JIHAD WATCH 02/11/2015

St. Louis KMOV: “Local Muslims face possible backlash after terror indictments”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 10:39 pm

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 […]
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Australia: Two Muslims arrested for “public beheading” plot
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 09:20 pm

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “A machete, a hunting knife and a flag associated with Islamic State were among items seized in the raids on a Fairfield home, along with a video of a man talking about carrying out an attack.” A flag associated with the Islamic State? Clearly these […]
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Obama: Iran has “no aspiration to get a nuclear weapon” because “it would be contrary to their faith”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 03:45 pm

It was reported back in September 2013 that “although talk of such a fatwa has been around for at least eight years, there’s no evidence it was ever issued, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, which flatly called the fatwa a hoax. MEMRI claims the phony fatwa is promoted by Iranian diplomats and […]
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UK: Muslims present petition with 100,000 signatures calling for restrictions on the freedom of speech
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 12:25 pm

We’re always told, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” that Islam is not a monolith, but is gloriously diverse. So where is the diversity? 100,000 signed a petition against the freedom of speech. Where are the 100,000 Muslims standing up for the freedom of speech? Where is the Muslim demonstration against blasphemy restrictions? In the […]
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Egyptian TV host: Nobody dares admit that the Islamic State’s crimes are based on Islamic sources
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 11:43 am

Will the international media and Barack Obama now excoriate Ibrahim Issa for “blaming all Muslims for the crimes of a few,” which is their knee-jerk accusation to anyone who dares suggest that Islamic sacred texts contain incitement to hatred and violence? Will an investigation be opened into “Islamophobia” on Egyptian television? “Egyptian TV Host Ibrahim […]
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Mark Steyn: “No serious person thinks Spencer and Geller are any threat to ‘public order'”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 11:16 am

The problem is, the un-serious people are in charge. “The Sound of Silence,” by Mark Steyn, February 9, 2015 (thanks to Anne Crockett): You can get away with anything when you smother it in blather about “enhancing” public safety and “advising appropriately”. But the fact remains that, a few days after the hideous opportunist Cameron […]
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Lebanon: University students protest appointment of Christian director
By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 10, 2015 11:04 am

Tripoli, Feb. 3 – A number of students closed off the entrance of the College of Business Administration in Tripoli, Lebanon, calling for the immediate resignation of the newly appointed director of the school, Antoine Tanus. His crime?  He’s a Christian. In the words of the National News Agency, the students are protesting “over the […]
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Qatar published fatwa in 2006 permitting burning people — removes it after IS burns pilot
By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 10, 2015 10:58 am

[Via RaymondIbrahim.com] It appears that Islam Web, a popular website owned by Qatar’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, may have been responsible for the rationale used by the Islamic State to burn alive a Jordanian pilot captive. On February 7, 2006, the widely accessed Arabic website issued Fatwa No. 71480, titled “The Burning of Ias bin […]
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Ex-imam: Islamic State “animated entirely by Islam. The manner in which they kill – prescribed and outlined in the Koran.”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 10:52 am

Obama, Kerry, Biden, David Cameron and the rest — they couldn’t be lying to us, could they? Inconceivable! “Ex-Muslim Imam Pens Open Letter, Giving Obama A History Lesson About Islam,” Mad World News, February 9, 2015: President Barack Obama sparked outrage when he compared medieval Christian wars to modern-day Islamic terrorism at the National Prayer […]
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When truth becomes poisonous
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 10:42 am

When truth becomes poisonous by Michael Devolin “All truths that are kept silent become poisonous.” –Nietzsche Apparently, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM, formerly known as Canadian Council on American Relations, or CAIR-CAN) and the Canadian Muslim Lawyer’s Association (CMLA) have taken issue with Prime Minister Harper in regards to a speech he made […]
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Raymond Ibrahim — Muslim Persecution of Christians: A 1,400 Year Saga
By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 10, 2015 10:37 am

The one glaring fact concerning the persecution of approximately 100 million Christians around the world today is that the overwhelming majority of it is being committed by Muslims of all races, nationalities, languages, and socio-political circumstances: Muslims from among America’s allies (Saudi Arabia) and from its enemies (Iran); Muslims from economically rich nations (Qatar) and […]
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Islamic State disfigures 15 women with acid for not wearing niqab
By Robert Spencer on Feb 10, 2015 09:27 am

The Qur’an directs men to beat women from whom they “fear disobedience.” We have seen women who don’t abide by Sharia restrictions disfigured with acid in Pakistan and elsewhere. This is just one more manifestation of the empire of fear that Sharia creates: virtue is enforced by terror, which means that it isn’t really virtue […]
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