(Hill) Mayor Abdullah Hammoud (D) of Dearborn, Mich., says Arab Americans are feeling a sense of betrayal due to President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, outlining that they voted for Biden in 2020 but are now being ignored. Hammoud, in a […]
(WJZ) Maryland lawmakers are considering removing the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also known as CAIR, from a state commission to prevent hate crimes. It follows controversial comments from the organization’s state director Zainab Chaudry on Facebook. WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren spoke exclusively […]
(Daily Record) Three state Democrats, each of whom is a member of the Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, are pushing to remove American Muslim activist Zainab Chaudry from a state hate crimes commission for social media posts some have said are anti-Semitic. Late […]
(Brussels Times) The Brussels Parliament has decided to tighten its visitor regulations following a video of an imam reciting a prayer in the parliamentary hemicycle that circulated online last Friday. The incident occurred on 12 January and has been condemned by politicians […]
(Jewish News) A minister has suggested a judge accused of giving “lenient sentences” for terrorism offences should be investigated for appearing to support a pro-Palestine social media post. The Home Office’s Chris Philp told MPs he would expect the Judicial Conduct Investigations […]
(ITV) Two men from South Wales have been charged in connection with a suspected people smuggling operation through Europe. Dilshad Shamo, 41, from Castell Morgraig, and Ali Khdir, 42, from Pontygwindy Road, Caerphilly, have been charged with assisting unlawful immigration. They appeared […]
(Courthouse News) Original satirical drawings and sketches of the Prophet Muhammad that threw Denmark into a diplomatic crisis in the 2000s are now set for sale. On Tuesday, gallery KW ICONS auctioned 21 creations by cartoonist Kurt Westergaard including his controversial drawing […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Summer Lee’s (D., Pa.) primary opponent called on the “Squad” member to refund campaign contributions from Muslim activists known for pro-terrorist and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Bhavini Patel, Lee’s primary challenger in Pennsylvania’s 12th district, called on her to return “tainted” […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist who radicalised the Manchester Arena bomber has been granted a private hearing to decide if he can be released from prison. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 30, was first jailed in 2016 for helping others go to Syria to join the […]
(Brussels Times) In the investigation into the terrorist attack in which two Swedish nationals were killed in Brussels in October 2023, the Italian anti-terrorist police carried out searches targeting 18 people on Tuesday. The operation concerned “18 people of North African origin” […]
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