JIHAD WATCH 03/24/2015

British Islamic State jihadi ‘calls for Muslims to kill Theresa May’
By Robert Spencer on Mar 23, 2015 05:59 pm

Oh, the ingratitude. It’s enough to make one weep. All the groveling, all the appeasement, all the accommodation of Islamic supremacists, all the denial of the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat, and this is the thanks Theresa May gets. “British Islamic State fighter ‘calls for Muslims to kill Theresa May,'” the Telegraph, March […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: Jihadis Cleansing Pakistan of Christians
By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 23, 2015 05:52 pm

On Sunday, March 15, as Christian churches around the world were celebrating morning mass, two churches in Pakistan were attacked by Islamic suicide bombers. At least 17 people were killed and over 70 were wounded. The two churches (located in Youhanabad, Lahore’s Christian quarter) were St. John’s Catholic Church and Christ Church (Protestant). The Taliban claimed responsibility. […]
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Muslim strength decides if Christian churches stand or fall
By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 23, 2015 05:49 pm

A video recording made on December 14, 2013 of Dr. Yusuf al-Burhami, a leading cleric in Egypt’s Salafi movement, was recently publicized on Arabic media due to its controversial nature. In the video, Burhami says that “Destroying churches is permissible—as long as the destruction does not bring harm to Muslims, such as false claims that Muslims are […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: CIA Says Muslims Join ISIS Because of … Economics
By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 23, 2015 05:46 pm

Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations on March 13, CIA Director John Brennan said that “the Islamic State had ‘snowballed’ beyond Iraq and Syria, estimating that at least 20,000 fighters from more than 90 countries have gone to join the militant group, several thousand of them from Western nations, including the United States.” “Left […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Britain Surrenders
By Robert Spencer on Mar 23, 2015 03:06 pm

My latest on Britain’s cultural collapse, from Front Page: The phenomenon of Muslim rape gangs in Britain, and the unwillingness of law enforcement officials had of prosecuting them for fear of being tarred with charges of “racism,” is hardly summed up by the word “scandal” anymore. This isn’t just a scandal, it’s a surrender – […]
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Tunisia Bardo Museum jihad attack: “Pious” family of jihad murderer arrested
By Robert Spencer on Mar 23, 2015 11:20 am

“Hatem Khachnaoui (real name Jabeur Khachnaoui)” — why did he change his name? Did he decide that “Hate ‘em” was a much better name for a jihad murderer than Jabeur? Anyway, the piety of his family is noteworthy. One might almost get the idea that there was a connection between Islamic piety and jihad violence, […]
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Brennan: Using term “radical Islam” gives jihadis “religious legitimacy”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 23, 2015 10:38 am

He is saying that we have to pretend, and that the Obama Administration pretends, that they’re not Islamic at all — in other words, that the Administration is determined to ignore what they state as their guiding ideology, motives and goals. This is a recipe for disaster, as one cannot defeat an enemy one refuses […]
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France: Daily Islamic terror alerts, “they have lost all inhibitions about violence”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 23, 2015 10:20 am

The long-term solution that French authorities have chosen is to clear away all obstacles to the development of Islam in France. “France faces ‘unprecedented’ terror threat, say officials,” by Michel Moutot, AFP, March 23, 2015: Paris (AFP) – The threat of a jihadist attack in France has reached a level “without precedent” and new attacks […]
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Egypt: Groom fractures bride’s skull at his mother’s request
By Robert Spencer on Mar 23, 2015 09:56 am

“Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and […]
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