Merry Christmas to all Jihad Watchers who are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ tonight and tomorrow.
The question before us this Christmas, as it is every Christmas these days, is whether or not Christians should be allowed to be Christian and celebrate Christmas freely, without being brutalized or discriminated against, if they live in Iran, or Iraq, or Egypt, or Pakistan, or Nigeria, or Indonesia, or other Muslim countries, and whether free people of all creeds and perspectives should defend their right to do so.
In many countries today, Christians are being kidnapped, imprisoned, wrongly arrested, beaten, and murdered — not because of anything they have done, but because they have dared to have beliefs that are considered blasphemous in authoritative Islam. We see this at Jihad Watch on a regular basis. We see jihadists attacking Christians with unremitting fury. We also see the world continuing to yawn and remain indifferent as all this goes on, and weak and cowardly Christian leaders saying that we must not talk about it for fear of “provoking” Muslims and harming a chimerical and fruitless (at best) Muslim/Christian “dialogue.” Those who dare anyway to speak out about the persecution of Christians that the persecutors justify by invoking the Qur’an and Sunnah are vilified, demonized, and silenced as “bigots” and “Islamophobes.” Even some Christians do this to their fellow Christians who speak unwelcome truths on these matters.
So here is something to remember this Christmas: if you are a free human being, whether or not you are Christian, those Christians who are being persecuted in Iran, and Iraq, and Indonesia, and Nigeria, and Egypt, and Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Islamic world, are standing in your place. The jihadis would just as soon attack you as well, and will eventually if they get the chance. Remember that the Islamic jihad program has you on its list. You may not be a Christian. You may not be a Jew. You may not be a Hindu. You may not be a Buddhist. You may not wish to pay attention to the jihad at all. But the jihad is universal, and relentless. And you are on its list.
So this Christmas, may all of us whose conversion, subjugation, or death is envisioned by the adherents of Sharia stand together. Let us stand together as Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, secularists, what have you, and stand up against those who would kill us or subject us to institutionalized discrimination and harassment (at best) because they find our beliefs offensive.
For be assured: if we do not stand together, they will prevail. And if they prevail, then all the richest manifestations of the unfettered human spirit, from the Hagia Sophia to the temple of mausoleums of Timbuktu, from the works of Socrates and Aristotle to those of Confucius and Moses Maimonides and Dante Alighieri and Winston Churchill and Oriana Fallaci, will be trampled into the mud, destroyed, exploded, ruined, effaced. We will all be the poorer. Our children will be the poorer.
It is time to fight for our lives.
Merry Christmas!
Alice Hoagland says
Well said, Mr. Spencer. Thank you for keeping faith with us throughout another year. As long as there are brave people such as you who dare to expose the evils of Islam, I have hope for our future.
Felipe Gastelum says
Thank you, Robert Spencer you inspire us clear thinking Christians. May the Lord grant you the desires of your heart and your loved ones. Merry Christmas and blessings.
t. says
“So here is something to remember this Christmas: if you are a free human being, whether or not you are Christian, those Christians who are being persecuted in Iran, and Iraq, and Indonesia, and Nigeria, and Egypt, and Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Islamic world, are standing in your place. The jihadis would just as soon attack you as well, and will eventually if they get the chance. Remember that the Islamic jihad program has you on its list. You may not be a Christian. You may not be a Jew. You may not be a Hindu. You may not be a Buddhist. You may not wish to pay attention to the jihad at all. But the jihad is universal, and relentless. And you are on its list.
So this Christmas, may all of us whose conversion, subjugation, or death is envisioned by the adherents of Sharia stand together. Let us stand together as Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, secularists, what have you, and stand up against those who would kill us or subject us to institutionalized discrimination and harassment (at best) because they find our beliefs offensive.
For be assured: if we do not stand together, they will prevail. And if they prevail, then all the richest manifestations of the unfettered human spirit, from the Hagia Sophia to the temple of mausoleums of Timbuktu, from the works of Socrates and Aristotle to those of Confucius and Moses Maimonides and Dante Alighieri and Winston Churchill and Oriana Fallaci, will be trampled into the mud, destroyed, exploded, ruined, effaced. We will all be the poorer. Our children will be the poorer.”
The above quote is so powerful and moving! Thanks Robert.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
Battle says
Hear. Hear.
concerned citizen says
“You (or your countr) may not pay attention to Jihad” – but Jihad pays attention to you! It is a global danger, It found allies (for convenience) in the Left… Let us fight them both as much as we can!
Jack Holan says
For Speaking the Truth about the Condition of Mankind, Islamic Jihadists, Apologists, Leftists and Outcomes; Thank you Robert Spencer for your honesty and accurate assessment. G-d Bless you
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
I’m now an atheist who was raised a Christian, and I say honestly I’m immensely glad I was. I had good Christian parents who taught me good values, they didn’t proffer murderous ideas for my faith and would have slapped my face if I had. Not all muslims have murder in their hearts for non-muslims, I know this. But when they bow to that god, when they give money and support for those ideas, I know they are encouraging violence and anti Western sentiments. Their mainstream support for islam is the imprimatur that goad’s terrorists to do the acts they do. Muslims exalt and honor beliefs that create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety because people know that what’s causing all that terror. Then throw in a few hundred enclaves, a whole bunch of rape, and some loss of freedom, and you see where this is headed. And I can just hear some apologist, “What freedoms have you lost?” ha! everything from our airport security to our social media to our cartoons and our neighborhoods. We can’t seem to do anything right to these muslims who are happy to remind us what might happen if we don’t lick muhammad’s a$$ out of respect. And then there’s the tremendous loss of life, so many killed by muslims who thought they were doing good for their religion and culture. Islam is dirty soil and it produces dirty weeds.
I feel inspired when Spencer says, Let us stand together as Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, secularists, what have you, and stand up against those who would kill us or subject us to institutionalized discrimination… Because I know he means that in the best way possible. It’s not a call to violence, it’s not a call to bloody war. It’s simply a call to reason and good morals against a set of ideas that cause humanity great harm. People that talk this way deserve a Nobel Prize, not insults and slander.
Merry Christmas, and peace to muslims too, so many of whom are trapped by the ignorance and bigotry of the religion that enslaves them.
FYI says
Merry Christmas to atheists ,infidels,”apostate” ex-muslims,muslims,Jews,Chritians and all at JW!
My family has catholics,protestants,agnostics,a buddhist ,a ? ,and of course my {Jesuit-educated}diehard Atheist brother who always insists the musical family crib {from 1950s and made in Italy}be on display,possibly because it featured in numerous childhood battles involving rampaging dinosuars,Klingons,darth vader’s stormtroopers,toy soldiers,B-17 model plane bombing raids..and yet always survived to play its cheerful “Silent Night”..
gravenimage says
Merry Christmas, Agostino and FYI!
oldschool says
Every time they pray they are asking for your death and destruction. Do you really think there are “nice” Muslims? Who DON’T have murder in their hearts? Well they do if they pray.
AP says
You have spoken the only truth that there is about Muslims.
Lydia Church says
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Don’t forget, if you wait for permission, it will never come.
And the bus will leave without you on it.
We don’t need anyone’s permission to be a Christian.
In fact, that is a decision only we can make ourselves, our choice, by freewill, and no one has the power to ‘let us’ or to ‘stop us’ either way. And we must live out our faith boldly, loudly, and proudly! We can’t afford to wait for someone else’s approval, whoever they may be. We will celebrate our holidays without hiding behind closed doors. In fact, it is imperative that we do so publicly. For if we don’t, it is seen by the enemy as a retreat, which only leaves them room to advance, which of course they won’t hesitate to do. If you live out your faith without fear regarding the self sacrifice that it takes, you will gain ground rather than lose it. It’s the same old formula, and it works in the same old way. It is, in fact, the only way!
And I am celebrating tonight, tomorrow, and have been doing so all month, and I have a public nativity scene on display, and too bad for those who don’t like it!
: D
Battle says
Hear. Hear.
gravenimage says
Christmas in the age of jihad
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Despite this season being so dangerous and grim in this age of Jihad, I wish a very Merry Christmas to everyone here who celebrates this as either a religious or secular holiday, or a combination of the two.
May everyone someday share this freedom!
Infidel says
Merry Christmas ??? to everyone here at Jihadwatch
Ray Jarman says
I would like to second that Infidel. I think that this group of enlightened commentators are some of the most educated commenters on subjects that concern us all and Robert Spencer and his group of writers and reporters are the best. May all have a wonderful Christmas and Hanukkah.
Infidel says
Ray
To you as well!!!
Oh, and in the spirit of inclusiveness, wishing those who celebrate it a blessed Kwanzaa as well!
Kepha says
A very merry Christmas to all–and a happy Chanukah.
While I don’t see the books of the Maccabbees as Scripture, I still see them as properly pious literature from the last centuries before Christ. I note how Judas and his brethren (OK, I’ve been reading the KJV of the Apocrypha) fought for their country, culture, and religion against a Hellenic ruler who polluted the Temple. We need to heed them, and stop being intimidated.
Further, before the Christmas break started, I left a “Merry Christmas” in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Norwegian, Greek, and Thai on the blackboard. The Italian teacher who floated in during my planning period added the language she teaches. I decided that I would not do any “Happy Holidays” (even though my Christian tradition is not big on the liturgical calendar), but stay honest to why we have the break. I think the students appreciated it.
gravenimage says
Wonderful, Kepha! Merry Christmas to you.
In that spirit, you may like the Huron Carol, the only Christmas Carol sung in English, French, Latin, and Huron:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCyD0FPb36U
Battle says
gravenimage: +100
Heather Dale: Bravo. Bravo.
gravenimage says
🙂
Mo says
@ gravenimage
What a beautiful song! I’ve never heard it or even knew what the Huron language was. I had to look it up. Thanks for sharing this. It’s a great reminder of how Jesus came for every people group, language, and nation!
(And it did occur to me how different that is than Islam. where even devout followers who don’t read classical Arabic can never have the “real” Quran. Thank You, Jesus, that it is not the same with You!)
gravenimage says
Thank you, Mo! I very much agree–this is a lovely and very moving carol.
Anti-Jihadist Mark Steyn sang a version of this marvelous song with Monica Fauteux a few years ago, but my link doesn’t work any more. Still searching.
Battle says
Kepha: +100
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
In the spirit of Christmas giving, I’d like to post this short video about our “Star Spangled Banner.” And take this moment to thank all those great people who helped make this nation the greatest on earth. My Uncle who fought and was wounded in two wars, my brother who served during the Vietnam War, my grandfather who sat in a tank and fought the Germans of WWII, I think they’re great for what they did. I just feel like it’s good and right to wanna love my nation this Christmas Eve. And be grateful that I was so lucky to be born in America. This video is a moving account of Francis Scott Key’s experience as a captive of the British in Baltimore Harbor and his writing of what became our Star Spangled Banner. Merry Christmas to all our military people who work hard to keep us and our freedoms safe from danger, and also to our President and his family who I know love this country and only want the best for us all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxGNQE5ZLA
Terry Gain says
Merry Christmas to all.
gravenimage says
Same to you, Terry!
Heidi says
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you and your loved ones.
cornelius says
Merry Christmas to our fearless leader, Robert. whom we all hold in such high esteem, and to Hugh, Wellington, Graven Image…..and the entire cast and crew of Jihadwatch.
Battle says
Robert Spencer hits nail on head. Good.
Istvan Vogel says
Wonderful thoughts. My parents came as refugees from Nazi controlled Czechoslovakia many years ago. They came to the UK to be able to live in peace . They were made welcome during WW2 with bombs dropping on London. I hope we can all continue to live the way we want without threat .
gravenimage says
Glad they got out, Istvan. My mother and aunt both survived the London blitz as young women in the British Army in WWII.
Ade Fegan says
Those who sanction “no borders”
are responsible for many barriers
Especially at Christmas
Aussie Infidel says
Happy Christmas to all JWers from this side of the pond, particularly to Robert and his crew. May they continue to expose Islam for what it truly is – an ideological plague which has destroyed every society it has been allowed to enter.
Dov Berrol says
Merry Christmas, Robert! May the new year be filled with good health and much wisdom for you, your family, your friends and colleagues. And may you continue to be successful in teaching the world about the dangers of Islamic jihadi ideology – the future survival of the modern Western free world is depending on it! I wish for peace for all humanity and for the Holy Land of Israel…….and may all freedom-loving people continue to bring light to the dark corners of the world where the human spirit is being crushed into submission by hateful ideologies and dangerous death cults like Islam.
Trick_or_Treat says
And a very merry and peaceful Christmas to you and your family too, Robert (love your work)
And to all your colleagues here, and to all the regular contributors and J-watchers here (AND, lastly, to all our muzzie ‘sandbaggers’ here – we know you’re there – always in hope that THE God of Love, and THE Lord of Peace may touch you and finally open your eyes. Salam – Shalom).
OLD GUY says
Merry CHRISTMAS to all. I pray every day for a day of peace for the children of the world. I hope that everyone would take a few minutes to help a child in need. God bless all of you.
bob kelly says
ROBERT Merry Xmas to you and your family. Thanking you for all the great work you have done in all the past years, may this years be filled with peace, good health and prosperity
tim gallagher says
I join all the other people commenting here in wishing you a Merry Christmas, Robert. You are an absolute champion for the work you do in defending our civilised values against the appalling barbarism which Islam is so full of. Merry Christmas to Hugh, Christine and the other contributors and also to the people who comment at Jihad Watch, who are all fighting the good fight. I’m sure Robert must have woken up thousands and thousands of people during the many years he has been trying to enlighten people. As for the many people who simply refuse to wake up to Islam’s nature, well, I heard someone say a while ago that “you can’t put brains in statues” and I thought that, yes, some people just can’t be woken up.
Manny says
What an excellent Christmas message. Mr. Spencer, you remain my hero. May God preserve you for another 100 years. You are truly the voice of sanity crying in the wilderness. God bless and Merry Christmas.
awake says
Merry Christmas infidels!
Rob Porter says
Well said, Robert: “…. and weak and cowardly Christian leaders saying that we must not talk about it for fear of “provoking” Muslims and harming a chimerical and fruitless (at best) Muslim/Christian “dialogue.””
Over the last few years when attending a church in Canada never once did I hear a pastor talk about the suffering of Christians in the Middle East and the horrific ways in which they were murdered by Muslims, let alone hear a sermon that educated about the lies and disgusting things contained in the Qur’an. The silence has been deafening and my disgust increase to a point of seldom attending. One pastor when approached by me and I suggested he “rock the boat”, told me it would arouse “antagonism” toward the church. Jesus made plain that belief in him and his teachings would arouse antagonism, so what are these cowards thinking!
dumbledoresarmy says
Coming in late here, on 30th December (Aussie time) but after all – Christmastide does not end until Epiphany (and, for Catholics, even later, with the Feast of the Presentation, sometimes known as “Candlemass”). We are on Day Six of the Twelve Days of Christmas. So – wishing Mr Spencer and all present a joyful and blessed Christmas. “The light shines in the darkness; and the darkness has never overcome it”.
And speaking of lights – this year Hanukkah and Christmas overlapped significantly. The final day of Hanukkah finished at sunset today – 30th December. Now I am in Australia; so in most other places Hanukkah is still happening. So to all Jewish jihadwatchers, whether in Israel or the Diaspora – “Happy Hanukkah”!