Wasiq Wasiq is a founding trustee of Muslims Against Antisemitism (MAAS) and an Associate Fellow at the Centre on Radicalisation & Terrorism of the Henry Jackson Society. That’s an extremely bad sign, as the Henry Jackson Society is a frankly fascist organization that has openly called for foes of jihad violence and Sharia oppression of […]
Muslims and Abortion Post-Roe v. Wade
What does Islam teach about abortion? This question has become particularly pressing after the Supreme Court’s bombshell reversal in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization of the 1973 precedent, Roe v. Wade, which in conjunction with other Supreme Court cases proclaimed an unlimited constitutional “right” of abortion. Now Americans of all backgrounds, including Muslims, will decide on the legality of […]
Niger: 40 ex-jihadis complete deradicalization course, swear on Qur’an they won’t do any more violence
Are these men truly “deradicalized”? Maybe. But deradicalization programs have been spectacular failures everywhere. Qur’an 3:28 warns believers not to take unbelievers as “friends or helpers,” “unless that you but guard yourselves against them.” This is a foundation of the idea that believers may legitimately deceive unbelievers when under pressure. The word used for “guard” […]
Philippines: Over 11,000 former members of jihad groups take exams to join national police force
These men have presumably been “deradicalized.” So what could possibly go wrong? Plenty. Deradicalization programs are an abysmal failure everywhere they have been implemented. From the Jihad Watch archives: Austria: Vienna jihad murderer had gone to deradicalization program, was not considered a terror threat UK: Libyan migrant who went on stabbing spree in Reading was […]
UK: Muslim cleric forced to flee city after death threats he received for denouncing ‘Islamic extremism’
One might almost get the idea that the “extremists” were a large and formidable group without significant opposition. But that would be “Islamophobic.” “Muslim cleric who condemned Islamic extremism at the Manchester Arena bombing inquiry is forced to FLEE the city after receiving death threats,” by Jessica Warren, MailOnline, May 2, 2022: Death threats have […]
Moderate Muslim Criticizes Jihadis but Falls Short of What Is Needed to Counter Their Appeal
New in PJ Media: On Sunday in Toronto, anti-Israel demonstrators screamed “Allahu akbar” in exultation when they heard about a rocket attack against the Jewish state. Raheel Raza, a prominent moderate Muslim in Canada, took to the National Post Tuesday to denounce the demonstration in a passionately written article entitled “As a practising Muslim, I find Al-Quds […]
Canada: Moderate Muslim’s rejection of Al-Quds Day is welcome, but misleads
It’s just great that Raheel Raza, as a practicing Muslim, finds Al-Quds Day abhorrent. I wish that more practicing Muslims did so as well. Unfortunately, her article contains a number of inaccuracies and misleading statements. The participants in the anti-Israel rally in downtown Toronto were not shouting “God is great.” They were shouting “Allahu akbar,” […]
Jihad Murderer Tells Jury He’s a ‘Moderate Muslim’
The murderer of British MP Sir David Amess, Ali Harbi Ali, who’s been described as “an academic high-flyer” in a headline of the sleazy rag, the Guardian, told the jury in his trial that he was a “moderate Muslim.” This is just the latest reminder that we never really can know which Muslims are going […]
Austria: ‘Hero of Vienna,’ a Muslim who aided cops during jihad attack, worked for group that funded Hamas
Everyone assumed when Osama Abu El Hosna aided injured police amid a jihad massacre that he was a moderate who rejected terrorism. But support for Hamas is far more widespread among Muslims than most analysts are willing to admit. “Palestinian ‘Hero of Vienna’ is now himself under suspicion of terrorism,” translated from “Palästinensischer ‘Held von […]
Kuwait: army ‘modernizes,’ allows women in combat roles, but unarmed and fully covered
This story would be risible if not for demonstrating the utter cruelty towards women in Islam, in which women are deemed inferior. No matter how hot the weather may be, women are required under Islamic law to fully cover up, as the Qur’an instructs: (Quran 24:31) And tell the believing women to reduce of their […]