Law Enforcement
Police raids find huge arms cache linked to Islamic terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Al-Qaeda
Law Enforcement
Answering ‘Deputy Hamas’ Muslim Federation director Nezar Hamze confronts me with lies and revisionist history.
(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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
CAIR’s research director endorsed jihadist-supporting charity
(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 […]
Government & Politics
No, this isn’t a photo of Ilhan Omar at an al-Qaida training camp
(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 […]
Legal
ISIS-inspired Queens women plead guilty to NYC bomb plot
(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. […]
Citizenship
‘Jihadi Jack’ has a constitutional right to come to Canada. But getting in may not be so easy Letts could try to settle in Canada now that his U.K. citizenship has been stripped
(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 […]
Government & Politics
No, Ilhan Omar has not been arrested 23 times
(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 […]
Academics & Education
Muslim student in Ottawa ‘weirded out’ by unexpected CSIS meeting Former CSIS analyst said calls are about building relationships
(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 […]
News: Europe
Pal of IS bride Lisa Smith said she visited Syria two years before she joined terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Arkansas man charged with helping al-Qaida
(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 […]
Legal
Lodi’s Hamid Hayat released from federal prison after judge vacates terrorism conviction
(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 […]
Legal
Giving aid to ISIS fighter earns ex-St. Louis County resident 5 1/2 years in prison
(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 […]
Children & Teens
French court sentences mother who took her children to Syria to eight years in prison
(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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
From Canada with hate: Terror sympathizer Tariq Abdelhaleem
(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 […]
Arts & Entertainment
Al Rayan Bank: Clients include ‘terror’ group and Abu Hamza’s former mosque (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester Arena bomber’s brother has been granted legal aid — while victims’ families are denied helped (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Islamist who joked about blowing up school meets with Palm Beach Post Emgage’s Ammar Ahmed joins Muslim Federation delegation for news jihad.
(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 […]
Law Enforcement
IS prison head carver jailed for 29 years
(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 […]
Legal
Weapons, IS allegiance found in French terror inquiry
(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, […]
Government & Politics
Islamist Jew-hater named Florida Young Democrat of the Year CAIR operative Rasha Mubarak honored while basking in sea of hate.
(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 […]
Legal
Judge overturns 2006 terror conviction of California man
(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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ilhan Omar’s defiance resonates with Muslim-American activists
(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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
‘Zionist pig’: Boris Johnson is latest victim of UK-based hate preacher Mohammed Al-Massari’s rants
(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 […]
Government & Politics
In resurfaced interview, Ilhan Omar answers question on ‘jihadist terrorism’ by saying Americans should be ‘more fearful of white men’
(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 […]
Interfaith
Jew-hater Sofian Zakkout removed from board of anti-crime group When will Crime Stoppers follow suit and remove Zakkout as well?
(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 […]
FGM
Rep. Ilhan Omar was asked to condemn female genital mutilation — again. She was not happy Omar said she was 'disgusted' that she keeps getting asked questions that wouldn't be asked of non-Muslim politicians.
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar marriage flummoxes media fact-checkers The 'baseless smear' that can't be debunked
(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 […]
Legal
Man from east London pleads guilty to terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim organizations across U.S. react to Trump’s controversial remarks 'President Trump's remarks today are a dangerous new low that will lead to more death threats on Congresswoman Omar and a surge in bigotry against American Muslims.'
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Donald Trump twists Ilhan Omar’s comments about al-Qaida
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Trump claims Omar is ‘never happy’
(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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ilhan Omar declines to respond to Trump claiming she supports al Qaeda
(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, […]
Deradicalization
America faces a new counter-terrorism problem it is completely unprepared for Country lacks system to ensure that scores of jailed extremists no longer pose a threat after release
(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 […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar sends somber Fourth of July message days after celebrating Somali Independence Day
(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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
Al Qaeda’s master terrorists are still on Facebook and YouTube Facebook and YouTube say they have scrubbed tens of thousands of violent extremists' posts. But we found 105 from the most dangerous preachers of jihadist terror.
(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. […]
Legal
Islamic scholar’s terror convictions reviewed in Virginia
(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 […]
Legal
Brownsburg man who tried to join Islamic State group is sentenced to federal prison
(Indianapolis Star) A Brownsburg man who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and planned to travel to Syria to join them was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in federal prison, officials said. U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker […]
Legal
NSW inmate says he’ll always support jihad
(AAP) A radicalised NSW inmate has told a court he’s sorry for waterboarding and carving an Islamic State slogan into his cellmate’s forehead but not for attacking the former soldier. A “physical attack would be OK,” Bourhan Hraichie said from the dock […]
Government & Politics
Head of Roxbury mosque tapped to lead city’s immigrant-outreach office
(Boston Globe) Yusufi Vali, who most recently ran the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, was tapped Thursday to head the city’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, becoming the highest-ranking Muslim in city government in recent memory. The 36-year-old, whose family […]
Legal
Illinois woman gets 6 1/2 years in federal prison for supporting St. Louis County man who fought and died in Syria
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch) An Illinois woman was sentenced Tuesday to six and one-half years in prison for helping to support terrorists, including a former St. Louis County man who fought and died in Syria, prosecutors said. Mediha Medy Salkicevic, 39, of Schiller […]
Moderation & Reform
How Australian tinnie terror ringleader turned into a ‘rabid dog’ ahead of audacious Philippines plot
(9 News) Jesse Morton, a former Al Qaeda recruiter and propagandist from the US who turned FBI informant, can vividly remember his final communications with Robert “Musa” Cerantonio, the jailed Melbourne ringleader of the so-called tinnie terrorist plot. Cerantonio, who was already […]
Law Enforcement
Spain busts gang that helped ‘finance Al Qaeda militia’
(AFP) Spanish police on Tuesday detained 10 nationals of Syrian origin accused of financing “Al Qaeda terrorist militia” in Syria, the interior ministry and a source close to the probe said. With Europol’s collaboration, more than 350 agents took part in an […]
Deradicalization
Study: Radical Muslim inmates rule UK prisons
(IPT) One group, radicalized Muslims, dominates the UK prison system, Britain’s Ministry of Justice found in a study into prison gangs released earlier this month. The study included interviews with 83 inmates and 73 staffers from several prisons. Operating as a prison […]
Legal
State asked not to deport man convicted of terror offences (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Trump officials pushing to strip convicted terrorists of citizenship Critics fear a dangerous new front in how the legal system treats naturalized U.S. citizens convicted of terrorism offenses.
(Politico) John Walker Lindh walked out of prison last month and returned to American life, having served 17 years for providing support to the Taliban. But another American who pleaded guilty in a high-profile terrorism case after the Sept. 11 attacks is […]
Legal
Trial over France Charlie Hebdo attacks to begin in April
(AFP) Fourteen suspects will go on trial before a special court in Paris in April 2020 charged over attacks around the French capital in January 2015, including the massacre at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, legal sources said on Friday. […]
Academics & Education
Army War College under fire over historian’s upcoming lecture on ‘clash of civilizations’ between Islam and the West
(Task & Purpose) The Philadelphia chapter of a leading Muslim civil rights group is urging the U.S. Army War College to reconsider an upcoming lecture by an Islamic history scholar over his “simplistic, inaccurate and often prejudicial view of the long history […]
Law Enforcement
London Bridge attacker ‘had been caught with Isis propaganda’ (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Academics & Education
MB-linked American Muslim leaders embrace Virginia school board candidate
(IPT) American Muslim leaders with documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood congratulated Fairfax County, Va., at-large school board candidate Abrar Omeish on winning the endorsement of the county’s Democratic Party, posts on her father Esam Omeish’s Facebook page show. She serves as […]