(GB News) A convicted terrorist has been jailed for 10 years after sharing Isis propaganda on his Instagram story. Shafi Saleem, 35, has previous terror convictions and was arrested in February 2023 at Heathrow Airport returning from Pakistan. Saleem, from east London, […]
(NY Post) A Muslim family came under fire this week for brazenly hoisting a Taliban flag outside their Brooklyn home — only to remove the terror symbol after being called out by a local pol and grilled about it by the Post. […]
(Sky News) Anjem Choudary, the notorious Islamist preacher, is facing life in jail after he was found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation following an unprecedented joint investigation by MI5, Scotland Yard, the New York Police Department, and Canadian police. Choudary, 57, […]
(GB News) A suspected Isis terror plot at the Euro 2024 final was scuppered thanks to a series of police raids in Germany mere hours before kick-off, it has emerged. Authorities descended on a set of addresses just outside Berlin after fears […]
(AP) A judge has overturned a conviction carrying a life sentence for an Islamic scholar from Virginia who was found guilty of soliciting treason after the Sept. 11 attacks for encouraging followers to fight against the U.S. in Afghanistan. The ruling issued […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(BBC) A man accused of trying to detonate a pressure-cooker bomb outside a hospital did so because he was angry at colleagues rather than because of Islamist ideology, jurors have been told. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital […]
(Fox) A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as a terror group. The Wayne Township […]
(Free Beacon) The Washington Post is in turmoil — old editor out, new editor in, and a new publisher under siege from a hostile and beleaguered staff. One of the criticisms the paper has weathered as it has bled money and subscribers […]
(BBC) A man who was stopped by a member of the public from detonating a bomb outside a hospital has been described in court as a “self-radicalised lone wolf terrorist.” Mohammad Farooq, 28, planned to “kill as many nurses as possible” at […]
(CNN) The recent arrest of eight Tajik nationals believed to have connections to ISIS has heightened concerns among national security officials that a dangerous affiliate of the now-splintered terror group could potentially carry out an attack on US soil, according to multiple US officials […]
(NL Times) Two major international operations to break up the propaganda and communications channels of terrorist organizations were carried out this week, leading authorities in 13 countries to take action against servers, web hosting services and websites, Europol announced on Friday. The […]
(Bowling Green Daily News) A Bowling Green man on trial for crimes related to his participation in the terror group ISIS was found guilty Tuesday of multiple criminal counts. A jury convicted Mirsad Ramic, 34, of providing material support and resources to […]
(National-UAE) ISIS extremists have published “detailed” manuals for adapting drones to attack the Paris Olympics, a counter-terrorism expert has told the National. Matt Mooney believes there is a “moderately high” probability that there will be a drone attack using a home-made bomb […]
(Fox) FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that there is an increasing concern of a potential coordinated attack in the U.S., similar to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) attack in March at a concert hall in […]
(VOA) There are new warnings about potential attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris, including the potential for more terror plots like the one disrupted last week by French officials. A report released Tuesday by the cybersecurity firm […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court today sentenced two sisters living in the canton of Vaud to suspended prison terms for having travelled, along with a minor son belonging to one of them, to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic […]
(Press Release) A man who sent money to his nephew in Syria knowing it was to fund his terrorist activity has been convicted of terrorism offences, following an investigation by specialist officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Through their investigation, detectives […]
(ABC) Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit “LGBTQIA+-related events and venues,” including events during 2024 Pride month — celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public service announcement. “Organizations like ISIS may seek to […]
(Breitbart) Jews — who are “tyrannical” and the “brothers of apes and pigs” — should be “annihilate[d],” according to a Florida Islamic cleric, who also accused Israel’s army of being “worse than the Nazis.” During a sermon at the North Miami Islamic […]
(Iran International) Belgian MP and human rights advocate Darya Safai has raised alarms regarding the surge of Islamist extremism across Europe. Safai, who has Iranian roots, took to her X profile to post a video of a recent Islamist demonstration in the […]
(NY Post) An admitted wannabe jihadist who attacked three NYPD cops with a foot-long machete in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in 2022 was sentenced to 27 years in prison Thursday. Trevor Bickford was handed down the sentence by Judge Kevin Castel […]
(WA Today) The final text messages from a radicalised Perth teenager shot dead by police on Saturday night give rare insight into the mind of a boy who had descended into extremism. The 16-year-old Rossmoyne Senior High School student was killed in […]
(AP) Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney […]
(Fox) Whether it’s terrorism, China, or an insecure border, the U.S. faces a litany of threats both internally and internationally, according to the FBI. FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly warned of a “heightened threat environment,” and has pleaded with lawmakers to […]
(Dutch News) At least 10 planned terrorist attacks in Europe were discovered and halted by western security services in 2023, the Dutch security service AIVD said on Tuesday. People were arrested in the Netherlands in four of the foiled attacks, which ranged from concrete preparations to […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of fanning the flames of hate and called for the firing of its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, for a recent comment he made that it was unacceptable for someone wearing […]
(Times of Israel) A stash of weapons was found hidden under a pine tree in southern Bulgaria last week. The arms were linked to four suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany and the Netherlands in December on suspicion of preparing an attack […]
(ABC) Foreign adversaries and terrorist groups are sharpening their aim at the United States — targeting cyber operations, security and “mafia-like” tactics in an “increasingly concerning” way, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a speech on Tuesday. At the American Bar Association […]
(Novinite) German investigators have unearthed a suspected Hamas weapons stockpile in Bulgaria, as reported by Die Zeit. The discovery, confirmed by Deutsche Welle, Spiegel, and ARD, came after the arrest of Hamas-affiliated individuals in mid-December. A mobile phone seized during the arrest […]
(ITV) A self-employed businessman sent more than $600 to his nephew who considered becoming a suicide bomber after he was shot while fighting in Syria, a court has heard. Farhad Mohammad, 45, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of making […]
(Australian) A radical, terrorism-backing Sydney cleric who described Jewish people as “descendants of pigs and monkeys” and urged people to “spit on Israel” so that “Jews would drown” is a Saturday school principal teaching sharia to children as young as five. The […]
(Swiss Info) Several European countries, including France and Germany, are on high alert following a deadly terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall. Switzerland is also a potential target from the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) terror group, which has claimed responsibility for […]
(AFP) Friday’s attack on a Moscow concert hall is exacerbating worries that similar acts could hit targets in western Europe which is hosting exceptionally high-profile sports events this summer, analysts say. Germany is the site of the Euro 2024 football championship in […]
(Reuters) Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov. 23, 1996, when their U.S. Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the […]
(JNS) The United States has been in a “heightened terrorism threat environment” since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, and “almost every major terrorist organization in the world,” including Al-Qaeda and ISIS, have called for terror attacks against the United States, […]
(Local) Amid rising tensions and conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere around the world, a meeting by Spain’s National Security Council has identified several threats to national security, some pre-existing and some new. Global conflict and instability has raised the terror and […]
(El País) Spain has changed in the last two decades. So has the jihadist threat. Ever since 10 backpack bombs exploded on four Madrid commuter trains on March 11, 2004, killing 192 people and wounding nearly 2,000, security forces have carried out […]
(AFP) There were tears and emotional tributes Monday as Spain and the European Union paid tribute to the 192 victims of March 11, 2004, Madrid train bombings that marked the start of mass Islamist attacks in Europe. Heads were bowed across the […]
(AFP) Twenty years ago, a large, well-organised terror cell planned and staged the deadly Madrid train bombings, but today the jihadist threat facing Spain comes from lone wolves and small self-radicalised groups. On March 11, 2004, 10 bombs were placed on four […]
(Politico) France has scaled down the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony which will take place in July on the River Seine, amid concerns over a theoretical Islamist terror attack. Boats carrying each nation’s flag-bearers will pass on the water in the […]
(JNS) On March 19, 2012, Mohammed Merah, a French-Algerian supporter of al-Qaeda, carried out a shooting attack on the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, killing a teacher, Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, his two sons, Gabriel, 3, and Aryeh, 6, and an 8-year-old girl, Myriam […]
(GB News) A British jihadist who went to fight in Syria has been given the green light to leave prison. Mohammed Nahin Ahmed, one of the UK’s most dangerous terrorists, was sentenced a decade ago after [pleading] guilty to joining a jihadist […]
(Daily Caller) Federal authorities nabbed an Afghan national on the terror watchlist on Feb. 5 after he crossed the southern border illegally into California, according to an internal federal memo exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Border Patrol agents arrested […]
(Courthouse News) A Texan who joined the Islamic State group to teach English to its soldiers accused the United States of war crimes at his sentencing hearing Thursday, saying it reminded him of white supremacist bombings in the South when he saw […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration launched a civil rights investigation into anti-Muslim incidents at Harvard University based on a complaint from a Muslim legal fund that has represented convicted terrorists and pushed anti-Semitic rhetoric. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights […]
(Jewish News) The Finchley and Golders Green MP Mike Freer has confirmed he is stepping down at the election citing intimidation and threats that have left him and his family frightened for his life. The 63-year-old told the Daily Mail he feels […]
(National Post) The day after an Islamic organization was declared a terrorist group in Britain, the group’s Canadian branch cancelled a conference it was hosting this weekend that was calling for the resurrection of the Muslim caliphate and the imposition of Shariah […]
(JNS) Speakers at a “March for Gaza” in Washington on Jan. 13 promised that Israel would cease to exist and, to the cheers of thousands of attendees, accused U.S. President Joe Biden of supporting genocide against Palestinians. Osama Abuirshaid, executive director of […]
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