JIHAD WATCH 03/05/2020

Notre Dame prof Gabriel Said Reynolds falsely claims that Qur’an teaches only Allah should take revenge The fact that Gabriel Said Reynolds, who demonstrates here that he is either abjectly ignorant or willfully dishonest about Islam, is a professor of theology at Notre Dame shows how much our nation’s universities (and the Catholic Church) are dominated by fantasy and wishful thinking rather than being willing to deal with unpleasant realities. Reynolds […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Defense Dept linguist accused of passing classified info about DoD computer systems and US intel assets to Hizballah Was Mariam Taha Thompson vetted properly when she was hired? Almost certainly not. To have probed her sentiments regarding jihad would have been “Islamophobic.” What’s more, the U.S. government and military are still largely committed to the idea that Islam is a religion peace that has nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. This soothing fantasy […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Canada: High school teacher reprimanded for insulting Islam on Facebook “Yetman’s behaviour raises the concern that students in his classroom may not be treated in a respectful fashion.” That’s silly. The story here says he insulted other religions as well, but if he had insulted only Christianity, would there be concern that he couldn’t treat Christian students in a respectful fashion? If he had insulted […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Erdogan: “The number of refugees heading toward Europe will soon be in the millions” Turkey should not be in NATO. Turkey should not be considered an ally of the United States. “Erdogan warns ‘millions’ of refugees will soon head toward Europe,” Ekathimerini, March 2, 2020: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey had no intention of stopping migrant flows to the European Union warning that “millions” of people would soon […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Anti-Zionism and “providing cover” for Palestinian Authority the only unifying factor for World Council of Churches Far too many people do not accept what the Palestinian “resistance” for what it is:  an endeavor to advance the jihad against the State of Israel. The chant is well known — “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” It should be more widely known, however, that this chant means that “Palestine” […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Christine Douglass-Williams University of Maryland: Muslim student arrested for repeatedly sending antisemitic messages to female Jewish student Given the atmosphere on college and university campuses today, maybe Muqarrab Ahmed Abdullah thought that antisemitic activities were part of the required curriculum. “University of Maryland Student Arrested for Repeatedly Sending Antisemitic Messages to Female Jewish Schoolmate,” Algemeiner, March 1, 2020: A student at the University of Maryland (UMD) has been arrested for committing an […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Kashmir wing of al-Qaeda vows to “free the land of Kashmir from the Hindu polytheists, and will implement sharia” We’re constantly told that jihad terrorism has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam, and that only racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” think otherwise. Why is it, however, that the jihad terrorists themselves never seem to get the message? “Kashmir wing of terror group Al-Qaeda says recent Delhi riots have ‘energised’ the jihadis,” OpIndia, March 3, 2020: Ansar […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Macron Tries to Harden His Stance on an “Islam of France” (Part 2) The Turkish author of the Hürriyet article on President Macron, that I began to discuss in an article yesterday, continues: Macron made his comments ahead of France’s municipal elections, and according to some international news outlets, the message was intended to elicit support from right-wing voters. But if we are to put aside the electoral […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Christian tortured to death for bathing in Muslims’ well “O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean…” (Qur’an 9:28) Yes, in the Qur’an, Christians are considered polytheists: “And when Allah will say, ‘O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, “Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?”‘ He will say, ‘Exalted are you! It was not for […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Robert Spencer Pro-Palestinian Protester at AIPAC: “Hitler will come back! Burned, all of you!” It’s not an original idea. The Brotherhood’s Qaradawi expressed the same idea. Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them – even though they exaggerated this issue – he […] Read more 2020-03-04  •  Daniel Greenfield