JIHAD WATCH 09/04/2016

Philippines: Police search for 3 Muslims suspected in bombing that murdered 14
By Robert Spencer on Sep 03, 2016 05:12 pm

Has there ever before been a world war that raged on while everyone in authority denied that it was happening? “Philippines blast: 3 sought in deadly bombing, Islamists suspected,” by Tim Hume and Maria Ressa, CNN, September 3, 2016: (CNN)Police in the Philippines are looking for three people they want to question — one man […]
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France: Muslim migrant mobs riot, storm motorway, battle police
By Robert Spencer on Sep 03, 2016 05:03 pm

Europe’s new normal. “CALAIS WARZONE: Riot police fire tear gas to hold back HUNDREDS of UK-bound migrants,” by Giles Sheldrick, Express, September 2, 2016: RIOT police fired tear gas into the notorious Calais “Jungle” yesterday to hold back hundreds of UK-bound migrants. Marauding gangs attempted to storm the motorwaey leading to the port as the […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Why It’s Mostly Quiet on the Eastern Front, Or, How a Czech Parliamentarian Sees Islam
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Sep 03, 2016 04:46 pm

Sometimes life sends along something to cheer us up. It did so for me, when I came across a stemwinder of a speech made in the Czech Parliament a few months ago by one of its members, Klara Samkova. Samkova is a left-of-center — not “far-right,” even if the Western press would like to label […]
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Muslims enraged that 9/11 monument in small New York town calls perpetrators “Islamic terrorists”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 03, 2016 11:55 am

“The Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier worries the wording could encourage hatred toward Muslims living in the area, painting all Muslims with the same brush.” This is an oft-used and tired talking point. How does identifying the motivating ideology of the 9/11 attackers paint all Muslims with the same brush? Does referring to the […]
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Military brass told numerous US soldiers in Afghanistan to ignore child sex abuse by Afghan “allies”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 03, 2016 11:25 am

Women are so despised and devalued in Islamic culture that it leads to this sort of thing. And even though this article says that Muslim clerics and the Taliban object to the practice, the Qur’an says that in Paradise, the blessed will be attended not only by the famous virgins, but by boys like pearls […]
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Bangladesh: Muslims attack Hare Krishna temple, injure seven for singing during Islamic prayer
By Robert Spencer on Sep 03, 2016 10:49 am

The respect and circumspection that is demanded is not reciprocated. Here is an account by an American, Jesse Petrilla, visiting a church in Egypt: “I attended a prayer service there, and every 15 seconds over loudspeakers aimed at the church from the mosque next door, the Muslims were yelling at the Christians. ‘Allah akbar! Allah […]
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France: Two Muslims expelled after “large-scale” Islamic State jihad massacre foiled
By Robert Spencer on Sep 03, 2016 10:35 am

Why keep bringing in more Muslim migrants, among whom will be an unknowable number of jihadis? “France kicks out two ISIS fanatics after foiling ‘large-scale’ terror attack plot,” by Romina McGuiness, Express, September 2, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann): FRANCE has deported two Islamic extremists who had been instructed by a senior ISIS commander to carry […]
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Australia: Catholic teacher forced Qur’anic readings on students
By Christine Williams on Sep 03, 2016 09:56 am

“Parents have been left fuming after discovering a history and geography teacher has been reading excerpts of the Koran to their children at a Catholic boy’s high school.” Now why would Jesse Pittard not read to the children the Torah, the Vedas (Hindu scriptures), the Sutras (Buddhist texts) etc., all in the spirit of diversity? […]
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Nobel Peace Prize winner: let’s not “muddle up” terrorism with Islam
By Christine Williams on Sep 03, 2016 09:50 am

“Nobel Peace Prize winner Wided Bouchamaoui urged people everywhere on Thursday not to “muddle up” terrorism with Islam…… Muslims who practice their faith calmly and respectfully are “victims of a semantic problem” when “terrorists” are described as “Islamic terrorists.” Bouchamaoui goes on to say that “we should call a spade a spade” by stating that “a terrorist […]
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France: Longer prison sentences for returning jihadis
By Christine Williams on Sep 03, 2016 09:40 am

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins expects that about 700 Muslims from France are fighting for jihad groups in Iraq and Syria, and “at one moment or another we will face the return of a large number of French fighters and their families.” Given this menacing reality, Molins has announced longer prison terms for returning jihadis, of […]
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