The 2021-02-01 Jihad Watch Daily Digest:

View in browser Daily Digest If you would like to forward this email to a friend, please use this link  US condemns beheading of two women by the Islamic State in Syria These condemnations are empty and absurd. Did anyone really think the U.S. was in favor of the beheading of these two women? It’s just pro forma virtue-signaling to issue condemnations of this kind, and is especially revolting given the fact that the Islamic State is clearly emboldened now by the manifest weakness of Biden’s handlers’ […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer Turkey: Islamic State jihadis from Russia, China and elsewhere were trained in Istanbul Islamic school Western politicians will keep telling us that the Islamic State has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. Meanwhile, Islamic State jihadis trained in a madrasa. The propaganda is getting so high you need wings to stay above it, but it’s no more true for being ubiquitous. “Turkish madrasa in Istanbul functioned as springboard for ISIS […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer Foreign Policy calls for adopting definition of 'Islamophobia' as 'rooted in racism' "Islamophobia" is a propaganda term that is used for two unrelated phenomena: vigilante attacks against innocent Muslims, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology behind jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others. The goal of this conflation is to inhibit such analysis and intimidate people into thinking it's wrong […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer Pope Francis set to travel to Iraq to meet with Ayatollah Sistani, who called unbelievers unclean Another fool’s errand in pursuit of the chimera of “dialogue” that has never solved anything or improved the conditions of any Christians in Muslim countries. Sistani has called disbelievers impure on the order of dogs, pigs, blood, etc. However, he has specifically exempted Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians from this. That’s great, but will Francis implore […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslim falsely accuses Christian nurse of blasphemy, hospital staff tortures her, turns her over to police Pakistan’s blasphemy law is the occasion of regular human rights abuses. But the world yawns. Wrong victims. Doesn’t fit the narrative. “Christian Nurse in Pakistan Falsely Accused of Blasphemy by Muslim Coworker,” International Christian Concern, January 29, 2021: 01/29/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a 30-year-old Christian nurse in Pakistan was […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer Georgetown Professor: Islamic Slavery is Freedom? "Slavery cannot be intrinsically evil in Islamic law," Georgetown University professor Jonathan Brown stated during a July 20, 2020 webinar. This disturbing assessment came during a 2019-2020 series of presentations on his 2019 book, Slavery & Islam, whose theses have hardly improved upon this Muslim convert's past scandalous comments on slavery. On February 7, 2017, […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Andrew Harrod Will Biden increase Palestinian rigidity, pushing them even further into the abyss? The Palestinian Authority has clearly begun to test President Biden’s toughness, to see if he will stand up about Jerusalem as the indivisible capital of Israel, as did his predecessor, President Donald Trump. Indeed, following Secretary of State Blinken’s recent announcement that the US embassy will remain in Jerusalem, the Palestinians’ expectations will likely be […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Samir A. Zedan The Once and Future 'Clear-Eyed Expert' Robert Malley The Biden Administration has now appointed the anti-Israel and pro-Islamic Republic Robert Malley as America's Special Envoy For Iran. It's quite a choice. According to CNN, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that on Iran, Secretary of State Antony Blinken “is building a dedicated team, drawing from clear-eyed experts with a diversity of views. Leading […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Woman's Day encourages non-Muslims to observe Ramadan The daily barrage of propaganda is relentless. When has Women’s Day ever encouraged non-Christians to fast for Lent? Non-Jews to fast for Yom Kippur? Right. “Here’s What You Should Know About Ramadan and How it is Celebrated,” by Jamie Ballard, Woman’s Day, January 29, 2021: Each year, Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer Indonesia: Public high schools force non-Muslim girls to wear hijab Islamic apologists in the West continually insist that Sharia rules apply only to Muslims, and that non-Muslims will not be inconvenienced by them in the slightest as they come to Europe and North America. There is, however, an abundance of evidence to the contrary. “Mandatory hijab rule in Padang public schools under scrutiny following non-Muslim […] Read more 2021-01-31  •  Robert Spencer David Horowitz Freedom Center P.O. 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