JIHAD WATCH 02/04/2016

Swedish church to collect funds to build mosque
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 11:05 pm

How wonderful. How sweet and charitable and generous and loving. Maybe the Muslims who go to this mosque once it is built will look upon their Christian neighbors with gratitude, and treat them kindly. More likely, however, they will see the Christians’ generosity as their due, since the Qur’an commands Muslims to fight against the […]
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Video: Robert Spencer on Newsmax on Obama’s mosque visit
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 10:47 pm

I appeared on Newsmax TV’s Steve Malzberg Show today to discuss Obama’s visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore.
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Khamenei drops his objections, accepts the nuke deal
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 09:53 pm

He had wanted even more concessions. “Khamenei Capitulates To Pragmatic Camp, Accepts JCPOA Without The Preconditions He Outlined In October 2015 Letter To President Rohani,” by Y. Carmon and A. Savyon, MEMRI, February 3, 2016: Introduction According to the IAEA report released January 16, 2016, Iran has implemented its commitments under the JCPOA. This means […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Obama, Islam, and History
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Feb 03, 2016 03:03 pm

“‘Thomas Jefferson’s opponents tried to stir things up by suggesting he was a Muslim. So I was not the first,’ Obama said, sparking laughter. ‘No, it’s true. Look it up. I’m in good company.'” — From USA Today on Barack Obama’s visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, February 3, 2016 Barack Obama paid a visit […]
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Obama at Islamic Society of Baltimore: “Muslim Americans keep us safe”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 02:36 pm

The apotheosis of the Muslim victimhood myth. FBI hate crime statistics show that the hysteria over “Islamophobia” is unfounded, but that matters not at all to Barack Obama. “Obama rebuts anti-Muslim rhetoric in first U.S. mosque visit,” by Kevin Liptak, PJ Media, February 3, 2016: (CNN)Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast […]
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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Obama visits Muslim Brotherhood-tied mosque
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 02:03 pm

In PJ Media today I discuss why this was the wrong thing to do: After seven years of pandering to and appeasing the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran, Barack Obama will mark the crowning moment of his presidency: today he will — for the first time as president — visit a mosque in the United States. […]
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Kosovo: Islamic State flag found in home of Muslim arrested with rifle outside monastery
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 01:51 pm

“On Monday, a Kosovo police spokesperson said the group had no intention to attack the monastery and had no links to terrorism.” Of course. How could anyone possibly think that a supporter of the Islamic State with a Kalashnikov outside a monastery could have anything to do with terrorism? Only a greasy Islamophobe would dare […]
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Obama invites Hamas-linked CAIR official to visit Baltimore mosque with him
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 01:11 pm

CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its […]
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Germany: Muslim PhD candidate arrested for declaring his support for the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 12:42 pm

He says that the Islamic State follows Sharia. He offers specific explanations for why he thinks so. Those who insist that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam should refute him on the specifics, but of course their real objective is deceiving others or deluding themselves, not actually exploring the facts. Note also […]
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Minnesota groups seek money for job training, soccer programs to keep youths from joining jihad
By Robert Spencer on Feb 03, 2016 10:31 am

This entire funding initiative and programs such as Building Community Resilience are based on the proposition that poverty and alienation, not Islamic doctrine, cause jihad terrorism, and thus the solution to jihad terrorism is to provide education, job opportunities, and outlets for prospective jihadis’ youthful energy: soccer programs and the like. The entire initiative is […]
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