JIHAD WATCH 05/31/20158

Young Muslims trying to reach Syria got instructions from Montreal mosque By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 05:02 pm But…but…didn’t the mosque leaders try to dissuade them, and persuade them that the jihadis were misunderstanding Islam? “Youth trying to reach Syria got instructions from Montreal mosque, family members say,” by Allan Woods, Toronto Star, May 30, 2015: MONTREAL—Ten young Quebec Muslims who were detained for allegedly trying to join jihadist groups in Syria received […] Read in browser » Jihadis don’t show up at Phoenix mosque protest, so no one gets hurt By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 04:47 pm The Islamic State had threatened to show up and commit mass murder, and specifically threatened the event organizer, but didn’t appear at the event, and so no one was hurt — despite the mainstream media hysteria over “heavily armed protesters” supposedly menacing people at the mosque. Speaking for myself, I wouldn’t have held a protest […] Read in browser » Islamic State in Nigeria murders 10 with jihad suicide bomb in mosque By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 03:34 pm Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State’s caliph. Why would they set off a suicide bomb in a mosque? Because the Muslims inside must have opposed them, and the caliphate, thereby placing themselves in a state of war against Allah and his messenger. “Nigeria mosque suicide bomb kills 10 in Maiduguri city,” Independent, […] Read in browser » Islamic State claims 2nd suicide bombing at Shi’ite mosque in Saudi Arabia By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 03:22 pm On the march, while the world looks the other way, makes excuses, and intones, “This has nothing to do with Islam.” “Islamic State claims 2nd suicide bombing at Saudi mosque,” Chicago Tribune, May 29, 2015: A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the parking lot of a Shiite mosque during Friday […] Read in browser » Islamic State rapidly expanding into Southeast Asia By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 03:14 pm The Islamic State is attracting the allegiance of so many Muslims from around the world, one might be forgiven for getting the impression that it actually has something to do with Islam. Of course we know that couldn’t possibly be the case: Barack Obama and John Kerry and David Cameron assure us otherwise, and they […] Read in browser » Canada to strip citizenship of dual-national terror convicts By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 02:47 pm Common sense, and long overdue, but already, predictably enough, being challenged by the pro-suicide forces in the West, which are so strong these days. “Canada to strip citizenship of dual-national terror convicts,” Associated Press, May 29, 2015 (thanks t0 Jerk Chicken): TORONTO (AP) — Canada can revoke the Canadian citizenship of dual nationals convicted of […] Read in browser » UK police tells women not to harm their attackers, get a rape alarm By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 02:39 pm In the face of a national scandal revolving around Muslim rape gangs, the UK police counsel…surrender. More dhimmitude from Abject Britannia: “UK Police Tell Subjects Not to Harm Their Attackers, Get a Rape Alarm,” NRA-ILA, May 29, 2015 (thanks to Tarn): The latest dispatch from the United Kingdom’s ongoing campaign to eliminate all forms of […] Read in browser » As Islamic State advances, CENTCOM claims it’s still on “defensive” By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 01:10 pm Baghdad Bob at the helm. “Amid new attacks, CENTCOM says Islamic State still on ‘defensive,’” by Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes, May 29, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): WASHINGTON — U.S. Central Command on Friday downplayed a rash of Islamic State attacks in the Middle East, again maintaining that the hardline Islamist group remains […] Read in browser » Robert Spencer, PJM: The man we all must love By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 09:34 am The mainstream media is clear: we all must love Muhammad now — or else. My latest at PJ Media: The winner is clear, and to the winner be the laurels. There is one man only that all people — regardless of race, creed, color, political perspective, nationality, and whatever else — must respect: Muhammad, the […] Read in browser » NYT runs dung-caked Mary painting again, won’t run Muhammad cartoons By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2015 05:32 am The hypocrisy is stark and absolute: “Under Times standards, we do not normally publish images or other material deliberately intended to offend religious sensibilities” — unless it offends a group that is not committing mass murder and threatening more over such images. This is, as I wrote yesterday, still more mainstream media canonization of the […] Read in browser »