(Detroit News) Detroit-area Arab and Muslim community leaders condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his Wednesday address to Congress, while some said it’s too early to declare support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential front-runner. Arab and Muslim […]
(National Post) Canada’s acceptance of Palestinian refugees from Gaza is setting off alarm bells south of the border. In a letter Wednesday to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed concern over the program, which he […]
(Fox) Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean (Pa.) met with the pro-Hamas advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, before announcing her boycott of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress, she said Wednesday. In an interview on CNN, Dean said […]
(Kathimerini) Greek diplomatic sources on Wednesday reacted to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks about the Muslim minority in Thrace, emphasizing that minority members enjoy equality before the law and that their rights are fully respected. “Issues concerning the rule of law […]
(Kathimerini) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Wednesday that the only solution to the decades-long dispute over Cyprus is to establish two separate states on the island. “We can never forget the burned villages, the murdered children and the tragedies of […]
(Detroit News) Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, held up a sign saying “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide” Wednesday during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to lawmakers, during which he delivered a fiery […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday called it “utterly disgraceful” that Congress has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address it Wednesday. “Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in the […]
(GB News) A local council is being quizzed by a leading Conservative politician after a secondary school started offering “halal only” lunches. Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies approached the Vale of Glamorgan Council after a constituent flagged Cowbridge Comprehensive School only […]
(Reuters) French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week. Gérald Darmanin, interviewed in a Le […]
(Detroit Free Press) Arab American advocates in metro Detroit are relieved President Joe Biden announced Sunday he’s stepping down as the Democratic Party nominee, blaming him for a war in Gaza that has resulted in thousands of deaths. And now, they’re hoping […]
(Reuters) Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. The Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns and […]
(Detroit Free Press) A woman from Oregon who burned a Quran outside a Dearborn mosque says she plans to return to the city by the end of the summer to again burn the holy book for Muslims. Sorbeah Almosa lit on fire […]
(NL Times) Jordan has summoned the Dutch ambassador on Thursday to explain a “racist” post by PVV leader Geert Wilders on X earlier in the evening. Wilders wrote that Jordan is “the only real” Palestinian state, responding to the news that the […]
(Jerusalem Post) A leader in an NGO affiliated with a Palestinian terrorist group may have his refuge[e] status in Belgium revoked over his extremist activism, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network said in a statement on Tuesday. Samidoun Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib […]
(Free Beacon) The New York Times over the weekend published a splashy profile of Arab-American activists in Michigan, detailing Muslim voters’ anger over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. It didn’t tell readers, however, that several of the people featured […]
(Free Beacon) The executive director of the anti-Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) pushed the baseless claim that the Jewish state is behind a suspected Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump. Nihad Awad asserted that reports of Iran’s plans to […]
(Yabiladi) Spanish courts have denied citizenship to a Moroccan national, upholding a 2022 decision by the Interior Ministry. A Spanish police investigation accused the Moroccan of “Islamist proselytizing” among unaccompanied minors in a reception center, according to El Confidencial Digital. The accused […]
(BBC) Belgium will not host their Nations League match against Israel on 6 September over security concerns, the Belgian Football Federation (RBFA) has announced. The municipal government of Brussels said last month the “very high-risk” Nations League game would not be played […]
(CNN) US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. […]
(Canadian Press) A major Muslim charity is calling a new court ruling a green light for government overreach after losing its latest bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit. The Muslim Association of Canada says the Ontario Court of Appeal decision […]
(Free Beacon) The White House hosted anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour in May 2023, three years after then-candidate Joe Biden publicly disavowed the prominent Jew hater, citing her long record of anti-Israel incitement and support for boycotting the Jewish state. Sarsour — who […]
(ABC-Australia) Hamza Elbaf’s journey from Sydney to a northern Syrian prison has left him totally disconnected from the outside world. “Who’s the prime minister?” he asks. “I want to know what’s happening in Australia. What’s happening with this coronavirus?” For five years, […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to “clarify” her warning from earlier this week that “actors tied to Iran’s government” have encouraged and provided financial support to anti-Israel protests that have […]
(Middle East Eye) The Labour Party is supporting the creation of a new Muslim leadership group intended to become the primary point of engagement between Keir Starmer’s government and Muslim communities in the UK, Middle East Eye can exclusively reveal. A draft […]
(NL Times) The group insult case against Deputy Prime Minister Mona Keijzer has been dropped, the lawyer representing the complainants told NU.nl. She won’t be prosecuted for saying that “hatred of Jews is almost part of the culture” in countries where Islam […]
(AFP) Europe’s Jewish community is facing a “rising tide of anti-Semitism,” with the conflict in the Middle East “eroding” progress made in the fight against it, a European Union rights watchdog said Thursday. “The spillover effect of the conflict in the Middle […]
(Canadian Press) After concerns of bias raised by the Quebec government and others, a Supreme Court of Canada justice will not participate in deliberations about whether the high court will hear an appeal to the province’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. […]
(Jerusalem Post) To stop rising antisemitism in the Netherlands and Europe political leaders must put an end to open border mass immigration and reverse the cultural relativist failure to foster integration, Dutch Party for Freedom founder and leader Geert Wilders told the […]
(NL Times) Authorities in the Netherlands will extradite 27-year-old Chahinez K., who is suspected of involvement in an attempt to assassinate Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras. The Den Bosch woman was the first of three people arrested in the Netherlands in connection with […]
(Sky News) A former senior Labour MP has called on the man who took his seat to “provide a full account of all his dealings” with one of his vocal supporters who is now facing terrorism charges. Leicestershire Police confirmed on Wednesday […]
(AP) The Iranian government is covertly encouraging American protests over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza in a bid to stoke outrage ahead of the fall election, the nation’s top intelligence official said Tuesday. Using social media platforms popular in the U.S., […]
(ITV) Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been accused of giving “an awful response” when asked about the Labour Party’s relationship with British Muslims. In a recent interview, Starmer was questioned about general election results showing the declining support of Labour by British […]
(NL Times) A debate in the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate, was cut short by the chair when the topic of controversial past statements made by Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber were brought up by Senator Farah Karimi. The Senate was […]
(Jewish News) A former Liberal Democrat councillor, previously exposed by Jewish News for questioning the extent of crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, has been elected as an independent MP. Ayoub Khan took the Birmingham Perry [Barr] seat at last week’s […]
(Sahan Journal) The Lino Lakes City Council voted Monday evening to halt development of a Muslim-focused community that has drawn resistance from several residents, and allegations from supporters that Islamophobia is delaying progress. The council voted 4-1 to enforce a moratorium after […]
(LBC) French police have foiled two separate terror plots targeting this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, the government said. France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said that police in Paris had carried out “several arrests” linked to two separate plots. It comes ahead […]
(Jewish News) A newly elected MP who dedicated his victory to “the people of Gaza” is the brother of the founder of the hardline Islamist group Friends of Al Aqsa, it can be revealed. Shockat Adam was the surprise winner in Leicester […]
(Radio Free Europe) A man who wounded a policeman in front of the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade with a crossbow on June 29 had sworn allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, according to a video seen on […]
(National-UAE) Pro-Palestinian candidates scored shock wins in the UK general election, as Britain’s new Labour government suffered a startling loss of support in heavily Muslim areas. Independent candidate Shockat Adam declared “this is for Gaza” as he unseated Labour front-bencher Jonathan Ashworth […]
(CBC) The Quebec government is requesting that Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Jamal recuse himself from hearing the challenge to the province’s secularism law because he was board president for one of the plaintiffs. In letters sent to the registrar of the Supreme […]
(NY Post) A conservative watchdog group hit “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar with an ethics complaint Wednesday over an event she took part in last weekend that featured former Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. Khaire stumped for Omar (D-Minn.) and pushed to […]
(Middle East Monitor) The Administrative Court in Nice yesterday overturned an order to close the Avicenne Middle School in the French city. “Errors in the institution’s books do not justify taking such a final action,” said the court. “Avicenne School emerged stronger […]
(AFP) France on Wednesday expelled an Iranian suspected of influence peddling on behalf of the Islamic republic and having links to the Revolutionary Guards ideological army, his lawyer and Iranian officials said. The deportation of Bashir Biazar, reportedly a former senior figure […]
(Free Beacon) The IRS is under renewed congressional pressure to pull the tax-exempt status for several key U.S.-based nonprofits that are fomenting pro-Hamas protests across the country just years after they played a leading role in the anti-police riots that erupted as […]
(Reuters) Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders saw ministers from his party sworn in for the first time ever on Tuesday, as the Netherlands’ new right-wing government was installed almost a year after the previous administration resigned. Far-right leader Wilders, the clear winner […]
(Global News) Immigration officials have launched deportation proceedings against five more suspected members of the Iranian regime found in Canada, according to newly released figures. The Canada Border Services Agency has alleged they held senior positions in Iran’s repressive government and has […]
(Reuters) Shanaz Saddique is one of a surge of pro-Palestinian candidates hoping to mobilise Muslim votes at Britain’s July 4 election by tapping into discontent over the two main political parties’ positions on the war in Gaza. Both the ruling Conservatives and […]
(LBC) A Jewish Conservative candidate for the general election has been abused on a visit to a mosque in Lancashire. Rabbi Arnold Saunders, the Tory candidate for Bury South, was called a “snake” during a confrontation at the Bilal mosque in Prestwich, […]
(Jerusalem Post) Multiple flags and banners of terrorist organizations were flown at a New York City anti-Israel protest against President Joe Biden on Friday, according to videos published by Within Our Lifetime. At the Manhattan Center, WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani was flanked […]
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