Counter-terrorism police in London “have arrested two men over concerns about a potential extreme right-wing terrorism plot.” There are a couple of reasons why this story is being covered at Jihad Watch, despite being about “far-right terrorism.” 1. There is a determined effort by the mainstream media and some authorities to overplay the threat of […]
United Methodist Church under fire for anti-Semitism — and also enables jihad terror
The political goal of the “Christ at the Checkpoint Conference” in Oklahoma was to “flip American Christian support for Israel to the Palestinians.” In the wake of the synagogue shooting last week in Pittsburgh, activists from several mainline Protestant churches came under fire for promoting a culture of anti-Semitism in their churches, especially the United […]
India: Hindu priest dies after brutal beating by Muslim cleric over music on temple loudspeakers
All over the world, the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) blasts out over loudspeakers, sometimes to the annoyance of local citizens, waking them up at all hours. Take, for example, last January in Israel, when the Knesset proposed bills to limit the use of loudspeakers for the adhan. The initiative was met with fury in […]
France: Seven Muslim migrants from the same family arrested after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
Counterterrorism investigators in France arrested seven Syrians, all members of the same family, in Paris after suspecting that many of them had uploaded videos to the internet pledging allegiance to Islamic State. With open immigration, this kind of story will become increasingly routine. The jihad terror threat is not being taken seriously enough. France has, […]
Saudi Arabia the worst country for atheists, followed by nine other Muslim countries
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) released “its seventh annual Freedom of Thought Report at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.” It listed the 10 best and the 10 worst countries for atheists. The US ranked among the best, while Muslim countries, and particularly Sharia states, were the worst. No surprise there. […]
Turkish President Erdogan threatens to build long-range missiles within three years
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised that “Ankara will produce first long-range missiles by 2021.” This is a matter of concern coming from an Islamic leader as ambitious and aggressive as Erdogan. He accused Europe of starting a war between Islam and Christianity in 2017, after a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) […]
Pakistan: Muslim group calls for death for judges who freed Christian woman on blasphemy charges
Jihad Watch reported earlier that Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who has been imprisoned since 2010 for blasphemy, was finally acquitted. This acquittal was followed by Muslim riots and calls for her death. We may hope that Asia Bibi will be able to leave Pakistan, given the ongoing fury her case has generated. In […]
Julia Ioffe on CNN: Trump has “radicalized more people than ISIS”
GQ writer Julia Ioffe quickly apologized Monday after claiming President Trump had radicalized more people than ISIS on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper. “I think, you know, this president, one of the things that he really launched his presidential run on is talking about Islamic radicalization, and this president has radicalized so many more […]
Italy: Populists block Muslim group’s bid to turn chapel into mosque
In an effort to protect Christianity in Italy: Lombardy’s populist League-led local government has blocked plans to turn an old chapel into a mosque after an Islamic group outbid Christians at the auction of a church in Bergamo, northern Italy. Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini named Islam as “one […]
Saudi Arabia: 17 Filipinos arrested for attending Halloween party
Saudi Arabia has arrested 17 Filipinos for attending a Halloween party at which there were men and women….but the Filipino embassy fears that the charges relate to the fact that there were men and women at the party. The Filipino embassy is correct, as Saudi Wahhabi laws prohibit “unattached” males and females from being seen […]