Government & Politics
Inquest told MI5 knew two of London Bridge attackers were meeting (LINK ONLY)
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Day: June 12, 2019
Banks & Banking
Why Shariah mortgage is a deception
(Toronto Sun) Last week’s Ontario Superior Court judgment exonerating two men for a dozen criminal charges related to the marketing of Islamic mortgages based on Shariah law went unreported in all Canadian newspapers and network TV other than the online pages of […]
Crime
Surveillance of Dearborn man by feds raises questions over warrant
(Detroit News) The government is refusing to reveal why federal agents surveilled a Dearborn man after obtaining a secret order used to investigate foreign spies and thwart terror attacks. Federal court records obtained by the Detroit News chronicle a rare public fight […]
Crime
Sister of Saudi crown prince faces Paris trial: legal source
(AFP) The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to be put on trial in Paris next month for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to beat up a workman in the French capital, a legal source told AFP on Wednesday. The […]
Clerics & Preachers
Michigan mosque leader says ‘wife beating’ is a way to remind a woman she ‘misbehaved’
(Fox) A clip unveiled by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) this week shows Michigan-based Shiite Imam Bassem al-Sheraa “educating” students on the role of “wife-beating.” According to the video, the imam tells the class at the Az-Zahraa Islamic Center in […]
Clerics & Preachers
Young Swiss jihadists live on welfare benefits
(Swiss Info) A new survey has found that about 40% of the 130 known Islamist militants in Switzerland receive welfare payments, including unemployment and disability benefits. Most of them are young men, living in suburban areas notably in the French-speaking part of the country, […]
Government & Politics
France’s Le Pen to go on trial for tweeting gruesome IS images
(AFP) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been ordered to stand trial for tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday. Le Pen shared the gruesome images in December 2015, a few weeks after IS jihadists […]
Academics & Education
School’s launch points to increased demand for Islamic education in New Zealand
(Stuff) Up a long flight stairs in an industrial part of west Auckland, a group of school children from 32 different countries celebrated the opening of their new school on Wednesday. Iqra Elementary School is a private Islamic school located atop a Work […]
Legal
Swedish appeals court overturns bombing plot conviction
(Reuters) A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday overturned a seven-year sentence handed down to an Uzbek man by a lower court for plotting to carry out a bombing in the name of Islamic State. While the Svea Appeals Court freed David Idrisson, […]