JIHAD WATCH 05/08/2020

As Women in Iran Face Prison for Taking Off the Hijab, Fox TV Series Glamorizes It My latest in PJ Media: Rob Lowe’s 9-1-1: Lone Star is apparently a TV show that, according to the description here, “follows a sophisticated New York firefigter [sic] who, along with his son, relocates to Austin and must try to balance the duties of saving those who are at their most vulnerable and solving the […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer Nigeria: Muslim says he murdered Christian captive because he “continued preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ” Imagine if the roles were reversed, and the Christian had murdered the Muslim for preaching Islam, which would never happen. There would be screaming international headlines. But the only place you will hear about this is here. “Killer Speaks: Murdered Nigerian Seminarian Was Killed for Announcing Gospel,” Catholic News Agency, May 3, 2020: WASHINGTON, D.C. […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer Islamic Republic of Iran throws 57 Afghan migrants into river, Taliban say Iranians “must consider kindness” The Taliban are angry because the Iranians seem to be neglecting this Qur’anic directive: “Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. Those who follow him are ruthless to unbelievers, merciful to one another.” (Qur’an 48:29) The application of that passage to any individual case depends on whom one considers to be a fellow Muslim, and whom […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer Belgium: 60 convicted jihad terrorists to be released by the end of 2021 What could possibly go wrong? Celebrate diversity! Why, all sorts of steps were taken while they were in prison to disabuse them of their jihadist convictions and ensure that they would become loyal, stable, productive members of Belgian society, right? Actually, nothing of that kind was done, at least nothing effective, for to have attempted […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer India: In viral video, Muslim says coronavirus is Hindu conspiracy, “when the time comes, we’ll kill them all” This will, of course, be ignored by the international establishment media, which is intent on fooling you into believing that in India as everywhere else, Muslims are victims and only victims, and have never committed or incited any acts of violence themselves. “Coronavirus is a conspiracy by Hindus, when the time comes, we will kill […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer ADL dubs accurate reporting of Muslim reactions to coronavirus “anti-Muslim bigotry” This is a common tactic of Leftists: represent facts that are patently true as if they were self-evidently false, and egregiously hateful and bigoted, without any actual attempt to refute them. The pathetic sheep who still think that the ADL is a civil rights organization will be taken in. Those who are more thoughtful will […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer Australia: Man converts to Islam, threatens to behead Christians, walks free If James Michael Waugh had been a Muslim who converted to Christianity and then threatened to behead Muslims (which would, of course, never actually happen), would he be a free man today? What do you think? Magistrate Bernadette Boss said “expressed concern about the distortion wrought by extreme religious beliefs, describing the Bible and Koran […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Robert Spencer German Music and Cultural Festival Features Antisemitic Academic, But Cancels Over Coronavirus (Part 1) The German music and cultural festival Ruhrtriennale, which was slated to present a pro-BDS speaker, pulled the plug on its event on April 22 due to the coronavirus crisis. The Jerusalem Post has the story, by Benjamin Weinthal, here: “The supervisory board of Kultur Ruhr GmbH today unanimously decided at an extraordinary supervisory board meeting […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Hugh Fitzgerald UK: Victim of Muslim rape gang racially abused by far-left groups online In 2018, Home Secretary Sajid Javid “promised that he would ‘not let cultural or political sensitivities get in the way of understanding the problem and doing something about it,'” that is, about the problem of Muslim rape gangs. Nonetheless, the UK government days ago rejected a petition demanding the release of a report on the […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Al-Qaeda calls for Muslims in India to wage jihad against that country The propaganda barrage against India from Pakistan, Kuwait and across the Muslim world has been relentless. Even the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has been appealed to in complaints against India over “Islamophobia.” Now Al-Qaeda has entered the anti-India campaign, making no secret that it is really all about Kashmir, not the alleged “ill treatment” of […] Read more 2020-05-07  •  Christine Douglass-Williams