Jihad Watch

by Robert Spencer on January 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM

My latest in PJ Media: “People see Iran as politically charged and oppressive,” wrote Neeknaz Abari in the New York Times this week, “But there is a lot of beauty and innocence.” This entry in a gushing Times travel piece, “52 Places to Go,” was just the latest, and one of the most egregious, attempts to normalize the brutal,

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 11:00 PM

My latest in PJ Media: Mehdi Hasan of NBC on Saturday provided a good example of the Left’s propaganda offensive to portray all support of Trump and all dissent from its agenda as dangerous terrorism that must be silenced and even criminalized. On the Mehdi Hasan Show and then on a Twitter thread, Hasan counted down five reasons

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 10:00 PM

Will he be disbarred? Of course not. That would be “Islamophobic.” “The California bar investigated him and unbelievably found no actionable conduct.” There is so much corruption these days, you need wings to stay above it. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 9:00 PM

Anyone could have done this, anyone angry at Christianity and the Church, or anyone with a personal grudge against someone at this church in particular. However, the nearby presence of large numbers of people who believe that it is an insult to Allah to say that Jesus is the Son of God and died on

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 8:10 PM

This is one of the primary reasons why Trump is no longer president: he took on the military-industrial complex that finds these wars profitable. They proved too powerful and too well-connected to be defeated. And so now Americans will once again expend their blood and treasure in conflicts that cannot conceivably be solved by American

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 8:00 PM

Hmmm. What has changed that has made jihadis feel more emboldened? It’s a real head-scratcher… “First big suicide attack in Baghdad for 3 years kills at least 32,” Reuters, January 21, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): BAGHDAD — Two men blew themselves up in a crowded Baghdad market on Thursday, killing at least

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM

What could possibly go wrong? The Parole Board for England and Wales says he is “suitable for release” because of “progress made while in detention.” And they must know, right? Concerted efforts must have been made while RXG was in prison to disabuse him of his jihadist sentiments, right? Actually, no. No. Nothing, nothing whatsoever,

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Given the hostility to the police that they’re already demonstrating, what are the chances that the new arrivals will become loyal Spanish citizens? What does that say about the future of Spain? “The Police warn of the risk of ghettos forming in the Canary Islands: ‘There is a lack of troops,’” translated from “La Policía

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 5:00 PM

It is virtually certain that no authorities in the Philippines, or anywhere else, are investigating how and why this understanding of Islam is so prevalent worldwide and so persistent, and why the true, peaceful Islam that non-Muslim officials around the world assume exists is unable to withstand challenge from this supposedly twisted, hijacked version. “Philippine

by Samir A. Zedan on January 22, 2021 at 4:00 PM

The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah is beginning to realize that their hopes and expectations with the Biden administration are fraught with dangers and disappointments. The new United States Secretary of State nominee Anthony Blinken’s recent comment that the US Embassy will remain in Jerusalem and not be relocated to Tel Aviv may awaken the Palestinians

by Hugh Fitzgerald on January 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Rashida Tlaib (D-Ramallah) has had her predictable say on the coronavirus vaccine and Israel. She claims that Israel has a duty to vaccinate the Palestinians, that it did not do so because Israel is a “racist” state and Israelis are “racists.” The report on her noxious fuming is here: “Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Calls Israel a

by Christine Douglass-Williams on January 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Although the murder of Fr. John Gbakaan, a priest serving in the Minna Catholic Diocese in Kaduna state, remains largely a mystery, it is yet another suspected jihad killing. Muslims who victimize Christians in Nigeria are often referred to in mainstream news accounts as “bandits,” “herdsmen” and the like, when they are actually jihadists, aiming

by Christine Douglass-Williams on January 22, 2021 at 1:00 PM

The Palestinian Authority, as well as Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad and virtually every authority and organization in the Palestinian territories, has made no secret about its goal of a one-state solution, i.e., of obliterating Israel “from the River to the Sea.” This is the only way that the Palestinian leadership will deem its “Palestine” to

by Robert Spencer on January 22, 2021 at 12:00 AM

My latest in PJ Media: A race up in New Hampshire will show whether the Stupid Party, as the Republican establishment is so deservedly called, is going to get smart now. On Saturday, the New Hampshire Republican state committee will either re-elect Steven Stepanek as chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, or elect Keith

by Robert Spencer on January 21, 2021 at 11:00 PM

An important case study amid today’s inundation of propaganda. My latest in FrontPage: It’s a story that would tug at anyone’s heartstrings, unless you’re a heartless, racist, xenophobic, bigoted, Islamophobic hatemonger, and that’s just the point: a recent article that ran in at least two British papers, the Daily Mail and Metro UK, provided an