JIHAD WATCH 03/17/2017

Australia: Muslim primary school students threaten to behead teacher, Education Dept dismisses her complaints
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 04:57 pm

“She said the final straw was when she received death threats to her family from her year 5 and 6 students, with some saying they would behead her….She said she was abused by students when she stopped them from hanging a Syrian flag in the classroom. The woman also said she was pushed into a […]
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India: 46 Muslim clerics issue fatwa against singer who sang songs against terrorism and the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 04:45 pm

Why don’t we see more genuine Muslim reformers? “Police said they were investigating whether the fatwa was a reaction to Nahid recently performing songs against terrorism, including the Islamic State terror group.” Yes, you read that right. These Muslim clerics may have issued this fatwa against Nahid because she sang songs against terrorism and the […]
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Sweden: Muslim migrants who raped woman as their friend laughed and livestreamed it over Facebook are charged
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 04:21 pm

The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their […]
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Georgia: Muslim used scissors to perform FGM on his two-year-old daughter
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 04:03 pm

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely reputed to be a cultural practice. In reality, it is specifically sanctioned in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the […]
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Iran deal architect is now running Tehran policy at the State Department
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 02:07 pm

The Iran deal essentially green-lights Iran’s nuclear program and led to Obama showering billions of dollars upon the Islamic Republic. Why is Sahar Nowrouzzadeh still in the State Department at all, much less being in charge of Iran policy planning? Trump ran for the presidency denouncing the Iran deal. The Trump administration is clearly in […]
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Media spins Dutch election as loss for Wilders, who is actually stronger than ever
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 01:12 pm

The establishment media is pushing not just propaganda, but fantasy. “Geert Wilders and the Real Story of the Election:The patriotic revolution continues,” by Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage, March 16, 2017: The Dutch Labor Party used to dominate Maastricht. The ancient city gave its name to the Maastricht Treaty that created the European Union. In this election, […]
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Turkish Foreign Minister: “Religion wars will soon begin in Europe”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 10:44 am

Çavuşoğlu may well be right. But if “religion wars” do indeed break out in Europe, it won’t be because of the “far-right.” “Turkish FM warns of ‘religion wars’ in Europe in remarks on Dutch elections,” Hürriyet Daily News, March 16, 2017: Europe will soon be the site of “religion wars,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said […]
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Germany: Over 400 police, raid, search, and close mosque that was recruiting for the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 09:25 am

Oddly enough, the Muslim moderates and reformists that no doubt made up the overwhelming majority of the members of this mosque did not rise up and expel those who were working for the Islamic State. The reason for the anomaly eludes authorities. “Germany: Over 400 police raid mosque,” by Victor Laszlo, The Rebel, March 15, […]
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“Anti-Sharia” bill passes in Montana House judiciary
By Robert Spencer on Mar 16, 2017 08:56 am

“This effort is not solving a problem, but it is simply based on an out-of-state model in policy that is a direct reaction to Islamophobia and it is an underhanded effort to spread an alarmist message about Islam in order to keep Muslims in the United States on the margins,” Rachel Carroll Rivas, co-director of […]
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Raymond Ibrahim: Christianity and Judaism Breed Terrorism Just Like Islam?
By Raymond Ibrahim on Mar 16, 2017 08:06 am

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric and head of Al Azhar, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, recently spoke before the religious representatives of some 50 nations during a Cairo-based conference. The sheikh demonstrated once again that he is a master of exhibiting one face to fellow Muslims — one that supports the death penalty for “apostates,” calls for the […]
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