JIHAD WATCH 12/12/2018

France: Strasbourg jihad murderer Cherif Chekatt was born in the city
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 07:59 pm

Initial reports that he was a migrant were apparently incorrect; this Reuters report says Cherif Chekatt was born in Strasbourg. Now authorities should be asking why and how he learned to hate his native land to the extent that he carried out this jihad attack. But they almost certainly won’t. “Gunman kills at least two […]
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France: Strasbourg Christmas market jihad mass murderer is Muslim named Cherif Chekatt
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 06:27 pm

UPDATE: Reuters reports that Chekatt was born in Strasbourg. ———- Watch in the coming days for the handwringing establishment media stories about how the local mosque in Strasbourg fears a “backlash,” and that Muslims are the real victims of jihad terror attacks. “The assassin of Strasbourg is Cherif Chekatt, 29 years old and registered by […]
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Strasbourg terrorist known as “security risk,” cop says “so many people, you can’t keep meaningful surveillance”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 06:14 pm

The Islamic State (ISIS) years ago announced its intention to mount so many jihad attacks that Western law enforcement and intelligence agencies would not be able to keep up with them all, and would collapse. They’re well on their way to attaining their goal. “Inevitable threat? Strasbourg gunman was on terror watch list, had grenades […]
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France: Strasbourg on lockdown, 4 dead, manhunt for terrorist on “security threat” list, grenade found in his home
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 05:17 pm

The death toll is now four. Given the fact that virtually all of the “security threats” in France are jihad-related, this is very likely to have been a jihad attack. “Strasbourg shooting: Two dead, several injured in attack at Christmas market – latest news,” by Henry Samuel, David Chazan, and Victoria Ward, Telegraph, December 11, […]
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France: Gunman “known to police” murders two, injures eleven at Christmas market
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 04:29 pm

This may not be a jihad attack, but jihadis like to target Christmas markets for their symbolic value as celebrations of Christianity. “Suspected gunman identified with manhunt underway after French Christmas market attack,” by Clark Mindock and Clémence Michallon, Independent, December 11, 2018: At least one person has been killed and a number of others […]
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UK: Muslim who attacked cops while screaming “Allahu akbar” told family to “struggle against the enemies of Allah”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 02:46 pm

In his ‘suicide note’ which he left on his sister’s laptop on the night, Chowdhury wrote: ‘Tell everyone I love them and that they should struggle against the enemies of Allah with their lives and their property. “Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of […]
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Muslim cleric claims that story of Muhammad killing 900 Jews is a “Holocaust-like lie” fabricated by the Jews
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 01:09 pm

Is it really? “Then they [the Jewish Qurayzah tribe] surrendered, and the apostle [Muhammad] confined them in Medina in the quarter of d. al-Harith, a woman of B. Al-Najjar. Then the apostle went out to the market of Medina (which is still its market today) and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for them […]
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Islamic Republic Judiciary top dog: French protests are “Islamic awakening”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 11:06 am

Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani is jumping the gun a bit. The “Islamic awakening” in France is coming relatively soon, but is not upon us yet. “Iran Official Says French Protests Are ‘Islamic Awakening,'” Radio Farda, December 10, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The head of the Islamic Republic Judiciary has said on Monday […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Gen. McChrystal’s Afghan Strategy: ‘Just Kind of Muddle Along’
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 10:48 am

It’s long past time to end the fool’s errand in Afghanistan. My latest in FrontPage: The former chief of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, was recently asked what the U.S. should do in Afghanistan now. Here is McChrystal’s response: I don’t know. I wish I did … If we pull out and people like […]
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The Fetishization of Islam in the West
By Joshua Winston on Dec 11, 2018 10:44 am

Adherents to Islam – Muslims — are not rare on planet earth. They comprise a quarter of the world’s population, and yet they are treated in the West as though they are delicate flowers on the verge of extinction. They are above criticism and are not responsible for any of the atrocities that come out […]
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Muslims murder 18 civilians in Ebola zone, hamper efforts to contain epidemic
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 10:28 am

“The attacks have undermined health authorities’ ability to reach patients and others exposed to Ebola.” Yes, but the command of Allah was obeyed, and that is all that matters to the attackers. “Militants kill at least 18 civilians in Congo’s Ebola zone,” Reuters, December 7, 2018: BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected militiamen […]
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Iran postpones asylum negotiations with Denmark because minister had Muhammad cartoon on iPad
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 10:18 am

“I think it’s difficult to criticise the minister for have a cartoon on her iPad. I think that it’s a bit ridiculous for Iran to make a fuss about that. They are Islamists and are usually insulted about something most of the time.” Yes, and they use that insult and outrage as a tool to […]
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A Report From Hell: Seine Saint-Denis (Part Three)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Dec 11, 2018 10:00 am

The French police do not engage in “harassment,” as the Muslims complain; there is only the occasional attempt of a frazzled and frightened gendarmerie to discourage the drug dealers, the thieves, the criminals of all kinds, including terrorists on the run, who find their refuge in Saint-Denis. So menacing are the Muslim gangs that the […]
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Australia: Muslim teen buys knives, plots jihad massacre, screams “you will be slaughtered at the hands of Allah”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 11, 2018 09:01 am

“Justice Bellew also said it was clear the teenager had held and ‘extremist and radical ideology which advocated violence’ from as young as 12.” Who taught this young man Islam? Has his local mosque been investigated? Note that he was arrested in a “Muslim prayer hall.” Would it be “Islamophobic” to investigate that place? Are […]
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Glazov Gang: Marc Lamont Hill: Symbol of Leftist Hate
By Jamie Glazov on Dec 11, 2018 09:00 am

This new edition of The Glazov Gang features Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Fellow at the Freedom Center and editor of The Point at Frontpagemag.com. Daniel discusses Marc Lamont Hill: Symbol of Leftist Hate, and he deals with the question: How many times can you justify the murder of Jews before CNN fires you? Don’t miss […]
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