JIHAD WATCH 08/19/2018

Video: Iranian woman tears off her hijab after Muslim cleric tells her to fix it or he’ll have her arrested
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 07:19 pm

The real feminists. This brave woman challenges a cleric in front of him. The cleric tells her that she’d get arrested because her hijab is not appropriate. She storms off and completely removes her hijab in front of the cleric while standing her ground (With English subtitles)#MyCameraIsMyWeaponpic.twitter.com/IBG6xdM5Hl — Masih Alinejad ️ (@AlinejadMasih) August 17, […]
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Trump decries social media giants for “closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 07:15 pm

He is right, of course, and if it isn’t stopped, only one point of view will be able to be aired in the United States. That is not what makes for a free society. “Trump slams social-media companies for ‘censorship’ of the right,” by Rebecca Ballhaus, Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2018: President Trump on […]
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Pakistan’s spy service accused of involvement in Taliban jihad massacre
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 07:06 pm

Not a friend, not an ally, any more than Turkey is. “Pakistan’s ISI involved in Ghazni attack: NDS,” Pajhwok Afghan News, August 18, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): KABUL (Pajhwok): Evidence of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) involvement in Ghazni fighting would be shared with Pakistan soon, government officials say. A week back, Taliban […]
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Illinois: Muslim leader says “Everything we represent goes in total contradiction to what the West represents”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 06:40 pm

“My dear brothers and sisters, this idea of fitting in – we need to eliminate this from our vocabulary. Again, we are to stand out. We are a unique nation with a unique set of solutions. We are not to fit in. How dare the truth and the falsehood hold hands? How dare we think […]
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Trump: “Turkey has been a problem for a long time. They have not acted as a friend.”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 11:06 am

Indeed. For years I have called for a reconfiguration of our international alliances based on the new realities of the resurgent jihad threat. We are still working with Cold War alliances that simply aren’t real: Turkey is indeed not a friend, and has not been for quite some time. It would be better to recognize […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: What Comeuppance For Erdogan?
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Aug 18, 2018 10:56 am

Turkey wants to buy 100 F-35 joint fighter strike planes from the United States. The Administration, however, has discovered that not everyone in Washington thinks this is a good idea. There are many reasons to oppose this sale. First, Turkey has also decided to buy S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia. The contract has been signed. […]
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“I step on your cross”: Muslim leader in Australia says his group “not required to comply with Australian laws”
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 10:22 am

Mustapha Kara-Ali is basing his claim to be above Australian law on Australian law: “The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Act 2012 stipulates that when it is carrying out religious activities that are related to the practice, study, teaching or propagation of its religious beliefs, or other activities ancillary to them … Diwan Al […]
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Minnesota: Muslim Congressional candidate voted against bill to stop insurance payments to jihadis
By Robert Spencer on Aug 18, 2018 06:47 am

How can Ilhan Omar possibly justify opposing this bill? She won’t have to. No establishment media “journalist” would dream of asking her about it. She has a free pass to do anything she wants to do, because opposing her would be “Islamophobic.” “Minnesota Dem Candidate Voted Against Bill to Stop Insurance Payments to Convicted Terrorists,” […]
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Former NBA star and Muslim convert Kareem Abdul-Jabbar compares the national anthem to a slave song
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Aug 18, 2018 05:46 am

Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says that the national anthem, is indistinguishable from a “slave song”….the Laker legend said that NFL players are required to stand for the anthem just like pre-Civil War slaves were expected to sing during their work…. The average NFL player makes nearly $3,000,000 annually, amid wild cheering from starry-eyed fans. […]
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London: 3-year-old rushed to emergency surgery following botched FGM operation
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Aug 18, 2018 05:00 am

A three-year-old girl was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after a botched female genital mutilation procedure in Sadiq Khan’s London. This little girl is an innocent victim of a cultural and religious ideology. It is tragic that Western “diversity” sycophants have no compassion for the victims of this ideology. Instead, they are apologists for […]
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