JIHAD WATCH 10/29/2017

Over 120 of the 129 Islamic State jihadis from the US are unaccounted for
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 07:41 pm

They could be anywhere, and are likely plotting jihad massacres wherever they are. These men are enemy combatants, who gave their allegiance to an entity that has repeatedly insisted that it is at war with the United States. Those who have returned already should not have been allowed back in, and should be closely watched. […]
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Islamic Republic of Iran: Intelligence agents arrest convert from Islam to Christianity
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 05:51 pm

The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
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Somalia: Muslims stone mother of eight to death for adultery
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 04:11 pm

“Al Shabaab, which has been waging a war for years to topple the Horn of Africa country’s western-backed government, seeks to bring in rule based on its strict interpretation of sharia law.” In reality, there is no version of Sharia that doesn’t mandate death for adultery. Many Muslim countries don’t implement Sharia in its fullness, […]
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Sweden: Synagogue windows shattered in Muslim-dominated Malmo
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 03:53 pm

“Stones shatter window of synagogue in Sweden,” says the Jewish News, as if the stones decided to pick themselves up and hurl themselves through the synagogue windows. Or maybe Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, those legendary bad boys, were up to some mischief in Sweden. But in the fifth paragraph, we do hear: “Fred Kahn, […]
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Germany: Deportation center costing nearly $3,000,000 deports only 86 migrants a year
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Oct 28, 2017 02:46 pm

Western leaders have grossly failed in managing immigration. The story below indicates the level of failure: citizens are forced to sacrifice millions in tax money, but to what end? The regional government in Hamburg relocated their deportation detention centre last year and so far the new location has cost 2.4 million euros, despite only facilitating the […]
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UK: Amazon.com employee becomes observant in Islam, tries to bring ‘taste of immense pain’ to Britons
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 01:36 pm

“Jamil told psychiatrists he was possessed by evil spirits or ‘jinns’ and experts agreed he had suffered periods of mental illness, including symptoms of schizophrenia and depression. He told jurors he needed an IS imam to exorcise him in Syria after Sunni imams in Luton and Birmingham failed to cleanse his soul.” If any of […]
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Jordan’s Queen Rania: “Many around the world are unable to see Muslims as victims”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 12:19 pm

“Citing rising anti-Muslim sentiments and stereotypes, she questioned whether animosity towards Muslims had reached the point ‘where many around the world are unable to see Muslims as victims. It leads one to wonder if the tables were turned, and these acts of violence were committed by Muslims, if the world’s response would have been as […]
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Geneva: International Institute for Human Rights and Peace awards father of slain “Palestinian” jihad murderer
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 11:06 am

“Allyan is also the father of Bahaa Allyan, one of two terrorists responsible for the October 2015 attack on a Jerusalem commuter bus, during which three Israelis were mercilessly murdered. Beyond the fact that Allyan raised a son capable of committing such atrocities, a year later, in 2016, he was arrested for publicly praising his […]
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Virginia: Muslim gets 20 years for joining ISIS, says they studied Islam for 8 hours every day
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 10:33 am

“I didn’t agree with their ideology. Our daily life was basically prayer, eating, and learning about the religion for about eight hours.” Imagine spending all that time studying Islam and yet still misunderstanding its true, peaceful message. We can only hope that learned imams such as Pope Francis and H.R. McMaster will go to Virginia […]
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Army knew Bergdahl had deserted, but forced soldiers who knew truth to sign nondisclosure agreements
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 09:57 am

“In the days following Sergeant Bergdahl’s desertion, soldiers with knowledge of the facts were forced to sign nondisclosure agreements. The truth about Sergeant Bergdahl was suppressed at the cost of their peace of mind. Though it was common knowledge inside the unit that Sergeant Bergdahl had deserted, the Army allowed the myth to perpetuate that […]
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Is Jihad Watch a chronicle of the West’s suicide?
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 09:21 am

Jihad Watch has been tracking jihad activity in the U.S. and around the world, day in and day out for fourteen years. The Jihad Watch archives, which you can access on the right sidebar, are over 60,000 pieces of evidence. Evidence that the warriors of jihad is advancing against non-Muslim nations in Asia, Europe, and […]
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Pakistan: 44 women killed for honor in one district alone
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 08:47 am

Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father […]
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French government has paid nearly $600,000 in welfare benefits to Islamic State jihadis
By Robert Spencer on Oct 28, 2017 07:39 am

Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the […]
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