| The 08/18/2015 Jihad Watch Daily Digest: |
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Ghana: Muslims give gay man Sharia punishment of 100 lashes
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 11:54 pm
Woe to you — from the gay community — if you dare to point out Sharia persecution of gays. When Pamela Geller and I ran ads highlighting the mistreatment of gays in Islamic law, the San Francisco City Council issued a resolution condemning not that mistreatment, but our ads. Gay advocates such as Theresa Sparks […]
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“Islamophobia” fears hamper war against the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 11:49 pm
Indeed they do, and as I have pointed out for years, such fears don’t just hamper the fight against the Islamic State, but against all jihad terror. People are afraid of being branded “Islamophobes,” and so they do nothing to oppose jihad activity. Charges of “hatred,” “bigotry” and “Islamophobia” are powerful weapons in the hands […]
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UK Muslima who wants to behead Christians once lived off church aid
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 11:34 pm
No surprise here. We have seen many times how converts to Islam get the idea that they need to turn against their own nation and their own people. This is only news because this phenomenon is so completely ignored and denied that Sally Jones’ actions appear to be anomalous. “ISIS jihadist dubbed ‘Mrs Terror’ who […]
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Video: Raymond Ibrahim on how the Western establishment conceals Muslim persecution of Christians
By Raymond Ibrahim on Aug 17, 2015 08:53 pm
On June 11, I delivered a lecture on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. It was part of Coptic Solidarity’s sixth annual conference. My topic was the failures and cover ups of the Western establishment—academia, government, and mainstream media—concerning the rampant persecution of Christians in the Middle East. The 15-minute video of the talk is above.
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Raymond Ibrahim: How Nazism Explains ‘Moderate’ and ‘Radical’ Islam
By Raymond Ibrahim on Aug 17, 2015 07:42 pm
If Islamic doctrines are inherently violent, why isn’t every single Muslim in the world—that is, approximately 1.5 billion people—violent? This question represents one of Islam’s most popular apologetics: because not all Muslims are violent, intolerant, or sponsor terrorism—a true statement—Islam itself must be innocent. Let’s briefly consider this logic. First, there are, in fact, many […]
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Brazilian author Paulo Coelho defends Qur’an as “book that changed the world”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 12:08 pm
The Qur’an actually is a book that changed the world. So is Mein Kampf. But Coelho obviously means, and was understood to mean, that the Qur’an changed the world for the better. Now note Coelho’s tortured thought process when he is challenged. Someone tells him that the Qur’an “is the source of violence and murder,” […]
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Iran’s Supremo: “We won’t allow American political, economic or cultural influence in Iran”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 10:57 am
The Iranian Supreme Leader keeps giving fresh indications that he is as bellicose as ever and does not consider the nuclear deal to be the slightest impediment to his plans. “We will not let Americans gain influence: Iran’s Khamenei,” Reuters, August 17, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday […]
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Ahmadi imam says Muslim clerics have perverted Islam for 1400 years
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 09:14 am
Earle Cornelius of LancasterOnline is a better reporter than most non-Muslim reporters in the U.S. who report on Ahmadiyya spokesmen as if they’re the true, peaceful, moderate Muslims: he informs his readers of a salient detail that most leave out, that the Ahmadiyya “are considered a heretical sect by some Muslims and Ahmadiyya Muslims have […]
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Jordan border chief: Islamic State jihadis try to sneak in, blend in with refugees
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 08:53 am
But remember: if you raise the possibility that this could be happening with the massive influx of “refugees” into Europe, you’re a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” “AP Interview: Jordan border chief says Syria militants try to sneak in, blend in with refugees,” by Karin Laub, Associated Press, August 16, 2015: ON THE SYRIA BORDER, Jordan (AP) […]
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Robert Spencer, FrontPage: Could the Jig Finally Be Up for Huma Abedin?
By Robert Spencer on Aug 17, 2015 07:18 am
In FrontPage this morning I explain why the current mini-controversy over Huma Abedin bespeaks a much larger problem with America’s contemporary political culture. They got Al Capone for tax evasion, and they may get Huma Abedin for “violating rules regarding vacation and sick leave” and for the “possible exchange of unsecured, classified data.” To be […]
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