JIHAD WATCH 03/29/2018

Saudi crown prince: Spread of Wahhabism done at West’s request during Cold War
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 06:13 pm

As I show in my forthcoming book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can preorder here now, the history of Islam is full of non-Muslims who thought that they could use the warriors of jihad for their own purposes. History is littered with the broken bodies of short-sighted people who thought […]
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France: Jihadi’s girlfriend posted Quran verse saying infidels were promised to hell hours before attack
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 05:52 pm

“The prosecutor said the girlfriend denied involvement in Lakdim’s plans. But Molins said she posted online a Quran verse ‘indicating that infidels were promised to hell’ just a few hours before the attack.” Not that this has anything to do with… “Morocco asks why France didn’t flag up supermarket attacker,” Associated Press, March 27, 2018: […]
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France: Imam to be deported for inciting Muslims to distrust non-Muslims
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 10:48 am

What else could he possibly have preached? Do French authorities really think that other imams don’t preach this? “The Jews or the Christians will never approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, ‘Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the guidance.’ If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you […]
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Philippines: Cathedral cancels Easter celebrations after Muslims ransack it and smash statues
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 09:08 am

Surely Pope Francis is on his way to Marawi now to explain to these Muslims that true Islam and the proper understanding of the Qur’an forbid every form of violence. “Cathedral ransacked by Islamic State-linked extremists cancels Easter celebrations,” by Alex Williams, Premier, March 24, 2018: Easter celebrations are being cancelled at a cathedral in […]
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London: Passover shoppers injured as car mounts pavement and plows into pharmacy
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 09:01 am

The people who were injured — Passover shoppers — and the fact that the car crashed right next to a kosher food shop suggests that this was vehicular jihad. A billboard in Nazareth that actually called for such attacks, as did “moderate” Fatah in 2014. And the Islamic State issued this call in September 2014: So […]
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Germany: Muslim “child refugees” ambush and stab woman, victim now fighting for her life
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 08:50 am

Thank you, Chancellor Merkel! Celebrate diversity! “Woman, 24, fights for life after being ambushed and stabbed by three child Syrian refugees who followed her after arguing with her at a supermarket in Germany,” by Allan Hall, MailOnline, March 26, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A 24-year-old woman is fighting for her life after […]
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Germany: ISIS beheading videos increasingly popular among Muslim migrant school children
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 08:31 am

You have a problem with this, you racist, bigoted Islamophobe? Celebrate diversity! “ISIS beheading videos increasingly popular among migrant school children in Germany,” Voice of Europe, March 27, 2018: The problems at Germany’s migrant majority schools are spiralling out of control, The President of Germany’s Teachers Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, tells BILD newspaper. In an interview, […]
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Mubin Shaikh’s moderate Muslim meltdown
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 08:12 am

Recently Jihad Watch ran a piece by ex-Muslim Saleem Smith about Mubin Shaikh, the “moderate” Muslim spokesman in Canada, entitled “The Curious Case of Mubin Shaikh, the “Undercover Jihadi.” Longtime Jihad Watch readers may recall that I debated Mubin Shaikh in 2013 about whether or not the Qur’an teaches warfare against unbelievers. You can see […]
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Italy: Muslim teacher tells children as young as 4 to attack non-Muslims with swords and bombs
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2018 07:27 am

Italy is clearly not yet diverse enough. Abdel Rahman is “accused of using an Islamic cultural centre to spread jihadist propaganda.” Why didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims see how he was hijacking their peaceful religion, and cast him out? “Italian anti-terror police arrest man accused of links to Isis,” The Local, March 27, […]
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