JIHAD WATCH 01/02/2018

Robert Spencer: If the Islamic Republic is Falling, It’s Because of Trump
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 05:15 pm

When one strong individual stands up, others follow. My latest in FrontPage: In 2009, Iran was swept by demonstrations, just as it is now. But at that time, the protesters were shouting “Allahu akbar,” and there was no indication that they wanted anything but reform of the Islamic regime, not the end of the regime […]
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Overall death toll in Iran freedom protests rises to 17
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 05:11 pm

How hard will the Islamic regime crack down? This is a spontaneous freedom movement with no apparent leadership. We can hope it will at least weaken the Islamic regime, and topple it soon. “Overall death toll in Iran protests rises to 17,” Al Arabiya, January 2, 2018: As the protests continue in Iranian cities for […]
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Pope: Those who decry security risks of Muslim migrants demean “the human dignity” of the “sons and daughters of God”
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 05:02 pm

So now a concern to protect people from being murdered in jihad attacks is “demeaning” to the “human dignity” of Muslim migrants. The Pope is throwing the Catholic Church all in with the idea that if you’re against open borders globalist internationalism and the Islamization of Europe, you must be a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” Are […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Rev. Alexander Santora, Or, Islam Out of the Mouths of Babes
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jan 01, 2018 04:02 pm

Rev. Alexander Santora is a Christian clergyman in New Jersey who has taken a great interest in presenting Islam in the best possible light and, unsurprisingly,  he gives no sign of being interested in finding out what is actually in the Qur’an and Hadith. He is content to report the clipped replies by young Muslims […]
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Trump: Pakistan gives “safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!”
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 11:02 am

Trump’s tweet in full: “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” […]
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Iran: Rouhani promises people “completely free to express criticism,” then security forces murder 12 people
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 10:51 am

Taqiyya as an Islamic theological concept originates with the Shi’ites, and can be broad-ranging in its application. “Twelve dead in Iran as security forces are accused of opening fire on protesters after President Rouhani said people were ‘completely free to express their criticism,'” by Chris Pleasance, MailOnline, January 1, 2018: At least 12 people have […]
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Egypt: Muslim murders two Christians in New Year attack on liquor store
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 10:43 am

The Muslim persecution of the Christians in Egypt is ongoing, but has aroused little interest in the international media and even less in the “human rights community.” The victims are of the wrong creed. “Two Christians killed in New Year attack on Egypt liquor store,” Coptic World, January 1, 2018: A gunman killed two Copts […]
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Germany: Berlin’s “safe zone” for women fails to prevent New Year’s Eve sex assaults
By Robert Spencer on Jan 01, 2018 10:32 am

“The creation of the safety area was heavily criticised by a German police union boss. He said it communicates a ‘devastating message’: ‘By doing so, one is saying there are safe zones and unsafe zones’ for women, a message that could result in ‘the end of equality, freedom of movement and self-determination’, he said.” Yes, […]
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PBS Broadcasts Crusade Myths for the Holiday Season
By Andrew Harrod on Jan 01, 2018 10:24 am

“The advertising for the new film” The Sultan and the Saint “suggests it presents revisionist history in line with the modernist ecumenical agenda,” wrote in 2016 Dr. Benjamin J. Vail (OFS), an American Secular Franciscan. The finished film, shown to this author and others last April, thoroughly vindicated Vail, and is now offering hackneyed Crusade […]
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Sweden: Muslim caregiver refuses to buy elderly woman Christmas ham due to “religious reasons”
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Jan 01, 2018 10:15 am

A Muslim caregiver in Sweden has caused controversy after she refused to purchase a Christmas ham for one of her company’s clients, saying that it violated her religious beliefs. Liberal Party member Eva Castberger stated that “faithfulness is a private matter and nothing that should affect other people in one’s occupation.” This is precisely the […]
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