Clerics & Preachers
Terror fears as hate preacher Anjem Choudary returns to the street (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Government & Politics
Tlaib criticizes New York Times for framing of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday criticized the New York Times for its framing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling the paper’s headline about the recent violence in the region “dehumanizing.” Tlaib was responding to a Times headline that read “Gaza militants […]
Children & Teens
Muslim American Society investigating ‘oversight’ following controversial video at Philly Islamic center
(Philadelphia Inquirer) A national Muslim group says it will conduct an investigation into an event at a Philadelphia Islamic center last month during which a group of youngsters sang songs it said were not “properly vetted,” calling that “an unintended mistake and […]
Legal
‘Tinnie terror’ leader eyes 2021 release
(AAP) The Melbourne ringleader of a terror plot who encouraged others to join him sailing from Queensland to help overthrow the Philippines government has been jailed for up to seven years. Islamic State sympathiser Robert “Musa” Cerantonio shared his “putrid views” with […]
Internet
Richardson man convicted of using social media app to recruit for ISIS and lying about it Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim used a chat room on Zello to recruit ISIS fighters to kill nonbelievers wherever they lived, prosecutors said.
(Dallas Morning News) Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim led a double life. The 42-year-old Richardson man lived quietly and ran an Oak Cliff convenience store, seemingly blending into ordinary American existence. At the same time, he raged obsessively against “infidels” and other enemies […]
Government & Politics
The court fight over Trump’s travel ban isn’t over A federal judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision that allowed the ban to take effect didn’t actually end things.
(BuzzFeed) When the Supreme Court ruled last summer that President Donald Trump’s travel ban could take effect, restricting travel to the United States from a group of majority-Muslim countries, it seemed like the end of the fight. Not so. A federal judge […]
Children & Teens
Shocking video of children in Philadelphia Muslim Society: ‘We will chop off their heads’ for Allah
(Fox) Disturbing footage of Muslim kids saying they would sacrifice themselves and kill for the “army of Allah” surfaced from an Islamic center in Philadelphia. The Muslim American Society (MAS) Islamic Center in Philadelphia posted the video to its Facebook page celebrating […]
Government & Politics
Pollster says more Americans associate Islam with violence in election years
(Hill) Americans are more likely to associate Islam with violence in the lead-up to elections or military conflicts, pollster Dalia Mogahed said in an interview that aired Thursday on “What America’s Thinking.” “If you look at one measure that Pew has been […]
Clothing
NSW Police ordered to apologise for vilifying Arabs in terror exercise
(Sydney Morning Herald) The NSW Police Force has been ordered to publish an apology and implement racial vilification training for senior officers after a tribunal found a police training exercise in October 2017 racially vilified Palestinians and Arabs and portrayed them as […]
Health & Medicine
Sydney man guilty of terror stabbing
(AAP) A Sydney pharmacy student who repeatedly stabbed a passer-by with a machete, shouting “I will kill you, you will die,” has been found guilty of carrying out a terrorist act. “He got me probably three or four times and I didn’t […]
Legal
Would-be NYC bomber gets 10 years in foiled al-Qaida plot
(AP) A man who plotted to bomb New York City’s subways, then switched sides after his arrest and spent nearly a decade helping the U.S. identify and prosecute terrorists, was rewarded for his help Thursday with a sentence of 10 years in […]
Children & Teens
More Dutch women and children in Syrian camps as fighting continues
(Dutch News) There are now 55 Dutch adults, of whom three-quarters are women, living in Syrian Kurdish camps or in detention, together with 85 children, the Dutch security service AIVD said on Thursday. Many of the children were born in the region, […]
Law Enforcement
Man arrested at Charlotte airport for lying about contacts with terrorist organizations
(CNN) A man was arrested after arriving in North Carolina Tuesday for lying about his contacts with terrorist organizations. Waqar ul-Hassan, 35, was returning from Pakistan and had gotten off a flight at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday night when he […]
Government & Politics
Government removes all mention of ‘Sunni’ and ‘Shia’ extremism from terrorism threat report
(Global News) The government has again revised a report that is supposed to update Canadians on the major terrorist threats they face, removing all references to Islamist extremism. While the report, first released in December, had initially identified attackers “inspired by violent […]
Law Enforcement
Sentence in long-running Chicago terrorism case to be handed down Monday
(Chicago Sun-Times) In one of the last moments of freedom Adel Daoud has known, the Hillside man said a prayer as he traveled to Chicago in 2012 to push the detonator on a 1,000-pound car bomb in the Loop that could have […]
Government & Politics
MI5 boss warns of ‘startling’ IS terror threat to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Judge clears courtroom for undercover FBI agent’s testimony in terrorism case
(Chicago Sun-Times) The FBI wanted Adel Daoud to understand the destruction he could cause — and the number of lives that would be lost — if he followed through with his plan in 2012 to blow up a downtown Chicago bar. The […]
Academics & Education
Imams act to stop radicalisation as terror plotters’ Swinburne link revealed
(Age) Victoria’s Islamic leaders are dispatching moderate preachers to universities as it emerges a suspected ringleader in Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terror attack studied at the same Melbourne university as two other terrorists. Sri Lankan suicide bomber Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed was […]
Demonstrations
Suspect in Nazi bomb plot kicked out of Army
(AP) An Army veteran accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern California was demoted and discharged from the military for a serious offense, a U.S. official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Mark Domingo violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice and […]
Arts & Entertainment
Irish IS bride Lisa Smith’s family want her to go on Late Late Show for closed set interview when she returns to Ireland (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Trump accuses European countries of failing to help relocate ISIS prisoners
(Politico) President Donald Trump complained Tuesday that European countries are not carrying their weight in the effort to relocate captured Islamic State soldiers after the militant group’s physical territory in Syria crumbled earlier this year. “We have 1,800 ISIS Prisoners taken hostage […]
Government & Politics
Trump pushes to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
(NY Times) The White House is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied and influential Islamist political movement with millions of members across the Middle […]
Children & Teens
From Philasteen to Philadelphia: Muslim youth indoctrination on full display in America
(IPT) Young Muslim boys, dressed in traditional Palestinian garb, passionately lip-sync: The blood of the martyrs is calling us. Paradise, men desire it. Revolutionaries, Revolutionaries … Sword and Text, oh free men. During the song, several children hold up a copy of […]
Legal
Bradford man in court on terror instruction manual charges (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
IS fighters’ parents stage German protest
(AFP) German parents and relatives of Islamic State militants demonstrated Monday outside the foreign ministry, urging Berlin to repatriate wives and children of fighters held in Syria. Some brought posters saying “Children are not responsible,” while others held up banners reading “Innocent […]
Children & Teens
France detains four over ‘extremely violent’ attack plot
(AFP) Three adults and a teenager have been arrested over a planned attack on the security forces in the coming days, prosecutors said Monday, which a minister described as “extremely violent.” All four were arrested on Friday as part of an investigation […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
New definition of Islamophobia ‘risks helping terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
US officials: Army veteran’s plan to bomb Nazi rally stopped
(AP) An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Mark Domingo, […]
Law Enforcement
In borderless Europe, security chiefs unite against jihadist threat
(AFP) With the jihadists behind the bloodshed in Paris and Brussels able to criss-cross European borders at will, anti-terror chiefs have been forced to come together to seek a common response to a global threat. Experts say the deeper security cooperation was […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Rep. Omar speaks to VOA about remarks that sparked controversy
(VOA) The California synagogue shooting that left one dead Saturday has revived a simmering debate over U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and U.S. lawmakers’ relationship with lobbyists for Israel. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and conservative […]
Internet
‘Radical’ Muslim convert happy for police to do ‘due diligence’
(Stuff) A Wellington convert who describes himself as “probably the most radical Muslim” in the city says he is happy to co-operate with police and understands their concern. The man, in his 30s, said he was probably on a top secret list, obtained […]
Health & Medicine
Prosecutors want 40 years for bomb plot suspect, defense seeks 2021 release
(Chicago Sun-Times) Federal prosecutors view Adel Daoud as a once-aspiring terrorist who, when given the opportunity to act on his beliefs, tried to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar. Daoud’s defense attorney says the U.S. […]
Clerics & Preachers
Swedish imam faces death if deported: family claim
(Local) A controversial imam seized by Swedish authorities risks death if deported to Iraq, his family have claimed. Abu Raad, who works at the al-Rashideen mosque in the city of Gävle, was seized on Wednesday and … placed in a migration detention […]
Citizenship
ISIS bride case: Muthana lawsuit should be dismissed, Trump administration lawyers argue
(USA Today) The Trump administration on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the father of Hoda Muthana, the American-born woman who fled Alabama in 2014 to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria. Hoda’s father, Ahmed Ali Muthana […]
Clerics & Preachers
‘Extremist’ Google algorithms concern ex-police chief
(BBC) A former police chief has called on Google to amend its technology to help stop the spread of terrorist material. Ex-Met Police assistant commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says it is a disgrace a jailed radical preacher ranks top for search term […]
Government & Politics
Mass shooter assaulted prison worker weeks before Utrecht attack
(NL Times) Gokmen T., the suspected gunman in a mass shooting in Utrecht on March 18th, assaulted a prison employee a few weeks before the attack on 24 Oktoberplein, Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security said in a letter to the […]
Government & Politics
ZOA calls to remove Rashida Tlaib from Democratic Party 'Someone who knowingly and enthusiastically consorts with the most virulent antisemites, blood-soaked terrorists and conspiracy theorists is clearly beyond the pale, or no one is beyond the pale.'
(Jerusalem Post) The Zionist Organization of America is calling on pro-Israel organizations and “decent Americans” to urge the removal of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) from the Democratic Party and congressional committees. “Someone who knowingly and enthusiastically consorts with the most virulent antisemites, […]
Immigration
The ISIS mechanic: Man now living in B.C. fixed trucks for terror group. Is he complicit in war crimes?
(Global News) Flying its black flags, the Islamic State group advanced across Syria and Iraq in convoys of pickups and SUVs, some mounted with heavy guns and reinforced with metal plates. Vehicles were central to the ISIS campaign, but like any trucks, […]
Law Enforcement
Here’s what we know about Switzerland’s jihadists
(Local) The latest Swiss Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) annual report provides an insight into Switzerland’s jihadists. Here’s what it tells us about them including where they are from and how many are Swiss. The report looks at jihad-related police investigations and […]
Citizenship
How a convicted terrorist became a US citizen
(CNN) A one-time Islamic jihadist who spent years in an Israeli prison for attempting to bomb a bus was granted US citizenship and allowed to remain in the country for nearly a decade as federal authorities investigated his background, CNN has learned. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim employees say they increasingly face bias in the workplace
(Detroit Free Press) In Troy, a 25-year-old employee at an aerospace testing company who is Muslim says he was disparaged and mocked with pork products after his supervisor found out he was Muslim. In Taylor, a Muslim worker said he was belittled […]
Children & Teens
German woman, parents-in-law indicted for aiding IS
(AP) German prosecutors say they’ve indicted a 21-year-old woman on suspicion of membership in the Islamic State group and of keeping three Yazidis as slaves in Syria. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that the German-Algerian woman, identified as Sarah O. for privacy reasons, […]
Government & Politics
New Zealand and France to call for an end to online terror
(AP) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting in Paris next month seeking to eliminate acts of violent extremism and terrorism from being shown online. Ardern said she and Macron […]
Books
Chris Gaubatz, controversial critic of Muslim group, to speak in Asheville area
(Asheville Citizen Times) A national activist who has drawn backlash for claims that violent jihadists are infiltrating U.S. society is scheduled to speak to a local conservative group. Chris Gaubatz, who once posed as a Muslim convert, is set to speak at […]
Government & Politics
Jeremy Corbyn suggested British support for Israel was ‘major factor’ in 7/7 bombers’ motives (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Forcing reporter to give RCMP info on ‘dead’ terror suspect ‘unreasonable’: Vice
(Canadian Press) Forcing a reporter to give information on a terror suspect to the RCMP would be unreasonable given that the wanted Canadian man is almost certainly dead, an Ontario justice heard on Tuesday. The argument from Vice Media played out in Superior Court […]
Children & Teens
French court denies appeal for IS followers to return home
(AFP) A supreme legal tribunal in France on Tuesday rejected appeals by families for their relatives who had gone to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) radical militant group to return home. The Council of State, which acts as legal adviser […]
Law Enforcement
Albanian police arrest an Islamist sought by Italy
(AFP) Albanian police on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old man following a request from Italy where he is sought for “terrorist activities.” Bledar Ibrahimi, arrested in the central Albanian town of Elbasan, is “considered as a dangerous person for public security in Italy […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Lawsuit ends as ‘Muslim-free’ gun range in Muskogee County changes sign
(Tulsa World) A lawsuit against a Muskogee County store and gun range has been dismissed after it removed an anti-Muslim sign. Raja’ee Fatihah, who works for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and serves in the U.S. Army Reserves, brought the suit […]
Children & Teens
Youth accused in Kingston, Ont., terrorism case rearrested on new charges
(Canadian Press) An eastern Ontario teen already facing five charges related to an alleged terrorism plot has been rearrested after breaching his bail conditions, police and lawyers said Tuesday. Like many of the previous proceedings concerning the boy from Kingston, Ont., the details […]