JIHAD WATCH 05/23/2020

Islamic jihad plots rose by 50% in the US in 2019 What’s ironic is that the ADL authored this study, and yet smears and defames those who call attention to jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others. That’s part of the reason why we’re in the fix we’re in. “Domestic Islamist Extremism Arrests and Plots in US Jumped 50% Last Year, New ADL Data […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Robert Spencer Netherlands: Mosque’s neighbors complain of loudness of call to prayer on loudspeakers, mosque says “get used to it” Just so you know who’s in charge now. But note the contrast: the non-Muslims allowed the broadcast of the call to prayer over loudspeakers as a welcoming gesture to Muslims. And this is how they are being repaid. “The Netherlands: Mosque says ‘get used to it’ to citizens who complain about prayer calls,” by Michael […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Robert Spencer Canada: Call that it is “forbidden” for Muslims to do business with “Zionists” goes out over mosque loudspeaker Good thing that cities are amending their noise ordinances to allow for the use of these mosque loudspeakers, eh? “In a statement released on Sunday, the Islamic Shia Ithna Asheri Jamaat (ISIJ) of Toronto, a charitable organization that operates the Jaffari Center, stated that the man broadcast his prayer from their property without their authorization. […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Robert Spencer Iran’s top dog Khamenei releases poster calling for “Final Solution” for Israel The “Final Solution” was the Nazis’ way of referring to the genocide of the Jews. Will this lead the Left in the West to reconsider its hatred of Israel and support for the Islamic regime in Iran? Of course not. “Iran’s supreme leader releases anti-Israel ‘final solution’ poster,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, May 20, […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Robert Spencer Jihading the Holocaust: Auschwitz and the Knesset (Part 2) Parts 1 can be found here. III Delusion, extreme wishful-thinking, relativism and that lowest of low bars, have been dished out in spadefuls in response to MK Mansour Abbas’ Holocaust Remembrance Day speech in the Knesset. Here is a small sampling from the comments sections of articles and from Twitter: “This is really and incredibly […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Anjuli Pandavar The Truth about Muslims’ ‘Jerusalem Day’ and the Al Aqsa Mosque Today Arabs and Muslims celebrate International Jerusalem Day. Since it will undoubtedly include anti-Israeli demonstrations and religious-political propaganda, it is important to dispel some myths about the Al Aqsa Mosque’s history. The Umayyad Dynasty, based in Damascus, built Al Aqsa in the 8th century in order to divert Muslims from pilgrimage to Mecca. Later, in […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Hesham Shehab Texas: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Muslim migrant gunman believed to have expressed support for jihad groups This should lead to an investigation of the immigration policies by which Alsahli entered the U.S., but it won’t. “Texas Naval base shooter believed to have expressed support for terrorist groups online,” CNN Wire, May 22, 2020: The deceased suspect in Thursday’s shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas was a 20-year-old male […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Robert Spencer 250 “Global Artists and Writers” Fear Coronavirus “Devastating” In Gaza, Want Military Embargo on Israel (Part 2) Those 250 “global artists and writers” who deplore the “devastated health care system in Gaza” appear to believe that Israel is somehow at fault. They are wrong. “Long before the global outbreak of COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm the already devastated health care system in Gaza, the UN had predicted that the blockaded coastal strip would […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Hugh Fitzgerald The danger of the Muslim Brotherhood in France The Muslim Brotherhood is working diligently to influence political decision making in France by affecting Muslim communities and elected officials in municipal councils. The Danger of the Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood are the purveyors of a totalitarian and oppressive ideology which seeks to unite Muslim society under its umbrella. The organization seeks not only […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Rami Dabbas Ahlam Tamimi’s Middle East Terror Morality Tale (Part One) The “Savage of Sbarro,” as the Legal Insurrection website calls Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, is the subject of a recently renewed effort to extradite her from Jordan for trial in the United States. As this article series will explore, the political issues surrounding this infamous woman’s life in Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories highlight […] Read more 2020-05-22  •  Andrew Harrod