JIHAD WATCH 06/12/2020

Muslims enraged, complain about “idol worship” in video game, game developer removes it Note that the game didn’t mock Islam or insult Islam in any way. It just had an update allowing players to “pray in front of a totem in order to restore their health.” That kind of thing is just as offensive to Christianity as it is to Islam. But would PUBG have revised its game […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Robert Spencer Germany: Shi’ite Muslim cleric says Iran’s Islamic revolution “has no borders,” opposes “democracy in the world” “The world needs to know that the system of the Rule of the Jurisprudent stands in opposition to the system of liberal democracy in the world and in opposition to the democracy in America.” Why, Torkilmaz, you racist. Don’t you know that saying that Islamic rule is opposed to liberal democracy is “bigotry” and “Islamophobia”? […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Robert Spencer Islamic law professor says Allah sent coronavirus to those who “refused to subdue to the Lord of the universe” This idea is based on the assumption that adherence to Sharia will bring one success and prosperity in this world as well as the next. That also leads to jihad activity, since jihad warfare against unbelievers is likewise a Sharia tenet. “Jordanian Professor Ahmad Nofal: Allah Sent COVID-19 To Subdue Those Who Refuse To Surrender […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Robert Spencer Nigeria: Muslim cleric shares Facebook post about how a five-year-old girl raped an adult male Clearly Dr. Mansur Sokoto is trying to justify the practice of child marriage, which is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Robert Spencer Qatar’s European Fund for Islamic Terror Qatar allegedly continues to put out billions of dollars to support and finance terrorist and extremist operations in Europe. International newspapers have reported that Qatar sends its funds through the Qatar Charity Foundation, where they recently provided about 71 million euros to be delivered to the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe under a charitable cover. It has been stated by various […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Rami Dabbas Turkey’s Diyanet: Schoolchildren leave Islam after reading the Koran A prominent member of Turkey’s highest Islamic institution, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), stated that children who read the Turkish translation of the Koran “start gravitating towards” atheism and deism, a belief in a non-interventionist creator. The statement was made by Professor Cağfer Karadaş during an interview with the pro-government newspaper Yeni Şafak on […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Uzay Bulut Mozambique: Islamic jihadis attack pro-mass migration Doctors Without Borders “Global healthcare charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday it has suspended medical support in northern Mozambique following an attack by Islamist militants last week.” To avoid the insurgents, staff “hid in the bush for nearly two days terrified to come out.” Meanwhile, thousands of people fled the area “as security forces withdrew.” The organization, […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Christine Douglass-Williams How Weak Is Hezbollah? (Part 1) The story, posted at The National, a UAE paper opposed both to Iran and to its proxy Hezbollah, is here: Some would say that, given the crisis Lebanon is facing today, Hezbollah’s project for the country is dead. Such statements, however, go too far. With thousands of men under arms, a missile arsenal, Iranian backing […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Lebanon: Sunni Muslims enraged by Shi’ite videos criticizing Aisha, injure 48 people in riots The Sunni-Shia split goes back to the beginning of Islam and has often been violent throughout Islamic history. The perception of an insult to Islam has all too often led to demands for the death of the offender, and if legal authorities don’t take action, mobs riot and call for lynching. In Western countries, such […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Red-Green Twitterstorm to America: Burn, Baby, Burn (Part One) “Drop kick that tear-gas canister, sister,” tweeted on May 28 Imraan Siddiqi, executive director of the Hamas-derived Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Arizona chapter. This encouragement to a veiled Muslim woman captured on video in the act of kicking a teargas projectile back at riot-controlling police indicated the inflammatory online Leftist-Islamist response to America’s recent […] Read more 2020-06-11  •  Andrew Harrod