Newly elected French president Francois Hollande has appointed three Muslims to his 34-member cabinet following his victory, in which the Muslims’ 93 percent support for the left-wing Socialist candidate put him over the top to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Hollande won by a scant 2.3 percent margin. Approximately 1.7 million Muslims voted for Hollande,
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon responded at week's end to a letter he received from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, rejecting Ayalon's request to hold a minute of silence during the upcoming London Olympic Games in memory of the members of the Israeli Olympic team murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
Thousands of Salafist, many of whom were dressed in Afghan military uniforms and were waving Salafist black flags, marched on Kairouan in Central Tunisia, chanting, “We are all the children of Osama (bin Laden) and “Jews, Jews, the army of Mohammed is back.” The exclusively male march was organized as part of the extremist
Regular readers of Counterjihad sites are familiar with Koran 4:34, which lays out the strict rules for beating one’s wife. Now the matter has been brought to court in Switzerland, after a man publicly declared his Koran-inspired views on spousal abuse in a TV documentary. Many thanks to Hermes for translating this article
It is with great sadness that I must report that my friend David Littman, one of the foremost warriors for human rights of our age, has died today in Switzerland. Longtime Jihad Watch readers will recall his many reports at this site, recording his numerous valiant efforts to call the attention of the UN's
At least 20 died in heavy fighting in northwestern Syria Monday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Among the casualties were at least 18 Syrian Army soldiers, and two defectors who had joined the opposition. Clashes were reported in the towns of Atareb, in the province of Aleppo, and Kafar Karmin, in
Last Thursday, Jewish students and parents attending the Hebrew University graduation ceremony for students who earned their BA degrees in Social Sciences were shocked when Arab students refused to sing Israel's national anthem. As is customary in such ceremonies, the ceremony was concluded by the singing of Israel's national anthem, Hatikva. However, Arutz Sheva
Egypt’s top Islamic cleric on Monday denounced Shi’ite houses of worship in an usual outburst against the Muslim sect, telling Iran’s envoy in Cairo that the husseiniyas promoted “instability.” Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the imam of the prestigious Sunni Al-Azhar institute, met with the envoy a day after scholars from Al-Azhar and Islamist groups issued a
A massive suicide bombing in Yemen Monday morning is another blow to President Barack Obama’s attempt to show the Arab world that democracy works for it. The suicide bomber, wearing a military uniform and presumably linked to Al Qaeda, killed at least 97 people, mostly soldiers, and wounded 300 others practicing for a military
Relatives of a Hamas terrorist said on Sunday they will seek to block the release of a movie being made in Israel about his 2010 assassination in a Dubai luxury hotel, The Associated Press reported. The killing of Hamas member Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was widely blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency, which never confirmed or
