(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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