JIHAD WATCH 06/07/2016

BBC warns soccer fans not to dress as Crusaders to avoid offending Muslims
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 12:19 pm

“Crusaders were the perpetrators of violent attacks across Europe and the Middle East on Muslims, Jews and pagans.” The attacks on innocent people of any religion cannot and should not be excused, but the BBC seriously misleads its readers when it presents the Crusades as an unprovoked exercise of proto-colonialism directed against a peaceful Muslim […]
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Larry Summers: “Perception that US is at war with Islam rather than with radical elements within Islam is invitation to terrorism”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 11:44 am

Lawrence Summers has served as president of Harvard University, Secretary of the Treasury, and economic adviser to Barack Obama. His Washington Post piece here is a manifestation of the panic that the political and media elites are feeling in the face of the popularity of Donald Trump, although whether he poses a genuine challenge to […]
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Turks allow Qur’an recitations inside Hagia Sophia for first time in 81 years
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 10:21 am

“Koran recitations in the symbol of Orthodox Christianity? Greeks went furious and describe the unpreparedness move as ‘unbelievable provocation’ and ‘a shock’ for the Orthodox Christians. In a very diplomatic language, the Greek Foreign Ministry spoke of an ‘outdated and incomprehensible’ move that shows ‘disrespect’ towards historical religious sites. Conservative New Democracy said it is […]
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Jordan: Jihadis murder five intelligence officers in attack on security office
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 10:12 am

Ramadan begins in earnest, with killings of Muslims not considered sufficiently Islamic in both Egypt and Jordan. “Terror attack on intelligence office in Baqaa kills five security personnel,” Jordan Times, June 6, 2016 (thanks to Nichole): AMMAN – Five General Intelligence Department (GID) personnel were killed early Monday in an attack on the department’s office […]
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“Thanks to Allah, Caliphate soldiers were able to target platoon affiliated to apostate Egyptian Armed Forces”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 09:59 am

During Ramadan, Muslims are exhorted to renew and deepen their devotion to Allah. Hence it is a time when they’re supposed to grow more generous and kind toward their fellow Muslims. However, the Qur’an says: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves” […]
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Video: Non-Muslim TV host signs off “inshallah” on popular debate program
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 09:35 am

A conquered, colonized people adopts the language and practices of its conquerors. Please withhold the “Arabic-speaking Christians say this as well” remarks. That is undoubtedly true. But Nicky Campbell is not an Arabic-speaking Christian. He is a man who, with a wry smile, knows that it behooves him to acknowledge the strong horse, even in […]
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Staff at Swedish asylum center attempting to make migrants more devout in their observance of Islam
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 09:23 am

If they’re not devout already, they will be by the time they leave the asylum center in Sörmland. What could possibly go wrong? This modified Google Translate version of the original article in Swedish is somewhat rough, but generally clear. “Staff at the Swedish asylum lodging an attempt to Islamize asylum seekers,” by Mattias Albinsson, […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Among Schoolchildren, or Islam Outreach in Japan
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jun 06, 2016 05:04 am

In Japan, concerned about “anti-Muslim hostility,” some teachers have had the bright idea of having their pupils “learn about Islam” by visiting the main mosque in Tokyo. Of course, they must have thought, what better way to have their students get an “unbiased glimpse of Islam” than to visit a mosque, where Muslims welcome their […]
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“The history of Islam was completely different from what we were taught at school”
By Robert Spencer on Jun 06, 2016 03:13 am

“I found that the history of Islam was completely different from what we were taught at school.” There is a concerted effort to whitewash the bloody history of jihad and mislead people about the history of Islam in general. Take a small example: the Sphinx’s nose. It was destroyed not by Napoleon’s troops in target […]
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Iran Accuses US of Backing the Islamic State and the “Zionist Regime”
By Christine Williams on Jun 06, 2016 03:06 am

Jihadist propaganda brazenly ascends again. This time, it’s the rogue state of Iran accusing the US of backing the Islamic State and the “Zionist regime”, in retaliation for the State Department citing Iran as the world’s biggest state-sponsor of terrorism. Four years ago, Canada took a sensible lead: it listed Iran as a state sponsor […]
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