(NY Post) Anti-Israel protesters who display the flag of terror groups such as Hamas or Hezbollah could face up to four years behind bars under a new state bill. The proposed Stand Against Flags of Enemy Terrorists Act would expand the definition […]
(AFP) Two Afghan men linked to the Islamic State group were jailed in Germany on Thursday for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament in retaliation for Koran burnings by protestors. The two suspects, identified as Ibrahim M. G. and Ramin N., […]
(Toronto Sun) Canada could experience a lone-wolf terror attack soon, intelligence authorities have advised the federal government — and antisemitism is overwhelmingly the motivating factor. “Amid (rising) antisemitic hate, an undetected lone actor could commit an act of serious violence in Canada […]
(Toronto Sun) Answers are being sought by a Canadian senator over the activities of the B.C.-based leader of a Canadian terror organization. In a letter sent Tuesday to Public Safety Minister David McGuinty, Senator Leo Housakos expressed concern over a recent trip […]
(Free Beacon) Northwestern University’s mandatory anti-discrimination training relies on unverified data from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that inflate Islamophobic attacks, giving the false impression that those attacks vastly outpace anti-Semitic hate crimes. The training also questions anti-Zionism’s ties to Jew-hatred […]
(Jerusalem Post) Hamas officials starring in online sessions, summer camps for youth promoting radicalizing ideologies, and protests calling to “defeat the European Union” — all of these are led on European soil by Masar Badil, an emerging organization with ties to officials […]
(DPA) Opposing protests took place in the southern German city of Munich on Sunday following a deadly car-ramming attack that killed two people and rekindled a debate on deportations just days before a nationwide election. On Thursday, a 24-year-old Afghan national drove […]
(DPA) Bavarian Premier Markus Söder has called for immediate negotiations with the Taliban on deportation flights to Afghanistan following a deadly attack by an Afghan national in the southern German state’s capital, Munich. “A flight is needed every week,” Söder told the […]
(LBC) Two people have been charged after a video emerged of a man burning a Koran and another man attacking him outside the Turkish consulate in London. Social media footage showed a man being kicked on the ground by his knife-wielding attacker. […]
(Deutsche Welle) A 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter have died two days after they were injured in a car ramming in the southern German city of Munich, officials said on Saturday. Authorities earlier said that at least 39 people were injured in the Thursday attack, in which […]
(BBC) Lord Walney has called for more action to protect the public from “the menace of extreme protestors,” after his role as the government’s independent adviser on political violence was scrapped. Under the previous Conservative government, the crossbench peer recommended extra powers […]
(Deutsche Welle) On Thursday morning, a young man drove his car into a crowd of demonstrators in the center of Munich. The suspected perpetrator was named by police as 24-year-old Farhad N., an asylum-seeker from Afghanistan. He was arrested at the scene and, […]
(DPA) The German government does not have imminent plans for deportation flights to Afghanistan for Afghan immigrants who have committed crimes in Germany, according to a top spokesman in Berlin on Friday. Germany has struggled to deport people to Afghanistan since the […]
(AP) The suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that injured 39 people appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there’s no evidence that he was involved with any radical network, authorities said Friday. The 24-year-old Afghan, who arrived in […]
(BBC) Given the profile of the man accused in the suspected car-ramming attack in Munich, the incident will undoubtedly have an impact on Germany’s parliamentary election in ten days. Farhad N, 24, came to Germany in 2016 from Afghanistan to seek asylum, […]
(AFP) Police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what German leaders labelled a car ramming “attack” Thursday that wounded 30 people, some seriously, in the southern city of Munich. The carnage came on the eve of an international security […]
(AFP) An Afghan man with suspected jihadist motives goes on trial in Germany on Thursday over a knife attack that killed a policeman and wounded five others at an anti-Islam rally last year. The hearings will start less than two weeks before […]
(Free Beacon) Foreign students and professors have played a leading role in fomenting pro-terror and anti-Semitic demonstrations on U.S. college campuses. Now, many of them could face federal investigation or deportation following an executive order from President Donald Trump that calls on […]
(National Post) A new report says that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda use AI on social media to inspire lone wolf attacks against the Jewish community in the United States. But Canadians are not exempt from this kind of targeted […]
(Jewish News) The Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s fanatical anti-Israel agenda has been laid bare by a freedom of information request that reveals it applied at lunchtime on 7 October 2023 — as Hamas was executing its savage attack on southern Israel — to […]
(GB News) Police have been accused of “enforcing Sharia law on the streets of Britain” after naming a man who burnt a Koran in Manchester on Saturday. A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a “racially aggravated public order offence” over […]
(Daily Caller) Three civil rights offices in the Trump administration are investigating college campuses across the U.S. over their handling of anti-Israel protests and alleged antisemitism. The Department of Justice (DOJ) first announced the effort Monday as part of a new “Task […]
(Algemeiner) Participants in an anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstration in Germany this past weekend called for Jews to be executed or handed over to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, sparking outrage among German leaders. Under the slogan “Hands off the West Bank,” protesters, […]
(Free Beacon) The Trump administration is forming a multi-agency task force “to root out anti-Semitic harassment in schools and on college campuses,” the Department of Justice announced Monday. The task force stems from an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week […]
(ITV) A man has admitted to setting fire to the Islamic holy book, the Koran, which was live-streamed on social media. Martin Frost, 47, was filmed holding a flag of Israel before tearing out pages of the text and setting fire to […]
(AFP) A Stockholm court on Monday convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred during four Koran burnings in 2023 that sparked outrage in Muslim countries, a verdict that reignited debate about the limits of freedom of expression. The verdict came just days […]
(GB News) A man has been arrested after appearing to burn a Koran in central Manchester this afternoon. The man, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a “racially aggravated public order offence” following an incident near the city’s Glade of Light Memorial, […]
(European Conservative) The shooting this week of 38-year-old Iraqi Christian refugee Salwan Momika might be linked to a foreign power, Stockholm officials have claimed. Muslim demonstrations erupted across Europe and beyond in recent years as a result of the anti-Islam campaigner’s burning […]
(AP) Swedish prosecutors said Friday they have ordered the release of five men who were arrested after the fatal shooting of an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings. Salwan Momika staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in […]
(AFP) Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings. In June 2023, the 38-year-old with a chequered past sparked outrage when he stomped on the Islamic holy book and wrapped it […]
(AFP) An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, investigators said Thursday, with Sweden’s prime minister suggesting a “foreign power” might have been involved. Prosecutor Rasmus Oman confirmed to […]
(Daily Caller) A Muslim advocacy group that pressures universities to disinvite speakers it deems offensive is now claiming that President Donald Trump threatens “free speech” for anti-Israel protesters. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) spoke out Wednesday against Trump’s executive order that […]
(Hill) President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday seeking to fight antisemitism on college campuses and vowing action against “Hamas sympathizers” among student populations. Antisemitism has spiked on campuses after Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and pro-Palestinian protests roiled campuses […]
(KABC) The Muslim community is closely monitoring changes in immigration policy underway by the Trump administration. Amr Shabaik, the legal director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations with the Greater LA office (CAIR-LA), said among those on their radar so far was […]
(Premier) A Christian street preacher who was arrested for displaying a controversial sign that read “Love Muslims, Hate Islam, Jesus Is Love and Hope” outside Southwark Cathedral has lost his legal challenge, with a High Court judge ruling that his detention was […]
(Free Beacon) The Washington Post cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an anti-Semitic organization under U.S. sanctions for providing material support to terrorists, in a sympathetic piece highlighting the “Palestinian prisoners” freed as part of the Israel-Hamas hostage deal. The Post described […]
(Jewish News) The yellow and green flag of Iranian proxy terror group Hezbollah was openly waved on the streets of Dublin on Saturday. Crowds took to the streets days after a new government coalition administration was made official. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign […]
(DPA) The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) held an event on Friday evening in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg, where a fatal knife attack has inflamed tensions over migration policy just weeks ahead of national elections. Among the participants was the […]
(AFP) Denmark charged two people on Friday under its law banning desecration of the Koran, a first for legislation adopted after a series of holy book burnings that sparked outrage among Muslims, authorities said. The pair, whose identities were not disclosed, are […]
(Free Beacon) Columbia University is posting security guards outside of Jewish studies courses a day after pro-Hamas students stormed an Israeli history class and targeted Jewish students with anti-Semitic flyers. “We have mobilized the Public Safety team to prevent future incidents, including […]
(Jewish Insider) Columbia University students learning about the history of Israel found their first day of class thrown into chaos Tuesday after four masked demonstrators barged into the classroom, banged on drums, chanted “free Palestine” and distributed posters to students that read […]
(Israel Hayom) President Donald Trump has enacted an executive order enabling the deportation of foreign students and other non-citizens from the US for expressing support for organizations that the US government has designated as terrorist groups. According to a key section in […]
(WBIR) The Davidson County sheriff provided a declaration in a federal lawsuit about his department’s policy surrounding arrestees who wear religious head coverings. Layla Soliz, who practices Islam, is suing Knox County and the sheriff because she said a sheriff’s office employee […]
(Free Beacon) Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares (R.) filed a petition to compel American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) to turn over documents related to the leading anti-Israel group’s alleged terror financing. Though a judge ordered AMP to disclose its funding channels last […]
(Toronto Sun) Toronto Police are now investigating after [a] troubling flag emblazoned with two M4 carbine guns that represents a known Middle East terror group was displayed at a downtown rally on New [Year’s] Eve. “The Hate Crime Unit is investigating this […]
(NY Post) Jewish leaders slammed a massive crew of anti-Israel protesters who gathered in Times Square on New Year’s Day to call for “intifada revolution” on the same day an ISIS-inspired terrorist carried out a deadly car attack in the French Quarter […]
(Olive Press) Four alleged jihadist teenagers have been arrested on the Costa Blanca over fears they were planning to launch an attack over Christmas. The four Moroccan minors, aged between 14 and 17, were cuffed by the Policia Nacional in Elche on […]
(NL Times) The new political party De Vonk in Amsterdam has caused controversy by inviting the leader of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to the launch of their political movement, De Telegraaf reported. Mohammed Khatib has been banned from the Netherlands […]
(DPA) German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has warned the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party not to exploit the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg. “To the AfD, I can only say: Any attempt to exploit such a terrible act and […]
(AFP) Germany’s far-right AfD party on Monday held what it called a “memorial” rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy. Meanwhile, an anti-extremist initiative called “Don’t Give Hate […]
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