(Gatestone) Canadian taxpayers have unwittingly been funding terrorism for more than two decades, often through federally registered charities, many of which have since been banned in other countries and subsequently by Ottawa as well. The International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and […]
(Radio France) A police officer charged with protecting the editor of France’s controversial Charlie Hebdo paper has been suspended because of suspicions he might have been attracted to radical Islamism, according to press reports. The officer, who has not been named in […]
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(Daily Wire) On November 16, 2012, Somali-born Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar (D), who’s currently running for the state’s 5th Congressional District seat, sent out the following tweet: Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see […]
(Deutsche Welle) “Let’s see who is going to win in the end, shall we?” social worker Saloua Mohammed says. “They won’t get my youths that easily.” “They” are radical Salafists: ultraconservative Muslims who interpret the Quran literally, live their faith the way […]
(Deseret News) Standing in his stocking feet, Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney spoke and answered questions at the Utah Islamic Center on Friday before attending a worship service with about 200 Muslims. Romney fielded questions on guns, immigration and health care, but […]
(Deutsche Welle) One of the advantages of a constitutional state that ensures the rule of law is that it also applies those rights to people who deeply reject it. Even those who want to abolish the democratic system and fight by force […]
(Hill) Pollster Dalia Mogahed said in an interview that aired Thursday on “What America’s Thinking” that anti-Muslim sentiment takes a cue from elected officials’ rhetoric. “Anti-Muslim sentiment in the public follows the rhetoric of politicians,” Mogahed, director of research at the Institute […]
(AFP) France is seeking to repatriate some of the 150 children of French jihadists identified as being in Syria, as Western nations grapple with how to handle citizens who left to join extremists. A French official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said […]
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(IPT) Of late, most of Europe has focused its counterterrorism efforts on handling the potential returnees from Syria, and possible radicals hiding among migrants from the region. Yet recent events indicate that not all European countries are fully prepared to defend against […]
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(Deutsche Welle) There was nothing remarkable about the friendly, polite man with the long, dark beard, sporting a grey hoodie and blue jeans. Nothing, at first sight that is, to distinguish him from the young parents pushing prams and students milling around […]
(Economist) The word “Salafism” is often used loosely, especially in continental Europe. When the relationship between Islam and jihadist violence is discussed in, say, France or Germany, the assumption is often made that the problem begins and ends with the Salafis — […]
(Local) A Swiss court has handed eight men suspended sentences of up to 18 months for their role in a 2016 attack in which two worshippers at a controversial mosque in Winterthur were beaten, locked up and threatened with death over suspicions […]
(Jerusalem Post) PayPal stopped providing services to War on Want, a UN NGO, after UK Lawyers for Israel, a pro-Israel consortium of lawyers, provided evidence to PayPal claiming to show that the charity had ties with terrorist organizations. UK Lawyers for Israel […]
(AP) A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and life prison sentence given to a London imam for supporting terrorism. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said there was overwhelming evidence against Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, 60. The court also […]
(BBC) Jailed Islamist Fouad Belkacem, whose group Sharia4Belgium sent dozens of jihadists to Syria, has been stripped of his Belgian citizenship and faces deportation to Morocco. The appeal court in Antwerp ruled that he had fallen seriously short of his duties as […]
(Deutsche Welle) “Speak after me,” the red-bearded German convert and Salafist preacher Pierre Vogel says as he publicly summons the young woman. Cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd in the pedestrian zone of the western city of Offenbach, she does exactly that, […]
(Politico) Dozens of candidates, almost exclusively Republicans, have run campaigns this election cycle casting their opponents as national security threats with ties to terrorism. But according to a new study, it won’t help them win. “It is a losing strategy,” the 51-page […]
(Breitbart) Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) told an audience at Politicon in Los Angeles on Saturday that he continues to support extremist Linda Sarsour because of her leadership role in organizing the Women’s March last January. During a question-and-answer session, Lieu was […]
(Breitbart) While Italy has so far not experienced a major radical Islamic terror attack, the number of jihadis is rising in the country with Italy becoming the European nation with the highest number of jihad-related deportations this year. So far this year Italy […]
(Gatestone) The Islamist firebrand preacher Anjem Choudary, described as Britain’s “most dangerous extremist,” has been released from prison after serving only half of the five-and-a-half-year sentence he received in 2016 for pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. Prison authorities could not prevent […]
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(BBC) Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has had his assets frozen, days before he is due to leave prison. The 51-year-old, who was jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the Islamic State group, is expected to be released on Friday. The […]
(FrontPage) Since the 2016 election Democrats have centered their activism around opposition to President Trump. This furious enmity may have overshadowed some Democrats’ friendliness toward Islamic terrorists, and for the Democrat running in California’s 50th district it’s a family affair. “Palestinian-Mexican” Ammar […]
(SD Union-Tribune) Congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar has received $17,300 in contributions from board members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations — contributions that the candidate says show support from hard-working Americans and his critics on the right wing are portraying as money […]
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(ANSA) A 37-year-old Tunisian expelled in February who returned on a migrant boat and was intercepted on October 8 was deported for terror reasons Friday, the interior ministry said. He was deported because he is considered a “danger to state security,” the […]
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(IPT) As more foreign fighters return from the ISIS battlefields to their home countries and face possible prosecution and imprisonment, the European Union continues to wrestle with how to deal with Islamic radicalization within its prisons. American policymakers need to pay attention […]
(ABC-Australia) Australian security officials are concerned over the release from jail of one of Britain’s most notorious hate preachers. The ABC has been told Australian authorities will closely monitor the release and conditions placed on Anjem Choudary, who is due to be […]
(ANSA) Italian authorities said Thursday that they had started monitoring schools for the risk of jihadi recruitment. According to anti-terror investigators, the young are among the “vulnerable individuals most exposed to the risks of radicalisation.” Intelligence services were [said] to be in […]
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(Breitbart) CNN claimed Tuesday that Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) is “running an anti-Muslim campaign” against Democrat challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar in California’s 50th congressional district, east and northeast of San Diego. The same claim has been repeated by countless mainstream media outlets […]
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(Clarion) The Alavi Foundation is an Iranian front group that funds mosques and educational institutions in the U.S. and Canada. In 2009, federal prosecutors charged that the Alavi Foundation was a front group for the Iranian government and violated U.S. law by […]
(SD Union-Tribune) Three retired generals have issued a letter to voters in Rep. Duncan Hunter’s congressional district claiming that his challenger — Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar — is a national security risk. The claim, circulated by the Hunter campaign, was immediately denied by […]
(Breitbart) Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar referred to his Palestinian terrorist grandfather, Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar, as a “legend” in an Instagram post in 2015 — though he told the media earlier his year he condemns his grandfather’s actions. Muhammad Yousef al-Najjar, also known as Abu […]
(NY Times) In this congressional district just east of San Diego, a Christian Democrat, Ammar Campa-Najjar, has been portrayed by his Republican opponent as an Islamic terrorist sympathizer. The same allegation has been tossed at Democratic candidates in Ohio and New Jersey, […]
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(Gatestone) Spanish police have dismantled a jihadi network operating inside and across more than a dozen Spanish prisons. The network, allegedly linked to the Islamic State, was established and operated by one of the most implacable jihadis in the Spanish prison system […]
(Jewish Journal) Rutgers University canceled a speaking event for Lisa Daftari, a regular Fox News contributor and journalist with expertise in the Middle East, foreign affairs and counterterrorism, after some students accused her of Islamophobia. Daftari, a Rutgers alumna and Iranian Jew, […]
(Breitbart) Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar spent the early hours of Thursday morning defending his campaign’s 2017 donation to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the contributions he has received from CAIR officials. Campa-Najjar is running in California’s 50th congressional district […]
(IPT) On Nov. 13, 2015, a series of Islamist terrorist attacks shook the city of Paris. One hundred thirty people were killed and hundreds others injured in coordinated shootings and a suicide bombing that hit the Bataclan concert hall, the Stade de […]
(Breitbart) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has said the UK must not “become a country that polices thought” and speech, and Muslims who say potentially “extreme” things should be forgiven. The Tory peer — who has called for a crackdown on “Islamophobia” and last […]
(Dutch News) Local councils, the police and the security services are monitoring the activities of at least 160 radical Muslims in the Netherlands, the Volkskrant reported on Thursday. Top of the list is Amsterdam, with 59 suspects under surveillance, followed by The […]
(Hill) A California Democrat hit back at President Trump’s eldest son on Thursday after Donald Trump Jr. accused the candidate of links to extremist groups through the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights group. Ammar Campa-Najjar, a Democrat running […]
(Breitbart) The campaign of Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) in California’s 50th congressional district, donated $650 to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2017, public records show. As Breitbart News has noted: […]
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