JIHAD WATCH 10/23/2019

How President Trump changed the game
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 06:00 pm

Preorder The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process here.
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Chicago: Muslim caused bomb scare in casino, demands Qur’an at his defense table
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 05:00 pm

“On Feb. 12, Muadinov made alarming statements, was detained, demanded police take him to their leader and said if he didn’t meet with President Donald Trump, ‘we would all meet Allah,’ according to the affidavit.” Will this be dismissed as mental illness, as in so many other cases? Certainly his devout commitment to Islam, and […]
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Far-Left Open Democracy says “Islamophobia” on the rise in Sri Lanka after Easter jihad massacres
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 04:00 pm

“As it unfortunately happens in any part of the world after a terrorist attack carried out by Islamist groups, the immediate consequence is a backlash against the Muslim community.” That’s a false claim. There is media handwringing about a backlash against Muslims after every jihad massacre, but hardly ever is there an actual backlash. There […]
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India: Islamic girls’ schools are “finishing schools for child brides”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 03:00 pm

Imagine the embarrassment Indian authorities will feel when they discover that child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in […]
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The Kurds are paying a heavy price in this battle — but not because of a US betrayal
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 02:00 pm

Kenneth Timmerman’s article below is eminently reasonable, and he is right: the political and media elites that are howling over Trump’s “betrayal” of the Kurds will keep howling no matter what evidence is presented in defense of the withdrawal, because “none of them truly care about the Kurds.” All they want is a stick they […]
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Inside Mosques: Islamic Society of Chester County, Pennsylvania
By Dave Gaubatz on Oct 22, 2019 01:00 pm

SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF PAUL DAVID GAUBATZ WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA 2 Nov 2013 I, Paul David Gaubatz, declare under penalty of perjury that the following statements are true and correct and based on my own personal knowledge: This sworn affidavit pertains to Islamic Society of Chester County, operating within West Chester, Pennsylvania (1001 Pottstown Pike, West […]
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North Carolina: Driver deliberately hits and kills 79-year-old woman, tries to hit four others in “random” attack
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 12:00 pm

Police “have not revealed a motive in the case.” In light of the fact that “there is no known connection between Alshabani and any of the victims,” is it possible that this was vehicular jihad attack? Sawan Ibrahim Alshabani’s surname is common in Saudi Arabia. And the Islamic State issued this call in September 2014: So […]
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Australia: High court upholds convictions of three Muslims for female genital mutilation
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 11:00 am

FGM is mandated in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is called khufaadh ‘female circumcision’]).” — Umdat al-Salik e4.3, translated by Mark […]
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BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson Deserves A Rest (Part 1)
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Oct 22, 2019 10:00 am

John Simpson has been World Affairs Editor of the BBC for more than 30 years. In this position, he is one of the most powerful mind-molders in the British broadcast media. He has a say on everything: assignment of correspondents abroad (who’s in, who’s out, and where they are to be sent), stories (what to […]
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UK police urge public to report “hateful” behaviour “even if it isn’t a crime,” say “you don’t even need evidence”
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 09:00 am

Note also that the possibility of Muslims brutalizing and victimizing non-Muslims is not contemplated, despite a superabundance of evidence, in the Muslim rape gangs and incidents such as this one, that such things do happen. In Boris Johnson’s shabby little police state, the narrative must be advanced, and reality will just have to bend to […]
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France: “Anti-terror judge” says jihadis must be allowed to return or there will be more jihad attacks
By Robert Spencer on Oct 22, 2019 08:00 am

We simply have to allow them to return home, or else they will resume their jihad, see? And once at home, what will they do? Why, resume their jihad, of course. Why is there virtually no one with common sense and courage among the leaders of Europe? “French jihadis will launch new wave of attacks […]
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