(Globe and Mail) An Islamic preacher who was banned from Britain earlier this year has now been barred from entering Canada for a planned countrywide speaking tour. The preacher, Sheik Uthman ibn Farooq, was prohibited from entering the U.K. by the British […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government says it will ban religious symbols for daycare workers in its latest bid to tighten secularism rules across the province. Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said Thursday the government is acting in the best interests of children. “I […]
(TheJ.ca) Uthman Ibn Farooq, an Islamist preacher barred from entering the United Kingdom after officials said his presence was “not conducive to the public good,” has arrived in Canada for a speaking tour that includes a scheduled appearance at the Université du […]
(CBC) Premier François Legault’s fiery promise to defend Quebecers from “radical Islamists” by banning prayer in public has reignited a debate that has dominated the political agenda in the province for the last 20 years. In a speech to open the latest session […]
(Canadian Press) A TikTok video from October asked viewers to “imagine” receiving an email from a teacher asking parents not to pack pork in their children’s school lunches lest it offend religious students. Some who shared the video claimed Ontario and other […]
(National Post) On Thursday, the Toronto District School Board had planned to put more than 2,600 students in an Arabic calligraphy workshop run by a niqab-wearing woman who uses her art to call for the obliteration of Israel. It was cancelled just […]
(Montreal Gazette) The trial of a Montreal teen facing terrorism charges has been delayed until December after the crown announced that some evidence could not be shared with the defence at this time. The 17-year-old, accused of planning to carry out a […]
(CTV) A principal at a Toronto high school has apologized after an Arabic version of “O Canada” was played during morning announcements on the Oct. 7 anniversary of the deadly Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. The apology from the principal of Earl […]
(Juno News) A University of Toronto Mississauga student union event titled “honouring our martyrs,” which took place on the second anniversary of the deadly October 7 massacre, included death toll numbers from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between […]
(Toronto Sun) Saying he doesn’t “believe” it was accidental, Ontario’s education minister lambasted a Toronto high school Tuesday for playing an Arabic version of O Canada as Jewish students mourned the second anniversary of the barbaric mass murders of Oct. 7. Education […]
(Juno News) A Toronto high school broadcast O Canada in Arabic on the morning of the second anniversary of the Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead. Earl Haig Secondary School, one of the Toronto […]
(NY Post) Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani used the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack to blast the Israeli government for launching a “genocidal war” in Gaza and argue the US “has been complicit through it all” in a statement that […]
(Daily Caller) Pro-Palestinian student organizations across the country are holding vigils on Tuesday to honor “martyrs” and “rally for rage” on the anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel. Campus groups — many affiliated with the anti-Israel Students for […]
(National Post) Hamas victims’ families and Canadian Jewish groups are condemning anti-Israel protesters’ plans for events commemorating the “martyrs of Palestine” on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks. “When you think they can’t sink any lower, they do,” said […]
(Hill) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider reviving Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s defamation lawsuit against prominent Jewish organizations that called him antisemitic. Lower courts threw out the suit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal […]
(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group started by two federal officials who resigned from the Biden administration over U.S. support for Israel is soliciting residents of Dearborn, Mich., a hotbed of anti-Israel and pro-Hamas sentiment, to fund its “professional lobbying force” to pressure […]
(Columbus Dispatch) A central Ohio Jewish group is demanding an apology from the Noor Islamic Cultural Center after it said an imam called for the “extermination” of people who support Zionism during a September sermon. JewishColumbus released a statement condemning “inflammatory rhetoric” […]
(CBC) A now 17-year-old accused alongside another teen of plotting to violently attack Jewish people in Ottawa has been granted bail under strict conditions ahead of his trial next year. He was 15 when he was arrested and charged with terrorism offences in February 2024 by INSET, […]
(Religion News) Advocates raised concerns about what they see as the Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize pro-Palestinian activism at the Arab Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, last weekend. The arrest of Marwan Marouf, a Dallas Muslim community leader placed in United States Immigration […]
(CBC) The Canada Revenue Agency could not always justify why it audited certain charities for potential terrorism links, raising the possibility that its decisions “are driven by bias and discrimination,” one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs concluded after a lengthy investigation. The […]
(Montreal Gazette) With the opposition parties accusing the government of using inflated language, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebecers need to “wake up” to the threat of radical Islamic groups infiltrating society. And far from backing down on comments about radicals he […]
(Montreal Gazette) Premier François Legault has revealed his roadmap for the year ahead. It includes financial relief for taxpayers, more secularism legislation to counter what he says is the assault on Quebec values by “radical Islamists,” and a plan to speed up […]
(Fox) A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters and academics — saying in a blistering 161-page order that the actions had a chilling effect on college campuses nationwide. U.S. District Judge […]
(JNS) The Richmond City Circuit Court held the AJP Educational Foundation, which operates as American Muslims for Palestine, in civil contempt on Monday for the Falls Church, Va., group’s failure to comply with a state investigation. “The attorney general’s office has the […]
(Breitbart) A Dearborn, Michigan, Islamic institute hosted a memorial marking one year since Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s death, praising the U.S.-designated terror leader’s “bravery,” featuring tributes to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and telling attendees the Iranian ruler is “our leader.” Held this […]
(Daily Caller) The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act lawsuit on Monday against pro-Palestine protestors who allegedly targeted a synagogue in New Jersey during a Nov. 2024 demonstration that turned violent. Assistant Attorney General […]
(AP) A Georgia state House member who advocated for Palestinians at the 2024 Democratic National Convention is entering the state’s race for governor. Ruwa Romman announced her 2026 bid for governor on Monday, saying Democrats need a clearer progressive vision and greater […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ro Khanna, the Silicon Valley Democrat eyeing a presidential run in 2028, told the Washington Free Beacon last week he planned to reject Hamas at a controversial Arab-American political convention in Michigan this weekend. He didn’t, railing instead against […]
(AP) A Minnesota man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, changed his plea to guilty during an appearance […]
(CBC) Members of the CAQ, including at least one minister, have voted in favour of a proposal calling for a complete ban on face coverings in public spaces. The original resolution, presented by the youth wing at the party’s policy convention in […]
(Courthouse News) A pro-Palestinian nonprofit asked a Virginia-based federal court to block a records demand Friday, claiming it targets activity protected by the Constitution. The complaint comes one business day before AJP Educational Foundation Inc., also known as American Muslims for Palestine, […]
(Vancouver Sun) A B.C. woman who used to belong to ISIS and is charged in Canada with terrorism offences has elected to have her trial next year heard by a judge and jury. Kimberly Polman appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday […]
(Canadian Press) If the Parti Québécois (PQ) forms the next Quebec government, it pledges to ban “ostentatious” religious symbols for elementary school students. The PQ consulted its members in recent weeks to find out whether they agreed with this proposal; 90 per […]
(Federalist) Dearborn, Michigan, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud insists the Detroit suburb is a “city that welcomes and embraces everyone.” He said as much after telling a Christian minister earlier this month that he wasn’t welcome in the city that Henry Ford called home […]
(Post Millennial) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) used its 31st anniversary gala in Washington, DC, this weekend to honor Mahmoud Khalil, a man long associated with Hamas-linked groups and extremist campus activism at Columbia University, presenting him with the organization’s 2025 […]
(Free Beacon) A trio of rising Democratic Party stars are slated to speak at an anti-Israel convention this week alongside a deep roster of Hamas sympathizers and anti-Semites. Michigan Senate candidate and former CNN contributor Abdul El-Sayed (D.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D., […]
(Fox) At Dearborn, Michigan’s first city council meeting since his clash with a local Christian minister went viral after a heated exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud declined to apologize for his saying the minister was “not […]
(Juno News) Ontario’s Ford government has accredited the Canadian Islamic College (CIC) — a new private institution launched by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC). The accreditation took place despite a sealed CRA audit raising concerns about MAC’s fundraising activities. The college […]
(KOKI) A former United States Army National Guard member has been charged for attempting to provide terrorist group Al-Qa’ida with 3-D printed weapons. The complaint was unsealed on Wednesday after 25-year-old Andrew Scott Hastings appeared in front of a federal judge. Hastings […]
(Daily Caller) The Department of War will ask President Donald Trump for final approval to execute the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, a DOW official told the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively. The execution, if approved by Trump, would be the first […]
(WCNC) A Muslim woman has reached a settlement with Mecklenburg County over a lawsuit alleging jail officials violated her religious rights by forcing her to remove her hijab for a booking photograph. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the resolution of […]
(AP) A New York man accused of plotting an attack on behalf of the Islamic State group in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Awais Chudhary, 25, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan and […]
(Free Beacon) Columbia University is promoting a course at the pro-Hamas People’s Forum taught by an anti-Israel professor emeritus, Rashid Khalidi, which requires students to read a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader’s teachings. Khalidi was slated to teach […]
(Daily Wire) Florida Congressman Randy Fine and Texas Rep. Keith Self on Friday introduced legislation that would ensure that Sharia law cannot be implemented anywhere in the United States. The “No Shari’a Act” would prohibit the application of Sharia “where such application […]
(CBC) Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday introducing four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols. If passed, the Combatting Hate Act would target symbols used during the Holocaust, […]
(Dallas Morning News) The Texas Workforce Commission has settled a Fair Housing Act complaint against the developers of EPIC City, a planned Muslim-centric community northeast of Dallas. The state agency reached a settlement with developer Community Capital Partners on Tuesday, according to […]
(Fox) A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil deported to either Algeria or Syria after ruling he hid information on his U.S. green card application. Judge Jamee Comans issued the Sept. 12 decision in Louisiana and said that Khalil did not […]
(Fox) Christian minister Edward “Ted” Barham says he will not respond with hate after Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told him he was “not welcome” during a heated city council exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming that went viral. In a […]
(Jewish Insider) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote to Kathy Goldenberg, the president of the New Jersey State Board of Education, on Monday urging the state to reject calls from the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the state’s […]
(Florida’s Voice) Jarvis Kareem El-Amin, vice chairman of the Tampa-based Muslim nonprofit Masjid An Nasr, was terminated by the organization after allegedly making controversial comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s death. The Tampa Bay Young Republicans flagged the comments, prompting Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua […]
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