JIHAD WATCH 03/18/2015

Netanyahu wins, New York Times crestfallen By Robert Spencer on Mar 18, 2015 12:28 am Against all odds, life and freedom have won, and Netanyahu has emerged the victor over those who would appease and accommodate the forces who proudly proclaim that they love death and destruction. The New York Times couldn’t be more furious, and vents its bile against Netanyahu in this spiteful piece charging him with running a […] Read in browser »   Grand Mufti of Egypt: No place for terror in Islam By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 09:53 pm Over at Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs I clear up still more obfuscations: The articles come almost daily now: Muslim (and non-Muslim) authorities assuring us that what the Islamic State and other jihad terrorists do — mass murders, beheadings, rapes, destruction — has nothing do with Islam, despite the jihadis’ quotations of the Qur’an and screams […] Read in browser » U.S. Air Force veteran charged with trying to join the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 03:06 pm “Pugh converted to Islam in 1998 while living in Texas and became radical in his beliefs, according to ABC News. In 2001, while Pugh was a mechanic for American Airlines, a coworker reported to the FBI that Pugh said he sympathized with Osama bin Laden and was expressing anti-American sentiment, ABC reported. Pugh’s Facebook page […] Read in browser » NYC subway motorman calls for Islamic State attack on subways By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 02:56 pm This clown doesn’t seem to be a Muslim. He just knows what the world’s forces for destruction and havoc are. And right now, destruction and havoc are chic. “NYC subway motorman calls for ISIS attack in rant,” by Rebecca Harshbarger, New York Post, March 17, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Robert Bennett — who operates […] Read in browser » Islamic State relied on Egyptian-Salafi book to behead 21 Copts in Libya By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 17, 2015 02:48 pm Dr. Ahmed Karima, professor of Sharia at Al Azhar University, Egypt, recently exposed the fact that the Islamic State received its justification to slaughter 21 Coptic Christians in Libya from a book titled (in translation) Christians in the Koran.  The author of said book is Mahmoud Lutfi ‘Amr—president of Damanhur’s Ansar al-Sunna al-Muhammadiya, that is, […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: CIA Chief John Brennan’s Deceptions About Islam By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 17, 2015 02:45 pm By constantly projecting Western standards on Islamic jihadis, CIA head John Brennan has come to epitomize the U.S. intelligence community’s intellectual failures concerning the true sources of the jihad. Last Friday, March 13, Brennan insisted that Islamic State (IS) members are not Islamic.  Instead, “They are terrorists, they’re criminals.  Most—many—of them are psychopathic thugs, murderers who […] Read in browser » UK: Muslim gangs raped non-Muslim girls on “industrial scale” By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 10:49 am Nick Lowles, stand up and take a bow. You too, Fiyaz Mughal. It was far-Left organizations such as Tell Mama and Hope Not Hate that stigmatized people who called attention to the Muslim rape gangs as “racists” and “bigots.” They made it impossible (and still do) for Britain to have an honest public discussion of […] Read in browser » Man screaming “jihad, jihad” is wrestled to ground on DC to Denver flight By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 10:21 am Was he trying to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), or did he just think jihad was cool? “Pictured: The dramatic moment passenger who yelled ‘Jihad! Jihad!’ is pinned to the ground by fellow fliers on board Washington to Denver United Airlines flight,” by John Hall, MailOnline, March 17, […] Read in browser » Islamic State destroys churches, smashing crosses and icons By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 09:14 am They destroy crosses because according to the Qur’an, Jesus was not crucified (4:157). The cross is considered offensive, because Allah would not allow one of his prophets to suffer defeat. “ISIS Destroys Assyrian Churches, Hostages Still Being Held,” AINA, March 16, 2015: ISIS members destroying the St. George Catholic Monastery in Mosul, Iraq (photo: ISIS […] Read in browser » At Our Expense and Without Our Consent By Michael Devolin on Mar 17, 2015 08:58 am “The most ominously crucial question now hanging over this country’s future is: what will our universities teach at our expense and without our consent? What ideas will be propagated or excluded?” –Ayn Rand, 1972 American and Canadian Jewish students (and faculty) now must avoid wearing a kippa or any jewelry signifying their Jewish identity for […] Read in browser » Australia: Each day, over 400 Muslims try to join the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 17, 2015 08:36 am 400 Muslims a day are trying to join the Islamic State from Australia alone. One might almost get the impression that the Islamic State is…Islamic. Also, is it really wise for Australian police to stop them? Why not let them go and not come back? After all, trying to join the Islamic State is tantamount […] Read in browser »