JIHAD WATCH 09/15/2020

Failed Congressional Candidate Boasts of Reading Qur’an ‘Loudly’ As Trump2020 Trucks Passed My latest in PJ Media: Is the Qur’an simply the holy book of one of the world’s great religions, and hence a revered part of our glorious multicultural mosaic, or is it a weapon for only one part of our political spectrum? Ihssane Leckey, a far-left candidate for Congress in Massachusetts’ fourth congressional district, offers […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer Muslim leader: ‘We do not want it to be legal in Sweden to burn holy scriptures such as the Quran’ “We do not want it to be legal in Sweden to burn holy scriptures such as the Quran, the Bible and the Jewish scriptures, and that at the same time it should be forbidden to mock the various religions,” imam Hussein Farah Warsame said. It sounds so reasonable, right? But no one starts rioting and […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer Switzerland: Man converts to Islam, uses martial arts school to recruit for the Islamic State Where did the “Emir of Winterthur” learn about his new religion? Has his mosque been investigated? Why not? Why do so many converts to Islam somehow get the idea that their new religion calls upon them to commit acts of violence against unbelievers? Despite the fact that this keeps happening, authorities in Switzerland and everywhere […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer BLM founder hails Linda Sarsour for ‘leading incredible movements that have changed the landscape of this country’ As far back as September 22, 2011, Sarsour tweeted: “shariah law is reasonable and once u read into the details it makes a lot of sense. People just know the basics.” Her position didn’t change over time. On May 12, 2015, she tweeted: “If you are still paying interest than Sharia Law hasn’t taken over […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with ‘2015 like massacre’ over republication of Muhammad cartoons This is the showdown for the West. Will free societies bow to violent threats and willingly give up the freedom of speech? Or will they defend that freedom? The more we bow to violent intimidation, the more violent intimidation we will get. “Islamic terror group Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with a ‘2015 like massacre’ for […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer Iran behind hack attacks and online disinformation campaigns meant to boost Biden The Obama administration was so beneficial for the Islamic Republic, it’s perfectly understandable that the mullahs would want more of it. “Iran Behind Hack Attacks, Online Disinformation Campaigns to Boost Biden,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, September 11, 2020: Iran is behind an ongoing series of hack attacks and online disinformation campaigns meant to […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer Malta: Muslim tells French girl who criticized Islam ‘We are going to rape you in a cellar…in the name of Allah’ As far as the man who issued these threats is concerned, Mila is a blasphemer who thus deserves death in accord with Islamic law. He therefore sees no incongruity in mixing expressions of piety with his violent threats. “‘We’re going to rape you in a cellar’: Mila threatened during her vacation,” translated from “‘On va […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Robert Spencer U.S. Aid to Lebanon Helps Hezbollah Hezbollah is now, and has been for several decades, the most powerful political and military force in Lebanon. Yet it is also, following the Beirut bast for which it was entirely responsible, at the nadir of its popularity among the Lebanese. It is suffering financially, too, as its supporter Iran has itself been subject to […] Read more 2020-09-14  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Sweden: New Arab Party asks Swedes ‘who do not accept diversity to renounce their citizenship and leave the country’

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