JIHAD WATCH 05/18/2016

Iranian Ayatollah: “The US is the toughest enemy of Islam and Muslims”
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 12:28 pm

“The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. Islam teaches peace. Muslims the world over aspire to live with dignity and a sense of justice. And when it comes to America and Islam, there is no us and them – there is only us, because millions of Muslim Americans are […]
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Obama won’t let top aide who revealed he lied about Iran nuke deal testify to House on the deal
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 11:33 am

“Chaffetz and the White House have been engaged in an escalating feud, all on the heels of a New York Times Magazine piece where Rhodes was quoted boasting about the administration’s success in crafting a public narrative for the Iran deal. The profile on Rhodes quotes him saying they built an ‘echo chamber’ of experts […]
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Islamic State murders at least 58 people with blasts in Shia areas of Baghdad
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 11:20 am

Which kills more people: “Islamophobia” or the Sunni-Shi’ite jihad? Yet which gets more government and media attention? “Three large blasts rock Baghdad in just a few hours, at least 60 killed,” Middle East Eye, May 17, 2016: Baghdad came under attack again on Tuesday with three separate blast rocking the city, killing at least 58 […]
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Islamic State training child assassins to fire weapons and recite the Qur’an
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 09:51 am

Recite the Qur’an? Don’t they know that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam? John Kerry, call your office! “The child assassins being trained to kill with machineguns almost as big as they are: ISIS reveal terror camp where boys learn to fire weapons and recite the Koran,” by Julian Robinson, MailOnline, May […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Democrats Try to Outlaw Trump’s Muslim Immigration Ban
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 09:20 am

Because, you see, “hope” must triumph over “fear.” My piece in FrontPage: Love him or hate him, Donald Trump has certainly turned American politics on its head. Has it ever happened before in American history that a political party began to frame legislation against an opposing candidate’s proposals before he was even elected – much […]
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Islamic State publicly flogs women for violating Sharia dress code
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 09:13 am

A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “‘O Asma, when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does not suit her that she displays her parts of body except this and this,’ and he pointed to her face and hands.” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4092) “ISIS publicly flogging woman on charges of violating Sharia dress code,” by […]
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Muslim cleric: “Treachery is one of the characteristics of the Jews…Their goal is to uproot Islam”
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 09:00 am

“The entire world knows that the Jews control the sources of knowledge and fortune, in order to take hold of the reins of culture and economy. In America and in Europe, they are now the kings of finance, the leaders of the media, and the owners of the publishing houses. They are behind many of […]
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Trump: Cameron “not willing to address the problem” of Islamic terror
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 07:43 am

“We have a tremendous problem with radical Islamic terror. The world is blowing up and its not people from Sweden that’s doing the damage okay. So we have a real problem.” It’s amazing that after 9/11 and 7/7 and Fort Hood and Boston and Chattanooga and Garland and San Bernardino and Paris and Brussels and […]
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Video: Robert Spencer on Is ISIS Islamic?
By Robert Spencer on May 17, 2016 07:23 am

In this sixth segment of my Basics of Islam series, I discuss whether or not the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) is Islamic from the words of one of its founding figures.
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Raymond Ibrahim: The Jihad on Christian Church Tents
By Raymond Ibrahim on May 17, 2016 07:19 am

[Gatestone Institute] A Christian church in Egypt was recently torched to the ground.  According to a statement by the Coptic Christian diocese in Minya, Upper Egypt: “The Virgin Mary Church in Ismailiyah, which is about four miles north of Minya, was exposed to an attack by some extremists who set fire to and completely destroyed it around […]
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