May 23, 2023 – Eye on Islamism

US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine speech from YouTube Students and activists say commencement speech was removed for its pro-Palestinian content after some critiqued speech as being 'antisemitic'

May 23, 2023 Zainab Iqbal

(Middle East Eye) On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law live-streamed its commencement ceremony where Fatima Mohammed was speaking. The student was draped in the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. But just hours after the graduation ceremony, the […]

Linda Frum says a now-dismissed defamation lawsuit about her Twitter account took aim at her because she’s a Zionist And Jewish community leader

May 23, 2023 Lila Sarick

(Canadian Jewish News) Linda Frum says she consulted with security experts in the United States — and had them conduct a risk assessment — before she decided to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by an Arabic-language newspaper. The former senator tweeted that […]

More than $200k in jewellery stolen after Queensland store owner held at gunpoint by disguised men

May 23, 2023 Mikala Theocharous

(9 News) A jewellery store owner has been held at gunpoint during an armed robbery in Queensland which saw two men take more than $200,000 worth of stock. The men, who appeared to be wearing burqas, entered Rhia Jewellers with guns and […]

Prosecutors rest case in terrorism trial in San Antonio

May 23, 2023 Guillermo Contreras

(San Antonio Express-News) Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against a San Antonio businessman accused of trying to fund terrorist groups in Syria. Imad Eddin Wadi is charged with three counts of conspiring to support opposition forces — which the U.S. has designated […]

British Airways launches new uniform with hijab option Designed by Ozwald Boateng, updated attire said to promote modernity and sustainability

May 23, 2023 Marwa Hassan

(National-UAE) British Airways has begun distributing its new uniform, designed by Savile Row fashion designer and tailor Ozwald Boateng, to employees. The BA uniform has undergone its first major revamp in nearly 20 years. The collection includes tailored three-piece suits for men […]

How Lee Rigby’s murder changed terrorism The spectacle was consumed across the country

May 23, 2023 Liam Duffy

(UnHerd) Like a still from a cheap horror flick, Michael Adebolajo stands with a meat cleaver and a large knife clasped in one hand. His free hand, saturated in blood, is raised towards the camera. Together with his accomplice and fellow convert […]

Erdogan backers bullish in his German stronghold

May 23, 2023 Céline Le Prioux

(AFP) “I voted for Erdogan because he deserves to be re-elected,” says Esra Kose, 45, who like the majority of Turkish voters in Germany backs the incumbent president. Kose, who has lived for nearly two decades in Europe’s top economy and wears […]

Software engineer who photographed US landmarks for possible attacks gets 12 years in prison

May 23, 2023 Larry Neumeister

(AP) A New Jersey software developer who prosecutors say once photographed landmarks in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., for possible terrorist attacks was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison by a federal judge who said it seemed he no longer […]

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