Jihad Watch

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

Female UAE pilot’s family disowns her for bombing Islamic State

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The Wattan.tv headline is: “Emirati Mansouri family disowns their daughter Mariam for participating in the United States bombing of Syrian targets.” “Mariam Al Mansouri: Female Pilot Disowned By Family For Bombing ISIS Terrorists In Syria,” Inquisitr, September 25, 2014 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Major Mariam Al Mansouri became the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) […]

The U.S. had no idea Egypt and the U.A.E. were going to bomb Libya

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This shows how low the U.S.’s stock has fallen in the Middle East. The Egyptian government knows that the Obama Administration strongly favored the Muslim Brotherhood regime that it replaced and fought against. The Egyptian government knows that the Obama Administration aided jihadist elements in Libya. So it isn’t hard to see why they decided […]

UAE airline receives US funds, won’t serve Israelis

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Why is the U.S. funding Etihad Airways? Don’t the super-rich sheikhs of Dubai have enough money to take care of it themselves? And why is the U.S. funding an entity that follows Nazi policies regarding Israel? Surely that is a make-or-break issue, or would be if Barack Obama weren’t President. “UAE airline receives US funds, […]

Dutch soccer team trains in UAE, leaves star player behind because he is Israeli

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Kowtowing to Islamic antisemitism. “Dutch Soccer Team Leaves Star Israeli Player Behind,” by Tova Dvorin for Israel National News, January 6: The premier Dutch soccer team Vitesse left for training in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year – without its best defender, after UAE authorities refused to allow him into the country. The reason: […]

World Youth Chess Championships in UAE obliterate Israel, list Israeli players as from the nation “FIDE” (World Chess Federation)

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UPDATE: An attendee at the WYCC championships has sent me an email explaining that this was done at the request of Israeli security: I am qualified to comment, because I attended the entire WYCC, I was physically present and observed when the Israeli delegation registered on site, and I spoke repeatedly and at length with […]

UAE charges 30 with plotting Muslim Brotherhood coup

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They were hoping to transform the UAE, which is no paradise but is no Sharia state either, into yet another Islamic state. “UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coup linked to Muslim Brotherhood,” from the Associated Press, June 19: ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A state security prosecutor in the United Arab Emirates says […]

“We the noble citizens of the UAE are ashamed to see singers, dancers and bling-bling whores coming here to spread their filth in our country”

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Enforcing Islamic purity by suppressing the freedom of speech — where have we seen that before? Islamic supremacist hactivism in modern, moderate Dubai: “Virgin Radio Station Hacked in Protest of Western Singers,” from Al Bawaba, June 6 (thanks to Twostellas): Online radio listeners of Virgin Radio Dubai were in for a rude shock Tuesday morning […]

UAE: Australian woman raped by Muslim gang, then jailed for having sex outside of marriage

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“Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah” (Qur’an 24:13). “Abandoned,” Yahoo News Sunday Night, May 12 (thanks to Pamela Geller): With Dubai emerging as a major stopover point for long haul journeys, five hundred flights a month will deliver over one […]

UAE charges 94 in Islamic supremacist coup plot

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The Muslim Brotherhood reaches beyond Egypt. “UAE Charges 94 in Alleged Islamist Coup Plot,” from the Associated Press, January 27 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The United Arab Emirates says 94 people face charges for allegedly trying to overthrow the state as part of widening crackdowns on Islamist groups with suspected links to the Muslim Brotherhood. […]

UAE arrests Muslim Brotherhood cell training Islamic supremacists to overthrow non-Sharia governments

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“The Muslim Brotherhood will have a significant role to play in post-Mubarak Egypt. And that is good thing.” — Reza Aslan “Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood cell detained in UAE: report,” from Reuters, January 2 (thanks to Voice of the Copts): The United Arab Emirates has arrested an “Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood cell” that trained local Islamists in […]

It must be stopped: Raids over “anti-Islam” toy gun spread from Saudi Arabia to UAE

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All that’s missing is an assessment of blame. That promises to be entertaining. An update on this story. “Anti-Islam toy guns seized in Dibba,” from Emirates 24-7, November 2: Authorities in Dibba seized nearly 100 Chinese-made toy guns which offend Islam by mocking the wife of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), the Arabic language […]

UAE hasn’t discovered “Islamophobia” — 70% still believe “Islamist extremism” remains a threat

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Don’t they know that there is no jihad? Don’t they know that “Islamophobes” made it all up? Eli Clifton and Wajahat Ali, you have work to do in Dubai! Just be careful not to tell them about Naser Abdo, the would-be second Fort Hood jihad mass murderer; or Khalid Aldawsari, the would-be jihad mass murderer […]

Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and UAE giving $100 million yearly to jihad in Pakistan

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And where is that money coming from? From our gas pumps. And note here again the connection to Islamic charities. This should not surprise anyone: in Islam, funding jihad is a meritorious, charitable act. “‘Pakistani jihad networks funded by Saudi, UAE charities,’” from Reuters, May 22 (thanks to Tziona): Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and […]

Dubai: British tourist gets into argument over Taliban, finds himself charged with insulting Islam, Muhammad

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Nothing sells a country’s tourism industry like hauling in a foreign national on trumped-up blasphemy charges. We see this most often in Pakistan, but here again in Dubai is a case of the laws being used as a labor saving device — to do away with an obstacle or someone one finds unpleasant, or to […]

Woman jailed for being raped in Muslim country sues

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This kind of thing arises from the Qur’an’s requirement that four witnesses are required to establish a sexual crime, i.e., adultery, rape, etc. This is the Qur’an’s chapter 24, where it unfolds this way: in verses 11-20 Allah furiously castigates a group that has “brought forward a lie” (v. 11) against a chaste woman, without […]

‘Unlawful sex’: lovers sentenced to 100 lashes in U.A.E.

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“Muslim foreigners who commit adultery are lashed and deported, while non-Muslims are jailed and deported.” Sharia Alert from the modern, moderate U.A.E.: “‘Unlawful sex’: lovers sentenced to 100 lashes,” from AFP, November 16 (thanks to Block Ness): A Filipina maid and her Bangladeshi lover will each receive 100 lashes and be deported for having sex […]

Islamic court: It’s OK to beat your wife as long as you leave no marks

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This justification of wife-beating is not just part of “Shariah law”; it is found in the Qur’an itself: “Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34 Sharia […]

Modern, moderate UAE to block Blackberry service as threat to national security and “social values”

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One wonders if the UAE and other Muslim countries that may follow the UAE’s lead in this will really be able to keep non-Sharia influences from creeping in. Of course, with the West so supine in the face of Sharia’s advance, that question may be moot within a few decades anyway. Sharia Alert from the […]

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