JIHAD WATCH 04/23/2020

Robert Spencer Video: Is Islam Globally Waxing or Waning? I recently led a webinar with q and a for the Middle East Forum. Read more 2020-04-22  •  Robert Spencer New York mosque still open for daily prayers while churches across the US face mandatory shutdowns If you’re surprised, maybe you’ve been asleep for the last 20 years. “New York mosque still open for daily prayers while churches across the country face mandatory shutdowns,” by Paul Shiver, The Blaze, April 20, 2020: A mosque in New York is reportedly still open for daily prayers amid the coronavirus pandemic that has forced […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Robert Spencer Malaysia: Police detain salesman and college student for insulting Islam This incident shows yet again 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 […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Robert Spencer Sweden: Muslim migrant sexually assaults 12-year-old girl, is imprisoned and released, rapes other 12-year-old girl No one wants to face the hard facts, but this is why this sort of thing keeps happening: a survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has previously said that her rapists would quote Quran to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. Thus it came as no surprise when Muslim migrants […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Robert Spencer UK: Muslim beats policewoman, punching her so hard that she falls and continuing attack as she lies on the ground Hussain “initially appeared calm” and then attacked the two police officers without any provocation or warning. “Then with no warning whatsoever he punched the male officer in the face knocking him backwards….However the female was more seriously injured with a bruised and swollen cheek, a bloodied nose, a cut to the inside of her mouth […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Christians facing starvation for refusing to convert to Islam Jihad Watch reported at the beginning of this month that  Saylani Welfare International Trust in Karachi was denying food aid to poor Hindus and Christians amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The reason for this is that Zakat, Islamic alms giving (one of Islam’s five pillars), is reserved for Muslims.” Then came the report that Christians and […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Pakistan: Amid coronavirus, government launches “Islam friendly” action plan to keep mosques open for Ramadan While deciding to keep all mosques open, the Pakistani government vowed to adhere to “precautionary measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.” How they intend to do this is unclear. And here’s the real comfort: the President of Pakistan, Imran Khan, “assured the clergy that he would soon announce a special worship day called […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Christine Douglass-Williams The Economist Blames Israel for the Parlous State of Gaza’s Health-Care System Adam Levick of CAMERA has noticed that The Economist has chosen to blame Israel for the parlous state of Gaza’s health-care system. Its method is the Lie Direct: The Economist is the latest British media outlet to mislead on the coronavirus-related healthcare crisis in Gaza. Their March 26th article (“Gaza, already under siege, imposes lockdown”), […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Trump: “I have instructed the US Navy to destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea” I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020 Just days ago, I wrote: “The Iranians may soon come to regret behaving as if Obama were still putting his feet up in […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Robert Spencer Bangladesh: Over 100,000 gather for funeral of Islamic teacher, defying coronavirus lockdown In late March, tens of thousands of Muslims defied official warnings in Bangladesh to hold a mass public prayer for protection from the coronavirus. Jihad Watch reported at the time: They’re waging “health jihad” and heeding dictates similar to those of the Iraqi Kurdish Supreme Fatwa Committee, which declared “anyone who dies due to Covid-19 is a martyr […] Read more 2020-04-22  •  Christine Douglass-Williams