Islam in the new August to December

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Is Greece turning out to be a hotbed for Grooming Jihad by Pakistani immigrants? Recent murder of a 17-year-old is only the latest of such crimes
17 August, 2022

On August 2 this year, the Athens police launched a massive manhunt for a Pakistani man, wanted in the brutal murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend Nicoletta.

The accused, a Pakistani immigrant named Ahsan was even hosted by the girl’s family in their house. As per reports, he killed his minor girlfriend after she allegedly spoke ill of Quran and asked him to convert to Christianity. The body of the deceased was sent for medical examination which confirmed that the victim was suffocated to death.

The matter came to light when Athens-based doctorate researcher Paul Antonopoulos cited the case and warned the Greek youth to be wary of Pakistani Muslim men, conspiring to entrap them in ‘love jihad.’

More at
https://www.opindia.com/2022/08/is-greece-turning-out-to-be-a-hotbed-for-grooming-jihad-by-pakistani-immigrants-rape-murder-sexual-assault/

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Lecture host who was injured on stage when Salman Rushdie was knifed 'by Iranian sympathizer' in New York displays gruesome eye injury as he slams 'bold attack against the core values of freedom'
17 August 2022

The moderator on stage when Sir Salman Rushdie was attacked has revealed his gruesome eye injury as he spoke publicly for the first time since the horrific stabbing.

Henry Reese sustained severe bruising and a minor cut to his eye while holding down the legs of Hadi Matar, 24, who stormed the stage and knifed The Satanic Verses author multiple times on August 12 in Chautauqua, New York.

Sir Salman suffered severe, life-changing injuries and underwent emergency surgery but he is now believed to be conscious and helping police with their investigations.

Reese, a former telemarketing entrepreneur from Pittsburgh who founded the City of Asylum as a haven for persecuted writers, told the Atlantic: 'This is a very bold attack against the core values of freedom and ways of resolving differences short of violence, with art, literature, journalism.'

More at
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11119227/Lecture-host-stage-Salman-Rushdie-knifed-displays-gruesome-injury.html

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Moroccan detained after decapitating own father and fleeing murder scene with head
August 15, 2022

A Moroccan national has been arrested in the Saint-Priest suburb of Lyon for the brutal murder of his own father, who he decapitated with a knife before parading the severed head around a local residential area, local media reports.

Police were called to the scene at approximately 2 a.m. early on Sunday morning after calls were made reporting a man chasing another individual with a knife on rue Louis-Braille in Saint-Priest.

Upon arrival, the victim’s body was found lying on the street, decapitated.

The attacker “killed his 60-year-old father with a kitchen knife,” the Lyon prosecutor’s office told AFP.

More at
https://rmx.news/article/moroccan-detained-after-decapitating-own-father-and-fleeing-murder-scene-with-head/

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The Satanic Verses tops Amazon’s bestseller list after author Salman Rushdie is stabbed
BYCHRIS MORRIS
August 16, 2022 at 8:00 AM GMT-7

Three days after Salman Rushdie was stabbed 10 times by an attacker as the author prepared to speak in western New York, his most famous work is seeing a resurgence in sales.

The Satanic Verses, the book that led Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa against the author, currently sits atop the Contemporary Literature and Fiction and Humor and Satire categories on Amazon. It’s currently the 26th most popular book on all of Amazon.

Last week, the book was not among the top 100.

More at
https://fortune.com/2022/08/16/the-satanic-verses-tops-amazons-bestseller-list-salman-rushdie/

*****I don't have to buy the book, I still have the same first edition when it came out*****

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Saudi Arabia jails Leeds university student for 34 YEARS because she had a Twitter account and followed dissident activists
17 August 2022

A Saudi student at Leeds University who returned to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissident activists.

Salma al-Shebab, 34, was accused of using Twitter to 'cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security' after she posted tweets calling for women's rights in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Shebab, who has two young sons aged four and six, was initially sentenced to six years in prison but a Saudi terrorism court on Monday increased her jail-term to 34 years after the activist appealed her sentence.

The mother-of-two will also face a 34-year travel ban after serving her sentence.

More at
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11119159/Saudi-Arabia-jails-Leeds-university-student-34-YEARS-Twitter-account.html

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Terrorists Kill More Than 20 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria
17 Aug 2022

After more than 20 Christians lost their lives to terrorist attacks in two areas of Taraba state, Nigeria in the first half of August, a Catholic teacher on Sunday (Aug. 14) was kidnapped from a church site, sources said.

Suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) shot their way onto the site of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Dinya village, in Taraba state’s Gassol County, at about 10 p.m. and abducted the catechist, Gideon Tsehemba, said the Rev. Lawrence Awua, the parish priest.

“The ISWAP terrorists broke into the premises of our church on Sunday, Aug. 14, as we were already in our bedrooms,” Awua told Morning Star News in a text message. “They were shooting indiscriminately in the premises of the church. Our Catechist, Mr. Gideon Tsehemba, was forcefully dragged out of the church with a gun pointed at him. I was already in my bedroom, but they thought there was no one around except the catechist.”

More at
https://www.crosswalk.com/headlines/terrorists-kill-more-than-20-christians-in-taraba-state-nigeria.html

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The West is still clinging to three damaging myths about the Taliban
Zalmai Nishat and Jemima Shelley -
Yesterday 03:38

Since the fall of Kabul, life under the Taliban regime has become increasingly oppressive. The Taliban have executed former government employees, national defence security forces and some police officers; abused women’s rights activists and silenced journalists; and a week before the anniversary of their takeover they completely cut off internet access in Kabul.

The people of Afghanistan have not given up, continuing to risk their lives when fighting for an open, plural, and democratic society. But is the West ready to challenge the harmful myths the Taliban would have the world believe?

Before last summer’s offensive, Afghanistan’s civil society was active in condemning the Taliban – only 10 per cent of the population sympathised with the Islamist group. However, concerns raised by the people of Afghanistan were overlooked during US-Taliban talks in the years prior to the takeover, and these concerns continue to be downplayed amongst many in Western policy circles. In the meantime, the Taliban is systematically reversing all positive achievements of the past two decades, including the advancement of human rights, freedom of expression and tolerance.

More at
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/voices-the-west-is-still-clinging-to-three-damaging-myths-about-the-taliban/ar-AA10IvJW

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A victorious Taliban is inspiring a new generation of Islamic extremists
August 15, 2022 6:57pm

On May 15, 1989, the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan. The Soviets, who had been slugging it out for 10 years with Islamist fighters, finally threw in the towel. The withdrawal was immediately hailed as a significant victory by Afghanistan’s mujahideen.

The impact of the Soviet withdrawal was immediate. The Taliban soon emerged from the chaos of Afghanistan, forging an Islamist state. The nation became a safe haven for a number of extremist groups, include one forged by a mujahideen fighter named Osama bin Laden.

But the shockwaves were not limited to Afghanistan.

More at
https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/victorious-taliban-inspiring-a-new-gen-of-islamic-extremists/

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Thailand's restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings
August 17, 2022, 4:21 AM

HAT YAI, Thailand -- A wave of arson and bombing attacks overnight hit Thailand’s southernmost provinces, which for almost two decades have been the scene of an active Muslim separatist insurgency, officials said Wednesday.

At least 17 attacks occurred Tuesday night in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala provinces, mostly at convenience stores and gas stations, military spokesperson Pramote Promin said. Three civilians were reported injured. There have been no claims of responsibility.

More than 7,300 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 2004 in the three provinces, the only ones with Muslim majorities in Buddhist-dominated Thailand. Attacks have also taken place in neighboring Songkhla province.

More at
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thailands-restive-south-hit-wave-arson-bombings-88480281

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Fatwas: All that is wrong with Islam and the problem with Muslim liberals
Siddhartha Rai
Tuesday

Fatwas, as Arun Shourie writes in his The World of Fatwas or Shariat in action, are the main instrument employed by the unscrupulous ulema as a class. They also reflect, more or less accurately, what has been written in the Quran and Hadis, and from this emanates the authority of the ulema

The recent attack on the acclaimed author, Salman Rushdie has once more catapulted the power of fatwas in the Muslim mind to the forefront of public debate. In fact, Rushdie’s predicament highlights the fundamental dilemma of Muslim ‘progressives’ and reformists among the ummah: to carry the badge of being a liberal and to make a flourishing career in lieu of that badge, one must not bring into question, and just condone, all the wrong in Islam as is reflected in the fatwas. But, as one remains silent at the abhorrence of inversion of fundamental laws of humanity by the ulema and fatwas, that very badge of liberalism comes under scanner.

More at
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fatwas-all-that-is-wrong-with-islam-and-the-problem-with-muslim-liberals/ar-AA10IEvl

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Mahmoud Abbas and the Munich massacre: Time to face the truth
August 16, 2022

The families of the Israeli athletes massacred at the 1972 Munich Olympics have announced a boycott of an upcoming 50th-anniversary commemoration in Germany. They’re protesting the inadequate level of compensation provided by the German government, and I fully support their position.

But let’s not forget that one of the masterminds of the massacre heads a regime that is currently receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in direct and indirect aid each year from the United States, Germany and numerous other countries.

I am referring to Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of both the Palestinian Authority and its main faction, Fatah.

More at
https://www.jns.org/opinion/mahmoud-abbas-and-the-munich-massacre-time-to-face-the-truth/

*****I still remember as others remember the storming of the plane the Israelites were on. It was captured live on TV and you could hear the shooting, a flash inside the plane and a scream as I remember. 

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I fear Islamic violence, but also Western cowardice
Aug 17, 2022, 8:03 PM

On September 26, 1988, the novel by the Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie, “The Satanic Verses”, appeared at the Viking Penguin publishing house. Fifteen days later, the first death threats arrived.
In Bolton, UK, the book was burned in the square on December 2nd. On December 28th, package bomb threats arrived at the Viking Penguin offices.
The New Year passed without incident. Then 1989 changed everything. It was Valentine's Day when Khomeini's fatwa arrived from Iran: "I inform the proud people of Islam that the author of the 'Satanic Verses' who is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved in its publication are sentenced to death ”.

More at
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/358339

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Somali asylum seeker thought everything was free for him in Germany – Now he has to go to prison
August 17 2022

In Germany, everything was free for him – this was the opinion of a 27-year-old Somali who is now being brought before the magistrate.

As reported by the Federal Police, they were alerted on Monday because a shoplifter had been caught in a shop on the mezzanine floor of the main railway station. The 27-year-old wanted to steal various foodstuffs (mineral water, lemonade, wraps, meat rolls, energy drink and spinach wrap) for a total of 28.38 euros. In addition, the man drank a coffee, which he did not pay for.

When the Federal Police were informed again, the officers also got hold of 31 fare surcharges since July 31, 2022, which the 27-year-old had in his luggage. 23 of them came from the German railway company Deutsche Bahn, the rest from other railway companies. Further investigations revealed six more journeys from May 15 onwards. The most recent case was last Monday, the man had travelled from Hamburg to Munich (cost 145 euros).

More at
https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/er-dachte-fuer-ihn-sei-alles-umsonst-selbsternannte-nummer-1-muss-in-haft-art-836801

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France: A man who fired a shotgun and shouted “Allah Akhbar” overpowered by police
August 18, 2022

Witnesses called the police at dawn and reported that a man had fired shots with a shotgun. When the police officers intervened, the man fired in their direction without hitting them. The prosecutor’s office stated that the terrorist trace “has not been ruled out, but according to the state of affairs it is not a priority”.

More at
https://www.fdesouche.com/2022/08/18/saint-quentin-02-un-homme-qui-tirait-avec-une-carabine-a-plomb-en-criant-allah-akhbar-neutralise-par-la-police/

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Belgian Anti-Racism NGO Provides Member Groups With 200,000 Euros in “Resilience” Funding; Beneficiaries Include Muslim Brotherhood Groups
August 12 2022

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is reporting it has awarded 200,000 euros in “resilience” funding to 20 of its member groups, who it says are defending the human rights of racialized communities in Europe. Several beneficiaries are tied to the Global Muslim Brotherhood (GMB). According to a post on the ENAR website:

May 11, 2022 ENAR has issued its first grants under the Empowerment and Resilience Fund with the aim of supporting anti-racist organisations and developing a vibrant and strong anti-racist Network across Europe. Through the Fund, ENAR has granted a total of €191.825 to support 20 Network member organisations who defend the human rights of racialised communities in Europe and work towards a more inclusive Europe for all.

More at
https://www.global-influence-ops.com/belgian-anti-racism-ngo-provides-member-groups-with-200000-euros-in-resilience-funding-beneficiaries-include-muslim-brotherhood-groups/