In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS I recount America’s first war against Islamic jihadists: its conflict in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against the Barbary pirates. Few historians have recognized this as a jihad, but that is what it was: in June 1796, Pasha Hamouda, the bey […]
Archives for June 2018
Hugh Fitzgerald: Prince William’s Middle East Visit Started Out Well, and Then…..
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, has just completed a trip to the Middle East. He first spent a day and a half in Jordan, visiting the Roman city of Jerash, where his wife had had her picture taken when she was four years old. It turns out that the Middleton family had lived for several […]
Mali: Muslims murder six in jihad attack headquarters of G5 Sahel anti-terror force
“A suicide bomber tried to penetrate the base at Sévaré in central Mali, according to a security source. A local orange seller, Haoussa Haidara, said ‘there was a huge blast’ followed by exchanges of gunfire. Gunshots could still be heard an hour later.” “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, […]
Muslim cleric: World Cup nations are “enemies of Islam,” games meant to distract from Gaza
“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. […]
Australia: Islamic group has received over US$1,750,000 in taxpayer funds since 2010, up to 75% of its revenue
“The ICV had controversially called for taxpayer-funded ‘safe spaces’ in which Muslim youth could vent extreme speech.” They’ve apparently received enough taxpayer money to have funded those jihadi incubators themselves. Why did the Victoria authorities give this Islamic group so much money? Do they fund Jewish and Christian and Hindu organizations at this same clip? […]
UK: Mosque charity investigated for encouraging children into jihad terrorism
In Islam, zakat — the alms required of every Muslim — can and should be given to further the jihad. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many jihad-linked charities. “Mosque charity investigated for encouraging children into terrorism,” by David Ainsworth, Civil Society, June 29, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: NYC Truck Jihadi Says ISIS Is ‘Leading a War’ to ‘Impose Sharia’
He rejects the judgment of a U.S. court. He isn’t the only one. My latest in PJ Media: Saipov said in court: “The judgments that are made here are not important for me. They are not Allah’s judgments.” He added: “The Islamic State [ISIS], in order to impose sharia on Earth, is leading a war.” […]
Australia: Muslim teen who plotted jihad massacre was referred to “deradicalization” program, but didn’t go
“The boy was referred to a diversion program to address his risk of radicalisation and counter any tendency towards violence and extremism, but the judge said the boy did not attend the sessions because he was working.” Even if he had gone, it was unlikely to have made much difference. Deradicalization programs have been notorious […]
Merkel: Migrant crisis could “make or break” the European Union
Let’s hope she is right, and that the migrant crisis breaks the European Union, so that the people of Europe have a chance to preserve their nations as free societies, rid of the Brussels-imposed tyranny of socialist internationalism that has put Western Europe on the path to suicide. “Angela Merkel warns migrant crisis could ‘make […]
UAE: Singer on trial for insulting Islam — for pointing at a mosque with her left hand
She insists that she did not intend to insult Islam. In any case, whether she did or not, she outraged Islamic sensibilities by pointing to the mosque with the wrong hand. This is the ultimate outcome of “Islamophobia” initiatives: if one determines never to insult Islam, there is virtually no end to the possible insults. […]
Taliban denounces condemnations by Islamic scholars, justifies its jihad on Islamic grounds
We are constantly told in the West that the Taliban and other jihad groups have nothing to do with Islam, and that they twist and distort the concept of jihad. In this statement, however, they respond to plans by Islamic scholars to denounce them by making their case on Islamic grounds. They deny intentionally targeting […]
Robert Spencer: The History of Jihad completes the case I have been making for decades now
My new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS is nothing less than the crown and completion of my two decades of public work trying to alert people to the nature and magnitude of the global jihad threat. I’ve written a guide to the Qur’an – The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran. […]
Australia: “Mentally ill” Muslim who killed two people while screaming “Allahu akbar” to be sent home to France
Smail Ayad is just another manifestation of the global outbreak of mental illness, you see. Nothing to see here. Go back to sleep, you kuffar. This was just an attack by a “mentally unstable Frenchman.” Happens all the time. “He claimed to have no or limited memory of the attack, which reportedly started when he […]
Aquarius migrants in Spain throw away towels and clothes given by the Red Cross
Exploding the myth that these are needy “refugees.” “Aquarius migrants in Spain throw away towels and clothes donated by the Red Cross,” by Ben Perchiron, Voice of Europe, June 25, 2018: On June 24th several Facebook users criticised the fact that many migrants from the Aquarius boat had thrown away clothes and towels donated to […]
Hamas paid $11,800 to family of jihad mass murderer who killed eight Israeli students
Lovers of death (as they themselves proclaim that they are) celebrating and rewarding murder. “Police seize thousands in Hamas cash from family of dead terrorist who killed 8,” Times of Israel, June 27, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Police seized tens of thousands of shekels from the family of an East Jerusalem terrorist […]
UN rejects Trump’s choice to head UN’s International Organization for Migration
Ken Isaacs “faced serious charges of anti-Muslim bigotry.” Among them: “Isaacs published numerous tweets describing Islam as an inherently violent religion, including one after the 2016 attack in the French city of Nice that said ‘Islam is not peaceful’. He has also retweeted xenophobic material, such as a post last year from Robert Spencer, the […]
UK Lord asks if mosques will be monitored for “hate speech,” is threatened with “hate speech” prosecution for asking
A chronicle of a society in its death throes: Lord Pearson asks if “Her Majesty’s Government whether, in pursuit of their anti-terrorism strategy,” will “require preaching in mosques and teaching in madrassas in England and Wales to be monitored for hate speech against non-Muslims.” In response, the Muslim Baroness Warsi issues a warning: “I shall […]
Swedish TV features “traditional” midsummer celebration: woman in hijab cooking kebab
This is of a piece with the Swedish government’s earlier claim that Swedish meatballs were actually Turkish. Qaisar Mahmood, the Pakistani Muslim on the Swedish National Heritage Board, has explained that he wants to use Sweden’s history to “create the narrative” that will make Muslim migrants “part of something.” “Swedish TV ‘Traditional’ Midsummer Celebration – […]
Iran: “Death to Khamenei” chants ring out on fourth day of protests against the Islamic regime
Iranians entered the fourth day of protests on Wednesday after the rial hit a record low of 90,000 rials to one U.S. dollar on Sunday The notorious “Death to America” chants of the Iranian regime and its supporters have given way to widespread “Death to Khamenei” chants. All this shows yet again that appeasement of […]
Australia: Trade Union funding Palestinian jihad group
Although the word “alleged” is important to use in this case, it is widely known that Muslim Brotherhood and jihadist groups associated with the Palestinian case routinely operate under charitable fronts: A Palestinian aid group that employs and supports the leader of an Islamic terrorist group in Gaza is being funded by Australian taxpayers, it […]