JIHAD WATCH 03/08/2015

Boko Haram murders 50 as it pledges allegiance to the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 07:06 pm For the caliphate, now as throughout history, might makes right. The longer the Islamic State lasts, the more loyalty it will win among Muslims. The Islamic State now has the allegiance of jihad groups in the Philippines, Libya, and Nigeria, as well as control of a large area of Iraq and Syria. “Boko Haram declares […] Read in browser »   650 Muslims from Germany have joined the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 06:49 pm 650 “Germans” have joined the Islamic State, according to the headline. Really? How many are Roman Catholics and how many are Lutherans? All 650 are actually Muslims, of course. Do they consider themselves Germans in any way other than geographically? Unlikely. They almost certainly were taught Islamic values, including the distaste that the “best of […] Read in browser » UK: Admirer of Awlaki who called for killing US & UK troops speaks at Parliament By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 06:27 pm He was warmly received. If anyone protested his appearance, it isn’t reported here. The shattered, staggering, dhimmi, subjugated UK is welcoming those who seek its ruin into the foremost corridors of power. “Islamist Sympathiser Launches ‘Muslim Manifesto’ in British Parliament,” by Donna Rachel Edmunds, Breitbart, March 6, 2015: A known Islamist has appeared in Parliament […] Read in browser » Saudi Sharia court sentences gang rape victim to 200 lashes By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 05:53 pm “According to Sharia Law, a Saudi Arabian woman must be accompanied by a male guardian at all times in public, something the 19 year old victim did not obey when she went to meet a friend, according to website Live Buddhism.” Not just a “Saudi Arabian woman,” but any woman. Since the victim did not […] Read in browser » Australia: Teen jihadi wannabes caught at airport and sent home By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 05:30 pm Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said: “What we have here are two teenagers who have been intercepted on their way to a potentially very dangerous situation. As a result of this interception, a Sydney family remains together. This highlights afresh the need to work within communities and with parents to disrupt attempts to […] Read in browser » Female Islamic State recruiter arrested at Barcelona airport By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 04:35 pm The Islamic State continues to show that it has enormous appeal for all too many young Muslims in the West. But Western authorities have forbidden themselves to study this phenomenon, as it would (if they were honest) lead them directly to a study of the caliphate and its centrality in Islamic doctrine. And that would […] Read in browser » Over 100 freed Gitmo detainees have returned to jihad By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 04:18 pm This is not surprising, since absolutely nothing was done at Guantanamo to disabuse these men of the beliefs that led them to wage jihad in the first place. Any such action would have been “Islamophobic.” And so the Qur’an, the book that inspired the actions that landed them in Guantanamo in the first place, is […] Read in browser » Mali: Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” murders five in nightclub By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 12:26 pm Those who charge that concern over murders like these is just “Islamophobia” should kindly point out when Muslims have ever screamed “Allahu akbar” and then performed an act of charity, generosity, or magnanimity. “Five dead including Frenchman and Belgian in Mali restaurant terror attack,” by David Chazan, the Telegraph, March 7, 2015 (thanks to Pamela […] Read in browser » Islamic State destroys 2,000-year-old city of Hatra By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 11:56 am This follows closely after their destruction of Nimrud and of the Mosul museum artifacts. Clearly the Islamic State is determined to leave nothing un-Islamic in their domains. They want to create ruin and destruction of non-Muslim installations, because the Qur’an holds up ruins as the signs of Allah’s wrath upon the disbelievers: “Many were the […] Read in browser » Lebanese Christian converts to Islam, blows himself up for Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 07, 2015 09:30 am Once Haddad converted to Islam, he probably came into the company of people who affirmed their love for death. And so his jihad-martyrdom suicide attack is no surprise. Islamic supremacists frequently affirm how much they love death. Austrian Muslim teenage girls who recently traveled to Syria for jihad announced: “Death is our goal.” Boko Haram […] Read in browser »