JIHAD WATCH 09/30/2018

At the UN, OIC foreign ministers adopt statement demanding respect for Islam
By Robert Spencer on Sep 29, 2018 12:15 pm

This is a call for the non-Muslim world to adopt Sharia blasphemy laws, and refrain from criticism Islam or Muhammad. The West is either going to do that or stand up and defend the freedom of speech as the foundation of any free society. But which it is going to choose at this point is […]
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Austria: Muslim migrant brutally attacks three elderly women, seriously injuring them
By Robert Spencer on Sep 29, 2018 12:07 pm

Celebrate diversity! Diversity is our strength! This is the vibrant diversity that results when one imports large numbers of people from a culture that sanctifies violence into the senescent West. “Three women at the bus stop attacked and injured,” translated from “Drei Frauen an Haltestelle attackiert und verletzt,” Krone, September 29, 2018 (thanks to Searchlight […]
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Robert Spencer video: Muslim leader vows Islamic conquest of US, UK, Russia, France, Italy
By Robert Spencer on Sep 29, 2018 11:49 am

In this new video, I discuss a recent speech of Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Said Khecharem, vowing Islamic conquest, and explains why Western authorities should take it seriously, even if that conquest is unlikely in the short term.
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Germany: Man who stabbed three people is Muslim migrant from Afghanistan, incident not treated as terror-related
By Robert Spencer on Sep 29, 2018 11:43 am

The knifeman who stabbed three people yesterday and was only identified as a “Southerner” turns out to be a Muslim migrant from Afghanistan. He apparently chose his victims randomly, but the cops say his motives are “unknown,” and they are not treating the incident as terror-related. No amount of covering up is enough, evidently, for […]
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Video: Christine Douglass-Williams, “Diversity means two-tier justice”
By Robert Spencer on Sep 29, 2018 11:21 am

Jihad Watch writer Christine Douglass-Williams was in Warsaw recently at the conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Here is a videos of one of her brief interventions there, calling upon the OSCE to take note of the fact that “tolerance” must not mean a two-tier legal system. This is a […]
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Is Islam Misunderstood?
By Amil Imani on Sep 29, 2018 08:35 am

According to a Pew Research Center study published in 2009, public perceptions depend heavily on a few key factors. Pew’s Gregory Smith explained: “One of the most powerful factors shaping views of Islam is education,” he said. “Those Americans who have more education tend to be more favorable toward Muslim Americans and Islam than Americans […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: Jeremy Corbyn and Laura Alvarez, Salon Bolsheviks
By Hugh Fitzgerald on Sep 29, 2018 08:20 am

Here’s a biographical bit about Jeremy Corbyn: Jeremy Corbyn was born in Chippenham, England, in May 1949. He was raised in considerable comfort at Yew Tree Manor, on the Duke of Sutherland’s estate, a “splendid house” which he likes to refer deprecatingly as “an old farm,” part of his downplaying of his upper middle-class background. […]
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Abbas praises jihad terrorism against Israel at UN General Assembly
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Sep 29, 2018 08:00 am

Only two months ago, Abbas vowed to continue to paying the salaries to jihad terrorists and their families, even if “we have only a penny left.” As a proud jihadi, he remains true to the PA Charter’s vow to obliterate Israel, so his praise of jihadis should come as no surprise. “In a speech to […]
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Italy: Catholic Church opposes Matteo Salvini’s immigration controls
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Sep 29, 2018 07:55 am

A number of Catholic prelates have publicly criticized new efforts by Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini to curb illegal immigration, accusing the minister of adopting a “fire and brimstone” approach to migrants. These Catholic prelates have abandoned their call to justice and truth, which includes the recognition that today’s opposition to illegal (open door) immigration  […]
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Denmark: Policewoman hugs defiant burqa-wearing protester after burqa ban
By Christine Douglass-Williams on Sep 29, 2018 07:49 am

The burqa has been banned in various countries on security grounds, and/or because it is inconsistent with Western values, representing female oppression and the inferiority of women under Islamic law. These countries have banned the burqa: France, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria, China, Tajikistan, Morocco, Latvia, Cameroon, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, and Gabon. Denmark banned the Islamic […]
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