(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors charged a Syrian national suspected of stabbing two men last year in the eastern city of Dresden, German media outlets reported Thursday. The 20-year-old suspect is said to have been motivated by a radical Islamist ideology, and […]
(Pink News) Belgian immigration authorities will deport a Turkish imam for saying on social media that being gay is an “illness” that causes “decay.” The imam led worship at the Green Mosque in Houthalen-Helchteren, Linburg, according to BBC Türkçe. When asked by the […]
(Courthouse News) Italy is illegally sending asylum seekers who cross its borders back into the Balkans, where they are routinely beaten and mistreated by police, according to an Italian judge. In a ruling this week, Judge Silvia Albano with the Court of […]
(NL Times) The police arrested a man in August on suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist attack in the Netherlands, NU.nl reported based on charges filed by the Public Prosecution Service (OM). One of [the] suspect’s potential targets was Pride Amsterdam, […]
(WFTV) For the first time since she was acquitted, we are hearing from the Pulse shooter’s wife about the seconds and hours after investigators burst into her home. The last time we saw Noor Salman was when she walked out of the […]
(Floridian) Noor Salman, the widow of Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub mass shooter, is now being honored by the Muslim Legal Fund of America center (MLFA) at their annual “The [Angels] Await” charity fundraiser. Salman is listed as a guest […]
(NL Times) On Thursday, the court in Rotterdam sentenced a group of men to up to 17 years in prison for preparing a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands. The group, who came to be known as the 27 September cell, was […]
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(NL Times) Amsterdam Pride was one of the targets of a terrorist attack foiled when the authorities arrested six men from Arnhem in September [2018], according to an email read in the trial against the six suspects on Friday, De Gelderlander reports. […]
(AP) A ceremony commemorating the fourth anniversary of a massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida was being held virtually Friday because of the coronavirus, instead of members of the public gathering outside the club to remember the victims as in years […]
(Breitbart) Former Vice President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of the Pulse night club shooting in Orlando, Florida, leaving out the fact that the perpetrator was a radical Islamist loyal to the so-called “Islamic State.” Omar […]
(Global News) The Canadian Council of Imams is calling on the federal government to investigate their allegations of Islamophobia within the Canada Revenue Agency for making what they call “false” and “misleading” claims against two Muslim leaders. The allegations come after the […]
(Hollywood Reporter) Jeff Goldblum has come under fire on social media for asking if Islam was “anti-homosexuality” and “anti-woman” during Friday night’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The comments came after the seven remaining queens on the show, now in its 12th […]
(Free Beacon) A George Soros-backed Muslim group, which cohosts a conference that in recent years drew speakers who called homosexuality a “disease” and defended terrorist groups, announced its endorsement of Joe Biden for president. Emgage, which bills itself as the largest Muslim […]
(Daily Caller) The Bernie Sanders campaign distanced itself Tuesday from “offensive and toxic” remarks from a Muslim cleric who spoke at a rally for the presidential candidate Saturday. Faiz Shakir, the Sanders campaign manager, issued a statement responding to resurfaced video from […]
(Daily Caller) A Michigan-based Islamic cleric who spoke at a Bernie Sanders rally on Saturday has claimed in sermons that the terrorist group ISIS is “somehow connected to Israel,” and that homosexuality is “a form of disorder.” Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini, the […]
(Breitbart) An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries. The imam’s comments were set out as part of an email that was framed about being against FGM […]
(Pink News) LGBT+ Muslim group Imaan has set the date for the UK’s first-ever Muslim Pride festival. The event will take place in London on Saturday, April 11, the group announced on social media. Imaan announced: “It’s happening! We’ve set the date […]
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(Seattle Times) A man accused of killing four people in 2014 in a self-proclaimed “jihad” to avenge U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East has been brought back to Seattle to face three aggravated first-degree murder charges here, after receiving a life sentence […]
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(Times of Israel) A Canadian imam called candidates in the country’s upcoming elections “evil and filthy” supporters of Zionism who approve of homosexuality, warning Muslims they would be judged for their votes. “This voting is a testimony and will be recorded,” Sheikh […]
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(BBC) “I think we’ve earned a party,” says 29-year-old Joy Muhammad. She is part of a group that wants to put on a UK festival to celebrate LGBT Muslim culture. “We’ve had Bi Pride, we’ve had Black Pride, we have Trans Pride,” […]
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(Le News) Earlier this year, Sabine Tiguemounine, a parliamentarian from the Green Party, made news when she decided to sit in an area of Geneva’s parliament building open to the public, rather than in the main area where parliamentary members normally sit. […]
(NL Times) The PvdA faction in Amsterdam received a storm of negative reactions because of a photo posted on the party’s Twitter account on Saturday. In the photo, PvdA councilor in Amsterdam Hendrik Jan Biemond is posing in a yellow burka with […]
(Global News) The National Council of Canadian Muslims is calling on a Toronto-area Conservative candidate to step aside following reports about her past social media posts. Nadia Hasan, acting executive director of the council, said Saturday that Ghada Melek’s alleged comments on […]
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(IPT) He’s a public figure who repeatedly preaches about the evil done by Jews. They’re accursed, he said last month, justifying the claim with scripture. They incurred God’s justifiable wrath, he said in 2012, also citing scripture. And today, he argues that […]
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(CNN) In the United States, you could count the number of mosques like Masjid al-Rabia on two hands. It’s a small community built on “five pillars of inclusivity,” including pledges to be “women-centered,” anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming and welcoming to a variety of Islamic […]
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(IPT) Facts, in the social media age, often fail to overcome a simple, emotional punch. That’s especially true when dealing with uncomfortable facts. Rather than offer contrasting information, or even try to explain how a situation or opinion might have changed over […]
(IPT) Islam’s holy month of Ramadan began Sunday, so it’s not surprising that the U.S. House turned to a Muslim cleric to provide Thursday’s invocation. The problem is with the cleric chosen. Omar Suleiman is a conservative imam who has a history […]
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(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 […]
(Local) A controversial imam seized by Swedish authorities risks death if deported to Iraq, his family have claimed. Abu Raad, who works at the al-Rashideen mosque in the city of Gävle, was seized on Wednesday and … placed in a migration detention […]
(IPT) When you think about black civil rights groups in the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) likely springs to mind. There are numerous others working on issues like voting rights, criminal justice reform and more. […]
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(BBC) An event involving a psychologist who has claimed sex and relationship education could cause children “harm” has been cancelled by a university. Dr Kate Godfrey-Faussett is being investigated by the British Psychological Society after saying the lessons were part of an […]
(Times of Israel) A New Jersey imam has accused the chief rabbi of the Israeli army of condoning the rape of Palestinian women. In a February sermon at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, NJ, Baker Assaf said Muslims should […]
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