JIHAD WATCH 04/07/2015

Maine: Lacrosse coach loses job for criticizing Islam By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 11:55 pm Freedom of speech, you say? Increasingly not, in the United States: those who dare notice jihad violence and Islamic supremacism are vilified, marginalized, and defamed. When Scott Lees was fired, was truth a criterion? Apparently not. “Facebook post on Muslims costs Fryeburg coach his job,” by Daymond Steer, Conway Daily Sun, March 24, 2015 (thanks […] Read in browser »   Robert Spencer, PJM: ‘Some Real Bad Bitches’ Or Loyal Citizens of the Islamic State? By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 11:34 pm Over at PJ Lifestyle, I discuss the latest jihad terror arrests in New York, and the mosque that the arrested women attended: “Why can’t we be some real bad bitches?” Noelle Velentzas, a 28-year-old convert to Islam, asked her friend, Asia Siddiqui, who was also a Muslim. Velentzas said to Siddiqui that people should think […] Read in browser » Nigeria: Jihadists preach Islam at mosque, then murder 24 By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 11:24 pm Reuters is sure that this was an act of deception, and after all, Muhammad is said to have proclaimed, “War is deceit.” However, he is also depicted as saying that Muslims should first invite the unbelievers to accept Islam or pay the jizya, and then fight those who refuse. Did Boko Haram consider that this […] Read in browser » Malaysia: 17 arrested for plotting jihad terror attacks in Kuala Lumpur By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 11:11 pm The Islamic State continues to demonstrate its global appeal for Muslims, while non-Muslim authorities continue to insist that it has nothing to do with Islam. “Malaysia: 17 arrested on suspicion of plotting terror attacks in Kuala Lumpur,” OneIndia, April 6, 2015: Seventeen people, including two who returned from Syria recently, were arrested in the capital […] Read in browser » NYC jihadi Muslima spoke at Islamic Circle of North America event By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 10:45 pm The Investigative Project reports: “The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is preaching a global Caliphate and Islamic Shari’a law over America to its members, according to the 2010 ICNA Member’s Hand Book. This is a very different message than the group’s public outreach efforts, and contradicts claims that the organization is a tolerant, mainstream […] Read in browser » UK: Christian appeals suspension for inviting Muslim to church By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 10:17 pm Inviting Enya Nawaz to church was “bullying” her, you see. Meanwhile, in shattered, staggering, dying, dhimmi Britain, Muslims invite Christians to go to mosque and convert to Islam all the time. How many of them do you think have been suspended from their jobs and hounded in this way? Zero? Exactly. That Enya Nawaz brought […] Read in browser » Bosnia: Muslim attacks Jewish leader with weighted chain as leader was being interviewed about status of Jews By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 11:06 am Status of Jews in Bosnia: not very good, obviously. But…but…the Muslims in Bosnia are all moderates, and anyone who doesn’t think so is a racist, greasy Islamophobe! “If he was attacked because he is Jewish and because as such he is present in our media, just because he is doing his job, then it would […] Read in browser » Islamic State blows up Assyrian church as Christians celebrate Easter By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 10:14 am Shhh! Do not speak of this! “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 “IS brings down Syria’s Historical Virgin Mary […] Read in browser » UK prosecutor: Islamic State like the Beatles, “the boys want to be like them and the girls want to be with them” By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 09:41 am Now wait a minute.The Islamic State is just a tiny minority of extremists that has nothing to do with Islam, right? And all Muslims — all of them — hate and despise them, right? John Kerry said it, it must be true! “Isil are like Beatles and British youngsters want to be them, warns prosecutor,” […] Read in browser » Yemen: Al-Qaeda announces “Jihad against Shiites” By Robert Spencer on Apr 06, 2015 08:33 am You thought this was already going on? So did everyone else. “Yemen : Al-Qaeda announces ‘Jihad against Shiites,'” Middle East Confidential, April 6, 2015: The crises in Yemen is slowly becoming a triangular affair after militants of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) took over large parts of Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt province in […] Read in browser »