Children & Teens
YouTube channel urges UK girls to become jihadi brides (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
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 […]
Academics & Education
Rashida Tlaib gets behind academic boycott of Israel Tlaib endorses California school's proposal to end study abroad program in Israel
(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 […]
Halal
Windsor-area Mediterranean restaurant slammed on social media for serving halal meat The owner posted the negative reviews on his Facebook page
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Dems struggle to turn page on Omar controversy
(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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory councillors in East Staffordshire quit over Islamophobia row
(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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tories suspend 14 members over alleged Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Dossier details hate-filled social media messages from jihadi bride seeking return to U.S.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Omar feuds with fellow Democrat over support of Israel
(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 […]
Government & Politics
French prosecutors want Le Pen tried over tweet
(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 […]
Internet
Tommy Robinson banned from Facebook and Instagram (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar quietly deletes controversial tweets
(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 […]
Children & Teens
Sinn Fein councillor sorry after jihadi bride joke sparks ‘hate speech’ row (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Muslim convert screams ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he is jailed for encouraging terrorism on Facebook (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Democrat Ibraheem Samirah wins House of Delegates 86th District special election
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar apologizes to Jewish groups for hurt caused by AIPAC tweet
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Farrakhan praises Omar for anti-Semitic language: ‘You have nothing to apologize for’
(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” […]
Government & Politics
Virginia Democratic candidate’s anti-Semitic diatribe has a radical past
(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. […]
Government & Politics
Virginia legislature candidate apologizes for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic social media posts
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Omar fires back after Trump calls for her resignation: ‘You have trafficked in hate your whole life’
(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 […]
Academics & Education
Madrassa ousted from secondary school following lesson telling Muslim girls to have children, not careers (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Dem Rep. Carson: Rep. Omar not antisemitic — ‘She has strong support from the Jewish community’
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Omar criticized for refusing to answer questions from CNN reporter
(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 […]
Government & Politics
MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year. Why they remain frustrated
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Tlaib: ‘People hear you differently’ when you’re a woman of color and a ‘first’ in Congress
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Israel-hating Islamists fundraise off Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitism
(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 […]
Government & Politics
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
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Linda Sarsour attacks AIPAC in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar
(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 […]
Government & Politics
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.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar seeks to clarify call for ‘not 1 dollar for DHS’
(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 […]
Government & Politics
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.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Omar calls for defunding Homeland Security — 1 hour after insisting that TSA workers get backpay
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Zeldin accepts Omar’s invitation to discuss religious discrimination over Somali tea
(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 […]
Clothing
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
(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) […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Republican on Omar appointment: ‘Crazy to watch what Dems are empowering / elevating’
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Tlaib invites Dem chairman on West Bank delegation after his criticism
(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?” […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib stays quiet on top ally who spread anti-Semitic conspiracies
(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 […]
Internet
Al-Qaeda’s little sister Aidah Shukrijumah mourns brother Adnan’s death, while exhibiting his extremist DNA.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib’s ties to anti-Semitism run deeper than previously known
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Women’s March leader omits Jews from Holocaust remembrance statement Linda Sarsour attacked the White House for the same thing in 2017
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Omar, Tlaib come under fire from GOP
(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, […]
Internet
Google caught hosting Hezbollah’s violent Android games
(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 […]
Demonstrations
Hallandale reprimands commissioner for anti-Muslim comments
(Sun Sentinel) A Hallandale Beach commissioner accused of engaging in an anti-Muslim rant that sparked a global media storm says she never attacked Muslims — just a U.S. congresswoman who happens to be Muslim. Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub, who is Jewish, kicked a […]
Government & Politics
Pro-Israel groups take issue with appointment of Omar to House Foreign Affairs Committee While several pro-Israel groups criticized the appointment of Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has endorsed BDS, as a 'dangerous development,' others expressed confidence in the pro-Israel leadership of the committee to counter her. J Street contends the attacks on her are 'bigoted and deeply wrong.'
(JNS) It didn’t take long for Jewish and Israel-related groups to react to the appointment of anti-Israel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Along with several other new members of Congress, Omar has gained considerable attention as part of […]
Government & Politics
Rep. Omar apologizes for tweet about Israel
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) expressed regret for saying in a 2012 tweet that “Israel has hypnotized the world” while doing “evil,” saying she had not realized her words would be offensive to Jewish people. Omar responded in a series of tweets […]
Government & Politics
GOP leaders blast Pelosi for elevating freshman rep with history of anti-Israel remarks
(Fox) A series of top Republicans on Thursday condemned the decision by Democratic leaders to elevate freshman Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, charging that she has a history of making overtly anti-Semitic comments. The strong GOP criticism came as […]
Government & Politics
Freshman lawmaker calls Israel a ‘regime,’ secures coveted committee seat She spoke to CNN and defended a tweet she posted in 2012 that claimed that 'Israel has hypnotized the world.'
(Jerusalem Post) Ilhan Omar, a newly elected Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, secured a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, bringing to that high-level forum experience as a Somali refugee, perspective as one of the first two Muslim women elected […]
Crime
ADL demands Tlaib explain her relationship with pro-Hezbollah activist
(Daily Caller) The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish non-government organization that fights hate crimes, has called for Rep. Rashida Tlaib to explain her relationship with a pro-Hezbollah, anti-Israel activist on Thursday afternoon. Abbas Hamideh, the executive director and co-founder of Al-Awda: The Palestinian […]