JIHAD WATCH 05/15/2015

Leading Saudi cleric: ‘It suffices me not to hear church bells ringing’ By Raymond Ibrahim on May 15, 2015 03:00 am Saudi Sheikh Adel al-Kalbani, former Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and current prayer leader of Muhaisin Mosque in Riyadh, recently issued the following “tweet” on his personal Twitter account: “My beloved nation: It suffices me that you shelter me from hearing church bells ringing in you.”This is reminiscent of when another top ranking […] Read in browser »   Egypt: Another teenage Coptic girl vanishes By Raymond Ibrahim on May 15, 2015 02:34 am On May 2, yet another Coptic Christian girl vanished. Marina Magdi Fahim, 17, disappeared after leaving her home around noontime and walking to an educational institution in the Hanofil region of Alexandria. She was not seen again. Her family reported her disappearance to the authorities, which, according to a Coptic Christian bishop, seldom yields any results, and […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: Islamic Supremacism — the True Source of Muslim ‘Grievances’ By Raymond Ibrahim on May 15, 2015 02:32 am In the ongoing debate (or debacle) concerning free speech/expression and Muslim grievance—most recently on exhibition at Garland, where two “jihadis” opened fire on a “Prophet Muhammad” art contest organized by Pamela Geller—one thing has become clear: the things non-Muslims can do to provoke Islamic violence is limitless and far exceeds cartoons. Writes Victor Davis Hanson, […] Read in browser » BBC likens jihad preacher Anjem Choudary to Gandhi and Mandela By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 11:51 pm The West is very sick. The BBC thinks a preacher of violence and hatred is a hero on the level of Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, and that people who fight for human rights and humane values, such as Pamela Geller and I, are bigots and hatemongers. The Church is in full appeasement/surrender mode, and […] Read in browser » Islamic State caliph: “Islam is the religion of war” By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 11:33 pm Yeah, well, John Kerry and Joe Biden and David Cameron and Pope Francis and Bishop McManus and all the rest of them, they all know so much more about Islam than the caliph Ibrahim. This “caliph” is just a Misunderstander of Islam. Everyone knows that. The fact that his message is resonating with ever-increasing numbers […] Read in browser » Texas: Muslim who pledged allegiance to Islamic State charged with lying to FBI By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 11:09 pm He says he worked as an interpreter for the US Army in Iraq before coming to the United States, but that could not be immediately confirmed. In any case, what is this anomaly — a supporter of the Islamic State in Texas? Why didn’t one of the Vast Majority of Muslims Who Condemn ISIS take […] Read in browser » Islamic State releases audio message purportedly from the caliph By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 04:24 pm The Iraqi government says that the caliph was seriously injured in an airstrike. The Pentagon says he wasn’t. “ISIS releases audio message purportedly from leader,” CBS News, May 14, 2015: BEIRUT — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released an audio message purportedly from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not […] Read in browser » Video: Media rushes to abandon the principle of freedom of speech By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 12:16 pm Here is a terrific video showing the mainstream media rushing to abandon the principle of the freedom of speech and to establish and reinforce the principle that in the face of violent threats, we should surrender and give those doing the threatening what they want. This only means that we will get more violent threats. […] Read in browser » Video: Islamic State issues new “Message to America,” threatening massive hacking and cyber attacks By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 12:07 pm Stop drawing Muhammad cartoons, people, and these good folks will be mollified and hold a barbecue for us. Read in browser » The ISIS death fatwa By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 11:44 am A message from Pamela Geller: You know what happened in Garland, Texas. Two jihadists wanted to replicate and ramp up what happened in Paris, by murdering scores of patriotic Americans who were standing in defense of free speech. They were met with an utterly authentic response. The media has been waging jihad against the defenders […] Read in browser » Algerian Muslim leader: Turn all churches into mosques By Raymond Ibrahim on May 14, 2015 10:43 am According to Abdel Fattah Zarawi, the Muslim leader of the Salafi party, also known as the Free Front of Algeria, any and all Christian churches remaining in the north African nation must be closed and reopened as mosques. Although the closure, destruction, or transformation of Christian churches into mosques is nearly as old as Islam […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: U.S. State Dept. Invites Muslim Leaders, Denies Christians By Raymond Ibrahim on May 14, 2015 10:40 am Late on the evening of May 8, Newsmax TV announced that pressure from Americans acquainted with Sister Diana Momeka’s visa rejection has just caused the State Department to reverse its decision and permit her entry into the United States. Until then, however, she and others were barred. After inviting a number of foreign religious leaders, mostly Muslim, the U.S. […] Read in browser » Islamic State deputy possibly killed in strike on mosque that US denies happened By Robert Spencer on May 14, 2015 09:09 am The Iraq ministry of defense says Abu Alaa al-Afari was killed while at a mosque. The U.S. denies having struck a mosque. And “there have been many previous announcements from Baghdad during its long struggle against the Islamist militants which have not been subsequently borne out.” Also, the Iraqis say that the top man, the […] Read in browser »