JIHAD WATCH 02/07/2015

Six U.S.-based Muslims charged with supporting the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 10:49 pm The Islamic State’s claim to have restored the caliphate continues to appeal to Muslims in the West. But Western authorities have no plan, no strategy to try to counter this appeal, because they cannot even admit that it exists; instead, they must pretend that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. “6 people […] Read in browser » 11 of Canada’s highest-profile jihad terrorists tied to Muslim Students Association By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 10:20 pm Surprised? Really? Discover The Networks reports that “the Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada, or MSA (also known as MSA National), was established mainly by members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in January 1963 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Nyack College theologian Larry A. Poston writes that ‘many of the founding […] Read in browser » Jindal: “The Medieval Christian threat is under control, Mr. President” By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 09:40 pm Jindal has an important point. Even if Obama is correct (he isn’t) that the Crusades were some equivalent of the depredations of the Islamic State today, this does not excuse him or his Administration from their responsibility to face the current threat honestly and deal with it realistically. 900-year-old Christian atrocities, real and imagined, do […] Read in browser » Harvard Prof: “Islam is not the major obstacle . . . for democratization in Muslim societies” By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 06:33 pm Harvard Prof: “Islam is not the major obstacle . . . for democratization in Muslim societies” by Andrew Harrod “Islam is not the major obstacle . . . for democratization in Muslim societies,” declared Jocelyne Cesari, a Harvard and Georgetown University professor of Muslim politics, on January 27 at George Washington (GW) University. Cesari’s presentation […] Read in browser » Obama quietly reveals that he met with Muslim leaders with ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 06:06 pm After closing his meeting with American Muslim leaders to the press and even keeping the guest list secret, Obama has finally revealed it, and it contains the usual suspects. Details interspersed below: “Obama quietly hands out names of Muslim leaders he met with privately,” by Dave Boyer, The Washington Times, February 6, 2015: The White […] Read in browser » British Muslim who faked his own death to return to UK from jihad in Syria is jailed for 12 years By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 12:58 pm And when he is released in twelve years, assuming he stays in jail even that long, what then? British authorities will take the greatest care to ensure that he has everything he needs in prison to continue his practice of Islam, despite the fact that he participated in these “horrific and deeply disturbing” videos because […] Read in browser » Yemen: Shi’ite Houthi rebels announce they are taking over the government and dissolving parliament By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 11:59 am This is another victory for Iran, which backs the Houthis with money and weaponry. Iran now has control or significant influence in Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa. Only the Islamic State and Saudi Arabia are in the way. “Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels ‘announce takeover,'” BBC, February 6, 2015 (thanks to Bill): Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebel […] Read in browser » UK: Yet another Muslim rape gang charged By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 11:37 am How many more of these Muslim rape gangs have yet to be discovered? How many will it take for shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain to discard its willful ignorance and recognize why this is happening? According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says: “O […] Read in browser » Video: Robert Spencer on Sun TV on Jordan’s response to the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Feb 06, 2015 10:32 am Yesterday on Michael Coren’s The Arena, with guest host Marissa Semkiw. Video thanks to Aloha Snackbar 01. Read in browser » Al Azhar “freely” promotes slaughter of Christians and infidels By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 06, 2015 09:59 am Egypt’s Al Azhar University — seen by many as Sunni Islam’s most authoritative voice — continues to incite enmity for and violence against non-Muslim “infidels.” (So much for President Sisi’s exhortation before Al Azhar that its sheikhs and ulema reform Islam in a way that makes the Muslim world cease to be “a source of […] Read in browser » Islamic State fatwa points to Muhammad to justify burning pilot By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 06, 2015 09:56 am [Via RaymondIbrahim.com] Once again, the Islamic State (IS) performs an atrocity that boggles the Western mind, and once again the Islamic State points to its namesake—Islam—to justify its depravity. IS has just released a video showing captive Jordanian pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh in a cage being burned alive (image above).  It also posted a fatwa on […] Read in browser » Egypt: Coptic Christian arrested for “blaspheming” against Muhammad By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 06, 2015 09:54 am A 26-year-old Coptic Christian man and his fiancé were arrested yesterday on the accusation that they blasphemed against the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, and his child-bride, Aisha, on Facebook. When news, or the accusation, that Michael Munir had posted something offensive concerning Muhammad, dozens of Muslims surrounded his house in the village of Dimyana in […] Read in browser » Islamic State blows up Church of Immaculate Virgin By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 06, 2015 09:42 am [Via RaymondIbrahim.com] According to Rudaw, an Iraqi news agency, on February 2, security sources from the Ninevah police district said that the Islamic State blew up the Church of the Immaculate Virgin—one of the largest and oldest Chaldean churches in the ancient section of Mosul. The security source said: “The organization finished wiring the church […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: Obama Says Christianity No Different From Islamic State By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 06, 2015 09:38 am [Via FrontPage Magazine] As the world reacts with shock and horror at the increasingly savage deeds of the Islamic State (IS)—in this case, the recent immolation of a captive—U.S. President Obama’s response has been one of nonjudgmental relativism. Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, Obama counseled Americans to get off their “high horse” and […] Read in browser »