Jihad Watch

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

Yemen: Islamic jihadists murder 15 children in car bomb attacks

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This bomb may have been intended to murder Shi’ites, as it went off near a “checkpoint manned by Shia Houthi rebels.” “Yemen car bomb attacks ‘kill 15 children,’” BBC, December 20, 2014: At least 25 people, among them 15 children, have been killed in twin car bomb attack in the central Yemeni province of Bayda, […]

Yemen kills ‘al-Qaeda militants disguised as veiled women’

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It’s blazingly obvious that this garb can be and has been used to conceal wanted criminals and commit crimes. But to ban it in the West would be “Islamophobic.” “Yemen kills ‘al-Qaeda militants disguised as veiled women,’” BBC, December 13, 2014 (thanks to Ali): Several suspected al-Qaeda militants, disguised as fully veiled women, have reportedly […]

Al-Qaeda kills U.S. hostage during failed rescue attempt by U.S., Yemeni forces

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Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or enslaving them, as well as killing them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them […]

Yemen: Shi’ite jihadists attack home of Sunni politician, murder 12

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The Islam That Has Nothing To Do With Islam claims more lives as the Sunni-Shi’ite jihad continues to heat up in Yemen. “Yemen’s Shiite rebels attack home of Islamist politician south of Sanaa, clashes kill 12,” by Ahmed al-Haj, Associated Press, October 18, 2014: SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s empowered Shiite rebels attacked the home […]

Yemen: Sunni jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murders 15, injures 50 at hospital used as Shi’te base

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The Shi’ites are considered heretics, and thus have forfeited the right to live. But remember: if you criticize this belief system’s capacity to incite its adherents to endless violence, it is you who are the problem, you racist, bigoted Islamophobe. “Sanaa: Shiite suicide bomb attack leaves 15 dead and over 50 injured,” Asia News, September […]

Al-Qaeda fires rocket on U.S. embassy in Yemen, two injured

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So many fronts in this war. Such unanimity and clarity about the enemy’s motives and goals. And in the U.S., denial, evasion, willful ignorance, pandering and half-measures. “Al-Qaeda fires rocket on U. S embassy in Yemen, two injured,” AGI, September 27, 2014: (AGI) Sept 27 – AQAP (al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula), which formed […]

Yemen: Woman burned to death by brother for converting to Christianity

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Muhammad commanded: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi’ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, has stated: “The Muslim jurists are unanimous that apostates must be punished, yet they […]

Yemen: Islamic jihadists murder at least 27 people in raid on city

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Islamic jihadists are able to operate with relative impunity in Nigeria, Somalia, and, apparently, Yemen. They could only do this if they enjoyed friends and supporters in high places — people who believe that what they’re doing in the name of Islam is good and right. “Al-Qaeda gunmen storm Yemeni city; 27 killed,” by Mohammed […]

Yemen: Jihad terror threat shuts down US Embassy indefinitely

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Barack Obama pronounced al-Qaeda near death in 2012. Now the U.S. is closing its embassy in Yemen indefinitely because of al-Qaeda. Most Americans, however, have no idea of how spectacularly Obama’s foreign policy has failed, because the mainstream media indefatigably refuses to tell them. “Terrorist threat shuts down US Embassy,” WEARTV.com, May 10 2014: As […]

Yemen: Jihadists murder accused “U.S. spy,” chain body to goalposts as warning to others

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The Daily Mail, as hopelessly clueless as ever, shows no hint of being aware that this punishment is in accord with the Qur’an — and probably wouldn’t have mentioned it if it had known. “Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is […]

65% of females in Yemen marry underage

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Few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage: “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with […]

“We are preachers of Sharia and not frauds”: Al Qaeda apologizes for deadly Yemen hospital attack

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They really meant to hit the ministry of defence, not the hospital at all, you see. And now they will pay blood money, in accord with Sharia provisions, for they are “preachers of Sharia and not frauds.” Will Sharia advocates in the U.S. such as the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Reza Aslan now explain […]

Yemen: Islamic jihadists storm defense complex, murder 25 people

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Good thing al-Qaeda is on the ropes. Imagine what they would be doing if they weren’t. “25 killed as militants storm Yemen defence complex,” by Hammoud Mounassar for AFP, December 5: Sanaa (AFP) – A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the Yemeni defence ministry complex Thursday, allowing gunmen to launch an assault which […]

Yemen: Muslim father burns his 15-year-old daughter to death for “communicating with her fiance”

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Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a […]

Yemen: Al-Qaeda jihadists take over military base, hold high-ranking officers captive

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Good thing al-Qaeda is on the ropes, or just imagine what havoc they could cause. “Al-Qaida Gunmen Take Over Military Base in Yemen,” by Ahmed Al-Haj for the Associated Press, September 30 (thanks to Twostellas): Security officials say suspected al-Qaida gunmen have overrun a key military base in Yemen’s largest province. A colonel who works […]

Sharia in action in Yemen: Islamic jihadists murder man on suspicion that he was homosexual

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Yet Sharia apologists in the West such as Faisal Abdul Rauf and Reza Aslan constantly tell us that Sharia is benign and completely compatible with Western notions of human rights. Such notions somehow never make it to places like Huta. “Qaeda suspects kill ‘gay’ man in Yemen, security source says,” from AFP, August 29 (thanks […]

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