June 2024 – Eye on Islamism

Hezbollah, Hamas terror banners flown openly at NYC pro-Palestinian protest WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani was flanked by a banner of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obaida. At least three Hezbollah flags, four Hamas flags, and one Lions' Den [flag] were present.

June 30, 2024 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) Multiple flags and banners of terrorist organizations were flown at a New York City anti-Israel protest against President Joe Biden on Friday, according to videos published by Within Our Lifetime. At the Manhattan Center, WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani was flanked […]

Iran’s US ballot station plan sees mixed results as some venues cancel voting events

June 30, 2024 Michael Lipin

(VOA) Iran’s plan to run absentee voter ballot stations in more than 30 U.S. cities for the first round of its presidential election had mixed results, a VOA investigation has found. Information obtained and reviewed by VOA indicates that absentee voting events […]

US military bases in Europe raise security threat levels

June 30, 2024 John Vandiver

(Stars and Stripes) U.S. military bases in Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend as installations urged vigilance among their members. At U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, the Army garrison on Sunday issued a communitywide alert […]

Two detained after attack outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade

June 30, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Two men were remanded in custody Sunday in connection with an attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade that Serbian authorities called a “targeted terrorist act,” a minister said. The assailant, whom the police said was a “convert” to Islam, shot […]

‘Wake up’: Israel’s new consul general warns of ‘radical Muslim occupation’

June 29, 2024 Jon Levine

(NY Post) The Big Apple is in danger of falling under “radical Muslim occupation” like many cities in Europe, Israel’s new consul general warned in an exclusive interview with the Post. “You know what[‘s] happening in London these days, you know what’s […]

Attacker killed after firing crossbow at policeman guarding Israeli embassy in Serbia

June 29, 2024 Ivana Sekularac

(Reuters) An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot dead on Saturday in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a terrorist attack against Serbia. No embassy staff were wounded in the attack, the […]

Trump criticized for ‘Palestinian’ insult in debate with Biden

June 28, 2024 Kanishka Singh

(Reuters) Human rights advocates on Friday condemned former President Donald Trump’s references to Palestinians, and immigrants allegedly taking black American jobs, during Thursday’s debate with President Joe Biden, calling the remarks racist or insulting. Biden and Trump had a brief exchange on […]

House Dem to speak at anti-Israel conference with Holocaust denier and ex-Hamas member Rep. André Carson to speak at Islamic Society of North America convention that features Hitler apologist

June 28, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Rep. André Carson (D., Ind.) will speak at the annual convention of an Islamic group linked to Hamas, along with one imam convicted in Israel of serving in terrorist groups and another who has denied the Holocaust, praised Adolf Hitler, […]

German court sentences teen over Christmas terror plot A German court has handed a four-year custodial sentence to a defendant for planning a terror attack on a Christmas market.

June 28, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) A regional court in the western German city of Cologne on Friday sentenced a 15-year-old to four years in youth custody for planning an attack on a Christmas market in the nearby city of Leverkusen. The court found that the […]

Feds investigating violence during pro-Palestinian protest outside Los Angeles synagogue

June 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that spiraled into violence outside a Los Angeles synagogue. Fighting between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprotesters erupted Sunday outside the Adas […]

New migration patterns could fuel IS plans for US, some officials contend

June 27, 2024 Jeff Seldin

(VOA) Recent changes in global migration patterns and smuggling routes have created an opening for terror groups like the Islamic State to set their sights on the U.S. southern border. For years, top U.S. counterterrorism officials have pushed back against critics who […]

Bob Casey praised CAIR official who urged Fetterman to ‘hang his head in shame’ over support for Israel Casey has been slow to defend Fetterman from left-wing attacks

June 27, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Sen. Bob Casey has touted an official at a pro-Hamas activist group who this week attacked the Pennsylvania Democrat’s Senate colleague, John Fetterman, for meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, the executive director of the Council […]

Hamas supporter invited to University of Sussex pro-Palestinian encampment Al Jazeera journalist Shada Salhab spoke to protesting students on Tuesday

June 27, 2024 Michelle Rosenberg

(Jewish News) A supporter of Hamas was invited to speak to student protestors at a “liberation encampment” at Sussex University on Tuesday. Al Jazeera journalist Shada Salhab was thanked for her support by students who expressed “solidarity” and posted a photograph on […]

CAIR backs antisemitic protest at L.A. synagogue, blasts Mayor Karen Bass

June 26, 2024 Joel B. Pollak

(Breitbart) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) “condemn[ed]” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Wednesday for speaking out (belatedly) against an antisemitic protest at a synagogue on Sunday, saying the protest was legitimate. As Breitbart News reported, a mob of pro-Palestinian activists targeted […]

Former Iranian official detained in France for ‘links to IRGC-QF’

June 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Iran International) A former Iranian official who has been under “administrative detention” in France since June 3 was detained for links to the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, among other reasons, Iran International has learned. Bashir Biazar, a former director [at] Iran’s state […]

Anti-Israel protester who told ‘Zionists’ to ID themselves on subway now hides face from press after arrest following weeks-long manhunt

June 26, 2024 Joe Marino, Amanda Woods, Carl Campanile and Emily Crane

(NY Post) The anti-Israel protester who allegedly stormed a Big Apple subway car and demanded that “Zionists” raise their hands was arrested Wednesday following a weeks-long manhunt, cops said. Anas Saleh, 24, of Staten Island, turned himself in with his attorney at […]

Queensland teen who was found with terror attack instructions and videos of beheadings released after eight months in custody

June 26, 2024 Talissa Siganto

(ABC-Australia) A south-east Queensland teenager who made a “pledge of allegiance” to Islamic State and had instructions on “how to conduct lone-wolf-style attacks” will be released from juvenile detention. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was sentenced in Brisbane for one […]

Evidence mounts Islamic State is looking to the US southern border

June 26, 2024 Jeff Seldin

(VOA) U.S. intelligence and security officials are increasing their focus on the country’s southern border, worried the constant flow of migrants has attracted the attention of the Islamic State terror group. The heightened concern follows the arrests earlier this month of eight […]

Canada orders deportation of ex-employee of Hamas-linked aid group

June 26, 2024 Stewart Bell

(Global News) Canada’s immigration tribunal has ordered the deportation of a Palestinian woman formerly employed by a Mississauga, Ont., relief group linked to Hamas. Majeda Sarassra was deemed inadmissible to Canada on security grounds because she worked for the International Relief Fund […]

IRGC to be proscribed under Labour’s new counter-terror plan UK's Labour Party will reform previous security rules if elected into power on July 4

June 26, 2024 Neil Murphy

(National-UAE) Iran’s revolutionary guard will be proscribed as a terror group by Labour under a new three-point plan to update the UK’s counter-terror strategy. The Labour move breaks with the Conservative Party, which has held off designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]

Germany moves to ease the deportation of foreigners who glorify terrorist acts

June 26, 2024 Geir Moulson

(AP) Germany’s government on Wednesday launched new legislation to ease the deportation of foreigners who publicly approve of terrorist acts. Under the law, a single comment on social media could provide grounds for kicking people out. The measure approved by the Cabinet […]

France bans extreme right and radical Islamic groups ahead of polarizing elections

June 26, 2024 Diane Jeantet and Angela Charlton

(AP) France’s government on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes. Snap national elections called by pro-business […]

Wilders tests new coalition’s ‘religious criticism’ boundary, calling Islam ‘disgusting’

June 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A few days before a Cabinet containing ministers from the far-right PVV is installed for the first time, party leader Geert Wilders lashed out fiercely against Islam in a post on social media. Wilders said the religion “is a disgusting, […]

Gunman in Spanish politician’s shooting was set to kill Iranian in the Netherlands: prosecutors

June 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The 38-year-old Tunisian man arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of shooting Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras was also preparing to assassinate an Iranian activist and journalist, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Wednesday. The Iranian individual was not […]

Potomac mosque’s ties to Tehran remain under scrutiny

June 25, 2024 Mehdi Jedinia

(Iran International) A helicopter crash on May 19 claimed the lives of Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s eighth president, and his foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, leading to a series of consequential events. Memorial services organized by the Iranian government globally in their honor faced […]

Once a rallying cry, ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ fades from Trump rhetoric

June 25, 2024 Masood Farivar

(VOA) In 2016, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign echoed with a frequent vow to crush “radical Islamic terrorism.” Fast forward to today, as he seeks a second chance in the White House, Trump rarely mentions the phrase, his erstwhile rhetoric about Islamist terrorism […]

Parents of 12-year-old victim of antisemitic gang rape: Attack was ‘mimicry’ of Hamas atrocities

June 25, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) The parents of the 12-year-old Jewish girl who was gang-raped in a Paris suburb earlier this month tell French newspaper Le Parisien that the attack, which has sent shockwaves through France’s Jewish community, was a “mimicry” of the atrocities […]

DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network Over 150 have been arrested, but the whereabouts of over 50 remain unknown, officials said. ICE is looking to arrest them on immigration charges when they are found.

June 25, 2024 Julia Ainsley and Tom Winter

(NBC) The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere who crossed into the U.S. in the past three years as “subjects of concern” because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network, three U.S. officials […]

In British elections, Muslim voters seek candidates who care about Gaza

June 25, 2024 Hasan Ali

(Christian Science Monitor) Standing outside his home in a residential street in Slough, west of London, tire shop owner Raja Ijaz recounts a conversation he had recently with the local Labour Party candidate in Britain’s upcoming general election. When Tanmanjeet Dhesi came […]

Starmer says he understands anger after Golders Green knifeman avoided prison sentence Labour leader tells Jewish News: 'If you carry a knife you have to carry the consequences'

June 25, 2024 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Keir Starmer has told Jewish News he understands the anger within the community after a man who terrorised staff at a Golders Green kosher supermarket whilst brandishing a large knife escaped a prison sentence. Speaking at an emotional meeting with […]

‘Swear on Allah’: French antisemitic rape victim told to convert to Islam — report 'Before letting her leave, they made her swear on Allah not to say anything,' her mother said.

June 25, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) The 12-year-old girl who was gang-raped in an antisemitic incident in France was asked to convert to Islam by her attackers, her parents told the French media outlet Le Parisien. “Before letting her leave, they made her swear on Allah […]

Anti-Israel protesters beat, bear mace Jews, journalists at LA synagogue A man holding a Palestinian flag can be seen physically fighting with a visibly Jewish man at the end of a video.

June 24, 2024 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) An anti-Israel protest at a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday devolved into brawls, the spraying of counter-protesters and journalists with bear mace, and vandalism of Jewish institutions, according to eyewitnesses and pro-Palestinian groups. The demonstrations at Adas Torah synagogue in […]

PVV asylum minister Faber retracts ‘replacement theory’ comments

June 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Prospective asylum minister Marjolein Faber has retracted her use of Nazi-era language on immigration, but insisted her concerns about the impact of asylum on the “demographics of the Netherlands” were well founded. The PVV MP came under intense questioning over […]

Hospital bomb accused angry at colleagues — court

June 24, 2024 Julia Bryson

(BBC) A man accused of trying to detonate a pressure-cooker bomb outside a hospital did so because he was angry at colleagues rather than because of Islamist ideology, jurors have been told. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital […]

Violence breaks out after anti-Israel agitators surround LA synagogue, clash with Israel supporters It was unclear how many arrests there were after Sunday morning's altercation

June 23, 2024 Bradford Betz

(Fox) Anti-Israel agitators clashed with supporters of Israel outside a Los Angeles synagogue Sunday morning, according to reports. The violence broke out in front of the Adas Torah synagogue in the 9000 block of Pico Boulevard before noon. Video from the scene […]

Anti-Israel protesters in NYC wave Hezbollah, Hamas flags, hold portrait of Sinwar Protesters at Hunter College chant for violent ‘resistance’ against Israel, trampling American and Israeli flags, ripping off anti-Hamas sticker from traffic light; no arrests

June 23, 2024 Michael Horovitz

(Times of Israel) Anti-Israel protesters at New York City’s Hunter College over the weekend displayed symbols of the Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups and chanted in support of violent “resistance.” Footage from the Friday rally showed protesters, many of them wearing keffiyehs, […]

Election candidate sorry for ‘misogynistic’ remarks

June 23, 2024 Unlisted Author

(BBC) An independent candidate standing in the general election has apologised after remarks he made about women were labelled “misogynistic” and “disturbing.” Akhmed Yakoob made the comments during the recording of a podcast called Minted Minds, while appearing alongside the host and […]

US confirms Iran will run absentee ballot stations in US

June 22, 2024 Michael Lipin

(VOA) The Biden administration will again allow Iran to run absentee voter stations on U.S. soil for next week’s Iranian presidential election, VOA has learned, prompting the Islamic republic’s critics to denounce the plan as absurd and shameful. Iranian Foreign Ministry official […]

Man claimed Isis membership

June 21, 2024 Felicity Dear

(Otago Daily Times) A man claiming to be an Isis member threatened government employees because he wanted to be deported, a court has heard. Mohammed Omar Mohammed Al-Attas, 33, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after he admitted two charges of […]

Arab-American mayor warns Biden has not ‘earned my vote’

June 21, 2024 Issam Ahmed

(AFP) Abdullah Hammoud’s election as the first Muslim mayor of Dearborn was a watershed moment for this city, an automaking hub home to the highest concentration of Arab-Americans in the United States. But while his early focus was on upgrading sewer infrastructure […]

New Jersey school district apologizes for offending Muslim group with question about ISIS terror group in quiz 'The question was offensive and contrary to our values of respect, inclusivity, and cultural sensitivity'

June 21, 2024 Gabriel Hays

(Fox) A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as a terror group. The Wayne Township […]

Terror accused divulged bomb with patient — court

June 21, 2024 Steve Jones

(BBC) A man accused of attempting to attack a hospital where he worked told a patient he was carrying a bomb and was seeking revenge, a court heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in Leeds on 20 […]

Conspiracy theorist fails to overturn arena ruling a second time

June 21, 2024 Paul Burnell

(BBC) An author who claims that the Manchester Arena bombing was staged and did not kill anyone has been denied a second chance to challenge a ruling that his theory is “absurd and fantastical.” Richard Hall is being sued by bombing survivors […]

Man with Hamas headband given conditional discharge

June 21, 2024 Eve Watson

(BBC) A man who was found guilty of wearing a headband in support of Hamas at a pro-Palestine rally in central London has been given a conditional discharge. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, wore the green headband which had the basic statement of the […]

Islamist terror attack is top fear for Paris 2024 Olympics, police chief says 'There is no clear-cut threat yet against the Games,' police chief added.

June 21, 2024 Pierre Emmanuel Ngendakumana

(Politico) The threat of an Islamist terror attack is keeping top officials awake at night, just weeks ahead of the 2024 Olympics kicking off in Paris. “Islamist terrorism remains our main concern,” Laurent Nuñez, chief of police in the French capital, told […]

As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign

June 20, 2024 Oleg Cetinic and Elise Morton

(AP) The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections. The anti-immigration National Rally party, which has tried […]

Truck with anti-Muslim messaging registered to Rebel News Network Rebel News owner says truck belongs to organization, but ad was created by 3rd party

June 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(CBC) An advertising truck that is being investigated by Toronto police, after it was spotted this week driving through the city while displaying anti-Muslim images and messages, is registered under Rebel News Network, a provincial database shows. A licence plate search through […]

Dem Sen. Patty Murray seeks millions for anti-Semitic mosque whose leader called Jews ‘despicable apes’ The Muslim Association of Puget Sound hosted speakers who praised Palestinian 'martyrs,' referred to Jews as 'filth'

June 20, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Democrats’ top Senate appropriator is seeking millions of dollars in taxpayer funds for an Islamic organization in Washington state that has preached anti-Semitism, cheered Hamas’s “victory” over Israel, and hosted Palestinian activists who urge resistance against Israel “by any means […]

Terror accused kept homemade bomb in car — court

June 20, 2024 Steve Jones

(BBC) A man accused of trying to bomb a hospital had stored a homemade explosive device in his car for about three weeks before his arrest, jurors have heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in Leeds, where […]

Islamic holiday celebration in Montreal park draws ire from secularists Islamic celebration in Montreal park draws ire

June 20, 2024 Joe Bongiorno

(Canadian Press) Earlier this week, members of Montreal’s Muslim community gathered in a park to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, a day when families traditionally wear their finest clothes, share gifts, feast and pray together. Religious celebrations are not uncommon at Parc […]