JIHAD WATCH 09/23/2018

ICYMI: Robert Spencer discusses The History of Jihad and the current political landscape on the Joe Piscopo Show
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 02:38 pm

Last month I went to the studios of the Joe Piscopo Show for a wide-ranging interview on my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS and the current political landscape. Joe was off; I had a terrific discussion with Frank Morano, Anthony Pope, John Tabacco, and Al Gattullo. You can order your copy […]
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Iranian scholar told: “If you stop criticizing Islam, the West will certainly be more welcoming of you”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 01:49 pm

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh is a board member of Harvard International Review and president of the International American Council on the Middle East; he is also the author of the extraordinary book A God Who Hates Women: A woman’s journey through oppression and another, Peaceful Reformation in Iran’s Islam: A life story of struggle and poverty, […]
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India: Muslim husband gives wife instant divorce for turning up the music too loud, then she is gang-raped
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 01:36 pm

“According to reports, the woman has filed a complaint with the Moradabad police alleging that she was asked to perform halala, a practice in which a woman divorcee marries someone else, consummates the marriage and then gets a divorce. This makes her lawful to the former husband.” That idea, as bizarre as it is, is […]
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France’s Macron vows to punish European states that won’t accept mass Muslim migration
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 12:45 pm

When Macron prevails against the Visegrad group, and all of Europe is inundated with Muslim migrants, Macron will be hailed as a hero of the new, harmonious, diverse, multicultural Europe — won’t he? Or as Europe is engulfed in strife and European streets once again become bloody battlegrounds, as the warriors of jihad struggle for […]
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Texas: Muslim migrant couple indicted for enslaving girl for 16 years
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 11:39 am

Why not? Slavery is acceptable in Islam. The Qur’an has Allah telling Muhammad that he has given him girls as sex slaves: “Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty.” (Qur’an 33:50) Muhammad bought slaves: “Jabir (Allah […]
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Videos: Christine Douglass-Williams on the plight of Yazidi refugees and the necessity of migrant assimilation
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 11:25 am

Jihad Watch writer Christine Douglass-Williams has been in Warsaw this past week, at the conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Here are videos of two of her brief interventions there, calling upon the OSCE to prioritize victims of jihad violence in Europe’s refugee programs, and for migrants to assimilate into […]
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Greece: Muslim migrant accused of raping 15-year-old girl repeatedly over five days
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 11:00 am

Why does this keep happening? One survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK said that her rapists would quote Quran to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the […]
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Utah: Public university investigates prof for off-the-cuff remarks about Muslim immigration after 9/11
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 10:51 am

Scott Trotter, senior director of communications at Utah Valley State University, said: “UVU unequivocally supports the constitutional right of individuals and groups to speak freely — and for professors to exercise academic freedom to the fullest protections of the First Amendment.” Yeah, sure. Modern universities and colleges — from the great (such as Stanford University) […]
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Germany: Muslim migrant who murdered cop allowed to live in Berlin with child support and other welfare benefits
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 10:13 am

If Yassin Ali-Khan had been a non-Muslim German native who murdered a policeman, do you think he would have been freed from prison and showered with welfare benefits? Neither do I. “Aliens Department makes scandalous deal with Lebanese police murderer,” translated from “Ausländerbehörde macht skandalösen Deal mit libanesischem Polizisten-Mörder,” Journalisten Watch, September 21, 2018 (thanks […]
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Christian “Peacemakers” Slam Israel
By Andrew Harrod on Sep 22, 2018 09:35 am

Georgetown University neglects the fact that a 70-year old Israel has the only growing Christian population in a Middle East that has witnessed a centuries-long decline of Christianity in its birthplace under Islamic sharia oppression. This emerged from a filmed September 12 panel before about 90 listeners that pilloried Israel and praised Islam, co-hosted by […]
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Connecticut Senate rejects bill making female genital mutilation a felony
By Robert Spencer on Sep 22, 2018 09:00 am

This is a major setback for human rights in general and women’s rights in particular, and the only coverage is in a letter to the editor. And so we don’t know why the Connecticut Senate rejected this bill, but it is likely that it was lobbied by certain constituencies that argued that it would be […]
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