JIHAD WATCH 08/12/2020

You probably haven’t learned American history — even if you thought you had The Left is now at open war with American history, trying to make Americans ashamed of our heroes and our heritage. But while this is all out in the open now, it really isn’t anything new: for decades, our universities, colleges, and secondary schools have been busily inculcating anti-Americanism, opposition to the freedom of speech, […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

Trump Stands Between You and the Poverty the Democrats Have Ready for You My latest at PJ Media: Speaking at the Whirlpool Manufacturing Plant in Clyde, Ohio, on Thursday, President Donald Trump once again articulated the guiding principle of his administration: “The duty of a president is to put this nation’s own citizens first. That’s why my administration swears by two simple, but crucial rules, buy American and […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

Sorry, Brits, But Opposition to Jihad Violence and Islamic Supremacism Still Isn’t Racism My latest in FrontPage: “Proposal for Piccadilly Circus mosque withdrawn after racist complaints,” the Muslim news site 5Pillars announced Tuesday, and Britain’s dastardly white supremacists weren’t finished. Wales Online reported on the same day that “a pub landlord has been suspended after his bosses were tipped off about a Facebook post he had allegedly shared […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

Austria: Muslim teen kicks 67-year-old Austrian, victim dies, perp gets 5 years — ‘ridiculous,’ says the widow Another episode in the adventures of the new protected, privileged class in Europe. “Widow on attack: ‘5 years imprisonment is ridiculous,'” translated from “Witwe über Attacke: ‘5 Jahre Haft sind lächerlich,'” Kronen Zeitung, August 9, 2020 (thanks to Medforth): All Saints’ Day 2018: Together with her husband, Ms. S. is walking along Sonnleithnergasse in Vienna’s […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

In Lebanon, Can Hezbollah Be Tamed? When 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been carelessly stored for six years in Hangar 12 at the Port of Beirut blew up on August 4, the loss of life and destruction was terrific. 154 people have died so far, 5,000 have been wounded, 300,000 are now homeless, and $10-$15 billion dollars in damage […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Hugh Fitzgerald

Pakistan: Muslims falsely accuse Christian of blasphemy, beat him, mob of 3,000 surrounds his home Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are the foundation of human rights abuses of monstrous proportions. The world yawns. The world yawns because the victims are of the wrong religion. If the perpetrators and the victims were reversed, this would be a huge international news story, because it would fit the international media narrative of Muslim victimhood. But […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

Pakistan: Muslim murders his 19-year-old sister in honor killing because she talked to man in the neighborhood 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 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

Indonesia: Man jailed on blasphemy charges for ripping Qur’an apart “Last year, Indonesia’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an ethnic Chinese Buddhist woman who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for complaining about the volume of a mosque’s call to prayer. The case fuelled fears that Indonesia’s moderate brand of Islam was coming under threat from increasingly influential radicals.” No kidding, really? But […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer

Israel Offers Medical Help to Lebanon, Lebanon Remains Silent As so often happens after disasters worldwide, Israel was among the very first countries to respond to the blast in Beirut, offering medical help to the affected people. In this case, those affected are Lebanese, many of them Muslims, and their country, Lebanon, is still officially at war with Israel. None of that mattered to […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Hugh Fitzgerald

“Palestinians” say UNRWA planning to rename its schools after jihad terrorists, UNRWA issues denial The idea that UNRWA would do this isn’t remotely implausible. Consider these news items: Hamas sleeper cell and Islamic Jihad discovered working together inside UNRWA June 25, 2019 UNRWA inciting jihad violence against Israel in its Jerusalem schools January 31, 2019 UNRWA schoolbooks in Gaza stress jihad, martyrdom, denial of Israel, and return of “refugees” […] Read more 2020-08-11  •  Robert Spencer