Jihadists don’t need a reason to kill anyone. Their revenge and retaliation claims are a psychological game to make us feel as if we are responsible for their violence against us. After a mass shooting at a mosque in New Zealand, some people worried that revenge attacks would follow. And indeed, the Sri Lanka […]
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Hugh Fitzgerald: In An Age of Terror, What Is The Responsibility of Glenn K. Beaton? (Part Four)
Still, I won’t blame all Muslims for that attack or for one congresswoman’s stupid remark about it. I firmly believe that to do so would dishonor my decent friends who died that day. “I won’t blame all Muslims for that attack [9/11],” he tells us. But who has blamed “all Muslims” for the 9/11 […]
A message about Robert Spencer from the David Horowitz Freedom Center
Dear Valued Reader: Due to a personal circumstance, Robert Spencer is currently on a hiatus. All of us at the David Horowitz Freedom Center ask of you to please say a prayer into his situation. In the meantime, Jihad Watch will continue to provide you with quality daily coverage as usual until Robert’s return of […]
Robert Spencer talks about “Islamophobia” on “What do you Meme”
Robert Spencer discusses a popular tweet that became a meme, from Dr. Craig Considine of Rice University. In the tweet, Considine explains how an Islamophobe is “a person who doesn’t know any Muslims in real life”. Robert Spencer gives his own thoughts on the word “Islamophobe”.
First Somali Muslim on Minneapolis Force Convicted of Murder
When Justine Damond tried to report a rape, Mohamed Noor, the first Somali Muslim officer on the Minneapolis police force, killed her. Noor claimed that he was acting in self-defense even though the woman he killed was unarmed and was, in no way, shape or form, about to attack him. Here’s what Robert Spencer originally […]
Baghdadi video in full with English subtitles
After remaining quiet for five years, often reported dead, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, appears on a 17 minute video, rallying what remains of his forces to launch further attacks on the “Christian Crusaders”, making excuses for their loses at Baghuz, listing a long list of dead amongst a long list of […]
Jihad Plot in Southern California
BY LEE NEWMAN Mark Steven Domingo is a recent convert to Islam who plotted attacks on Jews, Churches, police officers, and military bases. He’s accused of writing in one rambling online message, “I feel like I should make a christians life miserable tomorrow for our fallen bros n sis in [N]ew Zealand…maybe a jews life…they […]
Did Sri Lankan Government Shut Down Surveillance of Muslims That Could Have Stopped Attack?
Why were Islamic terrorists able to massacre hundreds of Christians in Sri Lanka? As in the United States, the answer may lie in the government’s dismantling of surveillance of Islamic terrorists. The first action of the Sri Lankan government after the bombing of churches and hotels was to shut down social media. As I […]
Ilhan Omar Compares Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ to Those ‘Fleeing Nazis’ During WWII
So much wrong here, but she truly is the gift that keeps giving. The US accepted millions of refugees from Europe during WWII, also went, with boots on the ground. There is no “Muslim ban” it’s a ban on countries that are at high risk of bringing in violent jihadists, many of the larger muslim […]
Museum Tries to Censor Depiction of Islamic Slavery
History has a notorious Islamophobic bias. The only way to get rid of Islamophobia is to dispose of history entirely. That’s a difficult challenge. Censorship is a lot easier. An American art museum is demanding that a German far-right party stop using one of its paintings, portraying a 19th-century slave auction, in a campaign […]