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Revealed: May let hate preacher make his home in Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Government’s counterterrorism is limiting texts and topics students can access, experts say (LINK ONLY)
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Why France loves this Algerian writer more than Algeria does
(Washington Post) Algerian writer Kamel Daoud is feted in France — and resented by many in his home country. It’s easy to see why. Daoud won France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, for his first novel in 2013. But beyond […]
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Meghan cookbook mosque linked to 19 terror suspects including ‘Jihadi John’ in group’s investigation (LINK ONLY)
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‘It could certainly radicalise someone’ (LINK ONLY)
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‘Islamophobia’ outbreak in California A Muslim was found with a Qur’an, a book on terrorism, and a sawed-off rifle. What else could this be but 'Islamophobia'?
(FrontPage) The San Francisco Chronicle has discovered a case of “Islamophobia,” and their intrepid reporters are on the job: “An Alameda County prosecutor,” we’re told, “recently held up an unusual piece of evidence while arguing that a man charged with a weapons […]
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Alameda prosecutor cites Quran as evidence to keep man jailed
(SF Chronicle) An Alameda County prosecutor recently held up an unusual piece of evidence while arguing that a man charged with a weapons violation should remain jailed without bail: a Quran. The religious text, paired with a book on the psychology of […]
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Abu Dujana: The Salafi preacher For years, the organization 'The True Religion' provided a rallying point for radical Muslims in Germany — some of whom left to join IS. Naomi Conrad met Abu Dujana, one of the movement's most prominent Salafi preachers.
(Deutsche Welle) There was nothing remarkable about the friendly, polite man with the long, dark beard, sporting a grey hoodie and blue jeans. Nothing, at first sight that is, to distinguish him from the young parents pushing prams and students milling around […]
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Invisible and dangerous: The Salafist scene in North Rhine-Westphalia There are more Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia than in any other German state. The scene has all but vanished from the public eye in its stronghold. But it is still very active, as DW is told by numerous sources.
(Deutsche Welle) “Speak after me,” the red-bearded German convert and Salafist preacher Pierre Vogel says as he publicly summons the young woman. Cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd in the pedestrian zone of the western city of Offenbach, she does exactly that, […]
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Norway accuses foreign nationals of 1993 ‘Satanic Verses’ attack
(AFP) Norwegian police have formally accused several foreign nationals over a 1993 attack on the Norwegian publisher of “The Satanic Verses,” thus preventing the statute of limitations from closing the case. The National Criminal Investigation Service said Tuesday “foreign nationals who are […]
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Jihad roadshow: Banned Islamist group is using children as young as 13 to peddle books supporting suicide bombing and jihad in Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Not enough evidence to expel cadet after Qur’an desecration, military says
(Canadian Press) An officer cadet facing expulsion from the Canadian Forces for desecrating a Qur’an is being allowed to continue his studies at the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que., but another student is still fighting to remain in uniform. The two officer […]
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German far right fuels Muslim ‘takeover’ fears A series of violent crimes committed by refugees is unsettling the nation.
(Politico) Can Germany survive Islam? That question is once again at the center of the country’s public discourse amid the violent protests that followed last week’s brutal killing of a German man, allegedly at the hands of two Muslim refugees, and the […]
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On Amazon Prime Day Ellison wants answers for white nationalist propaganda sales Minnesota Democrat sends letter to online retail giant CEO Jeff Bezos
(Roll Call) Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison wants Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to ask about the website’s sale of white nationalist propaganda and toys. Ellison, who is running for Minnesota attorney general, sent a letter to Bezos asking about the sale of literature published […]
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Germany’s Thilo Sarrazin in court over controversial book on Islam His controversial views have stirred much debate in Germany. Now Thilo Sarrazin has written a new book about Islam — and is battling his erstwhile publisher in court over it.
(Deutsche Welle) His highly controversial books sell in the millions. It all began with “Deutschland schafft sich ab” (“Germany is doing away with itself”). Thilo Sarrazin’s 2010 book stimulated a fiery debate over German immigration policy and migrants from Islamic countries. While […]
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Random House axes Islam book by disputed German author
(AFP) Publishing giant Random House has declined to release a new book by controversial German politician-turned-author Thilo Sarrazin over fears it could whip up anti-Muslim hatred, Bild daily reported Friday. The dispute, which will be heard before a court in Munich on […]