JIHAD WATCH 04/27/2017

Why I Left Islam: An Iranian-American Speaks
By Andrew Harrod on Apr 26, 2017 03:49 pm

“I see a lot of love in Christianity, I see a lot of anger and hate in Islam,” stated my anonymous Iranian-American interlocutor to me in his condominium building manager’s office. My interview partner related a revealing personal spiritual and geographic journey away from his boyhood Islamic faith and Iranian homeland to an adult Christian […]
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Germany: Number of migrant criminal suspects soars by more than 50% in 2016
By Christine Williams on Apr 26, 2017 02:47 pm

In addition to crimes by Muslim migrants and jihad attacks, Germany is stuck with a sizeable bill to pay. Back in January, the Express reported that to clean up the mess created by Muslim migrants will cost Germany and EU taxpayers $46 billion. But then in a later report, the Express estimated that figure would […]
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Obama freed 7 Iranians who were threats to US national security
By Christine Williams on Apr 26, 2017 02:41 pm

The legacy of Obama continues to look worse and worse. It wasn’t enough that the Obama administration endorsed the highly secretive nuclear deal with Iran, releasing up to 150 billion dollars to the terrorist state, and “paid Iran more than $10 billion in gold, cash, and other assets since 2013″ in backroom deals. Nor was […]
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China bans ‘certain Islamic names’ in Muslim-dominated region
By Christine Williams on Apr 26, 2017 02:37 pm

Names with strong religious meanings like Islam, Koran, Mecca, Imam, Saddam, Hajj, and Medina, as well as names that have “connotations of holy war [Jihad] or of splittism [sic – Xinjiang independence]” are included in the list….The new decree comes after Chinese authorities banned “abnormal” beards and veils in public places. Even China — known […]
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Sandra Solomon Moment: What Islam Taught Me About the Hijab
By Jamie Glazov on Apr 26, 2017 02:35 pm

Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel.   This special edition of The Glazov Gang presents The Sandra Solomon Moment, with Sandra Solomon, an ex-Muslim who grew up in Saudi Arabia who is now valiantly fighting against the Islamization of the West — and of her new home country of Canada in particular. (Support Sandra on […]
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Robert Spencer, PJM: Florida Diocese Punishes Teacher Who Quoted Saint’s Critique of Islam
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2017 11:14 am

“[N]ot consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church.” Hmm. My latest in PJ Media: Last Wednesday, the Huffington Post reported: [T]he Catholic diocese of Orlando, Florida, says it has reprimanded a teacher at a Catholic school in the state for giving his sixth-grade religion class an anti-Muslim reading assignment. The Huffington Post expresses a […]
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“The Catholic Church…has become one of Islam’s loudest boosters”
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2017 10:59 am

In this excellent piece, George Neumayr refers to the rupture of relations between the Vatican and al-Azhar that took place during the time of Pope Benedict. As I explained here, that rupture took place because Pope Benedict dared to speak out about the Muslim persecution of Christians. By contrast, Francis energetically defends Islam, and leaves […]
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Austrian President: Day will come when we ask all women to wear headscarf
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2017 09:26 am

Because of “rampant Islamophobia,” to stand in “solidarity” with hijab-wearing Muslim women. Great. But who stands in solidarity with Aqsa Parvez, whose Muslim father choked her to death with her hijab after she refused to wear it? Or with Amina Muse Ali, a Christian woman in Somalia whom Muslims murdered because she wasn’t wearing a […]
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UK Muslim issues YouTube death threat to critics of Islam
By Robert Spencer on Apr 26, 2017 08:41 am

Anthony Small, a convert to Islam in Britain, tries to couch his threats as a warning and an effort to “protect” those who criticize Islam. However, his references to the Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre and Salman Rushdie make it very clear what he is saying. Note his praise of the post-massacre Charlie Hebdo editor who […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Art – Under And Out From Under – Islam (Part II)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Apr 26, 2017 06:07 am

If those who work in our museums want to enlighten audiences about Muslims and Art, they should consider two aspects of the subject that have received practically no attention. First, a museum wanting to treat the subject of Islam and Art should give visitors a sense of what Islam has meant for much of the […]
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