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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
House committee debates antisemitism as it moves forward a bill to create an Islamophobia monitor
(JTA) A bill that would create an Islamophobia monitor in much the same cast as the State Department’s antisemitism monitor cleared its first hurdle on Friday, after a House committee debate about antisemitism. The bill, whose lead sponsors were Rep. Ilhan Omar, […]
Clerics & Preachers
‘Serious blunder’ led to missed chances to stop Rochdale imam’s murder, inquiry finds Mohammed Kadir, who murdered Jalal Uddin in 2016, was known to counter-terrorism police and had been identified as a person of high risk and significant concern. But action was not taken to investigate him.
(Sky News) A “serious blunder” by officials meant they failed to disrupt a murder plot against an imam by Islamic State (IS) extremists, an inquiry has found. Father-of-seven Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in Rochdale in February […]
Interfaith
Ohio supporter of ISIS pleads guilty in attempted attack on Jewish synagogue
(Cleveland.com) A northwest Ohio resident admitted Tuesday that he planned to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue to show his allegiance to ISIS. Damon Joseph, 23, of Holland pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Toledo to charges of attempting […]