Government & Politics
Tommy Robinson not granted US visa in time for Washington visit (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government & Politics
Here’s the anti-Semitism the media doesn’t want to mention
(NY Post) The 2018 midterm will bring many new faces to Washington, but few will find as much adoration as Ilhan Omar. One of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, Omar, who will represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, is a […]
Demographics
How did Minnesota’s Somali community impact election results?
(St. Cloud Times) Anecdotal evidence, exit polls and overall turnout rates indicate Minnesota Somalis voted in high numbers last week. To leaders and experts, it was a demonstration of political enthusiasm as well as a glimpse of the community’s potential elective power. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
‘We’re patriots’: Tarrant Republicans met to discuss ousting Muslim from party post
(Star-Telegram) It is still up in the air whether a small group of Tarrant Republicans will succeed in a controversial plan to oust a leader of their party because he’s Muslim. Tarrant Republican precinct chairs met for nearly four hours Saturday — […]
Government & Politics
Scott Morrison condemns Bourke Street Attack, demands Muslim leaders ‘call this out for what it is’
(Sydney Morning Herald) Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Muslim leaders to take “special responsibility” for stamping out radicalism in their communities, saying they must be proactive and “call this out for what it is.” Speaking on Saturday in the wake […]
Citizenship
Thousands protest in Rome over Italy’s ‘anti-migrant’ decree
(AFP) Several thousand protesters rallied in Rome on Saturday to protest against what they criticised as unfair anti-migrant policies promoted by far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Waving banners with slogans “Black lives matter” and “Welcome for all; Open the borders,” leftists joined […]
Crime
Anti-Semitic acts surge in France, government promises action
(Reuters) Violence against Jews and other acts of anti-Semitism have surged in France in the past nine months, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Friday, promising stepped-up action against perpetrators. Citing new government statistics, Philippe said acts of anti-Semitism had risen 69 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Growing number of Muslim candidates elected across NJ, nation
(Bergen Record) The moment when Donald Trump, then a presidential candidate, claimed at a rally that he saw “thousands and thousands” of people in Jersey City cheering during the 9/11 attacks is seared into Mussab Ali’s memory. Here was a man aspiring for […]
Government & Politics
German Jews rail against far-right AfD party at Kristallnacht commemoration event
(JTA) When the head of Germany’s main Jewish organization said only one Bundestag party was not invited to Friday’s commemoration of the Kristallnacht pogroms, few had any doubt: He meant the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD. And it was the only […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Swedish official faces probe for Islamophobic remark Vice mayor of southern town linked Islamic call to prayer to terrorist suicide bombings
(Anadolu) Prosecutors are investigating a top city official in southern Sweden over Islamophobic remarks. Christopher Larsson, vice mayor of the southern coastal city of Karlskrona, is accused of committing a hate crime in a social media posting last year. On Facebook, arguing […]
Government & Politics
Turkey congratulates elected Muslim congresswomen in US Turkish FM wishes success to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the first 2 Muslim women to be elected to US Congress
(Anadolu) Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday congratulated the two newly elected Muslim congresswomen in the U.S. “Congratulations to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib for being elected to the U.S. Congress. This is a great achievement for Muslim Americans,” Mevlut Cavusoglu posted on […]
Government & Politics
5 American Muslim candidates elected to local offices
(KNTV) The election of five American Muslims to local office in the Bay Area on Tuesday is a sign voters are ready for diverse leadership despite troubling increases in hate crimes nationwide, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Before Tuesday, only […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim group sues Troy over mosque denial
(Detroit News) The city of Troy discriminated against a Muslim community group by rejecting plans to build an Islamic center, according to a federal court lawsuit filed Thursday. The nonprofit Adam Community Center sued the city council, planning commission and members of […]
Government & Politics
New head of CPS under fire for refusing to use phrase ‘Islamist terrorism’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
105 articles cover Ilhan Omar’s win. Zero cover her anti-Semitism, finance investigations, or perjury evidence
(PJ Media) For two years, U.S. media has maintained a near-blackout on the specific evidence of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minnesota) disturbing character and legal issues. In the 18 hours after Omar was elected to replace Keith Ellison in MN Congressional District 5, […]
Government & Politics
Ellison resigns from DNC after winning Minnesota attorney general race
(Hill) Keith Ellison resigned from his post as Democratic National Committee deputy chairman on Thursday following his victory in Minnesota’s hotly contested attorney general race. In an emailed statement to DNC members, chairman Tom Perez announced Ellison’s departure and praised the outgoing congressman as […]
Demonstrations
Muslim Democrats flex muscles after Gounardes’ big night
(Brooklyn Eagle) A protest demonstration outside Republican state Sen. Martin Golden’s Bay Ridge office organized by left-leaning Muslim and Jewish groups might have had enough power to sway undecided voters to vote for his Democratic opponent Andrew Gounardes, according to a leader […]
Children & Teens
Political bust-up over inquiry into Huddersfield grooming gang (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
West Bank kin cheer first Palestinian-American woman in U.S. Congress
(Reuters) Tuning into the news at dawn on Wednesday, the extended family of Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, celebrated her victory in their home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Tlaib, a Democrat, ran virtually […]
Academics & Education
Allow kids to refuse religious ceremonies on school trips: Dutch MPs
(NL Times) The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, adopted a motion that will allow kids in public schools to refuse participating in religious acts during a school trip to a religious institution like a church, mosque or synagogue. Parents can […]
Government & Politics
France sees 20 percent rise in expulsions of undocumented migrants
(Local) The French government revealed this week that the number of deportations of undocumented migrants has shot up by 20 percent in 2018. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner revealed the figure to MPs in the National Assembly on Tuesday and claimed responsibility for […]
Government & Politics
Democrat Rashida Tlaib dances with Palestinian flag at victory party
(Breitbart) Video of Democrat Rashida Tlaib dancing wearing the Palestinian flag at a victory party emerged Tuesday evening, after she won a largely uncontested race for the open seat in Michigan’s heavily Democratic 13th congressional district. Tlaib is one of two Muslim […]
Citizenship
Italy Senate passes tough anti-migrant decree
(AFP) The Italian Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s tough anti-migrant and security decree to become law following a confidence vote. The populist government of Salvini’s League and Luigi Di Maio’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) […]
Government & Politics
Legacy media celebrates election of anti-Israel radicals
(Conservative Review) The radicalization of the Democratic Party continues, and the leftist media is celebrating that outcome. On Tuesday evening, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were elected to the House of Representatives, making history as the first Muslim women to be elected […]
Government & Politics
Linda Sarsour: More Palestine talk is just what Democrats need
(Forward) Although Democrats flipped the House in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour said she didn’t see a “Blue Wave” — she saw a “blue dribble,” and it’s because voters didn’t vote progressive enough. In a live midterm election night special […]
Government & Politics
Ellison beats Wardlow in heated attorney general campaign
(MPR) Democrat Keith Ellison came out on top Tuesday in the race to be Minnesota’s next attorney general following a contentious race where both candidates had to respond to questions about their past. With about 94 percent of precincts reporting, Ellison had […]
Government & Politics
Netherlands counts 500 jihadists, thousands of sympathizers: intelligence service
(NL Times) The Netherlands has approximately 500 jihadists and several thousand sympathizers of jihadist ideology, general intelligence service AIVD said in a report published on Monday. “They pose a potential threat. The threshold for committing an attack in the name of Islamic State […]
Government & Politics
Republicans account for a small but steady share of U.S. Muslims
(Pew) Many more U.S. Muslims identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party than the GOP (66% vs. 13%), but the share who are Republican has held steady over the last 10 years, including after the election of President Donald Trump, according […]
Clothing
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are the first Muslim women elected to Congress Tlaib, from Michigan, won earlier in the evening; Omar, from Minnesota, will be the first headscarf-wearing member of Congress.
(BuzzFeed) Even with the outcome expected, there was a sense of history-making when it became official Tuesday night: A Muslim woman was elected to Congress for the first time. Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib, 42, won her election after running unopposed by a […]
Government & Politics
Ellison hit again for domestic violence allegations #2 Democrat's attorney general campaign dogged by abuse charges
(Free Beacon) Minnesota voters heading to the polls on Tuesday will be reminded of domestic abuse allegations against Democratic attorney general nominee Keith Ellison. A new statewide ad highlights charges that Ellison physically and verbally abused women. The issue has dogged the […]
Government & Politics
As first Muslim women head to Congress, balancing symbolism and service It'd be easy for a Palestinian-American woman to cast herself as primarily an opponent to the current administration. But she sees herself — and what she can do — as much more than that.
(Christian Science Monitor) Rashida Tlaib never set out to be a “new face” of the Democratic Party — but on the cusp of her election to the US House of Representatives, she can hardly avoid the label. It helps that she’s practically […]
Clerics & Preachers
Labour invites notorious Islamic extremist to speak at anti-racism meeting (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Defense tries to toss genital mutilation charges
(Detroit News) Defense lawyers tried to convince a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss female genital mutilation charges in the first criminal case of its kind nationwide, arguing the law is unconstitutional. The bid by defense lawyers is the first challenge to a […]
Government & Politics
Minister preparing a bill to ban hymen reconstruction Health minister motivated to empower women and break away from old-fashioned health myths
(Copenhagen Post) The health minister, Ellen Trane Nørby, is preparing a bill to ban hymen reconstruction — a practice that is becoming increasingly common at private clinics in Denmark. Artificial reconstruction will not be allowed unless there is a medical purpose. If […]
Government & Politics
New photos corroborate perjury claims against Rep. Ilhan Omar, as she deletes social media evidence
(PJ Media) On Tuesday, one-term state Representative Ilhan Omar (D-60B) appears likely to replace the outgoing Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) by winning Minnesota’s pre-eminent House seat: CD-5. In October, however, the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board opened a formal investigation of her after reviewing […]
Crime
German lawmakers push for Syrian refugee deportations In the wake of a rape case involving Syrians in Germany, conservative lawmakers are demanding the government re-evaluate the security situation in Syria. Criminal refugees should be able to be deported, they say.
(Deutsche Welle) Who wants to deport refugees from Germany to Syria? The rape of a young woman in the southwestern city of Freiburg has reignited the debate over deporting criminal asylum-seekers. At least seven Syrian men and one German man are suspected […]
Clerics & Preachers
Mosques encourage vote as part of last pitch to midterm voters
(VOA) Mosques in the Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota are urging worshipers and people of color to vote in Tuesday’s midterm election. In the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis, Sheikh Abdirahman Sharif, the imam of Dar Al-Hijra Islamic center, focused his Friday sermon […]
Government & Politics
Arab Americans double down on democracy in US midterms More than 60 Arab American candidates are running on Tuesday’s congressional ballots and local races
(National-UAE) For more than three million Arab Americans, tomorrow’s US midterm elections are not just about Republicans or Democrats. Amid racist attack ads and hate crimes, there is a sense that their future status in the country could be at stake. Their […]
Government & Politics
Mosques want populist politician Wilders banned from Twitter
(NL Times) The Turkish-Islamic Cultural Federation TICF, a foundation that speaks for 144 Turkish mosques in the Netherlands, demands that Twitter block the account of PVV leader Geert Wilders. According to the TICF, many of Wilders’ statements are contrary to Twitter’s terms […]
Government & Politics
German Jews call for anti-Semitism classes for Muslim immigrants Germany's federation of Jews says Muslim immigrants need special classes to counter anti-Semitic beliefs. They also condemned the AfD for normalizing anti-Semitism in Germany.
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Central Council of Jews on Sunday called for combating anti-Semitism among new Muslim immigrants through education. Vice President Abraham Lehrer told the Protestant Press Service that he expects anti-Semitism among immigrants to become more of a problem as they become […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory vice-chair Kemi Badenoch says ‘political motive’ to Islamophobia call Conservative rising star Kemi Badenoch is rebuked by a Tory peer for dismissing the demands of the Muslim Council of Britain.
(Sky News) A high-ranking Tory has suggested demands for an inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the party have a “political motive,” prompting a backlash from a Conservative peer. Party vice chair and Saffron Walden MP Kemi Badenoch, considered a rising star […]
Academics & Education
Islamic schools ‘in breach of law’ over segregation of boys and girls (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
German public schools are teaching Islam to students who are not sure if they belong
(Washington Post) It was the second week of Islam class, and the teacher, Mansur Seddiqzai, stood in front of a roomful of Muslim teens and pointed to the sentence on the chalkboard behind him: “Islam does not belong to Germany.” He scanned […]
Government & Politics
Swedish municipality refuses conservative request to ban public Muslim call to prayer
(Breitbart) The municipality of Karlskrona has rejected calls from the populist Sweden Democrats and the conservative Christian Democrats to ban the public call to prayer at a local mosque. The municipality rejected the proposal to ban the public call to prayer saying that neither […]
Government & Politics
More than 4 in 9 voters support travel ban for Muslim-majority countries
(Breitbart) More than four in nine U.S. voters say they support President Trump’s travel ban for a list of Muslim-majority countries that are known to produce and export terrorism. Despite constant establishment media criticism, Trump’s travel ban is favored by a total […]
Government & Politics
Radical Muslim should be allowed to leave the country he hates: court
(Sydney Morning Herald) A Supreme Court judge has challenged an “assumption” that Islamic radicalism equates to extremist violence in freeing from anti-terrorism supervision orders a Muslim “bigot,” who hates Australia. Justice Des Fagan further urged authorities to assist violent career criminal Mohamed […]
Government & Politics
Swedish left-wing party takes action over ‘Islamised’ youth wing
(Breitbart) Sweden’s Social Democrats are taking action over Islamic influence in the party’s youth wing after it emerged that delegates from some of the nation’s migrant-dominated no-go zones have less-than-progressive views on LGBT policy. Following several days of headlines across the national […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Councillor in racism row welcomed back into national Conservative party (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Keith Ellison, Louis Farrakhan, and ‘cop killers’: Smear campaign or fair game?
(Pioneer Press) For more than a decade, Keith Ellison’s political opponents have criticized him with the same list of grievances: His past association with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, his past association with gang leader Sharif Willis, his past statements on […]
Government & Politics
Republicans more likely to view Muslim Americans negatively, study finds (LINK ONLY)
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