JIHAD WATCH 05/31/2016

Pope Francis might jettison idea of a ‘just war’
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 03:15 pm

That would remove one of the West’s key philosophical foundations and leave Catholics no alternative but to surrender to the advancing jihad. But with the monuments of Catholic Europe in ruins and the Church subjugated and enslaved, as the jihadi’s blade slices through his neck Pope Francis can congratulate himself that he was never, ever […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: One More Time: “What Race Is…”
By Hugh Fitzgerald on May 30, 2016 02:21 pm

The other day, in Melbourne, an anti-Islam rally was announced by the United Patriotic Front, and, in immediate response, a counter-rally was quickly organized, to be held at the same time, and same place, by a group of assorted leftists eager to confront the anti-Islam group. It was billed as the “No To Racism” rally. […]
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Father of Pakistan nuke program: Pakistan could target Delhi in five minutes
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 01:23 pm

A top Iranian commander recently made a similar threat regarding Israel. “Nuclear-armed Pakistan can ‘target’ Delhi in 5 minutes: Abdul Qadeer Khan,” PTI, May 29, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): ISLAMABAD: Nuclear-armed Pakistan has the ability to “target” the Indian capital Delhi in five minutes, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme Dr Abdul […]
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Uganda: Muslim kills Christian wife for leaving Islam
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 12:55 pm

“They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an […]
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NY Muslim leader: “True Islam recognizes the equality of men and women”
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 12:25 pm

Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal is President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Syracuse chapter. This short piece is part of the Ahmadiyyas’ cynical and deceptive “True Islam” campaign, which attempts to fool Americans into thinking that the Islam that we see practiced around the world in Sharia states that scrupulously follow Islamic laws has nothing to […]
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Video: Robert Spencer on how to defeat the jihad
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 11:52 am

At the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s West Coast Retreat in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on April 9, 2016, I was on a panel with Bruce Thornton and Richard Miniter on “How to Defeat the Jihad.” Here is a transcript of my remarks; for those of Thornton and Miniter, go here. Robert Spencer: I have to […]
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Hamas-linked CAIR says US troops should not be honored on Memorial Day
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 10:02 am

No surprise. CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well […]
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Muslim posts on social media that Robert Spencer must be “lynched from his scrotum,” accounts not suspended
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 09:44 am

UPDATE: I just got this from Twitter: “Hello, Thank you for letting us know about your issue. We’ve investigated the account and reported Tweets for violent threats and abusive behavior, and have found that it’s currently not violating the Twitter Rules (https://twitter.com/rules).” This raises the question of what one would have to do in order […]
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Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘blocking the path to Allah’ and bans pilgrims from going to Mecca
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 09:24 am

“Saudi Arabia is…blocking the path leading to Allah.” “Iran and Saudi Arabia are bitter rivals, seeing themselves as the leaders of Shia and Sunni Islam respectively.” Yet both Iran and Saudi Arabia practice a religion that our highest officials are on record multiple times insisting is un-Islamic and has nothing to do with Islam. This […]
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Video: Robert Spencer on The Meaning of the Word “Jihad”
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2016 09:14 am

In this eighth segment of my Basics of Islam series, I discuss what the concept of jihad really means in Islamic theology.
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