JIHAD WATCH 06/14/2015

Jihadi who wanted to kill Pamela Geller said he’d kill his family if they refused to live by Sharia By Robert Spencer on Jun 13, 2015 06:09 pm “When asked about bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Siegmann told the judge that Rovinski posed a ‘significant threat to public safety.’ He was ordered held for a week and limped away in shackles.” A week? A week? Will anyone be watching this jihadi savage next week? “He also indicated he is prepared to fight anyone […] Read in browser »   Mosul Archbishop calls for military action to free city, or asylum for Christians in West By Robert Spencer on Jun 13, 2015 05:48 pm Oddly enough, he didn’t say anything about the “dialogue” upon which his brother bishops in the West are staking the future of the Church and its people. Archbishop Yohanna Mouche has been forced by the rush of events to take a more sober, realistic view, and drop the politically correct fantasies that his brother bishops […] Read in browser » Robert Spencer, FrontPage: Hamas-linked CAIR Rep. Arrested for Pedophilia By Robert Spencer on Jun 13, 2015 05:28 pm In FrontPage I discuss another missed opportunity for genuine Islamic reform: Pakistani writer Aalia Suleman reported in Pakistan’s Express Tribune Monday that “American Muslims find themselves holding their heads and groaning over the new wave of sneering and jeering coming their way again.” Why all the sneering and jeering? “The tidal wave was set in […] Read in browser » 6 Yemeni jihadis at Guantanamo Bay sent to Oman By Robert Spencer on Jun 13, 2015 05:19 pm “If they are not securely detained, no one should be surprised if they travel to Yemen and re-engage in terrorist activities.” Uh, yeah. “6 Yemenis at Guantanamo Bay are sent to Oman, ending pause in transfer of suspected terrorists,” by Nedra Pickler, Associated Press, June 13, 2015: A pause in prisoner transfers from Guantanamo Bay […] Read in browser » Max Blumenthal warmly endorses pro-jihad, pro-stoning UK Muslim leader By Robert Spencer on Jun 13, 2015 05:05 am Great to see @AsimCP & @UK_CAGE crew at #iprunderstandingconflict. They’re doing invaluable work and deserve support. pic.twitter.com/tUMhG7UTT7 — Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) June 11, 2015 Max Blumenthal is the hard-Left writer who helped Hillary Clinton concoct her wild story that the jihad attack in Benghazi was over a YouTube video that cast Muhammad in a negative […] Read in browser » Brad Thor’s message for Pamela Geller’s critics: You are pansies By Robert Spencer on Jun 13, 2015 04:36 am This is the age of cowardice — masked as “respect” and “avoiding provocation” — and so Brad Thor is right. I am proud to call both Brad Thor and Pamela Geller my friends. If future ages revere courage at all, which is an open question in this weak and pusillanimous age, they will be remembered, […] Read in browser » ‘Do the Muslims Love Their Children Too?': Reapplying Sting’s Cold War anthem to a new war By Ralph Sidway on Jun 13, 2015 04:34 am In Europe and America,  There’s a growing feeling of hysteria… . . . But what may save us, me and you, Is if the [Muslims] love their children too. —Adapted from ‘Russians’, by Sting, 1985.     This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of Sting’s solo career with his critically acclaimed, jazz-inflected […] Read in browser » Australia: Islamic State collecting radioactive material to make ‘dirty bomb’ By Ralph Sidway on Jun 13, 2015 04:25 am Jihad Watch has been warning about the threat of jihadis developing radiological WMDs and “dirty bombs” since at least 2004, when it was reported that global theft and smuggling of radiological materials had increased more than six-fold from 1996 to 2003. Just last September, the U.S. State Department set aside for a moment its top priorities of […] Read in browser » Rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey closing Christian schools because of their “missionary work” By Ralph Sidway on Jun 13, 2015 04:17 am The Turks are irked by Christians being… well, Christians. And they can’t have that in the Islamic Republic of Turkey, so the official position is that Christian schools “do not have a right to promote Christian values.” But for us to draw attention to this is “Islamophobic.” As an important historical side note, the once […] Read in browser » Noura Erakat Wages Lawfare on Israel By Cinnamon Stillwell on Jun 13, 2015 04:08 am Since the 2014 Gaza war, proponents of lawfare have sought to use the International Criminal Court to punish Israel for daring to respond militarily to Hamas’s unrelenting aggression. Noura Erakat, an assistant professor in legal and international studies at George Mason University and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, presented […] Read in browser »