JIHAD WATCH 06/17/2019

Canadian government gives federal grant to Islamic charity suspended for arming jihad terrorists
By Robert Spencer on Jun 16, 2019 02:01 pm

What could possibly go wrong? Any other course of action would have been “Islamophobic.” “Charity suspended over terror financing concerns gets Canada Summer Jobs grant,” by Stewart Bell, Global News, June 13, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A Toronto-area organization that was suspended by charities regulators and fined $550,000 over concerns it may […]
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Malaysia: Man pleads guilty to insulting Muhammad and Islam on Facebook
By Robert Spencer on Jun 16, 2019 01:54 pm

A glimpse into the future of the U.S. and Europe, unless there is a large-scale recovery of the importance of the freedom of speech. “Man — charged with insulting Islam, Prophet Muhammad, Hadi Awang — changes plea to guilty,” Bernama, June 13, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — A […]
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UK anti-hate organization disavows Fiyaz Mughal’s No2H8Crime awards
By Joshua Winston on Jun 16, 2019 01:47 pm

I’ve written before about how an organization that Fiyaz Mughal helped set up (No2H8Crime) nominated an internet troll who is known for doing nothing more than attempting to destroy lives by trolling online with racists and homophobes. These organizations, that are funded with taxpayers’ money, would on the surface appear to have noble reasons for […]
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Thailand: Muslims gun down elderly Buddhist couple
By Robert Spencer on Jun 16, 2019 01:31 pm

The international media will take little note of this. But just imagine the outcry if the roles were reversed. Time Magazine would run another cover story about “Buddhist militancy.” As always, the media objective is to engage in moral equivalence and do whatever is necessary to absolve Islam from the evils committed in its name […]
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Dueling Senate Resolutions on Anti-Semitism Condemn Omar, Promote Islam
By Daniel Greenfield on Jun 16, 2019 01:08 pm

On Thursday, June 13, the Senate passed two resolutions on anti-Semitism by unanimous consent. The two resolutions, passed back to back, offer an interesting contrast. The first resolution, 189, sponsored by Ted Cruz is a brief summary and condemnation of anti-Semitism. The submitters lean Republican, but not that much so, they also include Senator Coons, […]
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Austria to shut down “controversial” Saudi center for interfaith religious dialogue
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Jun 16, 2019 12:03 pm

Austrian MPs have voted to shut down the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue “following repeated criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record.” Saudi Arabia is certainly not the only Islamic country that is spreading its influence throughout the West under a banner of “dialogue” and “peace,” while routinely abusing […]
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Craig Hicks Sentenced to Life for Killing Three Neighbors (Part 1)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jun 16, 2019 10:00 am

  Craig Hicks is the unhinged man who killed three neighbors in a dispute over parking privileges at his apartment house in Chapel Hill in 2015. He has pleaded guilty to killing all three and just been sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Here are representative titles of media reports on his sentencing: NPR: N […]
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Muslim MP slams UK government for silence over Trump’s twitter attack on London Muslim mayor
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Jun 16, 2019 09:53 am

UK Labour MP Naz Shah says that the government is “failing to stand with minority communities” and allowing “hatred and bigoted views to become legitimised”. Her accusation follows what she called “the government’s shameful silence after Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack London Mayor Sadiq Khan.” Trump had every reason to. Here’s a general […]
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Georgetown, other universities accused of covering up millions taken from jihad-promoting Qatar
By Robert Spencer on Jun 16, 2019 09:43 am

Georgetown University is a national disgrace, employing numerous apologists for jihad and professional dissemblers about the teachings of Islam that incite believers to commit acts of jihad violence. The millions it is alleged to have taken from Qatar may be a partial explanation for its steep decline from academic institution to Islamic dawah and propaganda […]
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Sweden: Five imams to be deported as security threats
By Robert Spencer on Jun 16, 2019 09:31 am

These imams have dedicated their lives to understanding Islam correctly and communicating it properly. How did they get the idea that Islam required them to plot violence and commit treason against the land that gave them refuge? Imam Pope Francis, call your office! “Sweden to deport five Imams because they are a security threat,” Voice […]
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