JIHAD WATCH 02/13/2016

Iran mocks captured US Navy sailors as fat, immoral, and weak By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 05:19 pm Look at the photo. As this ABC story notes, several of the Iranians playing the role of U.S. Navy sailors are overweight, so as to convey that the U.S. itself is flabby and ripe for the taking. The woman is heavily made up (whereas the woman who was actually captured was wearing no makeup), as […] Read in browser »   Nigeria: Federal University of Technology student arrested for recruiting for the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 04:23 pm Poverty Causes Terrorism Update: “DSS arrests Nigerian student recruiting terrorists for ISIS,” by Olusola Fabiyi, Punch, February 10, 2016: The Department of State Services said in Abuja on Tuesday that it had arrested a student of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Abdussalam Yunusa, who was recruiting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. […] Read in browser » Hugh Fitzgerald: NPR and the Chapel Hill Murders By Hugh Fitzgerald on Feb 12, 2016 02:33 pm On February 10th, NPR ran a piece about the murders of three people — all Muslims — in Chapel Hill, North Carolina exactly one year before. The murderer was Craig Hicks, who lived in the same apartment complex as the victims. Investigation of his Facebook page showed conclusively that Hicks leaned to the left in […] Read in browser » Rochester, NY school organizes ‘Hijab Day’ for non-Muslim students By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 02:07 pm “A district spokesman told the site officials consulted with an attorney about the World Hijab Day event, and were advised that ‘there would be more of a legal issue if the school said no to the event’ than to hold lessons on the Muslim scarf.” Really? What kind of a legal issue? Would the school […] Read in browser » Catholic Church tells bishops they are not obliged to disclose child sex abuse UPDATE: Church denies By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 12:43 pm UPDATE: This report has a Vatican official claiming that Tony Anatrella didn’t mean what is being reported. That may be. But that he wrote it at all, after the Church has amassed such a terrible record regarding abuse cases, does not bode well. ———- This is not an off-topic post. We have seen the thorough […] Read in browser » Pakistan bans Valentine’s Day as “insult” to Islam By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 10:05 am “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. […] Read in browser » Ohio: Machete-wielding Muslim injures multiple patrons at restaurant owned by pro-Israel Arab Christian By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 09:12 am The owner is an “outspoken Christian” from Israel. “Inside the restaurant, guests are greeted by…a small Israeli flag.” Yet “Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner said ‘right now there’s nothing that leads us to believe that this is anything but a random attack.'” Nonsense. If Rich Weiner were as knowledgeable about Islam and jihad as he […] Read in browser » At last: Fox orders pilot of Muslim family sitcom By Robert Spencer on Feb 12, 2016 08:48 am Here it is at last: the long-desired Muslim family situation comedy that is going to cure “Islamophobia” by showing racist, ignorant, xenophobic Americans that hey, look, Muslims are just like us. Katie Couric called for it during the Ground Zero Mosque controversy, saying that what America needed was a Muslim Cosby Show. Now that Bill […] Read in browser » Egypt: Church waits years for construction permit, finally gets demolition permit By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 12, 2016 07:49 am On February 1, the priest Awad Flemon of Al-Iman Church in Alexandria explained how officials closed his church five years ago, leaving it partially constructed. Although the congregation had been hopeful that the church would eventually reopen, local officials have now taken the decision to demolish the building, prompting Fr. Flemon to “issue an appeal […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: The Muslim Man’s Sexual “Rights” Over Non-Muslim Women By Raymond Ibrahim on Feb 12, 2016 07:46 am   In word and deed, in Islamic and non-Islamic nations, Muslim men appear to think that non-Muslim women—impure “infidels”—exist solely to gratify their sexual urges. First, consider the beliefs and actions of those committed to waging jihad for the cause of Allah, such as the Islamic State: In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old […] Read in browser »