My latest in PJ Media: On Monday, Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) tweeted: “As the Afghan government fell, the Taliban gave US officials the option to take control of Kabul. They PASSED and instead opted to willingly surrender the city to the Taliban and control only the airport till 8/31! HOW MANY MORE COULD HAVE BEEN […]
Archives for August 2021
Afghanistan: Taliban murder folk singer who sang about ‘my homeland, a proud nation’
The Taliban are being entirely consistent. Islamic law forbids music. “Taliban murder Afghan singer: Folk musician who played the lute and sang traditional songs for locals in the mountains was ‘dragged out of his home and shot in the head,’” MailOnline, August 29, 2021: The Taliban have killed an Afghan folk singer in a restive […]
Colorado imam Karim AbuZaid defends Sharia and the Taliban
“The hijab is an element of Islam, of the shari’a. Now, you should love for the law of Allah to be established, through the legal lawful channels, without violating the laws of the land.” Many in the U.S. right now are working toward exactly that goal. It is, of course, a long way off, but […]
Democratic Republic of Congo: Muslims burn and hack to death 19 people, burn houses
The governments of Africa where jihadis are active seem powerless to stop them, or not interested in doing so. “19 civilians killed in DR Congo by Islamic State-linked militants,” AFP, August 29, 2021: Nineteen civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were burned and hacked to death on Friday by Ugandan Islamist rebels, a […]
Nigeria: Borno State leaders agree to forgive and accept 5,000 ‘repentant’ jihad terrorists into society
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 in government deradicalization program UK: London jihadi stabbed man at deradicalization event, victim’s […]
Netherlands: Government places 800 Afghan refugees in one small village
No one is even raising the question of the cultural and societal disruption these people may cause. By now, everyone in the West has been well trained. Even to consider such questions is a dangerous dalliance with “racism” and “Islamophobia.” So you’re bringing in a large population of miltary-age males who have been taught to […]
Taliban spokesman: Defeat of America ‘big lesson for other invaders and for our future generation’
It’s a big lesson for America, too, in fact, many lessons, regarding Islam, Sharia, nation-building, and more, but no one in power, and I mean no one, shows even the smallest glimmer of an inclination to learn them. “Taliban revels in US ‘defeat,’ says withdrawal a ‘big lesson for other invaders,’” Times of Israel, August […]
Blinken: ‘A small number of Americans, under 200 and likely closer to 100, remain in Afghanistan and want to leave’
And they were abandoned by the United States government. Thanks, Joe! “Blinken Says ‘Under 200’ Americans Still Want to Leave Afghanistan After Last Troops Depart,” by Alia Slisco, Newsweek, August 30, 2021: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday said that “under 200” Americans who remain in Afghanistan still want to leave the country. […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder 36 Christians, authorities arrest only Christians for defending themselves
This has been going on for years. The world yawns. After all, it isn’t as if this involved something really important, such as “Islamophobia.” “Fulani Herdsmen Kill 36 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria,” Morning Star News, August 30, 2021: JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 36 Christians in multiple attacks in Kaduna […]
Blinken: Taliban can only earn ‘legitimacy and support’ by ‘respecting the basic rights of women and minorities’
Here’s a prediction: the Taliban will gain legitimacy and support long before it begins respecting the basic rights of women and minorities. “Blinken outlines path to legitimacy for Taliban,” by Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, August 30, 2021: Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged the prospect of additional diplomatic contact with the Taliban in a speech […]