On February 6 in Ramallah, a meeting of the Palestine Central Council was held to fill important vacancies in the PLO and its legislative body, the Palestine National Council. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad refused to send representatives, claiming that only Abbas’ loyalists would be chosen. And so it turned out to be. Palestinian Authority […]
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Syria: Islamic State women in al Hol camp try to kidnap Kurdish guards, one child killed
Al Hol camp in Syria is notoriously violent. Last month, Jihad Watch reported about aid workers being at risk in Al-Hol camp, following the murder of a medic. Now, at that same camp, there’s another outbreak of violence. As a rule, every non-Muslim individual or group faces a threat of attack when they are in […]
Iran: Ten Christian converts forced to take reeducation classes led by Islamic clerics
In Shia Iran, converting to Christianity or any faith outside of Islam constitutes “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” But there is a way around it: reeducation to return the convert to Islam. And if they refuse, Shi’ite Islam, like Sunni Islam, prescribes death for apostasy: Shaykh al-Kulayni narrates a sahíh (correct) hadith from `Ammãr as-Sãbãti […]
Biden’s New Energy Department Pick Is His Most Outrageous and Appalling Yet
My latest in PJ Media: Sam Brinton (“they/them”), had some “pretty BIG news” for his friends and followers on LinkedIn recently: “I have accepted the offer to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy for the Department of Energy. In this role I’ll be doing what […]
Two Sundance staffers resign in protest of jihad documentary accused of ‘Islamophobia’
In reality, the film attempts to dispel the notion that Guantánamo inmates were “evildoers.” But critics claim that the word “jihad” in the film’s title is unacceptable, since jihad, as everyone knows, is a peaceful and benign concept referring to spiritual self-improvement. For many years now I have pointed out that any treatment of jihad […]
Taliban welcomes unmarried, pregnant reporter denied reentry to New Zealand because of COVID rules
“And if anyone of the idolaters seeks your protection, then protect him so that he may hear the word of Allah, and afterward bring him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.” (Qur’an 9:6) “Taliban ‘Welcomes’ Pregnant Reporter Denied Reentry to New Zealand Amid COVID Protocols,” […]
Pakistan: Hindu college teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for ‘blasphemy’
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are a ready means for the persecution of religious minorities, and a human rights violation of immense proportion. But no one cares. The idea of Muslims persecuting Hindus doesn’t fit the establishment media narrative, in which Muslims are always and in every case victims. “Pakistan Court Sentences Hindu Teacher To Life Imprisonment […]
South Africa: Twin brothers convert to Islam, plot jihad massacres at Shia mosques and Jewish events
Yet more converts to Islam somehow get the crazy idea that their religion of peace calls upon them to do violence to unbelievers. Authorities worldwide remain resolutely incurious about this frequently recurring phenomenon. “Thulsie twins convicted on terror charges following plea deal with state,” by Bernadette Wicks, The Citizen, February 7, 2022: After years of […]
Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei orders ‘vindication jihad,’ hybrid war against foes
Iran’s coffers have been filling up, thus enabling its continued jihad adventurism. Many sanctions have been dropped against Iran since Trump left office, while the UN chief is urging the West to lift sanctions. South Korea also paid Iran $18 million “in delinquent dues owed to the United Nations.” Iran has for a considerable period […]
Two Islamic State recruits, one with British passport, seized by Taliban when they tried to slip into Afghanistan
Even the Taliban is protecting its borders, while jihadists have for a considerable period infiltrated refugee streams into the European Union and the the Western world at large. It’s the perfect opportunity for them. The irony is telling: “two suspected Islamic State recruits, one of them carrying a British passport, were seized by the Taliban […]