Al-Qaeda

Academics & Education

French far-right politician indicted for defamation over comments about Muslim group Marion Marechal claimed on television that 'Valeurs et Reussite' linked to Muslim Brotherhood

March 11, 2025   

(Anadolu) French far-right Member of the European Parliament Marion Marechal was indicted Tuesday for defamation following her accusations against the “Valeurs et Reussite” Muslim group behind a planned Muslim school in Valence, Francebleu broadcaster reported. The indictment was issued after Marechal claimed […]

Government & Politics

Ex-USAID official says Biden ditched vetting reforms as his administration steered grants to terror supporters 'Vast sums of U.S. money have been diverted to fund terrorists in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan,' says Max Primorac

February 26, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration ditched the first Trump administration’s U.S. Agency for International Development vetting reforms — and went on to send “vast sums of U.S. money” to Middle Eastern countries that ended up in the hands of terrorists, a former […]

Academics & Education

Rising antisemitism puts Canada at risk of terror attack, feds told The unsettling warnings are contained in a number of recently declassified security reviews

February 25, 2025   

(Toronto Sun) Canada could experience a lone-wolf terror attack soon, intelligence authorities have advised the federal government — and antisemitism is overwhelmingly the motivating factor. “Amid (rising) antisemitic hate, an undetected lone actor could commit an act of serious violence in Canada […]

Children & Teens

Austrian authorities warn of ‘high-risk’ Islamist threat after another thwarted attack FPÖ says the planned attack by a 14-year-old radicalized on the internet was 'the direct result of the failed integration policy and the open borders that open the door to radical Islamists.'

February 20, 2025   

(European Conservative) Austria is facing “high-risk threats” of Islamist terrorism, according to the head of the Central European country’s domestic intelligence agency, who spoke after yet another terrorist attack, this time targeting a railway station, was thwarted. Austrian authorities announced on Wednesday, […]

Academics & Education

USAID reportedly bankrolled al Qaeda terrorist’s college tuition, unearthed records show Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a drone strike during the Obama administration

February 10, 2025   

(Fox) The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly provided “full funding” for al Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki to attend college in Colorado, unearthed documents apparently show. Al-Awlaki was an American-born jihadist who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in […]

Legal

Appeals court looks set to let Pentagon out of 9/11 plea deals An appeals court signaled it will override a military judge’s ruling that the agreements avoiding the death penalty were binding.

February 7, 2025   

(Politico) A federal appeals court appears poised to rule that the Pentagon has the authority to withdraw from plea deals ruling out the death penalty that were negotiated with three Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. […]

Academics & Education

Terrorists use AI on social media to incite attacks against Jews in U.S., report finds Canadians are also susceptible to tactics used by terrorists online. 'There’s no differentiation just because we have a physical border,' says Marc Ginsberg, founder of the group behind the report

February 6, 2025   

(National Post) A new report says that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda use AI on social media to inspire lone wolf attacks against the Jewish community in the United States. But Canadians are not exempt from this kind of targeted […]

Internet

Man jailed after downloading 3D-printing gun instructions Police discovered the documents along with messages supporting ISIS after downloading his phone during a 'schedule 7' stop at Heathrow Airport.

January 22, 2025   

(Sky News) The first Islamist extremist to be found with plans for 3D-printed firearms has been jailed for seven years after using a far-right internet channel to download the instructions. Abdiwahid Mohamed, 33, from Neasden, north London, had used encrypted messaging app […]

Government & Politics

Aafia Siddiqui: Doctor accused of terrorism calls for presidential pardon before Biden hands over to Trump Aafia Siddiqui's lawyer has submitted a dossier to outgoing president Joe Biden in the hope he will pardon her for what he says is a blatant miscarriage of justice. She was jailed in 2010 for attempting to murder an FBI agent in Afghanistan.

January 18, 2025 and   

(Sky News) A Pakistani neuroscientist held in US custody has told Sky News she has hope she will be freed after “new evidence” emerged which may suggest her innocence. Dr Aafia Siddiqui, 52, was once one of the most wanted women in […]

Government & Politics

Chief of French foreign intelligence silent about repatriating nationals detained in Syria for involvement in terrorism Nicolas Lerner observes that groups including Daesh/ISIS, Al-Qaeda becoming 'less powerful, less organized'

January 15, 2025   

(Anadolu) France’s top foreign intelligence official, Nicolas Lerner, declined to confirm whether Paris would repatriate its nationals detained in Syria for alleged links to the terrorist group Daesh/ISIS. Lerner, who heads the General Directorate of External Security (DGSE), told Le Monde that […]

Interfaith

Islamic conference coming to Ontario is guided by manifesto calling for ‘jihad’ and Muslim caliphate Hizb ut-Tahrir manifesto outlines totalitarian, misogynistic, antisemitic worldview, where Islamic law is paramount, and Israel must be exterminated

January 8, 2025   

(National Post) An Islamic group facing a withering reception to plans for a conference dedicated to overthrowing governments to start a Muslim caliphate has issued a rare media statement denying it poses a security risk, and accusing critics of creating fake news. […]

Holidays

New Orleans attack could embolden ISIS to radicalize other Americans, experts say Shamsud-Din Jabbar declared allegiance to the Islamic State before the Bourbon Street attack

January 2, 2025   

(Fox) Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s New Year’s massacre in New Orleans, carried out with a pickup truck flying an ISIS flag, could embolden the terrorist organization to radicalize more Americans, experts told Fox News Digital. Jabbar’s younger half-brother, Abdur Rahim-Jabbar, told Fox News Digital […]

Clerics & Preachers

At New Orleans terrorist’s local mosque, imam says Hitler killed Jews ‘because of the economy thing, they were in control of the economy’ Jews 'have many problems, but that's one of the main problems — they like to take control of the economy,' Eiad Soudan said during 2023 event

January 2, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Islamic terrorist who killed 14 people in the New Year’s Eve attack on New Orleans, lived near a Houston mosque led by a radical imam who once preached that Hitler massacred Jews because “they like to take […]