JIHAD WATCH 08/19/2016

German asylum seekers refuse to work: ‘We are Merkel’s guests’
By Christine Williams on Aug 18, 2016 11:47 pm

Decisions on Muslim migration made by leftist politicians have become a scourge on the German people and other European citizens, who have witnessed the slow metamorphosis of their peaceful communities while they pay with their tax dollars for the recklessness of their leaders such as Angela Merkel. Tens of thousands of crimes and assaults have […]
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Italians reject plans for mosque next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa
By Christine Williams on Aug 18, 2016 11:44 pm

In what is being called “the Italian revolution,” a referendum will decide whether or not the construction of a mosque will begin next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. A failed plan to attack the Tower by a jihadist with suspected ties to the Islamic State has stirred the people. And the crisis in Italy […]
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Russia: Muslim cleric says “all women should be circumcised”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 03:37 pm

FGM is widely reputed to be a “cultural” practice, but actually it is sanctioned by Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is […]
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Twitter bans Breitbart bad boy Milo, but not ISIS-linked London jihad preacher
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 02:40 pm

Revealed here: the priorities of the hard Leftists who control Twitter, and of Leftist social justice warriors who in general turn a blind eye to the jihad and consider it “Islamophobic” to stand against it. “Bias alert: Twitter bans Breitbart bad boy, but not ISIS-linked London loudmouth,” Fox News, August 18, 2016: The Twitterverse has […]
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Robert Spencer, PJM: Creeping Sharia: Kentucky Firefighter Forced Out for Burning a Qur’an
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 02:23 pm

You can rest easy if you live in Bowling Green, Kentucky and your house catches fire: you can be sure none of the firefighters putting it out are “Islamophobic.” My latest in PJ Media: The Associated Press account of this incident, published last Saturday, bore the dateline Bowling Green, Kentucky — but it read as […]
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Obama lied, it was a ransom payment: US held cash until Iran freed prisoners
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 01:13 pm

And now “lawmakers are concerned the IRGC may have gained control of the cash once in Tehran.” If the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has the money, it will be going to fund jihad terrorism and other actions against the United States. “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,” by Jay Solomon and Carol E. Lee, […]
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Media Matters quietly removes false claims about Robert Spencer without retraction or apology
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 11:14 am

Last night, the article “White Supremacists Love Trump’s New Hire” by “journalist” Andrew Lawrence at Media Matters contained this claim: “white nationalist think tank leader Robert Spencer lauded Bannon as someone whose website has shown ‘elective affinities’ for his ideas.” This morning, it says: “white nationalist think tank leader Richard* Spencer lauded Bannon as someone […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: London’s Muslim Mayor Introduces the Thought Police
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 02:32 am

In FrontPage today I show how Sadiq Khan’s new initiative against “hate speech” demonstrates how the Left serves the Islamic supremacist agenda: London’s new Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, is allocating over two million dollars (£1,730,726) to an “online hate crime hub” enabling police to track and arrest “trolls” who “target…individuals and communities.” There can be […]
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Merkel says refugees didn’t bring “Islamist terrorism” to Germany
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2016 02:13 am

“The mood towards them has soured after a spate of attacks on civilians last month, including three carried out by migrants.” Nonetheless, Merkel says: “The phenomenon of Islamist terrorism, of IS, is not a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees.” And she is right: the Muslim migrant jihadis didn’t bring jihad terror to […]
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