JIHAD WATCH 07/07/2018

Keeping up with the Qarmatians
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 02:16 pm

There are some who think that if the Islamic world suffers a catastrophic loss — say, the destruction of Mecca — it would cause widespread disillusionment and even apostasy, and blunt the force of the advancing jihad. There have been incidents in Islamic history, however, that involved such catastrophes, and the jihad went on as […]
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Canada: Sexual assault charges dismissed against Muslim accused of groping six teen girls in pool
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 01:47 pm

“Justice Joyce Lester cited unreliable witness testimony as a reason for the decision.” Juxtapose that with this: “At least two of the girls in the courtroom to hear the ruling cried when it was given.” Could Justice Joyce Lester be a proponent of mass Muslim migration into Canada, and not want that program to be […]
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Kyrgyzstan: Muslim officials order church made up of converts from Islam to Christianity to close
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 01:35 pm

It could have been worse. They could have killed everyone involved. They must be “moderates.” Islamic apologists in the West routinely insist that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy, but as always, reality is otherwise. The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would […]
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NYC Mayor de Blasio uses counterterrorism plane to shuttle back and forth from his Canada vacation
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 01:23 pm

Why not? It isn’t as if there is any terror threat to New York City that might require use of this plane, right? De Blasio made that threat a thing of the past by dismantling the NYPD’s counterterror surveillance program, thereby ending all resentment Muslims may have had toward the city — right? “De Blasio […]
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Trump effect: No sign of Iranian harassment of American warships in 2018
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 12:36 pm

During the Obama administration, Iran captured and humiliated American sailors. No longer. “US Navy: No sign of Iranian harassment of American warships in 2018,” by Lucas Tomlinson and Jennifer Griffin, Fox News, July 5, 2018: The usual harassment of U.S. warships by small Iranian gunboats in the Persian Gulf has stopped this year, according to […]
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Vatican diplomat who “helped heal the wounds opened by Pope Benedict’s notorious Regensburg speech” dies
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 12:09 pm

All that Pope Benedict did at Regenburg was quote the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologos, who said that Muhammad brought nothing new but what was evil and inhumane. In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, you will encounter the tragic figure of Manuel II Paleologos, and see how terribly he […]
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Random House axes book critical of the Qur’an because it might “amplify anti-Islam sentiments”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 10:36 am

Bild cited sources at the publisher as saying that the new book could “seize on and amplify anti-Islam sentiments.” Would Random House hesitate for a nanosecond to publish a book that might seize on and amplify anti-Christian sentiments? Anti-Jewish sentiments? Of course not. But in its cowardice — masked as respect — regarding Islam, Random […]
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“Palestinians” say Australia’s decision to withhold funds over payments to jihad murderers is a “declaration of war”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 09:57 am

Advanced victimhood posturing: finance our payments to the killers of Israeli civilians, or we will accuse you of going to war against us. “Palestinians: Australian Decision to Withhold Funds ‘Declaration of War,'” by Chris Mitchell, CBN, July 6, 2018: JERUSALEM, Israel – The Palestinian Authority accused Australia of making a declaration of war following its […]
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Islamic State senior commander: “Oil and gas obtained by the Islamic State sold to Turkey and the Syrian regime”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 09:52 am

“[Oil] was sold to Turkey through the Free Syrian Army (FSA).” The Free Syrian Army was the “moderate” group that Obama aided. “Report: Turkey, Syria Helped Keep Islamic State Alive by Buying Their Oil,” by Edwin Mora, Breitbart, July 3, 2018: The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) sold illegally obtained gas and oil to the Russian- and […]
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South Korea: Muslim had explosive materials, encouraged other foreign workers to join the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 07:58 am

A global war with many, many fronts. “Syrian man arrested for promoting IS terrorism,” by Jung Min-ho, Korea Times, July 6, 2018: A Syrian man has been arrested after allegedly promoting the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and encouraging other foreign workers to be part of it, police said Friday. According to the Incheon Metropolitan […]
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France: Macron plans to tax halal food and pilgrimages to Mecca, and to integrate Muslims based on French principles
By Robert Spencer on Jul 06, 2018 04:12 am

The taxes will lead to complaints of “Islamophobia” and possibly to increased rioting. The Muslims in France are almost certain to reject any French government plan to bring Islam in line with French principles. This is because the French government is not Muslim. Would Christians accept the dictates of a commission established by an Islamic […]
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