(Swiss Info) A large-scale operation across three Swiss regions on Tuesday morning has led to the house searches of 11 people with suspected links to Islamist terrorist groups. The police raids were launched in the cantons of Zurich, Bern, and Schaffhausen, and involved […]
(Free Beacon) As Democrat Amy McGrath was laying the groundwork for her Senate bid, she attended a dinner hosted by the Kentucky chapter of a radical anti-Israel organization that has been tied to funding of global terror networks. The Kentucky chapter of […]
(Bismarck Tribune) A prominent North Dakota state senator drew a rebuke from U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and a Muslim civil rights group Monday for sharing a debunked photo on Facebook alleging Omar is a terrorist. Sen. Oley Larsen, R-Minot, who is the […]
(ITV) A British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK to defend himself in his last interview before he was moved from an “unstable” Syrian prison and into US custody. Speaking to ITV News security editor Rohit Kachroo, El […]
(AP) An Islamic terrorist already serving a life prison term for a bombing in New York City was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years ago. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a U.S. […]
(AFP) Pressure grew Monday on France’s government to explain how the radicalisation of a man who stabbed four colleagues to death at Paris police headquarters failed to raise red flags inside the intelligence unit where he worked. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, summoned […]
(AFP) France’s interior minister acknowledged Sunday that officials should have kept a closer eye on the Paris police employee who stabbed four colleagues to death last week, after investigators found evidence he had supported an extreme version of Islam. “Obviously, there were […]
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(AP) In the face of criticism that Facebook is not doing enough to combat extremist messaging, the company likes to say that its automated systems remove the vast majority of prohibited content glorifying the Islamic State group and al-Qaida before it’s reported. […]
(Daily Caller) A new board member for the left-wing activist group Women’s March has repeatedly compared the U.S. and Israeli militaries to the terrorist groups ISIS and Al Qaeda. The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) [San Francisco chapter], […]
(AL.com) A young woman accused of attempting to provide support and resources to terrorist organization al Qaeda has pleaded guilty to concealment of terrorism financing. Alaa Mohd Abusaad, a former University of Alabama student, entered her guilty plea in federal court in […]
(CBS) Human smuggling is a big business in Athens and CBS News has found evidence that ISIS members are being moved through Greece to the rest of Europe. In central Athens, an area around Omonia Square is notorious as a center of criminal […]
(NY Post) The son of a woman killed on 9/11 slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar at Wednesday’s memorial service for being insensitive to victims’ families when she gave a speech saying, “Some people did something” to describe the terror attacks. Wearing a shirt […]
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(FrontPage) Recently, this author’s non-profit charitable organization, the Joe Kaufman Security Initiative (JKSI), issued a video about the executive director of the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF) Nezar Hamze and how he — a radical Muslim and former CAIR operative — should […]
(IPT) The lead author of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) 2019 Islamophobia report has repeatedly endorsed a terror-tied Turkish charity. CAIR research director Abbas Barzegar, the lead author of “Hijacked By Hate: American Philanthropy and the Islamophobia Network,” has supported the […]
(PolitiFact) In July, President Donald Trump drew criticism for falsely saying that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was “speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is.” An Aug. 29 Facebook post also seeks to tie the Somalia-born congresswoman to the terrorist group. “Here is […]
(NY Post) Two terror fangirls from Queens who went gaga for al Qaeda and ISIS — including one who carried around Osama bin Laden’s photo — copped to bomb-building charges Friday that could land them in prison for up to 20 years. […]
(CBC) Jack Letts has every right as a Canadian citizen to come to Canada, legal analysts say, but the man dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the media and accused of being an ISIS fighter may not have an easy time getting into the country. “Citizenship doesn’t […]
(PolitiFact) A recent Facebook post adds criminal and daughter of a terrorist to the list of baseless accusations that have been made about U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. The photo, published Aug. 1 by a conservative Facebook page called Tactical Hospitality, makes […]
(CBC) Biftu Hulo still remembers the day — not long after she became head of the Carleton University Muslim Students Association — that her phone rang. When she picked up, she couldn’t believe who was on the line: a representative from the Canadian Security […]
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(AP) A Yemeni national living in Arkansas was charged with providing support to a terrorist organization, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday. Bilal al-Rayanni was charged Thursday with supporting al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula between October and December of 2014 while […]
(Sacramento Bee) Hamid Hayat is free, released Friday afternoon from Arizona federal custody nearly two weeks after a Sacramento federal judge threw out his 2006 conviction. Hayat was released about 2 p.m. PDT Friday, Hayat’s attorney Dennis Riordan said. “It’s been a […]
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch) A former St. Louis County resident who supplied money to help a man who fought and died for the Islamic State in Syria was sentenced Friday to five and one-half years in prison. Armin Harcevic, 41, told U.S. District […]
(Euronews) A woman who spent nine months in Syria with her three young children in 2017 has been given an eight-year jail term. Rajae Moujahid, a 37-year-old Italian-Moroccan citizen, was tried at a Paris tribunal for “criminal conspiracy for terrorist purposes” and […]
(Arab News) It may seem strange that a prominent Sunni Salafi jihadist and preacher of hate has lived unmolested in the West since the 1980s. Yet Dr. Tariq Abdelhaleem probably sees nothing odd at all about promoting Islamic radicalism while enjoying the […]
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(FrontPage) Last month, the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF) took a delegation of a half-dozen people to meet with the Palm Beach Post to propagandize against Israel and demand their reporting of “Muslim issues” meet with their approval. Partaking in this show […]
(AAP) A radicalised NSW prisoner will spend decades in jail for carving an Islamic State slogan on a cellmate’s forehead after abandoning a plan to shoot police in a terrorist attack. Bourhan Hraichie is possibly more radicalised than when he committed the […]
(AFP) French investigators have discovered weapons and a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group after charging three men with planning a terror attack, sources close to the inquiry said Thursday. The men had not yet decided on a specific target, […]
(FrontPage) From June 14th to the 16th, the Florida Young Democrats (FYD) held its 2019 convention, in Orlando, Florida. Participating at this year’s event was the Florida Democratic Party’s resident anti-Semite, Rasha Mubarak. Not only was Mubarak given the position of national […]
(AP) A federal judge on Tuesday overturned the 2006 conviction of a California man accused of plotting an attack in the United States after attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. Federal prosecutors were reviewing the decision and did not immediately say […]
(VOA) U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar struck a chord with other Muslim Americans when she denounced a perceived assumption that she is reluctant to condemn or sympathetic to terrorism and atrocities committed by Islamic groups. “Does this need to be on repeat every […]
(Arab News) Just a few hours after Boris Johnson effectively became the UK’s new prime minister, reactions from around the world flooded Twitter. While many were critical of Johnson’s victory, one tweet appeared extreme even by today’s standards of demagoguery. Dr. Mohammed […]
(Fox) In a resurfaced interview from 2018, anti-Trump Democrat Ilhan Omar responded to a question about the “quote-unquote legitimate fears” some people have of “jihadist terrorism,” by saying Americans should be “more fearful of white men.” In the interview, Al Jazeera host […]
(FrontPage) Sofian Zakkout, the president of the American Muslim Association of North America (AMANA), likes to tout his membership on the boards of directors of two prominent anti-crime groups. However, his activities concerning support for terrorists, the belittling of Jews, and most […]
(BuzzFeed) Rep. Ilhan Omar gave a polite verbal thrashing to an audience member who asked her to condemn female genital mutilation during a conference in DC on Tuesday, saying she’s “disgusted” by some of the questions asked solely of Muslim politicians. The […]
(Free Beacon) Media outlets scrambled to prove false the accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) married her brother after President Donald Trump mentioned it, but none have been able to definitively reach an answer, largely due to Omar’s unwillingness to provide […]
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(Jerusalem Post) Muslim organizations across the US reacted Monday night to US President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about a group of four progressive congresswomen. “President Trump’s remarks today are a dangerous new low that will lead to more death threats on Congresswoman […]
(PolitiFact) President Donald Trump drew wide criticism July 14 for a tweet that told “‘progressive’ Democrat congresswomen” to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Some commentators said Trump’s tweet was racist. It […]
(Hill) President Trump on Monday claimed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is “never happy” and suggested she should leave the U.S. if she’s inclined to criticize it. In a lengthy diatribe on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump defended incendiary tweets from Sunday […]
(Washington Examiner) Rep. Ilhan Omar said she would not dignify with a response President Trump’s assertion that she is pro-al Qaeda. “I will not dignify it with an answer because I know that every single Islamophobe, every single person who is hateful, […]
(National-UAE) Few people have defined America’s post-9/11 homegrown terrorist threat like John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban.” On May 23, having served 17 years of a 20-year sentence for aiding a terrorist organisation, Walker Lindh walked free from a high-security prison […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar urged Americans to celebrate the Fourth of July by reflecting on “how much further we have to go,” standing in contrast to her joyful celebration of Somali Independence Day four days prior. “Today gives us […]
(Daily Beast) In 2006, Ibrahim Suleiman al-Rubaish was repatriated to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo Bay after he’d served more than five years as an enemy combatant for training with al Qaeda, and fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan against the United States. […]
(AP) A judge is considering tossing out parts of a 10-count conviction against an Islamic scholar serving life in prison for persuading some of his followers to travel overseas after the Sept. 11 attacks and try to join the Taliban. The review […]
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