JIHAD WATCH 07/28/2015

Miami Muslim wanted to shoot people in stadium to create chaos in city
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 10:21 pm

So many converts to Islam somehow get the crazy idea that Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers, and yet there is not a single program anywhere in the world in any mosque or Islamic school to teach converts to reject this understanding of Islam that the vast majority of Muslims ostensibly rejects. “Miami federal judge sentences […]
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Idaho Muslim wanted to detonate bomb at park during July 4 celebration
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 10:06 pm

Boise, Idaho. Did the citizens of Boise “provoke” Fazliddin Kurbanov? Did they draw cartoons of Muhammad? Did they “poke Muslims in the eye”? “Informant: Terrorism suspect named Boise as possible attack target,” by Katie Terhune, KTVB, July 27, 2015: BOISE –A confidential FBI source testified Monday that Boise may have been among the intended targets […]
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Canada: Muslims planned to infiltrate synagogue, murder Jews
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 09:46 pm

Where did these converts to Islam get the idea that murdering Jews would be pleasing to Allah? Are Canadian authorities investigating that question, or are they content to wave such questions away with the claim that they were “radicalized on the Internet”? “Accused B.C. terrorist aimed to kill ‘small Jews’ to save them from hell: […]
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Iran: Nuke deal puts Israel in “irrecoverable danger,” allows cheating
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 09:25 pm

“Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to kill himself if it helps to stop this nuclear agreement because this agreement puts the Zionist regime in an irrecoverable danger.” This in itself belies Iran’s claims not to be pursuing nuclear weapons. If this deal is all about a peaceful nuclear program, why does it put Israel in “irrecoverable […]
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Counterterror expert: “deradicalization” is “practically impossible”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 06:56 pm

Ganor is quite right in saying that “deradicalization” doesn’t work: many such programs are based on the premise that the true teachings of Islam are peaceful, and so all that needs to be done is show the jihadis how they’re misunderstanding the Qur’an and overlooking its teachings of peace, and all will be well. But […]
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Eyewitness on Lesbos: Syrian refugees “not impoverished, hungry or thirsty”
By Nicolai Sennels on Jul 27, 2015 05:43 pm

More eyewitness descriptions from tourists visiting Lesbos, Greece. Related articles: • Tourist about boat “refugees”: “The young men we saw every day were well-dressed, spoke in iPhones, were well-fed … ONLY men” • Hungary: 11,000 illegals cross border every month, hysterical Islamic riots, stoning of police and of random cars… • Shocking photos and video of […]
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Islamic State selling jihad watch
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 02:22 pm

#IRAQ #ISIS Black Logo Identifying Watches In #Mosul Shops – pic.twitter.com/Gjkqduo0ED — Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) July 27, 2015 What? No Mickey Mouse version? But nonetheless, these watches are to die for.
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CAIR: “Oldest Qur’an” challenges “Islamophobia” — but Saudi scholars discredit it
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 12:40 pm

Hamas-linked CAIR’s press release says in part: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a prominent Muslim advocacy group, Friday cited a discovery of what may be the earliest fragments of the Quran as an opportunity for Americans of all faiths to increase their understanding of the holy text and to challenge growing Islamophobia. How could […]
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The Spectre of Muhammad
By Joseph Zaalishvili on Jul 27, 2015 11:10 am

Probably everyone remembers the old film series about the undefeated British intelligence agent, James Bond. Sean Connery was perfect in these movies. But I’m not writing about him or about the films, the artistic value of which is debatable. As I started to write this article, I thought the organization “Spectre,” which opposes British intelligence […]
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Islam: Fastest Shrinking Religion in the World
By Ibn Warraq on Jul 27, 2015 08:55 am

PART ONE: POPULATION AND THE TRUE NUMBER OF CONVERTS. Immediately after 9/11, many journalists in the United States and Europe came out with several glib generalisations that I found, and still find, irritating, and furthermore, I am very skeptical of the claims contained in them. We were told that either 40,000 [1] or even 60,000 […]
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India: Islamic jihadists from Pakistan screaming “Allahu akbar” storm police station, murder six
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 07:39 am

“News agency Reuters, meanwhile, quoted police sources as saying that the attackers entered India from Pakistan two days ago in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir.” Yet another act of war from Pakistan, the rogue state that is never, ever held accountable for its pro-jihad activities. “Gurdaspur attackers heard shouting Islamic slogans: Officials,” Hindustan […]
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Pushing the “Islamophobia” Myth on National Public Radio
By Danushka Goska on Jul 27, 2015 07:20 am

On Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., WNYC, New York’s NPR affiliate, hosted “Islamophobia: A Conversation.” WNYC talk-show host Brian Lehrer moderated. The discussion took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, described on its webpage as “the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.” Both BAM and WNYC are taxpayer funded. The discussion […]
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Nigeria: 10-year-old female Islamic State jihad martyrdom bomber murders 14 at crowded market
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 06:55 am

This girl may have been one of the “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50) that Boko Haram seized some time ago, eliciting a hashtag from Michelle Obama — perhaps one that proved to be not as compliant as the others. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last February. “14 […]
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Somalia: Islamic jihadists murder 12 with bomb outside Mogadishu hotel that housed Qatar, Egypt, and China embassies
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2015 06:39 am

Why is the New York Times calling this group “The Shabab” instead of the usual “Al-Shabab”? If they’re going to translate the definite article, why not translate the whole name, and call the group “The Youth”? Or would that bring them too close to the group’s full name, Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, that is, Mujahideen Youth […]
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