(Global News) A British Columbia MLA has taken the unusual step of launching a private legal action against a Vancouver woman who was investigated for hate speech. Police arrested Charlotte Kates and recommended she be charged with willful promotion of hatred and […]
(Global News) Global News has obtained video surveillance entered as evidence at a recent B.C. Supreme Court trial that ended with federal prosecutors securing a terrorism conviction in a horrifying attack on a Surrey transit bus two years ago. Abdul Aziz Kawam, […]
(CTV) The RCMP said it has arrested a minor in Montreal who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and intended to carry out a “major” terrorist attack. The accused, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was arrested Wednesday […]
(Jerusalem Post) Two Palestinian terrorists are set to speak at the Detroit People’s Conference for Palestine at the end of August, including a Tanzim operative who was released in February in return for hostages held by Hamas and a former Democratic Front […]
(Algemeiner) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the most vocal critics of Israel in the US Congress, is set to headline the upcoming People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, sharing the stage with individuals who have voiced explicit support for terrorist organizations. […]
(National Review) Mahmoud Khalil will be awarded the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) 2025 Champion of Justice award, the organization announced today. His wife, Noor Abdalla, and attorney Amy Greer will also be honored “for their courageous efforts to free Mahmoud and […]
(Toronto Star) A Newmarket man accused of plotting to leave Canada to join ISIS while still a youth has been ordered to sign a terrorism peace bond requiring him to remain in the country and avoid extremist material on social media, where […]
(Dallas Express) Videos from the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) conference are resurfacing on X, drawing criticism from conservatives who say the footage shows activists promoting extremist rhetoric and disruptive protest tactics. One clip appeared to show activists discussing plans to “take […]
(Daily Caller) A small rally for Minneapolis Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh was held mostly in Somali on Sunday night. Fateh, who currently serves as a Minnesota state senator, announced his mayoral candidacy last year and was recently endorsed by the […]
(KOMO) Two Lacey parents learned their fate in Thurston County Superior Court Monday for the brutal assault of their daughter outside her school. Ihsan and Zahraa Ali had previously been accused of trying to kill their then 17-year-old daughter near a bus […]
(CTV) A man arrested for allegedly threatening a Jewish man and several other people in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough last week has been released from custody with conditions. Montreal police were called to a residential street last Friday after getting 911 calls about […]
(Hill) Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday defended the State Department’s move to halt Gaza visitor visas to the United States, saying he’s seen evidence linking visa recipients to terrorist groups in the region. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face […]
(National Post) The 911 calls started pouring in to Montreal police around 4:40 p.m. Friday, as the Jewish shabbat neared: A man wearing a long white robe and a keffiyeh-style headscarf was threatening people on a residential street in the city’s Saint-Laurent […]
(Politico) The State Department on Saturday announced that it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza, pending a “full and thorough review” of the process to issue temporary medical visas to individuals from the war-torn strip. “All visitor visas for […]
(Middle East Eye) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clarify comments he made on a radio show earlier this week, where he appeared to threaten the domestic non-profit group with a terror designation […]
(Daily Caller) Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies and several other prominent schools are co-sponsoring an event featuring a Palestinian activist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy with a designated terrorist organization. The event, titled “Teaching Palestine Today: On Zionism,” is hosted […]
(Global News) The Conservatives are calling for an inquiry into the government’s “appalling” expenditures on Canadian ISIS women returning home from Syria. A letter signed by Tory MPs on Friday asked the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to convene […]
(Global News) Federal officials spent at least $170,000 bringing Canadian ISIS women home from Syria, according to internal government documents that show expenses for ice cream, candy and wine. The money was for costs incurred when eight women who had traveled to […]
(NY Post) Taxpayer funds totaling $25 million were handed to US groups with alleged links to terror organizations or extremist ideology, a bombshell new study has found. In a twist of irony, the funds were originally allocated to help deradicalize would-be terrorists, […]
(Breitbart) Top Trump administration officials are drafting plans to restrict both temporary visits and legal immigration by Muslims affiliated with the revolutionary Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups. “We are taking a new look at sections within the INA [Immigration and Nationality […]
(JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that his department is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. “I got to ask you: Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR?” Sid […]
(Iran International) Former Iranian nuclear negotiator and senior diplomat turned Princeton academic Hossein Mousavian has left the university in what is described by Princeton as retirement, while activists call it a dismissal following sustained campaign pressures. Mousavian’s 15-year tenure at Princeton University […]
(Iran International) The Islamic Republic’s threats to critics in Canada could grow in 2025, with Iran using organized crime networks to intimidate and harm them, Canada’s intelligence agency warned on Saturday. “Iranian threat-related activities directed at Canada and its allies are likely […]
(Cincinnati Enquirer) Federal lawyers accused a former Cincinnati hospital chaplain of “murder and terrorism related activities” in a recent court filing that argues he should not be considered for asylum in the United States. The claims, revealed Aug. 7 in federal court, […]
(Canadian Press) As Canada and other countries accuse Tehran of spreading intimidation and violence abroad, an online broadcaster says two of its journalists working in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks. “It’s very, very […]
(Iran International) A US-based advocacy group on Thursday called on Washington and its European allies to confront Iran’s transnational repression by issuing a credible military threat, a week after they accused Tehran of plotting to kill individuals in Europe and the US. […]
(Daily Wire) The University of Maryland has agreed to pay Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) $100,000 after the university first defended, but then briefly tried to reschedule, a rally on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks […]
(NY Post) Anti-Israel campus leader Mahmoud Khalil was ripped Thursday over his attempt to “justify” the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in a recent interview — with elected officials saying it boosts the Trump administration’s case seeking to kick him out […]
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of Raed Jaser, who was convicted of planning to commit murder for the benefit of a terrorist group. It’s the latest development in a legal saga that began 12 years […]
(Free Beacon) Lawyers representing the family members of nearly 200 Oct. 7 massacre victims believe that a former Harvard University adviser accused of aiding Hamas ahead of the attack is hiding in Palestinian territories to avoid a court summons. The family members sued […]
(CBC) A new report from the Islamophobia Research Hub at York University calls on governments across Canada to increase oversight on how universities, schools, police forces and Parliament deal with the recent spike in instances of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism. The report […]
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada is set to decide Thursday whether to hear the appeal of Raed Jaser, who was convicted of planning to commit murder for the benefit of a terrorist group. It’s the latest chapter in a long-running […]
(Fox) Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil rationalized Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack in a new interview with the New York Times posted on Tuesday. Appearing on the Times‘ podcast, “The Ezra Klein Show,” the Columbia University graduate student said that though he thinks […]
(JTA) Six weeks after being released by federal detention, Mahmoud Khalil, the first student pro-Palestinian protest leader to be arrested by the Trump administration last spring, said concerns about antisemitism at Columbia University reflected a “manufactured hysteria.” Khalil first made the allegation […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) is petitioning the IRS to formally investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for violations of its tax-exempt status, citing “ties to terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood,” according to a formal letter […]
(NY Times) As New Yorkers mourned the victims of a mass shooting last week in a Midtown Manhattan office building, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, inserted himself into the discourse. His comments concerned a photo taken on Thursday of Gov. Kathy […]
(KABC) A Long Beach man was arrested Friday morning for allegedly sending a dozen payments to ISIS. Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, is charged in Los Angeles federal court with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a felony carrying […]
(JNS) Canadian organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood have masqueraded “as charitable or humanitarian organizations” and funneled millions of dollars toward supporting Hamas, according to a report published in late June by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. […]
(KOMO) Two Lacey parents have been found not guilty of attempted murder in connection with an assault on their teenage daughter. Ihsan and Zahraa Ali were accused of trying to kill their teen daughter outside Timberline High School last fall. After three […]
(Alpha News) A Somali immigrant living in the United States has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl in Minneapolis last year. After the conviction, an Islamic center in St. Paul wrote a “community support letter” for the […]
(Juno News) While legacy media and progressive politicians have loudly condemned Christian musician Sean Feucht for his Biblical beliefs on gender and sexuality as he tours Canada, establishment figures have been completely silent about the Canadian tour of a Salafi preacher who […]
(AP) The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats throughout Europe and North America and demanding that it end its attempts to harm dissidents and others. “We are united in our opposition […]
(AP) A federal court on Thursday denied a request by attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing the protracted legal battle over his death sentence. The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the argument made by […]
(Free Beacon) New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s father wrote shortly after 9/11 that there was a “moral equivalence” between the al Qaeda attack and retaliatory U.S. bombing of Afghanistan. “There is an eerie similarity between the American bombing of Iraq […]
(Montreal Gazette) A record number of interveners have been granted status in the Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. Last week, the country’s top court approved 38 interveners or groups of interveners — a record […]
(Canadian Press) Ottawa’s special representative on combating Islamophobia says she’s alarmed by a recent revival of decades-old tropes about Muslims supporting terrorist violence. Amira Elghawaby also said Canadians should not be reluctant to speak out for the rights of one group because […]
(JTA) Zohran Mamdani’s advocacy for Palestinians was a motivating factor for most of the New Yorkers who voted for him in the mayoral primary, new polling from a progressive research group suggests. Most voters who showed up for Mamdani were inspired by […]
(Rudaw) An American child who spent their entire life inside a displacement camp for individuals linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northeast Syria (Rojava) was brought home last week, the State Department announced Tuesday, urging other countries to follow suit for […]
(Canadian Jewish News) A man who was convicted for making comments threatening the Jewish people and synagogues of Toronto was sentenced to 60 days of house arrest followed by the maximum three years of probation, along with a 10-year ban on weapons, […]
(Canadian Press) Ottawa’s approach to the war in Gaza is eroding many Muslim-Canadians’ “sense of belonging” in this country, says the federal special representative on combating Islamophobia. “This ongoing, horrifying situation is deeply, deeply damaging the sense of belonging that people feel,” […]
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