JIHAD WATCH 05/29/2017

Iran’s Rouhani calls on Muslim leaders to confront “Islamophobia”
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 04:40 pm

Not jihad terror, but “Islamophobia.” Rouhani is calling upon Muslim leaders to step up the demonizing and stigmatizing of those who call attention to the reality of the jihad threat. “Rouhani Calls on Muslim Leaders to Confront Islamophobia,” Far News Agency, May 27, 2017 (thanks to Lookmann): TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in separate […]
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Iran to Hamas: Let’s get closer “on the basis of jihad”
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 03:32 pm

A unity based on hatred and bloodshed. “Iran to Hamas: Let’s get closer ‘on basis of jihad,'” by Dalit Halevy, Arutz Sheva, May 26, 2017: Senior Iranian officials are expressing hope that the appointment of new Hamas terrorist organization leader Ismail Haniyeh to head Hamas will bring about a policy strengthening the ties between them. […]
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Pamela Geller: How Mayor de Blasio Tried to Incite Violence and Wreck AFDI’s CUNY Rally
By Pamela Geller on May 28, 2017 03:30 pm

The AFDI demo against CUNY’s obscene invitation was a smashing success, with over a thousand people who came out in a downpour of pelting rain on East 42nd Street outside CUNY’s headquarters on Thursday afternoon to oppose the mainstreaming of evil — CUNY’s obscene invitation to a pro-terror Jew-hater to keynote their commencement address. It […]
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Taliban rejects UN call for halt in hostilities during Ramadan as “ignorance of religion”
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 02:18 pm

“‘Our fight is Jihad and an obligatory worship. And every obligatory act of worship has 70 times more reward in Ramadan,’ a statement quoted spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as claiming.” Will a moderate Muslim spokesman in the West kindly explain how Zabihullah Mujahid is actually the one who is ignorant of Islam, and how Ramadan is […]
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Pakistan: Muslim murders his 18-year-old sister with axe in honor killing
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 01:09 pm

This is an especially egregious case. Apparently Muhammad Mudassir murdered his sister not because she had done anything wrong, but because he was denied an agreed-upon marriage with the ten-year-old sister of his sister’s husband. Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni […]
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Polish PM: “Where are you headed, Europe? Rise from your knees.”
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 11:48 am

“Where are you headed, Europe? Rise from your knees and from your lethargy, or you will be crying over your children every day. If you cannot see that terrorism has the potential to hurt every country in Europe, and you think that Poland should not defend itself, you are going hand in hand with those […]
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German Finance Minister: Christians can learn from Muslim migrants
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 28, 2017 10:36 am

The growing number of Muslims in Germany represents not a threat but a learning opportunity, said Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, discussing Islam in the wake of the Manchester attack. The German Finance Minister’s outrageous statements may be an attempt to absolve himself and his party of any responsibility for what Muslim migrants are bringing to […]
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New York Times tries to burnish Linda Sarsour’s image after AFDI protest
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 09:31 am

Linda Sarsour is a pro-Sharia anti-Semite; that means the New York Times loves her. Comments interspersed below. “A Muslim-American Activist’s Speech Raises Ire Even Before It’s Delivered,” by Eli Rosenberg, New York Times, May 26, 2017: Linda Sarsour, one of the most prominent Muslim-American activists in New York, says the messages have been arriving by […]
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UK police helicopter swoops in on garden party: song mocking bin Laden was played
By Robert Spencer on May 28, 2017 08:07 am

“It just seems a bit extreme to have ten police officers and helicopter attend over a song which is approved by YouTube which we never actually put on. It came on by the shuffle list, and now being investigated as a racial offence, the only person who took offence was the female police officer and […]
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10 of 29 Christian Copts murdered in Cairo bus bombing were children
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 28, 2017 07:29 am

The children were traveling with their parents to pray at an ancient monastery in central Egypt. Many suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Islamic prayer was forced upon these innocents before their massacre; jihadis often pray and frequently shout “Allahu akbar” as they inflict atrocities upon infidels; nonetheless, deceptive arguments are still made […]
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