#ChristianLivesMatter, #CopticLivesMatter Fail to Trend Compared to #MuslimLivesMatter
After a gunman murdered three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, NC, the Twitter hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trended worldwide.
Tag: ISIS
Jordan Sentences Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Prison for Criticism of UAE
The deputy chief of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan was sentenced to 18 months behind bars for criticizing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Facebook.
Levin: ISIS Slaughters ‘While Barack Obama’s Playing Golf’
On Monday, talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin said that ISIS continues to slaughter innocent civilians “while Barack Obama’s playing golf” “Coptic Christians, 21 men who went to Libya to find work. That’s all they
Veteran Fighting Against ISIS: ‘Politics Is the Reason’ People Are Dying
Jordan Matson, a US veteran fighting against ISIS in Syria declared “politics is the reason that a lot of people are still dying over here” on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “Politics is the reason that a lot
Re-enacting Muhammad in Copenhagen
Shouting the jihadist battle cry declared by Islam’s prophet Muhammad himself, “Allahu-akbar” (“Allah is greater”), on Saturday, February 14, 2015, a Muslim gunman opened fire on participants at a Copenhagen, Denmark, conference on freedom of expression, killing 1 and wounding 3 others.
Michael Weiss: ISIS Has ‘Global Ambitions,’ ‘Presence’ In Europe
Foreign policy columnist Michael Weiss said that ISIS has both “global ambitions” and a “presence” in Europe on Monday’s “CNN Tonight.” Weiss argued that the message of ISIS’ latest video, of the murder of European Christians was intended to tell
ISIS Video: 17 Caged Kurdish Fighters Paraded Through Streets in Iraq
A video released by the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) shows 17 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages being paraded through the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq.
Krauthammer: Obama Like James Buchanan In Terror Fight
Columnist Charles Krauthammer compared President Obama’s handling of the war on terror to James Buchanan before the Civil War on Monday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. “Well, he’s [Obama] told us, he told us in the Vox interview
Harf: ‘We Can’t Kill Our Way’ Out of War Against ISIS
State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf declared “we cannot win this war by killing them [ISIS], we cannot kill our way out of this war” on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Harf said that the video of ISIS murdering Egyptian
Dem Rep Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Mind-boggling,’ ‘Troubling’ Obama Won’t Recognize ISIS Islamic Ideology
In an appearance on “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel on Monday, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) reacted to the weekend’s events with ISIS and explained it was important in her view for leaders to recognize what is the
Ed Schultz: Why Would We Tell ISIS We’re Not Using Ground Troops?
MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” host Ed Schultz stated that the war against ISIS was a “religious war” and wondered “why would we tell ISIS that there’s no way we would ever put ground troops in combat situations?” on Monday. “ISIS
Poll: Americans Disapprove of Obama’s Handling of ISIS
A newly released poll shows Americans are increasingly unhappy with the President’s handling of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
Obama Goes Golfing AGAIN as World Mourns Christian Martyrs
As the international community mourned the deaths of 21 Egyptian Christians who were beheaded in an Islamic State (ISIS) video released on Sunday, President Barack Obama spent the day golfing in Palm Springs, California.
Italian Coast Guard Stages Massive Operation To Rescue Thousands Fleeing Libya
As Libya descends into utter chaos, Italy became the last Western nation to close its embassy. It turns out Italian diplomats aren’t the only ones fleeing North Africa for safer shores, as a wave of some 2,000 “migrants” (as France24 describes them) hit the water in evidently unreliable boats, ran into trouble between Libya and the Italian island of Lamepdusa, and had to call for rescue from the Italian navy.
Atlantic’s Graeme Wood: ISIS Is Islamic
Graeme Wood, Contributing Editor for the Atlantic, stated that ISIS is “very Islamic,” although it holds a “very unpopular” view in the Islamic world on Monday’s broadcast of “The Cycle” on MSNBC. Wood, in reference to an earlier article he
Westerners Journey to Iraq and Join Christian Militia to Fight ISIS
When one hears a story of Western civilians heading to the Middle East to volunteer for combat duty, one thinks of the hideously successful ISIS recruiting drive. However, as Reuters reports, “a handful of idealistic Westerners are enlisting” with a Christian militia group called Dwekh Nawsha, “citing frustration their governments are not doing more to combat the ultra-radical Islamists or prevent the suffering of innocents.”
Australian PM Tony Abbott Introduces Laws Making Terror Arrests Easier
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced new laws to lower the threshold for arresting terror suspects and to put “facial recognition technology” in place to scan those coming into the country.
Dem Senator on Christian Beheadings : ‘No Religion Is Safe from ISIS’
Monday on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily,” in reacting to the horrifying new video of ISIS beheading 21 Egyptian Christians, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) said, “Now it’s pretty clear, if anyone had any doubts, that no religion is safe from ISIS.
Kayla Mueller’s Boyfriend Claims She Botched Their Escape Plan
Kayla Mueller’s Syrian boyfriend claims he did everything he could to save her from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). He told her to tell the terrorists she was married to him since they would not imprison a Muslim man’s wife. She decided instead to tell the truth.
Muslim Crusade Against Christians Continues
On Sunday, ISIS released a video titled “A Message Signed With Blood To The Nation Of The Cross.” It contained the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christian Copts who had been kidnapped in Libya. The spokesman for ISIS, his face sheathed in black cloth, states:
Oh people, recently you have seen us on the hills of Al-Sham and Dabiq’s plain, chopping off the heads that have been carrying the cross for a long time, and today, we are on the south of Rome, on the land of Islam, Libya, sending another message….And we will conquer Rome, by Allah’s permission, the promise of our Prophet, peace be upon him.
Amb Ginsburg: Obama Claim of ‘Degrading ISIS’ Doesn’t Match Reality
Monday on MSNBC’s “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart,” former White House Middle East advisor to President Jimmy Carter ambassador Marc Ginsburg said the “administration boasts of degrading ISIS,” but it does not match the realty on the ground in Libya, Syria
Ben Carson: Nothing Should Be Off the Table in ISIS Fight
Monday on Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum,” Dr. Ben Carson said “nothing should be off the table” in the fight against ISIS because the “concept of, we cant put boots on the ground because of what happened in Iraq silly.” Dr
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ISIS as Muslim as KKK Was Christian
Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said ISIS is not about religion, but instead “a play for money and power” and “any group can do this,” like the the Ku Klux Klan claiming they were Christian knights. Abdul-Jabbar
Bin Laden Shooter O’Neill Warns if US Base Overran by ISIS, Baghdad Next
On Monday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, former U.S. Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, the purported shooter of Osama bin Laden, offered up what he thought should be the appropriate response to ISIS, as their forces approach the
UN Envoy to Syria: Assad ‘Part of the Solution’
President Bashar al-Assad must be involved in any peaceful solution to the war in Syria, said the United Nations envoy to Syria, according to various media reports.
