JIHAD WATCH 12/09/2013

Syrian jihad leader: "This gun will shoot at the heads of the Jews, and at the Alawites before them" Dec 08, 2013 07:08 pm | Robert Spencer Everything that Sheik Saqr Al-Jihad says here is grounded in Islam and rooted in the Qur'an and Islamic thought. Yet that is the one thing that Western analysts dismiss as irrelevant to understanding the motives and goals of people like him and his followers. "In Tearful Display, Saudi Jihadi... read more      Netanyahu says nuke negotiators must demand that Iran "change its genocidal policy" Dec 08, 2013 06:45 pm | Robert Spencer One of the last world leaders to talk sense about the Iranian problem. "Netanyahu says nuke negotiators must demand Iran change 'genocidal policy,'" from Fox News, December 8: Warning the international community to "beware" Iran's intentions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States and other negotiators to... read more      Syrian jihad leader rejects democracy: "The Qur'an is our law" Dec 08, 2013 06:27 pm | Robert Spencer Abu Bilal al-Homsi Abu Bilal al-Homsi must be some kind of Islamophobe, since only Islamophobes believe that there is any slightest incompatibility between Islam and democracy. "Syrian Islamists: No to Democracy, Minority Rights," by Dalit Halevy and Maayana Miskin for Israel National News, December 8 (thanks to The Religion of... read more      Sharia in action in "Arab Spring" Tunisia: Islamic supremacists threaten to kill teachers without veil Dec 08, 2013 06:14 pm | Robert Spencer Or else "Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state in our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That's why the United States government has gone to court to protect the right of... read more      UK to get a Sharia-compliant shopping center Dec 08, 2013 05:20 pm | Robert Spencer "Certain trades and activities are prohibited under Sharia law and these include gambling, the production or sale of alcohol and the production or sale of pork. However, where any real estate includes a shopping centre with, for instance, an off-licence, the investment can be structured so that part of... read more      Taliban prisoners released as a gesture of good will in Pakistan and Afghanistan return to jihad Dec 08, 2013 03:16 pm | Robert Spencer "Jails, torture and suffering won’t change our jihadist commitment." Shocker! "Freed Taliban Prisoners in Pakistan and Afghanistan Return to Jihad," by Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai for the Daily Beast, December 6 Pakistan and Afghanistan have released waves of Taliban prisoners in a goodwill gesture—but instead of returning home... read more      Reza Aslan's jihadi Jesus Dec 08, 2013 03:11 pm | Robert Spencer Last week I filmed this show at ABN with Sam Shamoun and David Wood, discussing Reza Aslan's popular farrago Zealot, and his larger attempt to render Christianity and Islam, Jesus and Muhammad essentially identical.... read more      Iraq: Sunni jihadists murder at least 39 people with bombs in crowded Shi'ite areas Dec 08, 2013 03:06 pm | Robert Spencer But remember: to discuss the ideology that motivates this would be "hate speech." "Bombings kill 39 in and around Iraqi capital," by Sameer N. Yacoub for the Associated Press, December 8 (thanks to Kenneth): BAGHDAD (AP) -- Nearly a dozen explosions tore through predominantly Shiite Muslim areas in and... read more