JIHAD WATCH 03/28/2020

DHS Warns ‘Violent Extremists’ Seeking to ‘Exploit’ Coronavirus, But Don’t Worry: ‘We’re Here’ My latest in PJ Media: The Department of Homeland Security’s Counterterrorism Mission Center and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office has just sent out a memo warning law enforcement officials that “violent extremists probably are seeking to exploit public fears associated with the spread of COVID-19 to incite violence, intimidate targets and promote their ideologies, […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Robert Spencer Fatah top dog says call for 1967 borders is part of stages plan to eradicate Israel altogether Tawfiq Tirawi is more forthright than most, but what he says here is, contrary to popular belief, the common view among the “Palestinian” leadership. Find out why in The Palestinian Delusion. “Despite Corona crisis: PA’s 1967 borders proposal is part of stages plan to replace Israel, indicates Fatah official,” by Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Robert Spencer Egypt: Survey shows that women approve of female genital mutilation more than men do The likely explanation for this is that female genital mutilation has justification in Islamic law. This story repeats the usual establishment media line: “People in countries where FGM is still common attempt to link it to religion, but the practice has nothing to do with any faith and predates both Christianity and Islam. It has […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Robert Spencer Norway: Son of Muslim migrants arrested for plotting to bomb St. Paul’s Cathedral in London “I always know I wanted to do something big… .killing one kafir (infidel) is not enough for me” Where did Safiyya Shaikh and her Norway-based partner get this idea? Why do those who — we are constantly told — misunderstand the Religion of Peace all misunderstand it in exactly the same way? “Somali-Norwegian Muslim arrested […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Robert Spencer Turkish columnists call for new caliphate, say democracy is “dress of Greek philosophers that was put on Muslims” “We commemorate with mercy and gratitude the jihad leaders ‘Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam, Hassan Al-Banna, Abdullah Azzam, Ahmad Yassin, and Necmeddin Erbakan, who are the jihad teachers of our age.” Hassan Al-Banna was the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Abdullah Azzam was a founder of al-Qaeda. Ahmad Yassin was founder of Hamas. “There cannot be Islam […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Robert Spencer GainPeace’s Whitewashing of Jihad Muslim writers who are apologists for jihad seem to be motivated to accomplish two goals. The good and laudable goal is that of dissuading those Muslims who are inclined to use violence for the sake of Islam, Allah, and Muhammad, his Prophet. The second, less commendable goal, is to whitewash the image of Islam in […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Darrell Pack Illinois: Cook County Candidate Embraces ‘Unrepentant Anti-Semite’ Rashida Tlaib in Bid for Local Office What motivated freshman Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to come all the way to Chicago to support Abdelnasser Rashid, a candidate for a local office at the Cook County Board of Review? A member of an ultra-progressive clique of junior lawmakers known as “the Squad,” Tlaib traveled to Illinois on March 1 to be the “special […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Hesham Shehab Iran Sponsors Another Cartoon Contest, This One About the Supposed Coronavirus Conspiracy Here’s the latest unappetizing news from Iran: The organizer of the Iranian regime’s contest of caricatures trivializing the Nazi Holocaust has seized on a new theme — promoting the conspiracy theory that the US is behind the coronavirus pandemic. Masoud Shojaei-Tabatabaei — an artist and veteran propagandist on behalf the Islamic Republic ‘s ruling clerics — […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Illinois: Circuit Judge candidate tied to groups with history of links to Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas On February 25, the Chicago Tribune  endorsed the president of the Muslim Bar Association of Illinois, Dr. Azam Nizamuddin, the Democratic candidate for the position of Circuit Judge in Dupage County, Illinois. As a lawyer with twenty years of experience, adjunct professor of theology, and interfaith activist, Nizamuddin may sound like the perfect candidate for […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Hesham Shehab Turkey: Website promotes ISIS material, including article called “Kill The Idolaters Wherever You Find Them” “The website published a translation of an ISIS article titled ‘Kill The Idolaters Wherever You Find Them.'” Wow, what vicious “extremists,” right? Well, there is this: “And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the idolaters wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every […] Read more 2020-03-27  •  Robert Spencer