(CNN) Abdullah el-Faisal believed every word in a speech by Osama bin Laden was “like a gem,” and thought images of the coffins of US service members were laughable, New York prosecutors say. They also believe the Muslim cleric is “one of […]
(Toronto Star) An 18-year-old Montreal man was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion that he was planning to commit a terrorist act and had discussed building explosives. RCMP national security investigators in Quebec made the arrest after receiving information from the FBI. According […]
(CTV) Via Rail says it is working to improve its diversity and inclusion policies after a Muslim man was told not to pray at the Ottawa train station. Via Rail and the National Council of Canadian Muslims, a civil rights and advocacy […]
(KTVT) The state chapter of a national civil rights organization criticized a Texas legislator’s statement on a resolution celebrating Ramadan, calling his words “Islamophobic.” On March 23, the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Texas chapter (CAIR-TX) denounced a statement made by State Rep. […]
(BBC) A suspect has appeared in court charged with two counts of attempted murder after attacks on men set alight outside mosques in Birmingham and London. Mohammed Abbkr, 28, from Edgbaston in Birmingham, is alleged to have sprayed a substance on to […]
(CBC) More than two dozen women and children held in northeastern Syrian detention camps are due to arrive on Canadian soil any day, but the fate of 10 of those children is unknown after their mothers were given the “cruel” choice of […]
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