JIHAD WATCH 06/19/2015

Chad bans Islamic face veil after jihad-martyrdom suicide bombings
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 09:50 pm

Common sense — but watch for the cries of “Islamophobia,” which, after all, always come in service of the jihad terror imperative. “Chad bans Islamic face veil after suicide bombings,” BBC, June 17, 2015: Chad has banned people from wearing the full-face veil, following two suicide bomb attacks on Monday. Chad’s government accused Nigerian militant […]
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Sweden mulling new laws criminalizing joining or aiding jihad groups
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 09:37 pm

Common sense. Long overdue. “Sweden mulls new laws banning jihad combat, travel,” AFP, June 17, 2015: Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden is considering drafting new legislation that would ban its nationals from fighting in armed conflicts for terrorist organisations such as Islamic State (IS), the government said Wednesday. “It is completely unacceptable that Swedish citizens are […]
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Zionist shoe theft victim Asghar Bukhari explains it all for you
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 07:10 pm

I would be remiss if I didn’t bring you UK Muslim leader Asghar Bukhari’s followup to his riotous claim that Zionists sneaked into his house and stole one of his shoes. His analysis, with its crazed veneer of rationality, is actually strongly reminiscent of Islamic supremacist analysis in general. You know: Islamic jihadists kill people, […]
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French intel report says 1,730 potential jihadis ready to strike in France
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 05:53 pm

This could be an attempt to “strike terror into the enemies of Allah.” “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom you may not know, but whom Allah knows.” — Qur’an 8:60 […]
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Islamic State doctor: “I made a very well-educated and calculated decision to come here”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 04:58 pm

Kamleh’s decision to go to the Islamic State was “well-educated and calculated” on the basis of his commitment to Islam: “I saw this as part of my jihad for Islam,” he has explained. But that is the one aspect of his motivation that Western analysts are determined to ignore, and so they go searching for […]
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Islamic State in Nigeria murders 23 in jihad attacks on Chad police
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 04:25 pm

Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. “Boko Haram Attacks: 23 dead in suicide bomb attacks on Chad police,” by Anisha Jenyfer Solomon, PrepSure, June 16, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller): On June 15, 2015, twenty-three people were killed in an attack by suicide bombers who blew themselves up in attacks targeting police […]
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Trinidad: Muslim convicts screaming “Allahu akbar” attack guards
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 03:55 pm

“The prisoners claim they are being persecuted because they are Muslims.” So often we see the pattern: claims of victimhood combined with aggression and violence. “Jailhouse licks,” by Nalini, Newsday, June 18, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): FIVE prison officers and seven inmates at the Remand Section of Maximum Security Prison in Golden […]
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Video: Talkin’ ’bout my Sharia generation
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 02:35 pm

هههههههههه افضل لقطة حتى الان… pic.twitter.com/6mPgADqkRX — DON 7ANQ (@7ANQ_) June 18, 2015 Islamic supremacist channels Pete Townshend. “I may go far if I smash my guitar…” Or oud. And speaking of Sharia, isn’t the oud-smasher’s skirt a bit short? Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical […]
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Is What’s To Come In Syria Still Unsure?
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jun 18, 2015 01:21 pm

Oh, by that I don’t  mean who’s in and who’s out and who “will win.” This month, we are told, the Islamic State in eastern Syria is now unstoppable, or it’s the Al-Nusra Front that is on first in Homs — or is Aleppo? — and a few months ago, it was Assad, aided ably […]
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Ramadan begins in Yemen: Islamic State murders 31 with bombs at Shi’ite mosques
By Robert Spencer on Jun 18, 2015 07:00 am

“The bombs exploded almost simultaneously just after sundown on the eve of Ramadan” — and so the month in which Muslims rededicate themselves to the service of Allah gets a bloody kickoff, in what the perpetrators no doubt believe to be a great act of service to Allah. “Dozens killed and injured in Sanaa mosque […]
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