JIHAD WATCH 05/31/2017

Robert Spencer video: What is Sharia?
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 08:57 pm

What is Sharia? That depends on whom you ask. In this video, I explain the role of Sharia in orthodox Islam. Video thanks to David Wood.
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Olivier Roy, “One of France’s Top Experts On Islamic Terrorism” (Part I)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on May 30, 2017 08:49 pm

Olivier Roy, who refuses to believe that the acts of Muslim terrorists might actually be explained by reference to Islam, its texts and teachings, was quick off the mark in explaining the Manchester bombing: Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a Manchester pop concert this week, started life advantageously enough: to […]
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Taliban increasingly killing Islamic scholars to silence criticism
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 30, 2017 08:25 pm

“The reason the Taliban resort to such acts is that they want to make sure their legitimacy is not questioned by the sermons of these ulema.” True. “The reason these ulema are getting targeted is because they tell the truth…” False.  “– and the truth is that the ongoing fighting is just for power.” True. […]
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Left discovers jihad, blames Trump for emboldening “jihadist” Saudi Arabia
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 30, 2017 08:05 pm

This war on jihad terror gets stranger by the day. Many leftist purveyors of “Islamophobia” propaganda are resistant to the very word “jihad” and the reality that normative Islam is jihadist at the core and is very much driven by Islamic texts. Yet now CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, of all people, has written about “jihadist terrorism” […]
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ACLU opposes Maine bill criminalizing female genital mutilation
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 03:49 pm

“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 bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is called khufaadh ‘female circumcision’]).” — ‘Umdat al-Salik e4.3, translated by Mark Durie, The Third Choice, p. 64 […]
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Robert Spencer at Breitbart: Theresa May’s Tories Targeted Critics of Islam Instead of Terrorists
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 12:12 pm

Theresa May is a criminal traitor. As the Englishman puts it in the video here: “Our own protectors are turning against us. Because the people that are bloody tellin’ them the rules ‘ave got it all wrong, THERESA MAY.” He pronounces the Prime Minister’s name with all the contempt she so richly deserves. My latest […]
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Portland mayor asks feds to bar free-speech and anti-sharia rallies after stabbings
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 10:33 am

“The mayor of Portland, Ore., is calling on federal authorities to cancel a pair of upcoming rallies organized by conservative groups, saying the city was still ‘in shock’ after two men were fatally stabbed on a commuter train Friday while fending off a man shouting anti-Muslim slurs.” So says the Washington Post, following the establishment […]
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Ramadan in Baghdad: Islamic State detonates bomb outside ice cream parlor, murdering 31
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 10:04 am

A Taliban spokesman recently explained: “Our fight is Jihad and an obligatory worship. And every obligatory act of worship has 70 times more reward in Ramadan.” The Islamic State no doubt believes that as well. “BAGHDAD BLAST: ISIS militants detonate bomb outside popular ice cream shop; 31 dead,” Fox News, May 30, 2017: The death […]
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Germany: 17-year-old Muslim migrant arrested for jihad-martyrdom suicide attack plot
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 09:52 am

“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) But remember: if you oppose the Muslim migrant influx into Germany, you’re a Nazi, to be shunned by all decent folk. “Syrian […]
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Day after Manchester jihad massacre, Twitter and Facebook roll out hijabi emoji
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 09:40 am

There is an ongoing effort in the establishment media to present Islam and Sharia observance as completely ordinary, benign things, with no downside at all. This effort usually becomes more intense after a jihad massacre, with its attendant myth-making about racist, redneck yahoos supposedly victimizing hijab-wearing women: efforts such as this one are presented as […]
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Pope Francis: Egyptian Christians “were killed after having refused to renounce their Christian faith”
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 08:43 am

This is odd. Pope Francis has said that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” He has also said that “Muslim terrorism does not exist.” So if he really believes those statements, and others he has made about the peaceful nature of Islam, then he must […]
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Public Health Association of Australia: No “inherent link between Islam and terrorism”
By Robert Spencer on May 30, 2017 08:18 am

“The PHAA urges the Committee to include a recommendation in its report that disavows the notion that there is any inherent link between Islam and terrorism….The Committee should condemn any politician who refers divisively (expressly or implied) to any religious or ethnic group for the purpose of political gain.” Will the Committee also disavow those […]
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Glazov Gang: John Guandolo on “Trump vs. Brotherhood Infiltration”
By Jamie Glazov on May 30, 2017 08:01 am

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel. This new special edition of The Glazov Gang features John Guandolo, a former FBI agent, combat veteran Marine, and now the President of Understanding the Threat. John discussed Trump vs. Brotherhood Infiltration, casting a disturbing light on the enemy within.  Don’t miss it! And make sure to watch […]
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