start spouting hatred for non-Muslims on social media? Authorities seem to have no curiosity whatsoever about exactly how this “radicalization” takes place — […]
German Finance Minister: “People are right to fear Islamist terrorism. But not Islam”
DECEMBER 28, 2014 8:08 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER16 COMMENTS
But “Islamist terrorism” arises from Islam. Or does Schaeuble think it is just as likely to emerge from the Lutheran churches as from the mosques? How does Schaeuble propose to separate the Islam that he considers benign from the Islamist terrorism he regards as malignant? He doesn’t say, and probably doesn’t have any idea how […]
Islamic State blows up church on the day after Christmas
DECEMBER 27, 2014 7:11 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER39 COMMENTS
“Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013
Yes, clearly that dialogue is working wonders.
“ISIS blows up Catholic church in Mosul,” Rudaw, […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi killed after Muslim leader calls them “enemy” on TV
DECEMBER 27, 2014 1:48 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER40 COMMENTS
In Pakistan and elsewhere, Sunnis violently persecute Ahmadis as heretics and apostates. Yet in the West, Ahmadi spokesmen such as the viciously arrogant and spectacularly rude Qasim Rashid and the ostentatiously pious and unctuously reptilian Haris Zafar make a tidy living allying with their persecutors and aiding and abetting their sinister agenda by telling non-Muslim […]
Nigerian Muslim leader: “Islam stands for peace,” Boko Haram un-Islamic
DECEMBER 28, 2014 8:44 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER4 COMMENTS
How it happened that a group that calls itself the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad could have misunderstood Islam so spectacularly, he did not explain. Nor, unfortunately, did he say what he planned to do to teach young Muslims why they should reject and avoid this understanding of Islam.
“Boko […]
Netanyahu: Iran increasing efforts to deepen jihad activities in West Bank
DECEMBER 28, 2014 8:21 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER1 COMMENT
Iran is Shi’ite, but the Iranian mullahs hate Israel and the Jews more than they hate the Sunni jihadists in Judea and Samaria. Also, by aiding Sunni jihad activity, the Iranians continue to try to position themselves as the world leader of Muslims — a position for which they have a good deal of competition.
“Netanyahu: […]
Muslim from Australia: “Martin Place was just the beginning for you dogs”
DECEMBER 28, 2014 7:56 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER5 COMMENTS
That is probably true. There will almost certainly be more jihad terror attacks in Australia. The Islamic State has called for them, and nothing much is being done to prevent them — least of all any attempt to compel mosques and Islamic schools in Australia to teach against the Islamic State’s understanding of Islam, even […]
Jihadis kill 14: “We targeted the enemies at a time they were celebrating Christmas”
DECEMBER 27, 2014 6:57 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER10 COMMENTS
The Islamic jihadis wanted to maximize the grief and pain of those whom they regarded as “enemies of Allah.”
“Islamist gunmen attack African Union base in Somalia,” by Abdi Sheikh and Fiesal Omar, Reuters, December 27, 2014:
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Eight Islamist gunmen infiltrated the main African Union (AU) base in Mogadishu on Thursday and killed three […]
Egyptian writer charged for tweet “defaming” Islam
DECEMBER 27, 2014 1:26 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER14 COMMENTS
Apparently post-Muslim Brotherhood Egypt has not discarded Sharia blasphemy laws. In any case, we are much freer and more enlightened in the West. If Fatima Naoot had been in the West, she would not face criminal charges for criticizing any aspect of Islam. She would just be excoriated as a “racist” and a “bigot,” and […]
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