JIHAD WATCH 07/28/2016

Erdogan tightens iron grip on power: Turkey shuts down over 130 media outlets, dismisses 2,400 military personnel
By Christine Williams on Jul 27, 2016 04:49 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is actively using the recent coup attempt that led to some 290 deaths on July 15 to claim sweeping new powers for himself. Now he has ordered the shutdown of over 130 media outlets and dismissed 2,400 military personnel. Some say that the coup was staged precisely to give the tyrannical leader […]
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Homeland Security chief promoting past wrongs over jihadism and homeland security
By Christine Williams on Jul 27, 2016 04:47 pm

Historic racism against blacks is atrocious and has left scars upon the community, as do all human rights violations against a community. The Holocaust against the Jews is no different. But when an offending group evolves (e.g., those of European decent), so should the offended group (e.g., blacks). This is not to say that ongoing […]
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‘Violent explosion’ outside German office for migration — ‘Arab men’ fled scene
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2016 11:49 am

This is possibly today’s jihad attack, in what has become a daily series in Germany. And they’re just getting warmed up. In this case, the choice of target is piquant, but after all, the Qur’an commands jihad against Infidels, not jihad only against Infidels who are unkind to the Muslims. Authorities, meanwhile, are no doubt […]
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“Islamophobia” horror! Episode of UK’s “Fireman Sam” withdrawn, apology issued after character steps on Qur’an page
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2016 07:24 am

Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” beheaded a priest in France. A Muslim blew himself up in a cafe in Ansbach, Germany. A Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” murdered fifteen people in a shooting spree in Munich. A Muslim stabbed a woman and her three daughters in France. A Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” injured 18 people with an […]
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Somalia: Muslims murder at least 13 people with jihad car bomb attack near Mogadishu airport
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2016 07:07 am

The jihad is truly global, and more aggressive than ever. The jihad group al-Shabaab has claimed this one: “The two explosions were carried out by two courageous Mujahideen suicide bombers who targeted two places where the alleged peacekeeping troops are based.” Authorities will no doubt be searching for motive. “Somalia: Double car bomb attack near […]
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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Few Muslims Show Up at ‘Muslims Against ISIS’ Rally, as Usual
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2016 06:50 am

Over at PJ Media, I discuss the latest fizzled display of moderate Muslim might: Moderate Muslims are the hope of the West, right? Whatever one may think of that statement, it’s a fact: the leaders of Western Europe and North America have brought in so many Muslim migrants — with so many more to come […]
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How do news outlets from around the world identify jihad murder in their headlines?
By Blain Tamarin on Jul 27, 2016 06:12 am

As of 9 am EST on July 26, 2016, here’s how they did: Left-leaning outlets: Al Jazeera English – Priest, 84, ‘killed with blade’ in French church attack BBC – Priest killed in French church attack CNN – Hollande: Deadly church attack in France carried out in name of ISIS Deutsche Welle – Hostage situation […]
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Coptic bishop: Egypt’s Christians attacked ‘every two or three days’
By Raymond Ibrahim on Jul 27, 2016 05:46 am

After the latest round of attacks on Egypt’s Christian minority—which saw at least one Copt stabbed to death and many Christian homes and a church burned—Coptic Bishop Makarious of al-Minya, the region where many of the attacks on Christians take place, was interviewed on television. Although Church authorities in Egypt are regularly diplomatic and sensitive […]
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Why Jihadists Beheaded Fr. Jacques Hamel — on The Glazov Gang
By Jamie Glazov on Jul 27, 2016 05:40 am

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel. In north-western France yesterday, in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du Rouvray, Muslims stormed a church, took hostages and shouted “Daesh” while beheading 84-year-old Fr. Jacques Hamel. While media outlets like The Telegraph are telling us that the attackers’ “motives are still unknown,” The Glazov Gang has a bit of […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: Eject Western Traitors, Beat Islamic Terrorists
By Raymond Ibrahim on Jul 27, 2016 05:36 am

Muslims around the world—especially in Europe where their numbers have burgeoned in recent times—are wreaking havoc. The newest atrocity—assuming another one hasn’t already occurred since this writing—is the barbaric slaughter of an 85-year-old Christian priest in France. Yesterday (7/26) morning, “Allahu Akbar” shouting Muslims stormed his church in Rouen while the octogenarian priest, Jacques Hamel, […]
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