JIHAD WATCH 07/15/2020

Pope Says He’s ‘Very Saddened’ Over Hagia Sophia – But Why? My latest in PJ Media: On Sunday, Pope Francis broke his silence regarding the decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert Hagia Sophia, the foremost cathedral in the Christian world for nearly a thousand years, to a mosque. If you blinked, however, you might have missed it. “I think of Hagia Sophia,” the […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslims stone woman to death in honor killing Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but “the new law says a […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Turkey’s Religious Affairs top dog: ‘Hagia Sophia shouldn’t only be place of worship,’ should be ‘a madrasa inside’ Training a new generation of jihadis and Islamic supremacists inside what was the foremost cathedral in Christendom for nearly a millennium — what could be more deliciously illustrative of the triumph and supremacy of Islam? “Turkey’s Top Imam Now Wants to Build an Islamic School at Hagia Sophia,” by Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter, July 12, […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Canada loses track of 35,000 migrants who were set for deportation Other news about Canada under Trudeau: “Canada has seen a surge in asylum applications in recent years, reporting 50,000 requests in 2017, 55,000 in 2018, and 64,000 in 2019,” totaling 169,000. “While Canada has taken in tens of thousands of Syrian migrants following the migrant crisis of 2015, the country has also had a major […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Hagia Sophia: Icons will concealed by curtains and lighting, tourists will be required to remove shoes Once again, as in the first conversion of the great cathedral to a mosque, attempting to show the superiority and victory of Islam. All tourists will henceforth be required to demonstrate their recognition of and respect for that. “Turkey to cover Holy Icons in Hagia Sophia with ‘special technology,'” by Paul Antonopoulos, Greek City Times, […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Communist China and Islamic Republic of Iran draft trade and military partnership The New York Times says that this agreement “represents a major blow to the Trump administration’s aggressive policy toward Iran since abandoning the nuclear deal.” However, they reveal the dishonesty of their own spin when they also say that the partnership was “first proposed by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during a visit to Iran in […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer France: Muslim screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ robs 85-year-old man and defecates on him He has already been convicted of 19 crimes, including murder, but was still running around loose and able to do this. Why? The answer is quite clear: to have taken any strong action against him would have been “Islamophobic,” and that’s absolutely the worst thing you can be in France today. Even now, “the court […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Ofek 16 Spy Satellite Launched: “Be Afraid, Iran, Be Very Afraid” (#2 In A Series) Iran hasn’t been having an easy time of it lately. Its economy is in free fall, with a 90% decrease in oil sales since 2018. The riyal has collapsed. Unemployment is skyrocketing. The coronavirus continues to kill many more than the country has admitted. And there have been five mysterious explosions , some of them […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Turkey: Muslims threaten to murder student for promoting lecture on LGBT rights The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And We rained upon them a […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Robert Spencer The Strange Tragedy of the LGBT Community Supporting Islam Many gay people, Muslim and non-Muslims, believe that everyone should fight against “Islamophobia,” and that Islam is a peaceful and merciful religion. This is far from the truth. Islam is an oppressive, diabolical and fascistic ideology which subjugates and executes those who it deems inferior. Mohammed stated in a hadith that gays who are caught […] Read more 2020-07-14  •  Mustafa Qadri