JIHAD WATCH 09/02/2016

Australia: “Disabled” Muslim with two wives gets six years for helping send young Muslims to wage jihad in Syria
By Robert Spencer on Sep 01, 2016 06:06 pm

He has two wives? Isn’t polygamy illegal in Australia? And he is a disability pensioner, but he is well enough to recruit for jihad? UK jihadi Anjem Choudary said in February 2013: “We are on Jihad Seekers Allowance, We take the Jizya (protection money paid to Muslims by non-Muslims) which is ours anyway. The normal […]
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Islamic State bans soccer referees because they implement Fifa rules “in violation of the commands of Allah”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 01, 2016 05:46 pm

“Local sources told SOHR militants told football organisers referees would be banned because their decisions ‘do not judge according to what Allah has revealed’ and are ‘a violation of Allah’s command and the Sunnah.'” One might almost get the crazy idea that the Islamic State had something to do with Islam. Good thing we have […]
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Obama administration agreed in secret to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in nuclear agreement so it could get sanctions relief
By Robert Spencer on Sep 01, 2016 04:13 pm

The Obama administration seems to have been bent on financing the Islamic Republic of Iran by hook or by crook. “U.S., others agreed ‘secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal: think tank,” by Jonathan Landay, Reuters, September 1, 2016: The United States and its negotiating partners agreed “in secret” to allow Iran to evade some […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: UK’s Independent: ‘Allahu Akbar’ Is A Publicity Stunt, Not Jihad
By Robert Spencer on Sep 01, 2016 04:01 pm

The media’s never-ending quest to exonerate Islam grows even more farfetched. My latest in FrontPage: Andrew MacLeod is a “visiting Professor at Kings College London and a former UN and Red Cross official who served in countries like Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and others.” What sloppy writing. What countries are like Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, and […]
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Saudi Arabia: 27 Christians arrested and deported for “conducting Christian prayers” in private residence
By Raymond Ibrahim on Sep 01, 2016 03:10 pm

Saudi Arabian officials recently arrested 27 Christians—among them several women and children—for the crime of “conducting Christian prayers” and being “in possession of Bibles,” reports Arab media. The group of Christians, most if not all of whom were Lebanese nationals, were celebrating a Virgin Mary feast day when authorities stormed their residence and arrested them. […]
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Australia: Muslim refugee rapes 10-year-old boy, says what he did is not a crime because it’s acceptable in his homeland
By Robert Spencer on Sep 01, 2016 12:58 pm

In Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Islamic world, this kind of behavior is broadly tolerated. Women are so devalued, men look to other men and boys for sexual pleasure. Also, the Qur’an promises not just virgins to the blessed, but boys like “scattered pearls”: “Those are the ones brought near in the Gardens of Pleasure, […]
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“Free pass for terrorists” as US court cancels $654 million verdict against PLO
By Robert Spencer on Sep 01, 2016 12:29 pm

“The United States government had said last year that the case threatened to financially destabilize the Palestinian government and harm the region.” Oh my, we can’t have a “destabilized” “Palestinian” government. It might start lobbing rockets at Israeli civilians and calling for genocide on its TV channel! “‘Free Pass for Terrorists’ as US Court Cancels […]
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Canadian Human Rights Commission advertises Islam as a religion of peace and justice
By Christine Williams on Sep 01, 2016 09:50 am

The Canadian Human Rights Commission sponsored a webinar entitled “Building Bridges Between Cultures,” promoting Islam as a religion of peace and justice that shares values with other major faiths. But given the sizeable problem the globe is experiencing with political Islam, the first question one might ask is, why is this ignored? The second question […]
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Saudi Arabia: 2000 lashes, 10 years in jail for tweeting about being atheist
By Christine Williams on Sep 01, 2016 09:25 am

Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to “10 years in jail and 2,000 lashes for tweeting that he was an atheist,” under its system of Sharia law. “The hardline Islamic state has a law defining atheist beliefs as ‘terrorism,’” so “God help him” is right. And to think Westerners are still being misled with falsehoods, […]
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Brits overwhelmingly support banning burqa despite French hoopla
By Christine Williams on Sep 01, 2016 09:06 am

Brits overwhelmingly support banning the Islamic burqa, by a ratio of two to one. “The poll comes after a row in France over a woman who was forced to undress by armed police.” That row became a media circus, with accusations about human rights violations. Meanwhile, the authenticity of the woman who all too readily shed […]
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