Why would they travel all the way to Pakistan for an interior spiritual struggle? More on this story. “Pakistan questions Americans suspected of jihad wish,” by Zeeshan Haider for Reuters, December 10 (thanks to James): ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Five young Americans were being questioned in Pakistan on Thursday on suspicion they wanted to join “holy […]
Chicago jihadist “thought that Islam was the greatest thing since sliced bread”
Interestingly enough, his half-brother is a public relations officer for Pakistan’s prime minister. Headley seems to be quite devout, and yet somehow seems to have misunderstood Islam thoroughly, somehow getting the idea that jihad terror and mass murder in Mumbai would please Allah. And none of the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims seem to have […]
Female jihadis training on U.S. soil
Watch this brief video. It is clear that this is not play-acting, not comic opera soldiery, but very real training — and for what? What do authorities think these women are doing this for? To stay in shape? They’re training for battle. For combat. The Christian Action Network sent me the full video of which […]
Feds dropped case against Hasan’s jihadist imam in 2002
“ABC reported that the decision to cancel al-Awlaki’s arrest warrant outraged members of a Joint Terrorism Task Force in San Diego who monitored the imam and wanted the opportunity to ‘look at him under a microscope.’” “U.S. attorney defends dropping radical cleric’s case in 2002,” by Felisa Cardona for The Denver Post, December 3 (thanks […]
DHS chief discovers a jihadist threat in the U.S.
She ascribes it entirely to al-Qaeda, which is inaccurate, but since she has hardly said anything at all about the jihad threat in the U.S. before, and got her job because of her work on the border as Governor of Arizona, this is noteworthy. “Homeland Security chief warns of threat from al-Qaeda sympathizers in U.S.,” […]
D.C. Watson’s Misunderstanders of Islam list is updated!
D. C. Watson’s exhaustively researched list of arrested and convicted jihadists and their supporters living in the United States, which has been posted here and here, has been newly updated, and can be referenced here — scroll down and you’ll see it: “Misunderstanders of Their ‘Peaceful’ Faith.” Thanks, D. C.!
Two New York men charged with trying to run weapons to Hizballah
It’s unclear at this point whether they are Islamic jihadists or just useful idiots. “‘Hezbollah’ dad tried to help thugs,” by Kati Cornell and Joe Mollica for the New York Post, October 28 (thanks to all who sent this in): Two men — including a married father of two from Queens — were hit with […]
Plane stopped from taking off at LAX; two men of “Middle Eastern descent” arrested
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Jet halted at LAX; two men are removed by police,” by Richard Winton for the Los Angeles Times, September 28 (thanks to Undaunted): A plane was stopped from taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, and two men on board were taken into custody, according to the Los Angeles Police […]
Muslim gets life of prison dawah for running jihad training camp in Oregon
American Jihad Update. “U.S. court sentences man to life over al Qaeda camp,” from Reuters, September 15 (thanks to all who sent this in): NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan federal court sentenced a Lebanese-born Swedish man to life in prison on Tuesday for trying to establish an al Qaeda training camp in the United […]