JIHAD WATCH

 

If Muhammad is legendary, why were stories invented about him that portray him in a negative light? Author’s note: This is the third segment of my review of Robert Spencer’s new revised and expanded edition of Did Muhammad Exist?. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Chapter 5 discusses the work of Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham, the earliest biographers of Muhammad, in considerable detail, and shows how totally unreliable they […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Ibn Warraq Palestinian Authority top dog says Israel freezing funds PA gives to jihad terrorists is ‘racism’ Of course! Everything else is these days, why not this? “PA: Freezing of money for terrorists is ‘racism,'” by Dalit Halevi, Arutz Sheva, July 12, 2021: Qadri Abu Bakr, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners Affairs Commission, condemned the decision of the Israeli Cabinet to freeze the funds transferred by the Palestinian Authority to […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer ‘One of world’s top scholars on Islam’ says political Islam can be ‘gateway to democratic and pluralist worldview’ Jocelyne Cesari is a highly respected academic: she is professor of religion and politics at the University of Birmingham; senior research fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; and professorial fellow at the Australian Catholic University. So you know immediately what she thinks about everything. The only examples offered, at […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Nigeria: Muslim mob demands death sentence for man accused of insulting Muhammad A glimpse into the future of the West. This is where the Left’s “hate speech” rhetoric is tending. We are very close to this now, far closer than most people realize. Supporters of the President are defamed and smeared now, but for years, critics of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others have […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Bangladesh: Mosque prayer leader was also bomb-making instructor Why wasn’t Naeem deterred from bomb-making by all the peaceful teachings of the Qur’an, upon which non-Muslim Western politicians are staking the future of their societies? “Bangladesh: 5 members of the Neo-JMB banned militant outfit were arrested,” by P C Thomas, News Track Live, July 12, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): DHAKA: Dhaka […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Prof: Israel will be destroyed, we will establish Islamic state, Allah will allow some Jews to escape annihilation This is the side that, according to the American Left, has the moral high ground. “Gaza Professor Of Islamic Studies Nasr Fahajan: When Palestine Is Liberated, The Jews Will Not Be Annihilated; Some Will Be Allowed To Escape Abroad,” MEMRI, July 2, 2021: Palestinian professor of Islamic studies Nasr Fahajan said that according to the […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Afghanistan: Taliban impose new restrictions on women, force men to grow beards Is this the United States’ problem to solve? Should we stay in Afghanistan until doomsday? The U.S. should concentrate on making sure the Taliban don’t export their jihad activity. That’s all. But of course, our military today has other concerns, such as making sure there are no patriots among our armed forces. “Taliban Impose New […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslims force 60 Hindus to convert to Islam The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is not considered compulsion. Even when conversions are […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Robert Spencer Arch-Terrorist Ahmed Jibril Dies; Mahmoud Abbas Offers His Condolences Ahmad Jibril, the leader of a major Palestinian terrorist group, died in a Damascus hospital on Wednesday night, Lebanese media has reported. The story of his life as a terrorist is here: “Ahmad Jibril, head of Syria-based Palestinian terror group PFLP-GC, dead at 83,” by Aaron Boxerman, Times of Israel, July 7, 2021: …Jibril, the […] Read more 2021-07-14  •  Hugh Fitzgerald UK: Labour Part

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