JIHAD WATCH 05/04/2020

Virginia: Imam says coronavirus is Allah’s trial for “violations not only by the Jewish people, but every nation” Shaker Elsayed is actually making an extended pitch for the idea that the coronavirus is Allah’s punishment for not obeying the Sharia, and so can only be cured by Sharia obedience. This is akin to another claim that other Islamic apologists in the West have been making recently: Islam long ago prescribed masks and forbade […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan’s minister of state for parliamentary affairs: “Beheading is the only punishment for those who mock Prophet Muhammad” What are the chances that Pakistan will repeal its draconian blasphemy laws, under which so many innocent people have been victimized? About nil. “Pakistan minister calls for beheading of blasphemers,” UCA News, May 1, 2020: Pakistan’s minister of state for parliamentary affairs has called for the beheading of people who commit blasphemy. “Beheading is the […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Robert Spencer From Country Singer to Trans Antifa Militant My latest in PJ Media: Investigative journalist Andy Ngo several days ago identified an Antifa member who has been sought by the Portland, Oregon, police since last August in a criminal investigation. The Portland police didn’t say what the investigation was about, but there are videos of this person appearing to commit assault and unmistakably […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Robert Spencer Ramadan in Afghanistan: Muslim murders three civilians and wounds 15 in jihad suicide bombing in Kabul Ramadan is the month of jihad, the month when Muslims strive to please Allah more fervently. And so because murdering Infidels who are considered to be at war with Allah is a pious act, there is generally more bloodshed during Ramadan than during the rest of the year. And here we are. “Suicide attack leaves […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Robert Spencer Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue urges Catholics to participate in Ramadan iftars More dialogue follies. I explain why this is so foolish and wrongheaded below. “Vatican Urges Catholics to Share Ramadan,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, May 2, 2020: VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is encouraging Christians to join in the Islamic iftar ‘ritual’ meal on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Ramadan. […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Robert Spencer Israel: 19-year-old “Palestinian” Muslim stabs 62-year-old Israeli woman “The victim was taken to Meir Medical Center in the city, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service. Police believe that attack was nationalistically motivated.” “Nationalistically motivated.” Well, that’s one way to put it. But the “Palestinian” jihad isn’t ultimately motivated by nationalism. Find out what really motivates it in The Palestinian Delusion: The […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Robert Spencer Iran issues threat over Germany’s ban of Hizballah: “The German government must face the negative consequences” Jihad Watch has been on this story since the news first broke in December that the German parliament had passed a resolution calling for a national ban on Hizballah activities. Germany surprisingly followed through. The German government is not only implementing a national ban, but is raiding mosques that are tied to Hizballah. This sets […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Christine Douglass-Williams An Iranian “Scholar” On the “Virus” of Western Liberal Democracy MEMRI.org recently posted excerpts from a lecture given by “scholar” Alireza Ebadi, the representative of the Supreme Leader in Southern Khorasan Province. The summary below is followed by those excerpts: Iranian scholar Alireza Ebadi, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative in the Southern Khorasan Province, said in a lecture that aired on Khorasan Jonoobi TV […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar declares: “Islam doesn’t seek war, Muslims only fight back to defend themselves” “Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb has called for embracing morals as the sole way out of the world’s crises….Islam doesn’t seek war or bloodshed, and Muslims only fight back to defend themselves,” El-Tayyeb said. Try telling that to persecuted Christians and other religious minorities. In 2016, El-Tayyeb stated that “unrepentant apostates should be […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Vatican extends “hearty congratulations” to all Muslims for a “fruitful month of Ramadan” “The Vatican’s office for interreligious dialogue released a message to the world’s Muslims Friday, extending fervent best wishes for a ‘fruitful month of Ramadan.'” Fervent is the key word here. A simple well wishing to Muslims, since there are those Muslims who choose not to follow the call to violent jihad, would have sufficed. There […] Read more 2020-05-03  •  Christine Douglass-Williams