prisonplanet--2019-03-18--Media Silence Surrounds Muslim Massacre of Christians

Political leaders and public figures were falling over themselves this weekend to condemn the mosque attacks in New Zealand, while dozens of Christians were slaughtered by Muslims in Nigeria to the sound of crickets.  The mosque attacks were indeed a horrific affair and worthy of universal condemnation. Presidents, prime ministers, royalty, and religious leaders rushed to extend their condolences to victims and their families — as well they should — while decrying the hate that purportedly motivated the shootings.  Without exception, the mainstream media gave top billing to the shootings, with newspapers carrying the story on their front pages and television news channels leading off their broadcasts with the story.  The bizarre aspect of the coverage was not, in fact, the attention paid to a heinous crime committed in New Zealand, but the absolute silence surrounding the simultaneous massacre of scores of Christians by Muslim militants in Africa.  As Breitbart News alone reported among major news outlets, Fulani jihadists racked up a death toll of over 120 Christians over the past three weeks in central Nigeria, employing machetes and gunfire to slaughter men, women, and children, burning down over 140 houses, destroying property, and spreading terror.  This article was posted: Monday, March 18, 2019 at 5:41 am


prisonplanet--2019-12-03--Muslim Men Beat Christian Street Preacher in Norway

A gang of four Muslim men attacked a Christian street preacher in Norway, kicking him in the face and threatening to kill him if he did not convert to Islam.  The four men approached Roar Fløttum last week when he was preaching and praying for the sick on a street in Trondheim and asked him to come with them to pray over a friend who was injured. When they got him alone, they pushed him down a cellar staircase, beat him, robbed him, and threatened to kill him if he did not convert to Islam, as reported by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe, a Vienna-based watchdog group.  “I asked if they wanted to be prayed for and one agreed, saying he had back pain,” Fløttum told the Norwegian daily Norge Idag.  The men “wanted to take me to a friend who they said had injured his foot and was now waiting to be picked up to be taken to the emergency room. I trusted them and joined them. They took me to a backyard. They were very nice and I couldn’t believe they would deceive me,” Fløttum said.  The preacher said that as soon as they entered the backyard, the men pushed him down a cellar staircase and began hitting and kicking him in the face.  This article was posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 6:37 am


redstate--2019-05-20--A Christian Church in England Made Plans to Cover Crosses a Picture of Jesus in Order for Muslims

A Christian Church in England Made Plans to Cover Crosses & a Picture of Jesus in Order for Muslims to Pray to Allah

Here’s something you don’t hear often.  According to the Mirror, a Christian church in Britain recently considered covering up its crosses and a picture of Jesus in order for Muslims to pray there in observance of Ramadan.  The tossed-around idea was volleyed on May 9th at the St. Matthew and St. Luke’s church in Darlington.  They were told that a cross and a well-known devotional image of Jesus, a copy of The Light of the World by the pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt, would be covered up. The plans were discussed at a meeting held at the church on May 9 attended by the Rev Lissa Scott, the priest in charge, and Gerald Lee, a former mayor of Darlington who seeks to boost racial harmony through a group called Celebrating Communities.  Two notes from the meeting read as follows:  One aisle in church to be cleared of chairs for Muslim men to say prayers. Cover Christian crosses/photographs in small rooms for ladies to say prayers.  I guess they were tryin’ to celebrate diversity.  But the Diocese of Durham got word of the scheme and gave it the ol’ kibosh. It let ’em know church law prohibits acts of worship by non-Christians in a Church of England building.  “While it is vital to build good interfaith relations, it is clear that an act of worship from a non-Christian faith tradition is not permitted within a consecrated Church of England building. This is a legal position outlined in Canons B1/2/3 and B5 Section 3 where it states: ‘all forms of service used under this Canon shall be reverent and seemly and shall be neither contrary to, nor indicative of any departure from, the doctrine of the Church of England in any essential matter’.  Another critic of the idea was Episcopal Bishop Gavin Ashenden, erstwhile chaplain to the Queen:  Despite the assertions of some, Gavin believes Christianity and Islam make very strange bedfellows:  But the community event will still go on — prayers will be said in a nearby building, with everyone coming together at St. Matthew and St. Luke’s for a celebratory meal.  A house of worship welcoming all people is a good thing. It may even be said to be a critical thing. But covering up the faith of the congregation isn’t exactly letting your light shine. A consecrated British church tried to hide it under a bushel in the name of unity. And they’re not the only ones — see the 2nd video below.  We’re living in very, very strange times.  See 3 more pieces from me:  CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION: Islamic Terrorists Storm West African Church, Murder 6 Including The Priest, & Burn It To The Ground  Nice Try: Kirsten Gillibrand Tells Georgia It’s Anti-Christian To Be Anti-Abortion  IS THIS FOR REAL? ‘The View’ Hosts Claim Obama’s 8 Years Were Scandal-Free. Meghan McCain Laughs  And please follow Alex Parker on Twitter and Facebook.  Thank you for reading! Please sound off in the Comments section below. For iPhone instructions, see the bottom of this page.  If you have an iPhone and want to comment, select the box with the upward arrow at the bottom of your screen; swipe left and choose “Request Desktop Site.” If it fails to automatically refresh, manually reload the page. Scroll down to the red horizontal bar that says “Show Comments.”


rferl--2019-02-04--Muslims In The Middle East Urged To Embrace Christians

Muslims In The Middle East Urged To 'Embrace' Christians

The head of Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning has urged Muslims in the Middle East to "embrace" local Christians.      Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar Mosque, made the call on February 4 during an interfaith meeting in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) attended by Pope Francis.      The head of the Roman Catholic Church, who is on his first official visit to the Arabian Peninsula, called for a halt to wars in the Middle East, citing the conflicts in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Libya.      Sheikh Ahmed and Pope Francis addressed the gathering in Abu Dhabi after signing a document calling on world leaders to work together to "spread the culture of tolerance."      The Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together also condemns those using God's name to justify violence.      Members of religious minorities have been attacked repeatedly by extremists in countries across the Middle East in recent years. They have also faced legal and social discrimination, as well as restrictions on their ability to practice their faith.      On February 5, Francis was set to celebrate an outdoor mass in Abu Dhabi expected to draw 120,000 people.


sputnik--2019-02-05--Grand Imam Urges Muslims to Embrace Christians Amid Pope Francis UAE Visit

Grand Imam Urges Muslims to 'Embrace' Christians Amid Pope Francis' UAE Visit

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, a prominent Islamic figure and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar in Egypt, called Christians "companions" of Muslims during a historic inter-faith summit in the UAE capital on Tuesday, which was also attended by Pope Francis, the BBC reported.  "My message to you is: 'Embrace your Christian brothers and sisters. They are companions in the state. They are close to us. There are special bonds between us,'" he said.  Furthermore, he urged Muslims who reside in Western countries to integrate into local communities without losing their identities. He also encouraged them to seek assistance among local religious leaders.  "If you have any problems regarding your religion in the countries you find yourselves [in], you need to speak to your religious leaders and resolve them that way, the grand imam stated"  The summit comes after years of violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), involving many hard-line Islamist groups persecuting local Christians.  At the same time, the West has been struggling with the influx of MENA migrants, with many of them refusing to integrate, leading to societal tensions.


sputnik--2019-06-04--Swedish Lesbian Bishop Grilled for Claiming She Has More in Common With Muslims Than Christians

Swedish Lesbian Bishop Grilled for Claiming She Has 'More in Common With Muslims' Than Christians

Eva Brunne, the bishop of Stockholm in the Church of Sweden, has sparked strong reactions by saying that she has more in common with Muslims than with the so-called Christian right.  While discussing various religions' attitudes towards human dignity in Swedish Radio's “People and Faith” programme, Eva Brunne stressed that all people are equally valuable as all have been created by God.  “Democracy and human dignity are interrelated, and I think that democracy is better off with diversity, because then we all have to think about what people we are and who we are living with. In fact, we all have the same value, even if we do not speak the same language, pray to God in the same way or look the same. We will live in one country together,” Brunne said.  Brunne argued that the concept of Christian values has been kidnapped by populists.  “Sometimes I have more in common with Muslims who I meet than with the Christian right”, she continued, to which the presenter responded with “Whoa”.  Brunne also argued that only a “tiny minority” of all Muslims are terrorists. Furthermore, she argued that extremism exists in all religions, and referenced the Christian crusades and witch trials. Brunne stressed that she herself doesn't want to be associated with the Christian right.  “I had such a hard time believing what I heard on the radio that I had to listen one more time online to confirm that I did not hear it wrong or somehow misunderstood it. Sadly I heard quite right”, former Sweden Democrat Thoralf Alfsson wrote in his blog.  “Why doesn't Brunne convert? Just put on a tent and try to become an imam,” blogger, writer and journalist Katerina Janouch wrote.  “Such a crackpot belongs more in a [mental institution] than in the bishop's seat. Luther is turning in his grave,” Alternative for Sweden party leader Gustav Kasselstrand tweeted.  “One day, for no reason whatsoever, the Swedes began to eye their ancestors' pagan religion,” blogger and journalist Henrik Palmgren argued.  “Most Christians have nothing in common with Brunne, so, pretty accurate…”, a user named Maya Pinyon tweeted.  Bishop Brunne, who is openly lesbian, has previously made headlines by proposing to replace the crucifix on the Seamen's Church in Stockholm with an arrow pointing towards Mecca to signal the church's inclusivity.  Brunne is also known for her partisan campaigning for the left-of-the-centre Social Democrats and against the right-wing Sweden Democrats.


sputnik--2019-11-12--Syria's Christians, Muslims Unite to Create Future for Children of Daesh Sex Slaves - NGO

The association is working with Syria's Muslim religious officials on this initiative, dubbed "One name one future," to create a law that would allow these children have a name and be registered as citizens, Avveduto explained.  The project is supported by bishop George Abou Khazen, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo, and Mahmoud Akam, Mufti of Aleppo, who first recognized the social emergency.  The initiative is currently being promoted through four centres in eastern Aleppo, where the religious community takes care of the children, teaches them "to speak, to read, to hope, with a lot of psychological effort."  Apart from helping the marginalised children, Pro Terra Sancta is also trying to find permanent jobs for mothers.  Although negotiations with Syria's parliament have not brought any practical results thus far, Avveduto said he remained optimistic.  Christian NGO Surviving Under Bombs in Syria’s Idlib to Help Locals of All Creeds  The presence of the Pro Terra Sancta non-profit association, which is run by the Franciscan friars, in the terrorist-controlled Idlib province of Syria is a unique situation in which the charity's workers are living under the threat of bombings and hiding their Christian symbols to help local civilians of all creeds satisfy basic needs and survive during the war.  Sputnik spoke with Andrea Avveduto, the charity's communications chief, about its activities in Idlib and problems it must overcome for the sake of helping the others.  According to the official, the charity enjoys the help of about 40-50 Christians in the province.  The United Nations estimates that Idlib is still home to more than 10,000 terrorists, with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda affiliate, formerly known as the Nusra Front, banned in Russia) as the main terrorist force operating there.  "We transfer money to our people there from Lebanon, in order to surpass the sanctions. Because otherwise, it is impossible. We made bank transfers in Lebanon. It was very dangerous, it is still very dangerous, but we cannot help directly because of the sanctions, because they cut bank transfers to 60-70 persons,” Avveduto said.  Apart from helping with food and non-food items, the two friars living in Idlib — Fr. Hanna Jallouf and Fr. Louai Bshrat — have been trying to run schools in their convents in the Knaye and Yacoubieh villages following the collapse of the school system in 2013. There, Christian teachers teach art, music, Arabic and English languages, mathematics and religion, including the Koran. All children are welcome.  Wherever possible, Pro Terra Sancta’s emergency centres in Syria also focus on supporting micro-enterprises.  The association also runs centres for deaf or blind children. In Aleppo, they are operating a school for young deaf people, which is attended by 60 students.  The official also noted "a strong relationship" between all the churches during the war. Muslim children also go to the schools supported by the organization, Avveduto assured.  He added that the association also rebuilds churches.  Pro Terra Sancta is financed by public and private donations. According to Avveduto, public financing comes from “public foundations, like the peace conference of bishops, and other institutions from the European Union,” while private contributions come mainly from Italy, where one of the two headquarters of the organization is located, the other is in Jerusalem. During the past seven years, they have collected several millions of euros and claim that more than 20,000 people are assisted every month through different support mechanisms.


theblaze--2019-02-03--ISIS brutality leading some Syrian Muslims to convert to Christianity

ISIS brutality leading some Syrian Muslims to convert to Christianity  New Christian church opened along Syria-Turkey border last fall


thedcclothesline--2019-01-01--Christians Being Told Stop Saying Jesus Is The Son Of God It Provokes Muslims

Christians Being Told, “Stop Saying Jesus Is The Son Of God. It Provokes Muslims.”

Editor’s Note:  Claiming Jesus is the Son of God provokes a lot more than Muslims.  In fact, when Jesus clearly stated such, Jews came after him to stone Him for blasphemy.  39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”  48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honour my Father, and you dishonour me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ 55 But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.  -John 8  “This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.” -John 5:18  “31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming’, because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” -John 10  The fact that Jesus claims to be “I Am” in John 8 is nothing short of claiming to be the God who delivered the children of Israel from Egypt, who told Moses to tell them that “I Am” had sent him, and gave them the Law and brought them into the promised land.  Sadly, many Jews, as well as Muslims and other religious people, reject Jesus as God, the Messiah, the Savior of the world.  Many would as soon crucify Him again today, along with His followers.  Still, Jesus came to save men from every tribe, people, nation and language (Revelation 5:9).  Buried in the concluding paragraphs of a Christmas Eve Washington Times report about Muslims in Uganda forcing Christians to convert to Islam was the extraordinary revelation that in that country, Muslims now consider any public statement of the Christian Faith to be a calculated insult to Muslims, for which they can justifiably exact revenge. This is, or should be, sobering news for the comfortable Christians of the West who have made an idol out of “interfaith dialogue” and fastidiously avoid saying anything remotely critical about Islam, even as the Muslim persecution of Christians continues worldwide.  “In June,” the Times reported, “a group of Muslims attacked Christian preachers in eastern Uganda during a ‘crusade,’ where Christians publicly profess their faith and invite others to join. Muslims in the town accused the Christians of mocking Islam by publicly saying Jesus was the Son of God.”  In response, said Christian pastor Moses Saku, the Muslims became violent: “They became very angry and began throwing rocks at Christians, chanting ‘Allah akbar.’ Many Christians were injured during the incident.”  The Christians appealed to the Muslims to have respect for those of other faith; the Muslims responded with contempt. One Muslim, Abubakar Yusuf, declared: “We have now declared a jihad against them. We are not going to allow anybody to despise Islamic teachings at their church or crusade. We will seek revenge.”  How did the Christians “despise Islamic teachings”? By preaching aspects of Christianity, such as the divinity of Christ, that Islam denies. The Christians, knowing how delicate their situation was, would never have dreamed of actually saying something critical about Islam itself; but to the Muslims who heard them, just enunciating the tenets of their Christian faith was criticism enough. And they refused to stand for it.  A few years ago, when jihadis attacked AFDI’s Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas, some Christians castigated me for co-sponsoring and speaking at the event. They said that Pamela Geller and I, as co-organizers of the event, were being needlessly provocative, poking Muslims in the eye, goading them, etc.  These charitable and enlightened Christians said that Christians should instead be deferential to others’ religious sensibilities. At the time, I responded to these people by explaining that giving in to violent intimidation (our event was a response to the jihad murder of the Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoonists in Paris) would only encourage more violent intimidation, and that given the fact that Muslims frequently found even basic expressions of Christian faith to be “provocative,” they were effectively cutting the ground out from under themselves and their children, making it impossible for them to practice Christianity in the future.  These incidents in Uganda are proof that this was correct. In declaring jihad and stating that the Muslims were now on a quest for revenge, Abubakar Yusuf and the Muslims who agree with him are in effect saying that the public expression of the Christian Faith mocks Islam and despises Islamic teachings. Abubakar Yusuf’s announcement that the Muslims had “declared jihad” against the Christians and would “seek revenge” against them was tantamount to a declaration that the Christians must submit to the hegemony of the Muslims, not daring to practice their faith openly, but only in private, behind closed door, and at the sufferance of their Muslim overlords.  This is exactly the status that Islamic law prescribes for Christians in lands governed by Islamic law, and so it is clear that Abubakar Yusuf is no lone fanatic, but is enunciating what many Muslims in Uganda believe to be only right and proper.  The lesson is clear, and not just for Uganda. If the advice of the cosseted, suburban Western Christians who were excoriating me for the Garland event is to be heeded, Christians should make no public expression of their faith at all, and convert to Islam, so as to avoid mocking, provoking, and offending Muslims, and poking them in the eye.  And what it comes to it, that is most likely the exact thing that those Christians will do.  Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.


thedcclothesline--2019-05-27--Islamic Court Acquits Two Muslims Convicted of Burning Christian Couple to Death in Pakistan

(CNSNews.com) – It was one of the most gruesome killings linked to allegations of blasphemy in Pakistan, and now two Muslims convicted of burning alive a young Christian man and his pregnant wife have been acquitted.  Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama were attacked and murdered in Punjab province in 2014 by a Muslim mob enraged by claims that a Qur’an had been desecrated.  Mobilized by announcements over mosque loudspeakers in nearby villages, the mob dragged the couple from a building where they were being held against their will.  Amid cries of “Allahu Akbar” and “kill infidel Christians,” according to eyewitnesses, the assailants beat Shahzad and Shama with clubs before burning them alive in a brick kiln where they worked as indentured laborers. The oldest of their three children, then aged six, witnessed the murder. Relatives reportedly fled the scene with the other two.  In a country where vigilante killings of people accused of blasphemy are not rare, the grisly slaying sent shockwaves through minority communities and drew condemnation further afield, with a senior Vatican official, the late Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, saying he was “shocked by the immense barbarity of this act.”  “I ask myself, how can one stand by and watch when crimes religion declares to be legitimate are committed?” Tauran, who was in charge of interfaith dialogue at the Holy See, was quoted as saying on Vatican Radio. “Not even animals behave like this!”  Then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pledged justice would be done, saying that “a responsible state cannot tolerate mob rule and public lynching with impunity.”  Eyewitness estimates of the mob put the number at between 400 and 1,000.  Police in Punjab registered a case against 660 individuals, and the province’s anti-terrorism court (ATC) later indicted 106 of them. In November 2016, the ATC sentenced five men to death, and ten others to jail terms for their roles in the killings. The rest were acquitted.  The five on death row appealed, and last week the Lahore High Court acquitted two of them – Hafiz Ishtiaq, an imam, and Muhammad Hanif – while upholding the death sentences of the remaining three.  Blasphemy is a capital offense in the world’s second biggest Islamic country, where mainstream “Barelvi” Sunni Muslims are known for their zealous views regarding blasphemy and shari’a.  Statistics compiled by human rights groups show that Christians, Ahmadis and other minorities are disproportionately affected by the notorious laws, while outside the legal system numerous instances of mob violence and murders linked to blasphemy accusations have been recorded.  Often the accusations are vague, and in some cases accusations of blasphemy have been used as pretexts to settle personal gripes or business feuds.  In the case of Shahzad and Shama, after the young mother burned some papers and items belonging to her recently-deceased father-in-law, a Muslim co-worker claimed to have found burnt remnants of pages from a Qur’an.  According to the Legal Evangelical Association Development (LEAD), a non-profit advocacy group involved in the case from the outset, eyewitnesses reported that the couple had wanted to flee the area. However, their employer claimed they owed him money and had them detained in a building near the kiln, where they were held until the attack took place.  Commenting on the acquittal, LEAD director, human rights lawyer Sardar Mushtaq Gill said Thursday that the authorities in Pakistan “refuse to learn that this cycle of violence against minorities, particularly Christians, will end only if the Islamist perpetrators are brought to justice.”  Gill said justice was far from having been delivered in the murder of the couple.  Human Rights Focus Pakistan president Naveed Walter also criticized the acquittals.  “It is shocking that five years have passed but justice has not been given to the victims’ family,” he said on Friday.  Walter said several court cases involving minorities, including blasphemy laws, have been dragging on for years.  He said HRFP has observed that cases where minorities are victims tend to be drawn out, due to pressure on judges from radical groups. Similarly, decisions are sometimes delayed to avoid resistance from Islamic elements.  Walter said delaying justice serves to encourage perpetrators, and may result in more problems for minorities.  LEAD director Gill has been hounded and faced death threats for his work on the Shahzad and Shama case. Representing eyewitnesses to the murders, he and they were threatened both inside and outside court premises during proceeding in 2016.  He recalled being visited in June 2016 by three men on the pretext of discussing a legal matter, who after turning the conversation towards issues of blasphemy, including the Asia Bibi case, took out a firearm and threatened to shoot him if those accused of murdering the couple were convicted.  After a further court appearance a week later, Gill said two men on motorcycles chased the car he was traveling in and opened fire, missing the vehicle.  “After this incident, I and my family went into hiding in Pakistan before being forced to flee from Pakistan secretly on August 8, 2016,” he said. Now in Sri Lanka, Gill and his family are awaiting resettlement as refugees.  Under Pakistan’s penal code, a person convicted of insulting Mohammed or desecrating the Qur’an faces a death sentence or life imprisonment.  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent statutory body, called on the State Department every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan a “country of particular concern” (CPC) for severe religious freedom violations.


theduran--2019-05-30--Muslim-Christian relations in Russia

Muslim-Christian relations in Russia

One of the many fantastic things about Russia that you will near learn from the mainstream media is how cordial relations are between Muslims and Christians. Russia is a secular country. The government does not support or oppose any religion. People are free to practise any faith so long as this does not encourage them to break the law. At least 50% of Russians are Orthodox Christians. There are others who belong to different Christian denominations. At least 10% of Russia’s population is Muslim. There are Buddhists, Jews and even Hari Krishnas. I I have seen Hari Krishnas chanting their mantras on the street. Plenty of people are atheists.  There are over 70 indigenous minorities in Russia. Some of them are Muslims. There are also immigrants from Muslim countries of the erstwhile USSR. The Muslim community in Russia is growing rapidly.  Contrary to what you might believe Islam was openly practised throughout the Soviet era. Mosques and madrassas were allowed but there were not many of them.  I am a convinced anti-communist. One of the things I must commend communist for it ending theocracy and obscurantism. People have the right to practice their faith. There are mosques in every major Russian city. Some women choose to wear a hijab. Religious reactionaries are very thin on the ground in Russia.  Chechnya is one of the autonomous republics of Russia. Ramazan Kadyrov is president there. Laws in Chechnya reflect the traditional values of the people. You can hear the ‘azan’ or prayer call there. Alcohol is not permitted there.  Russia has laws intended to maintain societal harmony. People are not permitted to spread odium towards any ethnic or religious community. Some consider this to be an excessive infringement on free expression. Other countries restrict free speech on other issues. You might disapprove of this law but it certainly ensures that the different ethnic and religious communities live together amicably. One of the things that has always impressed me is the fabulously warm relations between different religions.


thegatewaypundit--2019-01-08--Amazon Bows to Sharia Removes Products That Are Offensive to Muslims After CAIR Request But Anti-

Amazon Bows to Sharia: Removes Products That Are ‘Offensive to Muslims’ After CAIR Request But Anti-Christian Items Still For Sale

Screenshot of items removed by Amazon after Muslims complained  As expected, Amazon, the Seattle-based online retailer bowed to Sharia law and removed a variety of doormats and bathmats with verses from the Quran and other references to Mohammed.  CAIR said in a statement that the products, which were being sold by independent sellers on Amazon, are offensive to Muslims because they “would be stepped-on or otherwise disrespected by customers.”  After Amazon kissed the Sharia law ring and removed the Muslim products, CAIR thanked them in statement.  “We thank Amazon for its swift action on this issue and hope it sends a message to manufacturers of such inappropriate and offensive items that they will not profit from Islamophobia or any other form of bigotry,” Masih Fouladi, executive director of CAIR’s Washington state chapter, said in the statement.  CAIR saw this as a victory and vowed to keep an eye on Amazon and other retailers in the United States who dare violate Sharia law and ensured Muslims they would take swift action to prevent products from being sold that would “promote bigotry.”  “CAIR will continue to work with Amazon and other retailers and manufacturers to ensure that products are not exploiting or promoting bigotry for commercial gain,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. “We thank all those who reported these offensive items to CAIR and contacted Amazon.”  In contrast, Amazon has countless anti-Christian products on its website such as t-shirts with a rainbow flag and a caption that says, “Jesus had two fathers and he was alright.” Imagine how the left and their mouthpieces in the media would react if Christians demanded Amazon remove these t-shirts.  The Muslim lobby is also trying to force Amazon into giving Muslim employees multiple prayer breaks a day.  Newly elected Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was protesting with Muslim Amazon employees shortly before Christmas.  We also learned Tuesday that CAIR, an Islamic organization with terrorist ties, is lobbying to have American Christians and conservatives removed from Twitter and Facebook if they dare criticize Islam.  Had enough yet, America?


thegatewaypundit--2019-03-15--ICYMI 120 Christians Slaughtered By Muslim Herders In Nigeria MEDIA SILENT

ICYMI: 120 Christians Slaughtered By Muslim Herders In Nigeria – MEDIA SILENT

As media outlets across the world bring you the minute-by-minute updates of the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand, those same outlets have been mostly silent on the recent mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria by muslim herdsmen. Those attacks have resulted in 120 dead and 140 homes burned to the ground.  At least 120 people have been killed by alleged Fulani militant attacks since February in the Kaduna state of Nigeria with the latest attacks on Monday resulting in the deaths of over 50 and the destruction of more than 140 homes.  On Monday, 52 people were killed, dozens injured and around 143 homes were destroyed in attacks on the villages of Inkirimi, Dogonnoma and Ungwan Gora in the Maro district of the Kajuru Local Government Area, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.  The Monday attack followed an attack on Sunday in the Ungwan Barde village in Kajuru in which 17 people were killed and dozens of homes were burned.  In late February, there was another attack in Maro that resulted in the deaths of about 38 Christians and saw homes and a church burned. On Feb. 10, 10 people were killed in an attack in Ungwan Barde as six others were killed in isolated attacks the day before.  CSW, a United Nations-recognized NGO that advocates for persecuted Christians worldwide, reports that victims in the attacks on Monday included women and children. Survivors told the nonprofit that the attackers were separated into three groups. One group shot and killed people, the second set fire to buildings, and a third ran after people fleeing the scene.  Nigeria ranks as the 12th worst country in the world when it comes to Christian persecution, according to Open Doors USA’s 2019 World Watch List.  In 2018 alone, thousands of Christians were killed by militant Fulani herdsmen, leaving some to say that genocide is occurring in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.  Kaduna state is not alone in suffering from Fulani violence as other states in the Middle Belt have faced it too.  On March 4, Fulani militants in the Benue state reportedly attacked three villages, killing 23 people with bullets and machetes, according to International Christian Concern.  CSW is calling on the Nigerian federal government to address the spike in violence in a “decisive and unbiased manner.”  “The relentless death and destruction is a sad indictment of the continuing failure by both levels of government to fulfill the primary mandate of protecting all its citizens impartially,” Thomas argued.


thegatewaypundit--2019-05-08--Persecuted Christian Asia Bibi Flees to Canada After Muslim Blasphemy Law Acquittal in Pakistan

In November 2018 hundreds of thousands of Muslims rallied in Pakistan demanding that Christian mother Asia Bibi be beheaded for insulting Islam.  Asia Bibi, a poor farm laborer and Christian, was released in October from prison in 2018 for the blasphemy charges.    Bibi was not allowed to leave Pakistan until her trial was over.  Earlier this week Asia Bibi arrived in Canada after fleeing Pakistan.   She was not safe there despite her acquittal.  The Christian woman who spent years on death row in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy before she was acquitted last year has left the country for Canada, her lawyer confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday. Asia Bibi was convicted on blasphemy charges in 2009 after a quarrel with a fellow farmworker who accused her of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. After spending eight years on death row, the 54-year-old’s conviction was overturned last year by the Supreme Court. Despite being a “free woman” after the death sentence was thrown out, she has been in protective custody – itself a kind of prison – because of religious extremists’ calls for her hanging.


thegatewaypundit--2019-05-15--Radical Muslim Travels to Canada Cuts Chilling Video Warning He Is There to Kill Christian Pakistan

Radical Muslim Travels to Canada, Cuts Chilling Video Warning He Is There to Kill Christian Pakistani Dissident Asia Bibi

A radical Muslim released a video a frightening video online that he has traveled to Canada to murder Christian dissident Asia Bibi.  Asia Bibi, a poor farm laborer and Christian mother of five, was released in October 2018 from prison in Pakistan after being jailed on blasphemy charges. Bibi was convicted on blasphemy charges in 2009 after a quarrel with a fellow farmworker who accused her of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.  Bibi was not allowed to leave Pakistan until her trial was over. She finally fled to Canada this week.  And already at least one radical Muslim has traveled to Canada to murder Asia Bibi.  In the video the man sings an Islamic chant honouring Muhammed and professes that he a beloved believer of Islam will slay the blasphemer Asia Bibi.  In the video the man sings an Islamic chant honouring Muhammed and professes that he a beloved believer of Islam will slay the blasphemer Asia Bibi. He warns the ‘Enemies of Islam and the Jew Government that set Asia Bibi free’ that he will kill her. In the meanwhile a number of churches in Pakistan have informed BPCA that they are receiving threats from local militants and have been warned that the growth of IS in Pakistan is imminent. Overall the situation in Pakistan has been relatively quite after the Pakistani Government arrested over 3500 extremist leaders from Tehreek-e-Labaaik, IS and Tehreek-e-Taliban. Moreover, one of the former leaders of Thereek-e-labaaik, Afzal Qadri announced his retirement from the group and issued an apology to General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the superior judiciary to whom he directed incendiary remarks after Asia Bibi’s acquittal. A video of his apology can be viewed (here) Security around churches in Pakistan has been stepped up significantly since the release of Asia Bibi and teams of security officials can be seen at churches up and down the country.


themanchestereveningnews--2019-03-16--Christians simple message of solidarity with Manchester Muslims after Christchurch terror attack to

Christian's simple message of solidarity with Manchester Muslims after Christchurch terror attack touches hearts around the world

The kind gesture of a Christian in Manchester in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack has touched thousands of hearts around the globe.  Andrew Graystone was horrified when he woke to the news 49 people had been killed as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand.  Andrew, a Christian from Levenshulme, knew he wanted to do something to show his support to Muslims in Manchester.  Andrew, 57, said: "I woke up on Friday morning and I heard the terrible news about the killings in the mosque in Christchurch in New Zealand.  "I began to think about how I would feel if I was a Muslim in Manchester going to Friday prayers today, perhaps feeling afraid or angry, and what small thing I could do to make a difference.  "You can either meet these things with either fear or friendship - that's the choice we have to make and in the end friendship wins."  Andrew, a writer, decided to take a sign bearing a message of friendship to Madina Mosque near to his home in Levenshulme.  The 57-year-old penned a simple but moving message to show to worshippers as they arrived for Friday prayers ‘You are my friends. I will keep watch while you pray.’  "Levenshulme is a very multicultural community with churches, mosques and even a Jain temple all very close together," he explained.  "The relationships are generally really good but something like the New Zealand incident can test them.  "I thought what had happened in New Zealand happened during Friday prayers.  "Something I could offer to people in Manchester was to literally watch their backs or at least stand outside with a smiling face at the doors of the mosque as they arrive.  "You could see people wondering what I was doing at first. Perhaps they thought I was some sort of protester with a placard.  "But as they saw the message they smiled and after prayers they came out to thank me. People said they were glad to be supported.  "I belong to a church and so we have a lot in common."  The mosque’s Iman, Zafar Iqbal, said he mentioned Andrew’s touching gesture during Friday prayers today.  Andrew, a father-of-two, said he has received hundreds of messages from all over the world since a photo of him holding his sign was posted on social media.  Alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant, 28, was charged with murdering 49 people in Christchurch today.  He was arrested along with two others and explosives were detonated in what appears to be a carefully planned terror attack.


therightscoop--2019-03-18--Nigerian Muslims slaughter 120 Christians in three weeks but the MSM refuses to cover it

Nigerian Muslims slaughter 120 Christians in three weeks, but the MSM refuses to cover it…

On Saturday it was reported that Fulani Muslims in Nigeria had massacred horrific numbers of Christians in just three weeks. And yet the only thing the media seems to care about is Muslims getting gunned down in mosques in New Zealand.  First, here’s the latest report on these Christian massacres in Nigeria via Breitbart:  The recent death toll of Christians in Nigeria has reached 120 with this week’s slaughter of more than 50 by Fulani Muslim militants in the Kaduna state of Nigeria, the Christian Post reported. The Fulani jihadists, who have become a greater threat to Nigerian Christians than the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, stormed the villages of Inkirimi, Dogonnoma, and Ungwan Gora in the Kajuru Local Government Area last Monday, destroying 143 homes, killing 52 people, and wounding dozens more. The assailants reportedly split into three groups, the first of which fired upon the people, the second set fire to buildings, and the third chased down people fleeing from the scene. Victims of the assault included women and children. Monday’s incident followed an attack the day before in the Ungwan Barde village in Kajuru, where 17 Christians were killed and dozens of homes were burned. In the first week of March, Muslim extremists massacred more than 30 Christians in Karamar village, setting fire to several houses and a church. The terrorists reportedly shot at families trying to escape the fire, killing 32. The spate of recent attacks against communities has taken place within the predominantly Christian Adara chiefdom of southern Kaduna.  We’ve been reporting on these Fulani Muslim massacres for years. Last July Nigeria was said to be the deadliest place in the world, with 238 people slaughtered in one Christian village.  You’d think the recent spate of Christian killings would get at least some coverage in the media, but they haven’t, according to Breitbart:  The New York Times did not place this story on the front page; in fact, they did not cover it at all. Apparently, when assessing “all the news that’s fit to print,” the massacre of African Christians did not measure up. The same can be said for the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, the LA Times, and every other major paper in the United States. The news shows from the three major television channels did not mention the story, and nor did CNN or MSNBC.  The massacre of Christians in Nigeria is certainly not new, as we’ve been covering them for almost a decade now. But even so, you’d think that 52 Christians being slaughtered last week would have moved the needle in the media.  The last time I remember Nigeria getting a lot of attention in the media was when Boko Haram kidnapped over 250 school girls in 2014. Remember Michelle Obama’s infamous #hastag activism?  The horrific Muslim killings in New Zealand most certainly deserved international attention. But Christians being slaughtered by Muslims in Nigeria deserve at least some attention as well, because what’s happening there has made Nigeria one of the worst places for Christians in the world.


therightscoop--2019-03-30--PA Muslim lawmaker blames white nationalism for Christian prayer that she found so offensive

PA Muslim lawmaker blames ‘white nationalism’ for Christian prayer that she found so offensive!

Of course CNN had Movita Johnson-Harrell to whine about why hearing the words “Jesus Christ” is so offensive to her.  She actually blames white nationalism for a Christian prayer! LOL! What?!  Like we said before, the prayer that Borowicz gave was absolutely normal and typical of most Christians. Maybe if you’re a faithless secularist you cringe at hearing the words “Jesus Christ” mentioned, but we actually have a long history of invoking Christianity in the United States. It’s only recently that people recoil in horror like a vampire before a crucifix.  I love Smerconish melting down at the thought someone might mention the words “Jesus Christ” in a prayer thirteen times. I guess there’s a constitutional limit on that? Idiot.  And ironically, at the end she tries to “inform” people that Jesus is in the Koran too. So then why is she offended by hearing the words? So stupid.  We covered the story earlier here if you want to read more about it.


thetelegraph--2019-02-03--Pope visits UAE in first for Gulf state as important step for dialogue between Christians and Musl

Pope visits UAE in first for Gulf state as 'important step' for dialogue between Christians and Muslims

Pope Francis will make a landmark visit to the United Arab Emirates this week, where he is due to meet government officials, senior Islamic clerics and hold a stadium mass for 135,000 mostly low-paid South East Asian migrant workers.  It is the first time a Pontiff has visited the Gulf region, where the majority of the population is Muslim, most laws, financial services and customs are based on Islam, and there are restrictions on the promotion of Christianity and other non-Islamic religions.  Bishop Paul Hinder of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (which covers the UAE, Oman and Yemen) described the visit as “an important step in the dialogue between Muslims and Christians” and urged that it “contribute to mutual understanding and peace-making in the Middle East.”  In parallel to Pope Francis’ visit, the UAE is also hosting 700 diverse religious leaders and scholars – including leading moderate Sunni authority Dr Ahmed Al Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar in Egypt and the Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders – at a Global Conference of Humanity.  Despite the dominance of Islam, the UAE is home to more than one million practising Catholics, mainly blue-collar workers from the Philippines, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Among these communities there has been considerable excitement about the Pontiff’s visit and the Holy Mass scheduled for Tuesday morning.


thewashingtonstandard--2019-09-17--Minnesota Muslims Indoctrinating Educators Against Islamophobia Attack Christian Privilege

Minnesota:  Muslims Indoctrinating Educators Against “Islamophobia” – Attack “Christian Privilege”

Minnesota school boards are receiving a three-page handout with the full support of their jihad Attorney General Keith Ellison, aka Hakim Muhammad that seeks to indoctrinate educators against “islamophobia” while attacking what they refer to as “Christian Privilege.”  Of course, Muslims have to come up with that like disgruntled blacks have to come up with “White Privilege” to address something that doesn’t even exist.  With that said, Dr. Muhammad Khalifa is the author of the three-page propaganda piece.  Dr. Khalifa is an associate professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He also has been engaged in “equity audits” in US schools. Khalifa is also an author of several books, including Leading with Community: Culturally Responsive School Leadership for Minoritized Youth , The School to Prison Pipeline: The Role of Culture and Discipline in School , Handbook on Urban Educational Leadership and Becoming Critical: The Emergence of Social Justice Scholars .  Understand that the contents of the propaganda below, and propaganda it is, was paid for with your tax dollars via a grant from the US Department of Education (Grant Soo4D110021).  The grant itself is as unconstitutional as the Department of Education and the extention to use government money, which is taxpayer money to promote Islam is a clear violation of the First Amendment.  Here are the documents.  Islamophobia and Christian … by Tim Brown on Scribd  Of course, Dr. Khalifa uses the illogical term of “islamophobia” to attack those that disagree with Islam saying that it is “one of the most widespread, rapidly-growing, and tolerated types of oppression in school and society today.”  There is nothing oppressive about being anti-Islam that is for sure.  It’s actually the other way around.  I’m sure if there are Christians in Muslim countries they feel oppressed and marginalized as well, but you won’t hear Dr. Khalifa going to one of those countries to speak up for the Christians and talk about “Muslim Privilege,” will you?  However, let me remind you of just how illogical and ridiculous the term “islamophobia” actually is.  On September 26, 2013, Ned May of the International Civil Liberties Alliance (ICLA), blasted the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) over the use of the term “Islamaphobia” at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, calling it “a violation of logic.” May laid out a succinct argument for why it was undefined and, as a result, invalid.  In other words, “islamophobia” does not exist at all.  Khalifa then went on to pursue the tired old saw of “White Privilege” and added “Christian Privilege.”  What was the evidence he provided for such assertions?  Then he added that “Christian Privilege” also encompassed “more complex issues” such as:  It’s called being in a culture that was based on the Bible, Dr. Khalifa, not the Koran.  The differences in Islamic culture and Christian culture could not be contrasted more.  One produces freedom and prosperity.  The other produces totalitarianism and oppression.  Of course, Khalifa doesn’t speak about how he would deal in an Islamic country and their education system at all and what that might look like because it would totally debunk his claims here.  However, he wants to emphasize that Muslims are  seen as “subhuman, irrational, violent or backward.”  Khalifa also tells educators to “recognize that Islam is not a religion in the sense that Western Europeans separated faith from other aspects of life; it is a way of life.”  That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!  If your religion is not a way of life, it is not a religion.  The Christian religion speaks to every area of life from the individual to the family to the Church to the government.  It speaks to law, how we govern ourselves, love our neighbors, and love God.  It teaches us who we are, who God is and who the Savior of mankind is, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Those that compartmentalize faith from their lives do not understand Christianity that’s for sure.  However, Khalifa says that educators must “accommodate the aspect of Muslim life in school, including daily prayer spaces, prayer washing (abulation) spaces, and Friday prayer spaces, or fasting.”   On what basis?  There is no right to any of that for an antichrist Muslim in a Christian culture.  There just isn’t.  Additionally, the indoctrination of other students is crucial.  Khalifa says that educators are to “infuse curriculum and school activities with intellectual traditions that originate in the Muslim World.”  Again, why?  Would Muslim countries do that for Christians?  Nope.  He also believes that prominent Muslims she be praised and use school resources, including staff, school space, student activities, and even financial resources to advocate for causes important to Muslim inclusion and belongingness.  Here’s a tip, why don’t school stop trying to be inclusive of Muslims and Islam and start teaching the Bible like they used to do and demand that Muslims assimilate into our society rather than submit to them attempting to pull us into their demonstrably hellish society.  Islam has a dirty, disgusting and ruthless 1,400-year track record of following the non-prophet Muhammad.  It’s time for schools to not only reject people like Dr. Khalifa, but to start turning away Muslims crying about not feeling included because they are Muslim.  Then convert to the true Christ and to the true God and the teachings found in the Bible.  Not only will you benefit from that, but you will then feel the inclusion you so desperately desire.  Until then, no… just no!  Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2019-10-12--Robert George:  “Christians and Muslims must join hands….Let Christians and Muslims never again rega

Robert George: “Christians and Muslims must join hands….Let Christians and Muslims never again regard each other as enemies”  As is always the case with exhortations such as this one, note how one-sided it is. Robert George tells Christians not to hate Muslims, which is a very good thing for him to tell them, but he never says a word about trying to get Muslims not to hate Christians. As far as this article is concerned, the onus is entirely on the Christian side to build bridges and make peace. One may argue that George is a Christian, and so he doesn’t presume to preach to Muslims, and that’s all very well, but where are his “dialogue” partners issuing similar exhortations to Muslims to regard Christians as friends and allies, and to lay aside direct and explicit Qur’anic commands not do so?  Here is that command: “O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people. (Qur’an 5:51) Does Robert George even know that this verse exists? Does he think there are no Muslims who take it seriously? The renowned and eminently mainstream Qur’an commentator Ibn Kathir explains it this way: “Allah forbids His believing servants from having Jews and Christians as friends, because they are the enemies of Islam and its people, may Allah curse them.”  Will Robert George’s dialogue partners tell him what they’re doing to mitigate the force of this passage and other anti-Christian material in the Qur’an and Hadith? Here is some information on Hamza Yusuf from Discover the Networks:  …In 1995, Yusuf described Judaism as “a most racist religion.” In 1996 he expressed his contempt for the United States: “[America] a country that has little to be proud of in its past and less to be proud of in the present. I am a citizen of this country not by choice but by birth. I reside in this country not by choice but by conviction in attempting to spread the message of Islam in this country. I became Muslim in part because I did not believe in the false gods of this society whether we call them Jesus or democracy or the Bill of Rights.” On September 9, 2001 – just two days before the al Qaeda attacks against America – UCLA’s Al-Talib magazine co-sponsored a benefit dinner titled “Justice for Imam Jamil Al-Amin” (a convicted cop-killer formerly known as H. Rap Brown) at UC Irvine. Among the speakers at this benefit was Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, who spoke about the fate he foresaw for America: “They [Americans] were ungrateful for the bounties of Allah, and so Allah caused them to taste fear and hunger. That is one reason and, I would say, that this country is facing a very terrible fate. The reason for that is that this country stands condemned. It stands condemned like Europe stood condemned for what it did…. This country [America] unfortunately has a great, a great tribulation coming to it. And much of it is already here, yet people are too to illiterate to read the writing on the wall.” At this same rally, Yusuf lamented that Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as well as unfulfilled plans to destroy various Manhattan bridges and tunnels, had been “unjustly tried” and “condemned against any standards of justice in any legal system.”… Yusuf also…lamented “what happened in the 19th century with the abdication of Islamic Law and the usurpation of it … by western legal systems.”…  And here is some information on Ismail Royer from the Investigative Project on Terrorism:  According to a biography posted on IslamOnline.net, Royer began working as a CAIR communication specialist in 1997. According to media reports, he continued to work for CAIR at least through the beginning of October 2001. When police stopped Royer for a traffic violation in September 2001, they found in his automobile an AK-47-style rifle and 219 rounds of ammunition. He was indicted in June 2003, with 10 others, on a variety of charges stemming from participation in the ongoing jihad in Kashmir. Specifically, the indictment charged that Royer engaged in propaganda work for Lashkar-e-Taiba and “fired at Indian positions in Kashmir.” Lashkar-e-Taiba was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization on December 26, 2001. Thus, while news reports indicated he still worked for CAIR, according to a federal indictment, Royer purchased an AK-47 assault rifle and 219 rounds of ammunition, distributed newsletters for a group later designated as a foreign terrorist organization, and fired at Indian targets in Kashmir. Again, Awad has minimized CAIR’s ties to Royer, noting Royer was also “a former employee of Starbucks Coffee.” In January 2007, in response to Senator Boxer’s withdrawal of the award to Elkarra, Awad claimed that “CAIR had no knowledge of Royer’s travels and activities before he joined CAIR.” Additional charges listed in a superseding indictment against Royer and his 10 co-conspirators included conspiracy to levy war against the United States and conspiracy to provide material support to Al Qaeda. On January 16, 2004, Royer pleaded guilty to weapons and explosives charges and agreed to cooperate fully with the government. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.  Royer got out early, of course, and now proclaims that he has rejected his previous “extremism.” All right. Will he start telling Muslims to reject Qur’an 5:51 and take Christians (and Jews) as friends?  “Muslims and Christians must unite against hate,” by Robert George, America, October 4, 2019:  …First, Muslims worship God. Often, this is doubted or denied by Christians—even some Catholics. But the church herself unambiguously affirms it. Of course, as “Nostra Aetate” notes, Islam and Christianity differ in important ways in how they understand God. Christians believe God is a Trinity of persons. Muslims do not. Christians believe Jesus is God—the second person of the Blessed Trinity. Muslims do not. Still, the God whom Muslims (and Jews) worship is the true God. Second, the church has esteem for Muslims. One cannot hold in contempt those for whom one has esteem. Catholics are enjoined to eschew hatred for Muslims and oppose discrimination against them. We must recognize that most Muslims are decent, honorable people. Yes, there are evildoers who claim to act in the name of Islam while committing atrocities—and they must be resolutely opposed by all legitimate means, including the use of force. But we must not tar innocent Muslims with responsibility for their crimes. Catholics are enjoined to eschew hatred for Muslims and oppose discrimination against them…. It has been my privilege and joy to work with Muslims like the Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf, the author Suzy Ismail and Ismail Royer, the director of the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team for the Religious Freedom Institute, in defending human life in all stages and conditions, beginning with child in the womb; in securing religious freedom for people of all faiths; in protecting refugees from persecution and terror; in opposing pornography and human trafficking; and in upholding marriage as the union of husband and wife. I urge my fellow Christians of all traditions to remember how much we share with faithful Muslims—the vast majority of whom want for themselves and their children what we want for ourselves and our children: a peaceful society, a decent culture, a fair and flourishing economy, an excellent system of education and the freedom to worship and to bring our religiously inspired convictions concerning justice and the common good into the public square and to make our case, in freedom and peace, to our fellow citizens. Christians and Muslims must, as never before, join hands to bear witness to God’s sovereignty, to God’s love for each and every member of the human family, to God’s desire that we lead upright lives. Let Christians and Muslims never again regard each other as enemies. Let us rather recognize each other as brothers and sisters under the fatherhood of “the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all-powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth.”


thewashingtonstandard--2019-12-25--Another Christmas in the Age of Jihad:  Oppression of Christians in Muslim Lands & Appeasement of Mu

Another Christmas in the Age of Jihad: Oppression of Christians in Muslim Lands & Appeasement of Muslims in Post-Christian Lands  Another Christmas is upon us, and the story is familiar: in Muslim lands, Christians are oppressed and in constant danger of violent jihad attacks. And in the lands once known as Christendom, Christians freely abdicate their own traditions and mores in order to appease and accommodate Muslims.  Take, for example, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia. In the Sharia-compliant Aceh province, the BBC reported Monday that Christians “are preparing to celebrate Christmas in makeshift tents in the jungle.” Why? Because “their churches were destroyed four years ago by Islamic vigilante groups and the police,” and “local authorities are stopping them from rebuilding.”  Another Indonesian province, West Sumatra, has “banned Christians from celebrating Christmas in private homes….This year, authorities have barred Christians from holding worship services and Christmas celebrations in Sungai Tambang, Sijunjung Regency and Jorong Kampung Baru, Dharmasraya Regency in West Sumatra.” An Indonesian named Sudarto, who is director of the Center for Inter-Community Studies, explained: “They did not get permission from the local government since the Christmas celebration and worship were held at the house of one of the Christians who had been involved. The local government argued that the situation was not conducive. It has been going on for a long time, so far they have been quietly worshiping at the home of one of the worshipers, but they have applied for permission several times. Yet the permit to celebrate Christmas was never granted.”  Nor is that all: “The house where they performed worship services was once burned down in early 2000 due to resistance from residents.”  Anti-Christian sentiment in Indonesia runs so high that Indonesian President Joko Widodo felt it necessary to warn Muslims against committing violence against Christians on Christmas. Nearly 200,000 police officers have been deployed to protect the nation’s Christians.  Meanwhile, in Australia, according to 3aw.com, “a couple were left stranded and out of pocket after a rideshare driver refused to pick them up because they had a Christmas ham….They ordered an Uber, but as they approached the car the driver told them the ride was cancelled.” Why? “The driver told the couple he wouldn’t take them home with the ham because he was Muslim.” But surely Uber fired or at least disciplined this supremacist clown, no? No. In fact, Uber charged the couple for a cancelled ride.  In England, reports the Mail on Sunday, “children at a primary school have been told not to sing the word ‘Lord’ in the Christmas carol Away In A Manger – so that pupils of all beliefs can join in….Youngsters at Whitehall Primary School in Chingford, Essex, have also been told to sing edited versions of two modern hymns when they attend a carol service and nativity play at a nearby church on Tuesday. The words ‘Jesus the saviour’ in the carol Love Shone Down have been replaced with ‘Jesus the baby’, while the words ‘new King born today’ in the carol Come And Join The Celebration have been replaced with ‘a baby born today.’”  Why? Whitehall Primary School head teacher Zakia Khatun explained that she didn’t want students of other beliefs to feel “excluded.” She “defended her decision, insisting the school is inclusive of all children, and maintained that last year 60 children did not attend the carol service and nativity at St Peter and St Paul Church in Chingford because of their religious beliefs.”  Britain has been home to non-Christians for centuries, and they never complained about Christmas carols. There is only one group in Britain that might object to calling Jesus “Lord,” and that group isn’t likely to attend the Christmas pageant now that the word has been removed, because the whole idea of celebrating the birth of Jesus is predicated upon the now-unmentionable title.  One mother noted: “If he was just a baby boy named Jesus, there wouldn’t be a celebration in the first place. He is our Lord and Saviour and King of all Kings – that’s the whole point. It is also a tradition – it is taking away the traditions of the country.”  And in Germany, a Muslim woman who supports the Islamic State (ISIS) “started an apprenticeship as a truck driver sponsored by the employment office, where she also stood out due to radical statements. During a driving exercise, she is said to have answered the teacher’s question of where she actually wanted to go: ‘I’m going to the next Christmas market.’” Christmas markets in Europe have more than once been targeted for jihad massacres.  None of this is new, or surprising. It’s just another Christmas in the age of jihad.


wnd--2019-12-16--Muslim militia wipe out 1,000 Christians in year

More than 1,000 Christians have been murdered by Islamic militia in Nigeria within the last year and more than 6,000 since 2015.  It's the key finding of a new report, "Your Land or Your Blood," from the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, according to the Church Times.  The report was presented at the International Organisation for Peace and Social Justice crisis conference in London last month.  The founder of HART, Baroness Caroline Cox, said the perpetrators are Muslim Fulani herdsmen who "seek to replace diversity and difference with an Islamist ideology which is imposed with violence on those who refuse to comply. It is – according to the Nigerian House of Representatives – genocide."  One pastor, not identified in the report, said: "Every day we carry new corpses to the cemetery. They kill farmers. They destroy our homes and churches. They kidnap and rape women."  Cox said the U.K.'s Foreign Office should be working to "ensure the Nigerian government takes effective action to protect all its citizens and call to account those who perpetrate atrocities."  The report said: "Since January, there have been five serious attacks in Kaduna State, in the center of the country, resulting in an estimated 500 deaths. There were at least another five attacks in the counties of Bassa and Riyom, and more in Taraba State. The militant Islamist group Boko Haram remains in power around the Chad border region, including parts of Borno State in the north."  The Fulani are a nomadic ethnic group of about 20 million across 20 countries in west and central Africa.  "The terrorist group was listed as the fourth most deadly in the Global Terrorism Index in 2016 and 2017," the Times report said.  "While the underlying causes of violence are complex, the asymmetry and escalation of attacks by well-armed Fulani militia upon predominantly Christian communities is stark, and must be acknowledged," Cox said.  "It is too simplistic to label these atrocities as driven by desertification, climate change, or competition for resources," she said. "Unless the U.K. and Nigerian governments are willing to address the massacre's ideological roots, they will never be able to help the innocent victims being slaughtered on the killing fields of Plateau, Benue, Taraba, southern Kaduna, and parts of Bauchi."


bbcuk--2019-04-07--Jewish and Muslim women on working together to combat prejudice

'Anti-Semitism is a scourge on any society'  Jeremy Corbyn says he will continue to oppose anti-Semitism and that Labour has taken steps to address it.


cnn--2019-03-17--These Muslims and Jews in Ilhan Omars district are united in frustration

These Muslims and Jews in Ilhan Omar's district are united in frustration

Minneapolis (CNN) Rep. Ilhan Omar's controversial comments about Israel and Jews have driven a wedge through her Democratic Party in Congress.  But in her home district in Minnesota, her words are bringing some Jewish and Muslim activists, constituents and leaders together ... in denunciation.  Omar Jamal, Steve Hunegs, Mohamed Ahmed and Avi Olitzky agree on the characterization of language Omar used: When Omar talked about Jews "hypnotizing" the world, it was anti-Semitic. When she said American support for Israel was "all about the Benjamins baby," referring to $100 notes, it was anti-Semitic. And when she questioned whether American Jews had loyalty to Israel, it was anti-Semitic, they all said.  Local leaders want her to understand why her words were causing so much pain.  Omar's office did not respond to a request for comment on this story.  "I don't think we were looking into her heart and accusing her of being an anti-Semite," said Hunegs, who is the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC).  Hunegs was one of several faith leaders who met recently with Omar, the first Somali-American representative in Congress and one of two Muslim women elected last year.  "We wanted to show her how what she had said was consistent with the statements of anti-Semites and anti-Semitism over time," Hunegs said.  Olitzky, a senior rabbi, said he was contacted by some of his many congregants alarmed at what they had heard and read from Omar, and also had the opportunity to address it with her.  "Congresswoman Omar shared with me that she understood our pain and listened to that pain. But then the tweets continued and the comments continued," he said.  Both he and Hunegs said they had been approached by local Muslims, including Somalis, asking how they could help their Jewish neighbors in Minneapolis.  "We can reinforce the good relationships that already exist, because in a sense people are kind of sick and tired of it and they want to move forward and find ways to work together," Hunegs said.  Jamal said the excitement of Omar's election was "beyond imagination" for him and other Somalis and Somali refugees who had fled to America. But what has happened since has been disappointing.  "(When you are elected,) you're supposed to bring people together, you're supposed to create a sense of unity instead of farther dividing them and pitting one group against the other," Jamal said.  Ahmed dismissed the argument that Omar was merely criticizing the Israeli government -- something all the men interviewed by CNN said was her prerogative and not the problem.  "I speak as a friend of Israel and a brother to the Palestinians by faith," he said. "We believe in Palestinian rights and freedoms, but we will not do it denigrating our Jewish community."  Ahmed and Jamal acknowledged their views were not echoed throughout the entire local Somali Muslim community and could even stir anger. Ahmed says people in his own family don't see things the way he does when it comes to Rep. Omar.  But he and Jamal hope she will now watch her words so she can move on to more pressing local issues in Congress and at home they can move on too.  "We have more other urgent issues to talk about. We have other concerns ... in this country at this moment," Jamal said.  The disappointment among them is palpable.  Hunegs said: "It's unfortunate and, almost in the classical sense, tragic because she has the capability of being an important bridge builder."  That's part of what's frustrating to one of Rep. Omar's supporters.  "I think we are throwing the baby out with the bathwater here if we just tear her down as a really incredible political leader that she has been," Minneapolis resident Andrea Halverson says. "And basically turn this into a smear campaign. That's a huge mistake."  Halverson says all of the circling around Omar over this issue has become a distraction.  But many are worried the distraction will keep Omar from being able to do her job.  Ahmed said: "It's only been two months. I'm exhausted. She's only been in Congress for less than three months."  The local leaders hope Omar makes up for what they see as a rough start in Congress by what she does next.  "Words can't cancel out words; actions cancel out words," Olitzky said. "And so, we continue to look to Rep. Omar to cancel out the words that she's already shared, with action."  Both Hunegs and Ahmed commented on the apparent support for Omar and her comments from white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.  "When David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan agrees with you, you're not doing something right," Ahmed said.


dailyheraldchicago--2019-12-20--Muslim, Jewish women come together to promote tolerance, understanding

Shazia Khan and Linda Rothnagel have more things in common than is apparent at first glance.  Khan, of South Barrington, is a hijab-wearing Muslim, originally from Hyderabad, India, raised in Detroit. Rothnagel, of Barrington, is Jewish and was born and raised in the Chicago area.  The two women have one mission -- building bridges between Muslims and Jews and fighting hate, negative stereotyping and prejudice.  Together, they colead the Northwest suburban chapter of Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom -- a national organization promoting personal relationships between Muslim and Jewish women.  Group members hosted a lunch Friday for homeless DuPage County residents at the DuPage PADS in Wheaton.  "This is a time of year when giving and celebrating is more common, and so we wanted to participate in the holidays by doing a charitable event in the spirit of Christmas," said Khan, 44, a mother of four and a primary care physician at Loyola Medical Center in Oakbrook.  Khan said the concept of charitable giving -- sadaqah or tzedakah -- is ingrained in Islam and Judaism.  The group also has passed out knapsacks with supplies to the homeless, and collected items for a care closet for homeless students at Oswego East High School in years past.  Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom has 12 Chicago-area chapters and 150 chapters nationwide. The Northwest suburban chapter brings together women from Barrington, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates and South Barrington.  Monthly gatherings spark conversations around common topics, such as the role of Jesus in both traditions, how the Quran and Torah depict the story of Moses, important holidays and how they are celebrated, charity, fasting and the challenges of raising children in the faith.  "It is astounding how similar our religious traditions are ... the stories, the challenges we share, the same goals and values we have for our families," Khan said. "When you talk about Abrahamic faiths, you truly understand where that term comes from."  Rothnagel, 63, who works for a not-for-profit legal aid program and has two grown children, said group members generally are open to learning from each other and sharing. She was drawn to it because of previous experience being part of an interfaith alliance while living in Israel during the 1970s.  "Sometimes, Middle East politics gets in the way of Jewish-Muslim relations," Rothnagel said. "(The group) has helped me have a more sophisticated understanding (of Muslims)."  Khan said she felt Americans have become more divided by race and religion after the 2016 presidential elections.  "I needed to help others understand my faith because it wasn't going to happen (otherwise)," she said. "The philosophy of spreading tolerance and understanding one relationship at a time is very powerful. We don't realize the importance of just one-on-one interaction between families, neighbors and individuals. That personal relationship builds so much trust and understanding ... that is the foundation that is going to build tolerance and understanding in our larger society."  Rothnagel said the goal is to go into the community and educate people about both religions.


frontpagemagazine--2019-01-07--Lara Kollab Muslim Doc Discussed Destroying Jewish Immune Systems While Studying Medicine

Lara Kollab, Muslim Doc Discussed Destroying Jewish Immune Systems While Studying Medicine

After [Canary Mission's original report on Lara Kollab](https://canarymission.org/blog/post/Lara_Kollab), the Muslim doctor who talked about giving Jews the wrong medicine, went viral, she issued the expected apology, claiming that she had been immature and apologizing for all the pain she had caused.  The issue isn't whether she caused people emotional pain, but that someone trying to be a doctor was discussing poisoning a particular ethnic group with the wrong medicines.  This is a compelling reason to make sure that she never has a position where she's able to work with anything more advanced than frogs.  And, Canary Mission [has also dug up more social media from Kollab](https://canarymission.org/individual/Lara_Kollab). And while she's claimed that her hate predated her pursuit of medicine this murderous thought not only dates back to a medical exam, but was part of her notes.  > On May 4, 2013, Kollab tweeted: “Studying for my med micro final, came across this. Clearly, I pay attention in class and write very useful notes.”  >  > The tweet featured a handwritten note that read:  >  > “People who support Israel should have their immune cells killed so they can see how it feels to not be able to defend yourself from foreign invaders.”  Someone who openly fantasizes about using their profession to inflict harm on a population should never be allowed to practice medicine.


frontpagemagazine--2019-04-19--Jews in Obama039s Muslim Indonesia Have to Stay Hidden

Jews in Obama's Muslim Indonesia Have to Stay Hidden

Obama loved talking and writing about Indoonesia. Did he, in all that time, find the time to mention the plight of Indonesia's Christians, Chinese and other non-Muslim minorities, including Jews?  Of course not.  Islamophobia matters. Anti-Semitism doesn't.  Here's a [snapshot of life](https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/asia-and- australia/.premium.MAGAZINE-inside-the-secret-world-of-indonesia-s-jewish- community-1.7138662) for Jews in Indonesia.  > About an hour’s drive from the city center on a low-traffic day, some of Indonesia’s small Jewish community gathers once a month to secretly pray on Shabbat... Although the Indonesian constitution guarantees religious freedom for all, the government only extends official recognition to Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism. Yet despite the challenges surrounding their religious identity, Indonesia’s Jews are determined to continue practicing and preserving their faith.  I'm sure this is another one of those, "It's not anti-Semitism, it's anti- Zionism" things.  > Inside a nondescript building in this Jakarta suburb — which the Jewish community requested not be named for fear of reprisal — one room has been converted into a space for prayers... They hide their religious identity well, and it is only after entering the prayer room that religious symbols and signs become visible. A wooden partition with the Star of David cleverly incorporated into its carved wood design conceals a flight of stairs leading to the shul.  If only the ADL, the AJC, and the other lefty groups were as concerned about the treatment of Jews in Indonesia as they are over "Islamophobia".


frontpagemagazine--2019-08-18--Jewish Man Attacked by Muslims Again in Berlin

The [New Nazis](https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/jewish-man-assaulted-and- cursed-in-arabic-in-berlin/), the ones beloved by the media, are doing their part to carry on the work of the original models.  > An Orthodox Jewish man was assaulted in Berlin by two men who cursed him in Arabic, he told police.  >  > The incident happened on Tuesday in the Charlottenburg area of the German capital, Bild reported Wednesday. The men fled the scene after knocking the Jewish man to the ground.  >  > The Jewish man, aged 55, sustained a heavy blow to his head and called emergency services for treatment. He was not seriously injured. Police are looking for the attackers.  Meanwhile the media keeps pretending that Rep. Tlaib is a victim of some Jewish conspiracy.


motherjones--2019-03-16--A Pittsburgh Jewish Group Is Raising Money for New Zealands Muslim Community

A Pittsburgh Jewish Group Is Raising Money for New Zealand’s Muslim Community

When a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last October, Muslim groups quickly launched a crowdfunding campaign to help shooting victims, raising more than $200,000 in just four days. Now, Time reports, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is responding in kind by raising funds to support the Muslim community in New Zealand affected by the massacre that killed 49 and left dozens more wounded on Friday.  “Unfortunately we are all too familiar with the devastating effect a mass shooting has on a faith community,” Meryl Ainsman, chair of the board of the Jewish Federation, said in a statement released Friday. “We are filled with grief over this senseless act of hate. May those who were injured heal quickly and fully, and may the memories of the victims forever be a blessing.”  According to the statement, those who wish to donate can give online at the Jewish Federation’s website, or send checks to 2000 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.  Other fundraising efforts, being vetted by Impact Your World, according to CNN, are also underway. They include New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups, which has a crowdfunding campaign, and the Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood—which helped raise money for Tree of Life victims—has set up a fund for the families.


pamelagellerreport--2019-01-02--WATCH Muslim Washington Post writer chanting Allah is the greatest Death to America Death to Isr

WATCH: Muslim Washington Post writer chanting “Allah is the greatest. Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse the Jews. Victory to Islam.”

The left loves to throw words like Nazi at people who refuse to submit to their totalitarianism. Pure projection. Slaughterers and devout annihilationists are given a platform to spew their poison in mainstream media outlets. My colleagues and I? Never.  Jeff Bezos, proud owner of the Washington Post, is like one of those Third Reich financiers.  Video surfaces of Muslim WaPo op-ed contributor chanting ‘Death to America’ ‘Death to Israel ‘Curse the Jews’  Less than two months after he was given prominent op-ed space in the Washington Post, a video has surfaced of Houthi rebel leader Mohammad Ali al-Houthi launching a shoulder-fired missile and then reciting the Houthi slogan, which calls for “Death to America.”  The Washington Post contributor chants, “Allah is the greatest. Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse the Jews. Victory to Islam.” He has also taken to his unverified but media– and think tank-cited Twitter account to repeat the infamous Houthi slogan.  Ali Shihabi, the founder of the Arabia Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based Middle East think tank, confirmed to Conservative Review that it is indeed al-Houthi in the video. Shihabi tells CR that it is “documentary evidence of the type of leader” that the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen is up against, whom “many critics have ignored.”  Other videos have surfaced showing Mr. al-Houthi traveling in a vehicle with very young male soldiers (the Houthi rebels draft child soldiers) while stationed at a mounted machine gun.  al-Houthi is the head of the Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee. He is described as “one of the most powerful men” in the Iran-backed rebel group.  On November 9, the radical extremist leader was given valuable space in the Washington Post’s Global Opinions section, edited by Karen Attiah, a passionate advocate for the controversial slain Saudi activist Jamal Khashoggi, who in his last days worked as a de facto asset to the Qatari and Turkish regimes.  After Jamal Khashoggi’s death, Attiah worked to turn the Global Opinions section into a space to pursue his pro-Islamist, anti-Saudi monarchy agenda.  In his Washington Post column, the Houthi radical claimed to want “peace for Yemen.”  “We love peace — the kind of honorable peace defended by our revolution’s leader, Abdulmalik al-Houthi. We are ready for peace, the peace of the brave. God willing, Yemenis will remain the callers of peace and lovers of peace,” al-Houthi wrote.  Of course, to al-Houthi, the road map to peace begins and ends with placing blame on all of the issues in Yemen squarely with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Nowhere in the piece did the Washington Post add a disclaimer or note the fact that the Houthis routinely commit war crimes.  The facts tell a story far removed from al-Houthi’s unchecked propaganda. The Houthis have become notorious for their ruthless behavior, which includes the systematic detention and torture of journalists and the forced recruitment of child soldiers. The UN’s World Food Program has recently alleged that the Houthis are to blame for stealing desperately needed aid meant for the people of Yemen, letting commanders like al-Houthi eat well while the group contributes to the ongoing famine and mass starvation inside the country.


pamelagellerreport--2019-01-18--Kenya Devout Muslim terrorists who attacked hotel and murdered 14 say they were targeting Zionist

Kenya: Devout Muslim terrorists who attacked hotel and murdered 14 say they were targeting “Zionist Jews”

Of course the Jews were targeted: antisemitism is a basic tenet in Islam, and another basic Islamic tenet is the obligation to wage war against Jews and other unbelievers and subjugate them under Islamic law. And then instead of calling out this savagery, hatred, and bloodlust and standing against it, in the West and among the global “human rights community” the focus is all on “islamofauxbia,” while the rise in antisemitism, a direct result of massive Muslim migration into the West, is ascribed to the “far-right” and white supremacists, while Islamic antisemitism is ignored. And so there will be many more attacks like this one.  “Deadly attack in Kenya directed against ‘Zionist Jews,’ terror group says,” by Ben Cohen, The Algemeiner, January 17, 2019 (thanks to Mark):  The Somali Islamist terror group that carried out Tuesday’s attack on a hotel complex in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi has issued a fresh statement declaring that the atrocity was directed against “Zionist Jews.” The assault claimed the lives of 14 people, including U.S. citizen Jason Spindler — a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda atrocity in New York…. Wednesday’s statement from the Somalia-based Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (more commonly known as “Al-Shabaab”), an affiliate of Al-Qaeda, stated that it had carried out the Nairobi attack as “a response to the witless remarks of U.S. President Donald Trump and his declaration of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel.” The statement accused Trump of having granted “the Zionist Jews the approval to desecrate the sanctity of one of Islam’s holiest sites with their filth and vile policies of ethnic cleansing without considering the suffering of the millions of Muslims languishing under the throes of the Zionist occupation for decades.” Headlined “Jerusalem Will Never Be Judaized,” the statement was published on Al-Shabaab’s channel on the social media platform Telegram, and subsequently translated by the Washington, D.C.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Al-Shabaab claimed to have killed more than 50 “unbelievers” in Nairobi, adding that the attack was carried out “in accordance with the guidelines of Ayman al-Zawahiri in targeting Western and Zionist interests worldwide and in support of our Muslim families in Palestine.”… Noting that Tuesday’s attack was “among a series of operations specifically targeting Western and Zionist interests in Africa,” the Al-Shabaab statement called on the “Muslims families in Palestine” to be patient and rest assured that the “Zionist occupiers and their Western patrons and protectors will never find safety anywhere until safety becomes a reality in Palestine and all Muslim lands.” “Be patient for all the injustices of the Zionist and the Crusaders will be meted out to them in equal measure,” it went on to say. The statement concluded with a message to the “Zionist Jews,” whom it described as “killers of the Prophets and brothers of monkeys and pigs,” saying: “Know that by oppressing the Muslims in Palestine, you are waging a war against the entire Muslim ummah (global community of believers). Neither Britain nor America will be able to protect you from the strikes of the mujahideen. Know that we will hold you to account for every blood spilt in Palestine ounce for ounce. What awaits you is a fate similar to that of your ancestors of Bani Quraydha (a Jewish tribe in Arabia during the 7th century) at the hands of the Prophet Muhammad and his noble companions.”  The Truth Must be Told Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more. Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible. Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too. Please contribute to our ground-breaking work here.    Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.


pamelagellerreport--2019-02-09--Rampant Jew-Hatred Infects Europe UK in the wake of mass Muslim immigration

Rampant Jew-Hatred Infects Europe, UK  in the wake of mass Muslim immigration

Muslims in Europe Becoming Less Secular, More Muslim  Professor emeritus of the University of Louvain, Felice Dassetto, has claimed the number of secular Muslims in Europe is in steep decline and more are becoming radicalised. Professor Dassetto said the secular world and its values are becoming less attractive to contemporary Islam and that Muslims are turning toward more reactionary forms of the faith, Il Giornale reports. “There is a bit of disaffection, but there is no mass abandonment of the faith, the phenomenon affects at most 10 to 15 percent,” Dassetto said, noting that at least 80 percent of Muslims across Europe now claimed to be religious. Dassetto also noted that Friday prayers in various mosques were seeing more younger Muslims participate….  WATCH: Online anti-Semitism sweeps France at levels not seen before  The volume and level of anti-Semitic online hate has reached levels never seen before, according to an I24 new report. When one website closes, the anti-Semites simply find another. The problem “may already be too deeply ingrained in French society,” the report says.  Antisemitic incidents in UK at record high for third year in a row.  Jewish community leaders and politicians have condemned a third successive year with a record number of antisemitic incidents. Last year, 1,652 incidents, a 16% increase on 2017, were logged by the Community Security Trust, which has monitored antisemitism for 35 years and provides security to the UK Jewish community.  Record high antisemitic incidents in the UK for 2018  According to the CST – a Jewish community organization that works in cooperation with the UK police – there were 1,652 reported incidents of antisemitism, a 16% rise from the 1,420 antisemitic incidents recorded by CST in 2017, which was itself a record annual total, as were the 1,375 incidents of 2016.  Austria: Chancellor of Austria Kurz blames Muslim migration for rising anti-Semitism in Europe  The Truth Must be Told Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more. Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible. Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too. Please contribute to our ground-breaking work here.    Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.