Government & Politics

Canadian Jewish groups call for action against hateful rhetoric against Israel, Jews 'The government must act against anti-Semitism and the promotion of terrorist groups,' said Michael Mostyn of B’nai Brith Canada.

(JNS) Jewish groups in Canada are decrying an Arabic-language magazine and human-rights organization for two separate incidents of anti-Israel activity. B’nai Brith Canada has called for the Canadian government to “dissolve” the not-for-profit corporation “Canadian Defenders for Human Rights” after that group’s […]

Academics & Education

Princeton faculty member brags about death threats against Trump admin envoy University Middle East expert [Hossein] Mousavian was a former Iranian official

(Free Beacon) A former Iranian official who is a faculty member at Princeton University recently bragged in an interview about how his hardline government’s death threats against a former top Trump administration official had him and his family “trembling” with fear. [Hossein] […]

Academics & Education

Lawyers training school in Paris accused of Islamophobia Student lawyer claimed she was forced to remove her headscarf, threatened with expulsion from oath ceremony

(Anadolu) A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, […]

Arts & Entertainment

New year wishes: Imam of Bordeaux grand mosque criticizes Maitre Gims Maitre Gims released a video earlier this year, criticizing Muslim fans for wishing him a happy new year.

(Morocco World News) Tareq Oubrou, the rector of the grand mosque of Bordeaux, France, has criticized Congolese-French rapper Maitre Gims after he called on his Muslim fans to stop sending him new year and birthday wishes, considering the practice to be “un-Islamic.” […]

Legal

Boston Marathon bomber hasn’t paid victims even though thousands were deposited in his fund, officials say Among the deposits was a Covid-19 relief payment for $1,400, prosecutors said.

(NBC) Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hasn’t been paying fines or victims with the tens of thousands of dollars deposited into his trust fund, including a Covid-19 relief payment he received in June, federal prosecutors said in a filing Wednesday. In […]