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Archives for 2020
UK: Former Home Secretary Says ‘Islamist Ideology’ is ‘Twisted Version of Islam’
Willful ignorance is never likely to bear good fruit. My latest in FrontPage: The United Kingdom’s former Home Secretary Sajid Javid has just published an op-ed The Sun in which he appears to be calling for a new realism in response to the Islamic jihad threat, but a closer look reveals that he is just […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder three Christians who were trying to protect their village from jihad massacre
“The people are feeling so sad and disappointed because the government has a constitutional obligation to protect the life of all citizens. The people are left to their fate. They are not allowed to acquire arms to defend themselves, and the government fails in its constitutional duty to protect the people. There is now perpetual […]
Pakistan: Tens of thousands gather for funeral of Muslim cleric who endorsed jihad violence
Why didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims turn out in even greater numbers, denouncing Rizvi for misunderstanding their peaceful religion? “Pak: Tens of thousands mourners gather for funeral of cleric who endorsed blasphemy, terrorised minorities,” WION, November 21, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Tens of thousands of people in Pakistan gathered in […]
Nigerian state gives Sharia precedence over child protection law, allowing for child marriage
No surprise here. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said in January 2018 that under Islamic law, girls as young as nine can marry. “Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq […]
Chechnya: Amid screams of ‘Allahu akbar,’ Muslim who beheaded French teacher over cartoons given hero’s burial
And a street was named after him. Why didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims stand up and protest against this? Aren’t the jihadis a Tiny Minority of Extremists who have twisted and hijacked the Religion of Peace? Every Western leader assures me this is the case! “Paris beheading case: Amidst chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’, […]
Nigeria: Repeated jihad massacres of farmers are devastating the nation’s food supply
This is one illustration of why states that are jihadi hotspots are so infrequently prosperous, unless they have had the good fortune of striking oil. Then some Islamic preachers will blame the resulting poverty and hunger on Allah’s displeasure, and the jihad will gain new energy in an effort to placate his wrath. “Rising Attacks […]
Bank of England steps up support for Islamic banks, ‘particularly well suited to financing the post-Covid recovery’
Banning people who speak critically of jihad terror and Islamic supremacism. Letting in imams who speak positively about jihad terror and tearing infidels limb from limb. And now this, which “will further strengthen the United Kingdom’s role as the leading international financial centre for Islamic finance outside the Muslim world.” It looks as if the […]
Islamic State enraged over Taliban’s meeting in Qatar with Iranian ambassador
The Islamic State considers Shi’ites to be unbelievers, and so they believe that according to the Islamic principle of al-wala wal-bara, loyalty to Muslims and hatred of non-Muslims, the Taliban should hate the Iranians, not work with them. But the Taliban, like everyone else, know which way the wind is blowing, and likely calculate that […]
Palestinians Denounce Israel But Count On Its Medical Care
Saeb Erekat spent his life denouncing Israel and Israelis. But when he came down with Covid-19, he insisted on being treated at the Hadassah Hospital, where he received – as he knew he would – a standard of care unobtainable in Palestinian hospitals. He is one of many Palestinians who have counted on Israeli medical […]