JIHAD WATCH 08/30/2020

Why a Leading White Supremacist Endorsed Joe Biden My latest in the American Thinker: White supremacist Richard Spencer is back in the news again for endorsing Joe Biden, which means that I am once again being inundated with furious messages from morons who cannot distinguish between Richard Spencer and Robert Spencer. Because of that common confusion from people who apparently think the Watergate […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer Iran: Video depicts destruction of Capitol, Washington Monument, “People everywhere are chanting ‘Death to America'” Red meat for members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter, courtesy of their friends in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “English-Language Animation Aired By Iranian Media Company Depicts Destruction Of Capitol Building, Washington Monument, Calls For Destruction Of ‘Satanic’ America,” MEMRI, June 30, 2020: On June 30, 2020, an animated video of a spoken word […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer Egypt: Man gets 15 years prison for claiming he had a new revelation from Allah and ‘new Qur’an’ “Muhammad is not the father of one of your men, but the messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah, of all things, knowing.” (Qur’an 33:40) And what if you don’t believe that? That’s your business, but if you make a statement that contradicts the Islamic faith, you could face prison […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer Sweden: Companies controlled by Islamic State and al-Shabaab jihadis get $140,000,000 of taxpayer money This is no surprise. Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Christian teen flees after court returns her to custody of her Muslim abductor These “love jihad” incidents are motivated by supremacist assumptions. The idea is that the Muslim community will always grow at the expense of the non-Muslim community. In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the court shares the same assumptions. And so Maira Shahbaz has no chance at freedom except to flee. “Pakistani Christian Teen Flees into […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer Pennsylvania: Muslim migrant tells feds he wasn’t in jihad group, posts on Facebook pics of himself in it The Houthi movement, whose motto is “Allah is the greatest of all, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse upon the Jews, Victory to Islam.” It is funded and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was caught due to his own carelessness. But how many other migrants with his beliefs are walking around […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer Canada: Muslima once featured in CBC hijab diversity ad now arrested for trying to join the Islamic State The arrest of Haleema Mustafa is welcome news, especially in light of the fact that there is in Canada a greater threat of jihad terror than the Liberal government wishes to admit. In 2017,  it emerged that dozens of jihadis were walking free in Canada, yet authorities wouldn’t charge them. Now, in the space of […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Black Lives Matter Spray Paints “Free Palestine” Outside Kenosha Synagogue As reported by Town Hall correspondent Julios Rosas, a Black Lives Matter rioter was caught on video spray painting Free Palestine on the driveway of the Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha. Beth Hillel, like a number of other leftist temples, is a despicable institution that had been pandering to the racist hate group and excusing the violence, […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Daniel Greenfield Another Reason to Curb Your Enthusiasm About the UAE Promise of ‘Normalization’ The United Arab Emirates, apparently “outraged” that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has voiced his opposition to the sale of the state-of-the-art F-35 Stealth fighter jets to the Emirates, cancelled a public meeting that was to be held jointly with American and Israeli representatives. The story is here. A planned public meeting between the UN ambassadors […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Sweden: Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ riot over Qur’an-burning rally, Danish Qur’an-burner banned from country I’m not in favor of burning the Qur’an. I believe people should read it and understand its contents rather than burn it. But in a free society, book-burning is not or should not be illegal. It is part of the freedom of expression; we may dislike it, but to outlaw it would restrict the freedom […] Read more 2020-08-29  •  Robert Spencer