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Germany: Muslima praises jihadis on TV talk show

Nov 7, 2016 3:15 pm By Robert Spencer

Illi praised Muslims who went to Syria to wage jihad: ““Muslims are faced with repressions all over the world. It is no wonder that the temptation to break out of that misery is gigantic. One must highly praise such a determination as civil courage, given that context.”

There is something of an uproar in Germany over this, but why should there be? Given Merkel’s policies, before too long Illi or someone like her will not just be an honored guest, but the host of the show.

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“A woman ‘calling for jihad’ was invited on a German talk show,” by Rick Noack, Washington Post, November 7, 2016 (thanks to Darcy):

She certainly was an unusual TV guest: Nora Illi, the representative for women of a Swiss Muslim group.

But to many viewers of a popular German Sunday evening talk show, the 32-year-old convert wearing a face veil was also a provocation. It was not because she chose to cover much of her face at a time when a ban on full-face veils in public has been proposed. But rather it was her comments that caused an immediate public backlash.

Speaking on the show, Illi made arguments that some non-Muslims would probably disagree with: “In Islam, women have many rights and possibilities. We don’t have to balance family and career as much as other women do. We can evolve in our role.”

More controversially, though, Illi appears to think that it is understandable and even praiseworthy that some European youths might think of Syria as the “promised land” and fight there for militant groups, according to social media posts she wrote and that were read out on the talk show.

Referring to those young people, Illi had written in a Facebook post: “Muslims are faced with repressions all over the world. It is no wonder that the temptation to break out of that misery is gigantic.

“One must highly praise such a determination as civil courage, given that context.”

Women “who feel that they have been shut out by society and want to break away could view Syria as the promised land, as the only way out,” she also has been quoted as arguing.

Her comments were criticized by journalists and talk show panel participants. German media outlets said her TV appearance was being perceived by many viewers as a “call for jihad.” Illi has rejected such claims….

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  1. Alan Haywood says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    Throughout life you will find people who live on the extremes of what is considered normality. It is healthy to listen to their views, and wonder at the sheer lunacy of so much of what they say, but they will always have their converts. Look at Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler, for eg., in the modern era. Now we have Islam to deal with…and deal with it we must, and with far greater gusto than is currently being demonstrated by our current crop of leaders. This, I believe will be the FINAL crusade. Islam as portrayed by so many of its followers must be tamed and put back into Pandora’s box.

    • Shmued B Dovid says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 5:26 pm

      Don’t ‘tame’ them……. eliminate them. There is a subtle difference.

    • Hector Archytas says

      Nov 8, 2016 at 5:52 am

      Only China is successful in controlling the Mohamedan.

      2 childs per children otherwise jail.

      Mohamedan growed from 65000 to 5 millions since their immigration is banned.

      they got a strategy to double every 7 years using the tax of others.

      Welfare state without birth cap is wrong

  2. August West says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    So what is the difference between calling for Jihad in a black Niqab or a blck Balaclava?

    The tv network gave her an microphone and Germans watched it. She is unidentified in that no one will be able to recognize her.

    She is not in jail.

    At some point this stops.being.Merkel’s fault and becomes the responsibility of the broader German population.

    I think we are at that point.

    • Islam the religion of killers says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      I would have thought this was a perfect opportunity, with her niqab in place the sound guy could have overdubbed anything the producer wanted…

      You could create mayhem with this …..

      Where can I get the footage, ???? I’ll have some fun with this on Facebook //

    • Save Europe says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 6:14 pm

      Um, actually, this is what she looks like. Of course, notice one thing. Yes, indeed, she is ugly. No attractive woman, with self-respect, in their right mind, would convert to Islam. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/Nora-Illi-lobt-die-ausgerissenen-Maedchen-22233578

      • Jack Diamond says

        Nov 7, 2016 at 6:52 pm

        Just see her eyes in that pic. Sabina and Samra are Austrian teenagers who ran away to join the Islamic State. Nora Illi is from Zurich and converted when she was 18. She is now 28 and I’ve yet to find a photo of her face unmasked.

        Nora Illi approves of the girls, “on the website of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (IZRS), Nora Illi has published a text in which she shows understanding for the girls who have been cleansed (sic) : “Muslims are subjected to the most massive reprisals around the world, no wonder the temptation must be huge to break out of this misery and then fight in the praised Bilaad ash-Sham (Syria) against the minions of Assad and for justice. “

        • Jack Diamond says

          Nov 7, 2016 at 7:05 pm

          Should have added Sabina and Samra were children of Bosnian immigrants in Austria.
          As you might expect, they came to a bad end.

        • Jay Boo says

          Nov 8, 2016 at 2:33 am

          Her eyes and her … HANDS

          ‘She’ appears to have MAN-HANDS
          Maybe it is just the camera angle, but her hands reminds me of a Jerry Seinfeld episode.

  3. Crusades Were Right! says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    How to get ahead in the modern West (if you’re a brain-dead good-for-nothing):

    1. Adopt an outlandish/ridiculous appearance
    2. Profess a hatred for Christianity and liberty
    3. Claim victimhood status
    4. Tell lies

    In short…

    …convert to Islam!

  4. John Hawk says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    A rather stylish garbage bag she is wearing, as such things go.

  5. Champ says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    Ok it’s time to rally and VOTE 4 TRUMP!!!!

    This is what Hillary wants to do to AMERICA! NO WAY!

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      TEN MILLION DITTOES to you Champ!

      As for this ho’: ‘In islam women don’t have to balance career and family’? Seriously? Of course muslim women don’t ‘balance career’. That’s because they get killed if they leave the house, which of course DOES then put you at somewhat of a disadvantage vis a vis a ‘career.

      But clearly ‘Illi’ does want to look on the bright side here so let’s follow right along with her, shall we? I mean there are lots of things ‘muslim women never have to worry about’, to wit:

      1. They never have to worry about normal sexual development since their clitoris is carved off with a rusty knife when they’re, oh, about 9,
      2. They never have to worry about excelling scholastically because they’ll be shot in the head at point-blank range if they dare to set foot in a school (see: Malawa),
      3. They never need to worry about marital tensions because they’re slaves, not wives,
      4. Best of all: They never have to worry about how to realize their hopes and dreams since they’re allowed none by the dead-end ‘religion’ aka islam.

      Boy, that Religion of Peace! Worry-free!

  6. Rolf Wittwer says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 5:02 pm

    For normal people it was best propaganda against Islam and its brainwashed intolerant “1’000-years-back” living members!

  7. Angemon says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    Speaking on the show, Illi made arguments that some non-Muslims would probably disagree with: “In Islam, women have many rights and possibilities. We don’t have to balance family and career as much as other women do. We can evolve in our role.”

    Can you imagine the s***storm if an old, white Christian, straight male said that women should stay at home because not having to balance family and career lets them evolve in their role? “Feminists” would eat him alive.

    • Champ says

      Nov 7, 2016 at 6:23 pm

      No kidding, Angemon! 😀

  8. moeped says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    Kick her out of the country or jail her, along with the 20+ jihadi children she’s raising.

  9. gravenimage says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    Germany: Muslima praises jihadis on TV talk show

    There is something of an uproar in Germany over this, but why should there be? Given Merkel’s policies, before too long Illi or someone like her will not just be an honored guest, but the host of the show.
    …………………………

    I very much take your point–but I’m *glad* Germans are enraged over this.

    More:

    More controversially, though, Illi appears to think that it is understandable and even praiseworthy that some European youths might think of Syria as the “promised land” and fight there for militant groups, according to social media posts she wrote and that were read out on the talk show.
    …………………………

    Ah–right. There is no freedom in civilized Switzerland, but there is in the foul Islamic State.

    This would be “freedom” to crucify kids who flout Ramadan, behead journalists and aid workers, use sex slaves, and commit genocide.

    God, I hate Islam.

    • Gail griffin says

      Nov 8, 2016 at 10:14 am

      I wish the interviewer had asked her that question. Why would youths prefer to go to Syria and torture Syrians and then be blown to bits? Sounds grand but is it really. Would she go? If not, why not?

  10. davej says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    Appearing on TV in a bank robber costume should be illegal, as it is on the streets..

    It is obviously unfair to everyone else (normal human beings).

    Islam is a nasty criminal scam.

  11. Peter says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    Muslims worldwide are repressed because they cannot (yet) fulfill their divine mandate of destroying all other systems of belief and of exterminating, subjugating, enslaving, or forcibly converting non-Muslim humanity.

  12. JawsV says

    Nov 7, 2016 at 11:11 pm

    She’s a convert. You know something’s really wrong with someone if they convert to Islam. And I guess she enjoys wearing Hefty bags. What a loser.

  13. andra says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 5:03 am

    For the German public the propaganda might even have been good. The Anne-Will-Show often contributes to Islam-topics. Usually you have four participants in favour for multi-kulti and islamization an one who talks more or less against it. That´s the pattern in all German talk-shows.
    For the past months, however, you can see, that more and more Germans understand this pattern and start thinking for themselves. As the full-body-veil is sharply discusses on the streets this show could be a great step to more resistance.

    In Germany there exist a compulsory charge for the TV-Stations of ARD and ZDF, it does not matter wether or not you use these channels. There are some people who refuse paying, one woman even went to jail for about a month. This morning I have read that many more people now have informed the channels that they won´t pay anymore for TV channels that make propaganda for islamist. Should this group increase on a significant scale the public service television might break down and the govemnmet might lose their most important mouthpiece.

    I hope for you that many Americans read this article before they vote and understand that the veil will also be the American future if you get Clinton for president.

  14. Kasey says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 5:36 am

    Islam,like Nazism, is a discriminatory supremicist violent and lethal ideology, and like Nazism, must be destroyed for the free World to survive. It masqurades as a religion of peace and harmony via its doctrine of taqiyya.The Worled must wake up to thia fact of suffer the consequences of thounsands of years of bloodshed and eventual rule of sharia law for those who survive.

  15. Ron Barak says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 5:57 am

    See video: https://youtu.be/d5V5nce-uOg

  16. Baucent says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 6:01 am

    It’s rather interesting how the converts to Islam from the West, like Nora, seem to always get the most virulent dose of the Mohammed fever. Rarely do they become “secular muslims”, or “moderate muslims”. Oh no, these former infidels go the full nine yards in religious fervour. Take, Nora, sitting there in full black out attire whereas even in Saudi Arabia the face would have been uncovered.

    I own feeling is that white liberal self haters, unable to turn their skin black have chosen Islam as an accessible “oppressed group” they can join. She may not be black, but now she has solidarity with the World wide Ummah and can shake her fist as every Western bomb falls.

  17. common sense says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 9:36 am

    Sounds like what liberal democrats like to say in their utter blind ignorance while a Muslim like this knows exactly how to attack them and create this insane narrative.

  18. Cretius says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 10:06 am

    The oppression of Islam that she speaks of is of two types. One, the butchery of Mohammedans by fellow Mohammedans and secondly the oppression of non-believers by Mohammedans. Both are damning indictments of an Islam that is characterised by a supremacist, totalitarian political system that includes a ‘religion’ of holy war, deception, murder, thievery, slavery, bigotry, intolerance, sexism and barbaric cultural practises.

    Converts usually are of the fire and brimestone ilk. This woman is the poster girl for everything western democracies dispise about Islam.

  19. eduardo odraude says

    Nov 8, 2016 at 2:05 pm

    The damned and obviously evil burka always reminds me of the ringwraiths from Lord of the Rings.

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