Alaa Elassar – Eye on Islamism

FBI identifies hostage-taker at Texas synagogue

January 16, 2022 Alaa Elassar, Michelle Watson and Alanne Orjoux

(CNN) The FBI on Sunday identified Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, as the man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in an hours-long standoff Saturday before a rescue team entered the building and killed the suspect. An […]

California has appointed its first ever Muslim chaplain to the state legislature

December 14, 2020 Alaa Elassar

(CNN) A Muslim man has made history after becoming the first Muslim chaplain appointed to the California legislature. Imam Mohammad Yasir Khan was appointed by Anthony Rendon, speaker of the California State Assembly, on December 7 as the assembly chaplain for the […]

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