No evidence to suggest a wider plot or an ongoing threat? Really, Governor? Here’s some: last June, the Islamic State published a poster depicting an SUV driving over a heap of skulls and bearing the legend “Run Over Them Without Mercy.” And the Islamic State issued this call in September 2014: So O muwahhid, do not […]
CNN: NYC truck driver/gunman screamed “Allahu akbar,” now attack IS being investigated as terrorism
Authorities initially denied that the incident was terror-related. How did they know? They didn’t. They just really, really didn’t want it to be, because it doesn’t fit their narrative. For the Left and the establishment media, it’s “right-wing extremists,” aka mainstream conservatives, who run people down with trucks, not Islamic jihadis. “Truck attack in Manhattan […]
Canada: Muslim who slit woman’s throat and said Allah commanded him to kill her found “not criminally responsible”
“Thamer Hameed Almestadi was likely suffering from a brief psychotic episode…” In reality, when asked why he did it, Almestadi said, “I started listening to the Koran and understanding the meanings differently.” But of course Canadian authorities aren’t going to admit the possibility that the Qur’an might incite violence. Once that is ruled out, they […]
Robert Spencer video: Oklahoma beheading case shows incoherence of our response to jihad threat
In this new video, I discuss the case of Alton Nolen, the Oklahoma Muslim who beheaded a coworker and justified his actions by invoking the Quran. The case shows the incoherence of the official response to the jihad threat.
Dalai Lama: There are no Muslim or Christian terrorists
“There are no Muslim or Christian terrorists because terrorists are no more religious once they embrace terror, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said.” The Dalai Lama is assuming that Islam and Christianity teach peace, and that to do violence in the name of either is to depart from its teachings. He apparently cannot conceive […]
UK government: Manchester jihad massacre not a hate crime
Because, you see, attacks upon “British or Western values” are not hate crimes as far as British authorities are concerned. Hate crimes can only be committed against Muslims, in the form of “offensive language.” A mass murder attack? Pah! It’s the price of “diversity”! (Thanks to Jihad Watch reader Michael for the scans.)
“Utterly irrelevant”: Canada expunges refugee questionnaire that asked about prayer habits, views on hijab
“I’ve never seen someone asked how regularly they practise their religion, what their opinion on having a woman as a boss is, or their views of different religious coverings. And the reason I’ve never seen that is because it’s utterly irrelevant, from a legal point of view, to the refugee claims process.” Irrelevant? Really? In […]
H.R. McMaster calls 9/11 a “mass murder attack,” makes no mention of Islamic jihad terrorism
The issue is this: is the U.S. going to confront, and formulate ways to blunt the influence of, the motivating ideology behind jihad terrorism, or is it going to continue to ignore and deny that ideology, and pretend that jihad terrorism comes from something else? The answer to that question could well determine whether the […]
UK: Muslim rape gangs still abusing girls across the country, authorities anxious to show it’s not an Islamic problem
Dame Vera, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, said: “I think an important point to make is some of the victims were Asian as well.” But one of the victims, Sammy Woodhouse, said that “her abusers and all those reported to her by other victims were from Muslim backgrounds. ‘Nobody is saying that all Muslims commit abuse, […]
UK: Rich, Porsche-driving Muslim barrister gives it all up to join the Islamic State in Syria
The idea that poverty and ignorance cause terrorism has led the U.S. to shower billions on Muslim countries, hoping to win hearts and minds and alleviate what mainstream analysts doggedly believe are the root causes of terrorism. But it has been known for years that poverty doesn’t really cause terrorism at all. The Economist reported in […]