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Muslims from across Turkey demand Hagia Sophia be turned back into mosque
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 09:28 pm
More Islamic supremacism in rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey. “Morning prayer held before Hagia Sophia to demand re-conversion into mosque,” Hürriyet Daily News, May 31, 2015 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur): A group of devout Muslims from across Turkey prayed before the city’s historic Hagia Sophia on the 562nd anniversary of the Turkish conquest of Istanbul, demanding […]
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Islamic State calls on Muslims to “kill enemies of Islam, especially Shi’ites”
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 09:17 pm
Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Islamic State’s Saudi branch calls for clearing Arabian Peninsula of Shi’ites,” Reuters, May 30, 2015: DUBAI, May 30 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s branch of militant group Islamic State has said it wants to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shi’ite Muslims and urged young men in the […]
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Egypt: TV presenter gets 5 years prison for blasphemy
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 09:04 pm
This is part of the ongoing struggle in Egypt between the supporters of the imposition of Islamic law, who are still numerous, and the forces of secularism. “TV presenter given 5 years imprisonment for blasphemy,” Daily News Egypt, May 31, 2015 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur): The Old Cairo Misdemeanour Court handed Saturday a five […]
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Iraq lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles to the Islamic State in Mosul
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 08:48 pm
Every learned analyst knows that the Islamic State is losing, but it sure camouflages it well. “Iraq lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles in Mosul: PM,” AFP, May 31, 2015: Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group overran the northern city of Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on […]
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Islamic State expands its territory in Libya
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 08:39 pm
Nothing to be concerned about. Our learned and wise leaders assure us that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam, and hence has no appeal among Muslims, and that it is, contrary to all appearances, on the defensive. So relax. Let’s go bowling. The good times will never end. “Western Officials Alarmed as […]
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Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels reportedly holding four Americans hostage
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 01:10 pm
The jihad, in both its Sunni and Shia varieties, is more aggressive and assertive than ever in this age of Obama. “At least 4 Americans reportedly held by Yemen’s rebels,” FoxNews.com, May 31, 2015 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): At least four Americans reportedly are being held by rebels in Yemen who toppled the U.S.-backed government, […]
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Arizona Muslim group: “The Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam”
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 12:32 pm
Well, this is reassuring — and we’ve certainly never heard it before! There’s just one catch (well, maybe a few catches): note, first of all, that Ahmidiyya leader Shahzad Amjad, at least as far as this story goes, doesn’t offer a single specific example of how the Islamic State is misrepresenting the teachings of the […]
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Hamas paves road near Gaza border ‘to attack Zionists’
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 09:17 am
Time for Obama to press the Israelis to make more concessions to the Islamic jihadists. “Hamas paves road near Gaza border ‘to attack Zionists,’” Times of Israel, May 30, 2015: Hamas is paving a new road near the Israeli border with the northern Gaza Strip which it says will be used to attack Israel in […]
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Canada’s police edited out Islamic prayers from jihad murderer’s video
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 08:27 am
This is their explanation: the withholding was for “security purposes”: “In order to maintain the integrity of the ongoing investigation, the RCMP was limited in the amount of information it was able to publicly release.” That’s a lot of hooey. There is nothing relating to security in the withheld sections — only Islamic prayers. They […]
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FBI: Jihad threat in Ohio is “scary,” public doesn’t get “the gravity of it”
By Robert Spencer on May 31, 2015 07:52 am
There is no reason to believe that Ohio is special or unique in this. It just happens that a couple of jihadis in Ohio have recently been caught. They are elsewhere as well, but most Americans have no clue about that, and even the FBI, with its official policy of ignoring and denying the ideology […]
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