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Academics & Education

Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million — or an apology — from Trump for 3-month detention Khalil filed a claim against the government on Thursday in a bid to stop its continued deportation campaign against pro-Palestine protesters on college campuses.

July 10, 2025   

(Courthouse News) After 104 days in federal immigration custody, a stint that forced him to miss the birth of his first child, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is seeking $20 million from the Trump administration for his “politically motivated arrest,” according to his […]

Academics & Education

Trump officials used shadowy website to target pro-Palestinian academics for deportation, court records show The unsealed court records also reveal how deeply involved Trump aide Stephen Miller was in the effort to revoke the visas of pro-Palestinian academics.

July 9, 2025 and   

(Politico) As the Trump administration identified pro-Palestinian academics to target for deportation, it relied heavily on an anonymously-run pro-Israel website that has been criticized for doxxing, according to newly unsealed court documents and testimony at an ongoing trial. To support President Donald […]

Academics & Education

Trump admin waffles in court on whether pro-Palestinian foreigners have full First Amendment rights It’s a central question in the first major trial of Trump’s second term.

July 7, 2025   

(Politico) A trial on a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s drive to deport pro-Palestinian academics quickly confronted a thorny legal issue Monday: whether foreigners in the U.S. enjoy the same free speech rights as American citizens. The administration’s stance on […]

Academics & Education

Trump’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian activists goes to trial The case challenging the administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian academics marks the first major trial of Trump’s second term.

July 6, 2025 and   

(Politico) At least five times in recent weeks, federal judges have forcefully rejected President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian student activists, issuing one stinging ruling after another to declare the efforts unconstitutional — with one judge comparing the deportation drive to […]

Academics & Education

Student accused of supporting Hamas appears in court Despite SOAS university being repeatedly informed of Sarah Cotte's actions, it appears to have repeatedly declined to act for 17 months until she was charged

July 4, 2025   

(Jewish News) A student accused of expressing support for Hamas and the 7 October attacks two days after the massacre has appeared at the Old Bailey, denying two charges of expressing “an opinion or belief in support of a proscribed organisation.” Sarah […]

Crime

Berlin court reduces sentence after ‘blood money’ deal A manslaughter conviction ends with four years after a $100,000 payment between families under tribal custom is accepted as mitigating.

July 1, 2025   

(European Conservative) A rejected asylum seeker received a lighter sentence for manslaughter after the court took into account a payment of “blood money” made under Shariah and tribal customs. In June 2024, Abdi A. stabbed his childhood friend Abdihannan M. during an […]

Crime

Suspect in Boulder firebombing pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges Prosecutors say Mohamed Sabry Soliman called for the death of Zionists and to 'free Palestine' as he attacked a group honoring Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

June 27, 2025   

(Courthouse News) A man facing federal hate crime and explosives charges pleaded not guilty on Friday to orchestrating an attack on Colorado residents who gathered in Boulder to raise awareness of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was arrested […]

Crime

WLBT finds watchlisted Iranian national arrested in Mississippi tied to past assault allegations Man labeled ‘suspected terrorist’ by DHS owned property in Madison County since 2013

June 25, 2025   

(WLBT) An Iranian man described as a suspected terrorist by federal authorities had been under scrutiny in Texas years earlier for allegedly attacking his wife, according to court records obtained exclusively by 3 On Your Side. Moreover, Yousef Mehridehno’s designation as a […]

Cemeteries & Funerals

Family alleges Texas mosque refused to perform funeral for gay Muslim man A Houston family is suing the Islamic Society of Greater Houston, alleging the nonprofit refused to perform contracted religious services for a gay Muslim man on the day he was buried.

June 25, 2025   

(Houston Chronicle) It was the day of the funeral. Yasmin Al-Zibdeh was home with her two sisters and mom, waiting for a phone call from their dad to tell them to come down to the mosque. She thought members of the Islamic Society […]

Crime

Trial date set for three men charged in Iranian assassination plots against Trump, dissident Farhad Shakeri, an 'asset of the Iranian regime,' allegedly plotted the assassination of Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad in addition to President Trump

June 25, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The three men charged in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump and an Iranian dissident on U.S. soil now have a trial date: March 9, 2026, federal judge Lewis J. Liman ruled from his courtroom in New York City on Tuesday. The […]

Academics & Education

Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil bashes Columbia ‘hypocrisy’ in first NYC rally since being released from ICE detainment

June 22, 2025 and   

(NY Post) Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil on Sunday bashed his alma mater Columbia University over its “hypocrisy” in claiming to support international students while leaving him to rot in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center for three months until his release […]

Law Enforcement

French court upholds life sentence for man linked to jihadist murder of police couple The Paris Special Criminal Court on Saturday upheld a life sentence for a man found guilty of being complicit in the 2016 murder of two police officers in front of their three-year-old child.

June 21, 2025   

(France 24) A French court on Saturday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted for his part in the 2016 killing of a police couple at their home in front of their young child. In 2023, Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, a Franco-Moroccan, […]