Government & Politics
Muslim advisers hit by anti‑Semitism row (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Internet
Richardson man convicted of using social media app to recruit for ISIS and lying about it Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim used a chat room on Zello to recruit ISIS fighters to kill nonbelievers wherever they lived, prosecutors said.
(Dallas Morning News) Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim led a double life. The 42-year-old Richardson man lived quietly and ran an Oak Cliff convenience store, seemingly blending into ordinary American existence. At the same time, he raged obsessively against “infidels” and other enemies […]
Government & Politics
SDP: Authenticity of MP Hussein al-Taee’s social media posts ‘news’ to us SDP says the party did not know that antisemitic, homophobic and other comments made by MP Hussein al-Taee on social media were authentic.
(Yle) Following news about alleged antisemitic, homophobic and racist Facebook comments made by Social Democrat MP Hussein al-Taee, al-Taee admitted in his blog on Monday that they were authentic and he was the author. Previously, he had questioned whether they were written […]
Internet
‘Radical’ Muslim convert happy for police to do ‘due diligence’
(Stuff) A Wellington convert who describes himself as “probably the most radical Muslim” in the city says he is happy to co-operate with police and understands their concern. The man, in his 30s, said he was probably on a top secret list, obtained […]
Clerics & Preachers
‘Extremist’ Google algorithms concern ex-police chief
(BBC) A former police chief has called on Google to amend its technology to help stop the spread of terrorist material. Ex-Met Police assistant commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says it is a disgrace a jailed radical preacher ranks top for search term […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar’s allies mum following ‘Black Hawk Down’ controversy
(IPT) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has faced a series of controversies over her statements about Israel, Jews and even the 9/11 attacks. Each time, allies were quick to rally to her side and argue the statements weren’t hateful exhibitions of ignorance. But […]
Academics & Education
Frankfurt University faces student protests over conference on Muslim headscarves (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called Rep. Ilhan Omar after Trump’s tweet sparked a flood of death threats Twitter did not take down the tweet, despite Omar’s request, a source said.
(Washington Post) Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey phoned Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday and stood by the company’s decision to permit a tweet from President Trump that later resulted in a flood of death threats targeting the congresswoman. The previously unreported […]
Government & Politics
New Zealand and France to call for an end to online terror
(AP) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting in Paris next month seeking to eliminate acts of violent extremism and terrorism from being shown online. Ardern said she and Macron […]
Christians
Wiesenthal Center: ‘Grotesque’ for Omar, NYT to say Jesus was Palestinian
(Jewish Journal) Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate and director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, called out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and the New York Times for promulgating the notion that Jesus was a Palestinian. Omar re-tweeted an April […]
Government & Politics
Rep. Mike Rogers angers constituents with Ilhan Omar Facebook post
(AL.com) Constituents and observers of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers’, R-Saks, Facebook page accused the east Alabama congressman of twisting the meaning of controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar’s words about 9/11 when he said Thursday that the Minnesota congresswoman is among “radical Democrats” that […]
Internet
Wisconsin woman pleads guilty to terrorism charges
(AP) A Wisconsin mother of seven pleaded guilty Monday to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group by distributing information online on how to make explosives and biological weapons. Waheba Issa Dais (dys) initially pleaded not guilty […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar slammed U.S. soldiers involved in ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident
(IPT) The United States Army was the villain in the “Black Hawk Down” incident in Somalia, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., wrote in a 2017 Twitter post. Omar, a Somali native elected to Congress last fall, was responding to a tweet that […]
Government & Politics
New SDP MP under scrutiny over contentious Facebook posts The MP’s employer, Martti Ahtisaari’s Crisis Management Initiative, says it stands behind Hussein al-Taee.
(Yle) Fledgling politician Hussein al-Taee, who was recently elected to parliament on a Social Democratic Party ticket, has come under intense scrutiny over old Facebook posts about the situation in the Middle East. Among other things, the new MP from Vantaa appeared […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib’s Passover greeting falls flat
(Washington Times) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, offered Passover greetings to her “Jewish sisters and brothers” with a graphic that included two fluffy loaves of bread. There’s just one problem: Jewish people don’t eat leavened bread on Passover. The first-term congresswoman’s fans […]
Clerics & Preachers
State security lists more than 100 active Salafist organisations in Belgium
(Brussels Times) The federal state security agency has listed more than 100 organisations in Belgium representing the extremist religious Salafist tendency of Islam, according to a written answer provided to justice minister Koen Geens. Salafism is a tendency of Islam developed in […]
Internet
Conservative, Jewish American journalist is suing CAIR and Twitter Laura Loomer claims that her ban was issued by a request made by CAIR after repeatedly speaking out against the foundation and its policies.
(Jerusalem Post) Laura Elizabeth Loomer, a Jewish far-right American activist, filed a lawsuit against the Council on American-Islamic Relations Foundation, CAIR Florida and Twitter for being banned from the social media platform and several other platforms. Loomer was banned from Twitter, PayPal, […]
Clerics & Preachers
How a controversial Muslim figure helped ignite the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 9/11 comments
(Religion News) Since President Trump tweeted a provocative video juxtaposing clips of Rep. Ilhan Omar and the falling Twin Towers, Omar has faced a surge of criticism along with direct threats of violence, both online and offline. But how did a video […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib hosts another extreme anti-Israel, terror-affiliated activist on Capitol Hill
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib met with another extreme anti-Israel activist and terrorist-supporter in her Capitol Hill congressional office during American Muslims for Palestine Advocacy Day in mid-April. American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) hosted the annual advocacy and training event, […]
Internet
Italy arrests 2 terror suspects training for combat in Syria
(AP) Authorities on Wednesday arrested an Italian convert to Islam and a Moroccan resident who met over the Internet and were preparing to fight with Islamic State in Syria. Sicilian prosecutors who ordered the arrests said investigators had identified the Italian suspect, […]
Government & Politics
EU struggles over law to tackle spread of terror online
(BBC) EU officials are struggling to agree on a law aimed at preventing the spread of “terrorist content” online. The European Parliament approved a draft version of the law on Wednesday evening, which would impose a one-hour deadline to remove offending content. […]
Government & Politics
Farrakhan group invokes 9/11 conspiracy theories to defend Omar
(Daily Caller) The Nation of Islam’s research group Tuesday morning appeared to publish a video on Twitter that alleged 9/11 was a hoax orchestrated by the U.S. government. It was narrated by leader Louis Farrakhan in an attempt to demonstrate the group’s […]
Government & Politics
Trump escalates his attacks on Omar after Pelosi ups her security The president also goes after the House speaker, saying she has ‘lost all control of Congress.’
(Politico) President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she is seeking protection for the Minnesota congresswoman due to increased death threats following tweets from the president. […]
Government & Politics
Progressives back Rep. Omar after Trump criticism sparks threats
(Politico) More than 150 progressive leaders and groups are lining up behind Rep. Ilhan Omar amid intensifying attacks from the right over her controversial comments about the 9/11 terror attacks. Their “solidarity” letter comes a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked […]
Children & Teens
IS can still launch attacks in Germany: intelligence chief The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has warned against underestimating the threat posed by 'Islamic State' despite the militant group's apparent defeat in Syria and northern Iraq.
(Deutsche Welle) In an interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Thomas Haldenwang, the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency — warned against an increasing threat posed by the return of “Islamic […]
Apostasy
Muslim charities push links to sites defending marital rape (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Pelosi: Capitol Police working to ‘safeguard’ Omar after Trump 9/11 tweet Ilhan Omar says she has ‘experienced an increase in direct threats on my life.’
(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms “are conducting a security assessment to safeguard Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar, her family and her staff” after a tweet by President Donald Trump. Trump on Friday shared […]
Government & Politics
Council on American-Islamic Relations condemns Trump 9/11 tweet targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar
(Daily Beast) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, has condemned the life-threatening tweet from President Trump against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on Democratic and Republican leadership to publicly show support of […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
2020 Dems defend Rep. Omar from Trump amid controversy over 9/11 remarks
(Politico) Several Democratic 2020 hopefuls have come out in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) after conservative media and President Donald Trump attacked her for comments they portrayed as minimizing the September 11 attacks. During an event held by the Council on […]
Government & Politics
Britons going to terror hotspots face 10 years in jail under new laws (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Trump tweets edited video slamming Omar over 9/11 comments
(Hill) President Trump tweeted an edited video of recent comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) about the 9/11 attacks that provoked an avalanche of conservative criticism. The video shows Omar speaking to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in March interspersed with […]
Internet
French survivor group condemns memes using picture of accessory to terrorists Video of Jawad Bendaoud went viral as users attached 'amusing' captions
(National-UAE) A survivors’ group for victims of the 2015 Paris attacks has condemned the use of a video of Jawad Bendaoud, the jailed accessory to the terrorists responsible, for memes. Life for Paris said the memes, in which Twitter users post a […]
Children & Teens
Denmark threatens woman critical of Islam with removal of foster child
(Breitbart) A Danish supervising authority has threatened Danish-Iranian blogger and author Jaleh Tavakoli with the removal of her foster child after she shared an online video of a murder by Islamic State terrorists in Morocco. The Social Supervisory Authority informed Ms. Tavakoli […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Anti-Muslim Tory members on Facebook are telling one another to stop Sajid Javid from becoming prime minister BuzzFeed News has presented Conservative HQ with a list of another 20 people who claim to be Tory members and have made Islamophobic comments.
(BuzzFeed) Conservative party members are posting anti-Muslim comments on Facebook urging one another to prevent Sajid Javid from becoming prime minister, in the latest escalation of the Tory Islamophobia crisis. On Monday, BuzzFeed News presented Conservative HQ with a list of another […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
NDP candidate apologizes for posting jihad, crusaders meme Joe Pimlott says he wasn't aware of 'Islamophobic and anti-Semitic connotations' of image
(CBC) A Calgary NDP candidate has apologized for posting a meme about jihadists and crusaders several years ago. Joe Pimlott, who is running in Calgary-Peigan, posted on Twitter that he made a social media post that had “Islamophobic and anti-Semitic connotations” of which […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib praises her Islamist entourage
(IPT) Last month, an entourage featuring anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour and Council on American-Relations (CAIR) executive director Nihad Awad protected U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from an outspoken critic. Sarsour has espoused anti-Semitic smears worse than U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a […]
Clothing
Phone company Telia threatened in Norway after empowerment advert
(Reuters) Norwegian police are investigating a threat made against telecoms company Telia after a commercial that used themes of sexual equality and empowerment caused an online backlash. The threat was made in writing, according to the police who gave no further details […]
Internet
YouTube is placing sweeping new restrictions on Tommy Robinson’s channel — but it’s not banning him The video platform is removing the far-right activist’s videos from search results and stopping his livestreaming.
(BuzzFeed) YouTube has placed sweeping new restrictions on far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s channel, removing his videos from search results and prohibiting him from livestreaming to the platform, BuzzFeed News can reveal. The clampdown follows demands from senior MPs from both Britain’s main […]
Internet
‘Hungry Hamza’ once fought for the Islamic State. Now he’s a prisoner and asking about Western fast food
(Washington Post) Five years ago, Hamza Parvez was a pudgy Islamic State recruit from West London known for his unusual social media posts about kittens, KFC and what passed for fast food in the so-called caliphate. But as the Islamic State’s territory […]
Government & Politics
Rabbis demand Sarsour apologize for ‘anti-Semitic narrative’ 'There has never been a country called Palestine,' says Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, responding to brouhaha over NY Councilman Yeger tweet.
(Arutz Sheva) The Coalition for Jewish Values, representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, is demanding a public apology from activist Linda Sarsour for “peddling in anti-Semitic falsehoods” in order to attack an observant Jewish New York City councilman, […]
Government & Politics
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.
(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 […]
Children & Teens
Islamist bachelor of the year! Is CAIR sex predator Ahmad Saleem looking for a child bride in Pakistan?
(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, […]
Demonstrations
‘Go home’: Councilman’s supporters rally against Palestinian cause
(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 […]
Internet
French Muslim group sues internet giants over NZ massacre video
(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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Leader of Nigel Farage’s party resigns over anti-Islam messages (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Prominent pro-Israel donor pulls out of AIPAC conference after saying two Muslim lawmakers ‘clash’ with American values
(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 […]
Children & Teens
YouTube channel urges UK girls to become jihadi brides (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Ban rhetoric that dehumanises Muslims, says leading cleric (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Linda Sarsour ‘triggered’ by ‘hate mob’ against Omar ‘giving condolences’ to Muslim community after shooting
(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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
Terror-connected lawyer running for city commission in Florida A dire warning to all potential voters.
(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 […]