JIHAD WATCH 04/19/2016

“Massive diversity” among Islamic State jihadis, many have PhDs, master’s degrees, MBA’s
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 04:09 pm

The high level of education among jihadis has been known for years, but it still surprises the learned analysts. Poverty and ignorance, contrary to U.S. policy and widespread belief, do not cause terrorism. The New York Times reported in March that “not long after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001…Alan B. Krueger, the Princeton economist, […]
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Sweden: Flagship “integration” soccer tournament for Muslim migrant youths turns into riot
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 03:19 pm

This sums up the entire Muslim migrant importation enterprise, in one neat episode. “Flagship ‘Integration’ Football Tournament For Migrant Kids Turns To Riot,” by Oliver JJ Lane, Breitbart, April 18, 2016: Swedish police have released details of a bloody brawl between migrant youths which started out as a game but left two hospitalised and a […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Miroslav Volf of Yale, or Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Apr 18, 2016 02:56 pm

Miroslav Volf has for two decades been a leader in the interfaith healing industry; he founded and directs the Yale Center For Faith and Culture. His specialty is proclaiming that Christians and Muslims “worship the same god,” even though, apparently, this conclusion is based on a distinctly one-sided investigation, for he blandly announces that he […]
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Jerusalem: Muslims bomb bus, injuring 20
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 02:25 pm

Time for Obama and Kerry to pressure Israel to make more concessions to the genocidal lovers of death. “Police: No doubt Jerusalem bus explosion terror attack,” Jerusalem Post, April 18, 2016 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The head of police in Jerusalem announced on Monday evening that the bus explosion in the capital earlier in the […]
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Ohio: Muslim who plotted to attack U.S. Capitol for the Islamic State ruled competent to stand trial
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 02:04 pm

U.S. law enforcement officials always want to assume that Islamic jihad terrorists are mentally incompetent. It fits in so much better with their worldview than the prospect which for them is too terrible to contemplate, that they may be motivated by Islamic texts and teachings. “Capitol plot suspect appears competent, using birth name,” by Dan […]
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Video: Robert Spencer on Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 01:06 pm

Continuing my new The Basics of Islam series.
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India: Muslim mob attacks Hindu procession with stones, burns shops and vehicles, three dead
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 01:01 pm

“Deputy Inspector General (Hazaribagh) Upendra Prasad said the trigger for Sunday’s violence was an ‘objectionable’ audio recording played on loudspeakers by a Ram Navami procession passing through Kheergaon area of the town around 11 am. He said members of the minority community admitted that they had objected to the recording, which talked about this being […]
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13-year-old Muslim boy from Germany caught on Turkish-Syrian border trying to join the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 12:18 pm

Think about all the Muslims who must have helped this boy get all the way from Germany to the Turkish-Syrian border. And no one seems to have said to him, “Wait! Think again and turn away! John Kerry says that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam!” And now that he is going […]
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“This is what Islamophobia looks like”: Muslim demands apology after being removed from plane
By Robert Spencer on Apr 18, 2016 11:58 am

Whether or not Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was treated unjustly, the effect of his charge of “Islamophobia” will be to intimidate people into thinking that they must not say anything when Muslims are behaving suspiciously on airplanes. The participation of Hamas-linked CAIR, which encourages Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement, is further reason to be suspicious. […]
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Islamic Prayer as Intimidation — on The Glazov Gang
By Jamie Glazov on Apr 18, 2016 11:26 am

This new special edition of the Glazov Gang was joined by Nonie Darwish, the author of The Devil We Don’t Know. The discussion focused on Islamic Prayer as Intimidation, analyzing why a Muslim would scream “Allahu Akbar” on an airplane. Don’t miss it! And make sure to watch the special Glazov Gang with Gavin Boby […]
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