JIHAD WATCH 10/30/2015

NJ Muslim pleads guilty to trying to raise “small army” of Islamic State fighters By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 11:43 pm “His lawyer said if members of the group had failed to get to Syria or Iraq on their own, they had discussed an alternate plan of buying guns inside the US and targeting the White House and other landmarks for an attack. In the past year, the FBI has arrested 7 men in all from […] Read in browser »   Chicago Muslim teen pleads guilty to trying to join the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 05:57 pm “After Khan’s arraignment in January, his mother, Zarine Khan, delivered a tearful but stern message accusing ISIS recruiters of ‘the brainwashing and recruiting of children through the use of social media and the Internet.’ ‘Leave our children alone!’ she cried.” How hearteningly moderate. Here, however, is a photograph of Zarine Khan with her husband Shafi, […] Read in browser » UK Muslim teen who tried to join Islamic State echoed Muhammad’s words about martyrdom By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 05:18 pm “He also posted an image on Facebook on August 31, last year, writing: ‘I wish I could fight in the cause of Allah and then be killed, and then fight, and then be killed, and then fight, and then be killed.'” In saying that, Mahmood was echoing words attributed to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam: […] Read in browser » Kerry: Middle East “home of populations that are energetic, youthful, forward-looking. It is in them that we place our faith.” By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 04:53 pm Kerry is right, actually. The Islamic State is energetic, youthful, and looking forward to expanding its caliphate and eventually controlling the entire world. But of course Kerry is not referring to them. Exactly to whom he is referring is unclear, since, as the brilliant Daniel Greenfield here points out: “74% of Middle Eastern Muslims support […] Read in browser » Bernie Sanders denounces “Islamophobia,” Hamas-linked terror org CAIR thrilled By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 04:12 pm A Muslim student, Remaz Abdelgader, said to Sanders: “Being an American is such a strong part of my identity, but I want to create a change in this society. I’m so tired of listening to this rhetoric saying I can’t be president one day, that I should not be in office. It makes me so […] Read in browser » Islamic State on recruitment spree in Russia, “moderate” imams can’t counter the jihadis’ appeal By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 03:30 pm “Most local imams in Dagestan shun radical views, but they have found it hard to counter the appeal of radical ideas promoted by the Islamic State. Some imams who spoke against radical Islam have been killed.” Why have they “found it hard to counter the appeal of radical ideas promoted by the Islamic State”? To […] Read in browser » Islamic State schools ban math, music, philosophy, history, French and geography as incompatible with Islam By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 02:53 pm They are following in the illustrious footsteps of the caliph Umar, who is supposed to have said when ordering the ancient, fabled library of Alexandria to be burned: “If the books agree with the Qur’an, they are superfluous. If they disagree with it, they are heretical.” “One former elementary teacher from A-Raqqa tells of a […] Read in browser » Video: Raymond Ibrahim on Russia’s “Holy War” on the Islamic State By Raymond Ibrahim on Oct 29, 2015 02:41 pm I was recently interviewed by Erick Stakelbeck on The Blaze TV regarding my article, “Russia Declares Holy War on Islamic State.”  Are Russian claims concerning persecuted Christians sincere or propaganda? What of Russia’s alliance with Iran? I respond to these concerns and more in the above 7-minute video. Read in browser » UK: Muslim nuclear power plant worker caught studying bomb-making websites while at work By Robert Spencer on Oct 29, 2015 12:47 pm No one would have considered trying to vet him and determine his attachment to the jihad doctrine before hiring him. That would have been “Islamophobic.” “Scots nuclear power plant worker caught studying BOMB-MAKING websites at work,” by David Taylor, Daily Record, October 27, 2015: A WORKER at a Scots nuclear power plant has been allegedly […] Read in browser » Coptic blasphemy case sheds light on Muslim views of Islamic State By Raymond Ibrahim on Oct 29, 2015 08:52 am On October 22, a court postponed to December 3 the case concerning four Coptic Christian students accused of blasphemy. They did this after the Copts’ lawyer, Maher Naguib, convinced the court to bring the exhibits of the case, including the video made by the Copts which is responsible for the blasphemy charge. The four Coptic students were arrested […] Read in browser » New Glazov Gang – Round #2: Muslim Refugee Mudar Zahran vs Former Islamic Imam Mark Christian By Jamie Glazov on Oct 29, 2015 08:50 am In this special edition of The Glazov Gang, I was joined, for Round #2 of a previous heated exchange (See Part I HERE), by Dr. Mudar Zahran, the leader of the Jordanian Opposition and a Muslim refugee in Europe and Dr. Mark Christian, a former Islamic Imam who is the president of the Global Faith […] Read in browser »