JIHAD WATCH 03/30/2015

Egypt: Muslim mob attacks church honoring Christian martyrs of Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 09:24 pm “It is not permissible for Christians to build or repair churches.” — Egyptian Shaykh Sa’id ‘Abd-al-‘Athim “Non-Muslim subjects…are forbidden to build new churches.” (Reliance of the Traveller 011.5; o119-10) “Minya church commemorating beheaded Egyptians attacked,” by Mahmoud Mostafa, Daily News Egypt, March 29, 2015 (thanks to Patrick Poole): …On Friday, scores of mostly young Muslims […] Read in browser » South Sudan: Christian jailed, lashed after Muslims threaten him By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 09:05 pm Shhhh! “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013 “Pastor in South Sudan Jailed, Lashed after Radical Muslims Threaten Him,” Morning […] Read in browser » Saudis order imams to preach against Yemeni Shia as “enemies of Islam” By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 07:27 pm Because branding one’s foes “enemies of Islam” is the quicket and surest way to get the rank and file riled up. Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Saudi Arabia Enlists Imams In Yemen War,” Vocativ, March 29, 2015: The Saudi Arabian government sent memos to mosques across the country this week ordering religious leaders to use their sermons […] Read in browser » UK: Muslim MI5 agent plotted jihad attack against his handlers By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 07:03 pm And so the rolling absurdity that is modern Britain continues. The British government’s line is that Muslims are “radicalized” by poverty and discrimination, and so therefore showering Muslim communities with money and preferential treatment will take care of the problem in a jiffy. Yet here was a man who was a trusted member of MI5, […] Read in browser » Pamela Geller: Free Speech on Trial in U.S. District Court By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 06:23 pm Most Americans don’t realize the very many ways, large and small, that the freedom of speech, the bulwark and foundation of all our Constitutional freedoms, is under attack today. Here is a case study. “Free Speech on Trial in U.S. District Court,” by Pamela Geller, Breitbart, March 29, 2015: Last Tuesday, my ace lawyer David […] Read in browser » Islamic State in Nigeria beheads 23 in campaign to scare people from voting By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 06:08 pm Remember: Boko Haram is not just an “indigenous” group of Nigerian “insurgents.” The Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, aka Boko Haram, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. It’s one big happy caliphate now. “23 ‘beheaded’ in NE Nigeria on eve of election: lawmaker, nurse,”AFP, March 29, 2015 (thanks […] Read in browser » Islamic State beheads 8 Shi’ites, calls them “impure infidels” By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 04:21 pm “Our swords will soon, God willing, reach the Nuseiries and their allies like Bashar and his party.” If they do, will Obama congratulate the Islamic State for taking out the despised Assad? “Islamic State Group Beheads 8 Shiites in Syria’s Hama,” Associated Press, March 29, 2015: BEIRUT — A new video released by the Islamic […] Read in browser » Saudis restore envoy to Sweden after Swedes apologize for insulting Islam By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 02:36 pm Sharia blasphemy laws continue their move West. No one in the West cares about the erosion of the freedom of speech. Before too long, no one will even remember what it was. “Saudi Arabia restores ambassador to Sweden following diplomatic dispute,” i24 News, March 28, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Sweden […] Read in browser » CAIR, Left fail to strongarm Ted Cruz into pulling out of event with Robert Spencer By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 08:42 am Ted Cruz and I were both featured speakers at the Young America’s Foundation’s New England Freedom Conference in Nashua, New Hampshire this weekend, and the Leftists and Islamic supremacists were in an uproar: the Hamas-linked terror organization the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) demanded that Cruz withdraw from the event, and Mother Jones and Media […] Read in browser » The real meaning of “Allahu akbar” — on The Glazov Gang By Robert Spencer on Mar 29, 2015 07:59 am In this episode of the world’s challenging counter-jihad chatfest, the fearless, peerless host interviews the nonpareil Daniel Greenfield, discussing what these peaceful screams of “Allahu akbar” that we keep hearing from misunderstander of Islam as they commit acts that have nothing to do with Islam are all about. Read in browser »