JIHAD WATCH 09/16/2016

Robert Spencer Video: Save Afshin Sohrabzadeh
By Jamie Glazov on Sep 16, 2016 01:56 am

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel. There is a campaign designed as a rescue mission for Afshin, arranged by Live up to Freedom, founded by Aynaz Anni Cyrus: gofundme.com/HopeforPersecuted. This special edition of The Glazov Gang presents the Robert Spencer Moment with Robert Spencer, the Director of JihadWatch.org and the author of the new […]
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Muslim attacks NYPD cops with meat cleaver, previously arrested for carrying knives near synagogue
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 08:19 pm

While Linda Sarsour and other Islamic supremacists hysterically pretend that it’s unsafe for Muslim women in New York, the jihad there continues. Looks as if Akram Joudeh was a jihad waiting to happen: “Akram Joudeh: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know,” by Jessica McBride, Heavy, September 15, 2016: NBC 10.com said the suspect was […]
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Germany: Hijab fashion stores linked to Salafism
By Blain Tamarin on Sep 15, 2016 07:21 pm

The mental gymnastics is pretty impressive in this one. On the one hand, the author quotes the Brookings Institution, saying “Salafism is the idea that the most authentic and true Islam is found in the lived example of early, righteous generations of Muslims, known as the Salaf, who were closest both in time and proximity to […]
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Free Afshin Sohrabzadeh!
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 07:08 pm

An important message from Pamela Geller: One of the most important initiatives of our organization(s) AFDI/SIOA, apart from the ad campaigns, First Amendment lawsuits, activism, etc., is our work helping to safety those who are under the boot of the sharia. I have forged an alliance with Aynaz Anni Cyrus, a brave human rights activist […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: A Few Questions For Simon Collis
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Sep 15, 2016 05:37 pm

The Saudis, and many other Muslims, are ecstatic. Simon Collis, the British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has just revealed to the world that he has converted to Islam (he did this a few years ago, but it was kept quiet until now). And he this week just completed the Hajj, the first British Ambassador to […]
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Calais: Muslim migrants beat up local police
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 02:29 pm

The solution: bring in more Muslim migrants. What could possibly go wrong? “Three policemen were injured after arresting people smugglers at Dunkirk migrant camp,” by Romina McGuinness, Express, September 14, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The policemen had been sent to the Grande-Synthe Linière refugee camp, in northern France, to arrest a group […]
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UK: David Cameron ‘ultimately responsible’ for Libya collapse and rise of the Islamic State, says House of Commons report
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 01:55 pm

“They saw ‘no evidence that the UK Government carried out a proper analysis of the nature of the rebellion in Libya.'” Of course it didn’t. There was no way that it could have. Its denial and willful ignorance regarding the motivating ideology behind the rebellion in Libya foredoomed its analysis to failure. It underestimated the […]
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UK: Muslim teen plotted jihad massacres at Buckingham palace and Elton John concert
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 11:50 am

I’d want to commit suicide if I had to go to an Elton John concert, too, but this is different. “Teenager, 19, ‘plotted suicide nail bomb attacks on London landmarks including Buckingham Palace and a 9/11 anniversary Elton John gig funded by online loans,'” by Chris Greenwood and Richard Spillett, MailOnline, September 13, 2016: A […]
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New York: Muslim woman set on fire not hate crime, attacker targeted non-Muslims also
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 11:21 am

Professional victim Linda Sarsour has been all over this case, writing in the Guardian: “A Muslim woman was set on fire in New York. Now just going out requires courage.” Her goal? “The irresponsible and rhetorical vilification of Muslims in this current election cycle is leading to violent acts against members of a faith community […]
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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Why the War On Terror Has Taken 15 Years, and Will Take Much Longer
By Robert Spencer on Sep 15, 2016 10:37 am

In PJ Media I explain some of the failures that have gotten us into this fix: This war has gone on for a very long time, and last Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 jihad attacks, among all the reminiscences, and eulogies, and encomia, virtually no one attempted to explain why. There’s […]
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The Burkini Ban Protects Women — a Daniel Greenfield Moment
By Jamie Glazov on Sep 15, 2016 10:06 am

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel. This special edition of The Glazov Gang presents The Daniel Greenfield Moment with Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center who writes the blog The Point at Frontpagemag.com. Daniel discussed The Burkini Ban Protects Women, explaining why France’s burkini ban is right. Don’t miss […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: Impervious Hubris: How U.S. Intelligence Failures Led to ISIS
By Raymond Ibrahim on Sep 15, 2016 09:50 am

Over a decade after U.S. leadership declared a “war on terror,” all it has to show for it is the creation of the Islamic State—an Islamic body that has taken terror and atrocities to a whole new level. How did this happen? A key factor often overlooked is the intelligence community’s failures concerning what fuels the […]
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