Clerics & Preachers
‘He’s preaching something that’s illegal’ (LINK ONLY)
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Mosques
Academics & Education
Macron to review report calling for reform of Islam in France President follows in the footsteps of those who have tried, and failed, to establish an ‘Islam of France.’
(Politico) Islamists have an “intellectual monopoly” over public debate among Muslims in France and the state must intervene to limit foreign influence over worshippers, according to a new report submitted to President Emmanuel Macron. The 617-page report, “The Fabric of Islam,” presents […]
Academics & Education
Halal tax and Arabic in French schools: The new ways to stop Islamic fundamentalism in France?
(Local) A new report by a Paris think-tank underlines “the progress of Islamist ideology among Muslims in France,” suggesting that Salafi Islam can be stamped out through a “halal tax” and Arabic being taught in French schools. According to the report released […]
Clothing
Sweden: Social Democrat candidate claims Islamic law more important than Swedish law
(Breitbart) The Swedish Social Democrats have had to remove a parliamentary candidate from their national election list only days before the vote after they claimed Islamic law was more important than Swedish law. The candidate, who was running in the municipality of Karlshamn in the […]
Government & Politics
Dem candidate held event with Nation of Islam members outside radical mosque Pressley upset Capuano in primary shocker
(Free Beacon) Democratic congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley appeared outside a mosque that has played host to numerous radical figures during her primary campaign this year. Dr. Wesley Muhammad gave a lecture at Boston’s Muhammad Mosque No. 11 in February entitled “The Secret […]
Government & Politics
Islamic center of Belgium wants to retain control over Great Mosque
(Brussels Times) The Islamic and Cultural Center of Belgium (CICB) contests before the State Council the decision of Interior Minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) to cancel the concession agreement for the Great Mosque of Brussels, Sudpresse newspapers report Thursday. The oral arguments were […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
UCP nomination candidate apologizes for remarks about Fort McMurray Muslims NDP describe comments made by Cindy Ross in 2015 as 'racist views'
(CBC) A Calgary United Conservative Party nomination candidate has apologized for three-year-old social media comments in which she compared Muslims in Fort McMurray to bank robbers. Cindy Ross, who is seeking the UCP nomination in Calgary-Fish Creek, apologized for now-deleted Facebook posts […]
Clerics & Preachers
Street co-naming honors Muslim group Eastern Queens leaders celebrate at Bait-Uz-Zafar Mosque in Holliswood
(Queens Chronicle) In many other parts of the world, the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam has been targeted and persecuted. But in the Holliswood section of eastern Queens, it has found loving neighbors. Last Friday, about 200 people came to a ceremony at […]
Clerics & Preachers
Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
(Reuters) Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of male domination at the mosque and are setting up their own. From Copenhagen to Los Angeles, a handful of female […]
Demonstrations
Greek far-right party stages rally against planned mosque
(AP) Several hundred supporters of Greece’s extreme right Golden Dawn party have staged a protest near central Athens against plans to build a state-funded mosque in the Greek capital. Authorities used riot police buses to block roads near the construction site during […]
Children & Teens
Growing group of young Salafists increasingly isolated from society: report
(NL Times) There is a growing group of young Salafists in the Netherlands who politicians can’t get a grip on, according to a study by Mohammad Nazar Soroush at Tilburg University, for which he is receiving his doctorate, NOS reports. Nazar Soroush studied Salafist Muslims […]
Demonstrations
Sweden Democrat leader’s visit causes disquiet among Malmö’s Muslims
(Local) When Jimmie Åkesson, the 39-year-old leader of the populist Sweden Democrats, starts railing against “giant mosque complexes, with huge minarets everywhere” Adam and Mohammed begin to protest. “It’s you who want to build that!” Mohammed, 25, shouts out when Åkesson accuses […]
Clerics & Preachers
Germany cuts funding to largest Turkish-Islamic organization DITIB The German federal government had provided funds to DITIB for counter-extremism and refugee aid programs. The Turkish-Islamic group has been under fire over a number of scandals.
(Deutsche Welle) The German government will no longer be funding projects run with the country’s largest Islamic umbrella group, the Interior Ministry in Berlin said on Thursday. Since the start of the year, the federal government has not approved any funding for […]
Academics & Education
Maryland Islamic schools tied to Iranian regime
(Clarion) A sheikh tied to the Iranian regime is currently teaching at two Maryland Islamic schools and leads a mosque in the state and teaches at another, Clarion Project discovered. In addition, his daughter is posting pro-Hezbollah propaganda that glorifies violent jihad. Sheikh Abdul […]
Animals
Cow slaughter caught on video not animal cruelty case, police say
(CTV) Police say the skinning of a cow shown on a video circulating online is not being treated as an animal cruelty case but the incident is being probed to ensure food safety regulations were followed. Halton regional police say the cow […]
Christians
Polish lawmaker backs burqa ban, no Saudi mosques in Europe until Poland can build cathedral in Saudi Arabia
(Breitbart) Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński has waded into the European burqa debate, saying it should be banned partly for security reasons, and partly to make it clear to Islamic radicals that they cannot demand more rights in Europe than Europeans have in Saudi […]
Clerics & Preachers
As anti-Islam activity rises, campaign aims to boost voter turnout among Muslim-Americans
(KPCC) More than 100 people gathered at the Middle Ground Muslim Center in Upland Friday as part of National Muslim Voter Registration Day, a campaign that aims to boost Muslim-American turnout in the November midterm elections. The day of registration is part […]
Academics & Education
Muslims distribute back-to-school supplies in New Rochelle, Yonkers
(Westchester Journal News) Members of the Islamic Circle of North America distributed back-to-school supplies at the Nepperhan Community Center Saturday. These events are part of a larger national drive, #OneNationOneCause, sponsored by ICNA Relief in its commitment to building stronger communities by […]
Academics & Education
Unstunned halal meat back on school menu — for now (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Amsterdam’s mayor shakes up strategy to deal with radicalisation
(Dutch News) Amsterdam’s new mayor Femke Halsema wants to take action against radical imams who do not break the law but are still “undesirable,” according to the city’s local paper the Parool. In addition, Halsema wants an end to mosque financing from […]
Crime
Attacks on Muslims drop in Germany in first half of 2018 The number of attacks on Muslims and mosques has fallen significantly in Germany, new figures show. But lawmakers warn the country is still failing to include its Muslim community in society.
(Deutsche Welle) In the first six months of 2018, there were 320 offenses committed against Muslims, mosques and other institutions associated with Islam in Germany, according to information from the Interior Ministry. That’s significantly lower than the nearly 500 cases reported during […]
Academics & Education
‘Allahu Akbar’ rules at Minnesota Vikings stadium Super Eid 'rally' features roster of scary speakers with jihadist ties.
(FrontPage) As Islamic leaders with ties to terrorism addressed them, thousands of Muslims chanted the jihadist battle cry “Allahu Akbar” at taxpayer-funded U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis yesterday as part of a huge celebration of the Muslim festival of animal sacrifice known […]
Government & Politics
Swedish authorities monitor Islamic group’s campaign to stop Swedish Muslims voting
(Local) Swedish authorities have said they are looking into an Islamic group which is encouraging Muslims in Sweden to abstain from voting in the upcoming election. The Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir has launched a campaign under the slogan “Use your voice — […]
Clothing
Scholar under Glasgow fatwa Paigham Mustafa defends Boris Johnson’s burqa remarks (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Manchester mosque denies ‘military jihad’ support
(BBC) A mosque where the Manchester Arena bomber worshipped denies encouraging people to “fight in any military struggle” following a BBC report. A sermon by Imam Mustafa Graf at Didsbury Mosque in 2016 called for the support of fighters in Syria, according […]
Clothing
Germany tolerant of LGBT neighbors, but not Muslim ones While homophobia has seen a drastic decrease in Germany over the years, Islamophobia has remained stubbornly stagnant. A new Playboy poll has found that most Germans are opposed to mosques, hijab, and refugee homes.
(Deutsche Welle) A new poll published on Thursday by Playboy Germany shows that while national hostility to minority sexualities may have taken a nosedive over the years, hostility to Islam remains depressingly stagnant. According to the survey, which polled over 1,000 men […]
Clerics & Preachers
Manchester mosque sermon ‘called for armed jihad,’ say scholars
(BBC) A sermon at the mosque where the Manchester bomber worshipped called for the support of armed jihadist fighters, according to two Muslim scholars. An imam at Didsbury Mosque in December 2016 was recorded praying for “victory” for “our brothers and sisters […]
Academics & Education
Qatar: France’s generous financer of mosques
(Gatestone) Qatari activism in France should greatly worry those who care about the stability of European democracies. For years, Qatar has been the focus of many claims about its Islamic fundamentalism and its alleged support for the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, ISIS, elements […]
Children & Teens
The trial of the Blind Sheikh ties in to a New Mexico child-abuse case Named in the prosecutor’s letter in 1995, Siraj Wahhaj lost his grandson earlier this month to the mayhem of a squalid compound run by fundamentalist Muslims.
(National Review) In an awful story out of New Mexico last week, five adults were arrested on charges of abusing children, conduct that allegedly resulted in the death of one child. Apparently, the defendants are fundamentalist Muslims who were running the squalid […]
Crime
Hague mosque calls for investigation into anti-Islam politician’s death
(NL Times) The As-Soennah mosque in The Hague wants the authorities to do an in-depth investigation into the death of PVV city councilor Willie Dille. Such an investigation is in the interest of Dutch society and can help prevent further polarization, mosque […]
Children & Teens
The Gray Lady once again sanitizes radical Islam
(IPT) For many years now, the New York Times has sanitized radical Islamic groups, militant Islamic leaders and even Islamic terrorist attacks. The paper has [done] this by deliberately omitting critical details that would discredit Islamist groups. For example, the Times routinely […]
Children & Teens
The Wahhaj family compound and their Dem-connected father The open extremists operating in the Democratic Party's midst.
(FrontPage) It turns out the man arrested for running a Muslim terrorist training compound in rural New Mexico is the son of an influential Democrat-connected jihadist imam who was close to the Blind Sheikh who orchestrated the bombing of the World Trade […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim women launch equality campaign amid claims of ‘crisis’ at Scottish mosques (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Europe: Prayer in public spaces
(Gatestone) A few months ago, a global media tempest erupted after Polish Catholics held a mass public prayer event across the country. The BBC deemed it “controversial,” due to “concerns it could be seen as endorsing the state’s refusal to let in […]
Clerics & Preachers
Taj Hargey interview: ‘The burka is a fifth column … we will wake in the Islamic Republic of Britain’ (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Erdogan-linked group asks senators to oppose Turkey sanctions
(IPT) MUSIAD USA sent letters to several U.S. senators last week protesting sanction[s] the Trump administration’s imposed on Turkey over its continuing detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. MUSIAD is a businessmen’s association connected with Turkey’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party […]
Academics & Education
Sweden’s government funds anti-Semitism
(Gatestone) As major Swedish cities such as Malmö have become known as places where Jews are threatened, anti-Semitism in Sweden has attracted international attention. Does Sweden, however, really deserve this bad reputation or is there some misunderstanding? In December 2017, when US […]
Apostasy
Ottawa mosque loses charity status for promoting ‘hate and intolerance’
(Global News) The federal government has stripped one of Ottawa’s largest mosques of its charity status over “activities that promote hate and intolerance,” Global News has learned. The Canada Revenue Agency took action against the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque following […]
Academics & Education
Linda Sarsour linked to father of New Mexico jihadi who allegedly trained kids to shoot up schools
(Breitbart) Left-wing Islamic activist Linda Sarsour reportedly has ties to the father of the man arrested for allegedly training children to carry out school shootings on a New Mexico compound. Police arrested Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 39, last week for allegedly holding a series […]
Academics & Education
Brooklyn imam says missing boy found dead in New Mexico compound was grandson
(NY Post) A controversial Brooklyn imam confirmed Thursday that the decomposing body of a young boy found in a squalid New Mexico compound is his grandson — but denied his mosque had anything to do with the death, or an alleged “conspiracy […]
Crime
Germany arrests man accused of spying on mosque for Jordan
(AP) German authorities say they have arrested a German man who is accused of spying on a mosque for Jordan. Federal prosecutors said the 33-year-old, identified only as Alexander B. because of German privacy rules, was arrested Tuesday. They didn’t specify where. […]
Children & Teens
Sickos busted for abusing kids at compound linked to controversial imam
(NY Post) The five people arrested for child abuse in New Mexico after they were found living with 11 children in “Third World” conditions are related to a controversial Muslim faith leader in Brooklyn who has been linked to the 1993 World […]
Clerics & Preachers
Danish imam defends himself against hate speech charges by calling for jihad against Israel
(Algemeiner) Danish imam Mundhir Abdallah recently defended himself against hate speech charges pending against him by calling for jihad against Israel. Abdallah, imam of the Al-Faruq Mosque in Copenhagen, has been indicted as a result of a sermon he delivered on March […]
Christians
Britain welcomes radicals — again and again
(Gatestone) It is more than a year since the UK suffered three Islamist terrorist attacks in quick succession. It is also more than a year since the prime minister, Theresa May, stood on the steps of Downing Street and announced that “enough […]
Law Enforcement
Amsterdam mosque gave shelter to jihadis, recruiters, Telegraaf says
(Dutch News) A mosque in Amsterdam has been giving shelter to fundamentalist Muslims who went on to join Islamic State, the Telegraaf reported on Friday. The paper bases its claim on a photograph which it says shows four “heavyweights from extremist circles” […]
Clerics & Preachers
Khamenei-linked cleric to head German Islamic centre Mohammad Hadi Mofateh was controversially awarded a visa earlier this month
(National-UAE) An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-linked cleric is to head one of Germany’s largest Islamic centers, after being controversially awarded a visa this month. Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi Mofateh was awarded a three-month visa by German authorities earlier this month, and will […]
Arts & Entertainment
Anti-Islamophobia film wraps filming in Germany Featuring actors from 38 countries, movie meant to raise awareness and eliminate stereotypes against Islam
(Anadolu) The last scene of a movie aiming to eliminate stereotypes against Islam was shot in Germany on Friday. The last scene of the movie, called Islamophobia, was shot in a Turkish mosque in Gladbeck, a town in northwestern Germany. The film […]
Clerics & Preachers
We won’t miss him: Sydney-based leader of Islamist group who called for Sharia law in Australia is detained in the Middle East with his wife (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Danish imam charged over call to kill Jews
(AFP) Danish prosecutors on Tuesday charged an imam with calling for the killing of Jews in the first case of its kind in the Nordic nation and which sparked political outrage. Imam Mundhir Abdallah, who preaches in the Copenhagen neighbourhood of Norrebro […]
Clerics & Preachers
Spain deports Egypt imam opposed to government to Cairo
(Middle East Monitor) The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK has revealed details about the deportation of an Egyptian Islamic preacher who is opposed to the Egyptian regime by the Spanish authorities. Spain handed over Alaa Mohamed Said, 45, who […]