JIHAD WATCH 01/20/2021

 

Iran-Backed Militia Offers Help to U.S. ‘Liberation Movements’ American leftists and jihadists find common cause—once again. My latest in American Greatness: Abu Ali al-Askari, military commander of the Hezbollah Brigades (Kata’ib Hezbollah), an Iran-backed Shi’ite militia operating in Iraq, announced Wednesday that “the advisors of the Islamic resistance” were ready to train “the liberation movements” within the United States. It’s an offer that some in the […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer Biden’s NSA says designating Houthi jihadis as terrorists ‘will only inflict more suffering on Yemeni people’ It will also annoy the Houthis’ patrons in Tehran, and we don’t do that anymore. The Houthis’ motto is “curse Jews, victory to Islam.” An update on this story. “Incoming Biden official calls for reversal of Houthi terror designation,” Middle East Eye, January 17, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The outgoing Trump administration’s […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer Nigeria: Muslim group overruns town, forcing government troops and several hundred residents to flee When the jihadis can make the troops flee, it is clear which side has the upper hand and is winning the war. “Residents flee Islamist insurgent attack on town in northeast Nigeria,” Reuters, January 17, 2021: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Government troops and several hundred residents have been forced to flee after Islamist insurgents overran […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslims charge three Christians with blasphemy, accuse them of burning Qur’an pages A glimpse into the future of the West. This is where the Left’s “hate speech” rhetoric is tending. We are very close to this now, far closer than most people realize. Supporters of the President are defamed and smeared now, but for years, critics of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others have been […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer UK: Muslima recounts her harrowing confrontation with ‘Islamophobia’ in the form of a man asking questions The only reason why this piece was even written, or published by Metro, was because of Osama bin Laden and others like him. Ayub Syed and Metro feel the need to do all they can to ensure that Britons don’t associate Islam with violence because a prominent terrorist associated the two. Meanwhile, the Capitol riot […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer Richard Dawkins: ‘Decent liberal people overlook the homophobia and the rampant misogyny of extreme Islamism’ Dawkins is no doubt correct when he says that “the fear of being thought racist trumps the fear of being thought misogynist or homophobic.” And it’s a shame that KPFA canceled him without giving him a chance to rebut the charges against him, or even offering any evidence to substantiate those charges. Welcome to my […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer Athens archbishop’s criticism of Islam referred to ‘distortion’ of it by a ‘handful of extreme fundamentalists’ There is no doubt, from its scriptures, doctrines, and 1,400-year history, that Islam is a political system as well as a religion. It is understandable that the archdiocese would release this clarification in light of the denunciations of the archbishop by Muslim groups in Greece. They don’t want any violence from Muslims who believe that […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer Australia: Two weeks out of jail, Muslim accesses material about jihad beheading and torture, returns to jail “This man is now the fifth person arrested by the AFP for breaching a control order since July 2020.” Is it just remotely possible that maybe this approach doesn’t work and a new one is needed? Nonetheless, a new approach is not likely, as that would require the discarding of cherished fantasies about “deradicalization.” “Two […] Read more 2021-01-19  •  Robert Spencer

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