JIHAD WATCH 12/02/2013

What happened to the Jews who lived in Muslim lands? Dec 02, 2013 03:47 am | Robert Spencer The establishment of the State of Israel was considered to have made the Jews kaffir harbi, Infidels at war with Islam, whose contract of protection (dhimma) was thus revoked. These expulsions and killings followed. "November Is the Cruelest Month," by Lyn Julius in (of all places) the Huffington Post,... read more      Obama Administration official: Netanyahu’s response to Iran deal "weak and desperate" Dec 02, 2013 02:57 am | Robert Spencer This is the way Obama's team speaks of a U.S. ally, while making disastrous concessions to an enemy of the U.S. "US official: Netanyahu’s response to Iran deal ‘weak and desperate,’" by Adiv Sterman for the Times of Israel, December 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vocal opposition to the... read more      Western view of Mideast tainted by media "bigotry," say "journalism experts" on Al Arabiya panel Dec 02, 2013 01:49 am | Robert Spencer A panel like this could only have been pulled off in front of an audience with no day-to-day familiarity with how jihad news is reported in the mainstream media. Clearly there was no discussion of indefatigably pro-jihad "journalists" such as Christiane Amanpour, Niraj Warikoo, Bob Smietana, Kari Huus, and... read more      Egypt: Al-Azhar scholar calls for "apostate" FEMEN protester to be arrested and tried for parodying Islamic call to prayer Dec 02, 2013 01:08 am | Robert Spencer Alia al-Mahdi could be imprisoned or even executed on such charges. Will the world human rights community rush to her defense? Or will it abandon her since it is "racist," "extremist" and "bigoted" to have a low opinion of Sharia? "Egypt's FEMEN favorite Alia gets feisty on social media:... read more      Netanyahu on Iran's nuke threat: "I will not be silent" Dec 01, 2013 06:47 pm | Robert Spencer Standing firm when no one else is. "PM, under attack, insists he ‘won’t be silent’ on Iran," by Adiv Sterman for the Times of Israel, December 2: Israel will not stand silent as its security is compromised and will take action to dispel any threat leveled against the state,... read more      Malaysia's Islamic Development Department tells Sunnis to fight "Shi'ite virus" as a "form of jihad" Dec 01, 2013 06:31 pm | Robert Spencer Sunni-Shi'ite Jihad comes to modern, moderate Malaysia: this is not some "extremist" crank, but a Malaysian government agency. "Fighting Shiites an act of jihad, Muslims told," from Malaysiaskini, November 29: Muslims were today urged to fight against the Shiites as it is "a form of jihad" before it is... read more      UK: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi toes OIC/Muslim Brotherhood line on "Islamophobia," free speech Dec 01, 2013 06:20 pm | Robert Spencer A swift takedown of an increasingly prominent "moderate" who pushes the Muslim Brotherhood propaganda term "Islamophobia" and opposes the freedom of speech -- particularly honesty about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat. "The Unbearable Lightness of Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, by Andrew E. Harrod at Juicy Ecumenism, November... read more      Afghanistan: Karzai condemns U.S. airstrike that killed a child Dec 01, 2013 05:45 pm | Robert Spencer Did he condemn Green-On-Blue attacks this forcefully? Or is he just trying to do what he can to stay in power longer than fifteen minutes after the last American troops finally leave? "Afghan president condemns U.S. airstrike that killed a child," from Reuters, November 28: KABUL (Reuters) - President... read more      Sharia in action in Canada: Muslim cab drivers refuse man with guide dog "because of their religious beliefs" Dec 01, 2013 05:37 pm | Robert Spencer "Once Gabriel promised the Prophet (that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later on he said, 'We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a picture or a dog.'" -- Sahih Bukhari 4.54.50 "Abdullah (b. Umar) (Allah be pleased with them) reported: Allah's Messenger... read more      German convert to Islam waging jihad in Syria: "I love Osama bin Laden" Dec 01, 2013 03:15 pm | Robert Spencer How did this convert to Islam come to misunderstand his new, peaceful religion so spectacularly? Why is there not a single program in any German (or U.S.) mosque to teach Muslim converts to reject this understanding of Islam that we are constantly told is a twisting and hijacking of... read more      Russia: Six Muslims sentenced in Red Square jihad bombing plot Dec 01, 2013 02:47 pm | Robert Spencer "The bomb exploded inside two attackers' hotel room two days before it was meant to go off." Allah works in mysterious ways. "Six sentenced in Red Square bombing plot," from UPI, November 30 (thanks to Ali): MOSCOW, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Six people have been sentenced to prison for... read more      Afghanistan: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber wounds MP with explosives hidden in his turban Dec 01, 2013 01:54 pm | Robert Spencer When the drawing above of Muhammad with a bomb in his turban was first published, the outcry from Muslim spokesmen was fierce: how dare Western Islamophobes link Islam with violence in this way? So will this jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber be brought up on charges of "Islamophobia"? "'Turban bomber' wounds... read more      Jerusalem: Muslims attack fellow Muslims they misidentified as Jews: "It seemed they were intent on lynching us" Dec 01, 2013 09:25 am | Robert Spencer The Salmans "They tried to pull us out of the car and hit us, it seemed they were intent on lynching us," but stopped the attack when they realized they were not of the people whom the Qur'an designates as the worst enemies of the Muslims (5:82). "Palestinians attacked in... read more      Iran: Qur'an has marked Israelis as "rabid dogs and pigs" Dec 01, 2013 09:01 am | Robert Spencer Morsi knows: It's APES and pigs, not dogs and pigs Qur'an 2:65 -- Allah transforms disobedient Jews into apes: “And well you know there were those among you [Jews] that transgressed the Sabbath, and We said to them, ‘Be you apes, miserably slinking!’ Qur'an 5:59-60 -- Jews cursed, made into... read more      FBI worries that U.S. Muslims waging jihad in Syria will "become radicalized" Dec 01, 2013 08:39 am | Robert Spencer Basit Sheikh: Not "radicalized" already? "Become radicalized"? If they weren't already "radicalized," they wouldn't be in Syria. But this is the level of analysis we can expect from the new, clueless, politically correct FBI, after counter-terror materials have been scrubbed of all mention of Islam and jihad in connection with... read more