JIHAD WATCH 04/17/2020

Just in Time for Ramadan, “Allahu Akbar” Rings Out on the BBC My latest at PJ Media: Here is some exciting news for those who are impatient for our glorious multicultural future to arrive: the BBC has for the first time begun to broadcast Islamic prayer. Global Village Space reported Wednesday that “in a first, BBC begins the broadcast of Muslim prayers on its network as mosques […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Robert Spencer Algeria: Religious Affairs Ministry tells people the coronavirus can be stopped with the Qurʼan “The Qur’an is for the poor and medicine is for VIPs and their families.” “Algeria: people told the epidemic can be stopped with the Qurʼān,” by Kamel Abderrahmani, Asia News, April 14, 2020: Paris (AsiaNews) – A young Muslim intellectual slams the use of religion, specifically Qurʼānic chapters (Sūrah), to fight the coronavirus. Recited and […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Robert Spencer Egypt: Muslims build bombs, plot jihad massacre of security forces and Christians “The terrorist elements were planning to carry out bomb attacks and were creating bombs in their hideout location in the al-Amireya in Cairo.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Egyptian forces exchange fire with ‘terrorist’ group planning bomb attacks in Cairo,” by Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya, April 15, 2020: Egyptian special forces exchanged fire with “terrorist” […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Robert Spencer Guide for the Perplexed: Infidels, the Coronavirus and Ramadan Eight days from now, Ramadan will once again be upon us. Some things will not change: Muslims will fast during the day and binge at night; jihad mass murders will spike; the mainstream media will carry double-page spreads extolling the virtues of these spiritually advanced people getting closer to God; and so forth. But some […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Anjuli Pandavar India: Muslims attack female doctor at Delhi hospital, doctors hide as Muslim mob tries to break open door “According to the reports, the shocking incident occurred on Tuesday, when patients attacked a female doctor inside a surgical ward. As a male doctor tried to rescue female doctor from the unruly mob, he was also manhandled by the unruly mob. The doctors had to hide inside a room to save his life from the […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Robert Spencer UK: MI5 aware of 43,000 terrorist suspects, not 23,000 as previously claimed “In its report, the government claimed that the increased number of terrorists on MI5’s watch list does not necessarily mean that there are 20,000 additional terrorists presently in the country. ‘A substantial element of the increase to over 40,000 is the inclusion of individuals who have never travelled to the UK but whose details have […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Robert Spencer France: Muslim migrant threatens cops with knife, is shot dead “No theory is ruled out but it appears no comments of terrorist nature were made.” Oh, well, then. Nothing to be concerned about. Move along. How many more times does this have to happen before the root ideological cause of the problem is faced honestly? “Man Armed With Knife Threatened Cops, Shot Dead Near Paris: […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Robert Spencer A Jerusalem Post Mistake Provokes Gleeful Tweets From the Anti-Israel Brigade Those who visit the online English-language sites of Israeli newspapers quickly become aware of how biased — against their own country – certain of those newspapers turn out to be. Haaretz is the worst of the lot; its criticism of the Israeli government, of the IDF, and of “settlers” has become comically predictable. The Jerusalem […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Jihad groups celebrate coronavirus as “small soldier of Allah,” deadly jihad attacks increase during lockdown The preaching of jihad has not stopped with the advent of the coronavirus. Instead, the Islamic State is using the pandemic as a new justification for murder in the way of Allah. At first they were relatively quiet amid the coronavirus pandemic, but jihad groups worldwide were bound to come up with an Islamic answer […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Iowa: Republican candidate calls for redefining Islam as “militant cultural imperialism seeking world domination” Phillips said he has spent time personally studying Islam and believes that when a Muslim swears the oath to the Constitution using the Quran, that negates the constitutional law because they are “sworn to turn this country into an Islamic country.” Hamas-linked CAIR has already weighed in, calling upon “state and national Republican Party leaders […] Read more 2020-04-16  •  Christine Douglass-Williams