JIHAD WATCH 12/17/2018

France: Muslim cleric says it’s “impossible” that “Allah allows us to kill someone…Islam is a religion of peace”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 12:54 pm

The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but of course Cherif Chekatt did not set out in Strasbourg to kill Muslims, but non-Muslims. Kamal Naghchband was, alas, collateral damage, but at his funeral, the imam Eyup Sahin seized the opportunity to enunciate some general principles: “Do you think that Allah allows us to […]
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Muslim cleric calls for murder of reformist imam, says those who insult Muhammad’s companions “must be killed”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 12:34 pm

Here is yet another installment in our ongoing series, Why We Don’t See More Sincere Islamic Reformers. “‘A death Fatwa was issued against me’: Australian ‘imam of peace’ goes into hiding after Islamic preacher from Pakistan calls for him to be killed,” Daily Mail Australia, December 16, 2018: A ‘fake’ Australian imam has claimed an […]
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UK: Muslim migrant who raped teen spared deportation due to Christian conversion judge agreed was fake
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 12:13 pm

Britain today is a comic opera worthy of Gilbert and Sullivan, but no one is laughing. “Iranian asylum seeker who raped a 17-year-old spared deportation due to Christian conversion judge accepted was faked,” by Robert Verkaik, Telegraph, December 15, 2018: An Iranian asylum seeker who raped a teenage girl has been spared deportation even though […]
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UN counterterror top dog calls for “rehabilitation” of ISIS jihadis and their “reintegration” into Western societies
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 11:50 am

Another inexpert “expert.” “We need to think about the reintegration of a number of people involved in these terrorist activities, but after the rehabilitation process.” Rehabilitation process? When has that ever worked? In reality, deradicalization programs, upon which the West has placed so much hope, have long been an obvious failure. Such programs are based […]
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Australia’s Prime Minister announces move of embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 10:49 am

Malaysia and Indonesia tried to strong-arm Australia into calling this off. So it is good of Morrison to stand up to this intimidation and not give in to it, as all establishment counterterror analysts would have recommended. “After months of conjecture Scott Morrison makes announcement on embassy in Israel,” News.com.au, December 15, 2018: Prime Minister […]
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Two Christian brothers sentenced to death for blasphemy
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 10:38 am

No one will take any particular notice of this. It isn’t as if something important such as “Islamophobia” was being committed. “Two Christian brothers sentenced to death for blasphemy in Punjab,” Asia News, December 14, 2018: Lahore (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Two Christian brothers have been sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges, the Centre for […]
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“Experts” warn that US will never defeat jihadis without giving them vast amounts of money and political power
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 10:28 am

These mainstream counterterror analysts are in agreement: we will never defeat the jihadis if we only “tackle the symptoms and not the underlying causes of jihadist insurgency.” On that they are absolutely correct. They demonstrate here, however, that they haven’t the first foggiest clue as to what those underlying causes really are, and instead are […]
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Khaled Beydoun: The Saudi Regime Does Not Represent Islam (Part Two)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Dec 16, 2018 10:00 am

He has also liberalized Saudi society. It may seem from a Western perspective to be a minor matter, but it was huge for the Saudis: giving women the right to drive represents an enormous step forward, in curbing the misogyny of mainstream Islam. At the same time, recognizing that he would have to proceed cautiously […]
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The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 3)
By Stephen M. Kirby on Dec 16, 2018 09:00 am

In this final part we will delve into more examples of Cole’s Fantasy Islam, and then end by addressing the issue of stoning adulterers to death and providing proof that can be used to show that such stoning is an established part of Islamic Doctrine. Muhammad spread Islam peacefully with no compulsion On p. 3 […]
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Robert Spencer interview with Sputnik: “French authorities need to enforce the idea that there is one law for all”
By Robert Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 08:04 am

I spoke with Sputnik News about the latest jihad mass murder in France: Go here to listen to the audio. “Author on Terrorism: Macron Was Wrong Considering Climate Change Worst Problem,” Sputnik News, December 15, 2018: France’s Interior Minister has today confirmed that the man suspected of opening fire at a Christmas market has been […]
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