JIHAD WATCH 03/22/2016

Italian politician Mara Carfagna: “If the West abandons Israel, it will be abandoning itself” By Hugh Fitzgerald on Mar 21, 2016 06:32 pm “Mara Carfagna: ‘If the West abandons Israel, it will be abandoning itself,'” a translation of “Mara Carfagna: ‘Se l’occidente abbandona Israele, abbandona se stesso,’” L’Informale, February 11, 2016: Mara Carfagna, the Minister for Equal Opportunity from May 2008 to November 2011, among Italian politicians has been one of the stoutest defenders of Israel. Mindful of […] Read in browser »   Police report: 90 potential jihad suicide bombers “roaming” EU, arrived via Muslim migrant influx By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 02:20 pm The solution: more Muslim migrants! Read in browser » Iran-backed Shia militia says it will fight US Marines deployed to Iraq By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 10:19 am They’re supposed to be fighting against the Islamic State, but they hate the Great Satan more than they hate the Sunnis. “Iran-backed Shia militia says it will fight US Marines deployed to Iraq,” Reuters, March 21, 2016: An Iranian-backed militia said on Monday it said it would treat US Marines deployed in Iraq to fight […] Read in browser » Islamic State vows to punish anyone celebrating ‘spring festivals’ with 20 lashes By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 09:49 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 » Islamic State threatens to “pursue and kill” members of Kaka’i religious minority if they don’t convert to Islam By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 09:43 am “The Kaka’is had earlier suffered several massacres at the hands of jihadis in Iraq.” Why do jihadis persistently miss the peaceful, tolerant teachings of Islam that are so blazingly obvious to people such as John Kerry, David Cameron, Pope Francis and other learned Islamic scholars? Will any of them or the other learned Islamic scholars […] Read in browser » Unusual pizza order delivers police to hideout of Paris jihad mass murderer Salah Abdeslam By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 08:51 am “One large pie with the severed heads of Infidels, please.” No, actually, it was just the quantity ordered that gave away the hideout of Salah Abdeslam. “Unusual pizza order delivers police to hideout of Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam,” NineMSN, March 20, 2016: An unusual pizza order led police to the safe house of one of […] Read in browser » France: Four Muslims linked to the Islamic State under investigation for jihad mass murder attack plan By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 08:34 am The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014: If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, […] Read in browser » Robert Spencer in FrontPage: The Democrats’ Soft Spot for Islam By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 08:25 am Jihad terror? What’s that, you Islamophobe? My latest in FrontPage: The hard-Left online organ Salon has discovered the secret of Donald Trump’s success: “Islamophobia.” Citing the American National Election Studies 2016 pilot survey, Salon solemnly intones that “Trump supporters are far more likely to express Islamophobic attitudes than other respondents, even other Republicans.” A “stunning […] Read in browser » Ahmadi propagandist claims foes of jihad, not jihad terror, responsible for suspicion of Islam By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 07:57 am In this hysterical little smear piece (a slight revision of a piece that appeared a few months ago in the Daily Caller, which should know better), the brazen and unapologetic liar Ahmadi spokesman Kashif Chaudhry, a willing water-carrier for Muslim Brotherhood propaganda, manages to defame Donald Trump, Pamela Geller, Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and […] Read in browser » US, UK governments knew where girls kidnapped by Boko Haram were, but no one tried to rescue them By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 07:46 am Why not? Would rescuing them have been “Islamophobic”? “Western governments KNEW where 80 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram were – but no-one tried to rescue them,” by Keiligh Baker, MailOnline, March 20, 2016: The US and British governments knew where at least 80 of the Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram were but failed […] Read in browser » Turkey: Islamic State jihad bomber targeted Israelis, murdering three and wounding 11 By Robert Spencer on Mar 21, 2016 07:30 am “You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers to be the Jews…” — Qur’an 5:82 In practice, that generally means that Muslims are the most intense of the people in animosity toward the Jews. “Report: Istanbul terrorist followed Israelis from hotel,” by Yedidya Ben-Or, Arutz Sheva, March 21, […] Read in browser »