JIHAD WATCH 06/26/2016

Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan: jihad terrorist havens and threats to US
By Christine Williams on Jun 25, 2016 02:25 pm

As if America needs more threats to its homeland security, given Islamic State calls for attacks during Ramadan (and beyond), followed up on by Omar Mateen’s jihad massacre in Orlando. Now Pakistan, although still considered a US ally, is housing Afghan refugee camps that are serving as “safe havens for terrorists”, which translates to further […]
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2nd US Navy officer fired over Iran’s detention of 10 sailors
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 02:07 pm

It’s unconscionable that the Navy is making Rasch and Moses the fall guys for this incident after the Obama Administration pretended that nothing amiss had happened in the first place. After the sailors were released, Vice President Joe Biden dismissed the entire incident as the routine treatment of boats with mechanical difficulties. Denying that the […]
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Ramadan in Belgium: 2 Muslims arrested, planned jihad attack at Euro 2016 game tomorrow
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 01:53 pm

“The RTL news agency said a man detained in the town of Verviers was planning an attack on fans watching Belgium’s next Euro 2016 game against Hungary tomorrow. But Eric Van der Sypt, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office, said: “It is too soon to talk about a terror attack.” Of course. Better to […]
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Ramadan in Jammu and Kashmir: Muslims kill 8 Indian soldiers, wound 21 in ambush
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 01:32 pm

The CRPF is the Central Reserve Police Force of the government of India, fighting against the jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir. Jawans are lower level soldiers and non-commissioned officers. “J&K: 8 CRPF jawans killed, 21 injured in ‘deadliest terrorist attack in 3 years,’” by Yusuf Jameel, Deccan Chronicle, June 25, 2016: Srinagar: In a major […]
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Ramadan in Afghanistan: Taliban shoot 6 civilians for breaking fast
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 01:05 pm

Piety enforced with a bullet inside the empire of fear. “Taliban shot 6 civilians for breaking Ramadan fast in Herat,” Khaama Press, June 19, 2016: The Taliban militants shot at least 6 civilians after accusing them of breaking Ramadan fast in western Herat province of Afghanistan. According to the local officials, the incident took place […]
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Ramadan in Pennsylvania: Muslim shoots cop 7 times, fires on 2nd cop
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 12:52 pm

No doubt the shapers of opinion are already busy at work trying to discover Abdul Wahi’s motive — that is, the non-jihad explanation of the shooting that they can use to try to fool the American people. “Folcroft police officer survives being shot 7 times; suspect identified,” WPVI, June 24, 2016: FOLCROFT, Pa. (WPVI) — […]
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Ramadan in Somalia: Huge blast, heavy gunfire inside Mogadishu hotel
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 12:02 pm

“Saturday’s attack came just three weeks after another assault quickly claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group on the city’s Ambassador hotel left 10 dead including two lawmakers when a huge car bomb ripped the front off the six-storey building.” Soon there will be no more hotels for the throngs of tourists in lovely Mogadishu. “The […]
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Immigration boss who barred feds from SB jihad terror suspect up for award, but agency won’t say why
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 11:46 am

“Irene Martin heads the San Bernardino U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office, where last December, she allegedly blocked five armed Department of Homeland Security agents from the man authorities say supplied the firepower in the deadly attack a day earlier. Although an Inspector General’s report found she acted improperly, and then lied to investigators, FoxNews.com […]
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Malaysia mufti says members of secularist party are against Islam, should be killed
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 11:33 am

The DAP is the Democratic Action Party, which advocates secularism in Malaysia. Pahang mufti Abdur Rahman Osman is saying that members of this party, because they oppose Islamic principles, should be put to death. He is, in effect, calling for civil war and chaos in Malaysia, from which, presumably, he thinks a fully Islamic state […]
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The Brigitte Gabriel Moment: What is Really Driving the Terrorists
By Jamie Glazov on Jun 25, 2016 06:41 am

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel. This special edition of The Glazov Gang presents The Brigitte Gabriel Moment with Brigitte Gabriel, the founder of ACT for America. Brigitte discusses What is Really Driving the Terrorists, unveiling what really inspired Omar Mateen — and why Obama and the media don’t want you to know it. […]
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Reading the Qur’an during Ramadan 21: Juz Utlu ma uhiya
By Robert Spencer on Jun 25, 2016 04:51 am

Allah tells Muhammad not to get into arguments with the Jews and Christians, “except by better means,” unless it is with one of them who is a wrongdoer — and to tell them that Muslims, Jews and Christians all worship the same deity (29:46). The Tafsir al-Jalalayn says that this means Muslims should not argue […]
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