JIHAD WATCH 01/19/2014

Does the National Council of Canadian Muslims really have ties to Hamas? Jan 18, 2014 03:56 pm | Robert Spencer Yesterday I noted that the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), the Canadian branch of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), demanded that Prime Minister Steven Harper drop Rabbi Daniel Korobkin from a delegation traveling to Israel because Korobkin committed the cardinal sin of introducing Pamela Geller and... read more      State-run Iranian press claims that "Zionists planning to annihilate Islam" Jan 18, 2014 02:43 pm | Robert Spencer In reality, Iran wants to annihilate Israel. But we have seen many times that Islamic supremacists tend to project their own evils onto those whom they fear and hate. "Zionists planning to annihilate Islam," by Catherine Shakdam for Press TV, January 18 (thanks to Maxwell): With Zionists more intent... read more      UK Muslim who faked evidence of "wave of attacks on Muslims" after jihad murder claims rise in "anti-Muslim attacks," calls for speech restrictions Jan 18, 2014 12:16 pm | Robert Spencer Fiyaz Mughal Andrew Gilligan reported in the Telegraph last June 9 that Tell Mama, a group which, like Faith Matters, is also headed by Fiyaz Mughal, was not going to "have its government grant renewed after police and civil servants raised concerns about its methods." What was wrong with its... read more      North Carolina Muslim facing jury trial for attempting to join Syrian jihad group Jan 18, 2014 11:50 am | Robert Spencer How did Basit Sheikh come to misunderstand Islam so spectacularly as to think jihad had something to do with waging war against Infidels? What mosque did he attend? Is anyone paying to all the U.S. mosques supporting the Syrian jihad? Or would that be "Islamophobic"? "Judge sets July trial... read more      Video: Andrew Bostom and Robert Spencer on "interfaith dialogue" Jan 18, 2014 11:47 am | Robert Spencer ...on my ABN Jihad Watch program.... read more      Afghanistan: Islamic jihadists murder 21 in restaurant blast, including IMF head and two UN staffers Jan 18, 2014 11:01 am | Robert Spencer Good thing these people are not the enemy; if they were, imagine how many more people would have been murdered. "Last year, during my visit to Washington, in a very important briefing a day before I met U.S. President [Barack Obama], his national security adviser Tom Donilon, and senior... read more      Al Jazeera English censoring coverage unfavorable to the Muslim Brotherhood Jan 18, 2014 10:58 am | Robert Spencer My story about Egypt's Anglican community: http://t.co/JU6I0AuSpT Al Jaz removed a few passages that reflected poorly on the MB — Peter Schwartzstein (@PSchwartzstein) January 18, 2014 This bears out what Pamela Geller wrote about Al Jazeera at Breitbart in August 2013: The fact is that the U.S. government should... read more      Russia: Islamic jihadists wound nine with car bomb at restaurant in Dagestan Jan 18, 2014 10:42 am | Robert Spencer Even if Umarov is dead, the jihad against Russia over the Olympics continues. "Nine wounded by car bomb in Russia's Dagestan," from PTI, January 18 (thanks to Lookmann): Makhachkala: Police say nine people have been wounded in a bombing in Russia's southern province of Dagestan. Fatima Ubaidatova, a spokeswoman... read more      Doku Umarov, Muslim leader who threatened Olympics, could be dead Jan 18, 2014 10:37 am | Robert Spencer But he has been dead before: "Umarov, a bearded fighter who has headed militants in Chechnya since 2006, has been the subject of numerous death reports in the past." "Islamist rebel who threatened Olympics claimed dead," from AFP, January 17 (thanks to Lookmann): Moscow: A Chechen rebel leader who... read more      UK: Murders, rapes, honor killings, FGM going unreported in Sharia no-go zones Jan 18, 2014 07:45 am | Robert Spencer Sharia is indeed the future of the UK. The British government is deathly afraid of the Islamic supremacists, unwilling to confront them, and allowing these Sharia districts to expand without the slightest resistance. They ban foes of jihad terror such as Pamela Geller and me from entering the country,... read more