JIHAD WATCH 08/04/2018

Osama bin Laden’s mother: “He was a very good child until he met some people who pretty much brainwashed him”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 03, 2018 03:40 pm

The timing of this effort to distance the Saudi government from Osama is interesting. It has been almost 17 years since 9/11; why now? This is another manifestation of the attempt by the Saudis to court US support, and particularly to court Donald Trump’s support, against Iran, as well as to make the kingdom more […]
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Robert Spencer: The Huffington Post’s Fake Facts About Stealth Jihad
By Robert Spencer on Aug 03, 2018 03:24 pm

Over at the Geller Report I expose some of the latest establishment media lies in its attempt to prevent the Muslim Brotherhood from being declared a terrorist organization. Arnold Isaacs writes in the Tom Dispatch (in a piece picked up by the Huffington Post) that “anti-Muslim activists in the United States were operating in a […]
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Erdogan: “Turkey has no problems related to religious minorities”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 03, 2018 03:18 pm

And he has a statement from religious minority communities in Turkey to prove it: “We as religious representatives and foundation directors of societies of different religions and beliefs, who have been settled in this country for centuries, are free to follow our beliefs and practices.” That statement has all the signs of being coerced. The […]
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Robert Spencer: Tommy Robinson and Britain’s Ongoing Descent Into Madness
By Robert Spencer on Aug 03, 2018 03:03 pm

Future ages will see the UK’s persecution of foes of jihad terror as its darkest hour. My latest in FrontPage: Britain’s darkest hour has followed its finest hour by 78 years. Tommy Robinson has been freed from a stint in prison that he never should have been serving in the first place. The New York […]
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NH: Muslims enraged by 9/11 first-responders badge in hotel lobby, are evicted, innkeeper charged with “hate crime”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 03, 2018 11:56 am

“Protasowicki said Tuesday the couple identified as Mohamed Ghallami and Chahrazade Mounaji arrived and got upset when they saw a 911 first-responders badge in the lobby. They demanded a refund. But under the inn’s policy, refunds weren’t possible.” An altercation ensued, after which, Protasowicki says, Ghallami and Mounaji “pulled the race card.” That is an […]
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UK’s Generation Identity leader interviewed on his mock halal slaughter
By Joshua Winston on Aug 03, 2018 11:40 am

Once again, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Dupre, co-leader of the UK’s Generation Identity movement. I caught up with him to find out what activism the group are currently engaged in. Joshua Winston – Your group recently enacted a halal slaughter in a branch of Morrison’s supermarkets in London. One of your members […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Muslim Travel Ban? Really?
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Aug 03, 2018 11:15 am

Muslim Travel Ban? There Has Never Been an America Without Islam or Muslims That’s the headline for an article by Dawud Walid, Executive Director of CAIR in Michigan, here. I am an American Muslim, and like thousands of American-Muslim families, my family has been in America for over 10 generations. I am also one of tens […]
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Denmark: Muslim women defy the face veil ban as “Islamophobic” and “intolerant”
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Aug 03, 2018 10:16 am

A group of women in Denmark is defying the face veil ban, referring to the ban as “racist” and “intolerant.” These women would not dare protest “intolerance” in an Islamic state. Islamic supremacist incursion into the West, disguised as women’s “rights” and an issue of “tolerance” and “racism,” while exploiting democratic freedoms, is nothing new. […]
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Swiss government caves to political correctness, rejects burqa ban
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Aug 03, 2018 10:05 am

The Swiss government has opposed a “grassroots campaign for a nationwide ban on facial coverings in public that will prompt a binding referendum.” As an alternative, the Swiss government has suggested adopting laws that “would prevent people from covering their faces when dealing with officials and punish anyone who forced women to conceal their faces […]
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Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi’s sister among women’s rights activists arrested, belying claims of modernization
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Aug 03, 2018 10:00 am

Human Rights Watch has reported: Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest to be swept up in a government crackdown on activists, clerics and journalists…More than a dozen women’s rights activists have been targeted since May. Most campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom’s male guardianship […]
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Islamic Republic on the ropes? Iranian Parliament wants to question Rouhani about collapsing economy
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Aug 03, 2018 09:57 am

Iranian Parliament Wants to Question Rouhani About Collapsing Economy….The announcement said the parliament summoned Rouhani to appear before a special session within a month, without setting an exact date. Why might Iran’s economy be collapsing? For starters, the big-bucks Iran deal was scrapped — a deal that saw billions flow into Iran, a top state […]
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