(AP) Three people were arrested in Spain and one more in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that supplied the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones that would have been used in attacks in northern Israel, […]
(Louisville Courier Journal) Two former Western Kentucky University students became ISIS terrorist recruits and trained in Syria while attending the Bowling Green school, according to court records. One of the then-students issued a warning in an email to WKU in June 2015 […]
(JNS) Since the suicide attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim American voices like Zainab Zeb Khan’s “have been bullied into silence,” the founder of the Muslim American Leadership Alliance told an audience in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday. “I call this coerced […]
(WVLT) A Knoxville man was sentenced on Wednesday in the United States District Court in Knoxville for supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, more commonly known as ISIS. According to court documents obtained by WVLT News, Benjamin Alan Carpenter, also […]
(Free Beacon) The New York Times over the weekend published a splashy profile of Arab-American activists in Michigan, detailing Muslim voters’ anger over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. It didn’t tell readers, however, that several of the people featured […]
(Yabiladi) Spanish courts have denied citizenship to a Moroccan national, upholding a 2022 decision by the Interior Ministry. A Spanish police investigation accused the Moroccan of “Islamist proselytizing” among unaccompanied minors in a reception center, according to El Confidencial Digital. The accused […]
(Free Beacon) A Virginia judge on Tuesday ordered American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a prominent anti-Israel advocacy group, to disclose its funding channels as part of an investigation by Republican attorney general Jason Miyares into allegations of terrorism financing. AMP, a nonprofit […]
(BBC) A mother who failed to inform police about her son’s links to a man planning a terror attack has been jailed for three years. Biomedical scientist Nabeela Anjum, 49, of Upland Road, Roundhay, Leeds, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on […]
(LBC) A man who claimed he was an “online librarian” while encouraging followers to attack and kill Jewish people has been jailed for four years. Hamza Alam, 22, from Romford, described himself as “merely an online librarian” to avoid being caught, according […]
(AP) A Lebanese man accused of being a member of the Hezbollah militant group and procuring drone components that were to be exported for use in attacks against Israel has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Monday. The suspect, identified only as […]
(ABC-Australia) Hamza Elbaf’s journey from Sydney to a northern Syrian prison has left him totally disconnected from the outside world. “Who’s the prime minister?” he asks. “I want to know what’s happening in Australia. What’s happening with this coronavirus?” For five years, […]
(NY Post) A student at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College made vile anti-American and antisemitic statements online — urging his social media followers to replace fireworks with rocket-propelled grenades to celebrate Independence Day and proudly labeling himself the “Antisemite Of The Year.” The now-private Instagram […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to “clarify” her warning from earlier this week that “actors tied to Iran’s government” have encouraged and provided financial support to anti-Israel protests that have […]
(Deutsche Welle) Football club Mainz 05 did not have good reason to sack Dutch footballer Anwar El Ghazi for his comments about the war in Gaza, Mainz’s labor court ruled on Friday. The court found that El Ghazi’s comments on social media […]
(ABC) The lone wolf offender is the main threat concern for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, according to a senior Diplomatic Security official who spoke with ABC News. The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement arm of the U.S. State […]
(NBC) Delta Airlines apologized Thursday after its X account sympathized with a post that incorrectly said two flight attendants with Palestinian flag pins were wearing “Hamas badges.” An X user by the handle “ilikeTeslas” had tweeted Tuesday: “Since 2001 we take our […]
(NY Post) As of June 26, Department of Homeland Security identified 400 migrants who have been smuggled into the United States via networks affiliated with the Islamic terror group ISIS. The government department admitted the whereabouts of 50 of those people was […]
(Yle) Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) suspects a Finnish woman of aggravated human trafficking of her own children after she brought them to the ISIS “caliphate” in the region of Syria and northern Iraq in 2014. Detective Inspector Jan Aarnisalo, who […]
(Sky News) A former senior Labour MP has called on the man who took his seat to “provide a full account of all his dealings” with one of his vocal supporters who is now facing terrorism charges. Leicestershire Police confirmed on Wednesday […]
(BBC) A man from Leicester has been charged with terror offences. Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, has been charged with encouragement of terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation, Leicestershire Police said. The charges follow a warrant being carried out in […]
(NCA NewsWire) A man who made videos lighting fires and pledging himself to Islamic State has been placed in isolation in prison after authorities alleged he was radicalising other inmates. Aran Sherani, 22, was found guilty of doing acts in preparation for […]
(Fox) A rescued Israeli hostage is filing a lawsuit Tuesday against a U.S. nonprofit with financial ties to the Hamas operative who reportedly kept him prisoner. Almog Meir Jan, 22, was held captive by Hamas for nearly 250 days after the Oct. […]
(Sky News) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has told a court he performed a marriage ceremony for one of the Woolwich killers. Choudary is accused of directing a banned terrorist group called al Muhajiroun after his release from jail for encouraging support for […]
(Jewish News) A former Liberal Democrat councillor, previously exposed by Jewish News for questioning the extent of crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, has been elected as an independent MP. Ayoub Khan took the Birmingham Perry [Barr] seat at last week’s […]
(Global News) A British Columbia woman caught in Syria during the war against ISIS has been charged with terrorism offenses, the RCMP said on Saturday. Kimberly Polman faces charges of leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist group as well as participation […]
(LBC) French police have foiled two separate terror plots targeting this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, the government said. France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said that police in Paris had carried out “several arrests” linked to two separate plots. It comes ahead […]
(Jewish News) A newly elected MP who dedicated his victory to “the people of Gaza” is the brother of the founder of the hardline Islamist group Friends of Al Aqsa, it can be revealed. Shockat Adam was the surprise winner in Leicester […]
(Morocco World News) Morocco’s security services and the Spanish Civil Guard announced on Friday arresting a group of eight terror suspects in a joint operation. The joint operation between the Spanish Civil Guard Intelligence Service and Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance […]
(Radio Free Europe) A man who wounded a policeman in front of the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade with a crossbow on June 29 had sworn allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, according to a video seen on […]
(Reuters) Greece’s anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens this year, police said in a statement on Thursday. A 25-year-old Greek woman, two Iranians aged 46 and 36 and an […]
(AP) An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at […]
(Free Beacon) The IRS is under renewed congressional pressure to pull the tax-exempt status for several key U.S.-based nonprofits that are fomenting pro-Hamas protests across the country just years after they played a leading role in the anti-police riots that erupted as […]
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(Sky News) A trainee nurse has been found guilty of attempting to launch an ISIS-inspired suicide attack using a homemade bomb on the hospital where he worked. Mohammad Sohail Farooq, 28, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds with a viable […]
(CNN) The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, leaving him blind in one eye, rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have tied in a federal terrorism-related charge but reduced his state prison sentence, according to the suspect’s lawyer. The 75-year-old famed […]
(BBC) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said the “Kevin Keegan effect” meant people still viewed him as a member of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard. Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group Al […]
(Jerusalem Post) Multiple flags and banners of terrorist organizations were flown at a New York City anti-Israel protest against President Joe Biden on Friday, according to videos published by Within Our Lifetime. At the Manhattan Center, WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani was flanked […]
(Stars and Stripes) U.S. military bases in Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend as installations urged vigilance among their members. At U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, the Army garrison on Sunday issued a communitywide alert […]
(AFP) Two men were remanded in custody Sunday in connection with an attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade that Serbian authorities called a “targeted terrorist act,” a minister said. The assailant, whom the police said was a “convert” to Islam, shot […]
(NY Post) The Big Apple is in danger of falling under “radical Muslim occupation” like many cities in Europe, Israel’s new consul general warned in an exclusive interview with the Post. “You know what[‘s] happening in London these days, you know what’s […]
(Reuters) An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot dead on Saturday in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a terrorist attack against Serbia. No embassy staff were wounded in the attack, the […]
(Reuters) Human rights advocates on Friday condemned former President Donald Trump’s references to Palestinians, and immigrants allegedly taking black American jobs, during Thursday’s debate with President Joe Biden, calling the remarks racist or insulting. Biden and Trump had a brief exchange on […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. André Carson (D., Ind.) will speak at the annual convention of an Islamic group linked to Hamas, along with one imam convicted in Israel of serving in terrorist groups and another who has denied the Holocaust, praised Adolf Hitler, […]
(Deutsche Welle) A regional court in the western German city of Cologne on Friday sentenced a 15-year-old to four years in youth custody for planning an attack on a Christmas market in the nearby city of Leverkusen. The court found that the […]
(VOA) Recent changes in global migration patterns and smuggling routes have created an opening for terror groups like the Islamic State to set their sights on the U.S. southern border. For years, top U.S. counterterrorism officials have pushed back against critics who […]
(Jewish News) A supporter of Hamas was invited to speak to student protestors at a “liberation encampment” at Sussex University on Tuesday. Al Jazeera journalist Shada Salhab was thanked for her support by students who expressed “solidarity” and posted a photograph on […]
(ABC-Australia) A south-east Queensland teenager who made a “pledge of allegiance” to Islamic State and had instructions on “how to conduct lone-wolf-style attacks” will be released from juvenile detention. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was sentenced in Brisbane for one […]
(VOA) U.S. intelligence and security officials are increasing their focus on the country’s southern border, worried the constant flow of migrants has attracted the attention of the Islamic State terror group. The heightened concern follows the arrests earlier this month of eight […]
(Global News) Canada’s immigration tribunal has ordered the deportation of a Palestinian woman formerly employed by a Mississauga, Ont., relief group linked to Hamas. Majeda Sarassra was deemed inadmissible to Canada on security grounds because she worked for the International Relief Fund […]
(National-UAE) Iran’s revolutionary guard will be proscribed as a terror group by Labour under a new three-point plan to update the UK’s counter-terror strategy. The Labour move breaks with the Conservative Party, which has held off designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
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