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(Globe and Mail) Federal crown prosecutors have, for the first time, used the terrorism-propaganda provision of the Criminal Code in an attempt to remove content from the internet. Under that law, authorities can seek judicial orders that oblige internet service providers and […]
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(AFP) The European Union on Wednesday proposed steps to force social networks and websites to remove terrorist propaganda within an hour of receiving the order from authorities, or companies like Facebook and Twitter could face massive fines. The legislation proposed by European […]
(Reuters) Dutch lawmaker and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders has said he has no plans, for now, to revive a competition of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed after it emerged as a motive for a stabbing in Amsterdam last week. Wilders, speaking on […]
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(Toronto Star) The York Region school board has publicly apologized for the anti-Muslim, “discriminatory and disrespectful” social media postings of an elementary school principal. “The board would like to apologize to the school community for failing to uphold the shared values of […]
(AP) EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova says the European Commission is set to unveil new rules that could force internet companies to take down suspected terror content. Jourova told reporters Wednesday that “we should have absolute certainty that all the platforms and […]
(PJ Media) Former Muslims with Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) were kicked out of a Starbucks connected to a Hilton hotel in Houston, Texas, on Saturday. Video shows Lina, an ex-Muslim Syrian woman, physically barred from re-entering the Starbucks after she had […]
(PJ Media) Late last month, Ramin Parsa, a Christian pastor who fled Iran as a religious refugee, was arrested for privately sharing his faith testimony in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. He fled persecution in Iran and Turkey, only to […]
(Reuters) A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam’s central station last week named Dutch, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders during police questioning and said he was motivated by perceived insults to Islam in the Netherlands, prosecutors said on Monday. The man, […]
(Newsweek) A Wisconsin college has outright denied claims it banned a group from posting a 9/11 memorial poster around campus because it would make Muslim students feel “singled out.” The Young America’s Foundation (YAF) claimed that Ripon College told them they cannot […]
(Swiss Info) A series of ads that display Bible verses, currently on display on public transport in the city of Biel in canton Bern, is stirring controversy. A local politician has posted questions about the campaign to Facebook, sparking a series of […]
(Washington Examiner) Administrators at Ripon College in Wisconsin have ruled that a Sept. 11 memorial cannot take place on campus because it may offend Muslim students. The private school cited bias reports that were filed during last year’s Sept. 11 memorial project, […]
(AFP) Controversial anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders late Thursday said he was cancelling plans to stage a Prophet Mohammad cartoon competition, a scheme that had angered many Muslims particularly in Pakistan. The Dutch politician’s announcement came after he said he had received several […]
(AFP) The Dutch police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of planning an attack against far-right politician Geert Wilders after he said he intended to hold a Prophet Mohammad cartoon competition. Police said in a statement they arrested the still unidentified suspect […]
(AP) The Dutch prime minister on Friday distanced his government from a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest being organized later this year by anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. Wilders “is not a member of the government. The competition is not a government initiative,” Prime […]
(FrontPage) One of the last things that David Horowitz was able to tweet before his account was locked was a link to an article, “How the Left Is Outsourcing Censorship of the Internet.” The article described how the left is using tech […]
(Express Tribune) Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the Netherlands over a Dutch politician’s announcement of holding a competition of blasphemous caricatures. “The charge d’affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday and a […]
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(National-UAE) Most comedians have to put up with a fair degree of heckling in their careers, but British comedian Eshaan Akbar has received violent threats for his new stand-up routine at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In Prophet Like It’s Hot, the 34-year-old […]
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(Daily Caller) Hyatt Hotels received a call from a Muslim social justice organization demanding that it cancel its agreement to host ACT for America’s annual conference in early September. In the wake of recent online banishments of personalities and organizations deemed “hateful” […]
(Sky News) Boris Johnson’s comments comparing women who wear the burka to “bank robbers” and “letter boxes” would not “reach the bar” for a criminal offence, the head of the Metropolitan Police has said. Commissioner Cressida Dick said “some people have clearly […]
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(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 […]
(FrontPage) Britain’s darkest hour has followed its finest hour by 78 years. Tommy Robinson has been freed from a stint in prison that he never should have been serving in the first place. The New York Times reported: “On Wednesday, the Court […]
(BBC) Former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson has been released on bail after winning an appeal against a contempt of court finding. The 35-year-old admitted the charge and was jailed in May for filming outside Leeds Crown Court during a […]
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(Bloomberg) Google, Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. have taken significant steps to expunge Islamic State propaganda and other terrorist content from their platforms. But taking no chances, the European Union is set to propose a tough new law anyway — threatening internet […]
(Arab News) The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned a cartoon competition to depict the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The contest was announced by the Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), headed by anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders. “While the whole […]
(PJ Media) On Saturday, the left-wing smear organization the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) attacked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for suggesting that some forms of Holocaust denial could be acceptable on Facebook. Tragically, the left-wing group did not mention a key source […]
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(BBC) Judges have delayed their decision in an appeal by far-right activist Tommy Robinson against his conviction and jailing for contempt of court. The Court of Appeal expects a judgement on the former English Defence League leader to be made by the […]
(AP) The Arizona chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group on Wednesday condemned a congressman for appearing at a London rally in support of a jailed far-right British activist. Rep. Paul Gosar recently spoke at a rally supporting the jailed […]
(Roll Call) Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison wants Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to ask about the website’s sale of white nationalist propaganda and toys. Ellison, who is running for Minnesota attorney general, sent a letter to Bezos asking about the sale of literature published […]
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(CBC) A now-disqualified United Conservative Party candidate is defending racist and anti-Islam comments he made on social media that prompted his removal from the southern Alberta ballot. The posts, in which he calls the religion an “evil cult,” came to light only days before party […]
(Reuters) A representative of U.S. President Donald Trump raised the case of jailed British anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson with Britain’s ambassador to the United States following lobbying by the right-wing Breitbart.com website, according to a British government source and a pro-Robinson campaigner. […]
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(Reuters) Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington, D.C., about the treatment of an English right-wing activist who is in jail for disrupting a trial, according to three sources familiar with the discussion. […]
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(Breitbart) Anyone who has concerns about the future of an increasingly “multicultural” Netherlands in which the Dutch become a minority should leave, according to the leader of pro-migrant party DENK. Tunahan Kuzu (pictured, right), whose founded-by-migrants, for-migrants party wants to create a […]
(Local) In a landmark decision, Italy’s highest court has ruled that telling migrants to “go away” is racism. The Court of Cassation ruled Thursday that telling non-EU foreigners to leave the country legally counts as racial discrimination, even if racial slurs are […]
(Conservative Review) On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Appeals, affirming the trial court’s ruling, dismissed entirely the defamation lawsuit filed by Mohamed Mohamed on behalf of himself and his 15-year-old son, Ahmed Mohamed. Ahmed caused a bomb scare by bringing a hoax […]
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