UK: Muslims arrested for conning elderly into funding jihadis’ trips to Syria
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 08:06 pm
“The victims are told their bank account has been compromised and are then tricked into transferring money. One elderly victim lost around £150,000, police said.” And the money goes to the jihad. British officials better conduct more “outreach” to Muslim communities, and ban more counter-jihadis, to keep this sort of thing from happening. “Terrorism officers […]Read in browser »
New York: Muslim guilty of jihad plot to bomb NYC subway
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 07:59 pm
“If the defendant hadn’t been stopped, hundreds of innocent men, women and children wouldn’t be alive today.” An update on this story. “Pakistani man guilty in al-Qaida plot to bomb NYC subway,” by Tom Hays, Associated Press, March 4, 2015: NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani man was found guilty Wednesday in a failed al-Qaida […]Read in browser »
New York: Muslim pleads not guilty to aiding jihadis, getting firearms training
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 07:48 pm
“Pham was arrested at Heathrow International Airport when he returned in July 2011 from a six-month trip to Yemen, where prosecutors say he pledged his support to high-level members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and vowed to fight jihad. They say he told his wife before leaving their United Kingdom home that he was […]Read in browser »
Robert Spencer in Vive Charlie: Why a Muhammad Cartoon Contest?
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 10:39 am
Vive Charlie is a new weekly online satire magazine in tribute to Charlie Hebdo. I contributed this article to their latest issue, which you can see in full here: Je Suis Charlie? Really? Let’s see. On May 3 in Garland, Texas, Pamela Geller and I are hosting a Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest, featuring […]Read in browser »
Russian Council of Muftis: Don’t refer to Islamic State as Islamic
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 10:27 am
“Abbyasov said that the militants had taken elements of the Koran out of context.” We hear this endlessly; yet when have you ever heard a Muslim explain the proper context that renders the Qur’an’s violent verses benign? The most they say in the West is that these verses apply to long bygone days — a […]Read in browser »
Canada: 4 high schools pull out of cheerleading competition over jihad threat
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 09:39 am
“And that has one mother suggesting the terrorists have won.” She is right, of course. Threats like this are designed to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), and make them live in fear, curtailing their activities because of the specter of jihad. This leads inevitably to curtailing also of […]Read in browser »
Boston jihad murderer’s widow under investigation, could face charges
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 08:29 am
This is long overdue. The Tsarnaevs lived in a small apartment. How could she have not known what was going on? There is a great deal more that is likely to come out about her involvement. “Boston Bombing Suspect’s Widow Under Investigation, Could Face Charges,” by Brian Ross and Michele McPhee, ABC, March 4, 2015: […]Read in browser »
State Dept tweets speech by Muslim cleric who blames Mideast unrest on “world Zionism”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 07:59 am
The people at State who are responsible for this probably didn’t see anything amiss. They probably believe much the same thing, even if they wouldn’t state it in the same lurid terms: they likely think that if Israel would just go away, peace would prevail in the Middle East. “State Department Tweets Speech by Cleric […]Read in browser »
Russia jails Muslim for fund-raising for the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 06:34 am
Is Russian-language media as choked as the English-language media with articles assuring readers that Islam is, despite the avalanche of appearances to the contrary, a religion of peace? If so, time for another round. Meanwhile, this indicates yet again the global appeal of the Islamic State, which Western officials and analysts wave away with glib […]Read in browser »
Nigeria lesbian fleeing Sharia death sentence asks UK judge to save her life
By Robert Spencer on Mar 04, 2015 05:19 am
Given the fact that she is appealing to the tender mercies of Appeasement Britannia, Aderonke Apata should be prepared to be sent back to certain death in Nigeria so as to ensure that British authorities do not appear “Islamophobic.” “Nigeria lesbian fleeing sharia court death sentence asks UK judge to save her life,” Gay Star […]Read in browser »