Government & Politics – Page 17

Ex-USAID official says Biden ditched vetting reforms as his administration steered grants to terror supporters 'Vast sums of U.S. money have been diverted to fund terrorists in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan,' says Max Primorac

February 26, 2025 Alana Goodman

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration ditched the first Trump administration’s U.S. Agency for International Development vetting reforms — and went on to send “vast sums of U.S. money” to Middle Eastern countries that ended up in the hands of terrorists, a former […]

Counter-terrorism agency aware of threat against festival at Ahoy Rotterdam

February 26, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) is aware of a report from Germany that terrorists may be targeting Festival de Liebe at Ahoy in Rotterdam on March 7 and 8. The Rotterdam authorities are also looking into it. […]

Deadly knife attack reignites France’s politically charged immigration debate How the government responds to Saturday’s tragedy will have domestic and geopolitical ramifications.

February 26, 2025 Victor Goury-Laffont

(Politico) French Prime Minister François Bayrou will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to draw up a response to a deadly weekend knife attack in the Alsatian city of Mulhouse. The alleged perpetrator of the incident is a 37-year-old Algerian citizen, a French […]

Rising antisemitism puts Canada at risk of terror attack, feds told The unsettling warnings are contained in a number of recently declassified security reviews

February 25, 2025 Warren Kinsella

(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 […]

Surge in Arab, Muslim candidates in Illinois elections may be reflected across US: activists

February 25, 2025 Ray Hanania

(Arab News) The number of Arab and Muslim Americans seeking office in the state of Illinois has almost quadrupled from previous years’ elections, and some activists believe it is a response to the Gaza war, as well as rising anti-Arab racism and […]

Italy defends plan to process asylum-seekers in Albania at EU’s top court

February 25, 2025 Molly Quell

(AP) The Italian government told judges at the European Union’s highest court on Tuesday that its transfers of migrants to asylum processing centers in Albania comply with EU and human rights laws. The European Court of Justice has fast-tracked a pair of […]

Senator demands answers on Canadian terror group leader Leo Housakos wants to know what measures are being taken to monitor Samidoun head Charlotte Kates

February 25, 2025 Bryan Passifiume

(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 […]

House Dem in charge of caucus-wide messaging praises activist who pledged to ‘take’ Jews ‘back to Poland’ Rep. Debbie Dingell oversees House Dems’ communications arm

February 24, 2025 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Rep. Debbie Dingell (D., Mich.), who leads a committee tasked with communicating “where House Democrats stand” on key issues, recently paid tribute to an anti-Israel activist who hailed the leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah as a “hero” and has […]

CAIR slams Elon Musk for ‘reckless’ comment on American Muslim groups Muslim advocacy group warns Musk's remarks fuel Islamophobia, endanger communities and misrepresent nonprofit organizations

February 24, 2025 Servet Günerigök

(Anadolu) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday for a comment on X that it says fuels Islamophobia and endangers American Muslim communities. The criticism came after Musk appeared to support a post falsely labeling Muslim and […]

Oct. 7 deniers hail ‘victory’ over Dutch government ban The Dutch government had sought to ban three Islamic 'hate preachers,' but was overruled by a court in The Hague.

February 24, 2025 Akiva Van Koningsveld

(JNS) Thousands of Dutch Islamists gathered in the central city of Utrecht in the Netherlands over the weekend to hear speeches by three extremist imams The Hague had unsuccessfully sought to ban. During the two-day “Ramadan Expo” at the Jaarbeurs Exposition Center, […]

Minnesota Muslims and Somali Americans speak out on politics, faith and being open to Trump in 2024 Salman Fiqy told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ agenda was an issue and added, 'We see things from a conservative lens'

February 23, 2025 Joshua Q. Nelson and Kaylee Holland

(Fox) In Minnesota, Muslims and Somali Americans talked politics, religion and how their votes were swayed in the 2024 election. Some showed a new affinity for the Republican Party under Donald Trump. “Somalis were inherently Democrats,” Salman Fiqy told Fox News Digital. […]

Court scraps Dutch government’s entry ban against three Islamic preachers

February 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The court in The Hague has scrapped the Dutch government’s decision to deny entry to the Netherlands to three Islamic preachers invited to speak at the Ramadan Expo in Utrecht this week. According to the court, the government did not […]

Teen suspected of planning attack on Israel’s Berlin embassy arrested

February 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German authorities have arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of having planned a politically motivated attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin, security sources told dpa on Friday. Security authorities assume an Islamist motive, according to information obtained by dpa. Police arrested […]

Wallonia to ban home slaughter of pigs, goats and sheep

February 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The Walloon government plans to “eventually” ban the home slaughter of pigs, goats and sheep, as it already does for cattle and horses. The aim of the measure is to enforce better compliance with food safety and animal welfare legislation, […]

League proposes Venice burqa ban Right-wing party says women wearing Islamic veil [should] get DASPO

February 20, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ANSA) The right-wing League party has proposed banning the burqa in Venice, local dailies reported Thursday. The motion filed by council whip Alex Bazzaro envisages a DASPO city ban for those wearing the Islamic veil in public. “We ask the mayor,” Bazzaro […]

In appeal to Muslims, Freeland pledges to scrap controversial CRA division Research and Analysis Division also in national security agency’s crosshairs

February 20, 2025 Raffy Boudjikanian

(CBC) Should she win the current federal Liberal leadership contest, Chrystia Freeland is pledging to scrap a controversial division of the Canada Revenue Agency that Muslim charities and civil liberties advocates have long accused of discriminatory auditing practices, CBC News has learned. […]

Cabinet announces that three ‘extremist speakers’ will be denied entry into the country

February 19, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Three “extremist speakers” who were to be guests at an event in Utrecht this weekend will not be granted entry into the country. The minister of justice and security, David van Weel, and minister of asylum and migration, Marjolein Faber, […]

France’s Senate backs move to ban headscarf in sport

February 19, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) France’s right-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols including the Muslim headscarf in all sport competitions, professional and amateur, sparking accusations of discrimination from the left and rights advocates. The bill still needs a majority of votes from […]

Activists warn of emerging terror-linked group in Germany Activists and lawmakers have called on Germany and Europe to ban Masar Badil, a group that promotes 'armed struggle,' commended the October 7 massacre, and maintains ties with Hamas and PFLP.

February 18, 2025 Ohad Merlin

(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 […]

Counter-extremism leader warns of Gaza radicalisation Dame Sara Khan tells the National of concerns UK does not have a strategy to deal with rising dangers

February 18, 2025 Thomas Harding

(National-UAE) The West’s response to the war in Gaza has caused a degree of anger that will inevitably lead to a rise in radicalisation among young Muslims, the UK’s leading counter-extremism expert has warned. Dame Sara Khan told the National she had […]

French lawmakers mull banning headscarves in sport. Amnesty International says it’s discriminatory

February 18, 2025 Samuel Petrequin

(AP) Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions. The bill is backed by right-wing senators and will be debated from Tuesday in the upper house of the French parliament. […]

France officially recognizes role of imam as profession Muslim chaplains working in hospitals, military recognized as part of public service

February 18, 2025 Esra Taskin

(Anadolu) The French government on Tuesday officially recognized the role of an imam as a profession, adding it to the list of occupations by the French Employment Agency. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau made the announcement during the closing session of the second […]

Appearance by controversial Islamic activist at Ontario conference has been cancelled

February 18, 2025 Steve Pecar

(Insauga.com) A conference in Burlington that was to feature a controversial Islamic activist from the U.K. as a guest speaker has been cancelled. Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward posted a notice on X today saying the conference, which was supposed to take […]

Protests escalate in Germany’s Munich after car-ramming attack

February 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Bavarian premier urges negotiations with Taliban after Munich attack

February 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Over 25,000 migrants cross English Channel since Starmer became prime minister, early figures show

February 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) More than 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since Keir Starmer became prime minister, according to provisional Home Office data. A total of 25,135 migrants have crossed the Channel since July 5, 2024, including 240 people who made the journey […]

European rise in antisemitism a result of Islamic migration, diaspora minister says Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli added that involving Qatar in negotiations was a mistake.

February 16, 2025 Eliav Breuer

(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) explained his “no” vote on the ongoing hostage deal at the start of the 50th annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Sunday. In a one-on-one conversation with the […]

Suspect in fatal stabbing in Austria had an ‘Islamic terror motive,’ officials say

February 16, 2025 Stephanie Liechtenstein

(AP) Austrian authorities said Sunday the stabbing of six people that left a 14-year-old boy dead was carried out by a man with possible connections to the Islamic State group who appeared to have acted alone. The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian, was […]

Two charged by police after shock footage shows man kicked and spat at by knifeman after ‘burning Koran’ in London

February 15, 2025 Josef Al Shemary

(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. […]

Germany: 2 injured in Munich car ramming die A mother and her two-year-old died due to their injuries. Prosecutors had said they believed the suspect had an 'Islamist motive.'

February 15, 2025 Saim Dušan Inayatullah

(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 […]

Government axes political violence adviser role

February 14, 2025 Becky Morton

(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 […]

‘His life is in danger’: ISIS leader asking for repatriation in France 'He is undoubtedly one of the highest-ranking living dignitaries of the Islamic State,' his lawyer says.

February 14, 2025 Hélène de Lauzun

(European Conservative) One of the high dignitaries of the Islamic State, a French national, has been held prisoner by the Kurds in northern Syria since 2018. Believing his life to be in danger, he has asked to be repatriated to France, which […]

Munich car ramming attack by Afghan man heats migrant debate Police said the man from Afghanistan who allegedly drove his car into a crowd of people in Munich was motivated by Islamism.

February 14, 2025 Volker Witting, Peter Hille and Ralf Bosen

(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, […]

Timing for deportations from Germany to Afghanistan still unclear

February 14, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Trump says US has approved extradition of suspect in 2008 Mumbai attacks

February 13, 2025 Kanishka Singh

(Reuters) The U.S. has approved the extradition of a suspect in the 2008 militant attacks in India’s financial capital Mumbai in which over 160 people were killed, President Donald Trump said on Thursday in a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]

Home Office set to block extremist preacher from entering UK for mosque talk Mohamed Hoblos recently ridiculed those who call on Muslims to condemn Hamas

February 13, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) The Home Office is set to block an extremist preacher who has previously expressed support for Hamas from entering the UK to speak at a mosque in Middlesbrough, Jewish News understands. Lebanese-born preacher Mohamed Hoblos was due to appear on […]

Car ramming comes as migration at forefront of German elections

February 13, 2025 Damien McGuinness and Jessica Parker

(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, […]

He said he’d take Jews ‘back to Poland.’ Gretchen Whitmer took him on an official state trip to the Middle East Osama Siblani has praised Hezbollah leaders as 'heroes' and 'martyrs'

February 13, 2025 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) One of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D.) guests on an official state trip to the Middle East this week is an anti-Israel activist who hailed the leader of Hezbollah as a “hero” and recently called for Jews to be sent […]

Polish MEP faces three years in prison for liking a tweet The ECR co-chair could be stripped of his parliamentary immunity for 'inciting hatred against Muslims' after he clicked ‘like’ on a video depicting scenes of migrant violence.

February 12, 2025 Tamás Orbán

(European Conservative) Patryk Jaki MEP (Law and Justice; PiS) is beginning his “special trial” in Poland, after “liking” a Twitter post back in 2018 that showcased real security footage of migrant criminals. Polish prosecutors requested a three-year prison sentence for this “hate […]

Labour MP leads calls for anti-Israel hate preacher to be banned from UK visit Preacher Mohamed Hoblos is scheduled to be speaking at a new mosque in Middlesbrough on February 23

February 12, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) The government “will look carefully” into calls from MPs and community leaders to prevent an extremist preacher who has expressed support for Hamas from appearing at a new mosque in Middlesbrough. MP Luke Myer told the Commons he is “very concerned” […]

Islamist extremism ‘the foremost threat we face,’ security minister tells MPs Dan Jarvis was outlining the findings of a Prevent learning review which looked at the late MP Sir David Amess’s killer Ali Harbi Ali

February 12, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has suggested the anti-terror Prevent programme has been underestimating the threat posed by Islamist extremism. Dan Jarvis told the Commons that Islamist referrals into [the] Prevent programme increased by 17 per cent last year. But […]

Killer of MP Sir David Amess was ‘exited’ from Prevent ‘too quickly,’ review finds Ali Harbi Ali stabbed the veteran Tory MP to death five years after he was released from the Prevent programme following one meeting at a McDonald's to deal with his interpretation of what is forbidden under Islamic law.

February 12, 2025 Alix Culbertson

(Sky News) The man who killed Conservative MP Sir David Amess was released from the Prevent anti-terror programme “too quickly,” a review has found. Sir David was stabbed to death by Islamic State (ISIS) supporter Ali Harbi Ali during a constituency surgery […]

Hamas-linked lobbying network expands political influence in Europe, new report shows

February 11, 2025 Ailin Vilches Arguello

(Algemeiner) A Turkey-based lobbying network with ties to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is working to recruit European politicians to support anti-Israel policies, according to a new investigative report. NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute that tracks anti-Israel bias among nongovernmental organizations, […]

Trump pledged to deport pro-Hamas student visa holders. Who are they?

February 11, 2025 Alana Goodman

(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 […]

Incoming Austrian government to crack down on those ‘unwilling to integrate’ As coalition talks continue, the fight against political Islam is the one area where the two parties are close to consensus.

February 11, 2025 Zoltán Kottász

(European Conservative) Negotiations between the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP) to form the next Austrian government have still not come to a conclusion, following a month of talks. The one issue both parties have come to an […]

Female genital mutilation a reality in Europe Female genital mutilation is a reality in Europe, with over 600,000 girls and women having been subjected to it.

February 11, 2025 Amandine Hess

(Euronews) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a reality in Europe: 600,000 girls and women, mainly from Africa and Asia, have been … subjected to it. Worldwide, the figure is at 230 million. FGM refers to the partial or total removal of the […]

USAID reportedly bankrolled al Qaeda terrorist’s college tuition, unearthed records show Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a drone strike during the Obama administration

February 10, 2025 Emma Colton

(Fox) The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly provided “full funding” for al Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki to attend college in Colorado, unearthed documents apparently show. Al-Awlaki was an American-born jihadist who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in […]

Dutch MP Wilders threatens new election over asylum row

February 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders threatened on Monday to force early elections if a landmark immigration bill did not pass quickly despite the country’s top advisory body calling for an overhaul. For months the shaky coalition governing the Netherlands has been […]

‘Hell is other people’: Shamima Begum’s tent filled with messages of despair written in English She has been held in the US-backed Syrian Democratic Force[s] Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria for the past five years

February 10, 2025 Holly Bishop

(GB News) Shamima Begum, the Isis bride held in a Syrian detention camp, resides in a tent covered with expletives and messages about “hell.” Begum, a 25-year-old woman originally from London, had her citizenship revoked after she joined the terror group in […]

Pakistani paedophile avoids deportation because it would ‘harm his children’ His wife’s claim that she felt partially responsible for his behavior as the two could not have sex whilst she was in hospital for treatment for Covid was also taken into consideration

February 10, 2025 Holly Bishop

(GB News) A Pakistani pedophile has managed to avoid deportation despite preying on “barely pubescent girls” as it would “harm his children,” a court has heard. The man, who has been granted anonymity for his own protection, was caught in August 2022 […]