Month: October 2025

Interfaith

Two men planned ‘untold harm’ with attack on Jewish community in Manchester, jury told — as defendant shouts out in court The two men are accused of buying assault rifles, handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in preparation for a suicide attack.

October 8, 2025   

(Sky News) A trial accusing two men of planning “untold harm” and “mass fatalities” with an attack on members of the Jewish community in Manchester has been interrupted by an outburst from one of the defendants. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, […]

Academics & Education

Mississauga university October 7 event honoured Hamas terrorists A University of Toronto Mississauga student union event titled 'honouring our martyrs,' which took place on the second anniversary of the deadly October 7 massacre.

October 8, 2025   

(Juno News) A University of Toronto Mississauga student union event titled “honouring our martyrs,” which took place on the second anniversary of the deadly October 7 massacre, included death toll numbers from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between […]

Interfaith

Manchester synagogue killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’ during attack, police say Police said Jihad al Shamie called 999, claimed responsibility for the attack, and pledged allegiance to Islamic State. They added that four individuals arrested and interviewed about the attack will be released without charge.

October 8, 2025   

(Sky News) The Manchester synagogue terrorist made a call to police during the attack where he pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, police say. Jihad al Shamie, 35, carried out the attack last Thursday as he tried to get inside Heaton […]

Crime

Austria suspends state security employee who spied for Muslim Brotherhood, allegedly The employee — temporarily assigned to Austria’s intelligence agency — is suspected of leaking sensitive information to the radical Islamist group.

October 8, 2025   

(European Conservative) An employee of Austria’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN) has been suspended after being exposed as a suspected spy for the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood — an organization which is considered anti-constitutional in Austria. The man — temporarily assigned […]

Academics & Education

Toronto high school scolded for playing Arabic O Canada on Oct. 7 Education Minister Paul Calandra warns incident at Earl Haig Secondary School better not happen again

October 7, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Saying he doesn’t “believe” it was accidental, Ontario’s education minister lambasted a Toronto high school Tuesday for playing an Arabic version of O Canada as Jewish students mourned the second anniversary of the barbaric mass murders of Oct. 7. Education […]

Academics & Education

Toronto school plays O Canada in Arabic on Oct. 7 anniversary A Toronto high school broadcast O Canada in Arabic on the morning of the second anniversary of the Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead.

October 7, 2025   

(Juno News) A Toronto high school broadcast O Canada in Arabic on the morning of the second anniversary of the Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead. Earl Haig Secondary School, one of the Toronto […]

Crime

Asylum seeker charged with threatening to kill Farage said ‘he’s going to shoot me’ in TikTok video, Reform leader tells court Fayaz Khan, 26, is charged with making a threat to kill the Reform UK leader between 12 and 15 October last year in a social media post.

October 7, 2025   

(Sky News) An asylum seeker who posted a video about Nigel Farage said that “he’s going to shoot me,” the Reform UK leader has said in court. Fayaz Khan, 26, is charged with making a threat to kill the Reform UK leader […]

Clerics & Preachers

Manchester venue ignored warnings about hate preacher followed by Heaton Park terrorist Manchester Jewish Representative Council warned Bridgewater Hall in January that platforming Mishary Alafasy 'raises the serious risk of further attacks on the Jewish community'

October 7, 2025   

(Jewish News) One of Manchester’s most prominent concert venues has been heavily criticised for ignoring Jewish community concerns about a hate preacher it hosted earlier this year — after it transpired that his social media account was one of [a] small number […]

Law Enforcement

Woman charged with supporting Hamas

October 6, 2025   

(BBC) Counter-terrorism detectives have charged a 62-year-old woman with offences relating to the support of Hamas. The group is a proscribed terror group in the US, UK and EU. Sarah Wilkinson, from Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, was charged on Sunday with five offences […]

Interfaith

Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad al Shamie ‘shared ISIS videos, ranted and asked for large sums of money,’ his friends say The terrorist's behaviour became unpredictable, friends say, including watching Islamic State videos, asking for money and sudden bursts of temper.

October 6, 2025   

(Sky News) The synagogue killer, Jihad al Shamie, radicalised himself after searching online for videos of the Islamic State terror group, according to a friend. The man, Qas, said al Shamie “started using [encrypted messaging app] Telegram and searching for ISIS videos. […]

Government & Politics

Gove urges Starmer to deliver ‘comprehensive anti-extremism strategy’ after synagogue attack Former cabinet minister tells Jewish News last Tory government failed to effectively deliver plan to tackle extremism

October 6, 2025   

(Jewish News) Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Michael Gove has called on Keir Starmer’s government to introduce a “fundamental and comprehensive anti-extremism strategy” following the terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Speaking to Jewish News at the Conservative Party […]

Academics & Education

Canadian Oct. 7 ‘martyrs’ events panned for glorifying terrorism 'When you think they can’t sink any lower, they do,' said Raquel Look, a Montreal woman whose son, Alexandre, was murdered on Oct. 7, 2023

October 6, 2025   

(National Post) Hamas victims’ families and Canadian Jewish groups are condemning anti-Israel protesters’ plans for events commemorating the “martyrs of Palestine” on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks. “When you think they can’t sink any lower, they do,” said […]

Government & Politics

Ex-Biden officials microtarget Dearborn in Facebook ads soliciting funds for anti-Israel lobbying effort A New Policy, led by former Biden officials, accuses AIPAC of 'weaponiz[ing] Jewish identity'

October 6, 2025   

(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group started by two federal officials who resigned from the Biden administration over U.S. support for Israel is soliciting residents of Dearborn, Mich., a hotbed of anti-Israel and pro-Hamas sentiment, to fund its “professional lobbying force” to pressure […]

Children & Teens

Teen accused in Ottawa anti-Jewish terror plot gets bail under strict conditions Trial for 17-year-old and his co-accused charged with terrorism offences is set for spring 2026

October 3, 2025   

(CBC) A now 17-year-old accused alongside another teen of plotting to violently attack Jewish people in Ottawa has been granted bail under strict conditions ahead of his trial next year. He was 15 when he was arrested and charged with terrorism offences in February 2024 by INSET, […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Concerns around Holy Land Foundation trial resurface after arrest of Muslim activist 'There was no way for Marwan — or the thousands who donated and volunteered alongside him — to know that HLF would later be accused of prohibited activities,' said a statement from the Muslim Legal Fund of America.

October 3, 2025   

(Religion News) Advocates raised concerns about what they see as the Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize pro-Palestinian activism at the Arab Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, last weekend. The arrest of Marwan Marouf, a Dallas Muslim community leader placed in United States Immigration […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

CRA couldn’t justify why it was auditing Muslim charities: report Intelligence watchdog finds many groups lacked 'credible risks of terrorist abuse'

October 2, 2025   

(CBC) The Canada Revenue Agency could not always justify why it audited certain charities for potential terrorism links, raising the possibility that its decisions “are driven by bias and discrimination,” one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs concluded after a lengthy investigation. The […]

Academics & Education

Roberge urges Quebecers to ‘wake up’ to the threat of Islamic radicalism CAQ government cites 2024 situation at Bedford elementary school as a 'flagrant' example.

October 1, 2025   

(Montreal Gazette) With the opposition parties accusing the government of using inflated language, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebecers need to “wake up” to the threat of radical Islamic groups infiltrating society. And far from backing down on comments about radicals he […]

Interfaith

Germany arrests 3 suspected Hamas members Authorities said two Germans and one Lebanese national had procured weapons to be used in violent acts targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany.

October 1, 2025   

(Deutsche Welle) Prosecutors in Berlin said they have arrested three suspected Hamas operatives. The suspects were preparing attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany, authorities said. Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by Germany, the EU, the US and several governments. The three […]