The PBS Series “The History Detectives” some years ago included a program on Islam in America – that is, on the history of Muslims in America, a history that we were asked to believe until recently had supposedly remained “hidden.” Here is part of the text for that program, available online. “When the first Muslims […]
Turkey: Netflix branded ‘Islam’s enemy’ over rumors of gay character in teen series
Netflix is being branded as “Islam’s enemy” over “rumours of a gay character on a Turkish Netflix series.” The flareup in Turkey now in progress over the series is to be expected. Islamic law is clear on the punishment of execution (Abu Dawud 4462) for homosexual activity, and it is carried out in many Sharia […]
Iowa: Republican candidate calls for redefining Islam as “militant cultural imperialism seeking world domination”
Phillips said he has spent time personally studying Islam and believes that when a Muslim swears the oath to the Constitution using the Quran, that negates the constitutional law because they are “sworn to turn this country into an Islamic country.” Hamas-linked CAIR has already weighed in, calling upon “state and national Republican Party leaders […]
India: Hundreds of Muslims rush out into streets to prevent the quarantining of an imam
This display of piety and faith in Allah, as well as of intimidation of unbelievers, endangers both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. “Uttarakhand: Muslim mob comes out onto the streets in hotspot Balbhoonpoora to prevent authorities from quarantining an Imam,” OpIndia, April 12, 2020: A Muslim mob came out onto the streets at Balbhoonpura in Haldwani, […]
Pakistan: 1000s of Muslims gather in mosques, 60% of coronavirus cases linked to Muslims going to Islamic gatherings
“Our prayer leader told us that the virus can’t infect us the way it does Western people.” Even if people who think this way get infected, they won’t change their way of thinking. They will just assume they had displeased Allah in other ways, and redouble their efforts to please him. That’s why these kinds […]
Pakistan: Christians yet again denied food aid, coronavirus relief distribution for Muslims only
Jihad Watch has previously reported on two other incidents of this, one on April 1 and one on April 7, as well as on April 11 an incident in which Christians were forced to make the Islamic profession of faith to get food aid. EShaykh.com says that while one may give voluntary alms to non-Muslims, […]
Pakistan: Hindu family in Karachi forced to convert to Islam amid COVID-19 outbreak
Islamic tolerance. 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. Remember Steve […]
UK’s new Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion: Muslim rape gang victims should “shut up for the good of diversity”
In 2017, UK Labour MP Naz Shah not only “liked,” but retweeted a tweet saying that girls who were victimized by Muslim rape gangs needed to “shut their mouths for the good of diversity.” Rather than face consequences, she was promoted the following year by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to “a frontbench role as […]
Canadian immigration authorities want to deport Muslim doctor who ran “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan
This is a welcome response, but it’s strange coming from the Canadian government, which has often wielded the “Islamophobia” battering ram. The former Conservative government, to which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has referred as “Islamophobic,” passed the “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act.” However, following the Trudeau win in 2015, the Senate approved a […]
India: Muslims, including an imam, pelt police team with stones for trying to seal a mosque
The mosque must not be closed. The prayers must go on. Coronavirus? Allah will protect them from that. This is the same kind of fanaticism that fuels jihad activity. “Meerut: Police Team Trying To Seal Mosque In Jali Kothi Hotspot Attacked; Four Arrested,” IANS, April 12, 2020: Four persons, including the Imam of a mosque, […]