JIHAD WATCH 01/25/2015

Sweden: Kippah-wearing reporter assaulted in Muslim-dominated Malmo Jan 24, 2015 07:27 pm | Robert Spencer Just don’t call it a no-go zone, you greasy, right-wing Islamophobe. “Kippah-wearing Swedish reporter assaulted in Malmo,” JTA,  January 23, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): (JTA) — A Swedish reporter who walked around Malmo while wearing a kippah to test attitudes toward Jews was hit once and cursed at by passersby before he fled for […] comments | read more      Video: “Naked, blind antisemitism”: Jew-haters disrupt NY City Council meeting Jan 24, 2015 05:41 pm | Robert Spencer David Greenfield is right: this isn’t simply opposition to Israel, which all too often is born of Jew-hatred in any case. This is open anti-Semitism. The Council was discussing a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The protesters were identifying with the Auschwitz murderers. “VIDEOS: Pro-Palestinians Disrupt City Council Meeting Over […] comments | read more      Pakistan: Muslim groups place bounties totaling over $1 million on Charlie Hebdo cartoonists Jan 24, 2015 02:15 pm | Robert Spencer This story lists two bounties, one for 100 million Pakistani rupees and the other for 10 million rupees. 100 million rupees is slightly less than a million US dollars, so the total bounty amounts to just under $1,100,000 dollars. Where is the global condemnation of this bloodlust and thuggery? “Sacrilegious caricatures: Bounties announced on Charlie […] comments | read more      Philippines: Islamic jihadis suspected as bomb at bar kills two, injures 54 Jan 24, 2015 01:33 pm | Robert Spencer Every day the death count grows, and every day our leaders continue to dissemble about what is causing all this — which only ensures that will not do anything effective to counter it. “Explosion in Philippines kills 2, leaves 54 wounded,” Associated Press, January 24, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): MANILA, Philippines – A powerful […] comments | read more      Spanish police arrest Muslim brothers plotting jihad; “many parallels” with Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre Jan 24, 2015 01:20 pm | Robert Spencer Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Spanish Police Arrest Brothers Suspected of Planning Jihad,” Reuters, January 24, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): MADRID — The police in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta arrested four men on Saturday suspected of belonging to a militant Islamist network that may have been planning an […] comments | read more      New video claims Islamic State jihadis have beheaded one of their two Japanese hostages Jan 24, 2015 12:31 pm | Robert Spencer “He didn’t care about his safety because he believed he and people of IS would be able to understand each other, as members of the global community.”… No one who understands the Islamic State would ever have said such a thing. “Video purportedly released by IS claims to have beheaded one of two hostages,” i24news, […] comments | read more      Colorado Muslima jailed for plot to join Islamic State says she is “servant of Allah”: “Jihad must be waged to protect Muslim nations” Jan 24, 2015 12:14 pm | Robert Spencer Amatullah Conley’s parents were aware of their daughter’s conversion to Islam, but didn’t know about her interest in extreme Islam or jihad.” They were not prepared for the possibility that their daughter could become interested in “extreme Islam or jihad,” because they’ve been barraged for years with proclamations from the highest officials that Islam is […] comments | read more      Over 45,000 Muslims protest against Muhammad cartoons in Asia, Africa, and Australia Jan 24, 2015 11:33 am | Robert Spencer Yet the Western media still tells us that the vast majority of Muslims abhor the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and support the freedom of speech. Where are they marching? “Charlie Hebdo protests erupt across southern Asia,” by Khurram Shahzad, AFP, January 23, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): Tens of thousands across Afghanistan, Pakistan and […] comments | read more      Canada-based Muslim charged with jihad plots to kill Americans and support jihad terror groups Jan 24, 2015 11:02 am | Robert Spencer This report identifies Sayfildin Tahir Sharif only as an “Edmonton man.” Is the fact that Sayfildin Tahir Sharif lived in Edmonton really the salient aspect of his biography that will help readers understand his plans to “kill Americans abroad” and provide “material support to a terrorist conspiracy to kill Americans abroad”? Is Edmonton at war […] comments | read more      Video: Robert Spencer on Sun TV on Obama’s denial of the reality of Islamic jihad Jan 24, 2015 10:49 am | Robert Spencer Thursday, on Michael Coren’s The Arena. Topics included Obama’s denial of the Islamic character of the jihad against on the West, and the “Palestinian” celebrating the stabbing of Israeli civilians with the #IAmKnife hashtag. Video thanks to Aloha Snackbar 01. comments | read more      Pakistan Muslim leader says Muhammad cartoons could lead to World War III, calls on UN to outlaw blasphemy Jan 24, 2015 10:20 am | Robert Spencer What Sirajul Haq said here could actually approach some truth: the Muhammad cartoons and the West’s freedom of speech could actually lead to an escalating global conflict, if Muslims continue to riot and kill in reaction to them. But it is much more likely at this point that the whole situation will be pacified by […] comments | read more      Some Shi’ites link Saudi king’s death to end times, return of the Mahdi Jan 24, 2015 09:33 am | Robert Spencer “But some Shiite scholars think differently about the matter, believing that Abdullah’s death will mark the beginning of a chain of great events that will shock the world.” That could well be true, even without “the rise of Imam Mahdi.” The main concern for non-Muslims is that all too many Shi’ite (and Sunni) end-times scenarios […] comments | read more