JIHAD WATCH 06/08/2016

Reading the Qur’an during Ramadan 2: Juz Sayaqul
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 08:09 pm

How much is your life worth? In Islamic law, a Muslim woman is worth half of a man, and a Jew or Christian is worth one-third of what a Muslim is worth. Skeptical? Read on. Continuing our tour through “The Cow,” the second and longest sura of the Qur’an, we encounter in verses 142-150 a […]
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Reading the Qur’an during Ramadan 1: Juz Alhamdulillah
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 07:52 pm

A juz (جزء‎‎) is one of thirty divisions of the Qur’an, roughly equal in length. If a believing Muslim (or anyone) reads one day, he or she will have read the entire Qur’an in a month. This is often done during Ramadan, with the recitation of one juz each night. Tonight is the third night […]
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The Islamic State calls rival al-Qaeda “Jews of Jihad”
By Christine Williams on Jun 07, 2016 07:19 pm

More slander, hate and propaganda against the Jews continue to be spread by jihadists. It wasn’t enough for Iran to accuse the U.S of backing the Islamic State and the “Zionist Regime”. Now the Islamic State is calling its rival terrorist organization, al-Qaeda, “Jews of Jihad”, once again revealing the jihadist obsession with Jews, even […]
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Obama: “Here in the US, we are blessed with Muslim communities…I stand firmly with Muslim American communities”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 11:56 am

Has he ever said that the United States was “blessed” by the presence of any other community? Has he ever said that he “stands firmly” with any other community? “Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan,” WhiteHouse.gov, June 5, 2016: …Here in the United States, we are blessed with Muslim communities as diverse […]
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Convert to Islam in Italy wanted to go to Syria to join the jihad: “Oh Allah, I ask for a death in your path”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 10:45 am

Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the idea that her new religion commands her to commit acts of violence. But authorities’ curiosity about why this keeps happening once again appears to be essentially nonexistent: “The woman was radicalized with the help of her husband,” a Muslim from Tunisia. And so that’s that. How was […]
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Bangladesh: Muslims brutally slaughter 70-year-old Hindu priest, leave his head nearly severed
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 10:18 am

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “Experts say a government crackdown on opponents, including a ban on Bangladesh`s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami following a protracted political crisis, has pushed many towards extremism.” Yes, of course, that’s what the “experts” always say: that jihad terror activity is the fault of non-Muslims. If […]
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Video: Robert Spencer on the status of Jews and Christians under Islamic law
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 09:48 am

In this ninth segment of my Basics of Islam series, I discuss the status that the Qur’an and Islamic law delineate for Jews and Christians living in an Islamic state.
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Louisiana house votes to cut state ties with Hamas-linked CAIR
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 09:43 am

State Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, added language to the resolution stating it would “have no effect until the United States Justice Department makes a determination that CAIR has been involved in or supported any terrorist activity.” Hamas-linked CAIR’s Corey Saylor then whined: “That language makes it clear that the resolution is intended as a political […]
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Muslims yes, Jews no: The hypocrisy of the New York Times
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 08:59 am

The New York Times always sides with Muslims and against Christians and Jews. It is not a reliable source of news and analysis. It is just another propaganda arm retailing the point of view that the political elites want you to hold — and that point of view is that special accommodation for Muslims is […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Ramadan: Month of Jihad
By Robert Spencer on Jun 07, 2016 07:17 am

As Muslims struggle to increase their devotion to Allah, expect more mass murder. Here’s why, from my latest in FrontPage: Another Ramadan is upon us, and no less an authority on Islam than Barack Hussein Obama has assured us that “for many, this month is an opportunity to focus on reflection and spiritual growth, forgiveness, […]
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Italy: Christians ordered to “pray in silence” so as not to offend Muslim migrants
By Christine Williams on Jun 07, 2016 07:06 am

Kowtowing to Muslim immigrants was taken to a new dimension at a church in a small Italian town, where parishioners were told to shut their mouths and pray silently so as to not offend the illegal Muslim African migrants swarming into the Church and now living there. As if it were not enough that Christians […]
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Young women burned alive by Islamic State captors for refusing them sex
By Christine Williams on Jun 07, 2016 05:29 am

While the West gets pounded with emotionally charged accusations of historic colonialism and the Crusades, brute slavery is happening today, while willful blindness prevails in the face of political correctness. A female Al-Azhar University theology professor, Suad Saleh, described the rules of historic Islamic ownership of women and girls captured in war. She stated, according […]
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