JIHAD WATCH 04/27/2016

Netherlands: Muslims give out 15,000 free Qur’ans on King’s Day
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 03:42 pm

The Alkhattab Foundation better hope no one actually reads it. If people do, here is some of what they will find: 2:191-193: “And slay them wherever you come upon them, and expel them from where they expelled you; persecution is more grievous than slaying. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should […]
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Rutgers displays “artwork” of Christ crucified on a dartboard, Christians worldwide riot — no, wait…
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 03:28 pm

Imagine how Rutgers would react if its Art Library displayed a cartoon of Muhammad. “Islamophobia”! Run for your safe spaces! Mandatory seminars on “respect” for “The Other”! But Jesus crucified on a dartboard: that’s art. Don’t you respect the freedom of expression, you right-wing bigot? A cartoon of Muhammad warning the artist not to draw […]
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Jihad Watch #9 among “The Top 10 Conservative Political Blogs Everyone Should Know About”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 03:17 pm

“Jihad Watch is as edgy and blunt as you can get, even in the world of conservative news.” Edgy and blunt? That’s just the sting of the truth. Thanks to the Conservative Free Press for this honor. “The Top 10 Conservative Political Blogs Everyone Should Know About,” by Jacob Maslow, Conservative Free Press, April 20, […]
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Philippines: Islamic State beheads Canadian hostage
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 03:11 pm

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) Abu Sayyaf has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. “Canadian hostage John Ridsdel confirmed dead as police find severed head in Southern Philippines,” by Matthew Fisher and Tristin Hopper, National Post, April 25, 2016: MANILA and KANANASKIS, Alta. — Hope flickered briefly early Monday without […]
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The Islamic State blows up Mosul’s iconic Clock Church
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 03:03 pm

This “Muslim-Catholic dialogue” is going great! Just look at how many churches it has saved from destruction — oh, wait… “ISIS blows up Mosul’s iconic Clock Church,” FoxNews.com, April 26, 2016 (thanks to Cecilia): Islamic State militants destroyed an iconic Iraqi church known for its soaring clock tower by blowing it up with explosives, media […]
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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: You Need to Know About Tom Perez: Likely Hillary VP Opposes First Amendment
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 02:42 pm

In PJ Media today I discuss the little-known man who has a chance to be President of the United States: Could the next president of the United States be neither Clinton, Trump, Cruz, or Kasich … but Thomas Perez?It’s far more likely than you might think. Even before any candidate definitively secures either party’s presidential […]
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Bloomberg View: “To Defeat Islamic State, Treat Muslims Better”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 10:27 am

At last, we have hit on the solution to the global jihad onslaught: just be nicer to Muslims, you greasy Islamophobes. All those people in the Brussels airport — just think of how mean they were being to Muslims. Some of them may even have been drinking alcohol. Oh, the Islamophobia! And those people at […]
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“Minnesota man” pleads guilty to aiding the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 10:01 am

A “Minnesota man,” eh? Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941: A group of Japanese men were accused today of bombing the U.S. Navy base here. President Roosevelt took to the airwaves to assure the nation that the attack had nothing whatsoever to do with the Japanese Empire, and to warn against a “backlash” against Japanese […]
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This week: Robert Spencer in Western Canada
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2016 09:48 am

“Robert Spencer returns to GP to speak on Islamic State,” by Kevin Hampson, Daily Herald-Tribune, April 25, 2016: When Michael Carriere first heard Robert Spencer discussing Islam on the radio several years ago, he reacted with disbelief. “I basically thought he was nuts,” the Grande Prairie resident said. Spencer often appears as a talking head […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: How Islam Erased Christianity from History
By Raymond Ibrahim on Apr 26, 2016 09:43 am

While Christianity continues to be physically erased from the Middle East, lesser known is that its historical role and presence is also being expunged from memory. Last month a video emerged showing Islamic State members tossing hundreds of Christian textbooks, many of them emblazoned with crosses, into a large bonfire.   As one report put it, ISIS […]
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