Crime

Crime

No hate crimes among 14 felony charges against Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, who allegedly shot Chicago Jew The 22-year-old man, who is also accused of shooting police officers and paramedics, is reportedly an illegal immigrant from northwest Africa.

October 28, 2024   

(JNS) The Chicago Police Department is drawing criticism for the lack of hate crime charges among 14 felony charges it announced on Monday against Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, who is accused of shooting a 39-year-old Jewish man, as well as firing at […]

Crime

Neighbor of Chicago Jewish man shot by gunman shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ speaks out ‘My gut is telling me that it was a hate crime,’ the eyewitness said. ‘He wanted to kill people and police officers and Jews.’

October 28, 2024   

(Daily Wire) Malka was home alone with her baby in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday morning when she heard gunshots ring out. The gunman, who shot Malka’s Orthodox Jewish neighbor as he walked to synagogue, returned to the […]

Crime

Journalist targeted in alleged murder plot: ‘I’ve been given a second life’ An Iranian general is accused of orchestrating a plot to kill Masih Alinejad.

October 23, 2024   

(ABC) A New York-based Iranian journalist who was the target of an alleged failed assassination attempt that federal prosecutors say involved an Iranian general said she has “been given a second life.” Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced criminal charges against Islamic Revolutionary […]

Citizenship

Dutch deputy PM accused of felony for noting Muslim Jew-hate Mona Keijzer made her comments when speaking in defense of her policy of making Holocaust studies an obligatory part of the naturalization process.

October 15, 2024   

(JNS) A top Dutch jurist on Sunday criticized prosecutors for saying Deputy Prime Minister Mona Keijzer was guilty of hate speech when she noted publicly that many Muslim immigrants are antisemitic. Afshin Ellian, a Tehran-born professor of law at Leiden University, in […]

Academics & Education

Violence in French school sparks debate on headscarf and secularism An 18-year-old student assaulted a teacher after being asked to remove her headscarf at a high school [in] Tourcoing, in the latest incident involving France's ban on hijab.

October 8, 2024   

(Euronews) An 18-year-old student was taken into police custody on Monday evening after allegedly assaulting her teacher at Lycée Sévigné in the northern French city of Tourcoing. The incident reportedly happened after the teacher asked the student to remove her headscarf, as […]

Crime

Jews targeted significantly more than Muslims over the past year, FBI data show The FBI reported 1,951 anti-Jewish hate crimes between January 2023 and December 2023.

September 26, 2024   

(Daily Wire) Hate crime data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week shows that individuals committed a disproportionately greater number of hate crimes against Jews than Muslims in the past year. The FBI reported 1,951 anti-Jewish hate crimes between January […]

Crime

GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing to ‘hide your head in a bag’ Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana also repeatedly suggested the witness, a leading Arab American activist, supports Hamas even as she repeatedly denied it.

September 17, 2024   

(NBC) Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her “head in a bag.” The […]

Crime

Swedish MP facing criminal charges for reposting satirical cartoons on X 'The right to use political satire is also an important part of freedom of speech,' Richard Jomshof said.

September 16, 2024   

(European Conservative) Sweden Democrat MP Richard Jomshof is stepping down from his chairmanship in the parliamentary justice committee after being notified that he is “reasonably suspected” of “incitement against an ethnic group.” Jomshof’s alleged crime? Retweeting two cartoons, created by an Indian […]

Crime

Islamist activist jailed after provoking ‘immediate unlawful violence’ Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, has been jailed for 22 weeks following riots in Leicester in 2022

September 10, 2024   

(Jewish News) A notorious Islamist activist, who was at the centre of one of the recently elected pro-Palestine [MPs’] election campaigns, has been jailed for attempts to spark “immediate unlawful violence.” Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, was sentenced to 22 […]