JIHAD WATCH 07/11/2016

Islamic apologist accused of inciting Dhaka massacre says he only urged Muslims to terrorize “evildoers”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 08:59 pm

“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60) He only told Muslims to terrorize “evildoers,” you see. So it’s OK. […]
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UK: ISIS jihad massacre plotter has sentence reduced despite determination to attack
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 08:36 pm

The Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales, John Thomas, said that Khan “was determined to fulfil Islamic State’s cause for jihad by the carrying out of an act of terrorism within the UK.” So why was her sentenced reduced? Because of “her previous good character.” So the shattered, staggering, dhimmi UK can look forward […]
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Massachusetts: Muslim migrant held in sexual assault of 13-year-old girl at pool
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 08:26 pm

The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their […]
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Euro 2016: If France wins, there will be no parade for fear of jihad attacks
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 11:05 am

“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60) It’s working: France is in a state of terror and is curtailing […]
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Muslim cleric: US responsible for terror in Muslim world
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 10:43 am

“America’s crimes in Muslim countries are known to all. Any action carried out, any explosion and any operation in which a Muslim is killed in Muslim countries, America stands behind it, together with the infidel West that hates Islam and Muslims.” Sheikh Al-Abu Ahmad is thus echoing the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, who recently […]
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India: Legislator grilled for nine hours over alleged Qur’an desecration
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 10:25 am

Is India a Sharia state now? Or is the Muslim voting bloc so overwhelmingly powerful that its political elites behave as if it were one in service of their own narrow self-interest? Would any Indian politician (or anyone else) ever be grilled for nine hours over the alleged desecration of the Bible or any other […]
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Theresa May’s Sharia courts review branded a whitewash
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 09:55 am

“They claim that by appointing an Islamic scholar as chair and placing two imams in advisory roles, the panel’s ability to make an impartial assessment of how religious arbitration is used to the detriment of women’s rights will be seriously compromised.” Of that there can be no doubt. That a politician so severely compromised and […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: “Shaking Hands is an Important Part of Our Culture”
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jul 10, 2016 08:45 am

In the last few years, one country in Europe – Switzerland – has offered lessons in how to deal with Muslims that other Western countries might do well to emulate. For the Swiss have taken a tough line on those Muslims living in their country who have been unwilling to adapt to Swiss ways. Swiss […]
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Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne: Muhammad “instrument of God’s mercy”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 06:49 am

The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne has issued greetings to Muslims on the occasion of the feast of Eid al-Fitr. The Very Reverend Denis Stanley, Episcopal Vicar for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Melbourne Archdiocese, wrote: The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne would like to extend its best wishes to the Muslim community in Victoria and […]
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Bin Laden’s son vows “revenge by the Islamic nation for Sheikh Osama”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 10, 2016 06:20 am

The photo is ten or more years old; Hamza bin Laden is about 25 years old now. It is noteworthy that he vows revenge for his father’s killing on behalf of “the Islamic nation.” The cognitive dissonance is absolute: the very people who claim to be acting in strictest accordance with the dictates of Islam […]
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