JIHAD WATCH

 

Egypt: Islamic reformers still face prison sentences Here is yet more indication of why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reform. “Egyptian Islamic Reformers Still Face Prison Sentences,” by Hany Ghoraba, Algemeiner, January 27, 2022: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promises to launch “a new republic” this year, led by a development boom and a new commitment to democracy and religious tolerance. But a […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Robert Spencer Kansas Muslim Convert Wanted to Bomb College Campus for ISIS Muslim converts tend to be far more fanatical, but the strange element to this story is that we haven’t heard her name before. According to the DOJ, Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, aka “Allison Elizabeth Brooks,” aka “Allison Ekren,” aka “Umm Mohammed al-Amriki,” aka “Umm Mohammed,” and aka “Umm Jabril,” 42, “a former resident of Kansas, traveled to […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Daniel Greenfield Thailand: Muslims place bombs in front of convenience stores, shops, a market, animal hospital and car care shop The international media will take little note of this. But just imagine the outcry if any other group had done this. “One injured in multiple bomb attacks in southern Thailand,” Reuters, January 29, 2022: At least one person was injured in multiple bomb attacks in Thailand’s southern province of Yala, police said on Saturday. At […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Robert Spencer The Taliban’s strictly Islamic Afghanistan is now the hardest place in the world to be a Christian “Leaving Islam is considered shameful, and Christian converts face dire and violent consequences if their new faith is discovered.” The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Robert Spencer France: Muslim enters church during funeral, screams ‘Allahu akbar,’ scrawls Nazi symbol on wall “Allahu akbar” means Allah is greater, i.e., greater than your god. That’s likely why this fellow saw fit to scream it out in a church. “Argenteuil. An individual enters the basilica during a funeral and shouts ‘allahu Akbar,’” translated from “Argenteuil. Un individu s’introduit dans la basilique pendant des obsèques et hurle « allahu Akbar […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Robert Spencer Palestinian Authority celebrates murderers of Israelis and other Jews as heroes And they’re subsidized in doing so by your taxpayer dollars, thanks to Old Joe Biden’s handlers. “From Nazi Germany to the PA: Murder of Jews/Israelis is heroic,” by Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch, January 27, 2022: On International Holocaust Remembrance Day it is important to recognize that state sponsoring, honoring, and rewarding murderers of Jews and […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Robert Spencer Iran: ‘Revenge for Soleimani is the inalienable right of the Islamic nation’ “And we prescribed for them in it, Life for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and retaliation for injuries. But whoever forgoes it, this will be expiation for him. Whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such people are wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 5:45) […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Robert Spencer Eric Zemmour and the Future of France (Part 2) One of the pleasant stories that the French have been telling themselves is that while the first generation of Muslim migrants may hew to their Muslim ways, and be difficult to integrate, their children will increasingly leave some of those beliefs behind as they try to fit in to their new society. This turns out, […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Indonesia: At least 198 Islamic boarding schools have ties to jihadist networks Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency chief Boy Rafli Amar reports that “at least 198 Islamic boarding schools have ties to terrorist networks.” Training jihadists at Muslim boarding schools in Indonesia isn’t a new phenomenon. It isn’t about “infiltrating,” either, as the title of the article below suggests. It is a calculated effort by the founders, funders […] Read more 2022-01-30  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Al-Qaeda magazine editorial declares Texas synagogue jihadist a martyr, says no greater enemy than Jews