Jihad Watch

Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Archives for January 2012

Muhammad vs. Muhammad

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In 2006 I wrote the book on the right, The Truth About Muhammad, a biography of the prophet of Islam based on the earliest Muslim accounts of his life, in order to illustrate what Muslims generally believe that Muhammad said and did. In my forthcoming book, Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins, […]

Raymond Ibrahim: Jihad — When Elections Fail

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The Obama administration supports “democracy” and “self determination” in the Middle East””two euphemisms that, in the real world, refer to “mob-rule” and “Islamic radicalization,” respectively. Yet, as Jimmy Carter recently put it: “I don’t have any problem with that [an “Islamist victory” in Egypt], and the U.S. government doesn’t have any problem with that either. […]

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood spokesman says group won’t speak or meet with Israeli officials

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The story and the rhetoric change with the audience. Does Mahmoud Ghezlan really suppose the kuffar are too dumb to notice the conflicting messages? You can’t fool all of the infidels all of the time. “Brotherhood vows to shun Israeli officials,” from the Egypt Independent, January 25: The Muslim Brotherhood will not speak or meet […]

Egyptian sheikh forbids purchasing Chevrolets because logo looks like a cross

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Ford just got a big boost in the Salafist market. “Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram,” by Angie Nasser for Now Lebanon, January 24: “And I think to myself, what a wonderful world…” A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the […]

U.K.: “Strict Muslim” raped women and girls to punish them for being out alone at night

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Those who wage jihad to impose Sharia push a circular argument: Sharia is the only way to peace and security because it is the only condition under which they will allow peace and security to take hold. They try to prove the supposed necessity of Sharia by attempting to create it, through harassment, sexual assaults, […]

Indonesia: “Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists”

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Indonesia’s approach to homegrown Islamic thug groups like the Islamic Defenders Front is noticeably more flexible than its dealings with groups with international connections. In particular, there seems to be no sense of urgency as long as “Islamic vigilantism” restricts its targets to Christians and Ahmadis. But evidence is accumulating that feeding that proverbial crocodile […]

Obama Administration holds talks with Muslim Brotherhood, speeds pace of aid to Egypt

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The Brotherhood and the Salafis don’t even need to collect the jizya from the Copts, as long as they’ve got Barack Obama. “Obama set to speed aid to Egypt: official,” by Warren Strobel for Reuters, January 25 (thanks to Wimpy): (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to […]

Egyptian Salafi leader misunderstands Islam, says that Egypt’s Christians can be dealt with like the Jews of Medina

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Islamic spokesmen in the West routinely say that the Qur’an’s command to fight against Jews and Christians, impose the jizya (poll tax) upon them and make them submit as inferiors to Islamic rule (9:29) is a relic of history, never to be revived — and that only greasy Islamophobes say otherwise. Yassir Al-Burhami didn’t get […]

South Carolina mosque leader arrested in cigarette trafficking and money laundering scheme

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Cigarette trafficking has been used to fund Hizballah. “Mosque Leader Charged in Cigarette Smuggling Ring,” from IPT News, January 23: A leader of a South Carolina mosque was among 11 men arrested in a cigarette trafficking and money laundering scheme spanning several states. A 26-count indictment issued in November and unsealed last week accused Nasser […]

NY Times enraged over showing of film on stealth jihad to NYPD; Bloomberg apologizes; Hamas-linked CAIR demands police commissioner’s resignation

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This whole controversy is epitomized by the photo illustration and lead paragraph of the first New York Times story on this issue: “In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims,” by Michael Powell, January 23. The photo shows the black flag of jihad flying above the White House, with the caption, “An Islamic flag […]

Raymond Ibrahim Speaks at Boston Event on Christian Persecution under Islam

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This last weekend, I participated in a well-attended conference on the plight of Christians under Islam, sponsored by CAMERA. In “Boston Event Spotlights Imperiled Middle East Christians,” from the Institute on Religion and Democracy, Matthew May describes the event. Because the report is long, below are snippets from my talk — though be sure to […]

Pakistan: Christian woman who was kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam is free after 10 years

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“There is no compulsion in religion,” according to Qur’an 2:256, but in reality, Islamic law is rife with means of coercion directed at unbelievers, whom Qur’an 9:29 offers the options of conversion, subjugation, or war. For that matter, “compulsion” is ultimately in the eye of the person in power doing the compelling, and rationalizations abound […]

Detroit: Muslim high school students charged with assault for brutally attacking opponents after a play; Hamas-linked CAIR cries racism

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First this: “The quarterback for Lutheran planned to touch his knee to the ground to end the game, with Lutheran leading 48 to 6. Police said game officials knew this and instructed teams not to have contact after the snap. But players from Star Academy, according to police, went after the quarterback, knocking him to […]

Maldives: Fears of resurgence of female genital mutilation

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The common factor in the persistence of female genital mutilation outside of Africa is the Shafi’i school of Islamic jurisprudence, which holds the practice to be obligatory. The Maldives has been on a fast track here of late toward intensified observance of Sharia, and the government has already ruled with respect to Sharia’s criminal punishments […]

Bra jihad: Somali jihadists who forbade bras allow women to wear them fitted with explosives

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Another bright idea from the boobs at al-Shabaab. “Attack claims 2 Kenyan soldiers, 11 Shabaab,” by Bernard Momanyi for Capital FM, January 23: NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 — Two Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia on Sunday in a major attack that also left 11 Al Shabaab militants dead. Military Spokesman Emmanuel Chirchir said a […]

Human Rights Watch: Violence against religious minorities in Indonesia “surges”

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Wherever there arises a renewed interest in Sharia, the observable effect is that tolerance decreases and harassment increases, and violent persecution often results with the aim of putting the unbelievers in their supposed place. “Violence against Indonesia’s religious minorities surges -HRW,” from by Thin Lei Win for AlertNet, January 24 (thanks to The Religion of […]

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