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* Raymond Ibrahim: 'We Are Going to Behead You and Get a Big Reward': The Persecution of Christians, December 2024
* Amir Taheri: Trump and the West European Malaise


** 'We Are Going to Behead You and Get a Big Reward': The Persecution of Christians, December 2024 ([link removed])
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by Raymond Ibrahim • January 26, 2025 at 5:00 am
* "Experts warn of a growing trend of youth radicalization through online platforms, where extremist groups exploit vulnerabilities to indoctrinate and recruit individuals. This year alone, 15 minors have been arrested across Spain for terrorism-related offenses...." — rmx.news, January 2, 2025, Spain.
* "Despite the declarations of tolerance and inclusion by the new government in Syria, this attack on Christian sites is not the last, because jihadists continue to act and have fought for the new Syrian government. In particular, some, who are as close as two peas in a pod to the Islamic State, with the same patches on their combat uniforms." – caliber.az, December 24, 2024, Syria.
* Ahmed al-Sharaa, jihadist warlord and current leader of Syria, swiftly turning into an Islamic state, confessed in a Dec. 17 interview that, "When we build the Islamic caliphate, Christians will pay Jizya under Islamic Sharia." — X.com, December 17, 2024.
* The word jizya -- a payment for protection -- is often translated to "tribute" or "tax." The requirement originates in Koran 9:29: "Fight those among the People of the Book [Christians and Jews] who do not believe in Allah, nor the Last Day, nor forbid what Allah and his Messenger have forbidden, nor embrace the religion of truth [Islam], until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves humbled."

On December 19, "just days before Christmas, a period of heightened security risks due to festive gatherings," Spanish police arrested four Muslim migrants of Moroccan origin (aged 14 to 17), for plotting a terrorist attack on the Basilica of Santa María in Elche (pictured), a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws large crowds, especially around Christmas time. (Image source: iStock/Getty Images)

The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of December 2024.

Jihadist Hate and Terror for Christmas

Germany: On December 4, an Iraqi asylum seeker was arrested for plotting a terror attack, by plowing his vehicle into the crowd at a popular Christmas market in Augsburg. The man, known only as Ali al-G, has a long "history of posting pro-IS content on social media." The report adds:

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** Trump and the West European Malaise ([link removed])
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by Amir Taheri • January 26, 2025 at 4:00 am
* A leading French pundit wonders how "someone with Trump's profile" could win a convincing election victory by saying the first thing that comes to his mind (often on X), while seasoned European politicians with carefully crafted messages have failed to do so for more than half a century.
* The ruling elite has also developed a discourse woven around a number of lies...
* The politicians' caste teaches you to re-write everything by replacing facts with half-truths or even outright lies in the name of political correctness.

Pictured: US President Donald Trump is seen on a giant screen during his remote address by video conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

Four years ago, when Donald J. Trump failed to win a second term as president of the United States, many in the globalist elites initially assumed that they had seen the back of him.

A few saw him as a mischievous spirit, like the Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin, destined to fade away in time.

Last Monday, however, he was back for more.

The European elite are split on what to do with Trump. Some recommend the grin-and-bear-it posture: swallow the castor oil and pray it passes through. Others go for the "if you can't beat them, join them" tactic. Some, like the outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, however, though barely standing, have opted for grandstanding against a figure they cannot quite gauge.

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