JIHAD WATCH 06/29/2015

Islamic State: “Worse is to follow” Tunisia jihad massacre
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 07:17 pm

Plenty of Ramadan left. “‘An attack upon the nests of fornication, vice and disbelief in God': ISIS’s chilling words after Tunisian massacre which killed 38 as they warn ‘worse is to follow,'” by Flora Drury, Mailonline, June 27, 2015: ISIS extremists have claimed the massacre which left 38 dead was an ‘attack upon the nests […]
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Guardian: Motives of Muslim who beheaded man “remain unclear”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 06:55 pm

“He was overpowered by a firefighter as he was trying to prise open a bottle of acetone in an apparent suicidal bid to destroy the factory. Police then found the severed head of his boss, Cornara, tied to the gates of the factory near two flags on which were written the Muslim profession of faith.” […]
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Islamic State marks gay marriage ruling by throwing 4 gay men off a roof
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 05:36 pm

Yet gay activists in the West tend to side with Leftists who consider resistance to jihad terror to be “Islamophobia.” Suicidal short-sightedness. Apparently the Islamic State was not moved to repentance by photos of gay marriage supporters — which will come as a surprise to the editors of Foreign Policy. “Horrific moment ISIS kill four […]
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California: Mortars discovered, highway shut down
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 05:02 pm

“In a joint bulletin, the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center and the Department of Homeland Security did not warn of any known active plot, but did warn that extremists could launch attacks tied to Independence Day or in reaction to perceived defamation of the Prophet Mohammed.” Where did the mortars come from? They might not […]
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US officials warn of Islamic State July 4 attacks
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 03:55 pm

“It will be big. We will hit the kuffar (unbelievers) hard InshAllah.” Not that this has anything to do with Islam, as everyone from Obama to Cameron to Tony Abbott tell us. Can the West survive this refusal to face reality? “US Officials Warn of ISIS Attacks on July 4,” by Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press, […]
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“Islamic State in Palestine” tells Christians to leave by Ramadan’s end or be killed
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 03:14 pm

Good thing the Vatican recognized the “State of Palestine.” Pope Francis can call in these good folks and explain to them that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” Abashed, they will lay down their arms. “A Chilling Message Was Sent to Christians from the ‘Islamic […]
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Nigeria: Muslim murders five with suicide bombing at leprosy hospital
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 01:47 pm

Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, and the Islamic State recently called on Muslims everywhere to make this Ramadan “calamity for the infidels … Shi’ites and apostate Muslims. Muslims everywhere, we congratulate you over the arrival of the holy month. Be keen to conquer in this holy month and to become exposed […]
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France: Jihad murderer took selfie with the severed head of his victim
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 01:21 pm

This kind of thing helps recruit other Muslims who are inclined toward jihad, as it shows them that the followers of the Islamic State takes seriously the Qur’an’s command: “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks” (47:4). “TIMED OUT: French terror suspect took selfie with beheaded victim,” by Philippe Sotto, Associated Press, June 27, […]
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Australian PM: Islamic State “nothing to do with God…nothing to do with religion”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 28, 2015 12:30 pm

“This is the grim reality the world faces now, this is why it is so important that what’s being done by Daesh (IS) has nothing to do with God, it has nothing to do with religion…” In other words, it is “so important,” says Tony Abbott, to maintain politically correct fictions that prevent us from […]
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The Triumph of the Islamic State
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jun 28, 2015 07:16 am

The murder of 27 tourists in Tunisia, the spectacle of the beheaded French citizen, who worked at an industrial plant near Lyon in France (he was known to his attacker, so a personal motive should not be excluded, but the methods chosen are those of ISIS, and the killer was on the police watchlist for […]
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