This stage of the jihad will come to the West after “hate speech” laws are enacted forbidding people to discuss how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and supremacism. When those laws prove to be inadequate to eradicate “Islamophobia,” the shooting is likely to start.
Meanwhile, if the Taliban aren’t satisfied with the news coverage they’re getting, we could send them one of our pro-jihad journalists — Christiane Amanpour, Niraj Warikoo, Bob Smietana, Kari Huus, any number of people. There are so many, we certainly could spare a few.
“Taliban gun down TV staff in Karachi,” from The Gulf Today, January 19:
ISLAMABAD: Taliban gunmen killed three men working for a private television station in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Friday night, the station and the militant group said.
Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead a technician, guard and driver working for Express News TV, the station said.
Regional Taliban spokesman Sajjad Mohmand claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to Reuters. “We will continue to target the media if they do not stop propaganda against Islam and the Taliban,” he said.
Also in Karachi, unknown gunmen shot dead a senior Sunni religious leader and two of his associates.
A police spokesman said attackers sprayed bullets at the car of Usman Yar Khan, the provincial deputy chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a religious party headed by Sami Ul Haq known in the West as “father of the Taliban.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Former Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the station it had been attacked because the Taliban considered its coverage biased and the Taliban would continue to attack journalists they disagreed with.
“Channels should give coverage to our ideology. Otherwise we will continue attacking the media,” the TV station broadcast him saying.
Express TV was attacked twice last year and several employees were injured.
allan3141 says
I hate this new website layout. Bring back the old one
Bettina says
Please make sure to hide my email address.
I’ve just discovered your improvement, so I can’t offer any feedback now.
Thank you for working so hard on our favorite website!
Blangwort says
This has been going on since before 9/11. Many have reported atrocities committed by the Taliban, destruction of antiquities, and general banditry.
I don’t care any more. Until someone in that country realizes that this is no way to live, I’m not going to recommend saving them from themselves. They do not want to be saved. I think we should leave them to fight amongst themselves. We should do so with the caveat that if they ever export such behavior to other countries, that we wont bother sending troops next time.
Aardvark says
I hate this new website too, and the new comment facility.
ApolloSpeaks says
NEW WEB SITE
Same old Robert.
Wouldn’t have it any other way.
Salah says
Sorry to disappoint you, Robert. The old website was much better. It was clear, simple and well organized.
Lisa says
Robert, this new Web layout is awful. Jihad Watch was ALREADY brilliantly optimised for mobile internet as well as regular. The previous layout loaded very fast. This one is not only awful looking, but takes longer to load as well.
The larger scale of the previous layout gave it a much, MUCH bigger, better and more powerful feel/atmosphere/aura.
Also, the comment-writing functionality is bad. Its inaccurate and unpredictable.
As for the story, we’re heading for this in England. Muslims now aggressively dictate our speech and policies. And if you resist, your house is raided by the police, and you’re arrested.
Champ says
Love the new layout, but I still hate evilslam …always have, always will
‘L’
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Tayloch says
That’s going to cause chaos when it comes to people interacting in the comments.
All good points. I’m sure they will get ironed out in due time.
Lisa says
PS – the one good change is the fact that people can now comment without having to make a TypePad account.
But that’s the ONLY good change.
Lisa says
Oh, and PS, the only other good change is the splashscreen. The request to Like, +1 or Follow are beneficial for various reasons.
Lisa says
Also, when an article is clicked on, the landing page is not fitting to the screen. It begins narrow and to the Left of the screen.
Lisa says
Just to add, though: for a mobile layout (which are ALL terrible), its a nice one.
Another important thing: the titles need to be above the article picture, not below it. Currently, with the article title located below the image, it feels wrong.
Lisa says
Fiqh-Al-Matter – the splashscreen is the box that pops up after entering the site, with the social media buttons etc
Champ says
I loooove it!
Critic of bad web design says
The new page isn’t an improvement – and horror: the hot links to past pages are now dead. I do hope this is a just a test. I can imagine dropping off my visits jihad watch, it’s that bad. And where’s the contact button?
Champ says
allan3141 wrote:
“I hate this new website layout. Bring back the old one”
Well I loooove it!
Lsa says
Emoticons are always good.
🙂 <3
Lisa says
🙂 😉 😀 :'( :O <3
Lisa says
Another good aspect is the pinch-n-zoom. Most mobile/android layouts don’t have it
Lisa says
Fiqh-Al-Matter, you’re missing the – character out in place of the smileys noses. That’s why some didn’t come through. I just made the same mistake.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Taliban gun down TV staff — “We will continue to target the media if they do not stop propaganda against Islam and the Taliban”
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Imagine if Anti-Jihadists acted this way every time a story made them look like “Islamophobes”. But of course, Anti-Jihadists are civilized people—not so Jihadists.
More:
This stage of the jihad will come to the West after “hate speech” laws are enacted forbidding people to discuss how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and supremacism. When those laws prove to be inadequate to eradicate “Islamophobia,” the shooting is likely to start.
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Exactly so. And if things sufficiently reverent in *Pakistan*—a place with *blasphemy* laws, including the death penalty—then they sure won’t be in the West any time soon. So, lots of room for Jihad carnage.
More:
ISLAMABAD: Taliban gunmen killed three men working for a private television station in Pakistan”s southern city of Karachi on Friday night, the station and the militant group said.
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And Karachi is not exactly the “lawless north-west territories”—and yet, no one has told the Jihadists they’re not even supposed to be in “cosmopolitan” cities like Karachi…
More:
Regional Taliban spokesman Sajjad Mohmand claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to Reuters. “We will continue to target the media if they do not stop propaganda against Islam and the Taliban,” he said.
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“Islam and the Taliban”—aren’t any “moderates” going to tell them they are not one and the same? Not so far…
More:
Also in Karachi, unknown gunmen shot dead a senior Sunni religious leader and two of his associates.
A police spokesman said attackers sprayed bullets at the car of Usman Yar Khan, the provincial deputy chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a religious party headed by Sami Ul Haq known in the West as “father of the Taliban.”
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Jihadi-on-Jihadi violence—this is what if often comes down to in the most pious stretches of Dar-al-Islam…
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Former Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the station it had been attacked because the Taliban considered its coverage biased and the Taliban would continue to attack journalists they disagreed with.
“Channels should give coverage to our ideology. Otherwise we will continue attacking the media,” the TV station broadcast him saying.
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In other words, they should serve as free platforms for Taliban propaganda…
EYESOPEN says
Lisa wrote:
Oh, and PS, the only other good change is the splashscreen. The request to Like, +1 or Follow are beneficial for various reasons.
I have no idea where to find these as I am working off of a PC using google chrome. I looked where the social media sites are; but all I can see are the social media sites. Can you give me a hint?