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Daily Digest If you would like to forward this email to a friend, please use this link  Nigeria: Muslims vow to “take this battle across the sea,” conquer “every territory currently occupied by Kafirs” Anyone who points out the Qur’anic roots of this imperative (“Fight them until religion is all for Allah,” 8:39) is of course “Islamophobic” and “bigoted.” And of course it’s fanciful. But many more people will die as the Fulani pursue it. “Trouble in Nigeria: Fulani group claims ownership of land from Sokoto to the Atlantic,” […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer Islamic Republic of Pakistan: 108 women murdered for honor in 2019 in one province alone Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but “the new law says a […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer Asia Bibi: Christians in Islamic Republic of Pakistan “live with this sword of Damocles over their head” The persecution of Asia Bibi was a particularly ugly chapter in the history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and its enforcement of Sharia blasphemy laws. Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was falsely accused of blasphemy against Islam, sentenced to death, imprisoned for eight years, and then when she was acquitted by the Pakistani Supreme […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer Al-Qaeda claims Pensacola jihad massacre, says Saudi airman had been planning for years to attack a US base “Foreign nationals participating in U.S. training go through a vetting process. The Pentagon says it includes screening for any illicit drug activities, support for terrorist organizations, corruption and criminal conduct.” Clearly the screening process is inadequate, in large part because of the Pentagon’s denial and willful ignorance regarding the motivating ideology behind the jihad threat. […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer India: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” attack Hindu homes, state government targets journalist for reporting on it A glimpse into the future of the West. “Bhainsa: Journalist reports how Muslim mobs attacked Hindu homes amidst chants of ‘Allah ho Akbar’, Telangana govt targets him with FIRs,” OpIndia, February 3, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The Telangana Government has filed two FIRs against a Hyderabad-based journalist, Sridharan Siddhu, for exposing the […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer Old video of Chinese PM visiting mosque goes viral with claim he “bows before Allah” over coronavirus “War is deceit,” said Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.268). “Old video of ex-Malaysian PM viral as Chinese PM praying in a mosque amid Coronavirus outbreak,” by Nibedita Sen, Alt News, February 3, 2020: A video is making the rounds on social media with the claim that the Prime Minister of China visited a mosque and realised that […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer The UK’s Dumbest Terrorist Tests the Dumbest Justice System a Third Time Can he get away with it again? On a summer day in the UK, Mohiussunnath Chowdhury left his Luton home, took an anime sword that he had sharpened, typed “Windsor Castle” into his phone, and then followed the directions on the map. “Tell everyone that I love them and that they should struggle against the […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Daniel Greenfield Palestinians Are “Disappointed” In Initial Arab Response — Arab League Then Rejects the Trump Plan (Part 2) When the Trump Plan was first rolled out at the White House, three Arab ambassadors – from Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman – were in attendance, in seeming support of the plan. Still other Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco – released remarks that treated the Trump Plan as a praiseworthy effort that could […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Turkey converts yet another ancient Greek church into a mosque The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet has reported that the Hagia Sofia “Mosque” in Edirne is being restored, and it will be completed by the Islamic month of Ramadan that falls this year between 23 April and 23 May. This church was converted from church to mosque during the Ottoman era. The magnificent building was damaged during the earthquake […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Uzay Bulut Egypt: Girl, 12, dies after undergoing female genital mutilation FGM is mandated in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is called khufaadh ‘female circumcision’]).” — Umdat al-Salik e4.3, translated by Mark […] Read more 2020-02-04  •  Robert Spencer David Horowitz Freedom Center P.O. Box 55089, Sherman Oaks California 91499-1964 United States