JIHAD WATCH 09/08/2020

Chris Salcedo is the host of The Chris Salcedo Show on Newsmax TV. He is the author of the Ayn Rand–style novel Liberty Rises and the executive director of The Conservative Hispanic Society. Here is his review of my new book Rating America’s Presidents. “History of Jihad author Robert Spencer knocks it out of the […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Pope’s New Encyclical to Praise Jihad Terror Supporter as Example of ‘Peace’ and ‘Fraternity’ My latest in PJ Media: Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fratelli tutti: sulla fraternità e l’amicizia sociale (“All Brothers: On Fraternity and Social Friendship”) will be issued on October 3, the Vatican confirmed Saturday. According to Church Militant, the encyclical is “a sequel to his controversial Abu Dhabi pact with Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb last year, […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Nigeria: Musician sentenced to death for blaspheming Muhammad appeals conviction, says country isn’t under Sharia This is a very significant case. It will be interesting to see how Shariff-Aminu’s appeal is received. This recalls the case of Robert Hussein Qambar Ali, a Kuwaiti national who converted from Islam to Christianity in the 1990s. Hussein was arrested and tried for apostasy, even though the Kuwaiti Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Islamic State propaganda library detailing how to coordinate jihad massacres discovered online Meanwhile, the social media giants were too busy silencing and shadowbanning foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression to take much notice. “Isis propaganda library detailing how to carry out terror attacks discovered online,” by Rhiannon Williams, inews, September 4, 2020: The cache was found in the wake of the death of so-called Islamic State […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Palestinians Complain That Some Arab States Are Not Following Their Orders The Palestinians are enraged that the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are attempting to block their resolution, to be voted on at the upcoming Arab League meeting, that condemns the UAE’s “normalization” of relations with Israel. The story is here. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other Gulf states are trying to foil a Palestinian […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Muslim World League sign deal to combat ‘Islamophobia’ “Islamophobia” is a propaganda term that is used for two unrelated phenomena: vigilante attacks against innocent Muslims, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology behind jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others. The goal of this conflation is to inhibit such analysis and intimidate people into thinking it’s wrong […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer UK: Cops rule out terrorism in case of man who stabbed people at random, say attacker is ‘of Somali descent’ “Detectives quickly ruled out terrorism, saying there was ‘no suggestion’ that it was a hate crime or that gangs were involved. They said the stabbings appeared to be random, with no obvious links between the victims.” It all depends on what your definition of “terrorism” is. There are three indications here that this was a […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Turkey discovered to be supporting Islamic State jihad terror network in India The would-be caliph of course supports jihad activity. It is, in fact, his duty to further such activity. “Turkey supporting ISIS terror netrowk [sic] in India, probe agencies concerned: Report,” by Manish Shukla, Zee News, September 5, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): NEW DELHI: Following a recent security assessment, it has been found […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Sweden: Muslims berate 11-year-old boy for wearing a cross, beat him and steal his shoes The attackers are as yet unidentified, and will likely stay that way, but here is a clue as to who they were: “The gang wanted to know if the cross ‘was due to his religion’ and when he answered yes, he was asked if he ‘ate pig’ and was called ‘pig bastard.'” Let’s see. What […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Robert Spencer Macron to Hezbollah Politician: ‘Everyone Knows You Have an Iranian Agenda. Are You Lebanese, Yes or No?’ On his second visit to Lebanon after the Beirut blast, between August 31 and September 2, French President Macron has demanded that the Lebanese institute reforms of the political system. Otherwise, he has warned, the aid that was pledged to Lebanon in a 2018 Donor’s Conference in Paris — $10.2 billion in loans and $860 […] Read more 2020-09-07  •  Hugh Fitzgerald