JIHAD WATCH 03/31/2020

Coronavirus Is for Infidels: Some Toronto Mosques Stay Open Despite Pandemic My latest in PJ Media: Anyone who doesn’t comply with coronavirus restrictions is endangering others. Accordingly, it is a matter of more than local concern that while most mosques in the Toronto area (where Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared a state of emergency) have closed, some are stubbornly staying open. This is not for […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer At UN, Pakistan calls for labeling organizations critical of Islam as terrorists As I show in detail in my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies), for years now the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Pakistani government have been trying to intimidate the United Nations into adopting Sharia blasphemy laws under the guise of proscribing “hate speech” or “incitement to religious hatred.” […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer Netflix series “Messiah” canceled after charges of “subtextual anti-Islamic sentiment” “After the first season debuted in January, there were complaints that the series contained subtextual anti-Islamic sentiment…” “Subtextual.” That means you won’t notice them unless you’re a paranoid Leftist or Muslim authoritarian who wants to use claims of victimhood to gain total control over the public discourse. Would Netflix cancel a series over charges of […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer Iraq: Muslims gather in mosque, chant “coronavirus has terrified you” as cleric blames gay marriage for plague This must be it, right? The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer Germany closes its borders due to coronavirus, except for migrants from Asia, Middle East and Africa What could possibly go wrong? The migrants could also bring in the coronavirus? Inconceivable! Many of the migrants come from societies and cultures with values incompatible with Western values? Why, you racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” “Germany: Borders are closed due to the coronavirus epidemic — except for migrants,” by Michael Lord, Voice of Europe, March 23, […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer Cameroon: Muslims defy coronavirus restrictions, crowd into mosques “This is a time people have to go to the mosque and pray ceaselessly. Anything out of that will not be tolerated by Allah, because this is a period where people are facing a lot of difficulties due to the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19.” What could possibly go wrong? Note also that a person […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer Yemen: Islamic scholar says Jews and US created coronavirus in order to take control of Mecca and Medina And the Jews put the Saud clan in power in Arabia in order to Judaize the mosques in Mecca and Medina. The fact that the Sauds have been in power for 100 years and that hasn’t happened doesn’t stop this man’s conspiratorial anti-Semitic fantasies. “Friday Sermon by Yemeni Scholar Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Coronavirus Is Part of […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer How Muslim Clerics Exploit the Spread of the Coronavirus The story is here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The devastating onslaught of the coronavirus is being exploited by Muslim clerics to instill fear in their followers and compel stricter religious observance. At the same time, parts of the Arab world are looking to Israel and the Jews to find a cure. On hearing initial reports of the […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Canada: Islamic scholar says don’t take Jews or Christians as friends, doing so is “more dangerous than the coronavirus” “O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.” (Qur’an 5:51) Islamic apologists in the U.S. routinely scoff when this […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer Old video of interfaith service now viral with claim Trump offers Islamic prayers, reads Quran to stop coronavirus “War is deceit,” said Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.268). The same claim has been made about the Chinese Premier. “Old video of interfaith service viral as Donald Trump offers Islamic prayers amid coronavirus pandemic,” by Archit Mehta, Alt News, March 28, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): …As the US becomes the new epicentre for the […] Read more 2020-03-30  •  Robert Spencer