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Germany’s atheist refugees: When not believing is life-threatening They do not believe in God and want a life free from religious restrictions: They are atheist asylum-seekers. Not only are they threatened and sometimes killed in their homeland — even in Germany they face danger.

December 20, 2018 Astrid Prange

(Deutsche Welle) Mahmudul Haque Munshi’s name was on a hit list in Bangladesh. After five of his friends and associates were murdered, the authorities warned the blogger: “There’s nothing more we can do for you.” Munshi had to leave the country in […]

Belgian Jewish museum attack suspect appears in court

December 20, 2018 Matthieu Demeestere

(AFP) An alleged French jihadist accused of returning from Syria and shooting dead four people in an attack on the Jewish Museum of Belgium in central Brussels appeared in court Thursday. Mehdi Nemmouche, allegedly the first foreign fighter to return to stage […]

Nation of Islam receiving federal cash to teach prisoners

December 19, 2018 Alana Goodman

(Washington Examiner) The Nation of Islam and its leaders have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the U.S. government since 2008 to teach religious study programs for federal prison inmates, according to records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. A black nationalist […]

Dutch supermarket dismisses anti-Semitism claim as misunderstanding

December 18, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) Bloggers published a video on YouTube Friday showing an employee of the Netherlands’ largest supermarket chain laughing as a man wearing a kippah walks by. The Albert Heijn chain dismissed the footage Tuesday as a misunderstanding. The bloggers, who run the […]

Universities took $600 million tied to Muslim nations while forming grade school curricula for US students

December 18, 2018 Luke Rosiak

(Daily Caller) Universities funded by the Department of Education to help shape the way U.S. K-12 schools and colleges portray the Middle East and Israel are simultaneously bankrolled by $600 million tied to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Muslim-majority countries, a Daily […]

Somali man arrested in Italy after comments about attacking Vatican: police

December 17, 2018 Philip Pullella

(Reuters) Italian police said on Monday they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to bomb churches in Italy, including St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. They told reporters in […]

Iranian asylum seeker who raped a 17-year-old spared deportation due to Christian conversion judge accepted was faked (LINK ONLY)

December 15, 2018 EoI News

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Incoming Muslim congresswomen mock Pence’s Christian faith

December 13, 2018 Patrick Goodenough

(CNS) One of the first two Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress took a snide dig on Twitter at Vice President Pence for sitting with eyes closed during a heated Oval Office meeting, posting a photo with the caption, “Jesus take […]

Linda Sarsour, unfazed by new anti-Semitism charges, will keynote radical Islamist gathering

December 12, 2018 Jordan Schachtel

(Conservative Review) Women’s March leader and Islamist activist Linda Sarsour is scheduled to speak at the end of the month at the Muslim American Society-Islamic Circle of North America (MAS-ICNA) annual conference in Chicago. The announcement comes on the heels of a Tablet […]

Man accused of planning attack on Toledo-area synagogue arrested on terror-related charge

December 11, 2018 Unlisted Author

(WSYX) A 21-year-old Ohio man is accused of attempting to provide support to foreign terrorist organizations, after investigators say not only did he plot to support ISIS, but he was trying to plan an attack on a Toledo-area synagogue after he was […]

Warren no longer speaking at immigration conference with controversial Women’s March leader

December 10, 2018 Cameron Cawthorne

(Free Beacon) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who was initially scheduled to speak at the same conference as controversial Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, is no longer speaking at the conference due to a scheduling conflict. Warren had been […]

Muslims ‘should share respect’ for Jesus with Christmas cheer (LINK ONLY)

December 9, 2018 EoI News

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Ilhan Omar responds to conservative pastor over Muslim comments: ‘You’re gonna have to just deal’

December 7, 2018 Morgan Gstalter

(Hill) Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the first two Muslim women elected to serve in Congress, on Friday fired back at the conservative pastor who complained that [the] floor of the Congress will “look like an Islamic republic.” “Well sir, the […]

Conservative pastor: ‘The floor of Congress is now going to look like an Islamic republic’

December 6, 2018 Owen Daughtery

(Hill) Conservative pastor commentator E.W. Jackson went on an anti-Islamic tirade on his radio show Wednesday, complaining that Muslims are taking over Congress. Jackson’s remarks were in response to reports that Democrats are attempting to change a rule banning headwear on the floor […]

A new play, ‘Christmas Mubarak,’ mixes Christian and Muslim stories of Jesus’ birth

December 5, 2018 Emily McFarlan Miller

(Religion News) The scene is familiar from many Nativity scenes arranged at this time of year: the Virgin Mary, cradling the newborn Jesus. Then, the baby speaks, defending his mother’s innocence and declaring he has been appointed as a prophet. That might […]

Poll shows huge Democrat bias toward Muslims over Christians

December 4, 2018 Neil Munro

(Breitbart) Sixty-eight percent of Democrats say employers should grant a request for prayer space by Muslims — but only 45 percent say employers should grant a similar request by Christian employees, says a survey by Grinnell College. In contrast to the Democrats’ 23-point […]

Rejecting Israel lobby’s influence over Congress, Rashida Tlaib plans to lead delegation to Palestine

December 3, 2018 Alex Kane and Lee Fang

(Intercept) Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic representative-elect from Michigan, belongs to a cohort of incoming members of Congress who’ve vowed to upend the status quo — even on third-rail issues in Washington like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To that end, Tlaib is planning to […]

Tlaib defends Marc Lamont Hill after he’s dropped by CNN, praises him for ‘calling out oppressive policies in Israel’

November 30, 2018 David Rutz

(Free Beacon) Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) defended former CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill’s remarks defending Palestinian violence against Israel at a recent United Nations speech, tweeting that “calling out the oppressive policies in Israel” was not anti-Semitic. CNN dropped Hill from […]

Chief rabbi says Dutch Labour Party opposed an anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims

November 30, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said he was “shocked” that the Labour Party rejected a motion calling for the adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, saying its vote aimed to curry favor with some Muslim voters. On Tuesday, a majority of […]

IPT story prompts ZOA president to demand CAIR fire Ayloush

November 28, 2018 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein is calling for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to fire Los Angeles chapter director Hussam Ayloush after he advocated for the “termination” of Israel. “Iran’s regime calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ […]

Muslims give crowdfunded $238K to Jewish Pittsburgh as conspiracy theories swirl

November 28, 2018 Aiden Pink

(Forward) The Muslim crowd funding campaign to support victims of last month’s synagogue massacre has distributed its final grant of money to Pittsburgh, its organizer told the Forward. All in all, $238,634 was raised in a little more than a week, much […]

Palestinian cause should be ‘marketed’ as ‘humanitarian’ issue to non-Muslims, NJ imam says

November 28, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) The Palestinian cause is an Islamic struggle that should be “marketed” as a humanitarian concern to non-Muslims, a prominent imam told a recent “Workshop for Palestine” held at the Islamic Center of Union County, NJ. “Although our cause is Islamic, when we market and present […]

Hikind urges progressive pols to speak out against Sarsour

November 28, 2018 Paula Katinas

(Brooklyn Eagle) Assemblymember Dov Hikind, a longtime critic of Linda Sarsour, is getting ready to leave office at the end of the year but on his way out the door, he is taking a parting shot at the controversial Arab-American civil rights […]

Online postings creating controversy about donations to Tree of Life Synagogue

November 28, 2018 Unlisted Author

(KDKA) The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh transferred the remaining $85,000 worth of donations Wednesday afternoon to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to support the victims’ families, survivors and first responders of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Squirrel Hill. A […]

Pro-Israel groups condemn CAIR leader for calling on Israel’s ‘termination’ 'They irrationally condemn the Jewish state, but never condemn the murderous actions of Hamas or Syria, or the Palestinian dictator and terrorist [Mahmoud] Abbas,' said Zionist Organization of America national president Mort Klein.

November 27, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JNS) CAIR Los Angeles director Hussam Ayloush posted on Twitter over the weekend that “Iran’s regime calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ is like the pot calling the kettle black. All the people of that region will be better off once both murderous […]

Jews and Muslims in ‘landmark’ stand against hate crime

November 27, 2018 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Jewish and Muslim community leaders have joined forces in a “landmark” challenge to hate crime in Scotland. The Muslim Council of Scotland and the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities said they were determined to address Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. They have published […]

CAIR official mocks Muslims in U.S. military after praising terrorists

November 27, 2018 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official Zahra Billoo continues to judge Muslims who do not fall in line with her radical agenda. Last week, Military.com reported that the U.S. Air Force formally granted Staff Sgt. Abdul Rahman Gaitan a religious waiver […]

Ilhan Omar lauds Jewish-Muslim cooperation in fighting bigotry

November 27, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, lauded Jewish-Muslim cooperation in combating bigotry. “Like members of the Jewish community, I know how it feels to be hated because of my religious beliefs,” […]

Austrian chapel to broadcast call to prayer throughout December to show Islam ‘is religion of peace’

November 27, 2018 Virginia Hale

(Breitbart) A chapel in Linz, Austria, is set to blast out the Muslim call to prayer each day throughout the Christmas period as part of an “art installation” aimed at emphasising “that Islam is a religion of peace.” At certain times each […]

CAIR official calls for Israel’s termination

November 26, 2018 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Hussam Ayloush, a senior Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official, in a tweet on Sunday called for the Jewish state to be “terminated.” “Iran’s regime calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ is like the pot calling the kettle black. All the people […]

Warren and controversial Women’s March leader to speak at immigration conference Linda Sarsour has been criticized for anti-Semitic rhetoric

November 26, 2018 Cameron Cawthorne

(Free Beacon) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) will attend an immigration conference next month with Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, who has come under increased scrutiny for her ties to radical Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan. Both Warren […]

Muslims have raised lots of money for Jews recently. Here’s where it’s going

November 25, 2018 Aiden Pink

(Forward) CelebrateMercy is a small Muslim not-for-profit with only three full-time staffers, but in the past year and a half, it has created crowdfunding campaigns that have raised $400,000 for Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and a Holocaust memorial. The campaigns started in February […]

Linda Sarsour is still refusing to condemn Farrakhan’s hate

November 25, 2018 Unlisted Author

(NY Post) In the runup to Thanksgiving, Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour tried to fend off the growing criticism of her embrace of Louis Farrakhan — without actually calling out his endless hate speech. She did apologize, sort of, issuing a statement […]

Sexual exploitation of British Sikh girls by Muslim men has been ‘ignored’ by police due to ‘political correctness’ (LINK ONLY)

November 25, 2018 EoI News

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Revealed: Theresa May ‘blocked asylum application from Pakistani Christian’ locked up for blasphemy despite UK playing host to hijackers, extremists and rapists (LINK ONLY)

November 24, 2018 EoI News

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London group with alleged ties to Hamas cooks chicken soup with local Jews

November 23, 2018 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) Dozens of British Jews cooked chicken soup for homeless people with volunteers from a Muslim group that is banned in Israel over alleged ties to Hamas. At least 1,000 bowls of the dish, which used a traditional Jewish recipe and halal […]

Sarsour alternately apologetic and defiant about Women’s March links to Farrakhan

November 21, 2018 David Rutz

(Free Beacon) Left-wing activist Linda Sarsour has been alternately apologetic and defiant this week about the Women’s March and its previous refusal to disavow radical Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. After saying Sunday in an open letter that Farrakhan has “said […]

Twitter bans far-right activist Laura Loomer

November 21, 2018 Will Sommer

(Daily Beast) Twitter kicked Laura Loomer off its platform permanently Wednesday, making her the latest conservative media figure to be banned from the site. “This is not going to be the end of Laura Loomer,” the far-right activist told the Daily Beast. […]

Lawsuit says Virginia jail’s ‘God Pod’ violates Constitution

November 21, 2018 Denise Lavoie

(AP) A Muslim civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a regional jail in Virginia, alleging that the jail has set up a Christians-only unit dubbed the “God Pod.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations says officials at the Riverside Regional […]

Austria, where far right is part of government, takes a leading role in Europe’s fight against anti-Semitism

November 20, 2018 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) Less than one year after the election of Sebastian Kurz as Austria’s leader, he has taken his government to the forefront of the fight against Europe’s spiraling anti-Semitism problem. Frequently criticized for failing to own up to Nazi persecution, Austria with Kurz […]

Ben & Jerry’s untimely Women’s March endorsement

November 19, 2018 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Ice cream now is controversial. Welcome to America in 2018. Ben & Jerry’s, which has supported liberal causes throughout its history, likely did not anticipate the criticism and talk of boycotts that followed its Oct. 31 announcement of a new, limited-time […]

Linda Sarsour pens open letter amid fresh claims of anti-Semitism

November 19, 2018 Unlisted Author

(i24) Palestinian-American civil rights activist Linda Sarsour has published an open letter in response to claims of anti-Semitism targeting her and the Women’s March movement she leads. Her message is not intended as an apology, nor is it meant to “persuade or […]

Women’s March co-founder calls on current organizers to resign, saying they ‘allowed anti-Semitism’

November 19, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) Women’s March co-founder Teresa Shook called on its current organizers to step down Monday, saying they “allowed anti-Semitism.” In a Facebook post, Shook said Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez “have steered the Movement away from its true […]

Shaun Bailey sorry for ‘divisive’ remarks

November 19, 2018 Lauren Codling

(Eastern Eye) Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has apologised to the Asian community for his controversial comments that were published in a 2005 pamphlet, which warned that multiculturalism could make the UK a “crime riddled cesspool.” In an exclusive interview with Eastern […]

Muslim and Jewish students learn new approach to Middle East (LINK ONLY)

November 18, 2018 EoI News

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Imam recites call to prayer at Blackburn Cathedral (LINK ONLY)

November 18, 2018 EoI News

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Parliament hosts Israeli-hating MP despite her once praising gunman who killed seven schoolgirls as ‘a hero’ (LINK ONLY)

November 17, 2018 EoI News

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Bulgaria revises draft law on religions after objections from faith groups

November 16, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Sofia Globe) Responding to objections from various faiths, parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament are revising amendments to the Religious Denomination Act before the bill is put to a second reading. This emerged after a meeting between two parliamentary groups, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s […]

Linda Sarsour says Ilhan Omar backlash shows ‘allegiance to Israel’

November 16, 2018 Alyssa Fisher

(Forward) Palestinian-American civil rights activist Linda Sarsour claimed in a Facebook post Thursday that the controversy surrounding Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar’s announcement that she supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is coming from “folks who masquerade as progressives but always choose their […]

First Muslim women in US Congress misled voters about views on Israel

November 16, 2018 Soeren Kern

(Gatestone) Ilhan Abdullahi Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Harbi Tlaib of Michigan will be the first two Muslim women ever to serve in the US Congress. Most of the media coverage since their election on November 6 has been effusive in praise […]