JIHAD WATCH 11/29/2014

Church of England bishop says Qur’an should be read at Charles’ coronation Nov 28, 2014 11:18 pm | Robert Spencer What a great idea. Here are some readings that would go over great at Charles’ coronation, and show who is the boss in the Brave New Britain: Christians have forgotten part of the divine revelations they received: “From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a covenant, but they forgot a good part […] comments | read more      Pope calls for fighting hunger and poverty as key to stopping jihadists Nov 28, 2014 05:57 pm | Robert Spencer Alleviating hunger and poverty won’t end jihad terrorism. The Pope here is repeating the oft-refuted notion that poverty causes terrorism. CNS News noted in September 2013 that “according to a Rand Corporation report on counterterrorism, prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2009, ‘Terrorists are not particularly impoverished, uneducated, or afflicted by […] comments | read more      John Cleese says you can’t make jokes about Muslims: “They’ll kill you” Nov 28, 2014 05:32 pm | Robert Spencer This is the rationale behind more than just why people don’t make jokes about Muslims. It is also a key motivation for the solicitude that the mainstream media shows to Muslim sensitivities, such as its general refusal to show the Muhammad cartoons even when they were international news — a circumspection media outlets never showed […] comments | read more      Nigeria: Islamic jihadists murder at least 64 with guns and bombs at mosque Nov 28, 2014 12:28 pm | Robert Spencer At least 64 have been murdered, and 120 wounded. Authorities believe this was an attack in response to a recent statement by Nigerian leader Lamido Sanusi, calling upon Nigerians to fight against Boko Haram, the real name of which is The Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad. “The mosque is […] comments | read more      Nigeria: Islamic jihadists murder 40 with bomb at bus station Nov 28, 2014 12:25 pm | Robert Spencer The death toll continues to mount. The unreality and fantasy upon which Western policy toward this threat is based nonetheless remains unshaken. “UPDATE 1-Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40 people – sources,” Reuters, November 27, 2014: YOLA, Nigeria Nov 27 (Reuters) – A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction […] comments | read more      Denmark paid unemployment benefits to 28 Muslims waging jihad for Islamic State Nov 28, 2014 11:57 am | Robert Spencer Danish taxpayer dollars at work. British jihadist Anjem Choudary said in February 2013: “We are on Jihad Seekers Allowance, We take the Jizya (protection money paid to Muslims by non-Muslims) which is ours anyway. The normal situation is to take money from the Kafir (non-Muslim), isn’t it? So this is normal situation. They give us […] comments | read more      UK officials can’t stop battle-hardened jihadis from returning from Islamic State Nov 28, 2014 11:32 am | Robert Spencer Foes of jihad terror — Pamela Geller and I — are not allowed to enter Britain. But the British authorities cannot figure out how to bar jihad terrorists from returning from the Islamic State. More absurdity as Britain gallops toward ruin: “Battle-Hardened Terrorists Will Return to The UK, And There is Nothing we Can do […] comments | read more      Belgium: Sunni Muslim tried for deadly arson attack on Shia mosque Nov 28, 2014 11:09 am | Robert Spencer The Sunni-Shi’ite jihad comes to Belgium. We in the West will be seeing a great deal more of this. “Sunni tried for deadly arson attack on Belgian Shiite mosque,” AFP, November 27, 2014 (thanks to Anushirvan): A Moroccan man admitted setting fire to a Shiite mosque in Brussels to protest the crackdown on fellow Sunnis […] comments | read more      Australia: Muslims refuse to stand for judge, say Islam is their only authority Nov 28, 2014 10:40 am | Robert Spencer One said that they are not “at the behest of any authority other than Islam.” We have seen this again and again, all over the West, as it is a mainstream Islamic belief that Muslims do not owe allegiance to any Infidel authorities. Those Infidel authorities, however, persist in refusing to understand what they are […] comments | read more      Crisis of a community Nov 28, 2014 10:36 am | Robert Spencer Crisis of a community by Kashi N. Pandita The Jammu-based Daily Excelsior of 27 November 2014 carried on its front page the news item under the heading ‘New package for KPs: Centre’. Actually the newspaper reproduced some excerpts from the speech of Union Minister of State for Home made in the Rajya Sabha. The crux […] comments | read more      Austria: Police raid mosques, arrest 13 for jihad recruitment Nov 28, 2014 10:12 am | Robert Spencer Recruiting for the Islamic State was going on in mosques? One might almost get the idea that the Islamic State had something to do with Islam. But of course, that would be “Islamophobic.” “Austrian police arrested 13 men targeting suspected jihad recruiters,” AFP, November 28, 2014: VIENNA (AFP) – Austrian police arrested 13 people and […] comments | read more      UAE defends designating Hamas-linked CAIR, MAS as terror groups Nov 28, 2014 04:12 am | Robert Spencer Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this interview with Fox’s Bret Baier, he says: “Our threshold is quite low when we talk about extremism. We cannot accept incitement or funding when we look at some of these organizations. I mean, for many countries the definition […] comments | read more