Dec 15, 2014 02:04 pm | Robert Spencer
The death toll grows. We heard earlier that a “number of people had
been hit,” so the death toll may go higher still. AP has this: “Police
say 34-year-old man and 38-year-old woman are among 3 dead in Sydney
hostage crisis.” Time for another mainstream media story about
“backlash” against Muslims. “Gunman and Two Others […]
Dec 15, 2014 12:43 pm | Robert Spencer
An hour and a half ago I wrote this: “There will also be a heavy
barrage of ‘backlash’ stories — indeed, they have already begun.” And a
bit before that: “The pattern never changes: in the wake of a jihad
terror attack or plot, Muslims in the West do not do what they should
do: […]
Dec 15, 2014 11:34 am | Robert Spencer
“A Muslim community leader in Sydney, Dr. Jamal Rifi, said in a
televised interview that ‘everything he stands for is wrong.’ ‘It has
nothing to do with Islam as a religion whatsoever, and we have all seen
that by his previous action and his current actions.'” His previous
actions include involvement in an honor killing, […]
Dec 15, 2014 10:54 am | Robert Spencer
Now that the worst is over, the Australian government and the
international media can go into full “This has nothing to do with Islam”
mode, with explanations of how Man Haron Monis was mentally ill, or
driven to this by the evil deeds of Australian soldiers in Iraq and
Afghanistan. There will also be a […]
Dec 15, 2014 10:25 am | Robert Spencer
It is apparently over. More details as they become available. “Shots
Fired in Sydney Hostage Situation,” Arutz Sheva, December 15, 2014:
Multiple shots and/or bangs have been heard in Sydney outside the cafe
where hostages are being held. The fire appears to be coming from
police. ABC video: More hostages escape, police enter building “Gunshots
[…]
Dec 15, 2014 10:17 am | Robert Spencer
“F**k Israel / Free Palestine / Jerusalem is Ours / Al khilafah is
coming soon.” Why would they hack into the Little Rock School District’s
website with such a message? For the same reason that a Muslim cleric
would take hostages in a chocolate cafe in Sydney, Australia: to “strike
terror into the hearts of […]
Dec 15, 2014 09:53 am | Robert Spencer
The pattern never changes: in the wake of a jihad terror attack or
plot, Muslims in the West do not do what they should do: redouble their
efforts against jihadis in their own communities, and their cooperation
with law enforcement officials. Instead, they claim that they are being
victimized by a “backlash” and try to […]
Dec 15, 2014 09:14 am | Robert Spencer
According to Wikipedia (never a wholly reliable source, to be sure), he
has been arrested as an accessory to murder and for sexual assault. It
says he is a former Ayatollah from Iran who has announced that he is no
longer a Shi’ite, but a Sunni. And now he is a jihad terrorist. He has
[…]
Dec 15, 2014 08:55 am | Raymond Ibrahim
For all its talk about “combatting radicalism,” Al Azhar
University—perhaps Sunni Islam’s most authoritative voice—will not even
denounce the Islamic State as “un-Islamic.” When pressed on it, an Al
Azhar spokesman, Abbas Showman, recently said: “As an official entity,
Al Azhar has never in all its history proclaimed anyone or any
organization as un-Islamic …. […]
Dec 15, 2014 08:17 am | Robert Spencer
Confirming one of the hostage-taker’s demands in my post here, the
Telegraph is reporting that he has indeed demanded an Islamic State
flag: “Sydney siege: gunman ‘demands Islamic State flag,'” the
Telegraph, December 15, 2014: A man holding hostages in a Sydney cafe
on Monday has demanded that a flag of the Islamic State in […]
Dec 15, 2014 07:58 am | Robert Spencer
I wrote this last night. The major revelation since then has been the
hostage-taker’s announcement that the incident means that “Australia is
under attack by the Islamic State.” In FrontPage today: The details are
still sketchy, but this is what is apparently confirmed as of this
writing (
8PM EST Sunday night): as many as 50 […]
Dec 15, 2014 05:32 am | Robert Spencer
“Note we are unable to confirm whether Mikhael is a hostage and the
demands are legitimate, however we can confirm that she is a Senior
Project Manager at Westpac in Sydney, and the bank has its headquarters
on Martin Place where the terrorist attack has occurred, which at the
very least would place her near […]
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