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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

‘I Refuse to Shut Up’: Moroccan Man Burns Quran to Get Asylum in Sweden

After having his asylum application in Sweden rejected, a Moroccan man has released a film where he burns a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, in protest.

The man came to Sweden from Morocco two years ago on a tourist visa and sought asylum, citing persecution in his home country due to his “religious doubts”.

by Blazingcatfur•June 4, 2021June 4, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Sweden

Germany sees increase of Hezbollah supporters and members – Intel

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the domestic intelligence agency for the German state of Lower Saxony, revealed on Thursday in its new report a dramatic increase of the number of members and supporters of the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.

According to the German language intelligence report reviewed by The Jerusalem Post, the number of supporters and members rose from 1,050 in 2019 to 1,250 in 2020.

by Blazingcatfur•June 4, 2021June 4, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Hezbollah, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Thirteen death cultists on trial over online threats to French teen who stated the obvious – Islam is filled with hate

Thirteen people have gone on trial in France charged with online harassment, including death threats, against a teenage girl who was placed under police protection after posting anti-Islam rants on social media.

The girl, named only as Mila, was forced to change schools over her expletive-laden videos, and the episode fuelled a debate about the right to offend people’s religious beliefs.

“The Qur’an is filled with nothing but hate, Islam is a shitty religion,” the teen said in the first post on Instagram in January 2020. She was 16 at the time.

I’d say she nailed it.

Pakistani court acquits Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy

…Kausar and Emmanuel were convicted following a complaint by a shopkeeper who claimed to have seen the text message.

Amnesty International said: “Today’s decision puts an end to the seven-year long ordeal of a couple who should not have been convicted nor faced a death sentence in the first place. ‘Blasphemy’ cases are often premised on flimsy evidence in environments that make fair trials impossible, underscoring the significance of this verdict. The authorities must now immediately provide Shafqat, Shagufta, their family and their lawyer Saiful ul-Malook with adequate security.”

They’re Dead Men Walking now.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2021June 3, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘You White Mother F*****!‘ – Racist Attack On UK Council Worker Results in No Jail Time!

Raja Malik and Mohammed Nawaz escaped time in prison despite committing an anti-white racist assault against a council worker who confronted their group for littering.

West Midlands Police said that a local council worker witnessed a woman flicking a cigarette from a car window on August 12th in the Kates Hill area of Dudley.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2021June 3, 2021•0•"Asians", "Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Mayor Jello Tory sends out strong message about Jew hatred

Mayor John Tory has come out swinging against the “concerning and unacceptable” rise in anti-Semitism in Toronto in recent weeks, saying he will not allow hatred to “take root” or “grow” in the city.

In a lengthy statement, he said he met with members of the city’s Jewish community, a few councillors and the police chief Tuesday night and heard the Jewish community’s “valid concerns.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2021June 3, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Anti-Semitism and the Left, Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Israeli - Islam Conflict

“I was born free and refuse to sign this slave contract.” says unrepentant mystery Brit Jihadi’

A member of the banned group al-Muhajiroun breached a terror prevention order by meeting a woman for sex, a court has heard.

The man, known as QT for legal reasons, was handed an 18-month community order at the Old Bailey.

He had pleaded guilty to breaching his Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) by seeing the woman.

by Blazingcatfur•June 2, 2021June 2, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Austria’s “Muslim youth” file lawsuit against ‘Islam map’

Muslim Youth Austria (MJO) is filing a lawsuit against the country’s controversial “Map of Political Islam,” the group announced on Saturday.

The map, showing the names and location of over 600 mosques and associations in Austria and their possible links abroad, was unveiled on Thursday.

“The publication of all the names, functions and addresses of Muslim and Muslim-affiliated organizations represents an unprecedented crossing of boundaries,” Muslim Youth Austria said.

by Blazingcatfur•May 31, 2021May 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Austria, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Amid a surge in hate crimes, prominent European Jews worry the war against antisemitism has been lost

“… Antisemitic incidents were already rising in Europe before the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that ended with more than 230 Palestinian and 12 Israeli fatalities. With the start of the hostilities, Europeans began bracing for antisemitic activity that tends to accompany Middle East tensions. It’s known on the continent as “the import of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2021May 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism and the Left, Islam, Islam and violence, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Blinken and a Repeat of ‘Eyeless in Gaza’ Saga

“The advanced bunker of the Resistance Front”. This is how official media in Tehran describe the Gaza Strip as it emerges from its latest mini-war against “The Zionist enemy”. Needless to say, Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei, regarding himself as leader of the “Resistance Front,” is already looking forward to the next round of this sordid duel. In messages to Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Ziyad Nakhalah of the Islamic Jihad for the liberation of Palestine, “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei asserts that he has received “a divine pledge that total victory is on the way”, and demands that the two groups continue the fight until “our holy land is cleansed of the existence of the usurper”.

Tehran media claim that “the great victory” supposedly achieved by Hamas and Islamic Jihad is, to a large extent, due to financial, material and training support from the Islamic Republic.

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2021May 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Macron threatens to withdraw French troops from Mali

President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France would withdraw troops from Mali if political instability there leads to greater Islamist radicalisation.

It follows a second coup in nine months in the West African nation.

Mr Macron warned of the risk of Mali “moving towards” greater Islamist influence.

France has 5,100 troops in the Sahel region which has been a front line in the war against Islamist militancy.

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2021May 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Mali

French Judiciary Frees Extremist Antisemitic Murderer

Paris, April 4, 2017. 4:00 am. A man breaks into the home of Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old retired Jewish physician and educator. He beats and tortures her for over an hour while reciting verses from the Quran and repeatedly shouting, “Allahu Akbar!” [Allah is the greatest!”]. He uses anti-Semitic slurs and calls her “Sheitan” (Satan). He throws her from the balcony of her apartment and she falls to the ground, three floors below, dead. The police arrest him.

What happened was an unspeakable antisemitic murder. It was also the start of a process that brought to light once again the many serious and shameful dysfunctions that mark today’s France.

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2021May 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

British-born former Islamic extremist, 29, reports his parents to the police for ‘radicalising him as a child’

A former Islamic extremist has lodged a complaint with police, accusing his parents of radicalising him as a child.

The 29-year-old’s case could lead to the first prosecution of its kind in the UK, but experts fear that current legislation may not allow charges to be brought.

The man, who is British-born of Pakistani origin, alleges his parents began radicalising him from the age of five after falling under the influence of a fundamentalist branch of Islam known as Salafism.

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2021May 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK, WTF?

“We Can’t Afford to Look Away” – A conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali on mass migration and the erosion of women’s rights in Europe

Few have the courage and audacity of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has consistently challenged both the extremely conservative cultural norms in Islamic societies and the radical leftism rising in the West today. Her background—as a Somali refugee growing up in a Muslim household, as a politician in the Netherlands, and as a citizen and scholar in the United States—has given her a unique perspective in exploring these complex issues. Her new book, Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights, looks at the alarming rise of sexual violence across Europe in the wake of mass migration from Africa and the Middle East. I had the privilege of sitting down with her recently to discuss the arguments she raises in the book.

by Blazingcatfur•May 30, 2021May 29, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

How London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan was a ‘poster boy’ for rehab who played the system… and took experts for fools

When Usman Khan was convicted for being part of a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange, the judge was under no illusion about the serious danger he posed to society.

Mr Justice Wilkie singled him out from other extremists on trial because he was clearly a devious and scheming man dedicated to his extremist ideology.

The judge said that even after serving a lengthy custodial sentence, Khan would continue to pose a ‘significant risk to the public’ because he was ‘working towards a more ambitious and more serious jihadist agenda’.

by Blazingcatfur•May 29, 2021May 29, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK