JIHAD WATCH 11/17/2015

Now 24 governors have refused to take Syrian refugees By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 08:36 pm A realistic concern for security is trouncing Obama’s politically correct fantasies. “Syrian refugees not welcome here, governors of 24 states say,” by Ashley Fantz and Ben Brumfield, CNN, November 16, 2015: The governors of at least 24 states have announced they will not accept Syrian refugees. The states range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas […] Read in browser »   Obama on fighting Islamic State: “I’m not interested in…America winning” By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 08:14 pm Obama said: “What I’m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning or whatever other slogans they come up with that has no relationship to what is actually gonna work to protect the American people and to protect people in the region.” Limbaugh points out just what […] Read in browser » I In Mine Own House By Michael Devolin on Nov 16, 2015 07:59 pm “I in mine own house am an emperor And will defend what’s mine.” –Massinger, The Roman Actor [1629] Sir Edward Coke wrote, “The house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defense against injury and violence as for his repose.” I believe the same can be said of […] Read in browser » 13 governors now declaring they won’t take Syrian refugees By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 04:11 pm A laudable concern for national security. One hopes the other 37 will soon follow suit. “After Paris attacks, governors refuse to accept Syrian refugees,” by Mary Troyan, USA Today, November 16, 2015: WASHINGTON — At least 13 governors say they will not accept Syrian refugees in their states in response to Friday’s attacks in Paris. […] Read in browser » Media alert: Robert Spencer on Hannity radio show this afternoon and Hannity TV show tonight By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 03:07 pm Be sure to tune in at 5PM Eastern to Sean Hannity’s radio show; I’ll be discussing Obama’s determination to bring Syrian refugees into the country, despite the jihad threat. Also don’t miss Hannity’s TV show on Fox tonight: I’ll be on again to discuss the refugee crisis and new developments in the Paris jihad attacks. Read in browser » Harvard University evacuates four buildings after bomb threat By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 01:30 pm Could be “right-wing extremists.” But…probably not. “Harvard University says evacuates four buildings after bomb threat,” Reuters, November 16, 2015: BOSTON – Harvard University said on its website on Monday that it had received an “unconfirmed” bomb threat and was evacuating four buildings on its campus outside Boston. Read in browser » Washington, DC: Muslim slashes woman with knife at Union Station By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 12:33 pm The “-Bey” suffix at the end of Rashad Bugg-Bey’s name suggests that he is a member of the Moorish Science Temple, a strange and frequently violent sect of black Americans who identify as Muslims. Members add -Bey or -El to their surnames to signify their new Islamic faith. It appears from this story that Rashad […] Read in browser » Jihadi from Belgium identified as mastermind of Paris jihad attacks By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 12:03 pm “All my life, I have seen the blood of Muslims flow. I pray that Allah will break the backs of those who oppose him, his soldiers and his admirers, and that he will exterminate them.” A few years ago I walked around Molenbeek. It was like being in a Sharia state, and I am sure […] Read in browser » 23 in custody, 104 under house arrest in connection with Paris jihad attacks, rocket launcher seized By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 11:06 am The fact that jihadists were able to plan and coordinate this very large operation, involving so many Muslims, shows that Western intelligence and law enforcement agencies are already overmatched (as well as hamstrung by their refusal to name the enemy). And it’s only going to get worse. “23 in custody, 104 under house arrest in […] Read in browser » Robert Spencer: Saint Anselm College: The Most Unsafe Campus In the U.S.? By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 10:55 am Over at FrontPage and TruthRevolt today, I discuss the curious case of Saint Anselm College, and how “security risk” is the new “shut up.” The controversies at the University of Missouri and Yale make it indisputable that America’s universities and colleges are today less institutions of higher learning than centers of Leftist indoctrination and agitprop. […] Read in browser » Paris jihad murderer was incited to wage jihad at mosque in Chartres By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 10:36 am A mosque. Still, Western officials refuse to admit or investigate the Islamic character of all this, which means they will never understand the jihadis’ motives or goals, or be able to counter them effectively. “Who is Paris attacker Ismael Omar Mostefai?,” by Scott Bronstein, Nic Robertson and Mick Krever, CNN, November 15, 2015: Chartres, France […] Read in browser » Video: Robert Spencer on Hannity: The Paris jihad attacks and Muslim refugees By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 10:22 am On November 14, 2015, I appeared on Fox’s Sean Hannity Show, discussing the Paris jihad attacks and the Muslim refugee crisis. Read in browser » Alabama governor will refuse Syrian refugees in light of Paris jihad attacks By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 09:55 am Bentley is being excoriated as a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe,” but he is simply acting in the interests of the security of the people of Alabama. There is no way to determine who among the Syrian refugees are jihadis. As such, it is suicidal to bring them to the U.S. in any number. “The Latest: Alabama […] Read in browser » Islamic State threatens jihad attacks in Washington and in other European countries By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 09:32 am “We say to the states that take part in the crusader campaign that, by God, you will have a day, God willing, like France’s and by God, as we struck France in the center of its abode in Paris, then we swear that we will strike America at its center in Washington.” “By God” and […] Read in browser » Video: David Wood on the Qur’an and the Siege of Paris By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 09:04 am The always superb David Wood of Answering Muslims takes apart some of the recent obfuscations from the media and political elites regarding the Paris jihad attacks. Read in browser » Video preview: Robert Spencer on the Muslim refugee crisis By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 08:59 am Last Thursday, November 12, I spoke at the Global Faith Institute in Omaha, Nebraska, on the Muslim refugee crisis. Here is a preview featuring a portion of the talk I gave; the full video of my remarks will be posted in the coming days. Read in browser » The Glazov Gang: How “Rules of Engagement” Get U.S. Soldiers Killed By Jamie Glazov on Nov 16, 2015 08:33 am In this special edition of The Glazov Gang, I was joined by Stephen Coughlin, the co-founder of UnconstrainedAnalytics.org and the author of the new book, Catastrophic Failure. He came on the show to discuss How “Rules of Engagement” Get U.S. Soldiers Killed, unveiling the disgraceful and deadly cost America pays for obeying Islamic laws in […] Read in browser » New York City: Muslim cabbie attacks Jewish passenger By Robert Spencer on Nov 16, 2015 03:17 am “I took a cab from Manhattan to Brooklyn yesterday at 8 PM. I asked the driver to make a phone call. He refused but then relented and put the call on the speaker. When he saw that I was speaking Hebrew, he said: ‘I hate the people and the language you are speaking. If I […] Read in browser »