Law Enforcement
Man, 20, arrested in Worthing on suspicion of terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Month: February 2020
Clothing
Burqa-wearing man steals nearly $1 million in jewelry from Piaget in Hudson Yards
(NY Post) A thief wearing a burqa and armed with a spray bottle made off with nearly $1 million worth of necklaces and watches from a Hudson Yards jeweler on Sunday, police sources said. The bling bandit, a man dressed in a […]
Children & Teens
France: Muslim on trial for beating wife, daughters for not wearing hijab
(Breitbart) A 35-year-old Muslim man in the commune of Cavaillon is facing trial after being accused of domestically abusing his wife and daughters who refused to wear an Islamic veil. The man, who defines himself as a traditionalist Muslim, is said to […]
News: Europe
UK one of the most dangerous countries in Europe as terror attack fears grow (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Michael O’Leary: Ryanair boss criticised for Muslim profiling comments
(BBC) Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has been criticised for saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports. The chief executive told the Times that “males of a Muslim persuasion” who are single and travelling alone pose the largest terror threat to airlines. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary wants extra checks on Muslim men (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Grooming gang review kept secret as Home Office claims releasing findings ‘not in public interest’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Bern refused US offer over jihadist repatriation
(Swiss Info) The United States offered several times to repatriate three Swiss jihadists detained in Syria, an offer that Switzerland refused, the Le Temps newspaper has said. The original proposal dated back to 2018, Le Temps said on Thursday. The Swiss Federal Department […]
Legal
Manchester bomber’s flat had funny smell, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Lords could delay emergency legislation to block early release of terror prisoners (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Muslim-American advocates protest upcoming Army War College speaker
(Army Times) The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is protesting a speaker coming to the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who has written that terrorism and extremism are intrinsic to Islam. Raymond Ibrahim — whose books include “Crucified […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim advocates demand Bloomberg apologize for NYPD spying program
(Religion News) Calls are growing for Mayor Mike Bloomberg to apologize for his role in the New York Police Department’s long-running warrantless surveillance of area Muslims, which has seen renewed scrutiny since Bloomberg announced his candidacy for Democratic presidential nominee. A coalition […]
Children & Teens
Imam slammed for comparing female genital mutilation to gender transition surgery
(Breitbart) An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries. The imam’s comments were set out as part of an email that was framed about being against FGM […]
Christians
Islamic State supporter admits plot to try to blow up St Paul’s Cathedral (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Germany indicts Iraqi man over death of Yazidi slave girl The man has been accused of letting the 5-year-old die of thirst after keeping her as a slave in Iraq. The suspect and his wife, German national Jennifer W., allegedly left the girl chained up before she perished.
(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors said on Friday they had indicted an Iraqi man for allegedly leaving a Yazidi girl to die of thirst. He and his wife kept the 5-year-old as a slave in Iraq and his spouse, a German convert to Islam, is already […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar didn’t break the law when she used a Quran to take the oath of office
(PolitiFact) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim American Democrat from Minnesota, was sworn into the House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2019, using the Quran that belonged to her grandfather. A couple weeks later, a Facebook post claimed that she and Rep. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ilhan Omar accuses Meghan McCain of trafficking in ‘anti-Muslim smears and hate speech’
(Hill) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) lashed out at “The View” co-host Meghan McCain on Thursday after McCain criticized supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and alleged that they are misogynistic, “abusive and inspired by [Sanders]” online. “The same people who chastise […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim branded a ‘terrorist’ in Exeter wins defamation case (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Sanders wins backing of top Muslim political group Wa'el Alzayat, CEO of Emgage Action, said Sanders is popular among Muslim voters because of his health care plan, criminal justice proposals and environmental policy.
(Politico) Emgage PAC, which calls itself the biggest Muslim political action committee in the country, is throwing its weight behind Bernie Sanders. The organization, which has chapters and affiliates in 11 states, is the latest in a series of high-profile Muslim groups […]
Legal
Trial opens of French jihadist linked to Bataclan killer
(Radio France) The trial has opened before a special criminal court of Reda Hame, the French jihadist known to have associated in Syria with one of the masterminds of the Bataclan killings. Thirty-four-year-old Hame is accused of “taking part in a criminal […]
Government & Politics
French authorities concerned over upcoming release of 148 jihadists
(Breitbart) French law enforcement officials and intelligence agencies have expressed concern over the expected release of at least 148 radical Islamic extremists by the end of 2022. The jihadists were described as “very dangerous individuals” by National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor (PNAT) Jean-François Ricard during […]
Legal
Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal in Via Rail terror case
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada will review a lower-court decision to grant a new trial to two men accused of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges arising mainly from […]
Academics & Education
School textbook asks how Israel could have been a ‘long-term cause’ of 9/11 (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rebecca Long-Bailey vows to make it Labour policy to scrap Prevent (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Florida state attorney embraces anti-Semite Rasha Mubarak Welcome to the institutionalized Jew-bashing in the Democrat Party.
(FrontPage) In November 2016, Democrat Aramis Ayala was elected state attorney to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, becoming the first black state attorney in Florida history. No doubt, she is cognizant of this important achievement, as she has used her […]
Clothing
Macron draws fire as admirer flouts law over Islamic face veil
(AFP) Far-right lawmakers took aim at French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday after a woman wearing a full-face veil approached him ahead of a speech announcing new measures to fight Islamic “separatism” in the country. Such veils, known as niqabs, have become […]
Government & Politics
Paterson ordinance will let mosques broadcast Muslim call to prayer
(Paterson Times) A proposed ordinance before the City Council will allow mosques in Paterson to broadcast the Adhan or the Muslim call to prayer. Under the ordinance, mosques will be allowed to use loudspeakers to announce the call to prayer during a […]
Legal
Manchester Arena attacker told teen ‘study chemistry to build a bomb’
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber encouraged a teenager to study chemistry to learn how to build a bomb, a court has heard. Hashem Abedi is on trial accused of helping his brother Salman plot the attack that killed 22 people in 2017. […]
Clerics & Preachers
Turkey: Parliament head slams Macron over Islamophobia French president said he will stop practice of bringing in Muslim preachers from foreign countries
(Anadolu) Turkey’s parliament speaker on Wednesday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron’s Islamophobic remarks. “Macron’s remarks on struggling with Islamic separatism are [an] example of crude Islamophobia,” Mustafa Sentop said in a tweet. “France should first confront its racist and massacrist history,” he […]
Children & Teens
Dutch get tough on ‘virginity repair ops’ and child marriage
(Dutch News) Dutch doctors have pledged to stop carrying out operations to “restore” women’s hymens, as one of a package of measures to tackle what ministers call “damaging practices” affecting mainly women and girls. There were 120 hymen repair operations at Dutch […]
Government & Politics
Longer jail time for terrorists could backfire, says watchdog (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Fears over jihadist attacks in jail (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Turkish speaker slams Greek president’s racist remarks I strongly condemn racist remarks of Greek president which ignore Western Thrace’s Turks, Mustafa Sentop says
(Anadolu) Turkey’s parliament speaker on Tuesday slammed Greece’s president for calling the Turkish Muslim minority in the country … a “Greek Muslim minority.” “I strongly condemn the racist remarks of Greek President [Prokopios] Pavlopoulos that ignore the Western Thrace’s Turks,” Mustafa Sentop […]
Government & Politics
Omar endorses progressive Georgia Democrat running for House seat
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) announced her support Tuesday for Nabilah Islam, a progressive candidate running for an open House seat in Georgia that Democrats are hoping to flip. Omar touted Islam’s shared support for progressive policies like “Medicare for All,” the Green […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim voting guide grant was ‘weird’: deputy minister
(Toronto Sun) The deputy minister of industry in an internal email described use of a taxpayer-funded research project to publish a 2019 Muslim voting guide as “weird,” in documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. The guide criticized opposition MPs for activities that “foment […]
Government & Politics
Athens rebuffs Cavusoglu’s comments on Muslim minority
(Kathimerini) Athens on Tuesday rebuffed comments by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu who referred to the Muslim minority in Western Thrace as a “Turkish minority.” “In Greece, which is the historical cradle of democracy but also a modern European democratic state, there […]
Government & Politics
Meet the progressive Democrat running for Congress in the heart of Arab America Solomon Rajput, a medical student and congressional hopeful, is seeking to take down one of the longest-standing political dynasties in the US
(Middle East Eye) Congressional hopeful Solomon Rajput says his early morning commute to school, more than 20 years ago, left an indelible mark on his political outlook. Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a school bus would pick him up from his […]
Academics & Education
Corey Johnson calls on DOE to provide halal, kosher meals at schools
(NY Post) City Council Speaker Corey Johnson called on the Department of Education to start providing kosher and halal food in schools. Johnson, a 2021 mayoral hopeful, told WNYC radio’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on Tuesday he believes the DOE should use […]
Government & Politics
Turkey deports 229 foreign terrorist fighters Migration chief says 75 EU-origin foreign terrorists sent back since beginning of anti-terror operation last year
(Anadolu) Turkey has deported 229 foreign terrorists, 75 of whom are EU citizens, since its anti-terror operation in Syria, an official from the country’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Abdullah Ayaz, head of Turkey’s migration department, told Anadolu Agency that the struggle […]
Academics & Education
Wary of ‘separatism,’ Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams, teachers
(Reuters) French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on what he called the risk of “separatism.” Macron has so far stayed away from issues related […]
Government & Politics
Greece cannot deny Muslim Turkish minority: Turkey Turkish leaders blast Greek president for referring to Muslim Turkish minority in Western Thrace as 'Greek Muslim minority'
(Anadolu) Top Turkish officials on Tuesday slammed Greece’s president for mislabeling the Muslim Turkish minority in a region of Greece bordering Turkey as a “Greek Muslim minority.” “The president of a country said to be the cradle of democracy again called the […]
Academics & Education
NJ Muslims on presidential candidate Bloomberg: ‘He doesn’t know the hurt he caused’
(Bergen Record) Even before he arrived at his job at Fort Dix one recent morning, Army Sgt. Syed Farhaj Hassan had already been bombarded by a Michael Bloomberg ad about gun control on television, and a radio piece about Bloomberg’s tenure as […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Mike Bloomberg’s outreach to Arab Americans, Muslims in Michigan stirs debate
(Detroit Free Press) Mike Bloomberg’s outreach to Arab American and Muslim communities in metro Detroit has sparked an intense debate, with some criticizing him over his past support of surveillance of their population in New York City when he was mayor. This […]
Government & Politics
French president to announce plan to fight ‘Islamist separatism’ President Emmanuel Macron will reveal the government's new strategy during a visit in one of the areas identified as needing to be 'taken back' by the French Republic.
(Local) French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a long-awaited speech on Tuesday afternoon to reveal the government’s new strategy to fight Islamist extremism. “We need to accept that there is what I would call a separatism in our Republic today,” the president said […]
Government & Politics
Small group of orthodox Muslims causing problems in mosques, council [of] mosques says
(NL Times) A small group of younger, orthodox Muslims are causing problems in mosques by pressuring other believers to follow a … “strict” course, Said Bouharrou, vice-president of the Council of Moroccan Mosques in the Netherlands, said to the parliamentary committee investigating […]
Government & Politics
Priti Patel delays publication of independent reports on EU citizens and anti-terror laws which were sent to her months ago (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Terror sentences changes ‘should have applied to NI’
(BBC) Emergency laws ending the early release of people convicted of terror offences should have applied in NI, Stormont’s justice minister has said. Last week MPs passed the Terrorist Offenders Bill. It means terror offenders in England, Scotland and Wales will only […]
Citizenship
Shamima Begum says ‘whole world fell apart’ after losing citizenship appeal (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
French govt closed two radical mosques, put 63 more under surveillance
(Breitbart) French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has announced that in 2019 the French government closed down two radical mosques and placed another 63 under surveillance. The two radical mosques closed last year were done so under the powers granted to the Interior […]
Citizenship
Foreign minister: Shamima won’t be allowed to enter Bangladesh UK revoked her citizenship on account of her radicalization
(Dhaka Tribune) Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has reiterated that Shamima Begum, who got her British citizenship revoked, will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh. Shamima Begum, a British woman of Bangladeshi decent who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join […]