If jihad is simply a spiritual struggle, then why is there an entire chapter of the Qur’an entitled “Booty” or “The Spoils of War” (al-Anfal). What spoils ensue from a spiritual struggle? If jihad is simply a spiritual struggle, how is a Muslim supposed to make Jews and Christians “pay the jizya with willing submission […]
Archives for 2015
Iran calls U.S. world’s top terrorism supporter, drug trafficker
Peace in our time. “Iran Calls U.S. World’s Top Terrorism Supporter, Drug Trafficker,” Washington Free Beacon, November 6, 2015: The head of Iran’s Justice Minister [sic] on Friday called the United States the world’s top supporter of terrorism and drug trafficker, according to regional reports. Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, Iran’s Justice Minister, made the remarks while in Russia […]
Canada: Teen Muslim convert charged with encouraging violence for Islamic State
“The Crown attorney also confirmed a report that the boy had visited the Brandon Islamic Centre in an effort to convert to Islam.” Where did this lad get the Islamophobic idea that the Islamic State had something to do with Islam? John Kerry, call your office! “Youth charged with terrorism offence appears in Brandon court,” […]
France: Muslim plotted to attack MP “to serve Islam”
“Sources told French media that he told investigators that he wanted to serve Islam by attacking the Socialist MP for Paris.” This, of course, has nothing whatsoever to do with — you know the drill. “Islamist radical held for plot to attack French MP,” The Local, November 6, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): […]
Islamic State praises Muslim who stabbed four at UC Merced
As always, the Islamic State glories in violence. This doesn’t mean, of course, that the Islamic State knew about the attack beforehand or coordinated it — but they love it, for they love bloodshed. “Calif. university stabber shot dead after lunging at officer, student says,” FoxNews.com, November 6, 2015: …Warnke stressed Wednesday’s stabbings were not […]
Islamic State plotting to infiltrate, destabilize Balkans
“A senior diplomatic official from the region tells The Washington Times that Croatian intelligence has identified a possible Islamic State leader who is setting up in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina and beginning to organize scores of Islamist fighters who left the Balkans to join the Islamic State or al Qaeda’s Nusra Front in war-torn Syria and […]
Pentagon: Taliban “important partner” in Afghan “reconciliation process”
Why, then, did U.S. forces go into Afghanistan at all? The whole operation has been a bloody, futile waste. And there is still no end in sight. “US sees Taliban as reconciliation partners: Pentagon,” Pakistan Today, November 5, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): US is no longer conducting counter-terrorism operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan because […]
UK: Judge frees Muslim honor attackers, says honor violence “against your religion”
“Sentencing them at Preston Crown Court Sessions House, Recorder Julian Shaw told them: ‘There is no place for any religious or honour based violence. It’s abhorrent, it’s against your religion, it’s unlawful.” Did Julian Shaw study Islam? He seems to know all about it, but it is unlikely that he is aware of these facts: […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: The Islamic State Attacks Russia
In FrontPage today I discuss how the Islamic State is taking the jihad against the non-Muslim world to a new level: The likelihood that the Russian Metrojet Flight 7K9268 was downed by an Islamic State (ISIS) bomb planted on board demonstrates anew that the free world’s response to the self-styled caliphate so far remains woefully […]
Iran: U.S. must pay reparations to the Islamic Republic
The billions in sanctions relief weren’t enough. The Islamic Republic sees the weakness of the Obama Administration, and is pressing forward with more demands. “Iran: U.S. Must Pay Reparations to Islamic Republic,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, November 5, 2015: An Iranian military leader is demanding that the United States pay Tehran reparations for […]