(Sydney Morning Herald) Two brothers accused of planning an IS-inspired terrorist attack in Sydney plotted to put a bomb on a plane at Sydney Airport and separately planned to release lethal gas, a jury has been told. Mahmoud Khayat, 34, and Khaled […]
(Washington Post) It was supposed to be a chance for Muslim and Jewish House Democrats to ease tensions and find common ground. It ended with one lawmaker in tears. At a late-night meeting blocks from the Capitol, about a dozen lawmakers shared […]
(AFP) White supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who is accused of killing 50 people in the New Zealand mosque massacre in what he claimed was a blow against Muslim “invaders,” played into jihadist hands by following their strategy, experts say. From the Islamic State […]
(BBC) Somali families feel “stigmatised” by female genital mutilation (FGM) safeguarding practices, a university report has found. Those who took part in the Bristol study cited “intrusive and traumatic” questioning around FGM by school staff, social workers, health practitioners and police. Community […]
(NY Post) Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged Monday that the Democratic Party’s response to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks was “muted” because too many of the party’s officials are fearful of retribution. “You’ve had on the Democratic side voices of anti-Semitism. And I […]
(Deutsche Welle) The Bavarian constitutional court on Monday rejected an appeal by an Islamic religious community to overturn a ban on judges and prosecutors wearing headscarves, saying that justice officials in particular were obliged to be neutral in questions of religion and ideology. The […]
(AFP) Dutch police on Monday arrested a Turkish-born suspect over a shooting on a tram in Utrecht that left three people dead in what officials said was a possible terror attack. Police had earlier launched a huge manhunt for Gokmen Tanis, 37, […]
(Deutsche Welle) The trial of Alaa S. began in Dresden on Monday morning in the middle of a media scrum and fears of far-right protests, following the killing last year of Daniel H. in Chemnitz — an incident that led to a week […]
(JTA) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., defended her critiques of Israel as calling for a more “balanced” policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also described Israel as the “historical homeland” of the Jews. In the same op-ed Monday for the Washington Post, the […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Former prime minister Tony Abbott says he no longer stands by his controversial 2017 claim that “Islamophobia hasn’t killed anyone.” Mr Abbott made the remark in June 2017 in the immediate aftermath of the London Bridge terror attack, arguing […]
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