“French imam Hocine Drouiche wrote on his Facebook page”: Most imams in France (and Belgium) forbid the faithful from celebrating Christmas and the New Year and call on Muslims not to extend holidays greetings Yet many in the West still take for granted that the vast majority of Muslims in the West are really seeking […]
Robert Spencer: This Christmas Was the Ghost of Christmases To Come
Over at The Geller Report I discussed the escalating jihad on Christmas in a Christmas Day column that I have slightly revised here: Christmas took place this year amid heightened security all over Europe and North America. And this year’s tense and nervous Christmas is just the beginning: get used to it, because Christmas is […]
Germany: Austrian embassy menu bans mention of Christmas for fear of offending Muslims
Christmas treats have been taken off a menu and replaced with ‘winter delicacies’ over fears the phrase would offend Muslims. The West is under siege; the influx of Muslim migrants has been devastating throughout Europe. And while most European authorities are in full denial and appeasement mode like these Austrians, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: A Christmas on the Cross
In FrontPage today, I explain how at Christmas 2015, we are victims of the enemy we have welcomed in our home, while our leaders deny the problem. Amel Shimoun Nona saw all this coming, and now it is upon us. Amel Shimoun Nona is the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul. When the Islamic State captured […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Saudi Arabia — The World’s Greatest Hypocrite
Saudi Arabia recently preached to the international community about the need to confront “intolerance, extremism and human rights violations.” If this sounds surreal, consider the following excerpts from a July 26 report in the Saudi Gazette (emphasis added): Saudi Arabia has reiterated its call on the international community to criminalize any act vilifying religious beliefs […]
Lebanon: Muslim sheikh urges Muslims not to celebrate Christmas
“Some Muslims make a mistake by erecting a Christmas tree in their homes and dressing up their children in ‘Santa Claus’ outfits. They even take it further by visiting the toy store and buying gifts and asking the shop’s owner to send ‘Santa Claus’ to their homes to give the gifts to their children.” Some […]
France: Now 1,000 soldiers deployed on streets to combat Christmas jihad terror attacks
French authorities have described all the recent jihad attacks there by Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” as manifestations of mental illness. So why are they deploying troops? How can soldiers fight mental illness? Shouldn’t they be deploying psychologists? Yesterday it was reported that 300 troops had been deployed. “1,000 Soldiers Deployed on French Streets to Combat […]
Islamic State mocks US with photoshopped Santa held hostage
“The cropped image of Santa Claus about to be beheaded isn’t just part of the Islamic State’s humor or entirely a joke. It emanates from a supremacist worldview that seeks the forced extinction of all contrary beliefs.” “Islamic State Mocks US With Photoshopped Santa Held Hostage,” by Ryan Mauro, Clarion Project, December 18, 2014: Islamic […]
Jihadists plotted to blow up 5 passenger planes in Christmas “spectacular”
“The threat has been taken so seriously it came close to leading to an outright ban on all hand luggage….Mobile phones and electronic devices could still be banned from plane cabins, with the threat of a 9/11-style coordinated attack on London and other major cities feared imminent.” Airport security is always a step behind the […]