JIHAD WATCH 04/29/2020

Video: “Robert Spencer on Why Islam Waxes and Wanes” Here is a useful encapsulation of the Middle East Forum webinar I hosted recently. “Robert Spencer on Why Islam Waxes and Wanes,” by Gary C. Gambill, Middle East Forum, April 27, 2020 Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, addressed the question “Is Islam Globally […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer UK government: “Child sexual abusers come from many different age groups, communities, ethnicities and faiths” A petition signed by over 123,000 people to date asked the British government to release a report on the rape gangs that have plagued the country for decades. It’s easy to see why the government doesn’t want to release the report: it will show that the rape gangs are overwhelmingly Muslim, and often explicitly motivated […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer Denmark: Muslim migrant subjects wife to “severe violence, incarceration, and humiliation,” finally murders her A culture of violence, the foundational text of which commands men to beat women from whom they “fear disobedience” (Qur’an 4:34), is going to give rise to this sort of thing, just as that same foundational text’s calls for violence against unbelievers (2:191, 4:89, 9:5, 9:29, 47:4, etc.) are going to give rise to jihad […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer Italy’s Salvini: Soros-backed NGO lawyers are helping migrants from North Africa reach Europe This mass migrant influx is going to transform Italian society, and not for the better. You cannot bring in a huge number of people whose world view rejects basic premises of your society and suspect them to assimilate comfortably. Italy has no future as a free society unless Salvini is able to gain power and […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer Syria: Muslim group imposes Sharia in Idlib, forces Christians to pay the jizya Jizya is a tax that the subjugated “People of the Book” must pay to the Muslims for the privilege of being allowed to practice their religions, albeit within a superstructure of institutionalized discrimination and harassment: “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, and do not forbid what has been forbidden […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force top dog reveals plan to “attack 400 US targets” Iran has been pushing for war with the United States for decades. Get the details, and the full facts of the present situation, in The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran. “Iran Reveals Plan to Strike ‘400 American Targets,’” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, April 24, 2020: Iranian military leaders on Friday said the country […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer UK: Leftist politician announces he’s fasting for Ramadan, pictures pre-fast bacon breakfast in tweet Councillor Ian Manning woke up early and decided to engage in a bit of virtue signaling by announcing he was about to begin fasting for Ramadan. He included a picture of his pre-dawn breakfast, which included bacon, and tagged the Muslim Council of Britain. The predictable social media onslaught ensued; Manning’s unintentional violation of the […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Iranian Whose Son was Murdered by the Regime: Sanctions Relief Will Aid the Mullahs, Not the People An Iranian father whose son was murdered by Iran’s security forces last November while protesting against a rise in gas prices has a message for the world. While some American politicians, such as Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders, have “demanded” that President Trump lift sanctions on Iran “because of the coronavirus,” Manouchehr Bakhtiari urges quite […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Netflix caves to Islamic supremacists, cancels program Last month, the enormous streaming and production company Netflix canceled the TV thriller “Messiah,” (launched Jan 1, 2020) after allegations it contained “anti-Islamic propaganda.” Once again, it seems that intimidation campaigns, backed by Islamists, are spreading censorship and paranoia. On December 4, 2019 – shortly after the “Messiah” trailer was released – California resident Zeynaba […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Hesham Shehab France: Muslim crushes two police motorcyclists with his BMW, leaves one in coma, says “I did it for ISIS” The police in this case will have a hard time explaining that Youssef T was not a jihadi, but was mentally ill, but they will likely find a way. In any case, this is a frequent jihadi tactic. The Islamic State (ISIS) issued this call in September 2014: So O muwahhid, do not let this battle […] Read more 2020-04-28  •  Robert Spencer