JIHAD WATCH 04/04/2017

Merkel government says there is no need to regulate Islamic organizations in Germany
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 06:58 pm

The proposal was for a registry of mosques and the monitoring of Islamic sermons. Obviously there is no need for such measures! What could possibly go wrong? “German government rejects conservatives’ call for Islam law,” Associated Press, April 3, 2017: The German government says there’s no need for new legislation to regulate Islamic organizations in […]
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St. Petersburg: Suspected jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber had ties to the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 05:38 pm

“I saw a lot of smoke, a crowd making its way to the escalators, people with blood and other people’s insides on their clothes, bloody faces.” And their bloodthirsty god is appeased. “Suspected suicide bomber in St. Petersburg attack had links to Islamic State: report,” by Denis Pinchuk and Alexander Winning, Reuters, April 3, 2017: […]
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Germany: Convert to Islam gets life sentence for jihad bombing and murder plots
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 03:51 pm

Once again a convert to Islam gets the idea that his new religion requires him to murder. Authorities remain uninterested in this recurring phenomenon. “German court sentences extremist to life over bomb plot,” by Frank Jordans, Associated Press, April 3, 2017: BERLIN (AP) — A German court handed lengthy prison sentences Monday to four Islamic […]
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Video trailers: Robert Spencer on Michelle Malkin Investigates on the refugee crisis and child marriage in Islam
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 03:51 pm

I appeared on Michelle Malkin Investigates to discuss the refugee rape crisis and child marriage in Islam. You can watch the full episode on crtv.com. Michelle’s page is here.
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First image of St. Petersburg terror suspect indicates that this was an Islamic jihad attack
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 12:27 pm

UPDATE: This man has turned himself in to police and insists he is innocent and had no involvement in the attack. ——– Cue the establishment media stories about “backlash” and “Islamophobia.” “Pictured: First images of ‘terror suspect’ accused of planting a nail bomb which ripped through carriages on St Petersburg metro killing at least ten […]
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“Jihad has constituted nothing less than a central pillar of Pakistani grand strategy”
By Andrew Harrod on Apr 03, 2017 11:38 am

“[J]ihad has constituted nothing less than a central pillar of Pakistani grand strategy,” writes Naval Postgraduate School Professor S. Paul Kapur in his new book Jihad as Grand Strategy:  Islamist Militancy, National Security, and the Pakistani State. This insightful case study illuminates how Pakistan’s Islamic Republic has pursued politics by means of Islamic proxies that […]
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Russia: Another bomb found, deactivated
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 11:11 am

Looks like a large-scale plot involving multiple bombs — another hallmark of jihad activity. No word yet as to the perpetrators, however. “The Latest: Russians say another bomb found, deactivated,” Associated Press, April 3, 2017: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg […]
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Islamic State celebrates St. Petersburg attack: “A metro to hell for the worshipers of the Cross”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 10:13 am

“We ask Allah to bless the operation by the lions of the Caliphate, we ask Allah to kill the Crusaders…a metro to hell for the worshipers of the Cross.” Once again we see that the Islamic State casts its conflict with the nations of the world solely in Islamic terms. It has never done anything […]
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Russia: Bomb filled with shrapnel explodes on St. Petersburg subway, Putin says terrorism possible
By Robert Spencer on Apr 03, 2017 09:31 am

See what a scoundrel Putin is? He didn’t immediately rule out terrorism, the way a good Western leader would. This is a developing story, and it might turn out to something other than jihad attack, but given the propensity of jihadis to set off bombs in crowded public places, jihad cannot at this point be […]
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Jamie Glazov Moment: Police “May Never Know” Motive of London ISIS Terrorist
By Jamie Glazov on Apr 03, 2017 06:27 am

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel. In this new Jamie Glazov Moment, Jamie focuses on Police “May Never Know” Motive of London ISIS Terrorist, reflecting on the mystery wrapped inside an enigma that ensues unabated. Don’t miss it! And make sure to watch Jamie give key tips on How Not to Blame Islam for […]
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