JIHAD WATCH 03/24/2020

Minnesota: Muslim Migrant Physician Pledges Allegiance to ISIS My latest in PJ Media: Muhammad Masood is a former research coordinator at the Mayo Clinic, and so he could have been spending his time trying to find a cure for coronavirus. Instead, however, he decided to direct his attention to matters that he thought would be more pleasing to Allah. He wrote: “i want […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer Islam Comes Face-to-Face with Its Own Fundamental Contradiction It is often asserted that Islam is incompatible with one or another of civilisation’s Enlightenment achievements, such as freedom, human rights, equality, democracy, Western society, individual autonomy, etc. All such claims are, of course, correct. Yet they present only a limited picture, for each of these incompatibilities represents only a particular manifestation of a far […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Anjuli Pandavar “Palestinian” activist: “We are longing for bombings of buses, and martyrdom operations inside the Zionist entity” “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) “Palestinian Activist Yaser Mazhar Calls on Palestinians to Carry out Suicide Bombings in Israel: We Long for Bus Bombings,” MEMRI, March 5, […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood fatwas forbid new churches, allow looting non-Muslim money and say women inferior to men The Islamic State (ISIS) is universally regarded as “extremist,” but the Obama administration did all it could to support the short-lived Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt. “ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood Fatwas Call for Discrimination against Christians, Women,” Asharq Al-Awsat, March 22, 2020: Egypt’s Dar El-Ifta’s Global Fatwa Index (GFI) has registered a number of fatwas by […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer Islamic State calls on Allah to increase coronavirus torment against idolatrous nations Allah promises in the Qur’an to terrorize non-Muslims: “We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 3:151) “When your Lord inspired […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer Iranian TV: Coronavirus may be “ethnic weapon” that US developed to target Iranians and Chinese Of course, no good conspiracy theory would be complete without Israel: “In the Zionist regime, they work on bioterrorism agents that only infect a certain ethnic group – the Palestinians. Do not tell me that this is impossible.” “Experts on Iranian TV: COVID-19 May Be an American ‘Ethnic Weapon’ Targeting the Genome of Iranians, Chinese,” […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslim leader says coronavirus is wrath of Allah on non-Muslim nations that have persecuted Muslims This kind of talk leads to more jihad activity, which is probably what Hafiz Aakif Saeed has in mind. “Religious leader terms corona pandemic wrath of Allah,” The News International, March 21, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): LAHORE: Tanzeem-e-Islami (TI) ameer Hafiz Aakif Saeed said the scare and panic across the world in […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer More Coronavirus Craziness From Turkey Many examples of conspiracy theories, inshallah-fatalism, and sheer craziness have been on display in the Muslim Middle East, as it tries to make sense of the coronavirus. A recent roundup of voices from Turkey at Memri.org offers views often contradicting one another. Here is Memri’s summary of what the Turkish press and public have been […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Iran: Top Muslim cleric says reports that he approved use of Israeli coronavirus vaccine are “absolutely fake news” Ayatollah Shirazi and his colleagues would rather see their people die than to see them be cured by an Israeli invention. “‘Absolutely Fake News:’ Iranian Top Cleric Denies Allowing Use of Israel Vaccine for Coronavirus,” by Benjamin Brown, TPS, March 17, 2020: Iranian cleric and religious authority Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has denied approving the […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Robert Spencer US Finally Suspends Refugee Admissions Finally. It’s surreal that major cities and states are being shut down, and people ordered to stay in their homes, but the stream of migrants keeps on coming. And there’s a push to have the bailout/stimulus bills include even more immigration. Finally we’re suspending refugee processing. The United States is putting a temporary pause on […] Read more 2020-03-23  •  Daniel Greenfield