JIHAD WATCH 10/15/2019

Clear away the misinformation that has clouded the Israeli/ “Palestinian” conflict for decades
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 06:00 pm

The truth about the Israeli/”Palestinian” conflict has been obscured for decades. American Presidents and even Israeli Prime Ministers have signed on to the falsehoods and validated them. This has led to billions, if not trillions, being wasted in self-defeating, ill-conceived policies. Enough is enough. Get the facts in The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of […]
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NPR Touts Walking Tour of Muslim History in NYC That Leaves Out City’s Biggest Muslim Historical Site
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 05:00 pm

My latest in PJ Media: NPR on Saturday ran an enthusiastic, bubbly puff piece about “free walking tours” that take place “about once a month to remember centuries of Muslim history in New York City.” Gee, that’s swell. But it does raise an inevitable question: isn’t there a site in New York City where Muslims […]
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Catholic Intellectual Robert George: ‘Christians and Muslims Must, as Never Before, Join Hands’
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 04:00 pm

My latest in PJ Media: Princeton Professor Robert George, a very public Catholic intellectual, has published a piece in the left-leaning Jesuit magazine America saying: “I urge my fellow Christians of all traditions to remember how much we share with faithful Muslims.” He declares that “Christians and Muslims must, as never before, join hands to […]
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President Trump announces $50 million in emergency aid to help Christians and other religious minorities in Syria
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 03:00 pm

The question no one is addressing in the ongoing controversy over Trump and Syria is whether having American troops on the ground is really the best way to deal with the multiple problems the situation presents. Or if the US commits to going to war against every despot in the world, the wars will by […]
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Actual Conditions for Jews Circa Late 2018 in the Iraqi Kurdistan Paradise: Past as Prologue
By Andrew Bostom on Oct 14, 2019 02:00 pm

Res Ipsa Loquitur (Or so  one would think) Largely autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan is a Sharia-based society, per its own Constitution, (Articles 6 & 7):  This Constitution confirms and respects the Islamic identity of the majority of the people of Iraqi Kurdistan. It considers the principles of Islamic Sharia as one of the main sources of […]
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Forbes: “Why Pakistan should be on every solo female traveler’s bucket list”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 01:00 pm

Why Pakistan should be on every solo female traveler's bucket list https://t.co/xBg9BHARrP pic.twitter.com/Sizp2SiFaC — Forbes (@Forbes) October 12, 2019   What could possibly go wrong? “Most dangerous countries in the world 2019 – ranked,” Atlas & Boots, April 29, 2019 — Pakistan comes in as the 11th most dangerous country in the world. “Pakistan: where […]
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Shireen Qudosi and the question of Islamic reformers
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 12:00 pm

Recently I had an unpleasant online encounter with the self-styled “Muslim Reformer” Shireen Qudosi that highlighted some of the principal problems with the entire Muslim reform movement in the West, and showed why so many people are skeptical of these “reformers.” Please pardon the personal references in the first part of this; this post is […]
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Kurdish forces strike deal with Syrian government to oppose Turkish incursion
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 11:30 am

Handling the problem themselves? What? How can this be used to destroy Trump if they do that? “US-backed Kurdish forces strike deal with Syria’s Assad,” by Helen Regan and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, October 14, 2019: (CNN) – Abandoned by the United States and facing a deepening Turkish military offensive, Kurdish forces near the northern Syrian […]
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Contrary to media myth, Trump did not betray the Kurds
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 11:00 am

A bit of common sense and clear thinking amid the current hysteria, from Caroline Glick. “Trump did not betray the Kurds,” by Caroline B. Glick, Israel Hayom, October 11, 2019: The near-consensus view of US President Donald Trump’s decision to remove American special forces from the Syrian border with Turkey is that Trump is enabling […]
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Kurdish authorities say 785 Islamic State prisoners attack guards and escape
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 10:30 am

President Trump suggests that the Kurds may have released them in order to get us involved: ….Kurds may be releasing some to get us involved. Easily recaptured by Turkey or European Nations from where many came, but they should move quickly. Big sanctions on Turkey coming! Do people really think we should go to war […]
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Bologna, Cardinal Zuppi, and That Pork-Filled Tortellini Ban
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Oct 14, 2019 10:00 am

Bologna is a city that is famous for its food. It is known Bologna la Grassa – Bologna the Well-Nourished – and is especially known for its pork-based foods: salumi include all cured meats, including salami, prosciutto cotto (baked or boiled ham), prosciutto crudo, salsicce (sausages) of all kinds. The Feast of San Petronio, the […]
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When Terrorists Rule: The Truth About Gaza
By Rami Dabbas on Oct 14, 2019 09:00 am

Hamas is the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. When such groups and theocratic regimes reach power, this is terrorism. How the terrorist dictatorship Hamas controls Gaza with an iron fist has finally been exposed, revealing its ugly face and providing the clearest example of how repressive terrorist […]
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Egypt: Friends fear that family of ex-teacher of Islam who became Christian may have killed him
By Robert Spencer on Oct 14, 2019 08:00 am

The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
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Glazov Gang: Turkish Dissident Faces 10 Years in Prison
By Jamie Glazov on Oct 14, 2019 07:59 am

This new edition of the Glazov Gang features Kursat Christoff Pekgoz, a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California. He has advocated for the civil rights of secular dissidents and religious minorities while living in Turkey. He has been banned from Twitter for criticizing Ilhan Omar and for posting, “radical Islam is wrong.” Kursat […]
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