JIHAD WATCH 07/28/2019

Malaysia: Government agencies to monitor social media for insults to Islam and Muhammad
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 05:00 pm

The initiative to criminalize and/or make socially unacceptable any criticism of Islam is already well advanced in the West. Here is a glimpse into the next step. “Jakim, MCMC to monitor complaints made on those who insult Islam over social media,” Bernama, July 27, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): HULU SELANGOR, July 27 […]
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Pakistan: Muslim kidnaps 14-year-old Christian girl, forces her to convert to Islam and marry him
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 04:00 pm

And as for the forced conversions, the  Qur’an says that “there is no compulsion in religion,” (2:256), but what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is […]
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Afghanistan: Taliban lash two women for attending music party
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 03:00 pm

Whenever I note that Islamic law forbids music (aside from nasheeds, a cappella songs encouraging jihad), I am excoriated as a greasy Islamophobe, but it’s nonetheless true: Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.” (The Hadith Qudsi, or […]
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UK: Antisemitic, pro-jihad Labour Party demands that Boris Johnson fire aide who praised foe of jihad terror
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 02:00 pm

Anne Marie Waters opposes jihad mass murder and Sharia oppression of women, gays, and others. Because of that, the Labour Party, whose leader has close links with the jihad terrorists of Hamas and Hizballah, is demanding the head of Boris Johnson aide Chloe Westley for daring to praise Waters in 2016. Yes, Labour is insane […]
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Another Jew-hater at CNN: Muslim host of digital tech show tweeted “I love you Hitler”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 01:00 pm

Yesterday it was Mohammed Elshamy; today it is Kareem Farid. It is becoming clearer that this is mainstream, acceptable thought at CNN, which would never dream of hiring an accused “Islamophobe.” “Another CNN Personality’s Antisemitic Tweets Unearthed: ‘I Love You Hitler,’” by Hannah Bleau, Breitbart, July 26, 2019 (thanks to Inexion): Another CNN personality who […]
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Afghanistan’s former border police chief: “60 to 70% of the land is controlled by the Islamic Emirate”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 12:00 pm

Afghanistan has border police? How racist? In any case, the Taliban is trying to establish a Sharia state in Afghanistan. If we stay there for another year, and then leave, the Taliban will take advantage of our absence to try to expand its domains further. If we stay there another 10 years, or 25 years, […]
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France: Muslim city official celebrates his birthday with a Nazi swastika cake
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 11:00 am

Has Boumaaz been fired from his position in Montpelier? No. If he had expressed opposition to jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others, would he be fired? He wouldn’t even have been hired. “French city official celebrates his birthday with a swastika cake,” Times of Israel, July 26, 2019 (thanks to the Geller […]
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Is the Umma Shatter-Proof? (Part 3)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jul 27, 2019 10:00 am

A third example of a split in the Umma has to do with the reaction of Muslims, and non-Muslims, to the savage repression of the Uighurs and the campaign against Islam in China. Here is some of what the Chinese government has done: The government in 2017 passed laws requiring all restaurants to stay open […]
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“Bronx man” removed from Qatar Airways plane when it was discovered he was going to join the Taliban
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 09:00 am

Where did this “Bronx man” go to mosque? What is taught at that mosque? Why isn’t that mosque being investigated? “Airline officials remove suspected terrorist from Middle East-bound plane,” Punch, July 26, 2019: Officials said on Friday that Federal authorities removed a Bronx man off an airplane bound for the Middle East after learning the […]
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BDS advocate Ilhan Omar uses an Israeli company to power her website
By Robert Spencer on Jul 27, 2019 08:00 am

She doesn’t have to worry, of course: the establishment media will never call her out on this hypocrisy. “Whoops: BDS Proponent Ilhan Omar uses Israeli company to Power Website,” by David Sidman, Breaking Israel News, July 23, 2019: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D, MN), who introduced legislation that seeks to protect those who want to boycott, […]
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