JIHAD WATCH 06/16/2020

U.S. Imam and U.K. Academic Agree: Christianity Is to Blame for the Riots and Destruction My latest in PJ Media: Miami imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi and British establishment academic Tom Holland are no doubt worlds apart in worldview. Holland even received numerous death threats a few years ago for his critical examination of the origins of Islam, and although Kablawi may not want Holland dead, he almost certainly disapproves […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Turkey’s move to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque shows worthlessness of Pope/Grand Imam joint declaration If the utter worthlessness of the “Human Fraternity Declaration” weren’t already clear, this makes it obvious to everyone except the most indefatigably willfully ignorant. “Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14) “Turkey Moves to Reclaim Basilica as Mosque,” by […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Australia: Record number of dangerous jihadis to be released from prison in 2020 What could possibly go wrong? They were disabused in prison of all their jihadist sentiments and are now safely “deradicalized,” no? No. Nothing, nothing whatsoever, was done while they were in prison to challenge their jihadist beliefs. Any such effort would have been “Islamophobic.” Instead, these beliefs were reinforced, as the jihadis were given Qur’ans […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Germany: Muslims declare a Sharia zone and forbid all unbelievers to enter, threaten to kill infidels and cops Declaring enclaves that are free from the law of the land is all the rage these days, and this fad will continue, since government and law enforcement officials do not have the will to put a stop to it. “Criminal clans threaten the police in Duisburg-Marxloh,” translated from “Kriminelle Clans bedrohen die Polizei in Duisburg-Marxloh,” […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslims enraged at celebrities for mourning the death of a non-Muslim who committed suicide Both Sunni and Shi’ite Islam teach that the lives of non-Muslims are not worth as much as the lives of Muslims. Reliance of the Traveller, a classic Sunni manual of Islamic sacred law, explains matter-of-factly that “the indemnity for the death or injury of a woman is one-half the indemnity paid for a man. The […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Impunity in Nigeria: Islamic State releases gruesome video showing their murder of a soldier and a police officer The Nigerian government has repeatedly boasted that it has defeated Boko Haram, the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, or was just about to do so. It vowed to defeat Boko Haram by the end of 2014. And by the end of 2015. In mid-2017 it called the movement a […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Armed Muslim gang attacks church, tears down a cross, leaves Christians “terrified” Just another day for Christians in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Nothing to see here: no “Islamophobia” was committed, so all is well. The cross is an affront to Islam. The Qur’an claims that Jesus was not crucified, although in somewhat equivocal language for what is supposed to be the perfect word of an omniscient […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Mahmoud Abbas Threatens – Ruat Caelum! – to Let the P.A. Collapse (Part 2) According to Hussein al-Sheikh, the Palestinian official in charge of relations with Israel and one of Abbas’ closest advisers, the Palestinian leader wants to effectively force Israel to shoulder full responsibility, “as a military occupier,” for the two million Palestinians living in the West Bank. That’s what Abbas may think will happen. But the Israelis […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Australia: Mother of Jewish boy forced to kiss feet of Muslim says “no one has apologized or been held accountable” If the roles had been reversed, and the Muslim boy had been forced to kiss the feet of the Jewish boy, which would never happen and should never happen, do you think no one would have apologized or been held accountable? Neither do I. But Australian authorities, desperately afraid of being labeled “Islamophobia,” kowtow once […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer Nigeria: Muslims warn people not to work with Christians or other “non-believers,” murder 60 people And the world yawns. It isn’t as if these “militants” were committing something important like “Islamophobia.” “Islamic militants kill at least 60 people in north-east Nigeria,” Reuters, June 13, 2020: Islamic militants have killed at least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in north-east Nigeria, residents and a […] Read more 2020-06-15  •  Robert Spencer