Here’s the latest unappetizing news from Iran: The organizer of the Iranian regime’s contest of caricatures trivializing the Nazi Holocaust has seized on a new theme — promoting the conspiracy theory that the US is behind the coronavirus pandemic. Masoud Shojaei-Tabatabaei — an artist and veteran propagandist on behalf the Islamic Republic ‘s ruling clerics — […]
Nigeria: Muslim leader says coronavirus is a Western hoax to keep Muslims from practicing Islam
If any who heed his words and then contract coronavirus, no one will blame Sheikh Sani Jingir. They’ll just assume that they were not pious enough to please Allah. “Virus is a lie, says Islamic sect leader,” Punch, March 25, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Leader of Izala Muslim sect in Plateau State, […]
Iran refuses help from US, claims coronavirus “specifically built for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians”
Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, has now refused U.S. help to fight the virus. So far, he has been dismissing the seriousness of the virus, declaring that it will easily be overcome through a “health jihad.” Meanwhile, Shia clerics continue to pressure Khamenei to leave open the nation’s holiest shrines. Some faithful followers of […]
Iranian TV: Coronavirus may be “ethnic weapon” that US developed to target Iranians and Chinese
Of course, no good conspiracy theory would be complete without Israel: “In the Zionist regime, they work on bioterrorism agents that only infect a certain ethnic group – the Palestinians. Do not tell me that this is impossible.” “Experts on Iranian TV: COVID-19 May Be an American ‘Ethnic Weapon’ Targeting the Genome of Iranians, Chinese,” […]
More Coronavirus Craziness From Turkey
Many examples of conspiracy theories, inshallah-fatalism, and sheer craziness have been on display in the Muslim Middle East, as it tries to make sense of the coronavirus. A recent roundup of voices from Turkey at Memri.org offers views often contradicting one another. Here is Memri’s summary of what the Turkish press and public have been […]
Iran: Islamic scholar says coronavirus is man-made weapon “against the Shi’ites, the Muslims, and the Iranians”
Wait a minute. A few days ago it was Allah’s punishment on the Chinese. “Iranian Scholar Hossein Momeni: COVID-19 Is Man-Made, A Weapon That Targets Shiites, Muslims, Iranians,” MEMRI, March 10, 2020: Hossein Momeni, an Iranian scholar who lectures at religious seminars in Qom, said in a March 10, 2020 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) […]
Israel Helps Palestinians Contain the Coronavirus — Or Is It Another Zionist Trick? (Part 1)
The coronavirus outbreak has led to many explanations – aside from the real one — for its appearance. Muslims, in particular, have outdone themselves in their rich fantasies. A Shiite Iraqi Islamic scholar, Hadi Al-Modarresi, who is based in Qom, Iran, said in a video that was uploaded to the Internet on February 28, 2020 […]
Archbishop Hanna’s Blood Libel
A report about Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, who accuses Israel of having poisoned him, can be found here. A Palestinian cleric who has vocally supported terrorist violence against Israelis was denounced by a prominent Jewish interfaith organization on Monday for his recent claim that he had […]
Iran: Muslim cleric blames Trump for coronavirus outbreak in Islamic holy city of Qom
Watch for the DNC to start featuring Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi in campaign ads. “Iran Cleric Blames Trump For Coronavirus Outbreak In Religious City,” Radio Farda, February 22, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The Friday Prayer Imam of the religious city of Qom, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak in Iran, told his […]
‘Muslim Martin Luther’ Tariq Ramadan Says His Rape Charges Are ‘Political Set-Up to Neutralize the Muslims’
The old playbook again: when caught in wrongdoing, play the victim. My latest in FrontPage: Ever the victim, no matter what. The West’s great hope for Islamic reform, Tariq Ramadan, has been accused by several women now of violent rapes. In a video he recently uploaded, he acknowledges some nebulous wrongdoing, but then claims that […]
Tariq Ramadan on rape charges: “Yes I made a mistake…It was a political set up….to neutralize the Muslims”
Ever the victim, no matter what. Tariq Ramadan has been accused by several women now of violent rapes. He acknowledges some nebulous wrongdoing here, but then claims that it was all an attempt to discredit him, and thereby to “neutralize the Muslims.” It’s the same old victimhood paranoia we see from Islamic supremacists whenever they’re […]
Mohamed Gad El-Zoghby’s Crazed History of Zionism
Egyptian researcher Mohamed Gad El-Zoghby, interviewed on Safa TV on August 12, 2018, made some statements that are worth recalling now as illuminating of the “Palestinian” mindset. He said that just like in Europe, which had “founded the [Zionist] enterprise, in the days of Napoleon, in order to get rid of the Jews,” the […]
Chicago: Islamic scholar says “Israel is supporting ISIS because it is supporting Israeli agenda”
It is not surprising that Omar Baloch would see Israel behind everything he dislikes, no matter how preposterous his resulting claims. The Qur’an says that the Jews are the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s […]
EU uses UK taxpayer money to fund report branding Boris Johnson as key figure in “Islamophobia Network”
Why are Sharia and Islam beyond criticism? What if Boris Johnson had poked fun at Christian practices? Would he be the subject of a taxpayer-funded report demonizing him then? Is there no one in shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain who will speak out against and work to end this society-wide suicidal madness? “British taxpayers’ cash is […]
Dearborn imam: Saudi leaders are “agents of the Jews,” urges Muslims to stand against “Saudi-Zionist airplanes”
This will only come as a surprise to those who are unaware that the Qur’an depicts the Jews as inveterately evil and bent on destroying the well-being of the Muslims. They are the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); […]
Iranian ayatollah blames “Islam’s enemies” US and Israel for unrest in Iraq
Of course. Who else could it possibly be? The people couldn’t possibly be upset over unemployment and poor services such as electricity and water, could they? No, “America and Zionism” must be behind it. And note how Kashani and his colleagues always state the conflict in religious terms, while Western analysts never even acknowledge that […]
Wisconsin-based “Islamic scholar” Kevin Barrett says on state-run Iranian TV that Jews killed JFK, RFK, and JFK Jr.
Kevin Barrett is “an American scholar and political commentator,” according to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s house organ, PressTV. He is also, as this article shows, a paranoid conspiracy nut who sees Jews behind everything. And this is no surprise. Barrett is a convert to Islam, and so his hatred, contempt, and fear of Jews […]
An Algerian Blogger’s Hysteria
A movie is about to be made about Hussein Dey, the last Ottoman governor of Algeria, who surrendered to a French force that invaded the territory in 1830. Or at least it appears to be about to be made, but nothing has been reported about it for a year now, possibly because of a controversy […]
Turkey: Pro-government daily says Islam must “stop Western civilization” and “Zionists want to take the world”
Erdogan is likely in complete agreement with this, but as Leonard Cohen might have said, you won’t like what comes after Western civilization. “Column In Turkish Pro-Government Daily: Islam Must Stop Western Civilization, Zionists May Be Erased From History, MEMRI, July 17, 2019: In a July 8, 2019 column titled “Stopping Western Civilization”[1] published in […]
San Francisco: Muslim cleric says Morsi was murdered by Zionist agents who work for Satan
“It was the murder of that president, who was only trying to help humanity by bringing the truth of Islam. When Islam [was being] spread throughout the whole world, their slogan was only one thing: Justice, justice, and justice.” Justice for Dr. Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Sidiqi means Sharia, which denies equality of rights to women […]