JIHAD WATCH 11/30/2018

Robert Spencer Video: Lessons for Today’s Foreign Policy from 1400 Years of Jihad
By Robert Spencer on Nov 29, 2018 04:46 pm

Have you read the book yet? Get The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS here. Here is the transcript, from FrontPage: Editor’s note: Below are the video and transcript of remarks given by Robert Spencer at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s 2018 Restoration Weekend. The event was held Nov. 15th-18th at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Transcript: […]
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German city protects its Christmas market from vehicular jihad massacres with concrete Christmas trees as barriers
By Robert Spencer on Nov 29, 2018 04:35 pm

Celebrate diversity! Diversity is our strength! Aren’t these trees beautiful! How they will add to the festive spirit in Bautzen! But beware: some may deem them “Islamophobic,” since they’re obviously in place because there are Muslims in and around Bautzen, and some of them may be jihadis. The Greens are already enraged over this “fear […]
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New Jersey imam: “Palestinian” cause “is Islamic,” but Muslims should “market” it as a “humanitarian cause”
By Robert Spencer on Nov 29, 2018 03:56 pm

“Drive them out from where they drove you out,” says the Qur’an (2:191), and since “Palestinian” agitprop falsely claims that the Israelis drove them from their land, that Islamic imperative applies to the “Palestinian” conflict with Israel. Israel must be destroyed because of this command of Allah in the Qur’an; no negotiated settlement will change […]
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Germany: Berlin mosque once known as “liberal” ends project against “radicalization”
By Robert Spencer on Nov 29, 2018 03:28 pm

German authorities suspect that the change has come because of Turkish influence, and they’re likely correct. But why does the Turkish influence militate away from the project against “radicalization”? Because Erdogan is re-Islamizing Turkey, and so Turkish mosques in Germany and elsewhere are expected to hew to the traditional understanding of Islamic texts and teachings. […]
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Nigeria: Catholic Archbishop says hostility between Christians and Muslims arose because Islam came to country first
By Robert Spencer on Nov 29, 2018 02:20 pm

Saith Kaigama: “One may ask why the competitive spirit and even the hostility and intolerance between the two main religious groups in Nigeria? Perhaps it is because Islam was the first to arrive and the arrival of Christianity much later which like Islam, sought significant and visible presence among local populations, as well as strong […]
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Netanyahu: “What we see in Gaza is a small manifestation of a larger problem of radical Islam”
By Robert Spencer on Nov 29, 2018 10:14 am

Netanyahu asks: “What will be the future of Islam? Will the moderates win over the radicals? Will there be a reformation?” The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS shows that there have been many reform movements in Islamic history, and since reformers are generally dedicated to getting a movement that they believe has gone […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Gerard Batten and the Question of Sex Slaves (Part Two)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Nov 29, 2018 10:00 am

Robert Spencer notes that “a powerful statement of the right to sex slaves in Islam was delivered on May 25, 2011 by a female Kuwaiti politician, Salwa al-Mutairi, who spoke in favor  of the Islamic practice of sexual slavery of non-Muslim women, emphasizing that the practice accorded with Islamic law and Islamic morality. She testified: […]
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Why Nike’s Sports Hijab is Not Just a Bad Idea, But Dangerous As Well
By Joshua Winston on Nov 29, 2018 09:57 am

There’s a reason that athletes, for the most part, participate in their sporting events half-naked or scantily clad. They’re raising the body’s heart rate and temperature, and they have a need to be as cool as possible while they’re throwing punches or chasing down balls on the tennis court. They are competing in athletic events, […]
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Ilhan Omar: “Like members of the Jewish community, I know how it feels to be hated because of my religious beliefs”
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Nov 29, 2018 08:44 am

Minnesota Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. She “lauded Jewish-Muslim cooperation in combating bigotry,” while stating that “like members of the Jewish community, I know how it feels to be hated because of my religious beliefs.” Omar is not hated for her religious beliefs. She is […]
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Mali: Islamic charity channels $3 million a year of Gulf oil money for mosques and Qur’an schools teaching Wahhabism
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Nov 29, 2018 08:33 am

Ibrahim Kontao “studied theology in Saudi Arabia, heads Mali’s wealthiest Islamic charity, known as Al-Farouk, which channels $3 million a year from donors in Gulf Arab states and Turkey.” This money goes to open health clinics in remote areas, but also for mosques and Qur’anic schools. Kontao busily signs checks “as men and women line […]
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Glazov Moment: Malaysia: 93% of Muslim Women are Victims of FGM
By Jamie Glazov on Nov 29, 2018 08:25 am

In this new Jamie Glazov Moment, Jamie focuses on Malaysia: 93% of Muslim Women are Victims of FGM, and he asks: When will we start protecting Muslim girls? Don’t miss it! Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel and follow us on Twitter: @JamieGlazov. Please donate through our Pay Pal account. And pre-order Jamie’s new […]
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