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Cuomo likens Trump’s immigration policies to “jihad”

Jul 25, 2018 6:20 pm By Robert Spencer

“They are on a Jihad to deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the United States legally.”

What’s that? They’re on an interior spiritual struggle to deport people? The irony here is that if confronted about Islamic jihad, Cuomo would doubtless say that it’s a beautiful thing, a spiritual struggle, and that we all must avoid “Islamophobia.” But here he uses “jihad” in a way that shows that he thinks of it in negative terms; will the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reprimand him, or give him a pass because he has been useful to them?

In any case, Cuomo could find out how Muslims have actually understood “jihad” in my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. He might be surprised to discover that throughout the last 1,400 years, quite a large number of Muslims have understood jihad as meaning something quite different from an “interior spiritual struggle.”

If Cuomo did learn that, not only might he stop using this word so carelessly; he would also have to reexamine many of his bedrock assumptions about both foreign and domestic policy. Would Andrew Cuomo dare?

Find out what the Governor of New York dares not to confront: preorder The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS by clicking here now.

“Cuomo: Trump Admin. Is on a ‘Jihad to Deport as Many People’ as Possible,” by Haris Alic, Washington Free Beacon, July 24, 2018 (thanks to the Geller Report):

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) compared the Trump administration’s efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration to the zealotry of Jihad, an Arabic word describing a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty.

Cuomo made the comments while in Puerto Rico on Monday, where the governor had journeyed with a delegation of New York elected officials, students, and labor leaders to observe recovery efforts undertaken since Hurricanes Maria and Irma ravaged the island last year.

During a press briefing to publicize his visit, the governor was asked about his decision to issue a pardon to seven illegal immigrants residing in New York that were facing deportation by federal law enforcement for “minor convictions.”

The governor justified his actions, claiming the Trump administration had launched a “crusade” against those they do not “consider original Americans.”

“This administration is on a crusade against people who they do not consider original Americans,” Cuomo said. “Which is specious and hypocritical at best [because] unless you’re a member of a Native American tribe, then you’re really an immigrant to the United States.”

The pardons, which were issued on Monday, marked the third time Cuomo has intervened using his gubernatorial authority to shield illegal immigrants from “potential deportation.”

Citing what had been done in “Puerto Rico” and “at the border,” the governor claimed President Donald Trump and his administration were waging a “Jihad” on illegal immigrants.

“They are on a Jihad to deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the United States legally,” Cuomo said….

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  1. abad says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    Typical Democrat knee-jerk reaction with no real thinking put into the process.

  2. mortimer says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 6:29 pm

    CUOMO JUST ADMITTED THAT *JIHAD* is EVIL without realizing it.

    Cumo used *jihad* in the sense of an *unjust war* or “holy war”.

    OOPS! Just lost the Islamic vote, Cuomo.

    • Hindu American says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 7:19 pm

      Bingo! Liberals caught with their jihad side up.

    • KJW says

      Jul 28, 2018 at 7:12 pm

      He won’t lose the Muslim vote because he’s a useful Democrat and the Muslim Brotherhood would just explain that Cuomo doesn’t understand what jihaf means…struggle in the way of Allah and spread Allah’s “one true faith” around the world and to live under Allah’s law.

      Ha…the way that Muslims complain about everything such as what they think spells Allah on socks or UCD cream swirl advertisements, people shouldn’t be too clutzy with religious Arabic words or they’ll have a mental fit. But they’ll let it go for a Democrat.

  3. jihad3tracker says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 6:33 pm

    How many Muslims do you guess are in Cuomo’s social circle — invited to his home for conversation and special events ???? I would safely bet ZERO — but this hypocrite rich leftist seems to think we do not know that.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 6:48 pm

      J3T, exactly. He gets his misinformation about Islam in brief, on-the-fly conversations with Muslim Brotherhood disinformation specialists who are sent to feed him hot, steaming piles of TAQIYYA with whipped cream on it.

      CUOMO PRETENDS he doesn’t detect the barnyard smell of their TAQIYYA.

  4. Jerry Zavage says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    “They are on a Jihad to deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the United States legally,” …who they believe?…. “legally” is not a matter of believe…they came legally or illegally, it’s a matter of logic. Leftist are all emotion and no logic. For forty years we watched while U.S. leaders (nearly all Democrats) encouraged first those from South of the border and now everyone to illegally come to the U.S. The multiparty democratic system is in jeopardy as illegal immigrants gain citizenship (although not even required for illegal immigrants to vote in some jurisdictions now). They are draining resources needed to help the US help their own citizens. They are allow non-citizens to make decisions that belong to the U.S. government. My favorite comment from the emotional Leftist regarding illegal immigrants goes like this…They are working,paying taxes, obeying the law, and sending their children to school. Well, they can come legally and do the same thing only legally. Why do Leftist detest legality, the rule of law, management, and planning? And speaking of Jihad, more and more illegal immigrants are coming from heavily Islamist countries.

  5. duh swami says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    DJ Trumps first act of jihad was to save us from the wrath and
    ravages of Hillary…His battle cry is MAGA Akbar…
    It’s tough work being a savior, but Trump manages somehow…

  6. Guy Forester says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 7:44 pm

    Dear Mr. Cuomo:

    Please get a copy of 1,000 Years for Revenge by Peter Lance (published around 2003) and read it. Another enlightening little tome is “Two Seconds Under the World” (Dwyer, Kocieniewski, Murphy, and Tyre, a Ballantine paperback published in1994/95).

    Very enlightening, and they are all about the mayhem and terrorism going on right in beautiful downtown NYC and the surroundings. But then, you don’t care as you live and work in gated compounds protected by armed guards paid for by the taxpayers. You want more of these illegals to come in so you can find creative ways for them to vote for you and your cronies. The rest of us watch our cities, roads, and open areas turned into vagrant camps, toilets, and garbage dumps. We lose jobs and housing.

    We also get to be the victims of crimes by MS 13 and similar bunches from such paradises as Jamaica and Nigeria. Then, we also get to be the targets from said migrants that believe they are on mission from God/Allah to purge the world of such trash as Americans that do not believe as these so called holy warriors do.

    Here is a hint you pompous jack ass: Leave your guns and guards and gated compounds far behind. Get in the subways, busses, and crowded roads as the rest of us and see how it is down in the streets. But then you won’t, as you are an elitist that thinks your are better than the rest of us. Our job is to shut up and keep the money flowing to you.

    • Roland Tours says

      Jul 25, 2018 at 8:40 pm

      @ Guy Forrester: Andrew Cuomo is well-known in New York City for his avoidance of public responsibility for the city transit system, which is run by the MTA, a state agency. He is a “car guy”. So I don’t think public safety on the transit system is on his radar.

      • Guy Forester says

        Jul 26, 2018 at 1:53 am

        Thanks for the info. The only target on Cuomo’s radar is your wallet.

  7. gravenimage says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    Cuomo likens Trump’s immigration policies to “jihad”
    ………………..

    So now trying to keep Muslims from murdering us is terrorism?

    Muslim troll Ibrahim itace muhammed has said that keeping Jihadists from coming here to murder us is “genocide”.

  8. Lydia Church says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    “They are on a Jihad to deport as many people as they can who they believe are not in the United States legally,” Cuomo said….

    Given their definition of ‘jihad,’ and the fact that this is following the law…. I fail to see the problem here!
    Perhaps Cuomo can elaborate, what exactly does he want to see happen? Illegal immigrants staying here?

    • Anne Smith says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 8:14 am

      Why don’t people ask the right questions, like yours?

      No responsible government should be accepting illegal immigrants, otherwise they are condoning lawbreaking.

  9. Dapto says

    Jul 25, 2018 at 10:59 pm

    Don’t you know that the mafia is linked to people smugglers that’s why the Pope is all for Refugees he gets his share of the profits.

  10. Baucent says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 4:25 am

    A curious use of the word “jihad”, what he meant to say was a “crusade”. On a crusade to deport people, fits better the liberal message. No doubt he will be coached in correctspeak.

    • SAE says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 7:30 am

      Wordsmith Baucent, excellent points you make. Ordinarily, using the word “crusade” would’ve been accurate. Yet, in the elitist twisted worldview those holy Christian warriors are considered evil. Had the Turks, Ottoman Empire (aka muslims), etc., not been so EVIL (nothing’s changed), there would’ve been no need for heroic Crusaders.

      In just one of his loathsome speeches Obama said “uh, uh, the notion, uh….remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.” ……uh yeah -they had to! It’s called self-preservation & defense together with the advance of Christianity. I pray our Dear Lord returns soon.

  11. duh swami says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 4:27 am

    Liberals are empty vessels with no solid thoughts of their own…
    The occult meaning of the element ‘air’, is instability…That’s why liberals are referred to as ‘air heads’…

    • SAE says

      Jul 26, 2018 at 7:33 am

      That’s funny, duh. True that!

  12. Chantal says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 6:22 am

    Trump is cleaning on the illegal side of immigration but wait til he starts cracking on the disturbers and start cleaning up also on legal immigration re. CAIR and all the silent jihadists who want to destroy our civilized nations.

  13. Ric says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    Cuomo is a typical Democrat, ignorant. Comparing Trump’s immigration policy to jihad while omitting illegal immigration altogether confirms he and others of his persuasion are imbecilic at best and in need of a brain transplant. Moreover, the Democrats’ endeavor to turn this Republic into autocracy or an Islamic Theocracy is not a mere concept but already set into action.

  14. James K. says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    Cuomo is like so many poloticians: good at spending other people’s money, weilding powrr for his own selfish ends, lying and manipulating to get what he wants, and all the while pretending to be vortuous.

    HE IS NO BETTER THAN MUSSOLINI in respect to his politics. Cuomo has not yet ordered mass exterminations, so the one thing I can say is he is 90% IL DUCE; not quite 100%.

  15. Hogdude says

    Jul 26, 2018 at 3:18 pm

    Not a NY’er, but to those who are, Cuomo is an idiot. Playing on the (real) fears of people, especially his voters, is sleaze in the worst way. Happy for you when he’s out of your (and our) politics.

  16. gravenimage says

    Jul 30, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    Here’s a predictable, grimly hilarious codicil to this story:

    “Muslims enraged at Cuomo for using word ‘jihad’ in way that ‘perpetuates’ Islamophobia”

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/07/muslims-enraged-at-cuomo-for-using-word-jihad-in-way-that-perpetuates-islamophobia

    More proof that no amount of dhimmitude is ever enough for Muslims.

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