JIHAD WATCH 08/22/2016 WHY IS INSANITY DEFENSE FOR TERRORISM ALLOWED?

Illinois: Jihad terror suspect insists he is mentally competent to stand trial
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 09:16 pm

Adel Daoud insists he is sane, while his lawyers are trying to consign his actions to the global outbreak of mental illness. Said his lawyer, Thomas Durkin: “Would someone please tell me how I’m supposed to counsel someone who believes you are part of the Illuminati and that I might be part of the Illuminati?” […]
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Fake passports for Islamic State jihadis found in Greek refugee camps
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 08:55 pm

Bring in more refugees! What could possibly go wrong? “Fake passports for Isil terrorists ‘found in Greek refugee camps,'” by Josephine McKenna, Telegraph, August 21, 2016: The European Union’s counter terrorism agency has identified fake passports destined for alleged members of the Islamic State group in Greek refugee camps, an Italian newspaper has claimed. According […]
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Turkey: Muslim child murders 51, injures 69 in jihad-martyrdom bombing at wedding party
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 08:41 pm

The third one just today: “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) “Erdogan: Suicide Bomber in Turkish Wedding Attack Was 12-14 Years Old,” by Dasha Afanasieva, Reuters, August 21, […]
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Cameroon: Muslim murders three, injures several in jihad-martyrdom bombing
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 08:34 pm

And again: “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) “Suicide Bombing in North Cameroon Kills 3, Injures Several,” Associated Press, August 21, 2016: A local official says a suicide […]
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Somalia: Muslims murder 23 in jihad-martyrdom car bombings
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 08:22 pm

“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) “Somali bombings leave 23 dead; Al-Shabaab claims responsibility,” CNN, August 21, 2016: MOGADISHU, Somalia — A pair of suicide car bombings struck […]
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“Palestinian” rocket strikes Israel, Israel strikes CAIR-linked Hamas positions
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 08:11 pm

Note the marked pro-Palestinian bias of the AP report: the focus on the Israeli retaliation, the mentioning of the 17-year-old wounded boy (what was he doing?), implying that the Israeli strikes were disproportionate, indiscriminate, and targeted at civilians, etc. Only way down in the story do we hear that the rocket struck in an Israeli […]
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California Muslim who killed grandparents: “Praise be to Allah who [ will ] in searing pain smite my enimies with haste”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 07:22 pm

It seems clear from his Facebook page that Nathaniel Scheiern, who killed and tried to behead his grandparents, was a convert to Islam, not just a rage-filled loser with a taste for Islamic State beheading videos. Entries on his Facebook page include semi-literate but unmistakable declarations of Islamic faith (the brackets are not interpolations by […]
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Pro-Sharia Jewish lesbian Sally Kohn keeps digging the hole deeper
By Blain Tamarin on Aug 21, 2016 05:12 pm

Sally Kohn, CNN political commentator famous for the “dumbest tweet of the year,” is at it again. As if “educating” Donald Trump on the Sharia-supporting progressive Muslims wasn’t enough, Sally continues to spar with her Twitter followers over the basic principles of Sharia law. Thankfully the vast majority of them mock her tweets, including one […]
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California: Man who killed grandparents was influenced by jihadis
By Robert Spencer on Aug 21, 2016 12:11 pm

From the information available in this account, Nathaniel Scheiern doesn’t appear to be a Muslim, or at least was not known to be one; yet he was “infatuated with and influenced by radical Islamists” to the extent of killing and trying to behead his grandparents after coming home with them from a church service. Psychopaths […]
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