JIHAD WATCH 02/15/2019

Rushdie fatwa issued 30 years today, is still chilling the freedom of speech
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 01:30 pm

Cowardice has overtaken the world, and Western political and media elites can’t bow to Sharia fast enough. That’s the legacy of the Rushdie fatwa. When it was first issued, people in the West were indignant, and defended Rushdie. Now it is taken for granted that people must not offend Islam and transgress Sharia blasphemy laws. […]
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Bernie Sanders on Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic tweets: “We will stand by our Muslim brothers and sisters”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 12:32 pm

Questions for Bernie: 1. Yes, but will they stand by you, when the chips are down? Remember the Communist Tudeh Party in Iran, which supported Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution, only to be banned and persecuted by the Khomeini regime. 2. If a first-term Jewish Congresswoman had posted a series of tweets criticizing jihad mass […]
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Jammu and Kashmir: Muslim drives explosive-laden car into bus full of Indian soldiers, murdering at least 40
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 12:14 pm

“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) “At least 40 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir terror attack,” Straits Times, February 14, 2019: SRINAGAR, INDIA (BLOOMBERG, AFP) – At least […]
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Muslima from UK has no regrets about joining ISIS, but wants to return to raise her child on welfare benefits
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 12:00 pm

“Around 800 men, women and children from Britain went to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS – but 400 returned and only around 40 have been prosecuted for terrorism offences.” What are the other 360 doing? Or is it “Islamophobic” to ask that? Anyway, the British government would be nuts to let Shamima Begum back […]
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Malaysia: Muslim who tried to bomb church says “I have no regrets for what happened”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 11:00 am

Why should he have any regrets? He was obeying Allah’s command to “kill them wherever you find them” (Qur’an 2:191; 4:89; cf. 9:5). “Malaysian Terrorist Responsible for Indonesia Bombing Has No Remorse,” International Christian Concern, February 8, 2019: Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Taufik Abdul Halim, the Malaysian terrorist behind the first ever bombing launched […]
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Dr. Ali Al-Siba’i: Why Do the Descendants of Apes and Pigs Rule Over Us?
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Feb 14, 2019 10:00 am

During an interview on the Turkey-based MB-affiliated Channel 9 TV, Libyan researcher Dr. Ali Al-Siba’i said that the Jihad that terrifies the world today was sanctioned by shari’a law in order to establish justice, and that humanity was relieved of oppression, exploitation, and plundering when Islam “spread its wings throughout the world.” He said that […]
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Ohio: Muslim charged with plotting jihad massacre in Cleveland wanted to behead Trump’s children
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 09:00 am

His statements about Trump show that after Abdur Raheem Rafeeq gets out of prison, he has a bright future ahead of him as a Democratic Congressman. “Man who allegedly planned Cleveland terror attack indicted for threatening to kill Trump and family,” by Drew Scofield, 23ABCNews, February 13, 2019: A Maple Heights, Ohio man who was […]
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Islamic scholar invokes Qur’an to justify killing Jews: “Kill the polytheists wherever you may find them”
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 08:00 am

You may object that the Jews aren’t polytheists, and thus the Qur’an verse that al-Farra invokes, 9:5, simply isn’t applicable to the Jews. However, the Qur’an also makes the false claim that “The Jews say, ‘Ezra is the son of Allah.'” For a believing Muslim such as al-Farra, that makes the Jews polytheists, who must […]
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After claiming AIPAC buys politicians, Rep. Ilhan Omar to speak for Hamas-linked CAIR, which has given her thousands
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 07:38 am

Consistency? Honesty? Integrity? Those are for the common folk, not for the elites. “Money in politics? Ilhan Omar will fly to LA for fundraiser with … terror-tied CAIR,” by Jordan Schachtel, Conservative Review, February 13, 2019: Newly elected Rep. Ilhan Omar will jet off to Los Angeles next month to keynote a fundraiser for the […]
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Oregon: Leftist activists trigger withdrawal of Portland, Oregon from federal Joint Terrorism Task Force
By Robert Spencer on Feb 14, 2019 06:26 am

The JTTF isn’t perfect by any means. In fact, it is full of clueless dopes whose heads are filled with politically correct nonsense about the motivating ideology of the terrorists they’re trying to counter. There are so many such people in it that the idea that it is targeting innocent Muslims is absurd. “It has […]
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Hating Valentine’s
By Jamie Glazov on Feb 14, 2019 06:26 am

[Order Jamie Glazov’s new book: Jihadist Psychopath: How He Is Charming, Seducing, and Devouring Us.] Today, February 14, is Valentine’s Day, the sacred day that intimate companions mark to celebrate their love and affection for one another. If you’re thinking about making a study of how couples celebrate this day in a positive and loving […]
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