Jun 12, 2014 07:07 pm | Robert Spencer
“Jihadists”?
Expect Obama to get a strongly-worded letter from CIA chief John
Brennan, who said in 2010 that jihadists were not jihadists: “They are
not jihadists, for jihad is a holy struggle, an effort to purify for a
legitimate purpose, and there is nothing — absolutely nothing — holy or
pure or legitimate or Islamic […]
Jun 12, 2014 06:16 pm | Robert Spencer
Over
at Aleteia today I give background on the jihad between Sunni and
Shi’ite Muslims that is now escalating in Iraq. The Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has just seized the Iraqi cities of Mosul and
Tikrit, and is close to taking control of the nation’s largest oil
refinery — indicating that the […]
Jun 12, 2014 05:56 pm | Robert Spencer
“So
when you meet those who disbelieve, strike necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) But of
course any Muslim who takes such a verse at face value is
misunderstander of Islam, unduly influenced by greasy Islamophobes.
Somehow this aggressive organization of misunderstanders of Islam has
been able to gain sufficient support and power to wreak havoc in Iraq.
[…]
Jun 12, 2014 05:03 pm | Robert Spencer
“Creating
a cross-border Islamic state is one of the group’s main aims.” They
actually have a shot at doing this now. Yet the reestablishment of the
caliphate has never been considered for a nanosecond by those who
formulate U.S. foreign policy. It’s high time they started considering
its implications. But they won’t. “Jihadists ‘bulldoze berm’ […]
Jun 12, 2014 04:42 pm | Robert Spencer
Over
at Truth Revolt I expose the latest attempt by Leftists and Islamic
supremacists to deflect attention away from the grim reality of Islamic
jihad. In covering the killings in Las Vegas by Jerad and Amanda Miller
this week, mainstream media commentators once again displayed their
hypocrisy and double standard regarding Islamic terrorism and terror […]
Jun 12, 2014 04:33 pm | Robert Spencer
As
I wrote here today: “Iraq’s Shi’ite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki,
has vowed to retake the city, blaming its fall on a ‘conspiracy’ and
adding: ‘Today, the important thing is that we are working to solve the
situation. We are making preparations and we are regrouping the armed
forces that are in charge of clearing […]
Jun 12, 2014 01:26 pm | Robert Spencer
He
has a doctorate in Islamic studies and yet is waging violent jihad in
order to restore the caliphate? How could this have happened? Are greasy
Islamophobes in charge of Islamic studies at Baghdad university? John
Esposito, call your office! Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — Dr. Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi — is a misunderstander of Islam who […]
Jun 12, 2014 01:04 pm | Robert Spencer
It
is no surprise that Obama turned down these requests. After all, he is
aiding the same jihadists in Syria who are now advancing against the
Maliki government. He couldn’t very well turn around and attack them in
Iraq. That would only bring more attention to what he is doing in Syria.
“U.S. Said to […]
Jun 12, 2014 12:53 pm | Robert Spencer
Abubakar
Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, said in February: “We Jama’atu
Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad are fighting Christians wherever we
meet them.” Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad is the actual
name of Boko Haram: the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for
Dawah and Jihad. “Nigeria: 8 Christians killed and church in flames,”
[…]
Jun 12, 2014 12:41 pm | Robert Spencer
Imagine
if 35,000 Muslims had received threats and fled a city. The media
coverage would be intense. The UN would issue resolutions. Obama and
David Cameron would offer aid and contemplate military action. But when
35,000 Christians flee Mosul because of threats from Islamic jihadists,
no one particularly cares. As long as no one committed […]
Jun 12, 2014 12:20 pm | Robert Spencer
“We
are soldiers of Islam.” And yet it is official dogma, to be questioned
only on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” that groups like The Islamic
State of Iraq and al-Sham, al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram have
nothing to do with Islam, and that only “bigots” and “racists” think
otherwise. How such an obviously counter-factual […] 
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