JIHAD WATCH 03/15/2016

Hugh Fitzgerald: “Raping me is his prayer to God. It’s allowed. It’s halal.” By Hugh Fitzgerald on Mar 14, 2016 07:31 pm “According to an obscure ruling in Islamic law, cited by the Islamic State, a man must ensure that the woman he enslaves is free of child before having intercourse with her.” — from this New York Times article, March 12, 2016 Possibly the most horrifying of the Islamic State’s practices has been the systematic sexual […] Read in browser » AP’s “Refugee shot by Salt Lake City police” is Muslim migrant who was beating homeless man with metal bar By Robert Spencer on Mar 14, 2016 05:18 pm Media spin vs. reality. The truth is in this story, but it doesn’t prevent AP from trying to portray Abdullahi Mohamed as a poor victim who just came to the U.S. for a better life. And better metal bars, apparently. “Refugee shot by Salt Lake City police fled violence, squalor in search of a ‘better […] Read in browser » Iran’s elections: Contrary to media reports, “in the Assembly of Experts, the radicals won 75 percent of the seats” By Robert Spencer on Mar 14, 2016 04:52 pm There are no genuine moderates among Iran’s ruling elites. Nonetheless, the Washington establishment keeps pretending that there are. The idea that Rouhani is a moderate is the most laughable manifestation of this, as I show in my forthcoming book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran. “The search for elusive Iranian moderates,” by Clifford D. May, […] Read in browser » Virginia-born Muslim captured in Iraq while waging jihad for the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Mar 14, 2016 04:10 pm “A Virginia-born US citizen of a Palestinian father and an Iraqi mother.” How did he get the idea that the Islamic State, which everyone tells us has nothing to do with Islam, was the way to go? Does anyone care about what might be being taught in his mosque in Virginia? Or would that be […] Read in browser » Video׃ Turkish Muslims want to kill non-believers: “I shall stab them one by one wherever I find them” By Robert Spencer on Mar 14, 2016 02:59 pm An illuminating series of man-on-the-street interviews in Turkey. Man #1: “Catch them and kill them. “They don’t believe in Allah or the Quran.” Man #2: “They [the unbelievers] are animals. They are not human. They’re not human. They are not like us.” “Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah’s sight are the ungrateful who will […] Read in browser » Italy: Archbishop calls for construction of mosque, Islamic celebrations in schools By Robert Spencer on Mar 14, 2016 10:24 am The fond Matteo Maria Zuppi is sure that once the mosque he desires is built, the Muslims who attend it will hear about the kindness and generosity of the Christians who welcomed them to Bologna, and be encouraged to respond in kind. He is adamant that anyone who thinks a mosque in Bologna might become […] Read in browser » Convicted rapist hunted by police was able to flee UK to join the Islamic State after his early release from jail By Robert Spencer on Mar 14, 2016 09:36 am “Ahmed, who is of Eritrean descent, was found guilty of conspiracy to rape and was one of four young men who were jailed for a total of 62 years. He was the youngest member of the gang of four rapists, who lured a 16-year-old girl into a flat in Crouch End and raped her.” He […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: “Islam Hates Us” More Than You Know By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 14, 2016 08:39 am Donald Trump’s latest politically incorrect comment concerning Islam is much truer than most know. After being asked last week on CNN if he believed the West was at war with Islam, the Republican presidential candidate simply said: I think Islam hates us.  There’s something there that — there’s a tremendous hatred there. There’s a tremendous […] Read in browser » Academic stresses sociopolitical and psychological theory, ignores Sharia, regarding why Muslims ban churches By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 14, 2016 08:34 am Note: Raymond Ibrahim reviews new book, Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt: Politics, Society and Interfaith Encounters, by Henrik Lindberg Hansen Hansen has made a substantive contribution to our understanding of Egyptian society by focusing on relations between Christians and Muslims. His discussions on a number of topics are insightful: the patron-client relationship between the two groups, the complex […] Read in browser » Raymond Ibrahim: Muslims Claim Lion’s Share of Christian Victims By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 14, 2016 08:31 am Open Doors, an organization that advocates for persecuted Christians, recently released its latest World Watch List—a report that highlights and ranks the 50 worst nations to be Christian.  It found that 2015 was the “worst year in modern history for Christian persecution.” Who claims the lion’s share of this unprecedented persecution?  Muslims—of all races, nationalities, […] Read in browser »