JIHAD WATCH 04/25/2018

Toronto van attacker bald in arrest photos yesterday, has full head of hair in court sketches today
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 03:41 pm

Yesterday, when Toronto van attacker Alek Minassian was arrested, he was bald: Today, in court sketches, he has a full head of hair. Here he is in a sketch published by the Associated Press and run by the New York Daily News: Court sketches aren’t a high art, but in a different court sketch run […]
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Swedish woman meets two Muslim migrants at night to prove xenophobes wrong, is brutally raped
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 03:11 pm

But at least she proved it: she isn’t “racist” or “Islamophobic,” and that’s the important thing. “Swedish woman who accompanied two Afghans to prove that xenophobes are wrong, is raped and abused,” Voice of Europe, April 24, 2018: A middle-aged Swedish woman was raped and abused by two Afghan asylum seekers in their asylum accommodation, […]
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Islamic State calls for jihad attacks against “apostate” Arab states
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 03:02 pm

They’re “apostate” because they don’t accept the authority of the Islamic State. The group has lost nearly all of its territory but still considers itself the caliphate, and thus as the sole legitimate authority among Sunni Muslims, declares all others to be outside the fold of Islam. “Islamic State calls for attacks on Arab states, […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: A Manifesto On Islamic Antisemitism Shows the France That Has Come to Its Senses
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Apr 24, 2018 02:40 pm

In France a letter, or rather manifesto, denouncing Islamic antisemitism and demanding that Muslims take action, has just been published in a French paper, Le Parisien. It was written by Philippe Val, a former editor of Charlie Hebdo. “‘Ethnic purging’: French stars and dignitaries condemn antisemitism,” AFP, April 21, 2018: More than 300 French dignitaries […]
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Illinois public library removes poem after accusations of “Islamophobia”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 01:00 pm

“Islamophobia”? Really? This “poem” was actually lampooning “Islamophobia,” offering a standard Leftist view of what opponents of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women are really all about: they’re white supremacist rednecks (the Confederate flag) and violent bullies (snatching the hijab). Those who complained about it, and Aurora Public Library officials, are apparently so intellectually […]
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Toronto van attacker: Known to police or not known to police?
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 12:00 pm

If what is reported in this story is accurate, it is likely that this was not a jihad attack. But the odd discrepancy about whether or not he was known to police is useful to keep in mind when actual jihad attacks are reported. There is so much false information and outright disinformation in the […]
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Video: Toronto mayor praises city’s reputation for being “inclusive” after van attack
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 11:00 am

This is odd. Canadian authorities are saying that the attack was a manifestation of mental illness, not terrorism. Of course, we have seen many attacks that are obviously jihad ascribed to mental illness, so that must be taken into consideration, but the mayor’s words are odd in any case. Toronto has always been “inclusive” of […]
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Paris jihad mass murderer: “Allah guided me and chose me among his servants to open his path”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 10:00 am

“‘Allah guided me and chose me among his servants to open his path. It is for that reason that I had to fight the enemies of Allah with all my strength.’ He added that his brother Brahim, who blew himself up during the Paris attacks, ‘did not commit suicide — he is a hero of […]
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Remembering the Sea Burial of Osama bin Laden
By Stephen M. Kirby on Apr 24, 2018 09:00 am

On May 1, 2018, we will have the seventh anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on American soil that took almost 3,000 lives; these were attacks that bin Laden later described as a “martyrdom operation.”[1] One day after he had been killed bin Laden was buried at […]
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Awlaki’s al-Qaeda recruitment lectures offered in Google Play store app
By Robert Spencer on Apr 24, 2018 08:00 am

Google can’t be blamed. They simply didn’t have the resources to stay on top of this. They were too busy making sure that “Islamophobic” results, i.e., ones that told the truth, didn’t come up when one searched for topics related to Islam and jihad. It requires time and attention to be Sharia-compliant. Priorities, people! “Al-Qaeda […]
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