“Islamophobia” – Page 311

Who Is Leading the Crackdown on Iran’s Protests?

They show up at the first signs of protest in Iran — men in black, riding motorcycles, often wielding guns, or batons.

They are members of what’s known as the Basij, paramilitary volunteers who are fiercely loyal to the Islamic Republic. The shock troops of the ayatollahs have taken on a leading role in quashing dissent for more than two decades.

During the latest protests, which erupted after a young woman died in the custody of the country’s morality police last month, the Basij (ba-SEEJ’) have deployed in major cities, attacking and detaining protesters, who in many cases have fought back.

For decades Iran’s regime has implored its population to fight for freedom, justice, and dignity for Palestinians, while denying them these same rights at home. Today in Tehran, crowds gathering on “Palestine street” chant “Mullahs get lost” pic.twitter.com/FZitlyezwr

— Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) October 12, 2022

by Blazingcatfur•October 14, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

France is haunted by civil war – Jihadis and drug lords rule the banlieues

Ranks of men in uniform are bombarded with Molotov cocktails, makeshift mortars, and small arms fire. Commando units prepare to infiltrate a smoke-covered urban fortress. A city burns under the watchful eye of the press, reporting on “a civil war”.

This isn’t the siege of Aleppo, it’s a scene from Romain Gavras’s Athena, set in one of France’s burning banlieues. Amid the smoke grenades, police and Athenians engage in brutal fighting at close quarters, with metal rods and batons. Later, the police use fire ladders to scale the walls of a tower block. Athenians on wheels circle around a beleaguered police testudo, firing makeshift mortars at point blank range. Men on both sides are visibly shell-shocked.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Jamal Khashoggi vs. Marc Bennett: Whose Life Matters?

In an annual propaganda ritual, the heads of foreign governments and media operatives marked the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s death by tweeting condemnations of the killing of the old friend of Osama bin Laden who had been recruited by an Al Qaeda financier to promote Jihad.

It is a testament to the unchallenged power of the Islamic tyranny of Qatar that everyone in Washington D.C. unquestioningly takes a knee and pays tribute to its martyred operative.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence

ISIS bride Tania Joya: ‘My crime was being an idiot, joining a really bad idea’

Tania Joya, who was married to John Georgelas, once known as the highest-ranking American in ISIS, does not want to be blamed for her ex-husband’s misdeeds.

“My crime was being an idiot and getting married too young and joining a really bad idea,” she says in a new documentary, “A Radical Life,” which begins streaming Thursday on Discovery+. “That was my mistake but it’s not a crime.”

The documentary takes an unfiltered look at Joya’s journey from British schoolgirl to Jihadi bride to single mother living in Texas.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Germany: Cologne Central Mosque to start calling Muslims to prayer

Germany’s largest mosque will broadcast the call to prayer for the first time on Friday.

It comes as part of an agreement between the Central Mosque of Cologne and the city authorities.

“We’re very happy,” Abdurrahman Atasoy, general secretary of the the Turkish government’s religious affairs authority in Germany, DITIB, which runs the mosque, said.

“The public call to prayer is a sign that Muslims are at home here,” he added.

Now they can be called to the next mass sex assault directly from the Mosque!

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

CSIS alerted British intelligence that operative had smuggled Shamima Begum & Pals into Syria in 2015, sources say

Canada’s spy agency informed British intelligence within 48 hours of learning, in 2015, that an operative had smuggled three British schoolgirls into Syria to join the Islamic State, two sources say.

Scotland Yard was frantically searching for the missing teens in February, 2015, and was apparently unaware that they had been smuggled into Syria by the operative, Mohammed al-Rashed, a double agent who was working for both the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Islamic State.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Kerala’s TJ Joseph: The Indian teacher whose hand was cut off for an exam paper said to insult death cult idol Mohammed

TJ Joseph remembers the attack from 12 years ago vividly.

It was a rainy July morning. Prof Joseph, then a 52-year-old teacher of Malayalam language at a local college, was driving home with his mother and sister after Sunday Mass in Muvattupuzha, an idyllic town in the southern state of Kerala set on the banks of a river by the same name.

Barely 100m from his house in a leafy, undulating lane, a Suzuki minivan barrelled down, took a sharp turn and blocked his hatchback.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 13, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence

Are Muslim ‘Officials’ Denying Persecuted Christians Refuge in Europe?

The same Germany that took in over a million Muslim migrants in 2015, and ten thousand non-vetted Afghans in 2021—all people who, by definition, could not be experiencing religious persecution back home as they themselves were Muslim—has refused asylum to a Muslim convert to Christianity, even though one of his relatives was tortured and murdered for the same “crime” of apostasy in his native Iran.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2022October 12, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians, Islamization of the West

UK: Treason law update could help to indict expat jihadis

Ministers are planning to update Britain’s 650-year-old treason laws so they can be used to prosecute jihadis, hackers and other “malign” actors who swear allegiance to a hostile foreign power.

Proposals being drawn up by the Home Office would make it an offence to aid a state or organisation that is attacking or preparing to attack the UK or UK forces in an armed conflict. It would apply to anybody in the UK or the actions of British citizens anywhere in the world.

Those convicted of treason would face a life sentence. Government sources said that an amendment updating the 1351 Treason Act could be added to the national security bill, which is going through parliament. A separate piece of legislation is also being considered.

by Blazingcatfur•October 12, 2022October 11, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Cory Morgan: While Ottawa Says IRGC Terrorist Listing Isn’t Up to Politicians, Past Listing of Proud Boys Suggests Otherwise

Designating a group as being a terrorist organization and adding it to the list of terrorist groups in the Criminal Code is serious business. Once a group is on that list, every aspect of its organization becomes criminalized in Canada, from fundraising to organizing efforts.

The process for adding groups to the terrorist list in the Criminal Code should not be rushed, taken lightly, or politicized. Unfortunately, Canada already has a record of rushing groups onto the list, and the process has become hopelessly politicized.

by Blazingcatfur•October 11, 2022October 11, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Iran, Islam and violence

CSIS violated its own rules in smuggling ISIS Terrorist Shamima Begum

An informant working for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who smuggled three British schoolgirls into Syria for the Islamic State in 2015, breached the spy service’s rules that prohibit paid recruits from engaging in illegal activities including human trafficking.

Trafficking people is also an offence under the Canadian Criminal Code and an international protocol on the practice of which Ottawa is a signatory.

I bet Justin gives her 10 million courtesy the Canadian Tax Payer. I think both of Shamima’s buddies are dead so the families are likely lawyering up in anticipation of their own Big Pay Day.

by Blazingcatfur•October 11, 2022October 11, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Meanwhile women are being shot and beaten to death in Iran ….

Police’s new ‘hate crime’ officer bombarded with abuse on social media

Leicestershire Police is investigating trolls who bombarded the force’s new hate crime officer with abuse when she introduced herself online. Sumaya Bihi announced herself as the force’s new specialist officer on Twitter in a post on Monday, October 3.

However, she faced a barrage of abuse from numerous Twitter accounts. Some used racist and derogatory language, including comments about her appearance and referring specifically to her hijab.

Not sure I care for a “Hate Crime” officer that looks like a member of Iran’s Morality Squad.

by Blazingcatfur•October 10, 2022October 10, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", hate crimes, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Nika Shakarami: Videos show Iran teenager protesting before death

Videos posted online show an Iranian teenager protesting hours before her death, her mother has told BBC Persian.

Nika Shakarami, 16, is seen standing on a dumpster and burning her headscarf in Tehran on 20 September, as others chant slogans against the Islamic Republic.

She later disappeared after telling a friend she was being chased by police.

by Blazingcatfur•October 10, 2022October 10, 2022•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed

DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said at least 185 people, including children, had been killed in demonstrations.

Anti-government protests that began on Sept. 17 at the funeral of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in her Kurdish town of Saqez, have turned into the biggest challenge to Iran’s clerical leaders in years, with protesters calling for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Incredible scenes. Riot police uniting with protestors against the regime. #IranRevolution
pic.twitter.com/0NpbeoAILC

— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) October 9, 2022