Month: August 2025

Academics & Education

Outrage as German chain markets hijabs to young girls Retailer defends its catalogue as a commercial choice despite warnings about the normalization of coercive practices

August 26, 2025   

(European Conservative) One of Germany’s largest online retailers has begun selling hijabs for young girls, sparking criticism amid warnings of Islamist pressure on minors. Otto-Versand promotes the veils as accessories that “offer comfort and allow your daughter to move freely.” Security experts […]

Academics & Education

George Mason SJP releases radical recruitment video months after police uncovered terrorist flags at leaders’ home ‘The spirit of resistance will not be quenched until we see full liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea,’ a speaker concealed with a keffiyeh and a voice modifier says in the video

August 25, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) George Mason University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter reemerged Sunday evening with a recruitment video claiming “the spirit of resistance will not be quenched.” The radical group went dark for months after police found terrorist propaganda and weapons […]

Children & Teens

Mohammed tops baby name charts across Europe, highlighting demographic shift The sharpest rise was in England and Wales, where nearly 3% of all newborns were named Mohammed, followed by Belgium, where babies named [Mohammed] make up 1%

August 24, 2025   

(Ynet) There is a dramatic rise in the name “Mohammed” and its variations across Europe, the Daily Mail said in a report, underscoring demographic changes linked to immigration. According to the report, over the past 25 years, the number of babies given […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to IRS: Investigate terrorist-supporting Palestinian Youth Movement The group maintains ties to terror orgs and is illegally receiving tax-exempt donations, Arkansas senator says

August 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Friday formally petitioned the IRS to investigate the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) — a “virulently antisemitic” activist group that released maggots into Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hotel room last year — for potential […]

Crime

Denmark made a special exception to let in hundreds of Palestinian refugees. Here’s what happened Sixty-seven of the 321 refugees received prison sentences, while a majority relied on public welfare

August 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) In 1992, the Danish Parliament passed a special law granting asylum to 321 Palestinian refugees from Lebanon who were living in the country illegally. Twenty-five years later, a Danish minister, Martin Henriksen, asked a parliamentary committee to examine how they […]

Government & Politics

Convicted ISIS kidnapper spotted in minimum-security prison Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo has raised concerns after encountering a Calgary man, whom he believes to be an individual sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping on behalf of ISIS.

August 21, 2025   

(Juno News) Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo has raised concerns after encountering a Calgary man, whom he believes to be an individual sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping on behalf of the Islamic State, in a minimum-security prison. Caputo brought national […]

News: North America

Controversial Pulitzer Prize winner set to appear at Detroit conference alongside terrorists Mosab Abu Toha defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities and assailed Israeli victims

August 21, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Palestinian “poet” and writer Mosab Abu Toha, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, is scheduled to appear at an upcoming anti-Israel conference alongside several radical speakers with ties to terror groups. Abu Toha, who defended the atrocities of Oct. […]

Government & Politics

Prison authority rebuts Spanish media claims about ‘pardoned’ terrorist La Gaceta alleged that after his release, the individual traveled to Spain through illegal immigration routes and resumed jihadist activities.

August 21, 2025   

(Morocco World News) The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has firmly denied allegations published yesterday by the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta regarding a Moroccan national recently arrested in Spain. The DGAPR issued a statement on Thursday, rejecting claims that […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

London hospital reports midwife to Prevent after UK Lawyers for Israel complaint over Gaza posts Midwife was accused of antisemitism for social media posts and referred to the counterterrorism programme a year after she left her job at the hospital

August 20, 2025   

(Middle East Eye) A London hospital reported a former midwife to Prevent and the nursing regulator more than a year after she had left her job, following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) over her social media posts describing Israel’s […]

Government & Politics

DHS pulls funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties’ after watchdog report Review follows Middle East Forum report claiming $25M in grants went to terror-linked groups between 2013-2023

August 20, 2025   

(Fox) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing federal security grants for Muslim groups with “alleged terrorist ties” after a new report linked past funding to “extremist” organizations. According to a DHS document obtained by Fox News Digital, 49 projects “with […]

Crime

Berlin police arrest nearly 200 at pro-Palestinian protest Demonstrators chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and denying Israel’s right to exist.

August 20, 2025   

(European Conservative) A pro-Palestinian demonstration near the German Chancellery on Monday night ended with 188 arrests after protesters chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leaders and rejecting the existence of Israel. According to Berlin police, around 150 demonstrators marched from a protest camp on […]

Government & Politics

Zarah Sultana previously expressed support for antisemitism definition she now opposes Anti-Israel MP expressed support for IHRA in 2019 survey

August 20, 2025   

(Jewish News) Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana “willingly” expressed support for the IHRA definition of antisemitism during the 2019 general election, despite now accusing Jeremy Corbyn of “capitulating” to those who support it. Jewish News has learned that the Coventry South independent MP, now […]

News: North America

Terrorist released in hostage deal to speak at major Detroit Palestinian conference Shaheen was released on February 1 along with hundreds of other terrorists as part of a ransom-paid exchange for live and deceased hostages captured by Gazan forces during the October 7 massacre.

August 19, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) Two Palestinian terrorists are set to speak at the Detroit People’s Conference for Palestine at the end of August, including a Tanzim operative who was released in February in return for hostages held by Hamas and a former Democratic Front […]

Government & Politics

Legal storm: Vienna judges endorse Sharia arbitration Politicians warn the ruling could open the door to religious legal systems in Austria’s courts and weaken the rule of law.

August 19, 2025   

(European Conservative) A court in Vienna has caused a storm after confirming that a financial ruling based on Islamic law, or Sharia, is legally valid in Austria. Critics say the judgment opens the door to “parallel justice” and undermines the country’s legal […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Convicted terror recruiter back in German Islamist scene Sven Lau, a convert once jailed for sending fighters and equipment to Syria, is again under surveillance after resurfacing among extremists.

August 19, 2025   

(European Conservative) German authorities have again classified an Islamist preacher as a security threat, years after he was jailed for supporting terrorism and later claimed to have reformed. Sven Lau, 44, was once one of the most visible figures of Germany’s radical […]

Academics & Education

EU Commission defends funding for Islam and Islamophobia research projects The EU executive has pushed back against far-right criticism over the allocation of over €17 million in grants by the leading European Research Council (ERC) to Islam-related projects, insisting they won funding on scientific merit.

August 18, 2025   

(Euronews) The European Commission has countered criticism from far-right political groups for allocating EU research funds over the past years on projects focused on subject matters like Islam, the Qur’an, Sharia, and Islamophobia. The controversy began after Italian hard-right MEP Silvia Sardone […]