JIHAD WATCH 10/16/2015

51% of U.S. Muslims want Sharia; 60% of young Muslims more loyal to Islam than to U.S.
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 03:43 pm

Really, what did you expect? A considerable portion of U.S. domestic and foreign policy is based on the assumption that Islam in the U.S. will be different: that Muslims here believe differently from those elsewhere, and do not accept the doctrines of violence against and subjugation of unbelievers that have characterized Islam throughout its history. […]
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“Clock Boy” Ahmed’s dad: Incident will “spread Islam” in America
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 03:20 pm

That was probably what it was intended to do all along, from the moment the hoax was cooked up. “‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed’s Dad: Incident will ‘Spread Islam’ in America,” by Merrill Hope, Breitbart, October 15, 2015: Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, father of ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed, shared another 9/11 ‘Truther’ Facebook post, only this time in Arabic, claiming that […]
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Turkish opposition leader: Ruling party and Islamic State behind Ankara bombings
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 03:04 pm

Is it possible that the AKP government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is cooperating with the Islamic State? Why not? They have a shared enemy: the Kurds. Erdogan has been notably slow to attack the Islamic State or to impede the flow of foreign fighters traveling through Turkey to get to the caliphate. It may […]
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Uganda: Christian defeats Muslims in debates, Muslims murder him
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 02:52 pm

In the West, by contrast, Muslims are moderate. If they’re defeated in debate, they don’t kill the victor. They just crow and thump their chests and claim, despite all appearances, that they really won, and defame the victor as a racist, bigoted Islamophobe. In the West, you see, we still can have rational discussions on […]
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Syrian Archbishop: Christians are “prime target’ of Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 02:32 pm

Archbishop Jeanbart ‘called on the West to act to save Syria from the ‘fundamentalist, jihadist mercenaries’ who are ‘killing anyone who would speak of freedom, citizenship, religious freedom and democracy.'” The West won’t lift a finger to do this. Archbishop Jeanbart, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, should ask his colleagues in the West […]
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Jihadi Abbas claimed “executed” by Israelis is really alive in Israeli hospital
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 12:38 pm

War is deceit, said Muhammad, and Mahmoud Abbas, knowing that the international media and Barack Obama are on his side, is playing this card to the hilt. “Footage Shows Terrorist Alive and Recovering After Abbas Alleges Israeli ‘Execution’ (VIDEO),” Algemeiner, October 15, 2015: JNS.org – Arab media outlets are portraying Ahmed Manasra, the 13-year-old Beit […]
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Germany: Imam arrested, was recruiting for the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Oct 15, 2015 09:48 am

An imam? How could this be? How could a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the Qur’an and Sunnah properly miss the peaceful passages that are so paramount and blazingly obvious to non-Muslim authorities on Islam such as John Kerry, David Cameron, Pope Francis, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Why doesn’t […]
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Egyptian journalist: Sermon on Mount should be taught in Egyptian schools
By Raymond Ibrahim on Oct 15, 2015 09:31 am

Ibrahim Eissa, an Egyptian television personality, recently made some remarks that were as objective as they were startling to many in Egypt. After pointing out that it is good to teach Coptic Christians the Koran in public schools, simply because knowledge of the Koran goes a long way in improving knowledge of the Arabic language—which […]
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New Glazov Gang: Muslim Refugee in Europe Warns About Muslim Refugees in Europe
By Jamie Glazov on Oct 15, 2015 09:27 am

In this special edition of The Glazov Gang, I was joined by Dr. Mudar Zahran, a leader of Jordan’s opposition. He came on the show to discuss how he is a Muslim refugee in Europe who sees great danger in Muslim refugees flooding Europe. He gives a dire warning about The Nation of Islam Coming […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: “Abducting Women” and “Destroying Churches” is “Real Islam,” Says Iraqi Grand Ayatollah
By Raymond Ibrahim on Oct 15, 2015 09:24 am

During a recent televised interview with Grand Ayatollah Ahmad al-Baghdadi, the leading Shia cleric of Iraq made clear why Islam and the rest of the world can never peacefully coexist. First he spent some time discussing “defensive jihad,” saying that all capable Muslims are obligated to fight for the “liberation” of “occupied” territory, for instance, […]
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