JIHAD WATCH 05/22/2017

Notre Dame valedictorian: “Our generation must stand against the scapegoating of Muslims”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 01:00 pm

Great. Now who will stand against the scapegoating of non-Muslims by Muslim terrorists, and the scapegoating of America, Israel, and the West by Leftists and Islamic supremacists? Of course, those kinds of scapegoating are what Caleb Joshua Pine was taught for four years at Notre Dame, such that he now takes them for reality.
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Video: Trump’s full Saudi speech: “This is a battle between Good and Evil”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 11:45 am

Honestly is the key word in Trump’s phrase “honestly confronting Islamist extremism.” Trump’s speech starts at 24:00. Full text here.
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Full text of Trump’s Saudi speech: “Drive them out of your places of worship”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 11:39 am

This is certainly a much more honest speech about the jihad threat than any speech Barack Obama ever delivered, and Trump delivered it well to a tough audience. How he follows up on it is all-important: will he actually scrap Obama’s fantasy-based counterterror program and allow for study of the motivating ideology of jihad terrorists, […]
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Trump: Muslim states must lead in fighting “radicalization”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 11:26 am

I’ll put up video of Trump’s speech as soon as it is available; he has finished now but the live streams are still covering the speeches of various Muslim leaders. Trump called upon the assembled dignitaries to drive the jihadis out of the countries and out of their places of worship. What will he do […]
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Watch live: Trump says if Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can get along, peace in this world is possible
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 11:01 am

Updated with video of the speech: Trump starts at 24:00. That may be true, but it’s an essentially utopian vision, because one of those three faiths contains an imperative to conquer and subjugate the other two (cf. Qur’an9:29, 8:39, etc.). He turned from there to hitting Iran and calling upon the governments in the […]
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Watch live: Trump calls on Muslim states to “honestly confront problem of Islamist extremism”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 10:57 am

Updated with video of the speech: Trump starts at 24:00. That was an encouraging sign, but then he started praising Saudi Arabia’s tolerance and affirmation of women’s rights.
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Watch Trump live: “Terrorists do not worship God. They worship death,” calls Saudi Arabia “sacred land”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 10:50 am

Updated with video of the speech: Trump starts at 24:00. —– Watch live. Trump is speaking to the Islamic Summit in Saudi Arabia now, calling upon them to stand with the U.S. against terrorism. “This is not a battle between different faiths…” All this is very well if he allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies […]
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Trump to say “this is a battle between barbaric criminals and decent people of all religions”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 07:41 am

“This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations. This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it.” That is certainly true. There are decent Muslims who seek to protect human life. In 2014 in Iraq, […]
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Iran’s Zarif urges Trump to discuss avoiding another 9/11 with Saudis
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 07:25 am

Funny guy. But the real joke is that while Saudi involvement in 9/11 has been widely known, and energetically covered up, Iran was involved in 9/11 as well. As I detail in my new book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran, on December 22, 2011, U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels ruled in Havlish, et […]
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Video: Robert Spencer with Gavin McInnes: “It was a non-Muslim leftist who drugged my drink”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 06:44 am

The Red-Green Alliance is one that the Red party is very likely going to come to regret, but by then it will be far too late. “Robert Spencer: ‘It was a non-Muslim leftist who drugged my drink,’” by Gavin McInnes, The Rebel, May 20, 2017: On Friday’s show, I spoke to author and scholar Robert […]
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McMaster: Jihadis are “not religious people,” suggests Trump won’t say “radical Islamic terrorism” in Saudi speech
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 06:26 am

A complete retreat from his campaign vow to speak honestly about the motivating ideology behind the global jihad threat, and from his repeated use of the phrase (which is imperfect itself, but better than the denial and willful ignorance of Bush and Obama) early in his presidency. No force can defeat an enemy it does […]
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Linda Sarsour: Muhammad was human rights activist, feminist, first victim of “Islamophobia”
By Robert Spencer on May 21, 2017 04:57 am

“War is deceit,” said Muhammad, and the anti-Semitic, pro-Sharia Muslim “feminist” Linda Sarsour was listening. 1. Muhammad was a feminist? In reality, the Qur’an taught that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, […]
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