JIHAD WATCH 12/29/2019

Islamic Republic of Iran: Nine Christians sentenced to prison for leaving Islam
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 05:00 pm

magine the outcry if nine Muslims had been jailed for leaving Christianity. But no one will take any significant notice of this. In any case, it could have been worse. They could have been sentenced to death. The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you […]
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Niger: Muslims murder 14 security force members escorting election officials
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 04:00 pm

Elections are sinful, you see, because Sharia should be implemented, as it is the law of Allah. No voting is necessary. “14 dead in Niger after Islamic extremists attack convoy,” by Dalatou Mamane, Associated Press, December 26, 2019: NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Islamic extremists on motorcycles killed 14 security force members who were escorting election […]
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Pakistan enraged over US keeping it on a list of violators of religious freedom
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 03:00 pm

“Pakistan is a multi-religious and pluralistic country where people of all faiths enjoy religious freedom under constitutional protections,” said Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Aisha Farooqui. And here is the truth about Pakistan. Scroll and see. “Pakistan Fumes After US Keeps It on Religious Freedom Blacklist,” by Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, December 26, 2019 (thanks to […]
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China plans to rewrite the Qur’an and the Bible to fit socialist values
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 02:00 pm

One of the groups that believe in these books will refuse to submit and accept the new book, even unto torture and death. The other group will riot and kill until this new book is definitively repudiated by everyone. Guess which is which? The repressive measures of the Chinese government are bad enough. This one, […]
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Malaysia: Court bans protest against Islamization of schools for fear Muslims would riot
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 01:00 pm

No big deal. This is exactly what would happen in the U.S. The whole world has agreed that the proper response to violent intimidation from Muslims is surrender and submission. “Malaysian court bans Chinese-education lobby group’s protest against ‘Islamisation’ of schools,” by Bhavan Jaipragas, South China Morning Post, December 27, 2019: A Malaysian court on […]
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Somalia: Muslims murder at least 73 with car bomb during rush hour in Mogadishu
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 12:00 pm

Another glimpse into the future of the West. “Somalia car bomb attack: At least 73 dead in blast during rush hour in Mogadishu,” AAP, December 28, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A car bomb has exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 73 people. It was one of […]
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Iran curbs internet before possible new protests, new killing spree may be coming
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Dec 28, 2019 11:00 am

Ahead of protests in Iran and dissident social media calls for demonstrations, the Iranian regime has “restricted mobile internet access in several provinces.” Some of those calls on social media are from family members of demonstrators, who lost loved ones during “the bloodiest crackdown on demonstrators in the 40-year history of the Islamic Republic” in […]
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Youssef Eddafali Just Can’t Figure Out What Made Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Do It
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Dec 28, 2019 10:00 am

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was back in the news in mid-December appealing to get his death penalty overturned. This recalls to mind a piece that was written last year — I suspect with considerable help in the actual composition — by Youssef Eddafali, a Moroccan immigrant, and published in the Boston Globe, about his […]
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Switzerland: Masked leftists storm worship service of Islamocritical female pastor on Christmas Eve
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 09:00 am

Slaves seeking slavery. “Activists disrupt worship service in Kleinhüningen,” translated from “Aktivisten stören Gottesdienst in Kleinhüningen,” Telebasel, December 25, 2019 (thanks to Searchlight Germany): On Christmas Eve, hooded people stormed into the service of Pastor Christine Dietrich in Kleinhüningen. Now the church is fighting back. According to the media release of the Evangelical Reformed Church […]
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Nigeria: More than 6,000 Christians killed by Islamic terrorists since 2015
By Robert Spencer on Dec 28, 2019 08:00 am

The world yawns. The international media would only care if the victims, not the perpetrators, were Muslims. “More than 6,000 Christians killed by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria since 2015, 1000 in last year alone: Reports,” OpIndia, December 26, 2019: In a shocking revelation, more than 6,000 Christians have been brutally murdered in the last four […]
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