JIHAD WATCH 02/22/2015

Is Allah the worst communicator ever? By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 10:32 pm A tragic tale of a stuttering, stammering, feeble deity. Another superb video by the great David Wood of Answering Muslims. Read in browser »   “Scottish woman” may have helped recruit 3 missing UK teen Muslimas for the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 09:37 pm Aqsa Mahmood, says the BBC, is a “Scottish woman,” but does he consider herself a Scot in any way other than geographically? Unlikely. Despite her parents’ claims, she almost certainly grew up in a Muslim area and was taught Islamic values, including the distaste that the “best of people” (Qur’an 3:110) should have for the […] Read in browser » US signals likely delay in troop pullout from Afghanistan By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 02:48 pm And so this endless, pointless bloodletting, with no goal and impossible rules of engagement, draining untold trillions from the U.S. economy and costing countless lives, will continue. Apparently the Afghan military and police will need the U.S. troops for target practice beyond the original departure date. “US signals likely delay in troop pullout from Afghanistan,” […] Read in browser » Austin, Texas: Bomb threats against mosque turn out to have come from a Muslim By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 02:25 pm MyFox Austin reported a few days ago that Muslims in Austin were assuming this was an anti-Muslim hate crime, quoting a local Muslim who said: “Muslims, we are not discouraged in our worship of God if anything it draws us closer to God.” But now it comes out that the man who issued the threats […] Read in browser » Michigan State University: Muslim student charged with lying to feds about plans to join the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 01:48 pm “The only Muslims who think ISIS represents Islam, or even Muslims, are ISIS themselves.” — “Islamophobia” propagandist Haroon Moghul in Salon The problem is that the circle of Muslims who constitute “ISIS themselves” keeps expanding. I trust that Haroon Moghul is on his way to East Lansing now to explain to Al-Hamzah Mohammad Jawad how […] Read in browser » Houston Chronicle’s Dylan Baddour: #JeSuisCoulibaly By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 01:34 pm Introducing Dylan Baddour, a mainstream media “journalist” so suicidally committed to carrying water for an ideology that would destroy his profession that he is willing to lie and defame freedom fighters. In other words, introducing Dylan Baddour, typical mainstream media reporter. Get tickets for our landmark free speech event here. “Houston Chronicle’s Dylan Baddour: #JeSuisCoulibaly,” […] Read in browser » Thailand: Muslims wound 13 with car bomb in crowded Buddhist neighborhood By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 01:23 pm “The bomb was hidden in a pickup truck that was parked in front of a karaoke bar in a commercial district in Narathiwat province…the blast just after the lunch break also damaged rows of restaurants and shops in the predominantly Buddhist neighborhood.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Car bomb hits insurgency-plagued southern Thailand; 13 hurt,” […] Read in browser » Libya: Islamic State jihadis murder at least 40 people, injure 70 in series of jihad suicide bombings By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 01:14 pm “The bombings in the town of Qubba, which is controlled by Libya’s internationally recognized government, solidified concerns the extremist group has spread beyond the battlefields of Iraq and Syria and established a foothold less than 500 miles from the southern tip of Italy.” No kidding, really? “Islamic State militants kill dozens in suicide bombings in […] Read in browser » Somalia: Islamic jihadists attack hotel where government officials were meeting, murdering at least 10 people By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 12:49 pm “We shall continue the anti-terrorism war, this attack makes clear that terrorists don’t have any respect for the peaceful religion of Islam by killing innocent Muslims,” said Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Indeed, the Qur’an says: “And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake” (4:92), although these jihadists were, […] Read in browser » Steven Salaita Imagines a Palestinian Garden of Eden By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 12:31 pm Steven Salaita Imagines a Palestinian Garden of Eden by Andrew Harrod Palestine “will never be decolonized unless it is first demythologized,” stated Steven Salaita, a controversial academic whose job offer from the University of Illinois was rescinded last summer after a series of anti-Semitic tweets came to light. Speaking on “Natural History Under Siege” before […] Read in browser » Minnesota: Muslim teen indicted for attempting to join the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 10:35 am “The only Muslims who think ISIS represents Islam, or even Muslims, are ISIS themselves.” — “Islamophobia” propagandist Haroon Moghul in Salon The problem is that the circle of Muslims who constitute “ISIS themselves” keeps expanding. Why doesn’t Haroon Moghul book a flight out to Minneapolis to explain to Hamza Naj Ahmed how he is misunderstanding […] Read in browser » UK Muslim guilty of promoting Islamic State on Facebook By Robert Spencer on Feb 21, 2015 06:01 am There is no telling how many British Muslims are engaged in such activities. Hassan Munir was caught, but with British officials spending so much of their time and resources hounding foes of jihad terror, there are no doubt others who are proceeding undetected. “Bradford man guilty of promoting terrorist group on Facebook,” Halifax Courier, February […] Read in browser »