JIHAD WATCH 01/30/2016

Hugh Fitzgerald: No Need To Play The Dhimmi By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jan 29, 2016 02:59 pm ROME — A decision to cover up nude statues from Roman antiquity during a visit by President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has drawn ridicule and scorn in Italy — much of it directed at the Italian government — and spurred a debate about the national identity. The statues, in a corridor leading to a grand […] Read in browser »   Iranian drone flew over US carrier — Navy says it was “abnormal and unprofessional” By Robert Spencer on Jan 29, 2016 02:42 pm How the weakness and pusillanimity of American leadership, and all its impotent schoolmarmish tut-tutting, must amuse the Iranians. “Hitler reoccupies Rhineland — French say it’s ‘abnormal and unprofessional.'” Cowardice in the face of an aggressive bully only emboldens the bully and encourages him to do more bullying. That is where we are with Iran today: […] Read in browser » Alcohol banned in UK government building: under Sharia because of secret deal to finance Islamic bond scheme By Robert Spencer on Jan 29, 2016 12:25 pm I have been warning for quite some time that Sharia was coming to the United Kingdom, given its hospitality to Sharia finance, galloping eagerness to accommodate Islamic supremacists in all areas, unwillingness to defend its girls from Muslim rape gangs for fear of being accused of “racism,” and desire to implement Sharia blasphemy laws by […] Read in browser » The ‘Same God’ Question (Part 1) By Ralph Sidway on Jan 29, 2016 12:07 pm Why the wrong answer is killing the West, including America Introduction: An Epistemological Malady In his 2010 book, Revelation: Do We Worship the Same God? [1], Mark Durie addresses what is at stake when it comes to the “Same God Question”: The traditional Islamic view is that if you want to know what the God of […] Read in browser » Leading Saudi cleric says Islamic State and Saudi Arabia “follow the same thought” By Ralph Sidway on Jan 29, 2016 10:10 am This is consistent with Sheikh Adel al-Kalbani’s many pronouncements over the years, that Islamic State is a “true product of Salafism,” that Shi’ites are “apostates,” and rejoicing that Saudi Arabia “shelters [him] from hearing church bells ringing.” Yet Obama, Kerry, Clinton and most Western leaders insist that the Islamic State is not Islamic. “Leading Saudi […] Read in browser » Glenn Greenwald yet again falsely claims story of US Muslim arrested in Turkish raid on Islamic State cell was false By Robert Spencer on Jan 29, 2016 09:56 am This is an ongoing controversy, about which I wrote previously here: investigative journalist and terror analyst Patrick Poole of PJ Media reported that a Muslim from the U.S., Saadiq Long, had been arrested in Turkey during a raid an an Islamic State cell. The kicker to the story was that Long had been a media […] Read in browser » Egypt: Homemade bomb placed near Coptic Christian church By Raymond Ibrahim on Jan 29, 2016 08:52 am A makeshift bomb was found near a church in Egypt on January 22.  Father Paul of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt found what he described as a “foreign object” next to the garbage bin outside of the Virgin Mary Church in Aswan.  He took it in to the authorities for analysis, and it was […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: When Muslims Mutilate Themselves for Allah By Raymond Ibrahim on Jan 29, 2016 08:50 am “Infidels,” or non-Muslims—or those who are not Muslim enough or the wrong kinds of Muslims—are often seen as the natural recipients of Islamic violence as prescribed by Islamic law, or Sharia. Few, however, are aware that Sharia can cause individual Muslims to do violence upon themselves. According to France24, on January 15, a Muslim boy in Pakistan […] Read in browser » Police in German city accused of allowing Muslim migrants to shoplift By Robert Spencer on Jan 29, 2016 08:46 am It’s great to be young and a Muslim migrant in the Brave New Europe: you’re a protected class within a protected class. You can break any law you want, and authorities will put on funny hats and hand you leaflets. You can commit mass rape and women will come hand you flowers. No matter what […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: “Christian Girls Are Only Meant for the Pleasure of Muslim Men” By Raymond Ibrahim on Jan 29, 2016 08:24 am Three Christian girls in Pakistan, who rejected the advances of some wealthy Muslim young men, were recently mauled by them. One of the girls died.   London-born Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) and human rights activist, Wilson Chowdhry, who broke the story, reported that one of the men had said: “Christian girls are […] Read in browser »