JIHAD WATCH 05/16/2017

Italian court rules that migrants must conform to values of their new country
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 05:32 pm

“An attachment to one’s own values, even if they are lawful in the country of origin, is intolerable when it causes violating the laws of the host country.” That’s simple common sense, but it is by no means settled. In the U.S., the First Amendment freedom of religion is routinely invoked against attempts to outlaw […]
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Ex-Muslims slam Facebook for shutting down their pages for ‘disrespecting Islam’
By Christine Williams on May 15, 2017 04:18 pm

The dhimmitude and danger to Western freedoms continues; Facebook is facilitating the Islamic supremacist ambitions to subjugate the West and destroy the freedom of speech. Even ex-Muslims, deemed apostates and worthy of death, are being ganged up on by Facebook. Facebook apparently thinks it’s “Islamophobic” to criticize Islam. “Ex-Muslims slam Facebook for ‘censoring pages that […]
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Muslim Brotherhood-linked International Institute of Islamic Thought gave $750,000 to Georgetown University in 2015
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 04:09 pm

Discover the Networks has this about the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and involvement in the fabrication of the term “Islamophobia”: IIIT was named in a May 1991 Muslim Brotherhood document — titled “An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America” — as one of […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Andy Ngo Learns a Lesson About Free Speech
By Hugh Fitzgerald on May 15, 2017 02:42 pm

From National Review comes this story, disturbingly similar to many others, about the death of freedom of speech on college campuses: “Fired for Reporting the Truth,” by Andy Ngo, May 12, 2017. The crime for which the author was fired from his job on the campus newspaper at Portland State University was simply that he […]
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Leaders of Britain First arrested over Muslim teen rape campaign
By Christine Williams on May 15, 2017 02:22 pm

Note the title of the article below: “Anti-Islam militants from Britain First arrested over ‘Muslim teen rape campaign.'” The leaders of radical right-wing party Britain First have been arrested following a “campaign” related to an ongoing rape trial at a court in Kent…on suspicion of inciting religious hatred. Is it “militant” and “anti-Islam” to oppose […]
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Egyptian scholar in hot water for calling Muslim hero Saladin “despicable”
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 02:05 pm

Rewriting history to whitewash all Muslim misdeeds is a big business, and an important component of the effort to Islamize the West. The jihad warrior Saladin has accordingly been elevated to near-Gandhi status, despite the trail of blood he left in his wake — and as Egyptian scholar Youssef Zeidan has discovered, one must not […]
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Al-Qaeda affiliate changes its name, escapes US and Canada terror lists
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 08:56 am

Osama bin Laden foresaw how this would fool the establishment Infidel counterterror “experts”: “In the years immediately after 9/11, bin Laden knew worldwide sentiment fell in favor of the United States so he spread al Qaeda’s mission of hate — all while avoiding using the words ‘al Qaeda,’ said terror analyst Ali Soufan. “So each […]
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Robert Spencer: McMaster Drags Trump Into the Swamp
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 08:42 am

My latest over at the Geller Report: Here we go again. If President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H. R. McMaster, wields influence over the President, and if his characterization of the President’s upcoming trip to the Middle East is to be believed, Trump is now set to repeat all the mistakes that his last two […]
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Osama bin Laden told his jihadis to stop beheading people in order to protect al-Qaeda brand
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 08:36 am

“Yeah, micro-managing. You know, `You can plant this crops and this crops. It’s very good. Oh and by the way, you know, stop beheading people and cutting heads. That makes me look bad. You know, I have a brand to protect.’ ” Ali Soufan didn’t spell out why stopping beheading people would protect al-Qaeda’s brand. […]
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Germany: Apartments seized from their owner to accommodate Muslim migrants
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 07:53 am

This is the first use of a law passed in 2015 that allows for property to be seized to be used for refugees: “In Hamburg, property can be expropriated,” translated from “In Hamburg kann enteignet werden,” by Steffen Richter, Zeit Online, October 1, 2015: “The city of Hamburg has decided to seize commercial real estate. […]
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Denmark: TV station goes to mosque where imam preached about killing Jews, can’t find anyone who disagrees
By Robert Spencer on May 15, 2017 07:27 am

Jihad Watch reported three days ago about the controversy in Denmark over imam Mundhir Abdallah’s remarks promoting killing Jews. Now “TV 2’s reporter spoke today with several Muslims at the mosque on Heimdalsgade on Nørrebro. In the two hours he was at the mosque, he did not find anyone who clearly distanced himself from the […]
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