Internet
Make social media firms remove terror attack images, says police chief (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Crime
Keith Ellison, Louis Farrakhan, and ‘cop killers’: Smear campaign or fair game?
(Pioneer Press) For more than a decade, Keith Ellison’s political opponents have criticized him with the same list of grievances: His past association with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, his past association with gang leader Sharif Willis, his past statements on […]
Children & Teens
Fiery sermon alleging child misconduct cover-up ignites outrage among Irving Muslims
(Dallas Morning News) The Islamic Center of Irving is facing backlash from the North Texas Muslim community after allegations surfaced about a man behaving inappropriately with children at the mosque. The center issued a statement Sunday, saying it had filed a police report […]
Government & Politics
IPT obtains letters of support to Hamas front group from 101 elected lawmakers
(IPT) If the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) stuck to its stated mission statement and only did civil rights work protecting Muslim Americans from discrimination and bigotry, you likely would never see it mentioned on this site. But CAIR has a second, […]
Children & Teens
Hundreds of female genital mutilation cases referred to the Met without a single successful prosecution
(ITV) Just under 750 cases of female genital mutilation were referred to the Met Police over the last five years, though prosecutors are still yet to make a conviction. According to figures obtained by ITV News, 748 people have approached authorities with […]
Government & Politics
Is Canada’s government funding terrorism?
(Gatestone) Canadian taxpayers have unwittingly been funding terrorism for more than two decades, often through federally registered charities, many of which have since been banned in other countries and subsequently by Ottawa as well. The International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and […]
Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Hebdo protection cop suspended over radicalisation suspicions
(Radio France) A police officer charged with protecting the editor of France’s controversial Charlie Hebdo paper has been suspended because of suspicions he might have been attracted to radical Islamism, according to press reports. The officer, who has not been named in […]
Demonstrations
Utrecht bans Pegida demonstration at mosque
(NL Times) The city of Utrecht will not allow Pegida to demonstrate at the Ulu mosque in the Lombok neighborhood on Wednesday. The municipality offered the anti-Islam movement an alternative location for their demonstration, near the police station in the area, RTV […]
Immigration
France clears 1,800 migrants from northern camp
(AFP) French police cleared 1,800 migrants from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk on Tuesday, hoping to deter people-traffickers seeking to smuggle them across the Channel to Britain. Hundreds of police flooded the Grande-Synthe camp at dawn to expel the migrants, most of […]
Children & Teens
Muslim cleric, 51, who runs Britain’s largest network of sharia courts is quizzed over child rape claims (LINK ONLY)
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Banks & Banking
Anjem Choudary: Radical preacher has assets frozen
(BBC) Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has had his assets frozen, days before he is due to leave prison. The 51-year-old, who was jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the Islamic State group, is expected to be released on Friday. The […]
Clerics & Preachers
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary freed from prison (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
He counseled a teen for years, but she says he was grooming her for sex A young woman filed a lawsuit and a police report accusing a Texas imam of sexual misconduct. Those who know her say it’s a landmark moment for Muslims saying #MeToo.
(BuzzFeed) Late at night on Dec. 5, 2016, the respected imam of one of the biggest mosques in Texas allegedly invited an 18-year-old to a prepaid room at the Motel 6 in Grand Prairie. The young woman, identified as Jane Doe in […]
Academics & Education
Schools monitored for jihad recruitment Cooperation between schools and intelligence
(ANSA) Italian authorities said Thursday that they had started monitoring schools for the risk of jihadi recruitment. According to anti-terror investigators, the young are among the “vulnerable individuals most exposed to the risks of radicalisation.” Intelligence services were [said] to be in […]
Clothing
Danish police lack resources to clamp down on burqa-wearers ‘Pressing matters’ have prevented police from apprehending offenders
(Copenhagen Post) The enforcement of the government’s recent controversial law banning certain types of face coverings seems to be turning into a bit of a farce. Although 88 reports have been submitted to the police regarding the contravention of the new law […]
Clerics & Preachers
We need to know more about spread of Islam in prisons (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Italy brands France a ‘disgrace’ after police dump migrants across border
(Reuters) Italy’s far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini branded France an “international disgrace” on Tuesday for having driven two migrants across its border and dumping them in Italy. Tensions between the neighbors have risen as Rome has accused Paris of hypocrisy by […]
Children & Teens
Muslim preacher who runs Britain’s biggest sharia court denies raping two Dutch women in UK when they were young schoolgirls (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Extremist preacher Anjem Choudary to be freed on parole (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Spain: Islamic State recruiting in prisons
(Gatestone) Spanish police have dismantled a jihadi network operating inside and across more than a dozen Spanish prisons. The network, allegedly linked to the Islamic State, was established and operated by one of the most implacable jihadis in the Spanish prison system […]
Government & Politics
Bill Lee, Muslim advocacy group agree to meet after reports that campaign sought photo of opponent
(Tennessean) Bill Lee, the Republican nominee for governor, reached out to the American Muslim Advisory Council after they criticized reports about the Lee campaign’s attempts to get a photo of Karl Dean at a “Muslim event.” Sabina Mohyuddin, the program manager for the Nashville-based advisory […]
Government & Politics
Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar defends donation to radical ‘Islamist’ group CAIR
(Breitbart) Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar spent the early hours of Thursday morning defending his campaign’s 2017 donation to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the contributions he has received from CAIR officials. Campa-Najjar is running in California’s 50th congressional district […]
Government & Politics
At least 160 radical Muslims are under Dutch local authority surveillance
(Dutch News) Local councils, the police and the security services are monitoring the activities of at least 160 radical Muslims in the Netherlands, the Volkskrant reported on Thursday. Top of the list is Amsterdam, with 59 suspects under surveillance, followed by The […]
Government & Politics
Muslim group ‘disappointed’ that Lee campaign reportedly wanted Dean photographed at ‘Muslim event’
(Tennessean) The American Muslim Advisory Council is pushing back against Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee’s campaign for reportedly trying to have his Democratic opponent photographed at a “Muslim event.” The Nashville-based advisory council, a nonprofit focused on building mutual trust and respect in […]
Books
Norway accuses foreign nationals of 1993 ‘Satanic Verses’ attack
(AFP) Norwegian police have formally accused several foreign nationals over a 1993 attack on the Norwegian publisher of “The Satanic Verses,” thus preventing the statute of limitations from closing the case. The National Criminal Investigation Service said Tuesday “foreign nationals who are […]
Academics & Education
Signs at Toronto Jewish school vandalized with pro-Palestinian slogans: B’Nai Brith Canada
(Global News) Toronto police say they’re investigating after signs at a Jewish day school were spray-painted with pro-Palestinian slogans, including a message in support of fundamentalist organization Hamas. In a statement from the advocacy organization B’Nai Brith Canada, officials said staff at […]
Immigration
Migrants seeking winter shelter overwhelm northern Greece
(AP) Several hundred asylum-seekers camped outside a police station Monday in northern Greece, lining up to be arrested and formally processed as a surge in illegal migration overwhelmed authorities in the region. After sleeping on benches and patches of grass in a […]
Children & Teens
MPs are failing victims of forced marriage, says charity (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Minneapolis cops: We can’t investigate Keith Ellison. Maybe other cops can
(Pioneer Press) The Minneapolis Police Department will not investigate the allegation of domestic abuse against U.S. Rep Keith Ellison but is talking to other agencies that might. “Due to a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest, the […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim advocates raise concerns about Detroit Police fatal shooting
(Detroit Free Press) Michigan State Police is now investigating the Detroit Police officer-involved shooting last month that killed Detric Driver, whose death is sparking criticism from his friends and some Muslim-American groups. Driver was shot several times during an early morning police raid […]
Clothing
Helicopter jailbreak gangster captured in France after 3-month hunt
(AFP) A gangster who made a Hollywood-style helicopter prison break was nabbed in northern France, charged and returned to jail Wednesday, a judicial source said, after three months on the run, at times wearing a burqa as a disguise. Notorious French robber […]
Clothing
Enforcing Austria’s burqa ban a delicate matter in Alpine resort
(AFP) With its pristine waters, snow-covered mountains and breathtaking Alpine views, the Austrian lakeside town of Zell am See is one of the top European destinations for visitors from the Gulf region. And it aims to remain so, even though Austria introduced […]
Government & Politics
Arnhem keeping an eye on 25 radicalized Muslims, mayor says
(NL Times) The authorities in Arnhem [have] been intensively monitoring a group of about 25 radicalized Muslims for some time, Mayor Ahmed Marcouch said. The seven men arrested last week on suspicion of planning a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands belonged […]
Law Enforcement
French police raid Shiite Islamic centre
(AFP) About 200 police raided the headquarters in northern France of a Shiite Islamic association and the homes of its leaders who are suspected of supporting “terrorist organisations,” security sources said. The operation against the Zahra Centre France in Grande Synthe, a […]
Clothing
Austria’s controversial ‘burqa ban,’ a year on With few burqa wearers in Austria, police have often been forced to deal with the absurd side effects of the law. Public opinion, however, remains divided one year after the country banned full-face coverings.
(Deutsche Welle) “Not much has changed,” says Herbert Trappel, enjoying a glass of wine at an outdoor sausage stand at Vienna’s Viktor Adler Market. “When was the law introduced, back in April?” The stand’s proprietor, Vesna Dudek, shakes her head indecisively. You […]
Clothing
Settlement agreement in hijab lawsuit reached, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office says
(Ventura County Star) Settlement terms have been reached in a federal lawsuit against the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office concerning a Muslim woman whose head scarf was removed while she was in custody, officials announced Monday. The civil rights lawsuit concerns Newbury Park resident Jennifer Hyatt, […]
Academics & Education
FGM cutters ‘being flown into UK to mutilate girls to order,’ survivor warns (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Cage asked to remove video over claims woman’s delivery room was ‘raided’ after giving birth (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Linda Sarsour arrested while blocking streets outside Supreme Court
(Daily Caller) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour was arrested while protesting against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Thursday afternoon. Sarsour, who has been arrested numerous times, including at Kavanaugh’s Sept. 4 confirmation hearing, was spotted inside the Hart Senate Office Building around 10 […]
Clothing
Danish police investigate officer who hugged niqab-wearing protester
(Reuters) A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said on Wednesday. The incident, in which the protester appeared to be crying, was captured by a […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Linda Sarsour’s blood libel
(IPT) When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background. So says Linda Sarsour, perhaps the most visible Muslim political advocate in the United States — a co-chair of the national Women’s March and a campaign […]
Children & Teens
Islam critic who the kids listen to but laugh at Rasmus Paludan is quickly becoming one of the country’s best-known politicians among teenagers, but for all the wrong reasons
(Copenhagen Post) The lawyer Rasmus Paludan, a right-wing Islam critic and prospective MP who founded the party Stram Kurs (“hard line” or “tight course”) in July 2017, is under fire for his increasingly provocative means of drawing attention to himself. Paludan’s modus […]
Citizenship
Italy govt adopts tough anti-migrant decree
(AFP) The Italian government on Monday adopted a heavily-criticised security decree which will make it easier to expel migrants and strip them of Italian citizenship. The new bill is “a step forward to make Italy safer,” far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said […]
Children & Teens
Muslim children victims of UK’s counter-terror policy Report released by advocacy group documents unjust practices by Prevent strategy
(Anadolu) Muslim children are being falsely accused of radicalization by the British government as part of its counter-terrorism strategy Prevent, a report said Thursday. The report released by the human rights advocacy group Cage details how Prevent has erroneously targeted Muslim communities […]
Government & Politics
Federal appeals court revives challenge of no-fly list
(Oregonian) The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit brought by a former Portland resident who alleged the government violated his due process rights by placing him on the no-fly list without notice. The appeals panel found that a […]
Banks & Banking
Austrian police hunt cross-dressing, hijab-clad bank robber
(AP) Police in Austria are on the lookout for a tall man who robbed a bank disguised with a latex mask, glasses, bright red lipstick and an Islamic-style headscarf. Vienna police said Wednesday the suspect robbed a bank in Linz at the […]
Crime
Muslim woman accused of breaking into cars, stealing mail thanks officers for civility
(KCAL) A Muslim woman suspected of committing crimes in Monrovia had a message for the police officers who confronted and questioned her, and her response isn’t what most people would expect. For Esma Ali, she said she had to thank the Monrovia […]
Apostasy
‘There are only two choices, Islam or death’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
New West Yorkshire Police uniform designed for Muslim women (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Federal DHS grants on extremism concern Muslims in Michigan
(Detroit Free Press) The week before Donald Trump was inaugurated last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a Lebanese-American group in Dearborn $500,000 as part of a government effort to counter violent extremism known as CVE. The department also gave […]