
Baghdad: Islamic jihadists murder 37 people, wound 86
FEBRUARY 7, 2015 8:50 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER4 COMMENTS
“Police officials said a suicide bomber targeted a street filled with hardware stores, killing 22 people and wounding at least 45. The second attack took place shortly afterward in central Baghdad’s popular Shorja market. Police said two devices detonated 25 meters apart from one another, killing at least 11 people and wounding 26.” Will the […]

11 of Canada’s highest-profile jihad terrorists tied to Muslim Students Association
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 10:20 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER13 COMMENTS
Surprised? Really? Discover The Networks reports that “the Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada, or MSA (also known as MSA National), was established mainly by members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in January 1963 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Nyack College theologian Larry A. Poston writes that ‘many of the founding […]

Harvard Prof: “Islam is not the major obstacle . . . for democratization in Muslim societies”
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 6:33 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER33 COMMENTS
Harvard Prof: “Islam is not the major obstacle . . . for democratization in Muslim societies” by Andrew Harrod “Islam is not the major obstacle . . . for democratization in Muslim societies,” declared Jocelyne Cesari, a Harvard and Georgetown University professor of Muslim politics, on January 27 at George Washington (GW) University. Cesari’s presentation […]

British Muslim who faked his own death to return to UK from jihad in Syria is jailed for 12 years
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 12:58 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER43 COMMENTS
And when he is released in twelve years, assuming he stays in jail even that long, what then? British authorities will take the greatest care to ensure that he has everything he needs in prison to continue his practice of Islam, despite the fact that he participated in these “horrific and deeply disturbing” videos because […]

UK: Yet another Muslim rape gang charged
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 11:37 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER54 COMMENTS
How many more of these Muslim rape gangs have yet to be discovered? How many will it take for shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain to discard its willful ignorance and recognize why this is happening? According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says: “O […]

Six U.S.-based Muslims charged with supporting the Islamic State
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 10:49 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER11 COMMENTS
The Islamic State’s claim to have restored the caliphate continues to appeal to Muslims in the West. But Western authorities have no plan, no strategy to try to counter this appeal, because they cannot even admit that it exists; instead, they must pretend that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. “6 people […]

Jindal: “The Medieval Christian threat is under control, Mr. President”
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 9:40 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER47 COMMENTS
Jindal has an important point. Even if Obama is correct (he isn’t) that the Crusades were some equivalent of the depredations of the Islamic State today, this does not excuse him or his Administration from their responsibility to face the current threat honestly and deal with it realistically. 900-year-old Christian atrocities, real and imagined, do […]

Obama quietly reveals that he met with Muslim leaders with ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 6:06 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER19 COMMENTS
After closing his meeting with American Muslim leaders to the press and even keeping the guest list secret, Obama has finally revealed it, and it contains the usual suspects. Details interspersed below: “Obama quietly hands out names of Muslim leaders he met with privately,” by Dave Boyer, The Washington Times, February 6, 2015: The White […]

Yemen: Shi’ite Houthi rebels announce they are taking over the government and dissolving parliament
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 11:59 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER34 COMMENTS
This is another victory for Iran, which backs the Houthis with money and weaponry. Iran now has control or significant influence in Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa. Only the Islamic State and Saudi Arabia are in the way. “Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels ‘announce takeover,’” BBC, February 6, 2015 (thanks to Bill): Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebel […]

Video: Robert Spencer on Sun TV on Jordan’s response to the Islamic State
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 10:32 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER2 COMMENTS
Yesterday on Michael Coren’s The Arena, with guest host Marissa Semkiw. Video thanks to Aloha Snackbar 01.
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