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Daily Digest If you would like to forward this email to a friend, please use this link  Muslim cleric calls for new laws that ‘draw a clear line between freedom of speech and hate speech’ No such line can or should be drawn. “Hate speech” is an inherently subjective concept that can only be defined in accord with the principles and priorities of the person charged with the responsibility of defining it. In practice, “hate speech” laws are used to silence speech that those in power want silenced. Also, the […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens recounts how he converted to Islam and became a victim Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens is a darling of the Western media these days, because he converted to the elites’ favored religion. Critics generally treat Bob Dylan’s “Christian period” as an embarrassing anomaly in his otherwise stellar career, while Yusuf Islam gets articles like the one below to explain his thinking and justify his action. Neither Yahoo’s […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer France: 7,000 cops and soldiers protecting Jews for Yom Kippur, as Jews ‘particularly targeted by Islamist attacks’ It is laudable that the French government is so committed to protecting Jews in France on Yom Kippur, but was it really wise to bring into the country large numbers of people among whom would be many who might incline toward violence against Jews? “Paris Attacker Says He Was Targeting ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Magazine,” VOA News, […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer Muslim CUNY Law student threatens to set man wearing IDF sweatshirt on fire What have CUNY authorities done about this case? Or in the light of the fact that Nerdeen Kiswani’s views largely align with theirs, have they done nothing? College and university campuses have become increasingly inhospitable spaces for Jewish and pro-Israel students. Horrific – a student at @CUNY, Nerdeen Kiswani, threatens to set on fire a […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer France: Muslim migrant who stabbed two in attempt to target Charlie Hebdo entered country as unaccompanied minor When no effort whatsoever is made to ensure that new residents of France accept French values, this is the sort of thing that will inevitably happen. “Paris Attacker Says He Was Targeting ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Magazine,” VOA News, September 27, 2020: French officials say a man who is suspected of stabbing two people Friday in Paris […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer Germany: Muslim migrant family charged with plotting to murder daughter because of her Western lifestyle Refugees welcome! They are not dangerous, they are in danger! This incident is reminiscent of a strange story in the Qur’an. A mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer UK: Muslim Brotherhood operates unchecked as government doing nothing to tackle its influence The government has admitted that there is no central planning to deal with the organization, even as it “allows the extremist network to grow, it puts in place the financial network and it radicalises people.” Now some politicians are calling for the Muslim Brotherhood to be banned from Britain. But apparently that penalty is reserved […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer Update: Will Sudan Be Next to Normalize Relations with Israel? In late-August I posted an article “Is Sudan Next?” where I discussed the possibility – the likelihood – that after the United Arab Emirates, the next Arab state to normalize relations with Israel was likely to be either the Sudan or Bahrain. At the time, most bets were on Bahrain, so naturally, wanting to go […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Hugh Fitzgerald Italy: Top Muslim leader says Judaism and Christianity are ‘manipulation of original messages of prophets’ Yassine Baradai is simply enunciating standard Islamic theology, which holds that all the Biblical prophets were Muslims (cf. Qur’an 3:67, which says it about Abraham), and that their wayward followers then twisted and hijacked their teachings to create Judaism and Christianity. But the Pope and the Italian Catholic bishops either don’t know this or are […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer Gaza: Hamas charges three activists for pro-peace video call with Israelis Yet mainstream analysts in the West still think there will be some way to negotiate a peace agreement with the people who have charged these activists. Find out the truth in The Palestinian Delusion. “Hamas charges three Gaza activists for pro-peace video call with Israelis,” by Aaron Boxerman, Times of Israel, September 25, 2020 (thanks […] Read more 2020-09-27  •  Robert Spencer David Horowitz Freedom Center P.O. Box 55089, Sherman Oaks California 91499-1964 United States