Government & Politics
Rush to change sentencing laws before release of convicted terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Citizenship
Judge strips terrorist of citizenship at government request
(AP) A federal judge has stripped a terrorist of his naturalized U.S. citizenship, siding with the government in the case of a Pakistan-born man convicted more than 15 years ago of plotting to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. Defendant Iyman Faris, once […]
Government & Politics
Mosques ask MPs to investigate all religions for unwanted influencing from abroad
(NL Times) A parliamentary investigation into unwanted influence from abroad must not only focus on Islam and mosques, but should also look into foreign money flows to political parties, churches and synagogues, four Islamic organizations asked in a letter to Tweede Kamer […]
Government & Politics
Streatham attack: Will terror sentence changes stop offences?
(BBC) The government wants to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, following two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months. But what legal challenges could ministers face and how effective might the changes be? There […]
Government & Politics
Sweden aims to speed up rejection of unfounded asylum requests with ‘safe countries’ list
(Local) Sweden plans to expedite the rejection of “unfounded” asylum requests by implementing a list of countries deemed to be completely safe. The plans would allow the Migration Agency to handle asylum cases from countries on the list as a “fast-track.” These […]
Government & Politics
UK may bypass human rights convention to rush through terror laws (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Sanders touts endorsement from Iowa Dem who defended convicted terrorist Hillary Clinton returned donations and denounced the American Muslim Alliance. Now, Sanders embraces its leader.
(Free Beacon) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders touted the endorsement of Ako Abdul-Samad, who once defended an al Qaeda propagandist and runs a Muslim-American organization so controversial that other Democrats have returned its donations. “I’m honored to have Rep. Abdul-Samad’s endorsement,” Sen. […]
Government & Politics
US election 2020: At one Iowa mosque, almost all caucus votes went to Bernie Sanders Muslim-Americans came out overwhelmingly in support of Sanders at mosque in Des Moines
(Middle East Eye) “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.” The Muslim call for prayer, known as adhan, echoed through the Muslim Community Organization in Iowa as voters stood in a registration line outside the prayer hall, waiting to attend the Democratic Party’s caucuses at […]
Children & Teens
French teen’s anti-Islam rant revives debate on free speech
(AFP) An outspoken French teenager has reignited a polarising debate over free speech in the country after an expletive-laden Instagram rant against Islam that has forced her to stay home from school on safety fears. The case of 16-year-old Mila — who […]
Demonstrations
Greek island police fire tear gas at protesting migrants
(AFP) Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday fired tear gas at hundreds of migrants protesting against tougher new asylum rules, officials said. Brandishing makeshift signs with the word “freedom,” some 2,000 men and women walked out of the overpopulated […]
Academics & Education
German court rules against school niqab ban
(AFP) A court in Germany ruled Monday against an attempt by authorities in Hamburg to forbid a 16-year-old schoolgirl from wearing a niqab during lessons. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, has fuelled debate in Germany over whether schools should allow the […]
Government & Politics
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
US election 2020: The Arab and Muslim vote may be decisive in Iowa In a tight presidential race, Iowa's Arab- and Muslim-American community could have major say on results
(Middle East Eye) Iowa. It’s known as America’s breadbasket. The nation’s heartland. A state of farmers, wheat and cornfields. The rural Midwest. It’s also so much more than that. A sparsely populated state of just 3.1 million people, Iowa is home to […]
Government & Politics
Questions for investigators over surveillance of attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
US election 2020: Some Muslims in Iowa will caucus in their own mosques Muslim Americans say caucusing at mosques will increase political engagement in the community
(Middle East Eye) As soon as communal prayers ended at a mosque in Des Moines on Friday, Imam Jaaphar Abdul Hamed turned to worshippers to remind them that the state’s caucuses to pick the Democratic presidential nominee [are] on Monday. Such announcements […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar takes Bernie Sanders’ message to Iowa mosque 'It's not about somebody else. This election cycle is about us,' US congresswoman tells Muslim Americans
(Middle East Eye) If Muslim-Americans want to become “visible” and elevate their issues on the decision-making table, they must participate in the upcoming presidential elections. That was Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s message to worshippers at the Muslim Community Organization in Des Moines, Iowa. […]
Government & Politics
Pelosi: Trump’s expanded travel ban is ‘outrageous, un-American’ and threatens ‘rule of law’
(Hill) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ripped President Trump’s expanded travel ban after he included six other countries to the list of those that will face increased travel restrictions. “The Trump Administration’s expansion of its outrageous, un-American travel ban threatens our security, our […]
Government & Politics
Trump administration expands travel ban The White House placed restrictions on immigration from half a dozen additional countries, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.
(Politico) President Donald Trump will expand his contentious travel ban, placing new restrictions on six additional countries, just as he embarks on a tough reelection campaign where he will tout his hard-line stance on immigration. Immigrant visas will be suspended for citizens […]
Government & Politics
Bernie Sanders endorsed by Muslim group, Iowa’s sole Muslim state lawmaker The senator from Vermont has been a top contender among Muslim American voters in the Democratic presidential contest.
(HuffPost) The national board of the Muslim Caucus of America as well [as] Iowa state Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad announced their endorsements of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the 2020 presidential election. “What you have here is an individual who stands up for […]
Government & Politics
Rights group criticizes Greek sea barrier plan for migrants
(AP) Amnesty International on Thursday criticized Greece’s plans to deploy a floating barrier as a way to prevent migrants from reaching the Greek islands from nearby Turkey. The international rights group’s research director for Europe, Massimo Moratti, described the plan as “an […]
Government & Politics
Greece wants floating fence to keep migrants out
(Reuters) Greece wants to install a floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to deter migrants arriving at its islands’ shores through Turkey, government officials said on Thursday. Greece served as the gateway to the European Union for more than one million Syrian […]
Children & Teens
Belgium to appeal against order to repatriate children from Syria
(Brussels Times) The state of Belgium has decided to file an appeal against a ruling by a Brussels court on 11 December ordering it to provide 10 children of IS members in Syria with consular assistance and administrative, travel and identity documents […]
Government & Politics
Belgium Muslim Executive wants official recognition for Great Mosque of Brussels
(Brussels Times) The Executive of the Muslims of Belgium (EMB) has submitted a request for the recognition of the Great Mosque of Brussels, according to the department of Brussels Minister-President Rudi Vervoort. Currently, there are 21 recognised mosques in the Brussels Region, […]
Government & Politics
Tlaib donor praised terror backer who called for new Holocaust
(Free Beacon) A Muslim community leader accused of having financial ties to Hamas donated to Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D., Mich.) campaign last month, records show. Salah Sarsour, an alleged Hamas sympathizer who once boasted about meeting a Muslim Brotherhood leader known for […]
Government & Politics
‘It is theft’: Ilhan Omar responds to Trump-Israel peace proposal
(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ripped a peace deal that was proposed Tuesday at the White House by President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This is not a peace plan,” Omar wrote in a tweet. “It is […]
Children & Teens
Not repatriating IS children already costs Belgium €100,000: what’s happening?
(Brussels Times) The Belgian state will already have to pay €100,000 to ten children of IS terrorists, as they did not provide them with assistance to get back to Belgium. The government has received its first bill, via a bailiff, on Tuesday. […]
Children & Teens
Rashida Tlaib says she’ll ‘strive’ to higher standards after blood libel retweet, doesn’t apologize
(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., walked back a controversial retweet spreading [a] “blood libel” against Israel that placed blame for the death of a young Palestinian boy on the Jewish state, vowing to “strive” for higher standards when it comes to sharing […]
Government & Politics
Court hears request to proceed with Trump travel ban cases
(AP) A federal appeals court appeared skeptical Tuesday as civil rights groups sought to allow legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries to move forward despite a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban. The […]
Government & Politics
Democrats rally in support of bill to repeal Trump travel ban
(Hill) Democratic lawmakers joined faith and civil rights leaders on Monday to rally in support of legislation that would overturn President Trump’s travel ban, a move that comes as the administration prepares to expand restrictions to other countries. Monday marked the third anniversary of […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Judges rebuke Macron for criticism over case of murdered Jewish woman
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron drew a sharp rebuke from the country’s top magistrates on Monday for criticising a court ruling on the 2017 murder of a Jewish woman in Paris. Sarah Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her sixties, died after […]
Government & Politics
Pelosi says House will vote on bill to repeal travel ban
(Hill) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that the House will consider legislation in the coming weeks to repeal the Trump administration’s travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries. Pelosi’s announcement came on the third anniversary of Trump signing orders to suspend immigration from […]
Children & Teens
Rashida Tlaib accused of spreading ‘vicious blood libel’ after tweeting, deleting claim Jews killed Palestinian child
(Algemeiner) Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faced a firestorm of criticism on Sunday after retweeting a false assertion on the micro-blogging website accusing Jews of murdering a Palestinian child in Jerusalem, with critics describing the claim as a “blood libel.” Eight-year-old Qais Abu […]
Government & Politics
FBI reviewing claims Ilhan Omar married her brother
(NY Post) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing claims Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, the Post has learned. Two FBI agents held an hours-long meeting in Minnesota in mid-October with a concerned party who handed over a trove of documents […]
Government & Politics
Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court
(AP) After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim bias. But a federal appeals court […]
Children & Teens
Rashida Tlaib retweets unverified claim Israelis killed Palestinian boy The tweet claimed that the boy was kidnapped by 'Israeli settlers, assaulted and thrown in a water well'
(Jerusalem Post) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib retweeted a claim that “Israeli settlers” had “kidnapped and executed” a Palestinian boy. In fact the boy was found by Israeli emergency services dead in a cistern on Saturday morning after going missing on Friday. Nevertheless, […]
Academics & Education
Iranian student whose deportation spurred Dem outcry has family ties to IRGC, Hezbollah: DHS official
(Fox) An Iranian student who was denied entry to the United States on arrival and deported this week, amid objections from top Democrats and left-wing activists, has family ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, a Department […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
US fines Delta $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers
(AP) Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline’s own security officials cleared them to travel. Delta denied that it discriminated against the passengers in two separate incidents but agreed it could […]
Government & Politics
‘We are concerned about anti-Semitism in Sweden, there’s no doubt’
(Local) Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s visit to Israel included attending a major event to commemorate victims of the Holocaust, but also discussing concerns about anti-Semitism in Sweden today. “Swedish Jews worry about anti-Semitism and do not feel completely comfortable showing publicly […]
Clerics & Preachers
Hague extends ban against Islamic hate preacher
(NL Times) The Ministry of Justice and Security plans to extend a ban against controversial imam Fawaz Jneid, which bans him from the Transvaal and Schilderswijk districts of The Hague. The situation around Jneid and his teachings [has] not changed, which is […]
Children & Teens
French govt defends teen girl bullied for anti-Islam posts
(AP) The cyber-bullying must stop. That was the message forcefully delivered by France’s equality minister in an impassioned appeal Friday on behalf of a 16-year-old who has been hounded online after posting comments critical of Islam. The girl has faced a deluge […]
Government & Politics
Emmanuel Macron blames failed social policies for spread of Islamist extremism French president argued ‘global phenomenon’ must be looked at head on
(National-UAE) President Emmanuel Macron said the “global phenomenon” of radical Islam can in part be blamed on failed economic and social policies in countries including France. The particular pressures from radicalisation within the community that were apparent in France stemmed from the […]
Crime
New Swedish Islamist party wants to grant Muslims ‘special minority’ status
(Breitbart) A newly formed Swedish political party has proposed making all Muslims in Sweden a “special minority,” claiming that Muslims suffer daily from violence and verbal attacks. The Nyans Party say they want Muslims in Sweden to be recognised in the same […]
Citizenship
Never give enemy combatants their stripped passports back: ruling parties
(NL Times) The VVD and CDA want to amend the Passport Act to make sure that people whose Dutch nationality was stripped because they joined a terrorist organization can not get a new passport from the Dutch government. “This is another step […]
Demonstrations
Greece: Island mayors in Athens to protest migrant situation
(AP) The “anxiety and indignation” of Greek island residents living at the forefront of a migration crisis are justified, Greece’s migration and asylum minister said Thursday, and vowed to address dramatic overcrowding on island camps and the increasing number of new arrivals. […]
Government & Politics
Prosecutor general aims to charge Finns Party MP for incitement In a speech to parliament last summer MP Juha Mäenpää likened asylum seekers to an invasive species.
(Yle) Finland’s Prosecutor General Raija Toiviainen wants to bring charges against Finns Party MP Juha Mäenpää for inciting hatred against an ethnic group. As Mäenpää delivered a speech before the legislature last June, he likened asylum seekers to an invasive species. According […]
Academics & Education
School branded ‘inadequate’ over Islamic leaflet launches legal challenge
(Schools Week) An Islamic girls’ school has launched a legal challenge after being rated “inadequate” because inspectors discovered an “inflammatory leaflet” advertising a conference in 1994 on a bookshelf in the library. Birchfield Independent Girls’ School, in Birmingham, insisted they had no […]
Government & Politics
Rep. Ilhan Omar launches reelection bid with big advantages
(AP) Rep. Ilhan Omar’s congressional career got off to a rocky start just a year ago, with her provocative remarks on Israel and Jews stirring anger across the country and raising speculation that some other Minnesota Democrat might step forward to challenge […]
Government & Politics
U.S. border officers were told to target Iranian-born travellers, officer alleges in email U.S. Border Protection has denied detaining Iranian-born travellers and blamed long waits on the holidays
(CBC) U.S. border officers working at multiple Canada-U.S. border crossings were instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travellers in early January, said a U.S. border officer in an email obtained by CBC News. The allegation follows reports that up to 200 people of Iranian […]
Government & Politics
Terror alarm as UK drags Scotland out of EU security databases (LINK ONLY)
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