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Archives for 2011

Poverty causes jihad, except when it doesn’t: 60% of jihad suspects in Britain are from comfortable, middle-class backgrounds

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A complication for the shell game known as “underlying causes.” It is a politically correct article of faith that Islamic supremacism and violent jihad must stem from something other than Islamic texts, teachings, and traditions, and poverty and lack of education are popular diversions. Failing those, the report cited below, which was apparently found in […]

Somali jihadists threaten suicide attacks in Kenya

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For the jihadists, respecting territorial integrity is a one-way street. Al-Shabaab’s kidnapping of aid workers on Kenyan territory has provoked a major military response, so much so that the group may have overreached this time. But where they lose control of territory, they can fall back on what they do best: not fighting like men, […]

Pakistan tries to turn tables on U.S., Afghanistan, accusing them of failing to go after Pakistani Taliban leader

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There would be no crisis for Islamabad if Fazlullah’s attacks were not coming back over the border, but staying on the other side. Pakistan is again attempting to avoid international pressure over its double game by trying to create the impression that, hey, everybody’s doing it. “Pakistan wants Afghan action on Taliban cleric,” by Qasim […]

Malaysian Home Minister: “No Christian conspiracy”

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Malaysia’s beleaguered Christians can breathe a sigh of relief; the Muslim authorities have, for now, ceased the official investigation into the (laughable) idea that Christians are plotting to take over the country and make Christianity into the official religion. A followup on this story from May of this year; “Home Ministry confirms no case in […]

Kenyan military responds to al-Shabaab’s cross-border kidnappings; al-Shabaab radio howls “Are you ready to live under Christians?”

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That, after all, is one reason al-Shabaab has tried to block Somalis from aid camps and push them back into the famine zone: to “protect” them from “Christian” influences. At least that is the official line, as the jihadists attempt to starve the population into submission by controlling access to aid. But al-Shabaab’s jihad against […]

Nigeria: Muslim mob stones police headquarters over rumors that they disrupted Friday prayers

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Disruption of prayers: haram. Stoning police headquarters over disruption of prayers: halal. “Mob stones Police Hqr over Juma”at prayers,” from Leadership (Nigeria), October 16: A mob on Friday attacked the Nasarawa State Police command headquarters in Lafia with stones and bottles in protest against the alleged disruption of the Muslim Friday (Juma”at) prayers. An eyewitness […]

Tunisia: Pro-Sharia Islamic supremacists set for big election gains

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When I started warning last winter that Islamic supremacists were in the best position to take advantage of the uprisings in Tunisia (and Egypt), most people were drinking the mainstream media Kool-Aid about a new birth of democracy and freedom. One commenter here at Jihad Watch asserted that “these revolts are spontaneous outbursts against the […]

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