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Scott Morrison vows crackdown on social media giants, threatening jail terms and multimillion-dollar fines Facebook, Twitter and YouTube executives face jail time and enormous multimillion-dollar fines in an unprecedented crackdown.

March 30, 2019 Paul Osborne

(AAP) Australia is to become the first country in the world to introduce jail terms and multimillion-dollar fines for social media giants that do not quickly remove violent material. In what is expected to be the final week of parliament before the […]

Islamist bachelor of the year! Is CAIR sex predator Ahmad Saleem looking for a child bride in Pakistan?

March 29, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Former CAIR representative Ahmad Saleem, who made national headlines when he was arrested for soliciting sex from a 12-year-old girl, is in the market for a wife, and he may have found the perfect place to find one. It is Pakistan, […]

‘Go home’: Councilman’s supporters rally against Palestinian cause

March 28, 2019 Zainab Iqbal

(Bklyner) A protest against Council Member Kalman Yeger’s “Palestine doesn’t exist” tweet was overtaken Thursday by a raucous counterprotest as the political divide in the Middle East flares up in New York. At about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening, adults and schoolchildren […]

French Muslim group sues internet giants over NZ massacre video

March 25, 2019 Taimaz Szirniks

(AFP) A French Muslim group said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing a live broadcast of the grisly video of a massacre at a New Zealand mosque, reviving the debate over how social media amplifies such attacks. The French […]

Leader of Nigel Farage’s party resigns over anti-Islam messages (LINK ONLY)

March 20, 2019 EoI News

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Prominent pro-Israel donor pulls out of AIPAC conference after saying two Muslim lawmakers ‘clash’ with American values

March 19, 2019 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) Adam Milstein, a major pro-Israel funder, has withdrawn from speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference following a series of tweets in which he accused two Muslim lawmakers of clashing with “American values.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee distanced itself […]

YouTube channel urges UK girls to become jihadi brides (LINK ONLY)

March 17, 2019 EoI News

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Ban rhetoric that dehumanises Muslims, says leading cleric (LINK ONLY)

March 16, 2019 EoI News

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Linda Sarsour ‘triggered’ by ‘hate mob’ against Omar ‘giving condolences’ to Muslim community after shooting

March 16, 2019 Scott Morefield

(Daily Caller) Liberal Muslim activist Linda Sarsour tweeted that she is “triggered” by a “hate mob” against Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar that is “now giving condolences” to the Muslim community in the wake of the Christchurch, New Zealand shootings. “I am triggered […]

Terror-connected lawyer running for city commission in Florida A dire warning to all potential voters.

March 14, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) When visiting Khurrum Wahid’s Facebook page, you see photos of what appears to be a clean-cut politician attending different events, posing with important politicos, standing with young people, and smiling broadly for the camera. Wahid is running for the position of […]

Rashida Tlaib gets behind academic boycott of Israel Tlaib endorses California school's proposal to end study abroad program in Israel

March 14, 2019 Brent Scher

(Free Beacon) Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) has gotten behind a push from anti-Israel faculty members at a small private California university to end its study abroad partnership with an Israeli university. The move by faculty members at Pitzer College aims to […]

Windsor-area Mediterranean restaurant slammed on social media for serving halal meat The owner posted the negative reviews on his Facebook page

March 12, 2019 Unlisted Author

(CBC) A Tecumseh restaurant is under fire on social media — but not for the quality of the food or customer service. Instead, the negative reviews are because only halal meat is offered. Tabouli by Eddy’s has been open for just a few […]

Dems struggle to turn page on Omar controversy

March 9, 2019 Cristina Marcos and Mike Lillis

(Hill) Democrats desperately want to turn the page on a painful week, but doing so is proving to be difficult. Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has been the center of a debate on anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred that has […]

Tory councillors in East Staffordshire quit over Islamophobia row

March 6, 2019 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Two Tory councillors have quit after being accused of sharing Islamophobic posts on social media. Len Milner and Chris Smith, who sit on East Staffordshire council, “liked” a cartoon posted on Facebook depicting a mock beheading of Labour’s Sadiq Khan. Mr […]

Tories suspend 14 members over alleged Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)

March 5, 2019 EoI News

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Dossier details hate-filled social media messages from jihadi bride seeking return to U.S.

March 3, 2019 Rowan Scarborough

(Washington Times) A research group that monitors jihadi social media has assembled a detailed dossier on Hoda Muthana, the former Alabama resident who embraced mass killings as a three-time Islamic State bride in Syria but now wants to return to America. The […]

Omar feuds with fellow Democrat over support of Israel

March 3, 2019 Chris Mills Rodrigo

(Hill) Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Nita Lowey (N.Y.) feuded Sunday over support of Israel and alleged anti-Semitic comments. Lowey tweeted Saturday that Omar has a tendency to “mischaracterize” support for Israel from American lawmakers. “Lawmakers must be able to debate w/o prejudice […]

French prosecutors want Le Pen tried over tweet

March 1, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Prosecutors have called for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to be tried for tweeting pictures of atrocities committed by the Islamic State group, judicial sources said Friday. This could hike further pressure on Le Pen, 50, who already faces legal […]

Tommy Robinson banned from Facebook and Instagram (LINK ONLY)

February 26, 2019 EoI News

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Ilhan Omar quietly deletes controversial tweets

February 26, 2019 Caitlin Yilek

(Washington Examiner) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., quietly deleted at least three tweets that were widely criticized as being anti-Semitic, journalists noticed this week. The freshman congresswoman was condemned by Republicans and members of her own party earlier this month for two tweets […]

Sinn Fein councillor sorry after jihadi bride joke sparks ‘hate speech’ row (LINK ONLY)

February 25, 2019 EoI News

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Muslim convert screams ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he is jailed for encouraging terrorism on Facebook (LINK ONLY)

February 22, 2019 EoI News

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Democrat Ibraheem Samirah wins House of Delegates 86th District special election

February 19, 2019 Nathaniel Cline

(Loudoun Times-Mirror) Democrat Ibraheem Samirah will succeed Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D) in the Virginia House of Delegates 86th District seat in the closing days of the 2019 General Assembly session. Samirah defeated Republican challenger Gregg Nelson and independent challenger Connie Haines Hutchinson […]

Ilhan Omar apologizes to Jewish groups for hurt caused by AIPAC tweet

February 19, 2019 Unlisted Author

(JTA) In a brief confidential conference call with Jewish organizations, Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for any hurt caused by her tweets suggesting that AIPAC pays politicians to support Israel. “Let me reiterate my sincere apology for any actual hurt my words have […]

Farrakhan praises Omar for anti-Semitic language: ‘You have nothing to apologize for’

February 18, 2019 Cameron Cawthorne

(Free Beacon) Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Sunday praised Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) for her anti-Semitic language, saying she has “nothing to apologize for.” Farrakhan, who has a long history of using anti-Semitic language, including comparing Jews to “termites” […]

Virginia Democratic candidate’s anti-Semitic diatribe has a radical past

February 18, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) A Virginia General Assembly candidate has apologized for past social media posts excoriating Jews and Israel. But Ibraheem Samirah continues to shade his involvement with groups which would like to see Israel eliminated, a sentiment that was prominent in his life. […]

Virginia legislature candidate apologizes for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic social media posts

February 13, 2019 Marcy Oster

(JTA) A Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates who describes himself as a “second-generation Palestinian refugee” has apologized for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel social media posts. “This slander campaign is using five-year-old Facebook posts from my impassioned college days, posts that […]

Omar fires back after Trump calls for her resignation: ‘You have trafficked in hate your whole life’

February 13, 2019 John Bowden

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday fired back at President Trump over his call for her resignation, accusing the president of “trafficking” in hate and intolerance. In a tweet, Omar accused the president of discrimination against “Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and […]

Madrassa ousted from secondary school following lesson telling Muslim girls to have children, not careers (LINK ONLY)

February 13, 2019 EoI News

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Dem Rep. Carson: Rep. Omar not antisemitic — ‘She has strong support from the Jewish community’

February 13, 2019 Pam Key

(Breitbart) Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Rep. André Carson (D-IN) argued Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was not antisemitic despite her antisemitic tweets. Carson said, “I think President Trump is speaking to his base, signaling to his base he’s with them. Ilhan is a […]

Omar criticized for refusing to answer questions from CNN reporter

February 13, 2019 Joe Concha

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is being criticized for refusing to answer questions after CNN senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju on Wednesday tweeted about their interaction on Capitol Hill. “Rep. Ilhan Omar in no mood to talk about her controversies this week,” Raju reported on […]

MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year. Why they remain frustrated

February 12, 2019 Dave Orrick

(Pioneer Press) Ilhan Omar has been talked to about this before. Last year, before she was elected to the House of Representatives, before she emerged from a crowded Democratic field in Minnesota’s liberal 5th Congressional District, leaders of Minneapolis’ Jewish community fashioned […]

Tlaib: ‘People hear you differently’ when you’re a woman of color and a ‘first’ in Congress

February 12, 2019 Aris Folley

(Hill) Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) said in a tweet on Tuesday that the “hardest part of serving in Congress” as a woman of color and one of the first Muslim women to serve is that “people hear you differently.” “No matter how […]

Israel-hating Islamists fundraise off Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitism

February 12, 2019 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Maybe Ilhan Omar had a point — it is all about the Benjamins baby. As the freshman U.S. representative was called out by her own Democratic Party leadership for anti-Semitic tweets implying Jewish money controls the Congress she now sits in, ideological […]

Democratic leaders not looking to punish Ilhan Omar after her apology for anti-Semitic remarks Omar will not be stripped of her committee assignments, Hoyer said

February 11, 2019 Lindsey McPherson

(Roll Call) House Democratic leaders do not plan to strip freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar of her committee assignments or take other action against her for comments they said were offensive and invoked anti-Semitic tropes. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said he takes […]

Linda Sarsour attacks AIPAC in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar

February 11, 2019 Caleb Howe

(Mediaite) Pro-Palestine activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour weighed in on the controversy over comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar, in which the Minnesota Democrat mocked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in tweets described by many as blatantly anti-Semitic. Sarsour has […]

Ilhan Omar apologizes after Pelosi denounces tweet as anti-Semitic Democrats moved quickly after the freshman lawmaker suggested support for Israel stemmed from campaign donations.

February 11, 2019 Melanie Zanona and Heather Caygle

(Politico) Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for anti-Semitic comments Monday after coming under pressure from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats. The Minnesota Democrat sparked a firestorm Sunday night when she implied lawmakers’ support for Israel is driven by campaign donations from […]

Ilhan Omar seeks to clarify call for ‘not 1 dollar for DHS’

February 10, 2019 Frank Miles

(Fox) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar denied calling for full defunding of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday, after tweeting what had appeared to be just such a demand. The Minnesota Democrat, who has been a harsh critic of DHS, and particularly […]

Ilhan Omar ignites new anti-Semitism controversy with comments on AIPAC The first-term Democrat suggests GOP support for Israel is fueled by campaign donations.

February 10, 2019 John Bresnahan

(Politico) Freshman Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar ignited a new controversy on Sunday night when she suggested GOP support for Israel is driven by campaign donations from a prominent pro-Israel group. Omar singled out AIPAC, one of the most influential lobbying groups in […]

Omar calls for defunding Homeland Security — 1 hour after insisting that TSA workers get backpay

February 9, 2019 Joseph A. Wulfsohn

(Fox) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., continues her streak of controversial tweets, this time taking aim at the Department of Homeland Security. In a tweet Friday night, the freshman congresswoman refers to President Trump as “Individual 1,” and insists he doesn’t have “public […]

Zeldin accepts Omar’s invitation to discuss religious discrimination over Somali tea

February 1, 2019 Morgan Gstalter

(Hill) Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) on Friday accepted Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) invitation to discuss religious discrimination over Somali tea after the two lawmakers traded barbs over social media this week. Zeldin, who is Jewish, on Twitter this week shared a vulgar anti-Semitic […]

Head of Alberta newcomer agency under fire for social media post on face veils 'Full face covering in public is a notch too far,' Frank Bauer wrote on Facebook in 2017

January 31, 2019 Andrea Huncar

(CBC) The head of an Alberta organization for refugees is under fire after publicly suggesting 15 months ago that Muslim women should not fully cover their faces in public. Frank Bauer, executive director of the Red Deer-based Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) […]

Republican on Omar appointment: ‘Crazy to watch what Dems are empowering / elevating’

January 31, 2019 Avery Anapol

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) traded barbs over Twitter on Wednesday after Zeldin called Omar’s appointment to the House Foreign Affairs Committee “crazy.” “Just learned Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar was also put on this committee [with] oversight of […]

Tlaib invites Dem chairman on West Bank delegation after his criticism

January 31, 2019 Avery Anapol

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has invited House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) to join her on a planned congressional delegation to the West Bank after he criticized the trip in an interview. “Yo [Engel] how are we ever going to obtain peace?” […]

Rashida Tlaib stays quiet on top ally who spread anti-Semitic conspiracies

January 30, 2019 Peter Hasson

(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib has declined to address the fact that one of her top campaign allies repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. A key fundraiser for Tlaib, Maher Abdel-qader, repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, an investigation by the Daily Caller […]

Al-Qaeda’s little sister Aidah Shukrijumah mourns brother Adnan’s death, while exhibiting his extremist DNA.

January 29, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Four years ago this past December, Saudi-born al-Qaeda senior member Adnan Gulshair el-Shukrijumah (Shukri Jumah) lost his life during a Pakistani Special Forces pre-dawn raid in South Waziristan. Last month, Adnan’s sister Aidah took to Facebook to mourn the anniversary of […]

Rashida Tlaib’s ties to anti-Semitism run deeper than previously known

January 28, 2019 Peter Hasson

(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ties to anti-Semitism run deeper than previously known, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Tlaib, part of a heralded freshman class of House Democrats, has already come under scrutiny over her positions on Israel […]

Women’s March leader omits Jews from Holocaust remembrance statement Linda Sarsour attacked the White House for the same thing in 2017

January 28, 2019 Alex Griswold

(Free Beacon) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour penned a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that omitted any mention of the Jewish people, two years after she attacked President Donald Trump for the same thing. In January 2017, the White House was criticized after […]

Omar, Tlaib come under fire from GOP

January 25, 2019 Cristina Marcos

(Hill) Freshman Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, are drawing fire from Republicans in their first weeks since taking office. House GOP leaders condemned the appointment of Omar, a Minnesota progressive, […]

Google caught hosting Hezbollah’s violent Android games

January 24, 2019 Thomas Brewster

(Forbes) Holy Defence looks like your typical shoot ’em up. The Android game sees the protagonist running around a carbon copy of the Sayyeda Zeinab mosque in Damascus, defending it from invaders with automatic weapons. More than 10,000 people have downloaded the […]