Aug 22, 2014 10:38 pm | Robert Spencer
UK
media darling Mehdi Hasan frequently dissembles about how Islamic
jihadists use the texts and teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah to
justify hatred, violence and supremacism, and this piece is a
particularly clever example, chock full of his trademark diversions and
sleights of hand. Here he extrapolates from the apparent fact that two
jihad […]
Aug 22, 2014 05:45 pm | Robert Spencer
There
needs to be an investigation of the United Nations. As I wrote on July
29: “There needs to be an investigation of the UNRWA over this. Could it
really keep happening without any UN officials knowing what was going
on? The problem is, who can investigate the United Nations? Not Obama’s
investigative or intelligence […]
Aug 22, 2014 04:33 pm | Robert Spencer
“we
are in your state/ we are in your cities / we are in your streets. You
are our goals anywhere.” “we are here #america near our #target
sooooooooooooon.” The Islamic State is doing all it can to “strike
terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “Photo
implies ISIS threat to Chicago,” […]
Aug 22, 2014 02:18 pm | Robert Spencer
The
new Egyptian government had pledged to rebuild the churches, but they
may face too much public opposition actually to be able to do that.
After all, the Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt haven’t all
vanished into thin air, and rebuilding the churches is just the kind of
thing that could provoke them. “One Year […]
Aug 22, 2014 01:56 pm | Robert Spencer
Bigger
than the Islamic State. Bigger than Boko Haram. Bigger than al-Qaeda.
Bigger than al-Shabaab. Bigger, of course, than Hamas and Hizballah and
Islamic Jihad. Bigger than the genocidal anti-Semites of the Iranian
mullahcracy. As far as the Islamic supremacist Nihad Awad of
Hamas-linked CAIR is concerned, none of those jihadis are as big a […]
Aug 22, 2014 01:16 pm | Robert Spencer
Where
did these Americans learn their understanding of Islam? We all know, on
pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” that no Muslims in the U.S., none,
agree with the Islamic State, or want to bring Sharia Westward, or have
any desire to restore the caliphate. None, you greasy Islamophobe. So
how did these Americans come to […]
Aug 22, 2014 01:03 pm | Robert Spencer
“When
you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) But it’s OK —
he expressed “remorse,” so maybe he doesn’t believe in that passage of
the Qur’an anymore. “Sydney man jailed for threatening to slit
Commonwealth Officer’s throat,” by Jamelle Wells, ABC News Australia,
August 22, 2014 (thanks to Kenneth): A Sydney man has […]
Aug 22, 2014 12:32 pm | Robert Spencer
“Aides
said the golf game did not reflect the depth of his grief over Mr.
Foley.” Oh, then it’s OK. The New York Times does its best to cover for
Obama in this piece, but it is a losing battle. Cheney was right that
Obama would “rather be on the golf course than he would […]
Aug 22, 2014 11:45 am | Robert Spencer
Kudos
to Fr. Jim Sichko and the parishioners of St. Mark’s Church. The
Islamic State painted the ن on the door of the homes of Christians in
Mosul to mark them for extortion (as per Qur’an 9:29)
or extermination. Christians and all free people worldwide should be
standing in solidarity with those persecuted Christians, but […]
Aug 22, 2014 11:15 am | Robert Spencer
“We’re
leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self reliant Iraq with a
representative government that was elected by its people. We’re building
a new partnership between our nations and we are ending a war not with a
final battle but with a final march toward home. This is an
extraordinary achievement.” — Barack Obama, December […]
Aug 22, 2014 10:40 am | Robert Spencer
Many
times we have seen both Sunnis and Shi’ites attack mosques of the
opposing group, and murder many people. Yet the Sunni-Shi’ite jihad gets
little notice in the international media or from the global “human
rights community.” They are much more focused on “Islamophobia,”
although “Islamophobes” have never killed anyone in any mosque. “Forty
Killed […]
Aug 22, 2014 09:42 am | Robert Spencer
They
are simply implementing Islamic law in the Islamic State. The caliph
Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, maintained that the
punishment of stoning for adultery (this story doesn’t specify the
method of punishment, but the outcome of the punishment is the same in
any case) was originally in the Qur’an: ‘Umar said, “I am […]
Aug 22, 2014 09:12 am | Robert Spencer
Last night. Video thanks to AlohaSnackbar01.
Aug 22, 2014 08:51 am | Robert Spencer
James
Foley’s parents cannot be faulted for this naivete. After all, the
official U.S. government line is that Islam is utterly peaceful and
benign. This group calls itself “the Islamic State,” and is, of course,
“extremist,” but the Foleys may have hoped that they would ultimately
recall some of the vaunted peaceful, tolerant, benevolent and […]
Aug 22, 2014 08:26 am | Robert Spencer
It
takes a particular quality of chutzpah to claim that there is no
evidence to substantiate this threat just as Islamic jihadists behead
James Foley, threaten to drown the U.S. in blood, and continue to
advance not only in Iraq but in Nigeria and elsewhere. “It is
instructive that similar issues about Australian troops travelling […] 
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