JIHAD WATCH 04/02/2015

Iranian Foreign Minister “all smiles” over nuke concessions from US By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 11:31 pm Why wouldn’t he be “all smiles”? He’s achieved total victory. “Iranian Foreign Minister ‘All Smiles,’” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, April 1, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said late Wednesday that he is “all smiles” as talks with Western powers over the country’s nuclear weapons program run past […] Read in browser »   Islamic State seizes vast Damascus refugee camp By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 11:18 pm Assad on the hot seat. Will the Iranians, flushed with victory over the witless Kerry at Lausanne, move to shore up his position? “Islamic State seizes vast Damascus refugee camp,” by Sylvia Westall and Mariam Karouny, Reuters, April 1, 2015: (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on […] Read in browser » Over 25,000 foreign jihadis have joined the Islamic State and al-Qaeda By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 11:03 pm 25,000 Muslims from all over the world have joined the jihad. They all apparently misunderstood Islam in the same way — a catechetical failure of monumental proportions on the part of Islamic authorities, but no one seems to have noticed and certainly no one cares about it. “UN Report: More Than 25,000 Foreigners Fight With […] Read in browser » Pamela Geller to Lecture at Brooklyn College By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 10:23 pm Blades of grass poking through the concrete. From PamelaGeller.com: I am scheduled to speak at Brooklyn College on April 22, 2015 from 7-9 PM in the Woody Tangier Auditorium. My talk is entitled “The First Amendment and Social Criticism.” In the current climate of intolerance, hate, and speech suppression on college campuses, this is an […] Read in browser » UK: Father of teen jihadi has high post in Ministry of Defence By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 10:13 pm David Cameron no doubt assumes that there is absolutely no possible way that the father who works in the Ministry of Defence could misunderstand the Religion of Peace in the same way as his son does. It would be inconceivable! Her Majesty’s Britannic Death Watch Alert: “Father of teenage jihadist arrested in Turkey works in […] Read in browser » Nine UK Muslims, including four children, arrested by Turkish cops as they try to join the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 05:32 pm Will the bemused Mr. Cameron stop to ponder why what he is so very certain is a misunderstanding of Islam is so very widespread among “Britons”? Almost certainly not. “Nine Britons including four children are arrested by Turkish police as they try to illegally enter Syria,” by Sara Malm, MailOnline, April 1, 2015 (thanks to […] Read in browser » Robert Spencer, PJ Media: Fooled Again: Why Do So Many American Converts to Islam Learn to Hate Their Home? By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 05:15 pm Why indeed? My latest over at PJM: Spc. Hasan Edmonds, a Muslim member of the U.S. Army National Guard, was arrested last Wednesday at Chicago’s Midway Airport. He had been planning to join the Islamic State. His cousin, Jonas “Yunus” Edmonds, was arrested as well. They had allegedly been plotting a jihad attack against a U.S. military […] Read in browser » Netanyahu: “Evidently giving Iran’s murderous regime a clear path to the bomb is negotiable” By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 11:43 am Netanyahu makes the wonderful observation that while Iran has just reiterated that the destruction of Israel is “non-negotiable,” “evidently giving Iran’s murderous regime a clear path to the bomb is negotiable.” He also says, quite rightly, that Obama’s deal would endanger Israel, the Middle East, and the peace of the world. Read in browser » Video: Robert Spencer at YAF on the Islamic State and how it can be fought By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 10:34 am I was a featured speaker at the Young America’s Foundation’s New England Freedom Conference in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Saturday, March 28, 2015. This is the event at which Ted Cruz was also speaking, and Hamas-linked CAIR and the Left failed to get him to cancel because of my presence. Right after my talk, I […] Read in browser » UK teachers fear students will join Islamic State, but won’t tell police By Robert Spencer on Apr 01, 2015 06:15 am “A former chief prosecutor has warned they are not telling police of their concerns because they do not want to see students face criminal charges.” No one wants to see any harm come to these precious snowflakes, now, do they? Britannic Death Watch Update: “Headteachers say they fear pupils will use Easter holidays to flee […] Read in browser »