The 04/18/2015 Jihad Watch Daily Digest: |
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Australia: Muslims discussed killing Jews and Muhammad cartoonists By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 09:26 pm
This isn’t really any surprise. Anyone who has been paying attention knows that Islamic jihadists want to kill Jews and Muhammad cartoonists. The only problem is that all too many Western authorities aren’t paying attention. “Hoax fools wannabe jihadis,” by Grant Taylor, The West Australian, April 18, 2015: An internet impostor has fooled dozens of […] Read in browser »
Islamic State murders 3 with car bomb at US consulate in Kurdish capital By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 09:02 pm
“ISIS is losing.” — Vox, April 15, 2015 “Car bomb kills three outside U.S. consulate in Iraq’s Kurdish capital,” by Isabel Coles, Reuters, April 17, 2015: A car bomb killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a ally of Washington in the war against Islamic […] Read in browser »
Thousands of Iraqis flee as Islamic State makes gains in Sunni heartland By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 08:38 pm
But…but…the Pentagon says they’re losing, and have lost 25% of their territory! This story makes it clear that such statements are more about making Obama’s airstrikes look good than about reality. “Thousands of Iraqis flee as Islamic State makes gains in Sunni heartland,” by Loveday Morris, Washington Post, April 17, 2015: SADR AL-YUSUFIYAH — Thousands […] Read in browser »
Female genital mutilation persists in Indonesia By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 08:03 pm
Female genital mutilation “is a Central African problem. Eritrea has almost 90 percent female genital mutilation. It’s a Christian country. Ethiopia has 75 percent female genital mutilation. It’s a Christian country. Nowhere else in the Muslim, Muslim-majority states is female genital mutilation an issue.” — Reza Aslan Oops. Wrong again, and not just about Eritrea […] Read in browser »
“You must kill children without compassion” for the “path of Allah” By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 07:30 pm
“You must kill children without compassion, you must kill women, Jews, infidels and Shiites,” as “this is the true path, the path of Allah.” To try to combat this, “the authorities have already banned the use of the veil for female students, admission of children to mosques and forced thousands of students who were studying […] Read in browser »
Mufti of Ankara: Pope acknowledging Armenian Genocide will hasten Hagia Sophia’s becoming mosque again By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 11:57 am
Petulance and Islamic supremacist denial on a state level. The Pope, you see, should have known better: the dhimmi must know his place and keep silent about whatever is done to him by Muslims. And in response, the Christians must be punished further. “Armenian Genocide: Turkish politicians criticise the EU; Mufti reacts to pope’s words […] Read in browser »
Saddam’s former right hand man, key factor in rise of Islamic State, killed by Iraqi forces By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 11:09 am
UPDATE: Rudaw has now altered its report to remove all mention of suicide bombing. Now it says al-Douri was killed by Iraqi forces. —– The BBC reports that “Al-Douri, 72, led the Naqshbandi Order insurgent group, a key force behind the recent rise of Islamic State (IS).” The Naqshbandi Order is a Sufi group — […] Read in browser »
Civilians flee Ramadi under Islamic State shelling By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 10:05 am
Anbar’s governor, Ahmed al-Dulaimi, said in November 2014: “If we lose Anbar, that means we will lose Iraq.” The Pentagon just told us that the Islamic State had lost 25% of its territory, and now they’re shelling Ramadi, the key to Iraq. Don’t believe your lying eyes, believe the Obama Pentagon! “Civilians flee Ramadi under […] Read in browser »
Islamic State destroys Christian graves in Mosul, quotes Muhammad to support doing so By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 09:50 am
They quote a hadith in which Muhammad is depicted as saying “that you not leave an elevated grave without levelling it, nor an image without erasing it.” They are, then, acting in accord with his words when they commit these acts of savagery. Will “moderate” spokesmen in the West explain how they’re misunderstanding Muhammad here? […] Read in browser »
UK: Boney M singer’s brother, a convert to Islam, arrested for jihad terror offenses By Robert Spencer on Apr 17, 2015 04:13 am
“Detectives searched the An Noor Cultural and Community Centre mosque on Tuesday. The inquiry is believed to focus on possible tensions at the centre, where Mr Arwani was a founder member and imam between 2005 and 2011. The centre attracted a number of radical preachers following Mr Arwani’s departure.” This kind of thing is why […] Read in browser » |
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