JIHAD WATCH 08/08/2015

Mali: Jihadis storm hotels, murder 4, kidnap 6 By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 05:41 pm “One of the most brazen attacks in months.” After being driven out of power by the French several years ago, the jihadis in Mali are bolder than ever. Clearly they see the world turning in their direction. “4 dead, 6 kidnapped after Islamic extremists attack hotels in Mali,” Associated Press, August 7, 2015 (thanks to […] Read in browser »   FBI now sending some potential Islamic State jihadis to counseling By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 05:18 pm The FBI is bound as a matter of policy to ignoring and denying the ideological wellsprings of the jihad terror threat in Islamic doctrine. So it is understandable that it would look for causes in other places, no matter how implausible. There is also a whiff of Soviet-era totalitarianism in this: the Soviet Communists declared […] Read in browser » Robert Spencer in FrontPage Mag: Malaysian Mufti Denounces Intellect and Logic as Un-Islamic By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 11:39 am In FrontPage today, I discuss Islam’s persistent anti-intellectualism: The Malay Mail Online reported Tuesday that the Perak mufti, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria, advised Muslim members of the government “not to go overboard.” He reminded them that “Islam is based on faith… Don’t make any remarks based on the intellect or logic…” Why not? Because “the […] Read in browser » Virginia: Muslim firefighter put on paid leave for saying of cops, “We have to start putting them in body bags” By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 11:09 am Threaten the police, get a paid vacation. This apparently has to do not with jihad but with today’s rampant race-baiting and demonization of the police, but it is noteworthy that a man whose faith so often prescribes violence as a solution to problems would think of this as a solution to the problem of alleged […] Read in browser » Islamic State abducts 230 civilians, including at least 60 Christians, after capturing Syrian town By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 09:52 am These people were probably abducted so as to collect ransoms. Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or enslaving them, as well as killing them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most […] Read in browser » Muslim cleric: A woman must not have sex with her slave; she can marry him, turning him into her master By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 09:43 am Aside from the lurid details about Sheikh Mashhoor bin Hasan Al-Salman’s bordello Paradise and his view of marriage as a master/slave relationship, note how he takes slavery for granted. He never questions the idea that a woman might own a slave. Slavery is taken for granted in the Qur’an and Islamic law, and so even […] Read in browser » Bangladesh: Muslims hack to death fourth atheist blogger By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 09:30 am “The BBC’s Akbar Hossain in Dhaka says Mr Neel had filed a police report expressing fear for his life, but his complaints had not been not followed up.” Clearly among the Bangladeshi police there are Islamic supremacists who believe that atheists such as Niloy Neel deserve to die, and that it is Muslims’ responsibility to […] Read in browser » Mauritania frees senior Malian Islamic jihadist By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 06:47 am “Freeing an individual of this calibre will obviously allow him to again take up his jihadist activities and continue to commit crimes.” Why did Mauritania free such a man? Could it be that the Mauritanian government is sympathetic to his cause? That seems obvious, but no Western government will face it or its implications. “Mauritania […] Read in browser » UK Muslim who admitted sharing jihad videos rants about “enemy of Islam court” By Robert Spencer on Aug 07, 2015 06:21 am He said he should be tried only by an Islamic court. British authorities will no doubt ascribe this to his “mental health problems,” without pausing to consider the fact that Islam asserts political authority and rejects all non-Muslim political authority. Yet that fact is going to cause Britain a great deal of trouble in the […] Read in browser » Jamie Glazov Moment – How Leftists Hate Muslims By Jamie Glazov on Aug 07, 2015 06:03 am [The Glazov Gang is a fan-generated program. Please donate to keep it alive, subscribe to its YouTube Channel and LIKE it on Facebook. For details on advertising on our show or arranging your own appearance on a special segment, email us at theglazovgang@gmail.com.] In this new Jamie Glazov Moment, I discuss “How Leftists Hate Muslims,” […] Read in browser »