JIHAD WATCH 01/23/2015

Saudi King Abdullah is dead Jan 22, 2015 07:05 pm | Robert Spencer Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is dead. This is not an optimum time for a transition. The Saudis’ massive expenditures to export the jihad doctrine have come back to bite them in the form of the Islamic State, a self-proclaimed caliphate that denies the legitimacy of the House of Saud (and every other government other than […] comments | read more      Islamic supremacist Linda Sarsour says of “Islamophobes”: “Their job is to vilify Islam and Muslims” Jan 22, 2015 03:58 pm | Robert Spencer Here is an example of how Leftists and Islamic supremacists advance the “Islamophobia” myth: as far as they are concerned, Islam and Muslims are entirely guiltless in all respects, and the only reason why anyone is suspicious of them is because of a well-heeled “Islamophobia industry” that works full-time, for unaccountable reasons, “to vilify Islam […] comments | read more      France: Muslims plotted jihad terror attack at conference on anti-Semitism Jan 22, 2015 03:07 pm | Robert Spencer “The police officer said the brothers ‘had the ambition of dying as martyrs’ and ‘planned to carry out imminently an act of violence.'” One wonders if the anti-Semitism conference organizers had any intention of examining Islamic anti-Semitism, or was going to set that aside in the interests of “community harmony.” In any case, Islamic anti-Semitism […] comments | read more      Germany: Catholic priest banned from preaching after speaking at anti-Islamization protest Jan 22, 2015 02:36 pm | Robert Spencer It’s the same all over the world: “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 But this polite silence about the […] comments | read more      Pamela Geller: CNN’s War Against Truth Jan 22, 2015 02:13 pm | Robert Spencer Any time the mainstream media raises the question of whether there is something violent about Islam, you can be sure that their learned analysts will find it as peaceful as the day is long. Here Pamela Geller skewers yet another example: “CNN’s War Against Truth,” by Pamela Geller, Breitbart, January 21, 2015: In the wake […] comments | read more      Nigeria: Boko Haram top dog says, “We killed the people of Baga. We indeed killed them, as our Lord instructed us in His Book.” Jan 22, 2015 12:12 pm | Robert Spencer The book to which Abubakar Shekau is referring is, of course, the Qur’an. Somehow he got the crazy, Islamophobic idea that it calls for the murder of unbelievers. No doubt Barack Obama is on his way to Nigeria right now, to warn Shekau that he has to stop perpetuating “offensive stereotypes of Muslims.” “Boko Haram […] comments | read more      UK media coverup: “White power” supermarket attacker is Muslim, wrote “The wrath of Allah is about to come down upon the kaffir” Jan 22, 2015 11:34 am | Robert Spencer Last week, a young man named Zack Davies ran amok in a Tesco supermarket in north Wales. He attacked a Sikh, Sarandev Brahambra, with a hammer and a machete, leaving him with serious injuries. This story from the Mirror last week identifies the victim by name but describes him only as “Asian,” without ever saying […] comments | read more      Spain: Violent Muslim screaming “Allahu Akbar, all you Christians will die!” gets arrested Jan 22, 2015 10:19 am | Raymond Ibrahim [Via RaymondIbrahim.com] Catalonia, Spain.  To screams of “Allahu Akbar!” and “You will all die!”—an unruly and violent young Moroccan man resisted arrest and tried to steal a police officer’s weapon. On January 9, the Regional Police ‘Mossos d’Esquadra’ arrested Moroccan-born 18-year-old Omar S. in Manresa. According to Cadena Ser, who had access to the police […] comments | read more      Italy: Muslims destroy and urinate on Virgin Mary statue Jan 22, 2015 10:06 am | Raymond Ibrahim [Via RaymondIbrahim.com] Friday, January 9. A man was kneeling in prayer before the statue of the revered Madonna, with the photograph of a loved one in hand, in the small chapel of St. Barnabas in Perugia (Italy), when he was attacked by five “immigrants.” The first thing they did was rip the photo from his […] comments | read more      Raymond Ibrahim: Sisi’s Brave New Egypt? Jan 22, 2015 10:03 am | Raymond Ibrahim [Originally published by PJ Media, via RaymondIbrahim.com] Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi continues to be the antithesis of longstanding mainstream media portrayals of him. First there was his historic speech where he, leader of the largest Arab nation, and a Muslim, accused Islamic thinking of being the scourge of humanity—in words that no Western leader […] comments | read more      “Palestinians” celebrate stabbing of Israelis with #IAmAKnife hashtag Jan 22, 2015 08:16 am | Robert Spencer Once again we see “Palestinian” jihadis celebrating attacks on Israeli civilians. Time for the UN to issue another condemnation of Israel, and Barack Obama to pressure Netanyahu to make more concessions to the “Palestinians.” “Palestinians Celebrate Terror Attack With #IAmAKnife Hashtag,” Vocativ, January 22, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Today in Tel Aviv, a young, […] comments | read more