Books
Amazon sells Islamist books banned in jails (LINK ONLY)
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Clerics & Preachers
Two terrorist sympathizers face prison after spreading sermons from jailed Islamist preacher Abdullah el-Faisal, dubbed the ‘Sheikh of Hate’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Thirty Britons believed to be among Isis fighters held in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Turkish authorities alleged detained Canadian had ISIS propaganda on phone Canadian man denied he purposefully downloaded ISIS videos
(CBC) Turkish authorities alleged a Canadian man had ISIS propaganda on his phone when he and his wife were arrested near the Syrian border this summer, CBC News has learned. The newlywed couple were held for three months before being released and returning […]
Law Enforcement
Brooklyn man charged with encouraging NYC subway attacks
(AP) A Brooklyn man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he tried to help the Islamic State group, in part by encouraging attacks on New York’s subway system. Zachary Clark, 40, was detained after an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court, where […]
Government & Politics
Daesh/ISIS terrorist extradited to US, says Turkey Terrorist stranded at Greece-Turkey border extradited to US, Turkey's interior minister says
(Anadolu) A Daesh/ISIS terrorist who was stranded at the Turkey-Greece border has been extradited to the U.S., the Turkish interior minister said Friday. “Today an American who was stuck between our country and Greece was extradited to the U.S. from Istanbul a […]
Government & Politics
US, Europeans clash on jihadists’ fate in Islamic State talks
(AFP) The United States and its European allies clashed Thursday over what to do with thousands of jihadists jailed in Syria, with Washington calling a French proposal to try fighters in Iraq “irresponsible.” Senior officials from more than 30 countries pledged greater […]
Children & Teens
Repentant Islamic State wife: ‘We are winning’ fight against radical Islam
(Breitbart) Like many across the United States, upon hearing the news that Islamic State terror leader Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi had been cornered in Syria and died after detonating a suicide vest, Tania Joya was happy the “serial rapist” was dead. “We are […]
Legal
Adelaide woman found guilty of Islamic State membership has conviction overturned
(ABC-Australia) A former Adelaide student found guilty of being a member of Islamic State (IS) has had her conviction overturned on appeal, despite the state’s chief justice accepting she had pledged allegiance to the terror group. Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif was convicted at trial […]
Clerics & Preachers
Volunteers ‘ran terror website spreading message of convicted hate preacher who praised ISIS for crucifixions and said children as young as 12 should make bombs’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Feds leave national-security level at medium following ISIL leader’s death
(Canadian Press) The federal government showed no signs Monday of changing Canada’s national-threat level from its current classification of “medium” despite fears in some countries that the Islamic State group will launch retaliatory strikes over the killing of its shadowy leader during […]
Law Enforcement
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death: Monitoring of Islamist extremist suspects in Britain stepped up The move is precautionary amid warnings of potential reprisal attacks after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself in a US raid.
(Sky News) Security officials are increasing monitoring of high-priority Islamist extremist suspects in Britain following the death of the leader of Islamic State, according to Sky sources. The move is precautionary amid warnings of the potential for reprisal attacks by supporters of […]
Clothing
Ilhan Omar slow to acknowledge killing of ISIS leader, posts photo in CAIR T-shirt
(Townhall) The news cycle has been inundated with coverage of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s killing by U.S. forces in a top-secret raid. Everyone in politics flocked to social media to acknowledge the terrorist’s death. Rep. Omar was a little slow to respond to […]
Government & Politics
France on high alert for revenge attacks following death of Baghdadi
(Reuters) French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, in a letter to police prefects seen by Reuters, called on Sunday for increased vigilance to prevent possible revenge attacks following the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “… The possible intensification of jihadist […]
Government & Politics
Let jihadists return home, French anti-terror magistrate urges
(AFP) The refusal of the French government to take back Islamic State fighters from Syria could fuel a new jihadist recruitment drive in France, threatening public safety, a leading anti-terrorism investigator has told AFP. David De Pas, coordinator of France’s 12 anti-terrorism […]
Military
Among Canadian ISIS detainees in Syria, women far outnumber men
(Global News) Sitting in a dim room at a detention camp in northern Syria, Kimberly Polman was feeling vulnerable. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had vowed to free female prisoners like herself, and she believed him. “I take it seriously,” Polman said. […]
News: Europe
One of first British men to join so-called Islamic State traced to prison in northern Syria by ITV News
(ITV) One of the first British men to join so-called Islamic State has been traced to a prison in northern Syria by ITV News, where he said he misses his mother, his old life in Cardiff, and wants to return home. Aseel […]
News: North America
No regret: Captured ISIS fighter wants to come home — but not if he will be judged by Canadian law Some security experts question Canada’s strategy in dealing with returning ISIS members
(CBC) Before he was captured by Syrian Kurdish forces in February, Canadian Mohammed Khalifa went from being a cog in the ranks of ISIS to its English-language voice. Khalifa, 35, who goes by his ISIS nom de guerre Abu Ridwan, says he […]
Internet
Terror suspect remanded in custody
(Euro Weekly) National Police have arrested an alleged member of DAESH (ISIS) who was storing manuals on how to carry out terror attacks. The man was a member of several restricted pro-DAESH jihadist messaging groups, which have been the main source of […]
Legal
Dearborn man’s jihad journey to Syria chronicled in federal court
(Detroit News) A Dearborn man captured overseas and charged with supporting the Islamic State fought in two countries, fired on Syrian forces and trained in religious and military camps, federal prosecutors said. Prosecutors provided new details about Ibraheem Musaibli’s journey to jihad and […]
News: Europe
Joining IS ‘wasn’t worth it; we failed,’ says Lisa Smith
(RTÉ) “It wasn’t worth it. We failed,” says Lisa Smith of her decision to leave Ireland and join the caliphate in Syria around three years ago. “What we believed; we actually thought it was going to be an Islamic State … and we would […]
Academics & Education
Boy, eight, wins £3.5k payout after teachers wrongly accuse him of wearing T-shirt supporting ISIS (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Islamic State ‘are maintaining the rage’: Inside Australia’s fight against terrorism
(Sydney Morning Herald) Like many a 20-year-old, Greenacre youth Isaak el Matari harboured big ambitions. But if allegations made against him in court this week prove correct, his dreams were far from the run-of-the-mill variety shared by most young men his age. […]
Internet
Former al-Qaida propagandist launches counter-jihadi magazine
(VOA) Once al-Qaida’s chief American propagandist, Jesse Morton is now propagandizing for peace. In 2009, Morton, then part of a group of Muslim extremists in New York, helped launch Jihad Recollections, the first in a line of online glossy magazines that captured […]
Legal
Three French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq: judiciary
(AFP) An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced three French citizens to death after they were found guilty of joining the Islamic State group, a court official said. Captured in Syria by a US-backed force fighting the jihadists, they are the first French […]
Health & Medicine
‘Cherry picked and out of context’ — Deception dominates ICNA co-sponsored ‘Inventing Terrorists’ report
(IPT) As IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy noted Friday, the Islamic Circle of North America has helped update a report on terrorist prosecutions in the United States which claims more than 9 in 10 cases involving Muslim suspects are bogus. “Many convicted […]
Interfaith
Is a CAIR staffer legitimizing modern blood libels? The organization was officially designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates in 2014.
(Jerusalem Post) A Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) organizer, Zohra Lasania, the program director of CAIR-Pittsburgh, reportedly gave legitimacy to a Zionists-ISIS conspiracy, according to the Middle East Forum, a conservative think-tank. Lasania reportedly posted on Facebook an article first published by […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim Reform Movement founder opposes Omar, CAIR and Islamism abroad
(Christian Post) I interviewed Dr. M Zuhdi Jasser in January 2017, July 2017, and September 2018 on a range of topics including Islamism and what he believes is its antidote, the Muslim Reform Movement. This is a follow-up interview. Jasser is president […]
Internet
Isil extremists using Instagram to promote jihad and incite support for terror attacks on the West (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
MI5 boss warns of ‘startling’ IS terror threat to Britain (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 […]
Islamic Law
Isis bride Lisa Smith says she went to Syria to fulfill her dream of living under Sharia law (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
‘My sons left home to become terrorists and I don’t know if they’re alive or dead’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum husband: Isis bride is heartbroken and alone (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain killed in Syria: wife
(AFP) Prominent French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain was killed last month, his wife told AFP Tuesday after fleeing the last redoubt of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria. Clain’s wife Dorothee Maquere said he was killed in mortar shelling after being wounded […]
News: North America
Canadians among hundreds of ISIS brides who want to return home
(CTV) It took time and patience to negotiate access to the al-Hawl refugee camp in eastern Syria. A few cups of tea, a group photo with a Kurdish intelligence officer, and after a couple days, permission was granted. Al-Hawl is a vast […]
Children & Teens
Fleeing IS holdout, French women say foreigners still inside
(AFP) Two French women who fled the Islamic State group’s last pocket in Syria told AFP on Monday more foreigners were trapped inside, barred from leaving by Iraqi jihadists. The Muslim converts said they paid smugglers to take them out of the […]
Islamic Law
‘I got cheated. All of us got cheated’: Captured German Isis member says he regrets joining terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
In highly unusual trial, Rehab Dughmosh admits to attacking Scarborough Canadian Tire ‘for ISIS’ — but refuses to enter plea
(Toronto Star) A year after her plan to leave her husband and two children to join a terrorist group in Syria was thwarted, Rehab Dughmosh entered a Scarborough Canadian Tire in 2017 and shouted “This is for ISIS” as she attacked employees […]