JIHAD WATCH 12/16/2018

Audio: Introduction to The History of Jihad — read aloud in the Queen’s English
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 06:09 pm

In this audio clip, Alexander Sangmoore reads the Introduction to The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS and gives it a fine English elegance. I myself read the entire book; you can get that audio file here. And if you prefer a hard copy, that’s here, and Kindle here. Stuff the stockings of those […]
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Minnesota: Muslim workers at Amazon demand longer prayer times, less work
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 01:56 pm

Amazon has banned Jihad Watch from Amazon Smile and Amazon Associates, but its aid to jihadis has not led to its being accorded any breaks by its Muslim workers. “Amazon says it has offered accommodations such as providing prayer mats for workers, converting a conference room into prayer space during the Muslim holy month of […]
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Indonesia: Muslims plot jihad massacres during Christmas and New Year celebrations
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 01:41 pm

Targeting people who are in the midst of joyful celebrations is a superb way to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “Indonesian police foil terrorist plot,” Bangkok Post, December 13, 2018: JAKARTA: Indonesian counterterrorism police have foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning to carry out terrorist attacks during Christmas […]
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Green Beret charged with premeditated murder of Taliban bomb maker
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 01:20 pm

This charge should be dropped, and Major Golsteyn released. He was doing his duty as a soldier, and the charge is a travesty of justice. “Golsteyn said he killed the suspected Taliban operative because he was afraid the man would kill the tribal leader who had disclosed his identity to Golsteyn, Task and Purpose reported. […]
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Erdogan threatens military action against US-backed forces fighting against the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 11:00 am

Not a friend. Not an ally. Turkey should be removed from NATO, and our international alliances reconfigured in light of the realities of the global jihad. “Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by ISIS,” by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, December 14, 2018: BEIRUT — U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by […]
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Khaled Beydoun: The Saudi Regime Does Not Represent Islam (Part One)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Dec 15, 2018 10:00 am

Khaled Beydoun, author of a preposterous book about “Islamophobia,” has taken to the pages of Al Jazeera (the media mouthpiece of the government of Qatar, now at daggers drawn with Saudi Arabia) to deplore what he sees as blaming Islam for the murder of Khashoggi. The Khashoggi affair is yet another reason for the world […]
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NYC: Muslim fractures woman’s spine because another woman kissed her on the cheek
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 09:58 am

The rule is always and everywhere the same: in Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Islamic sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Islamic sensibilities. “US man charged with hate crime for assaulting Indian-origin woman,” IANS, December 15, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A 54-year-old man has […]
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The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 2)
By Stephen M. Kirby on Dec 15, 2018 09:00 am

In Part 1 we saw how Cole had taken a selective approach to Islamic Doctrine and 7th Century Muslim history, had believed that there was human involvement in the writing of the Koran, had a certain amount of disconnect between what he wrote and sources he claimed showed support for that writing, and had exercised […]
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Syria: US-backed Kurdish forces take Hajin, the last town held by the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Dec 15, 2018 08:47 am

The dream is very nearly over. The Islamic State’s dream of reestablishing the caliphate died relatively quickly. It declared its caliphate on June 29, 2014, and four and a half years later, its aspirations of establishing a vast Islamic empire have come to naught, although that is not to say that the Islamic State is […]
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Canada: Trudeau paying those who live near Quebec border up to $25,000 for disruptions caused by migrant influx
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Dec 15, 2018 08:30 am

Beyond the immediate medical, living and housing costs for economic migrants who are flowing into Canada illegally over the Quebec border, Canadian taxpayers are also doling out significant amounts of cash for an unexpected expense: Quebecers living by the Canada-United States border where thousands of migrants have crossed irregularly into the country since 2017 will […]
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Trudeau initially silent on jihad attack in Israel with Montreal victim, Conservatives send condolences
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Dec 15, 2018 08:00 am

Jihad Watch reported yesterday about the jihad attack in which a Canadian citizen, Amichai Ish-Ran, originally from Montreal, was shot five times as a Palestinian jihadist opened fire on Israeli civilians in a drive-by. His wife Shira, “who was 30 weeks pregnant, was also shot, in the abdomen.” Shira and Amichai’s baby boy was delivered by emergency […]
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