JIHAD WATCH 04/19/2020

Afghanistan: Muslims shoot and kill six workers at US-run Bagram Airfield “Earlier this week, the U.S.’s top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, and U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad visited Pakistan to discuss peace efforts with the country’s officials.” Looks as if those talks are going great. It is long past due that the American troops in Afghanistan should be brought home, and this fool’s errand […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Robert Spencer Australia: Sunni Muslims who firebombed a Shi’ite mosque lose appeals against their terror convictions If the people who firebombed the mosque had been non-Muslims, which should never happen, there would be screaming international headlines about this for weeks, UN commissions about “Islamophobia,” and further restrictions on the freedom of speech regarding the motivating ideology behind jihad terror attacks. But the Sunni-Shi’ite jihad coming to Australia? That’s not news. “Terrorists […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Robert Spencer Killing for Muhammad’s Honor: The Highest Expression of the Islamic Faith After 1400 years of Islam, many Muslims feel that Prophet’s Muhammad honor is part of their personal identity, and that any crticism directed at him encroaches on their honor. First, some review of past events: Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Dutch Muslim (in 2004), after producing a play that criticized Islam. The Danish […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Darrell Pack Egypt: Muslims who targeted Christians for jihad massacre planned to strike under cover of coronavirus curfew What better time to strike than when people are taking steps to protect themselves? It maximizes the terror. “And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Robert Spencer Tunisia: Two jihadis arrested for trying to infect police with coronavirus We have seen calls for the same action in India: “Infected Muslims want to go and spread Corona to Infidels so they can die in hundreds of thousands.” “Tunisia arrests 2 for trying to infect police with virus,” AFP, April 17, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Tunisia said Thursday that two men, including […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Robert Spencer Germany: Government pays $19,500 to jihad preacher who is classified as a threat and is already on welfare This is no surprise. On one side, the German government is entirely clueless and pusillanimous, and on the other side, non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Robert Spencer Illinois: Muslim who slashed tires at churches and said “I don’t like Christians” now tries to burn occupied church “In November 2019, prosecutors said that El Hannouny slashed the tires of 19 cars in the parking lots of the First Baptist and Sts. Helen and Constantine churches. Upon his arrest, he told authorities that he damaged the cars because, “I don’t like Christians,” according to police. Hate crime charges were added in January, and […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Robert Spencer PBS Backdating and Exaggerating the Muslim Presence in the U.S. (Part 1) The PBS Series “The History Detectives” some years ago included a program on Islam in America – that is, on the history of Muslims in America, a history that we were asked to believe until recently had supposedly remained “hidden.” Here is part of the text for that program, available online. “When the first Muslims […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Turkey: Intelligence officer who knew of Erdogan’s links to jihad groups is mysteriously killed in Libya Turkey’s link to the worst jihad groups, including the Islamic State, is documented; in late March, MEMRI reported that a Turkish website which promotes the material of the Islamic State included an article called “Kill The Idolaters Wherever You Find Them.” Islamic State networks have also been reported to be operational inside Turkey. Classified documents […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Turkey: Netflix branded ‘Islam’s enemy’ over rumors of gay character in teen series Netflix is being branded as “Islam’s enemy” over “rumours of a gay character on a Turkish Netflix series.” The flareup in Turkey now in progress over the series is to be expected. Islamic law is clear on the punishment of execution (Abu Dawud 4462) for homosexual activity, and it is carried out in many Sharia […] Read more 2020-04-18  •  Christine Douglass-Williams