JIHAD WATCH 09/20/2016

Hugh Fitzgerald: The Dalai Lama: In Every Sense, On Islam He’s All Over the Map
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Sep 20, 2016 12:50 am

In 2008, the Dalai Lama said what lots of Western leaders have been saying about Islam. He said “it was wrong, it was entirely unfair,” to call Islam a violent religion.” But six years later, in September 2014, at a conference of religious leaders he had organized, the Dalai Lama seemed to modify his earlier […]
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Utah: Elementary school evacuated after Muslim threatens to blow it up
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 08:41 pm

“In August 2013, Colorado police warned churches about Craig, who was saying that Mormons and Catholics ‘would be destroyed” in the coming weeks.” And here he is running around loose and threatening an elementary school three years later. What will authorities say when he makes good on one of these threats? “Man in custody; email […]
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Merkel wishes she could “turn back time” to “prepare” Germany for Muslim migrants after party suffers huge losses
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 02:36 pm

Meanwhile, mayor Michael Müller continues the Left’s irresponsible politics of demonization as he likens an anti-immigration party to the Nazis. The Nazis, you may recall, forbade Jews to emigrate after 1940 so that they could kill them. The Alternative for Germany party wants to keep Muslims from immigrating so that jihadis won’t kill Germans. Those […]
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“Journalist” asks Clinton if ISIS is attacking to try to swing election to Trump
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 12:51 pm

In response, the former Secretary of State for a President who has given billions to the Islamic Republic of Iran accused Trump of treason, saying he was giving “aid and comfort to the enemy” with his rhetoric, which enabled the Islamic State to claim that the United States was at war with Islam. So Clinton […]
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White House press secretary on the Islamic State: “This is actually just a war of narratives”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 12:17 pm

“In some ways, this is actually just a war of narratives.” No, it isn’t. A bomb just went off in New York City. That isn’t a war of narratives. That is a hot war, but only one side is fighting. “We want to get out our counter-narrative against ISIL. And we’re having some progress, we’re […]
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NYC jihad bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami arrested after gun battle with police
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 11:54 am

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who said on Sunday that the attack did not appear to have a link to international terrorism, said new evidence might change that thinking. “I would not be surprised if we did have a foreign connection to the act.” Hey, neither would I, Andy. “Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan […]
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U.S. government “mistakenly” granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants, many from countries of concern to national security
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 11:40 am

“Mistakenly awarding citizenship to someone ordered deported can have serious consequences because U.S. citizens can typically apply for and receive security clearances or take security-sensitive jobs.” What could possibly go wrong, you racist, bigoted Islamophobe? In any case, this shows the quality of the Obama “vetting” process. “More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship,” Associated […]
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Muslim wanted for bombs in NYC and New Jersey sued police, claiming they persecuted him for being a Muslim
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 10:58 am

He went from claims of victimhood to jihad; usually the trajectory is jihad first, then claims of victimhood. Will this revelation lead to claims that the “Islamophobia” of the Elizabeth, New Jersey police department led him to become “radicalized” and take up jihad? “EXCLUSIVE: Wanted New York and New Jersey bomb suspect sued his local […]
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NYC bombing: FBI raids Elizabeth, New Jersey building after investigators find five “suspicious devices”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 09:44 am

Jihad in American neighborhoods. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. “FBI raids New Jersey building near where suspicious devices found,” Fox News, September 19, 2016: The FBI launched a raid at a building in Elizabeth, New Jersey Monday morning, local media reported, hours after investigators uncovered five suspicious devices — one of which exploded […]
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Bomb explodes in trash can near New Jersey train station
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 09:13 am

“The mayor warned that other explosions were expected.” Indeed so. “1 of 5 devices near train station explodes; no injuries,” Associated Press, September 19, 2016: ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A suspicious device found in a trash can near a train station exploded early Monday as a bomb squad was attempting to disarm it with a […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: A Weekend of Coincidences
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 08:33 am

I wrote this yesterday afternoon before it was indisputable that the New York and New Jersey bombs were jihad. It stands as a record of the denial and willful ignorance of our authorities. In FrontPage today: It was a weekend of coincidences: acts declared not to be terrorism that just happened to look a great […]
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“Armed and dangerous” Muslim Ahmad Khan Rahami wanted in connection with NYC jihad bombing
By Robert Spencer on Sep 19, 2016 08:20 am

Yesterday Andrew Cuomo said that the bombing was not “international terrorism.” Today he said “there might be a ‘foreign connection’ behind the bombing.” “New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami identified as first person wanted in connection with NYC bombing,” by Jason Silverstein, New York Daily News, September 19, 2016: The NYPD released the name and […]
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