JIHAD WATCH 10/03/2017

Toronto school board backtracks on intrusive Islamic guidebook
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Oct 02, 2017 07:56 pm

Yesterday, Jihad Watch reported that the Toronto District School Board released a 170-page guidebook for teachers that recommended “a variety of religious intrusions into the public school system. A list of announcements it suggests be read before or after the playing of O Canada include the Muslim greeting ‘As-salamu alaykum’.” This would have placed Islam in the […]
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Mustafa Akyol: The Great Pretender as Reformer
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Oct 02, 2017 07:33 pm

Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish journalist and lecturer on Islam who presents himself as both a loyal Believer and as a determined Reformer, one whose understanding of the true Islam, if only it were to find favor among 1.5 billion Muslims, would allow the Faithful to slough off the unpleasant aspects of Islam, in Akyol’s […]
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Edmonton: Muslim migrant jihadi “checked thoroughly” in 2015 and deemed no threat
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 04:32 pm

They say he was “checked thoroughly,” but since they deny the motivating ideology of jihad terror attacks, how do they even know what to check for? They’re the blind leading the blind. “Suspect facing terrorism charges in Edmonton attacks investigated in 2015,” by Dean Bennett, John Cotter, Rob Drinkwater and Chris Purdy, Canadian Press, October […]
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ISIS issues official communique on Las Vegas, identifying Paddock as “Abu Abd Abdulbar al-Ameriki”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 03:10 pm

The Islamic State is not backing off from its claim of responsibility for the Las Vegas massacre. They don’t seem to be afraid that Stephen Paddock will turn out to be a white supremacist neo-Nazi or some such. They don’t seem to be worried about being exposed as grandiose liars. They’re doubling down.
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“It isn’t true that ISIS has a history of claiming others’ attacks as their own”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 02:25 pm

This is very interesting: Graeme Wood notes here that “the idea that the Islamic State simply scans the news in search of mass killings, then sends out press releases in hope of stealing glory, is false,” and that those who claim that ISIS is in the habit of taking credit for attacks it had nothing […]
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Las Vegas: US officials discount ISIS’s claim of responsibility, say shooter had psychological problems
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 11:16 am

More of the global outbreak of mental illness? In any case, this would be easier to take seriously were it not for the fact that officials so often ascribe what are obviously jihad attacks to mental illness. This man planned his attack carefully over a long period of time. If he was mentally ill, he […]
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“Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago”: Islamic State claims responsibility for attack
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 10:26 am

“The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition. The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago.” “Las Vegas Shootout Live: 50 Killed, ISIS Claims Responsibility,” The Quint, October 2, 2017 (thanks […]
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The Islamic State called for lone wolf attack on Las Vegas Strip in May video
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 09:52 am

The fact that the Islamic State called for such an attack doesn’t mean that the attack last night was a jihad massacre. But no doubt Islamic State jihadis are celebrating. “ISIS called for a lone wolf attack on the Las Vegas Strip in a chilling ‘call to arms’ video released in May,” MailOnline, October 2, […]
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Initial reports: Las Vegas shooter “recent convert to Islam.” Now: “We have no idea what his belief system was.”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 02, 2017 09:08 am

Whence the initial reports? Why the change? No information yet. “Las Vegas gunman identified as 64-year-old Mesquite, NV man,” by David Rosenberg, Arutz Sheva, October 2, 2017: Police take shooter’s female companion into custody after attack which left more than 50 dead, 100 wounded. 2 Police officers among dead. The gunman responsible for a deadly […]
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