Another Ramadan is upon us, and the jihad death toll so far stands at 218 Infidels, murdered in 53 jihad attacks. Once again this year we see that Ramadan is quintessentially the month of jihad.
A jihad group explained it back in 2012: “The month of Ramadan is a month of holy war and death for Allah. It is a month for fighting the enemies of Allah and God’s messenger, the Jews and their American facilitators.” Referring to a jihad attack that happened at that time, the message continued: “One of our groups aided by Allah managed to bomb a bus full of Jewish tourists, plunderers of holy lands, after careful tracking. The holy war is not confined to a particular arena and we shall fight the Jews and the Americans until they leave the land of Islam.”
In contrast, President Trump issued a statement claiming that “Ramadan reminds us of the richness Muslims add to the religious tapestry of American life.”
So which is it? Does Ramadan remind us of “the richness Muslims add to the religious tapestry of American life,” or is Ramadan “a month of calamity everywhere for nonbelievers”?
Islam’s core beliefs make it clear that the latter statement is closer to the truth. During Ramadan, Muslims are exhorted to renew and deepen their devotion to Allah. Hence it is a time when they’re supposed to grow more generous and kind toward their fellow Muslims. However, the Qur’an says: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves” (48:29). If the Ramadan imperative is to become more devout, the Muslim who applies himself diligently to the Ramadan observance will simultaneously become more both merciful to his fellow Muslims and more severe against the unbelievers.
Murdering infidels thus doesn’t contradict the spirit of Ramadan; it embodies it. The Kavkaz Center, a website operated by Chechen jihadists, explained in a 2010 article that the idea of Ramadan as a time for warfare against infidels went back to Muhammad’s time: “The month of Ramadan in the life of the Prophet (pbuh) and the righteous ancestors was a month of forthcoming. The greatest battles during the lifetime of the Prophet (pbuh) occurred in this blessed month, the month of jihad, zeal and enthusiasm.”
Trump was, unfortunately, following the example of his two immediate predecessors when he claimed that “Ramadan reminds us of the richness Muslims add to the religious tapestry of American life,” and was severely misleading the American people. Ironically, even in doing this he is likely to fail to satisfy Muslims, or anyone. After all, after the Trump White House issued a similar statement last year, the Washington Post ran a lengthy piece in which several Muslims explained why the statement was unsatisfactory to them. Shadi Hamid of the Qatar-funded Brookings Institution declared: “Trump has so rarely recognized that American Muslims even exist, but this offers apparent proof that he is aware of our existence. Great! Putting all that context aside, it’s offensive and pretty much terrible.”
Why? Because Trump had the temerity to mention jihad terrorism. Hamid continued: “We, as American Muslims, shouldn’t be defined solely in our relationship to bad things that we have nothing to do with. We’re also normal people who happen to be Muslim and to see us and our history in America so narrowly is plain out offensive.”
What is actually offensive is that Hamid would try in this way to absolve the Muslim community of any responsibility to root out jihad terrorist from its midst. There is certain to be more jihad terrorism during this Ramadan, and some of it may be committed by Muslims in the U.S. Hamid, if he cared about this, would be confronting honestly the teachings of Islam that make Ramadan the month of jihad, and working to reform them.
Meanwhile, it would be dangerous, suicidal folly for Infidels to pretend that Ramadan is not the month of jihad. And as our Ramadan willful blindness continues, more Infidels will die.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His new book is The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.
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“Ramadan reminds us of the richness Muslims add to the religious tapestry of American life.” Okay, the Donald …. give us all some examples of moslem “richness” and ANY good that it has done for American life. What a disappointment this man has been.
well, Donald had to say something , what else, besides they are from shithole countries?
He didn’t have to say a dayummed thing. George dubyuh booshie was the first, followed by obimbo. Two administrations hardly set a tradition. What a disappointment Trump has been.
being diplomatic is a pain in the ass…..he was told to say something nice for a change, and diplomacy is lying with a smile on your face
……..I think it was comparable to a muz saying merry Christmas
There’s no point in lying about islum or muslums anymore.
He is a sore disappointment to many that actually believed him. He didn’t have too say a dayummed thing.
it would be funny if he said “happy Ramadan, and please don’t bomb us!”
AGREE! He didn’t have to say THAT!
Ain’t NO hope. Trump is nothing more than a moslem loving islamophiliac. I was sold down the river, once again.
It was a disappointment. It makes me wonder if the multi-million dollar properties he owns in muslum states (and the income from them) isn’t influencing him. One of them is in Turkey (spit) I think the other is in the UAE (spit again).
Thank you….two people now…that know what’s going on….we need more people awake! Everyone’s gone to sleep, now that the muslims are coming in slowly enough, that people aren’t noticing…and their taking over many positions, as police, judges, teachers, etc etc, and even taking over local, state, and sadly, federal governments….and they don’t wonder why Trump is wishing them a “happy ramadan”??? Grrr…
Yeah, I wonder how many he’s deported…THAT’S not in the news…must have been just “lip service” AGAIN…to make the Americans, go back to sleep!
Thank you! At least “someone”, has their eyes open…! He gives “lip service” to our military, and goes to shake every one of their hands, while in the background, “they” are still coming in! Very slowly, mind you….so people won’t notice, and start screaming again! I have been archiving the articles…it’s not good!
No one is more disappointed in the promise breaking Trump, than I am. No matter where you turn, no matter how you vote … it’s all the same .. moslem loving islamophiliacs. Or, worse FAR worse, outright moslems … the vilest of ALL creatures.
The faster Americans realizes that islam is a political movement and not a religion the better that we can understand and defeat the threat.
Agree, And the Pope shills for bringing in more of these into christian lands http://tinyurl.com/popeofwolves
while he lives behind secure 40 ft walls and 24 hour security !
…..does he think that we would mate with them?
I agree with Dr. Ben Carson’s assessment of its being a lifestyle instead of a religion. A religion without morality is a superstition and a curse.
Hmm, so who’s defeating it, in this country? Naa, I won’t give you all the articles, that say, that Trump is still letting them in…because he’s letting them in so slowly, that no one, is really noticing, or hollering and screaming about it. But luckily, I do nothing all day, but read, and collect them all. You’ll be ok, just don’t be shocked one day…when they all rise up…and you realize how many our in this country, now. It’s not good.
What state in our country, would you like to hear about, the latest murders from muslims? Eh, I’ll just give you a Pew’s report…which is probably lower than the actual amount…or else it would scare everyone! This is from Jan 2016, there’s been many more added to this amount!
A new estimate of the U.S. Muslim population
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/01/06/a-new-estimate-of-the-u-s-muslim-population/
And speaking of it “not being a religion”, let me add this up:
They go to a mosque (a so called “church”, where they learn about their “god”)
They have a “god” they worship, and pray to (stupidly, 5 times a day)
They have a “holy” book, where they (stupidly) read, what their “god” tells them to do, how to live, how to….well, u get the picture.
Hmm, did I leave anything out? Well, that sounds like enough, to call it a “religion”, as aren’t those, what all religions have? Granted, it’s more than a “religion”….yes, it’s political too…
The left loves censorship.
The Month of “Peace” is when the most number of violent jihadist attacks seem to happen, ironically enough.
This is the opposite of ironic, this is the religious intent for Ramadan in the first place, renew wars.
INSANITY
I agree!!
“So which is it? Does Ramadan remind us of “the richness Muslims add to the religious tapestry of American life,” or is Ramadan “a month of calamity everywhere for nonbelievers”?”
I figured, that person that loved the man (Trump) would know the answer to that! (Pamela), So Trump had to give lip service and shake hands of all our military people (aawww..didn’t every one love Trump for that!), to undo the wonderful beautiful message he sent to all muslims? One cancels out the other, or something like that?
Anyway, just in case everyone just saw that news once, on Pamela’s site, Breitbart reported it too:
Donald Trump Sends ‘Best Wishes’ to Muslims on Ramadan
Wait, now I’m confused, is this Pamela’s site (the link is), reporting on Robert’s site (jihadwatch.com)….??
the giant wheel of islam keeps steadily rollin since its birth ..
And, YOU, semenjerkoff, keep giving blow jobs .. to your OWN male offspring .. as you PROUDLY ADMITTED!
Do you miss your days as a youthful dancing lady boy in Indonesiastain? What’s it like kissing bearded old muslum buffoons?