JIHAD WATCH 02/24/2015

Sweden’s “immigrant resettlement assistants” fired for recruiting for Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 10:19 pm

Hey, everyone knows that jihadis just need jobs, and then the peaceful, noble souls will lay down their Kalashnikovs and pick up their burger flippers, and these “immigrant resettlement assistants” were getting Muslims jobs — so what’s the big deal? So the job was as a warrior for the Islamic State — details, details! “Sweden’s […]
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Islamic State attacks Christian villages, captures dozens, burns churches
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 10:04 pm

Many people invoke the destruction of churches by the Islamic State as evidence that it is not Islamic, as the Qur’an appears to forbid such activity: “Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory. [They are] those who […]
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California: Two Muslims get 25 years for jihad plot
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 09:38 pm

“‘This case demonstrates the need for vigilance and swift action to counter the false allure of violent extremism,’ U.S. Attorney Stephanie Yonekura said in a statement.” That allure will continue, however, since American authorities are determined to ignore and deny what makes it so alluring in the first place, rather than be honest about it […]
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Saudi Arabia: Man sentenced to death for insulting Islam, ripping Qur’an
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 09:22 pm

In the enlightened West, we don’t have blasphemy laws. If someone expresses what Leftists and Islamic supremacists think of as insulting Islam here, the only thing that happens is that you’re excoriated as a racist and bigot, and shunned by all decent folk. Clearly a much more progressive way of doing things. Anyway, will any […]
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France bans six Muslims from travel to join the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 09:03 pm

So what are they going to do now? What if they decide to wage jihad in France, since they’re being prevented from waging it in the Islamic State? “France bans six from travel to join ISIS,” Al Arabiya, February 23, 2015: French authorities confiscated the passports of six individuals to prevent them from travelling to […]
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Former Roman Catholic priest in Salon: The Qur’an isn’t the problem
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 05:47 pm

UPDATE: I’ve been informed that Murray Watson has left the priesthood. (Thanks to Richard) ———- It’s Salon, and so of course it’s saying that the Qur’an is not the problem. Whenever there is a story in the mainstream media about the Qur’an or Islam, you can be sure that it will be assuring us that […]
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Robert Spencer in PJM: My Heart-to-Heart with Obama
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 04:46 pm

My imaginary dialogue with the President, from PJ Media: The world is on fire with Islamic jihad, and last Wednesday, after his Countering Violent Extremism summit, the President called me in to talk it over. Here is the dialogue we had:* OBAMA: Most recently, with the brutal murders in Chapel Hill of three young Muslim […]
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Al-Azhar Sheikh who justifies Qur’anic anti-Semitism calls for Islamic reform
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 04:27 pm

Al-Tayeb’s call for reform here is not genuine. He has shown himself over the years to be a doctrinaire literalist: he has justified anti-Semitism on Qur’anic grounds; called for the Islamic State murderers of the Jordanian pilot to be crucified or have their hands and feet amputated on opposite sides (as per the penalty in […]
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Jerusalem’s mayor wrestles “Palestinian” jihadist attacker in street
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 01:28 pm

“Before Barkat intervened, the distant but distinct black-and-white footage showed a man waving his arm in a stabbing motion and making contact with one individual and attempting to stab others as they waited to cross the road. When they realized what had happened, the pedestrians ran clear….Security camera footage showed mayor Nir Barkat, in a […]
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Australia: PM announces he will strip returning jihadis of citizenship
By Robert Spencer on Feb 23, 2015 08:58 am

This is long overdue. Other countries in the West should follow suit. Obama should also consider imitating Abbott’s relative forthrightness in articulating what we’re up against: “The Islamist death-cult has declared war on the world.” The word “Islamist” is often used to create an artificial distance between jihadis and the teachings of Islam that inspire […]
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