JIHAD WATCH 03/23/2020

Al-Azhar Sheikh rejects idea that Islam needs reform: “War between heritage and modernity made up to hold us back” I would have said that this hits hardest those professional moderates who have grown rich and laden with honors by telling Western audiences what they want to hear, that is, feeding them soothing half-truths and outright lies about how Islam will soon reform and is or soon will be completely compatible with Western secular governance, […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Robert Spencer Iran: Muslim clerics still prompting multitudes to visit Islamic shrines amid coronavirus surge Iran is in shambles with coronavirus. They’ve insisted that the number of those who are infected is around 16,000, with a thousand deaths, but that was a few days ago. The number of those who are infected is multiplying fast, and the numbers Iranian officials are telling the world aren’t being believed. This is a […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Israel: Muslim MK who called jihad murderer a “hero” vows to divest Israel “of its Jewish and Zionist existence” Heba Yazbak would doubtless have no problem with Israel becoming an Islamic state. Her statements reveal the deceptiveness of the Palestinian Authority’s recognition of Israel’s right to exist. The PA’s recognition of Israel is a sham anyway, a semantic trick. The PA has never recognized Israel as a Jewish state. “We will never recognize the […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Robert Spencer Saudi Arabia: One man and two women arrested for mocking Islamic rites A glimpse into the future of the U.S. This can’t happen here, you say? We respect the freedom of speech, you say? Maybe that was true at one time, but it is no longer. Cowardice is pandemic. Newspapers all over the country refused to republish the notorious Muhammad cartoons out of a newfound “respect” for […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Robert Spencer Video: Muslim assaults Islam critic Rasmus Paludan in front of mosque The Danish Islam critic, Rasmus Paludan, got attacked by a Muslim in Copenhagen. The police reacted with great efficiency. Rasmus Paludan, founder and leader of the Danish party Hard Line, demonstrated against Islam and Muslim migration in front of a mosque in Copenhagen on March 20, 2020. A local Muslim approached Paludan and slapped him, […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Nicolai Sennels India: Hindu celebrations called off; many Muslims flout health advisories and continue large gatherings In a welcome move by the Uttar Pradesh state government in India, as a precautionary measure to combat Covid-19, the yearly carnival of the Hindu Ram Navami celebrations are being called off this year. However, the government’s struggle with its second largest religious group seems to have no end. Many Muslims in India are not […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Radhika Singh India: Muslims urged to defy precautions, “Sharing food eaten by another Muslim leads to healing and not corona” It sounds astoundingly imprudent, but actually the claim cannot be disproven. If you share food and get sick, it’s because you were sinful, not because Allah isn’t protecting the Muslims from coronavirus. I want to draw your attention towards the tiktok app where these types of videos are being promoted by @TikTok_IN .. #islamicpropaganda should […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Robert Spencer The Iranian Regime, Enduring Coronavirus Epidemic, Blames Infidels Iran is run by a collection of clerical gerontocrats who are fanatical in their faith. Unfortunately, their faith has not been enough to see them through the coronavirus. Their Supreme Leader is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who confidently told his countrymen on March 2 that the coronavirus was “not that big a deal” and soon would […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Israel: Muslim woman posing as Gaza aid worker arrested for passing money and intel to Hamas Aid funneled to jihad terror isn’t anything new, yet it has become commonplace, often in less blatant and obvious ways than we see in the case of Aya Khatib, who was pretending to be an aid worker. In fact, actual aid workers are routinely found to be funding and partnering with jihad terror groups. An […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Germany: Muslim “refugee” admits being bomb-maker for planned jihad massacre Kurds are mostly Sunni Muslims, and are largely covered in the media as a persecuted minority that is especially under threat from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In January 2018, 90,000 mosques prayed Qur’anic conquest prayers calling on Muslims to be “ruthless against unbelievers” and for victory against the Kurds, right before thousands of Turkish […] Read more 2020-03-22  •  Christine Douglass-Williams