JIHAD WATCH 05/18/2019

Austria bans headscarves in primary schools, aimed to free Muslim “girls from subjugation”
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 17, 2019 03:33 pm

Austria has approved a “ban on headscarves for girls in primary schools” which is specifically aimed at banning the oppressive hijab. Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said last year: “Covering up small children is definitely not something for which there should be space in our country.” The patka head covering worn by Sikh boys and the […]
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Palestinian Fatwa: The Husband Has the Right to Enjoy His Wife Sexually At Any Time
By Daniel Greenfield on May 17, 2019 02:00 pm

Linda Sarsour said that Mohammed was the original feminist. She has an interesting idea of feminism. Here, via Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch, is a Palestinian Authority fatwa whose feminism is simply breathtaking. Sex on demand “at any time” is a husband’s right – this is what Palestinians were taught in the official PA […]
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German Councils Distribute Beer Coasters Promoting Islam, Offend Muslims
By Daniel Greenfield on May 17, 2019 01:00 pm

Sometimes stories make reasonable and logical sense. Other times they’re more convoluted. And then there are stories that are an unfathomable disaster. As in, why did anyone involved think that this was a good idea? Local German councils got involved in promoting Islam. They decided the best way to do that was on beer coasters […]
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In Australia, Jeremy Hearn Is Consigned To The Outer Darkness
By Hugh Fitzgerald on May 17, 2019 01:00 pm

  Jeremy Heard was the Liberal Party candidate for Isaacs (an electoral division) in Australia until May 1, when some remarks he had made about Islam on the opinion page of the conservative journal Qantara back on February 14, 2018,, came to light. For those remarks, he was promptly unendorsed by his party; he withdrew […]
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Qatar Touts “Special Relationship” With Islamic Jihad
By Daniel Greenfield on May 17, 2019 12:00 pm

We all have special relationships that truly matter to us. You may have a special relationship with your wife. Your wife may have a special relationship with your child. Qatar has a special relationship with Islamic Jihad. Read about it in the Qatar Tribune. Chairman of Qatar’s National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza Strip […]
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CAIR condemns Law & Order for “Islamophobic” episode, demands producers meet Muslim leaders
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 17, 2019 11:15 am

CAIR “wants the producers of NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) to meet with Muslim community leaders, in response to a controversial episode that aired last week, which viewers criticized for promoting Islamophobia and perpetuating harmful stereotypes.” Strange. The CBS program “Living Biblically” is an entire series which mocks Christianity but is generally […]
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UK: Muslim MP rejects “islamophobia” definition, says the term is “weaponized by hardline groups”
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 17, 2019 09:20 am

“England’s first Muslim MP today agreed that the Government was right to refuse to enshrine a definition of Islamophobia in law.  Labour’s Khalid Mahmood… said the move would only divide the country more and lead to increased segregation of Muslim communities.” He further stated: “I am for equality for all – but I oppose this. […]
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White House initiative to hold social media to account for censorship and bias
By marc on May 17, 2019 09:05 am

In the last few years, president Trump has been the primary target of social media and search engine manipulation of the algorithms used for the social engineering of entire populations, as the DailyMail quantified a few days ago.  The bias is between 2:1 and 3:1 to the advantage of leftist media,  but unfortunately this is […]
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Canada: al-Qaeda linked charity helps Toronto area Islamic center raise funds to turn church into mosque
By Christine Douglass-Williams on May 17, 2019 08:30 am

The “Al-Qaeda-linked Kuwaiti charity”–Revival of Islamic Heritage Society–helped the Canadian Islamic organization Abu Huraira Center raise funds “to buy a former Church to convert into a mosque”, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism.  The Church property cost about 8,800,000. The Revival of Islamic Heritage Society “was designated by the US Department of the Treasury […]
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