JIHAD WATCH 01/19/2020

Nancy Pelosi Should See These Videos From Iran My latest in PJ Media: Nancy Pelosi doesn’t have the vaguest idea of what’s happening in Iran these days; all she knows is that Donald Trump is for it so therefore she is against it. A new series of extraordinary videos, however, pulls back the curtain on the immense anger that ordinary Iranians are now […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer Iranian chess referee fears to return to Tehran after being photographed without hijab Will the Western feminists who don hijabs on World Hijab Day in solidarity with Muslim women who are supposedly oppressed in the West for wearing the hijab speak up for the right of Shohreh Bayat not to wear it? Of course not. “Iranian chess referee fears return to Tehran over hijab row,” Reuters, January 16, […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer UK tourists shocked to discover popular Turkish resort is now Sharia-compliant, serves no alcohol, women must cover The principle is always and everywhere the same: in Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Islamic sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Islamic sensibilities. “HALAL HOLIDAY Holidaymakers at all-inclusive hotel shocked to find resort was taken over by Islamic company who banned booze,” by Andy Jehring, The Sun, […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer Italy: Father of Muslim migrant who brutally murdered his non-Muslim girlfriend says “Marianne was not worthy of him” Rabih Badr’s father has a point, an Islamic point. “The indemnity for the death or injury of a woman is one-half the indemnity paid for a man. The indemnity paid for a Jew or Christian is one-third the indemnity paid for a Muslim. The indemnity paid for a Zoroastrian is one-fifteenth that of a Muslim.” […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer DHS approves $100,000 grant of taxpayers’ money to Hamas-linked CAIR This is the way the world is today: speaking honestly about the ideological roots of jihad terror will get you defamed and vilified, classified as a “hate group leader,” defamed, shunned, canceled everywhere. But have multiple links to a jihad terror group and you’re in, you’ll be the go-to group for the establishment media and […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer Islam is “a primary driver of Christian persecution in 8 out of the 10 most dangerous places for Christians to live” “Islamic extremism is a primary driver of Christian persecution in eight out of the ten most dangerous places for Christians to live, Open Doors revealed Wednesday in its World Watch List 2020.” This is nothing new. The suffering endured by Christians because of Islamic supremacist bigotry and hate is unfathomable to most Westerners. Jihad Watch […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Islamic State brides active on social media, vow to raise their children as jihad fighters “A gang of sick ISIS brides have uploaded despicable posts online, vowing to raise their own children as Jihadi fighters.” This should be of no surprise to anyone. Yet social justice warriors with no understanding of jihadis — which includes Islamic State brides — are being used to advance the jihadist agenda. Islamic State jihadis, […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Pope Francis Continues to Avoid That Elephant in the Room Pope Francis recently condemned antisemitism twice in the strongest possible terms. He did so first in departing from prepared remarks at one of his weekly Papal audiences in Rome. The Pope said: “I would like to make a separate note. The Jewish people have suffered so much in history; they have been chased away, they […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Muslim who served time for Islamic State plot for jihad bombing in NYC now rejects “extremism,” attends NYU This article is heartwarming, and gives the impression that Imran Rabbani turned away from “extremism” and the Islamic State because people were nice to him. That’s wonderful, but why hasn’t it worked with other jihadis, who are shown similar solicitude in prisons all over the U.S. and Europe? It is also unfortunate that the article […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer Iran’s Quds Force worked to set up jihad terror cells in Central Africa to strike Western, Israeli and Saudi targets Qassem Soleimani headed up the Quds Force for 22 years. He wasn’t exactly the Gandhiesque martyr to Trump’s madness that the Western media has portrayed him to be. “Iran’s Quds Force aimed to launch terror groups in Africa, UN hears,” by Donna Rachel Edmunds, Jerusalem Post, January 17, 2020: Iran’s Quds Force attempted to set […] Read more 2020-01-18  •  Robert Spencer