Islam and violence – Page 321

8 in 10 Swedes Support Deploying Military Against Gangland Crime

An overwhelming majority of Swedes support the recent proposal aired by the liberal-conservative Moderate Party to task the military with assisting the police in combatting violent crime.

As many as 78 percent of respondents in a recent study by the Gothenburg-based SOM Institute argued that this was a worthy application of military force. Wholly 54 percent called it a “very important task” for the Armed Forces to assist the police in efforts against serious crime, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.

by Blazingcatfur•June 10, 2021June 9, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden, Sweden - a nation commits suicide

The Poisonous Fruit of Appeasing Iran’s Mullahs

Iran is continuing to exploit the Palestinian issue to promote its expansionist schemes in the Middle East and meddle in the internal affairs of Arab countries, including Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain.

Iran is doing so while its representatives continue to conduct indirect negotiations with the US administration in Vienna on reviving the 2015 “Iran nuclear deal,” which Iran never signed.

Diplomats from Britain, France and Germany who are negotiating with the Iranians seem oblivious to the growing concern in the Arab world over Tehran’s support for terrorism and its ongoing intervention in the internal affairs of several Arab countries.

by Blazingcatfur•June 9, 2021June 9, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

The narcissistic fall of France – Is the country really on the brink of civil war?

“I look on every side and all I see is darkness.”

I use that quote from Pascal (Pensées, 229) because I am not setting out to assert positive truths nor to defend opinions. I see a situation which — as Pascal writes in his next sentence — “offers nothing but cause for doubt and anxiety”.

In asking me to give an opinion on the now celebrated “Letter of the Generals,” UnHerd‘s Will Lloyd rightly notes: “What seems most extraordinary about the furore that followed is that so few people questioned the premise of the letter — that France is on the point of collapse.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 8, 2021June 8, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Death of Boko Haram’s leader spells trouble for Nigeria and its neighbors

Several times in the past, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was declared dead, only to reappear in videos taunting the government of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. Nevertheless, Nigerian security expert Kabir Adamu is fairly sure that this time Shekau was killed. “Every sort of source that could confirm the information has verified that it is true,” he told DW.

Boko Haram’s rival, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), claimed that Shekau detonated a suicide vest during a gunfight in Sambisa forest on May 18, to avoid being taken prisoner and made to renounce the leadership of his group.

by Blazingcatfur•June 8, 2021June 8, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Boko Haram, Islam, Islam and violence

Hate preachers now a ‘priority threat’ amid concerns over return of Islamist extremism

Ministers are understood to be diverting officials to monitor and disrupt those who promote ‘fear and division’

Hate preachers will be treated as a “priority threat” and tackled as part of the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy, amid concerns about a resurgence of Islamist extremism.

The Telegraph understands ministers are preparing to direct counter-terrorism officials to monitor and “disrupt” the activities of those who “promote fear and division”, without involvement in terror.

One former counter-terrorism officer suggested that the move could lead to officials and police attempting to prevent certain extremists from distributing material on the streets or holding large events, and challenging them when they speak in public.

by Blazingcatfur•June 8, 2021June 7, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Muslim Anti-Semitism By The Numbers

A pandemic of “holy” hate.

Concurrent with Israel’s military response to the latest wave of Hamas’s jihad terror—rocket and mortar salvos targeting its civilian areas—the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a May 20, 2021 press lease chronicling “a dangerous and drastic surge in anti-Jewish hate right here at home,” in the United States. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt noted his organization was “tracking acts of harassment, vandalism and violence,” the press release citing “193 reports [compiled] in the week after the crisis began.” Even the doctrinaire Leftist Greenblatt conceded during a PBS interview discussing these alarming findings

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Douglas Murray and Ayaan Hirsi Ali discuss her new book: Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights.

by Blazingcatfur•June 7, 2021June 6, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Democrats’ Racism Obsession Is an Affront to Liberty

Those who insist we’re all racist have fallen prey to the very thing they claim to fight.

I was deeply interested in politics from childhood. I was gripped by the drama of the campaign for civil rights, and I was appalled by the shocking images of segregation and its violent supporters that I would see, beginning from the Little Rock school crisis in the late ’50s through the great campaign of the early ’60s to pull down the legal structures of forced race separation and to restore denied political rights.

by Blazingcatfur•June 7, 2021June 6, 2021•0•Islam and violence

Islamic State Is Defeated, But Their ‘Brides’ Are Still An Issue

The Daesh “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria has vanished, the vast majority of its terrorists either killed or captured, and their threat largely neutralized. However, a new challenge has emerged — how should the international community deal with the women and children that the terrorists left behind?

Are these women innocent or guilty? Should they face the same consequences as their captured husbands, or be forgiven? And most important, how hard will it be for these women to be welcomed and reintegrated into their communities?

by Blazingcatfur•June 6, 2021June 6, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Self-Criticism: A Conversation with Göran Adamson

In 2017, three out of four people suspected of murder in Sweden were migrants — a figure that seems frightfully high. The funny thing is that the Swedish Social Democrats, and others you might call multiculturalists — the “politically correct” — they have not been interested in investigating this, even though these are issues that Swedish people are talking about.

by Blazingcatfur•June 6, 2021June 6, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden, Sweden - a nation commits suicide

France: Fearing Officer Safety Police Refuse To Take Part in Pride Parade in Paris No-Go Suburbs

An LGBT police group has stated it will not be taking part in a Pride parade in Paris which is set to start in the no-go suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis, over fears regarding officer safety.

The police LGBT group FLAG! released a statement this week saying that due to safety concerns for officers, they would not be participating in the Pride march this year.

by Blazingcatfur•June 6, 2021June 6, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and homosexuality, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

If No Islamophobic ‘Hate Crimes’ Exist, They Must Be Invented. The Next Target Is Southwest

If “hate crimes” targeting Muslims do not exist, they must be invented. They’re simply too politically useful to do without. And so it is that the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is aiding a Muslim woman, Fatima Altakrouri, who claims that Southwest would not allow her to sit in a plane’s exit row because she was wearing a hijab.

by Blazingcatfur•June 6, 2021June 5, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

How Did Hamas Become the Darling of the West?

In February 2009, I wrote an essay about a symposium at UCLA that marked the beginning of Hamas’s penetration into academic circles. I also described the culture of fear that had overtaken many of my colleagues, who felt it was unsafe to admit to supporting Israel. Twelve years later, in the wake of the most recent conflict between Israel and Gaza and the ensuing antisemitism on our campuses and in our streets, I have revised and updated my original essay, which is just as relevant today as it was when it was first written.

by Blazingcatfur•June 5, 2021June 5, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Hamas, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Muslim neighbourhoods in British towns are ‘no-go areas’ for white people, new book claims

An academic who studied Muslim integration in Britain has revealed in a new book that women and children in some communities are subjected to Taliban-like rules, and non-Muslims face threats of violence.

Ed Husain, professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service in Georgetown University, visited mosques across Britain, speaking to businesses owners, imams and locals about life in predominantly Muslim neighbourhoods. He used his on-the-ground research to write a book, ‘Among The Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain’, which is set for release next week.

by Blazingcatfur•June 5, 2021June 5, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

West Africa’s Islamist insurgency: Fight at a critical stage

The multinational effort to stave off an encroaching takeover by extremists in the part of Africa known as the Sahel is facing severe challenges.

Mali, where around 400 British troops are currently deployed, has just experienced its second coup in nine months, widely condemned by regional leaders.

President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to pull out all 5,100 French troops there if the coup leaders carry out their suggestion of making a deal with the same Islamist insurgents the troops are fighting.

100 killed in Burkina Faso attack

Armed men have killed around 100 people in an attack on a village in the north of Burkina Faso, President Roche Kabore has said.

During the overnight raid on Solhan, homes and the market were also burned, Reuters news agency reports quoting a government statement.

No group has said it was behind the violence.

But Islamist attacks are increasingly common in the country, especially in regions bordering Niger and Mali.

by Blazingcatfur•June 5, 2021June 5, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Africa, Islam, Islam and violence