JIHAD WATCH 01/11/2020

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren hosting call with pro-Tehran lobby group NIAC
By Robert Spencer on Jan 10, 2020 05:00 pm

Which side are they on? The answer to that is clear. “Warren, Sanders Hosting Call With Pro-Tehran Lobby Group,” by Adam Kredo and David Rutz, Washington Free Beacon, January 8, 2020: Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) are slated to host a conference call with an Iranian-American advocacy […]
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Nigeria: Muslims murder 20 soldiers, destroy 750 homes, make nearly 1,000 homeless in jihad attack on town
By Robert Spencer on Jan 10, 2020 04:00 pm

No one will care. The world’s “human rights” organizations will be too busy with their latest conference on “Islamophobia.” “Islamic State group in Nigeria kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 people,” Reuters, January 9, 2020: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town […]
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Malaysia’s Mahathir: Killing of Soleimani “immoral,” says “The time is right for Muslim countries to come together”
By Robert Spencer on Jan 10, 2020 03:00 pm

1. Muslim leader denounces killing of international jihad terror leader. 2. Counterterror analyst reports that Muslim leader denounces killing of international jihad terror leader. 3. Counterterror analyst is denounced as a “racist, bigoted Islamophobe.” Muslim leader is hailed as a “moderate.” “Muslims should unite after Iran commander’s killing: Mahathir,” Channel News Asia, January 7, 2020 […]
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Bernie Sanders: Killing a Terrorist Is Like Putting Muslims in Concentration Camps
By Daniel Greenfield on Jan 10, 2020 02:00 pm

With Beto O’Rourke out of the race, it’s up to Bernie Sanders to come up with the best hot take on the killing of Soleimani. And he delivers exactly the sort of rambling senile socialist rant you would expect from Jeremy Corbyn. All he leaves out is throwing around “empire”, “endless war”, and “neo-liberalism”. And then […]
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Prominent Italian intellectual accuses Pope of hating the West, aspiring to destroy it and Christian tradition
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Jan 10, 2020 01:00 pm

Jihad Watch has frequently addressed concerns about Pope Francis and his efforts to ally with unsavory Islamic leaders and push for more Muslim migrants in the West. It is fortunate that not all Catholic leaders see eye to eye with the Pope. For example, Cardinal Robert Sarah — prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship […]
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Kenya: Muslims storm military base, murder 3 Americans
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Jan 10, 2020 12:00 pm

Al-Shabaab stormed a military base used by Kenyan and U.S. forces and murdered 3 Americans. A statement was issued by AFRICOM Commander-U.S. Army General Stephen Townsend: Alongside our African and international partners, we will pursue those responsible for this attack and al-Shabaab who seeks to harm Americans and U.S. interests. We remain committed to preventing […]
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Central African Republic: Muslims murder two Christian pastors after Christmas Day service
By Robert Spencer on Jan 10, 2020 11:00 am

Will the Islamophobia never end? “Extremists shoot dead two pastors after Christmas Day service in Central African Republic,” Barnabas Fund, January 6, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Two pastors were shot dead by Muslim militants as they travelled together by car after a Christmas service on 25 December in the Central African Republic […]
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Ilhan Omar On the Warmongering Trump and the Killing Of Qassem Soleimani
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Jan 10, 2020 10:00 am

Many people – Americans, Europeans, Sunni Arabs — approved of the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Others did not, fearing an “escalation” or even a “war.” But even those Americans who disapproved of the targeted killing made sure to declare that Qassem Soleimani was a very bad man, responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands, […]
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Greeks in Turkey on the Verge of Extinction
By Uzay Bulut on Jan 10, 2020 09:00 am

“There is one Greek family left in Ortaköy”. The statement has recently been made by the Ortaköy Greek Foundation Chair, Strato Dolçinyadis. “Expropriated in the 1980s, the Greek school has been returned to them as a result of their struggle at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The revenue coming from the school is […]
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Austria: New coalition government announces new measures to curb “political Islam,” including headscarf ban
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Jan 10, 2020 08:00 am

Austria’s new coalition government — dubbed by CNN as “a balance of far right and environmental policies” — has announced new measures against “political Islam.” “The measures include a ban on Islamic headscarves for girls until they reach the age of 14 and a provision for putting potentially dangerous individuals in ‘protective custody’ to prevent […]
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Video: Iran’s Islamic Republic – 40 Years of Terror and Crime
By Jamie Glazov on Jan 10, 2020 07:59 am

This new special edition of The Glazov Gang features Iran’s Islamic Republic: 40 Years of Terror and Crime, unveiling When Mullahs’ hands are soaked in blood. Don’t miss it! Credit goes to Ken Timmerman for making this video – and make sure to visit The Free Iranian. Subscribe to the Glazov Gang‘s YouTube Channel and […]
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