Day: July 23, 2024

Crime

‘Can’t do this in Australia’: Court weighs up jail for mum who coerced daughter into murderous marriage A woman faces deportation to Afghanistan as a court weighs up whether she goes to jail for forcing her daughter into a murderous marriage.

July 23, 2024   

(NCA NewsWire) A woman who coerced her daughter into an arranged marriage that ended with the husband murdering the bride could be jailed for the act, a court has heard. [Sakina] Muhammad Jan, 48 of Shepparton, faced the Melbourne County Court on […]

Internet

Fake video of threat to Olympic Games appears to be from Russia, researchers say Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center, which reviewed the video at NBC News’ request, said it appears to have come from a known Russian disinformation group.

July 23, 2024   

(NBC) A video spreading on X and Telegram of a man purporting to be a Hamas fighter threatening the Olympics in Paris is part of a Russian-linked disinformation campaign meant to disrupt the event, according to researchers at Microsoft. On Telegram, Hamas […]

Academics & Education

Hamline University settles lawsuit over showing of Prophet Muhammad in art history class Instructor Erika López Prater sued the university for removing her after she upset a Muslim student

July 23, 2024   

(Pioneer Press) Hamline University has agreed to settle the religious discrimination lawsuit brought by an art history instructor who lost her job after showing paintings of the Prophet Muhammad during an October 2022 class. The tentative deal was reached Monday night after […]

Clerics & Preachers

Canadian follower of terrorist group convicted under Terrorism Act in U.K. Khaled Hussein worked at a gas station in Edmonton, Alberta, when the RCMP started investigating his connection to violent extremism in 2019

July 23, 2024   

(National Post) Canadian man Khaled Hussein was convicted on multiple charges in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act, along with radical British preacher Anjem Choudary on Tuesday. Hussein, 29, of Edmonton was convicted of membership in a proscribed organization. An RCMP […]

Academics & Education

School serves ‘halal only’ lunches as local council faces demands for urgent answers A mother was left bemused after her daughter’s secondary school refused to provide non-halal meat options

July 23, 2024   

(GB News) A local council is being quizzed by a leading Conservative politician after a secondary school started offering “halal only” lunches. Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies approached the Vale of Glamorgan Council after a constituent flagged Cowbridge Comprehensive School only […]

Clerics & Preachers

Anjem Choudary facing life in jail after being found guilty of directing terrorism During a lecture Choudary gave, he boasted he had been labelled 'the number one radicaliser in Britain,' adding: 'That is a badge of honour for me. It's a medallion on my chest. What do you want to call me? An extremist? Fanatic? All of these.'

July 23, 2024   

(Sky News) Anjem Choudary, the notorious Islamist preacher, is facing life in jail after he was found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation following an unprecedented joint investigation by MI5, Scotland Yard, the New York Police Department, and Canadian police. Choudary, 57, […]