JIHAD WATCH 06/07/2015

Imam, aunt: would-be beheader of Pamela Geller not a terrorist, was ‘murdered’
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 05:32 pm

It will be hard for them to make this victimhood narrative fly, since people who have seen the surveillance video don’t bear out their story. On the other hand, with a willingly complicit mainstream media (Lisa Wangsness, call your office) and police officials afraid of more “racist police” stories, they might be able to get […]
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Islamic State captures power station outside key northeastern Syrian city
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 05:17 pm

Nothing to be concerned about. Barack “Baghdad Bob” Obama and his administration officials assure us that the Islamic State is losing. Victory is at hand! The Islamic jihadists, uh, violent extremists, are being thrown back everywhere, and soon Allah will roast their stomachs in hell! Didn’t Josh Earnest just say that? “Islamic State fighters capture […]
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Muslim to plead guilty to plotting jihad suicide bombing at Kansas airport
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 05:06 pm

Loewen is, of course, yet another convert to Islam who somehow got the notion that Islam required him to seek to spill Infidel blood. Authorities remain, as always, remarkably uncurious about where he might have picked up these ideas. “Man accused of plotting suicide bomb attack at Kansas airport plans to change his plea,” Associated […]
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CAIR files lawsuit to prevent ICE from asking Muslims entering US about jihad-related activities, relatives
By Ralph Sidway on Jun 06, 2015 04:56 pm

If these allegations are true, it’s about time. Now ICE must start preventing Muslims from entering the U.S. via “Muslims Asked About Martyrdom, Religion By US Border Officials At Entry Ports,” International Business Times, June 5, 2015 (thanks to Creeping Sharia): U.S. border officials are using a questionnaire about religion to harass Muslim travelers, a Muslim advocacy […]
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Denmark Muslim groups: Islam, democracy incompatible, Muslims shouldn’t vote
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 04:49 pm

But…but…in the U.S. we’re constantly told that only greasy Islamophobes believe that Islam and democracy are incompatible. Have these Muslim groups in Denmark somehow come under the influence of greasy Islamophobes? “Danish Muslims urged not to vote,” The Local, June 5, 2015: Two radical Islamic groups in Denmark argue that democracy is incompatible with their […]
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Islamic State video calls for jihad in Balkans on eve of pope’s visit
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 04:24 pm

No problem. The Pope will just explain to the jihadis how true Islam and the proper understanding of the Qur’an reject every form of violence. Abashed, they will lay down their arms. “Video calls for jihad in Balkans on eve of pope’s visit,” AFP, June 6, 2015: Islamists claiming to be members of the Islamic […]
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Feds warn of Muslims using “simple and easily accessible weapons” to wage jihad
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 04:15 pm

Not that they mentioned Muslims or Islam or jihad, of course. They were referring to HVE’s — Homegrown Violent Extremists. Perish the thought that anyone in government or law enforcement actually give an actual hint of the nature or content of the ideology that is fueling this bloodlust. “Feds issue warning after alleged Boston terror […]
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Daniel Greenfield: How Islam in America Became a Privileged Religion
By Ralph Sidway on Jun 06, 2015 04:07 pm

Another brilliant piece of analysis from Daniel Greenfield breaks down how Islam has attained its unique status as the “Teflon Religion.” No one may criticize Islam, and woe to those who do. “How Islam in America Became a Privileged Religion,” by Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage, June 3, 2015 What is Islam? The obvious dictionary definition answer […]
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No Happy Ending and No Happy Beginning
By Michael Devolin on Jun 06, 2015 01:15 pm

“In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.” –Lemony Snickit, from ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ George Jonas, author of Vengeance, has written: “But is there something about Islam that is conductive to the formation of extremist sects and radical […]
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Texas Muslim gets 82 months for attempt to join the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2015 04:19 am

Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the idea that Islam required him to wage war against unbelievers — an idea that the media and political elites would have us believe originates solely with greasy Islamophobes. How greasy Islamophobes came to be in charge of the instruction of converts to Islam, no one has bothered […]
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