JIHAD WATCH 09/28/2018

New York Times hits “disturbing trend” of seeing Islam as “not a religion”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 05:15 pm

Merriam Webster defines “religion” as “a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices.” Islam certainly qualifies as a religion by that definition. Religions profess to connect human beings to the divine. Islam professes to do that. At the same time, however, it is also a political system that is authoritarian, supremacist, […]
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Netherlands: Seven Muslims arrested for plotting “major terror attack with suicide vests, assault rifles, car bombs”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 03:26 pm

Time for the Dutch government to undertake a new study of how to combat “Islamophobia.” “Dutch police arrest seven men plotting ‘major terror attack with suicide vests, assault rifles and car bombs – masterminded by Iraqi arrested last year for trying to fight with ISIS,'” by Rory Tingle, Mailonline, September 27, 2018: Dutch police have […]
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Free speech victory: 9th Circuit rules that Seattle’s rejection of AFDI anti-terror ad violates First Amendment
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 02:34 pm

An important victory for the increasingly embattled freedom of speech. Read Pamela Geller’s reaction and background on this case here. “AFLC Victory Over Government Apologists for Islamic Jihad: Ninth Circuit Unanimously Rules that King County’s Rejection of ‘Faces of Global Terrorism’ Ad Violates the First Amendment,” American Freedom Law Center, September 27, 2018: Seattle, Washington […]
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Pakistan: Muslim mob loots and burns Christian family’s home and car
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 02:24 pm

“We are the only Christian family in the neighborhood. They wanted to snatch our property. Therefore, they started threatening us to leave the house otherwise they will [accuse us of] committing blasphemy against Islam.” The global human rights organizations take little notice. They’re too busy hunting for incidents of “Islamophobia.” “Christian Family’s Home Looted and […]
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Kenya: Muslim mob screaming “Allahu akbar” stones three Christians to death
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 02:15 pm

“Fredrick was on top of a new house he was contracted to build. His two assistants were on the ground mixing mortar when the mob arrived in [a] hurry, chanting takbir, takbir, takbir. From a distance, I saw the men hurling construction stones towards Fredrick and his coworkers.” The takbir is “Allahu akbar,” i.e., Allah […]
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Minnesota: Muslim migrants riot at amusement park, forcing evacuation
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 11:50 am

Celebrate diversity! Diversity is our strength! It was Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the ValleyFair Amusement Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, and Somali Muslim migrants showed their appreciation for law enforcement by putting the police to work. “EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Somalis Riot at Minnesota Amusement Park, Forcing Evacuation,” by Laura Loomer, Big League Politics, September 26, 2018: […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Relax: California Muslim with IEDs in Car Has ‘No Ties’ to Terror Orgs
By Robert Spencer on Sep 27, 2018 10:25 am

Go back to sleep. Who doesn’t drive around with IEDs in the car? My latest in FrontPage: If Saleh Ali hadn’t been pulled over by a traffic cop for having an expired vehicle registration, the consequences could have been explosive. Lt. Adam Hawley of the Brea, California police department said: “During the traffic stop, the […]
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If I let Islam be, Islam doesn’t let me be
By Amil Imani on Sep 27, 2018 10:21 am

Once I left Iran, my battle with this dogma of hate and violence began. I decided to raise the clarion call about the imminent and present danger of expansionist, theocratic Islam throughout the civilized world. Having witnessed firsthand the horrors and indignity that Islamic doctrine visits on people it subjugates, I was determined to take […]
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Just When You Thought Corbyn Couldn’t Get Any Worse
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Sep 27, 2018 10:06 am

The horror is here: “Corbyn Vows to Immediately Recognize a Palestinian State If Elected,” by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner, September 26, 2018: Speaking at the British Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, leader Jeremy Corbyn announced that he will immediately recognize a Palestinian state if he is elected prime minister. At the same time, Corbyn sought to reassure […]
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Canada: Islamic Circle of North America conference to feature antisemitic, misogynist speakers
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Sep 27, 2018 09:56 am

A lineup of “hateful speakers” is scheduled to speak in Mississauga (near Toronto) on Thanksgiving weekend. The speakers, who are all prominent within Muslim communities in Canada and the U.S., have “engaged in homophobic, misogynistic or antisemitic rhetoric,” according to B’nai Brith Canada. They are being brought in to speak by the Islamic Circle of […]
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Germany: Erdogan to inaugurate one of Europe’s largest mosques in Cologne
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Sep 27, 2018 09:46 am

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate in the German city of Cologne one of the largest mosques in Europe on Saturday.The Cologne Central Mosque, built by Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) after eight years of construction work, has a capacity of 1,200 people. It is already widely known that Saudi-funded mosques pose a threat, […]
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