JIHAD WATCH 10/10/2015

UK gave Gitmo inmate $1.5 million; now he has fled to the Islamic State By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 07:51 pm Blair pressed hard for his release from Guantanamo. He played the victimhood game to the hilt — witness this Mirror headline: But for all his celebrated victimhood status and praise from the British intelligentsia as a living sign of the evil of the West, he really was a jihadi, and now he has fled to […] Read in browser »   Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 07:06 pm This is as delusional as Obama’s insistence that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. Acting decisively in defense of an ally is not a sign of weakness, but of reliability — something Obama has never been with America’s allies. “Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness,” EFE, October […] Read in browser » Teen Muslima who stabbed Israeli: I’m going to become a martyr “for Allah” By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 05:26 pm “Don’t cry about me, when I become a shahid #Our greatest desire is to become shadids for Allah” Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “‘I’m going to become a martyr,’ Palestinian teen wrote before attack,” Times of Israel, October 7, 2015: A Palestinian teen who stabbed an Israeli man in a terror […] Read in browser » UK: Muslims kept up to 42 slaves in two-bedroom house By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 05:12 pm “Prosecutors said company owner Mohammed Rafiq and two other men who had positions within the firm – Mohammed Patel and Mohammed Dadhiwala – knew that workers supplied to them by Orsos were trafficked.” Why didn’t they care? Here are some possible clues: The Qur’an has Allah telling Muhammad that he has given him girls as […] Read in browser » Islamic State executioner amputates hand and foot of 14-year-old boy By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 04:51 pm “Last week, a 14-year-old Syrian boy told of how the mammoth extremist chopped off his hand and foot because he refused to join ISIS. Omar – who was captured fighting for a rebel group and tortured for more than a month – said the Bulldozer gathered a large group of children to watch the bloody […] Read in browser » US scraps failed $500 million program to train “moderate” Syrian rebels By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 04:35 pm Moving from one spectacular failure to the next. Nothing that the US does to counter the Islamic State will succeed until officials examine its ideology realistically. Without that, every move to counter it effectively will founder on the unreality of the State Department’s analysis. “US scraps its $500million programme to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels after […] Read in browser » “We must accept that terrorist acts are religiously motivated” By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 04:02 pm An unusual outbreak of common sense in the mainstream media. “We must accept that terrorist acts are religiously motivated,” by Rodger Shanahan, The Australian, October 10, 2015: The desire to airbrush religion from terrorist and foreign fighter recruitment activity has seen politicians and public figures tying themselves into knots. Trying to avoid using the R-word, […] Read in browser » French MPs adopt bill to block minors from leaving for jihad By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 03:43 pm Great idea. Don’t let them leave France. They will just have to find ways to wage jihad at home. “French MPs adopt bill to block minors from leaving for jihad,” AFP, October 8, 2015: Paris (AFP) – French lawmakers adopted a draft law Thursday that will require minors to have permission from their parents or […] Read in browser » Iran says Islamic State kills Iranian General near Aleppo By Robert Spencer on Oct 09, 2015 03:22 pm Can the Islamic State jihadis stand up even to Iran and Russia? Hamedani was “a top Iranian military commander who played a crucial role in Tehran’s efforts to defend the Syrian regime.” “Iranian General Killed in Syria,” by Sam Dagher, Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2015: BEIRUT—A top Iranian military commander who played a crucial […] Read in browser » “Muslims have the right to lie in a good cause”—Pakistani president to Reagan By Raymond Ibrahim on Oct 09, 2015 02:08 pm Ben Carson recently created controversy by warning against the Muslim doctrine of taqiyya, which allows Muslims to deceive non-Muslims.  I already addressed the accuracy of Carson’s statements here, and the media’s attempts to discredit him here. Soon thereafter, Daniel Pipes, the president of the Middle East Forum, brought an interesting anecdote to my attention. Back […] Read in browser » The Unknown: To Be Raped Under Islam By Jamie Glazov on Oct 09, 2015 11:07 am In this new episode of The Unknown, Anni Cyrus discusses To Be Raped Under Islam, revealing the horror she endured under the Islamic Republic — and how she prevailed and is fighting back.  The Glazov Gang is a fan-generated program. Please donate through our Pay Pal account or our Indiegogo campaign. Also subscribe to our […] Read in browser »