In a rare good-news story, a convicted Ottawa-area jihadist was denied day parole by an appeals panel. It is urgent that Western authorities understand the jihadist mindset, including the deception that goes along with it, as well as the encouragement of war against disbelievers. Some imams are not opposed to the jihadist mindset. Martyrdom is […]
Burkina Faso: Islamic State and al-Qaeda murder around 50 people trying to flee a jihadist blockade
The jihadist mission is to expand the Sharia everywhere. The Islamic State was dismantled in the Levant region, but then rapidly expanded in Africa, and is gaining in momentum. It is also slowly reviving in the Middle East. It is also no secret that jihadists have long infiltrated refugee streams into Europe, and continue to […]
Obama selected the list of Muslim countries in Trump’s executive order
The list of concerned countries that the Trump administration outlined in the order is based on the one signed into law by the former Obama administration. So, it looks like the Obama White House set the groundwork Clearly there was a recognized homeland security problem for some time: the potential hazard of allowing in Muslim […]
Muslim migrants “happy with German attitude of welcoming other cultures and see it a suitable environment to spread Islam”
Will the Germans get a clue? Will Europe? “One of this man’s goals after getting the residence (permit) was to spread Islam. He said, ‘Europe will become Muslim, we will Islamicize (them).’” Will Europe do anything to try to prevent that from happening, or would any resistance be “Islamophobic”? “Refugees in Europe say they fear […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Al-Qaeda’s grievance-mongering to the West while “telling Muslims that the jihad must persevere until the globe is governed according to Islamic law [is] ignored”
Our pal Raymond Ibrahim reviews Al Qaeda in Its Own Words, edited by Gilles Kepel and Jean-Pierre Milelli, over at the Middle East Quarterly: Al Qaeda in Its Own Words provides the translated writings of four jihadis–Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri, and Abu Musab Zarqawi. Edited by five people with Kepel, a French […]
Al-Qaeda last week called for attacks on “any crusaders whenever you find one of them, like at the airports of the crusader Western countries that participate in the wars against Islam, or their living compounds, trains etc.”
Calling for freelance jihad. Just a coincidence, I’m sure. “Counterterrorism: Shifting from ‘Who’ to ‘How,’” by Scott Stewart and Fred Burton for Stratfor, November 4 (thanks to all who sent this in): In the 11th edition of the online magazine Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of Battle), which was released to jihadist Web sites last week, […]
Turkey momentarily remembers which side it’s supposed to be on, arrests 32 for jihad plots against Israeli and U.S. targets
See? Nothing to worry about from Erdogan and the advance of Sharia in Turkey. Let them into the EU! “Turkey: 32 suspects arrested in plots on Israeli, US targets,” from the Jerusalem Post, October 15 (thanks to Elisa): As if to send out a much-needed reminder of the mutual security interests between Ankara and Jerusalem […]
Al-Qaeda’s second banana lashes out against “apostate” Pakistani military
Apostates from Islam, mind you, may be lawfully slaughtered, per Muhammad’s own instructions. “Al-Qaeda number two lashes out at Pakistani military,” from Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 14: Islamabad – The Pakistan Army has become a tool in the hands of the “crusaders” to save American and NATO troops from certain defeat in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda’s second-in-command said […]
France charges nuclear scientist with “membership [in] a terrorist group”
An update on this story. Regardless of the fact that “his work did not bring him into contact with anything that could be used for terrorism,” it should be cause for alarm and further inquiry that al-Qaeda has friends in such high places in the scientific community. “France charges nuclear scientist suspected of al Qaeda […]
Al-Qaeda jihadists plot attack against 2010 World Cup
Mozambique emerges as a base of operations for al-Qaeda’s jihadists. “Plot to bomb US buildings, disrupt World Cup,” by Makhudu Sefara and Peter Fabricius for IOL, October 11: Tired of fighting, and largely losing, against the US in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia, a group of Somali terrorists devised a strategy to take on the superpower […]