JIHAD WATCH 03/14/2019

Minnesota: Muslims defraud Child Care Program of $100 million, investigators say it didn’t go to jihadis
By Robert Spencer on Mar 13, 2019 05:00 pm

“It is possible that the individuals who sent the money sent it intending to provide support to a terrorist organization. It is also possible that individuals in Minnesota sent money to Somalia and other countries to help their families and friends pay for food, medicine, or shelter, but terrorists obtained the money through theft or […]
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North Dakota: Muslima arrested for threatening people with knife says “I’m being attacked because I am a Muslim”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 13, 2019 04:00 pm

Always the victim. In Hawo Ahmed’s scenario, Grand Forks police arrested her because she is a Muslim. She didn’t threaten to cut anyone with a knife, they just ran her in because of they are rogue cops seething with “Islamophobia.” This familiar claim increasingly strains credulity. Knowing how skillfully the victim card can be played, […]
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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Ilhan Omar, Leader of the Democratic Party
By Robert Spencer on Mar 13, 2019 03:00 pm

The anti-Semitic Congresswoman has hypnotized the Democrats, if not the world. My latest in PJ Media: Just days ago, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) faced rebuke, albeit indirectly, from her own party in a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that had been developed as a response to her repeated anti-Semitic statements — including the bizarre and paranoid assertion […]
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Georgia: Muslima assembles “kill lists” of servicemembers for group linked to the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Mar 13, 2019 02:00 pm

Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the idea that her new religion requires her to commit treason and mass murder. Authorities, as always, remain resolutely incurious about this recurring phenomenon. “Georgia woman accused of helping build ‘kill lists’ of servicemembers for ISIS-linked group,” by Jeremy Redmon, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 12, 2019 (thanks to The […]
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Islamic Republic of Iran sentences lawyer who defends women who don’t wear hijab to 38 years prison, 148 lashes
By Robert Spencer on Mar 13, 2019 01:00 pm

While Western feminists observe Hijab Day, the real oppression of women is the persecution of those who don’t wear hijab, and their defenders, such as Nasrin Sotoudeh. “Iranian human rights lawyer Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years in prison, 148 lashes, says family,” ANI, March 13, 2019 (thanks to J.): Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh […]
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Islamic State jihadi: “What is our guilt? What is our crime? We just wanted to apply the sharia of Allah.”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 13, 2019 12:00 pm

Now here are some questions that mainstream counterterror analysts should ponder deeply: did the Islamic State actually apply Sharia? ISIS is routinely dismissed as un-Islamic, but what exactly did they do that cannot be backed up by specific citations from the Qur’an and Hadith? And if the Islamic State just wanted to apply Sharia, and […]
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UK: Foreign Secretary studying ways to bring children of Islamic State jihadis back to Britain
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Mar 13, 2019 11:00 am

“British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is looking for ways to help the children of British citizens who joined the Islamic State group in Syria.” One idea is to do what he expects British citizens to do: embrace the children of the Islamic State, by opening up a special residence for them near his […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: El-Sisi On “60 Minutes” — Take Two
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Mar 13, 2019 10:00 am

Abdulfattah El-Sisi some time ago gave an interview to Scott Pelley of CBS’s “60 Minutes.” Shortly after it was taped, Egypt’s ambassador to the United States requested that the interview not be aired. CBS refused the request. All reports suggest that El-Sisi had reconsidered the wisdom of having his remarks broadcast about close military collaboration […]
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“Islamophobia expert” who became an Islamic State jihadist is arrested in Syria
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Mar 13, 2019 09:00 am

“Swedish-Norwegian ‘Islamophobia’ expert turned Islamic State jihadist Michael Skråmo has been arrested by Kurdish forces in Syria, with sources claiming Norway wants to prosecute the extremist.” Skråmo went through the jihadist ranks. As an “Islamophobia expert,” he was a stealth jihadist, and then advanced to the ranks of violent jihad. An “Islamophobia expert” serves as […]
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Germany: Researcher blames multiculturalism for rise of Arab gangs and no-go zones in Berlin
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Mar 13, 2019 08:00 am

Another damning report about Muslim migration: “German Islamic and migration researcher Ralph Ghadban has blamed multicultural ideology for the rise in power of Arab clan gangs, saying there are now no-go zones in Berlin.” More specifically, it is the Islamic religious ideology and the Leftist tendency to cover for it, along with mass Muslim migration, […]
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