JW/DW Digest 23rd, 24th May 2008

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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Saturday, May 24, 2008


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UK restaurant nail bomber was sent text message encouraging him

So evidently Mohammed Rasheed (Nicky Reilly) wasn't a freelance jihadist or a random fellow acting out his random mental illness at all. He seems to have been part of a jihadist group. And two more men have been arrested in...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021147.php>


"The enemies of Islam have launched their campaign against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad and recently against the holy Quran"

"Do not think this is a defeat for us, but it will create enthusiasm to stand up more for this religion." "Sunni preachers denounce Quran shooting by sniper," by Hamid Ahmed for the Associated Press, May 23 (thanks to JCB):...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021146.php>


Missile launchers found in Gaza schoolyard

Still more evidence of how the Palestinians try to provoke civilian casualties which they can then use for propaganda purposes. "Gaza Schoolyard Missile Launchers Discovered," by Hana Levi Julian for Israel National News, May 23 (thanks to Sr. Soph): (IsraelNN.com)...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021145.php>


Muslim English teacher admits threatening to blow up Europe's largest shopping centre with limousines as moving bombs

More mental illness, no doubt. From the Daily Mail, May 23 (thanks to Sr. Soph): A Muslim English teacher today pleaded guilty to threatening to blow up the giant Bluewater shopping centre. Saeed Ghafoor said he was going to bomb...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021143.php>


UK Muslim covert nail bomber had burning World Trade Center screen saver

Yet more on the UK restaurant nail-bomber: they're already playing the ever-present "mental illness" card, as we have often seen in freelance jihad cases. Why "mental illness" seems again and again to play itself out in this way when found...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021142.php>


UK restaurant nail-bomber was "radicalized" convert to Islam

More on this story. "Man arrested over Exeter blast a 'radicalised' convert to Islam," by Vikram Dodd and Matthew Weaver in The Guardian, May 22 (thanks to all who sent this in): A man arrested in connection with a city...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021141.php>


Indian Muslim clerics reject terror despite accusations of apostasy

Note that the Indian Mujahideen have accused Khalid Rasheed and his colleagues of apostasy. This is the jihadists' consistent line: that they represent the truth and purity of Islam, and those Muslims who reject their perspective are, in effect, rejecting...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021140.php>


CAIR rep Omer Subhani exposes Robert Spencer! Part X

As we come close to the end of CAIR minor leaguer Omer Subhani's eleven-part attempt to "expose" me, we find our hero scraping the bottom of the barrel, tossing kitchen sinks, trying anything he can to prove me wrong --...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021139.php>



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Muslim immigrants: Hop to it, dhimmis

''The lawsuits say: Listen this is ridiculous and prejudicial. 'They force the FBI to finish the background check and immigration to act.'' Horror of horrors! The FBI has to finish a background check before Muslims can become citizens? Why, it's...racism!...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021144.php>




Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Friday, May 23, 2008

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Report: Iraq's al-Sistani quietly issuing fatwas in support of armed conflict with U.S.-led forces

"A longtime official at al-Sistani's office in Najaf would not deny or confirm the edicts issued in private, but hinted that a publicized call for jihad may come later." A call for what, now? That would make it sound like...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021138.php>


Convert to Islam sets off nail bomb in UK restaurant

You guessed it: yet another convert to Islam who misunderstands his new, peaceful religion. Watch for a new crop of "backlash fear" stories! Watch also for the Organization of the Islamic Conference and all sorts of Muslim leaders to protest...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021137.php>


Afghanistan: NATO soldier, two civilians killed in Qur'an-shooting protest

Qur'an-Shooting Rage turns lethal. "1 NATO soldier killed in Quran protest," by Alisa Tang for the Associated Press, May 22: KABUL, Afghanistan - Gunfire broke out Thursday at a protest in western Afghanistan against a U.S. sniper in Iraq who...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021135.php>


Tehran University to host international conference on "Israel's End"

Genocidal dreams. From the Islamic Republic News Agency, May 22 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Iranian Justice Seeking University Students Movement and University Students Mobilization Basij will jointly sponsor International Conference on Israel's End on May 26th, 2008. According to public...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021134.php>


McCain praised pastor who called Islam "a conspiracy of spiritual evil"

America was founded in order to destroy Islam? Statements like that give the anti-jihad movement a wingnut patina that, of course, ABC is happy to perpetuate in this anti-McCain hit piece, which breezes by the fact that his campaign has...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021133.php>


Sometimes, the name "Jihad Watch" gives rise to...misunderstandings

This email just came in from a UK email address: salamun alaikum brothers,,, my name is rashid and i will get married soon and i want to know in islam which sex intercourse is haram and which sex intercourse is...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021132.php>


Iranian official "hurt" by Qur'an-shooting

No Muslims protested this Quran shooting (click on the pic for details) No, he didn't catch a stray bullet. Anyway, look: "Husseini called on the UN to formulate a plan that would prevent the desecration of the religion's holy...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021130.php>


La Trahison des Clercs of our time

Got Bostom? Andrew Bostom, editor of the essential new collection The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism, addressed the Hudson Institute yesterday. His concluding sentence: "La Trahison des Clercs of our time remains the nearly complete failure of Western intellectuals to...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021129.php>



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Iranian customs official: Neckties "contradict the nature of Iranian culture," so imports must end

What about Iranian client states? Are bow ties also out in the Islamic Republic? What about ascots? Just curious. "Iran's new enemy: Imported ties," by Dudi Cohen for YNet News, May 22: Iran's war on neckties: The importation of...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021136.php>


Japan: Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam

Here we go again. All over the world, there are Muslims reading the Qur'an and committing acts of violence because of what it says, and peaceful Muslims don't do a thing about it. But when a Japanese cartoon depicts a...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021131.php>