JIHAD WATCH 07/19/2015

Chattanooga jihad murderer texted Islamic verse to friend before attack By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 05:16 pm “Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, then I have declared war against him.” This is one of the Hadith Qudsi — the holy hadith, in which Muhammad quotes Allah saying something that is not in the Qur’an. They are considered on par with the Qur’an itself. In any case, clearly this verse refers […] Read in browser »   Kashmir: Muslim mobs riot after Eid prayers, raise Islamic State flag By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 02:06 pm What did their imams preach during Eid prayers that led to this? So often we see Muslim mobs rioting after prayers on Friday — sermons are clearly used as an instrument of incitement. “Violent protests rock Kashmir on Eid; Pakistan, IS flags raised,” Rediff, July 18, 2015: Protests rocked parts of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar […] Read in browser » Islamic State jihad mass murder plotter had served in French Navy By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 01:43 pm When he joined the French Navy, it is virtually certain that no one attempted to determine whether or not he had jihadist sympathies or ties. To do so would have been “Islamophobic.” “IS told foiled French attack suspect to ‘hit’ France,” by Richard Carter, AFP, July 17, 2015: Paris (AFP) – A 17-year-old suspect in […] Read in browser » Ohio Muslim indicted for buying AK-47 in pursuit of supporting the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 01:21 pm He said he would “‘cut off the head of his non-Muslim son if necessary’ to show that he was a true believer.” Meanwhile, Muslim leaders in the U.S. maintain that such behavior has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. So how did Amir Said Abdul Rahman Al-Ghazi, who converted to Islam in prison, get the […] Read in browser » New York Times: Mosque of Chattanooga jihad killer braces for backlash By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 12:51 pm Ihsan Bagby, an associate professor of Islamic studies at the University of Kentucky, spoke of “the shock that there’s a kid who seems to grow up in the shadow of the Muslim community and yet chooses a path of extremism and violence that nobody taught them in the community. It’s a betrayal of the community.” […] Read in browser » “Extremists…have given Islam a bad name, but…have no connection with the religion” By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 12:07 pm This is the kind of article that the mainstream media churns out by the pound after every jihad attack, and there is nothing striking or unusual about this one — which is precisely why I am posting it. Mark Hall of WHTM in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania doesn’t alert his readers to the fact that he is […] Read in browser » Chattanooga jihadi’s father wanted to take 2nd wife: “allowed under Islamic law” By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 11:36 am Note that taking a second wife while still being married to the first is allowed under Islamic law, but not American law. The latter didn’t seem to carry much weight in the Abdulazeez family. “And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of […] Read in browser » UK Muslim leader: Muslims in power will ban pork, gays, movies, free speech By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 10:36 am Choudary is dismissed as an “extremist, and he is certainly a provocateur who enjoys saying outrageous things and provoking an outraged reaction, but in reality, all thirteen items on his list are indeed forbidden in Islamic law. And to outlaw “insulting prophets” will mean the death of the freedom of speech, and hence of free […] Read in browser » Syria: Assad orders release of “revised” Qur’an to stop “distortion” By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 10:13 am It would be very interesting to see how exactly Assad’s Qur’an is revised, but this article contains no specific information. If it changes any of the wording, it is unlikely to be accepted by any Muslims, in part because Assad is himself not an orthodox Muslim but an Alawite, and primarily because Muslims consider the […] Read in browser » Chattanooga jihadi’s “closest mentor” would “constantly exhort militant Islamic views” By Robert Spencer on Jul 18, 2015 07:43 am “Abdulazeez had several friends at the gym, but one in particular, a former Chattanooga police officer, would constantly exhort militant Islamic views and threatened anyone who bad-mouthed the faith, Schrader said. The man was the one who introduced Abdulazeez to the Fight Factory and became the young fighter’s closest mentor, he said.” Where is this […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim via Skype: ‘Terrorism in America’ By Raymond Ibrahim on Jul 18, 2015 07:34 am Isik Abla, host of the satellite television show, Embracing New Life, recently interviewed me for nearly 30 minutes via Skype on a number of matters dealing with Islam and the West. Read in browser »