JIHAD WATCH 03/10/2015

NPR boosts British group blaming UK govt for Islamic State’s “Jihadi John” By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 05:32 pm Is the mainstream media clueless or complicit? It is getting harder and harder to maintain the former. “NPR Boosts British Group Blaming UK Govt. For ISIS’s ‘Jihadi John,'” by Matthew Balan, Newsbusters, March 5, 2015: On Wednesday’s All Things Considered, NPR’s Ari Shapiro spotlighted Cage, a British organization that ran to the defense of “Jihadi […] Read in browser »   Why Obama boycotted Netanyahu’s speech — on The Glazov Gang By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 05:10 pm This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by Aaron Shuster (Writer/Producer), Ari David (Host, The Ari David Show Podcast) and Barak Lurie (Host, Barak Lurie Show). The guests gathered to discuss why Obama boycotted Netanyahu’s speech, analyzing who a Radical-in-Chief really wants to impress. The guests also focused on The Myth of “Israeli Apartheid.” Read in browser » Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Muslim Holidays in New York Public Schools: Why Not? By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 04:59 pm In PJ Media I discuss the wonderful new multicultural initiative in New York City: New York City officials announced Wednesday that public schools in the city – the nation’s largest school district – will now be closed for the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Multiculturalist leftists, of course, are thrilled, and tarring anyone […] Read in browser » U.S. withdraws $3 million bounty for Somali jihadist who defected By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 04:49 pm “He added that the U.S withdrawal of the bounty followed ‘negotiations between the Somali and the US governments to establish clearly and beyond doubt that Zaki has renounced violence.'” Oh, well, then it’s OK: he has ” “U.S. withdraws $3 million bounty for Somali Islamist who defected,” Reuters, March 9, 2015: NAIROBI – The United […] Read in browser » Policewoman among 4 in custody over links to Paris jihadis By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 04:11 pm The policewoman was a convert to Islam. But…but…diversity! “Policewoman among 4 in custody over links to attacks that terrorized Paris,” by Lori Hinnant, Associated Press, March 9, 2015: PARIS — Four people including a policewoman have been taken into custody over suspected links to the attacks that terrorized Paris in January, police and security officials […] Read in browser » UK’s Independent: “Are peaceful Muslims in denial about their religion?” By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 02:42 pm As I have often noted lately, the Western intelligentsia is very, very anxious to make sure that you have a positive view of Islam. Thus we see a steady stream of articles in the mainstream media assuring you that the Qur’an is benign, the U.S. Constitution is Sharia-compliant, and the Islamic State is not Islamic. […] Read in browser » Kuwaiti researcher: Islamic State is product of Islamic heritage By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 01:32 pm “Kuwaiti Researcher Abdulazziz Al-Qattan: ISIS Is the Product of Islamic Heritage,” MEMRI, March 5, 2015. He says, referring to the ideology of the Islamic State: “Our Islamic heritage is a minefield of these deviant ideas…The problem of us Arabs is that we are not being honest with ourselves…All the books of Islamic heritage, without exception, […] Read in browser » French PM: 10,000 Muslims from Europe to wage jihad by year’s end By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 12:59 pm This is “a three-fold increase on current numbers.” For some reason, the steady stream of articles assuring us that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam, and the assurances to that effect from Western leaders, have had no effect on the Muslims from the West who are deciding to go fight for the […] Read in browser » Murdered Charlie Hebdo staff named “International Islamophobe Of The Year” By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 12:44 pm Best line of the year: “Staff at Charlie Hebdo were unable to accept the award as many of them had been murdered for mocking Mohammed.” Anyway, here is yet more Muslim claiming of victim status. Striking the victim pose while standing over the bloodied bodies of the murdered cartoonists, however, is particularly grotesque. “Murdered Charlie […] Read in browser » Russian opposition leader killed because of “negative comments on Muslims and Islam” By Robert Spencer on Mar 09, 2015 12:20 pm On the other hand, opposition leader Ilya Yashin, Nemtsov’s colleague, says: “Nemtsov never said a bad word about Islam. He was absolutely tolerant in terms of religion. Of course, he criticized terrorists who killed the Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris. But many public figures were louder and tougher in their criticisms.” So this could be […] Read in browser »