JIHAD WATCH 03/16/2017

Federal judge blocks new Trump travel ban
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 07:39 pm

The first ban was blocked by a ruling that didn’t even mention the relevant statute giving the President the authority to restrict immigration. It isn’t clear yet whether or not this block discusses that law. Activist judges with no regard for the safety of the American people are legislating from the bench with complete indifference […]
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Saudi prince hails Trump as “strong President” in fight against “dangerous” Iran
By Christine Williams on Mar 15, 2017 06:44 pm

Saudi Arabia had viewed with unease the administration of US President Barack Obama, whom they felt considered Riyadh’s alliance with Washington less important than negotiating the Iran nuclear deal….The deputy crown prince viewed the nuclear deal as “very dangerous,” the senior adviser said, adding that both leaders had identical views on “the danger of Iran’s […]
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Former jihadist turned Christian evangelist warns of educational jihad against West
By Christine Williams on Mar 15, 2017 06:38 pm

A former radical Islamist turned Christian evangelist is warning the West of another form of jihad being waged in the education front. Isik Abla “mentioned four other types of jihad—educational, population, media, and economical jihad” and revealed that “she was recruited to wage educational jihad by her first Muslim husband.” Abla’s warnings emerge from her […]
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Switzerland: 500 Muslims accused of spreading jihadist propaganda online
By Christine Williams on Mar 15, 2017 06:33 pm

Switzerland is still a target for militants despite so far avoiding attacks like those in Germany and France. The government is examining whether to require employees of private companies who manage asylum cases to report clients’ possible extremist behaviour to authorities. The government clearly should implement a reporting system in the interests of national security. The […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: One Minute and 33 Seconds, Or Pauline Hanson Ill-Prepared
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Mar 15, 2017 03:52 pm

Pauline Hanson, the Australian politician and leader of the One Nation Party, two days ago called for a referendum to change her country’s Constitution, so that section 116 of that document, which prohibits banning a religion, might be scrapped, in order that Islam might then be prohibited. For Hanson claimed, as she has so many […]
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Clarion Project tries to show that Islamic reform is possible, instead only shows how easy it is to be fooled
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 02:02 pm

The Clarion Project, of which moderate Muslim Zuhdi Jasser is an advisory board member, has rushed to his aid in our recent controversy, claiming to demonstrate in this piece that reform of Islam is not only possible, but happening now in all sorts of ways I am not acknowledging. Now, I have never said Islamic […]
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Robert Spencer Video: Why Trump is Wise to Refer to “Radical Islamic Terrorism”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 01:10 pm

In this new video, I explain why President Trump’s references to “radical Islamic terrorism” are a welcome departure from the denial and willful ignorance of the Obama era.
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Zuhdi Jasser’s assistant attended Garland jihad shooters’ mosque in Phoenix
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 12:19 pm

Yesterday I cited professional moderate Muslim Zuhdi Jasser’s endorsement of pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist Alija Izetbegovic as an example of the problematic aspects of the entire moderate Muslim enterprise. Here is more. At Jasser’s American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) website, the “Our Team” page contains biographies of two people: Jasser himself and Courtney Lonergan, AIFD’s […]
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Dallas: Imam targeted by the Islamic State, but says “I’m more afraid of my wife walking into Walmart”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 10:20 am

“Although the video has been taken down, Suleiman showed us a clip, narrated in Arabic, where he is being called an apostate, or a non-believer.” Establishment media outlets assume that if the Islamic State targets someone like Omar Suleiman, it must mean that Omar Suleiman is as moderate as the day is long. In reality, […]
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Robert Spencer: Fake University Harvard Uses Fake Professor’s List to Smear Real News Sites
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 09:13 am

FrontPage, Jihad Watch, Truth Revolt all make the list. My latest in FrontPage: Harvard University has picked up on a Merrimack College professor’s list of “fake news” sites, including the Daily Caller, the Drudge Report, Breitbart News, the Washington Examiner, the Washington Free Beacon, Independent Journal Review (IJR), and even Bill Kristol’s relentlessly Never-Trump The […]
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Mattis withdraws pro-Muslim Brotherhood Obama-era Mattis pick for undersecretary for policy
By Robert Spencer on Mar 15, 2017 08:25 am

This is good. It is unfortunate that Mattis wanted Patterson in the first place. The Egyptian people knew what Anne Patterson was all about. She figured prominently on the signs that protesters against the Muslim Brotherhood regime carried as they ousted the Brotherhood regime in 2013. Free Egyptians roundly criticized her and Obama for supporting […]
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