May - islam in the news 2022

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Iranian Protesters Shout ‘Death to Khamenei'
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Hugh Fitzgerald

In Iran, the Islamic Republic has mired the country in misery. Iranian rulers would rather sacrifice their people’s economic well-being to their mad pursuit of nuclear weapons. Tens of billions of dollars have gone into the nuclear program, money that was not available to spend on food and medicine subsidies, on housing, on education and medical care. Furthermore, the continued nuclear program has led to the imposition of Western sanctions that have greatly reduced Iran’s exports of oil and natural gas. In 2019 there were widespread protests against the regime, suppressed with great violence.

Now protests are spreading again. They were prompted by the collapse on May 23 of a ten-story building in Abadan, which was widely seen as the result of corruption in the government, with well-connected builders getting away with lax safety standards. The protests have now spread from Abadan in Iran’s south to cities in central Iran, and the protesters have expanded their cries against corruption to include the most dangerous demand: “Death to Khomeini.” A report on the growing protests is here: “Protesters chant ‘death to Khamenei’ over Iranian building collapse,” Reuters, May 31, 2022:

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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/iranian-protesters-shout-death-khamenei-hugh-fitzgerald/

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NATO Should NOT Pay Ransom to Turkey; Instead, Should Amend Rules to Expel It
by Burak Bekdil
June 5, 2022

*"Turkey is a member of NATO, but under Mr. Erdoğan, it no longer subscribes to the values that underpin this great alliance. Article 13 of the NATO charter provides a mechanism for members to withdraw. Perhaps it is time to amend Article 13 to establish a procedure for the expulsion of a member nation." — Former US Senator Joe Lieberman and Mark D. Wallace, Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2022.
*"[G]iving in to Ankara's demands amounts to letting an autocrat design the security architecture of Europe and shape the future of the Western system." — Cengiz Çandar, journalist, Al-Monitor, May 24, 2022.

Just when, after years of idling around, NATO appears to be gaining some strategic prominence following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the only Muslim member of the alliance is holding 29 other members as hostage, blocking the most critical move in its history. Surrendering to an Islamist's well-known oriental bargaining tactics will mean the demise of the alliance.

In a historic move, Sweden and Finland recently submitted their written applications to join NATO but Turkey's Islamist strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is threatening to use his country's veto power to block the Nordic nations coming under the Western security umbrella. This is putting NATO's renewed credibility at stake, presumably to the delight of NATO's nemesis, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

More at
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18586/nato-expel-turkey

*****Turkey is one of those countries (Ezekiel 38) that will try (but fail) to invade Israel, along with Russia and others*****

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Cleric, 11 Others Arrested over Abuja Blasphemy Killing
June 6, 2022 5:15 am
Olawale Ajimotokan  in Abuja

The cleric who incited a mob that killed a security guard, Ahmed Usman for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed (SAW) at the Tipper Garage, Lugbe, Abuja and 11 other suspects have been arrested.

It was gathered last night that the cleric, named Malam Lawan and others who participated in the exta-judicial mob action have been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department of the FCT Police Command.

Usman, who was a member of the vigilance group at the Tipper Garage, was on Saturday stoned and burned to death by a mob for alleged act of blasphemy on the directive of the cleric.

More at
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/06/06/cleric-11-others-arrested-over-abuja-blasphemy-killing/

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Report: Iranian attack on Israelis in Thailand thwarted
Israel National News
06.06.22

Iran continues to target Israelis abroad in retaliation for assassination of senior Iranian officials.

Security forces in Thailand thwarted an Iranian plot to attack Israeli and western targets in the country, it was cleared for publication Monday evening, Mako News reported.

More at
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354445

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IDF reservists to dress up as Hamas terrorists to protest UNHRC probe
Published: JUNE 7, 2022 08:14

Israeli activists and IDF reservists are set to launch a protest outside the United Nations office in Geneva on Tuesday at the beginning of its public and legal campaign against what they are claiming is an anti-Israel commission of inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

The campaign, led by the right-wing Shurat HaDin Law Center, will see several dozen IDF reservists gather outside the UN office at 11 a.m. local time (12 p.m. Israel time) dressed as ski-masked Hamas terrorists waving Palestinian flags, mockingly applauding UNHRC anti-Israel bias, whitewashing Hamas rockets fired at Israeli civilian cities and blood libels against Israel.

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https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-708728

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Muslims accuse Ilhan Omar of unbelief, call her ‘disgrace to the hijab’ because of her Pride Month tweet
JUN 6, 2022 5:00 PM
BY ROBERT SPENCER

A hadith depicts Muhammad specifying the punishment for homosexual activity: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’”

"On June 2 (local time) United States lawmaker Ilhan Omar published a tweet in support of the LGBTQ+ community. Notably, the world is celebrating ‘Pride Month’ to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and to fight ‘discrimination’ against them. In her tweet, Omar said, “Happy Pride Month! We won’t stop fighting until all LGBTQ+ Americans can live free from discrimination.”

Her tweet did not go down well with the members of the Muslim community who expressed their ‘disgust’ in comments and quotes over her views."

More at
https://robertspencer.org/2022/06/muslims-accuse-ilhan-omar-of-unbelief-call-her-disgrace-to-the-hijab-because-of-her-pride-month-tweet

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Turkey-based organisation that hailed Talibani terrorists and Palestinian jihadists behind Twitter storm over anti-India remarks on Prophet Muhammad
6 June, 2022

Earlier yesterday, a malicious trend took Twitter by storm as bigoted online mob, consisting mostly of Muslim Twitter users, from the Arab world launched a coordinated social media campaign attacking Hindus residing in the middle east and outraging over the alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.

Whipped up by accusations of blasphemy, thousands of Islamists and their sympathisers around the world, most notably in India and the Arab countries, started trending ‘إلارسولاللهيامودي’, a message written in Arabic, on Twitter to mobilise support and demand action against the BJP leaders for quoting Islamic hadiths on Prophet Muhammad.

Now, interesting details have emerged about the social media campaign that culminated in the suspension of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal from the BJP after some Islamic nations took cognisance of the Twitter storm and expressed condemnation of the statement made by the leaders.

More at
https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/muslim-brotherhood-organisation-behind-twitter-storm-over-remarks-on-prophet-muhammad/

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Religious affairs minister advises Muslims not to participate in Japanese folk festival to be held in Shah Alam next month
06 Jun 2022 10:44 PM MYT

SUNGAI BESAR, June 6 — Muslims are advised not to participate in the Bon Odori Festival to be held at the Shah Alam Sports Complex on July 16 as the festival contains elements of other religions, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad.

“A study conducted by the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) found that the festival does have religious elements, so we advise Muslims not to participate in it,” he told the media after attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the Selangor Islamic Education Foundation’s (Yapis) Education Complex Project here today.

He said this when asked to comment on the organisation of the annual Japanese festival, which has also received negative reactions on social media, especially among Muslims in the country.

More at
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/06/06/religious-affairs-minister-advises-muslims-not-to-participate-in-japanese-folk-festival-to-be-held-in-shah-alam-next-month/10959

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Caution your subjects against killing over blasphemy, activist tasks Islamic clerics
June 6, 2022
By Biodun Busari

Human rights advocate, Dr Leo Igwe has appealed to Islamic clerics in Nigeria to start reorientating their subjects to shun violent attacks and murder of innocent people in the name of blasphemy of their religion and prophet.

Igwe said the gruesome killing of innocent citizens perpetrated by Northern Muslims who accuse people of blasphemy is on the rise as Islamic scholars have failed to caution them.

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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/caution-your-subjects-against-killing-over-blasphemy-activist-tasks-islamic-clerics/

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Sheffield asylum seeker ‘posted Islamic State propaganda on social media after Liverpool bomb’, court told
By Kim Pilling, PA
Monday, 6th June 2022

Ahmiri Ahmedi Azizi, aged 24, of Mount Street, is accused of sharing a video the day after Emad Al Swealmeen died when his device exploded in a taxi outside the hospital last November. The video, encouraging terrorist attacks against the West, was transmitted on his public Instagram account, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Later that month Azizi allegedly viewed a video about making a silencer for a gun.

Azizi, who came from Iran to Sheffield “in the back of a lorry”, is accused of seven counts of disseminating terrorist materialvia social media between June and November last year.

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https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-asylum-seeker-posted-islamic-state-propaganda-on-social-media-after-liverpool-bomb-court-told-3721767

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Germany: Group of ” Mediterraneaners” burns rainbow flag and kicks CSD participant so that he had to be admitted to hospital
June 6 2022

On Saturday, June 4, 2022, at around 10:10 p.m., a group of people snatched a rainbow flag from the area of the Schlosspark and burned it. This apparently led to a brawl, the police reported in a press release.

According to the Karlsruhe police, a rainbow flag was snatched and burned by a group of people in the area of the Schlosspark on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at around 10:10 pm.

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https://medforthgotcha100/germany-group-of-mediterraneaners-burns-rainbow-flag-and-kicks-csd-participant-so-that-he-had-to-be-admitted-to-hospital/

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Maharashtra: ‘Nupur Sharma deserves the same fate as Kamlesh Tiwari, needs to be silenced’, say MDP chief and Islamic leaders
7 June, 2022

On Sunday, the Minorities Democratic Party (MDP) in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district issued death threats to the former spokesperson of BJP Nupur Sharma for her statement on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. While speaking at a press meet organized by the Minorities Democratic Party, an Islamic leader named Mohammad Hamid said that Sharma had committed a ‘crime’ by speaking against the Prophet and that she deserves the punishment of death.

Mohammad Hamid, who is the president of an Islamic organization named Iman Tanjeem was speaking at a press event organized by MDP in Nagpur. He stated that Sharma by ‘attacking the character’ of Prophet had herself signed on a suicide note. “There’s only one punishment for this ‘crime’ and that is death. Kamlesh Tiwari was executed five years after he made objectionable comments on Prophet Mohammad. People stabbed him to death. Don’t think you’ll (Sharma) be forgiven. Do not ever play with the 1100 volt current”, he threatened. (Time Stamp: 01:30)

More at
https://www.opindia.com/2022/06/maharashtra-nupur-sharma-deserves-the-same-fate-as-kamlesh-tiwari-silenced-say-mdp-chief-and-islamic-leaders/

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Karnataka: Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, hiding in Bengaluru mosque, who delivered Friday sermons, arrested
FP Staff
June 07, 2022 15:04:56

Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir Police in a joint operation arrested a suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist from Bengaluru. The accused, Talib Hussain was arrested on 5 June.

News agency PTI quoted its sources in police saying that Hussain had fled Jammu and Kashmir with his wife and children as the hunt for him was intensified by the armed forces. He was hiding in Bengaluru and had allegedly taken shelter at a mosque in Srirampura.

At the mosque, he used to deliver sermons during Friday prayers.

More at
https://www.firstpost.com/india/karnataka-hizbul-mujahideen-terrorist-hiding-in-bengaluru-mosque-who-delivered-friday-sermons-arrested-10768401.html

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Man Chops Off Wife's Hand to Keep Her from Taking Job
June 6 2022

The incident took place early on Sunday morning when Renu Khatun, 23, was in her sleep and Sariful Sheikh alias Sher Mohammed, along with his two friends, used a machete to chop off her hand.

Police sources say Renu was rushed to a private hospital in Durgapur after two government hospitals referred her to Calcutta, was stable, but critical.

The police have started a probe on the basis of a complaint from Azizul Haque, father of the girl.

More at
https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/east-burdwan-man-chops-off-wifes-hand-to-block-govt-job/cid/1868638

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The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire
Tue Jun 7, 2022
Raymond Ibrahim

Raheb, a Lutheran clergyman and academic in Bethlehem, argues that “Christian persecution is a Western construct that says more about the West than about the Christians of the Middle East.” Whatever persecution Christians may experience has little to do with Islam and is rather a byproduct of political developments that were and are almost always precipitated by Western or Israeli actions.

To make his thesis work, Raheb predictably begins his history in 1800 with the waning of Islam and the ascendancy of Europe. Christianity under Islam for the preceding twelve centuries—when it went from being the dominant faith to a tiny minority due to sporadic bouts of persecution and systemic discrimination—is otherwise presented in a rosy picture. Thus, the “persecution of Christians under the Ottomans, if any, was rare and localized.”

On the other hand, the “penetration by European powers had disastrous consequences for the region by introducing Zionism, nationalism, and colonialism.” The Mount Lebanon massacre of 1860 when Muslims butchered more than ten thousand Christians, and even the Turkish genocide of millions of Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Christians, are presented as byproducts of European interference. Thus, “the only two cases of Christian persecution [by Muslims] in the past two centuries must be interpreted within the context of Western imperial penetration.”

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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/06/politics-persecution-middle-eastern-christians-age-raymond-ibrahim/