JIHAD WATCH 03/29/2019

France: Archbishop “delighted” to participate in dedication of largest mosque in the country
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 05:00 pm

How delightful. How broad-minded. How generous. When and where is Eric de Moulins-Beaufort’s kindness reciprocated? And is he aware of how Muslims entered France in the year 732? He apparently assumes that Islamic theology regarding jihad warfare against unbelievers has changed since then. It hasn’t. As the archbishop dreams of Reims being “a town of […]
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Pennsylvania: State Dems call Christian prayer “bigoted,” applaud Qur’an reading at state House session
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 04:00 pm

“State Rep. Jason Dawkins, another Muslim lawmaker, opened the session Tuesday by reading from the Quran, prompting applause in the chamber.” The favored religion on the Left is one that has moved some of its adherents to wage war against the West for 1,400 years, as The History of Jihad illustrates in detail. Is it […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Pennsylvania Muslim lawmaker: Prayer in name of Jesus is “Islamophobic”
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 03:00 pm

Time for all Christians to convert to Islam. Anything else would “offend.” My latest in FrontPage: Ibrahim Hooper, call your office: there was an outbreak of “Islamophobia” Monday at the Pennsylvania State Assembly. Luckily, Muslim state Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell was there to blow the whistle on this bigotry and hatred. The “Islamophobia,” according to journalist […]
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Maajid Nawaz: Use the word “Muslimphobia” instead of “Islamophobia”
By Joshua Winston on Mar 28, 2019 02:00 pm

Maajid Nawaz has another article out, and the cover picture for it is, as usual, of his face (it’s rarely a picture relating to the content of the piece). This time he’s looking contemplatively at the viewer. At other times, he’s staring wistfully in a pastel-coloured turtleneck, or gazing off into the middle-distance as though […]
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“Rome, city of bridges, never walls!,” says Pope, “Jesus demands” we take in Muslim migrants
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 01:00 pm

The Pope lives in a walled city within Rome. Will he tear down those walls? How many Muslim migrants has the Vatican taken in? Or is it the poor and disenfranchised of Rome and Italy in general who must pay the price for this man’s virtue signaling? Pope Francis has repeatedly branded those who oppose […]
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Erdogan: Hagia Sophia will be made a mosque in retaliation for US declaring Golan to be a part of Israel
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 12:00 pm

This is classic Islamic supremacist behavior. Whenever Islamic supremacists and jihadis act aggressively, they blame someone else, generally an Infidel. The aggression, you see, is simply a response to this unbearable provocation. Hagia Sophia has nothing whatsoever to do with Donald Trump or Jerusalem, and adding another humiliation to Turkey’s already embattled Christian community out […]
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Five jihadis freed from Guantanamo in exchange for Bergdahl now face US as Taliban reps at peace talks
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 11:00 am

Those who warned that these men would return to the jihad were mocked and vilified as “Islamophobes.” “Once Jailed in Guantánamo, 5 Taliban Now Face U.S. at Peace Talks,” by Mujib Mashal, New York Times, March 26, 2019: DOHA, Qatar — When the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and toppled the Taliban government, even […]
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In Cedar Rapids, “Nationally Recognized Expert” Todd Green Deplores “Epidemic of Islamophobia” (Part 4)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Mar 28, 2019 10:00 am

Changing the narrative to something that better resembles reality will not only take time, but it also is a battle that must be fought on multiple fronts. Because personal relationships can inoculate against bigotry, Green advocates for more opportunities for people of differing backgrounds to engage each other. Kind, patient Muslims want to be your […]
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Indonesia: Bare-breasted mermaids get covered up with golden tube tops
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 09:00 am

Ludicrous? Of course. But don’t laugh. Mocking Islamic values can get you killed in modern, “moderate” Indonesia. “Bare-breasted mermaids get covered up in Indonesia,” Channel News Asia, March 26, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): JAKARTA: A pair of bare-breasted mermaid statues have been given the family values treatment at an Indonesian amusement park […]
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Austria: Muslim migrant, an Islamic State supporter, arrested for trying to derail German trains
By Robert Spencer on Mar 28, 2019 08:00 am

He was granted “refugee” status about 20 years ago. But the Islamic State, with its Islamic appeals, overcame any gratitude he may have had toward those who welcomed him. “Austria arrests man suspected of attacks on German trains,” by Alistair Walsh, DW, March 27, 2019: A 42-year-old Iraqi father allegedly attempted two attacks on Germany’s […]
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