JIHAD WATCH 04/14/2015

Muslim from Jamaica detained in Suriname, was trying to join Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Apr 14, 2015 01:37 am

Muslims from all over the world are trying to join the Islamic State. Many are succeeding. Yet our non-Muslim leaders unanimously assure us that it has nothing to do with Islam. Will they explain how this misunderstanding of Islam became so widespread? “Would-be extremist recruit from Jamaica detained in Suriname,” PTI, April 13, 2015 (thanks […]
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Islamic State cartoon shows Obama beheaded by Jihadi John
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 07:57 pm

They don’t know who their friends are. Obama talks tough rhetoric against the Islamic State, but he forecloses on honest discussion of its ideology, motives and goals — which only ensures that that ideology will continue to advance unchallenged. And his weakness and incoherence regarding Iraq and Syria enabled the Islamic State to rise in […]
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Kenya: Imam charged with recruiting youths to jihad mass murder group
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 07:46 pm

An imam? How did he miss all the Qur’an’s peaceful passages? How did he so spectacularly misunderstand the Religion of Peace he has given his life to understanding and teaching properly? “Kenya: Imam in Court for Allegedly Recruiting Youths to Al Shabaab,” The Star via AllAfrica.com, April 11, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): […]
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42% of Muslims in Canada think Islam and West “irreconcilable”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 07:30 pm

Then why are they in Canada? To emigrate in the cause of Allah, as Muhammad did from Mecca to Medina, in order to bring Islam to a new land. They came to Canada to bring Sharia there. “42% of Canadian Muslims Admit Islam and West ‘Irreconcilable,'”by Dalit Halevy and Ari Yashar, Arutz Sheva, April 13, […]
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New Islamic State video calls for attacks in US, promises another 9/11
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 07:20 pm

Warning: the video is graphic. It shows beheadings. For the Islamic State, that is not repulsive — it is a recruitment tool. It signals to Muslims that they are heeding the Qur’anic injunction: “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks” (47:4). “New Islamic State Video Calls for Attacks on the American Homeland, Promises Another […]
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Islamic State beheads “blasphemer” with meat cleaver
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 06:47 pm

“Whoever curses a Prophet, kill him. Whoever curses my Companions, beat him.” — Muhammad Muhammad asked: “Who is willing to kill Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?” One of the Muslims, Muhammad bin Maslama, answered, “O Allah’s Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?” When Muhammad said that he would, […]
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UK Pro-jihad Muslim group boasts: “negotiating with Tory & Labour leadership”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 02:09 pm

Both Tory and Labour leadership. As in the U.S., the collapse and capitulation of politicians is across the political spectrum. Why not just make Sufyan Ismail Prime Minister and be done with it? “Muslim group with links to extremists boasts of influencing election,” by Andrew Gilligan, Telegraph, April 4, 2015: A front group for Muslim […]
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Why is the FBI whitewashing the Saudi connection to 9/11?
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 12:57 pm

And on whose orders? And to what end? And why is no one in either party willing to raise a voice against this coverup? “How the FBI is whitewashing the Saudi connection to 9/11,” by Paul Sperry, New York Post, April 12, 2015: Just 15 days before the 9/11 attacks, a well-connected Saudi family suddenly […]
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Now between 5,000 and 6,000 Muslims from Europe waging jihad in Syria
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 12:38 pm

But don’t ask Muslim communities to do anything about this — that will only lead to Muslims joining the Islamic State. With nonsensical analysis like that ruling the day, it’s no wonder we’re in the fix we’re in. “EU Underestimates Number of Westerners Fighting for Jihad,” Sputnik International, April 13, 2015: Almost 1,500 French citizens […]
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UK Muslim: Asking Muslims to stop others from joining ISIS will drive them to ISIS
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 12:19 pm

Mohammed Kozbar says, “Every time the issue of young British Muslims going to Syria is raised, the same question is asked by both the media and the government: Why isn’t the Muslim community doing more to stop these young people joining Islamic State (Isis)?” Then he answers: “But while the Muslim community should rightly shoulder […]
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Islamic State abducts almost 120 schoolchildren in Mosul
By Robert Spencer on Apr 13, 2015 10:49 am

Now they will be either freed outright, ransomed, enslaved or killed. That’s Islamic law: here is a salient passage on this issue from a Shafi’i manual of Islamic law: When an adult male is taken captive, the caliph considers the interests … (of Islam and the Muslims) and decides between the prisoner’s death, slavery, release […]
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