JIHAD WATCH 10/17/2019

Where does this hatred come from?
By Robert Spencer on Oct 16, 2019 06:00 pm

Find out in The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process, which you can preorder now here.
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UK cops encourage Muslim women to report hate crimes
By Robert Spencer on Oct 16, 2019 05:00 pm

Superintendent Andy Bennett of the Avon and Somerset Police’s hate crime unit said that there is “still a substantial gap between reported and unreported crime and in some crime categories it can be as much as 50%.” How does Bennett know that there is a “substantial gap between reported and unreported crime”? For him to […]
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UK: Judge says Muslim driver who deliberately tried to run over and kill cops and cyclists had “terrorist motives”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 16, 2019 04:00 pm

Authorities in shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain never dare to discuss or examine, much less confront, the actual nature of those “terrorist motives.” The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014: So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the […]
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Netherlands: Muslim migrant stabs two tourists “to protect the Prophet Muhammad”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 16, 2019 03:00 pm

Jawed Santani has said: “I was planning to kill unfair and cruel people, those who make it possible for the Prophet Mohammed to be insulted…I wanted to defend my religion and make it clear that my religion should be left alone. If you don’t do that, you should be prepared for these kind of actions.” […]
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Tunisia: Muslim “religious extremist” stabs French tourist to death
By Robert Spencer on Oct 16, 2019 02:00 pm

This Xinhua article identifies the attacker only as a “religious extremist.” Apparently even the Chinese establishment media wants to make sure that readers don’t get any negative impression of Islam. But this happened in Tunisia, so it’s quite clear what kind of “religious extremist” was involved here. Islamic jihadis in Muslim countries hate tourists, who […]
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Indonesia: Christian enclave faces upheaval as “halal tourism” is advanced
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Oct 16, 2019 01:00 pm

“Lake Toba and the surrounding region is home to the country’s largest Christian ethnic minority group, the Batak.” But now the provincial governor of North Sumatra, Edy Rahmayadi, has proposed making the area attractive to Muslim tourists, via “halal tourism.” “Ideas included introducing halal certification for restaurants and building more mosques.” This means an abrupt […]
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Germany: Mosques pray for Erdogan’s military offensive against Kurds: “Allah, lead our glorious army to victory”
By Vijeta Uniyal on Oct 16, 2019 12:00 pm

Mosques in Germany are praying for the Turkish army’s success as it wages a fierce military offensive against the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces and civilians in neighboring Syria, German newspaper Die Welt reported. The worshippers pray the victory verse: “Allah, Lead Our Glorious Army to Victory.” The backing from mosques in Germany comes days after Turkish […]
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Canada’s elections: Muslim cleric says all candidates are evil since they support homosexuality and Zionism
By Robert Spencer on Oct 16, 2019 11:00 am

How likely do you think it is that Kathrada and those in his congregation who believe his teaching will become loyal, productive members of Canadian society? Making his supremacist sentiments clear, Kathrada has previously said that “Muslims must be offended when people say Jesus is the Son of God.” As for “filthy non-Muslims,” that idea […]
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Pope Francis Elevates an Interfaith-Healing Archbishop
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Oct 16, 2019 10:00 am

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, about whom I wrote Monday, is not the only one. There is also Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald (no relation). The disquieting story is here: Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, former head of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has been made a cardinal by Pope Francis. The Walsall-born White Father, who is now based at […]
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Erdogan threatens EU: Submit or “we’ll send 3.6 million refugees your way”; Lebanese MP to EU: “Kneel before us”
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Oct 16, 2019 09:00 am

Mohammad Raed, a Lebanese legislator representing Hezbollah: “All we have to do is wave the card of Syrian refugees and all the European countries will kneel before us.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “Hey European Union. Pull yourself together…..If you try to label this operation as an invasion, it’s very simple: we will open the […]
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Italy: Muslim migrant once deported by Salvini mocks him as country reopens ports
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Oct 16, 2019 08:00 am

Populist leader Matteo Salvini has scolded Italy’s new government: “With the new [Italian] government, many migrants are ready to leave Tunisia to come to Italy.’ This is madness! Shame on you Conte, you are destroying Italy!” Salvini is right. 2000 African migrants have landed in Italy in September; one illegal Tunisian migrant among them is […]
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Glazov Gang: Tlaib Comes Out for Jim Crow-Style Laws
By Jamie Glazov on Oct 16, 2019 07:59 am

This new episode of The Glazov Gang features Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. His new book is The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Robert focuses on Tlaib Comes Out for Jim Crow-Style Laws — and for Arrests of Her Political Foes. […]
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The Islamic Meaning of Jihad
By Aynaz Anni Cyrus on Oct 16, 2019 07:58 am

My latest video, on jihad and its meaning.
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