Marriage
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite splits from fourth husband and flees abroad (LINK ONLY)
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Al-Qaeda
Interfaith
A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas
(AP) The man who authorities say held hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan. The hostage incident ended Saturday night […]
Demonstrations
The American Islamist campaign to free Aafia Siddiqui
(IPT) Most Americans may not have heard of Aafia Siddiqui before Saturday, when a gunman entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, outside Dallas, and took the rabbi and three congregants hostage. Thankfully, the standoff ended without any hostage being harmed. But […]
Interfaith
Hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead
(AP) A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting in a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers […]
Law Enforcement
Stopping terror attacks is ‘more difficult than ever,’ police chief warns (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Fears of ‘chain-reaction’ 9/11 attack on Australia Australia was advised that its support of the US-led military response to the 9/11 attacks raised ‘our profile with the terrorists themselves.’
(NCA NewsWire) The Australian government feared terrorists would strike on our shores in the days after September 11 — and that the Defence Force was not equipped to fight back. Two decades since the attack on the United States that changed the […]
News: Europe
Mistakes will be made when releasing terrorists — watchdog (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Parole Board considering 92 terrorists for release from jail (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Lockdown may have sent would-be terrorists on ‘dark journey’ to radicalisation, warns Damian Hinds (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Cryptocurrency: Cardiff terrorist Khuram Iqbal jailed over trading
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has been jailed for 16 months over his cryptocurrency trading on the dark web. Khuram Iqbal, 29, from Cardiff, was originally jailed in 2014 for three years and three months for disseminating terrorist publications and possessing terrorist information. […]
Clothing
Man spared jail after wearing T-shirts promoting banned Palestinian groups (LINK ONLY)
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Employment
Romin Iqbal, of CAIR-Ohio, fired for allegedly leaking information to anti-Muslim group
(Columbus Dispatch) The Ohio chapter of a national Muslim-American advocacy and civil rights group announced on Tuesday that its director was working with a national anti-Muslim group and had been for years. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim advocacy and civil rights […]
Legal
Terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika’s continuing detention order is being reviewed
(Daily Telegraph) Australia’s most dangerous terrorist, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, will appear in court on Thursday, as authorities review the continuing detention order which is keeping him in jail despite him completing his 15-year jail term. The automatic review of his order, the […]
Military
Survivors of the Pensacola terror attack speak out It has been two years since the Pensacola Naval Base terror attack.
(ABC) Two years after the Pensacola air base terror attack, Navy veteran George Johnson, 27, can still remember the moment he came face-to-face with Saudi Arabian Air Force officer Mohammed Alshamrani, who shot and killed three and injured eight others. “I looked […]
Law Enforcement
Alleged ISIS terrorist captured in Venice
(Euro Weekly) A 25-year-old Tunisian man, believed to be a member of an ISIS terrorist [cell], has been captured and arrested by the police in Venice, Italy, within the last hour (December 2). The man has been on the run and had […]
News: North America
US Islamist groups call for ‘Lady al-Qaeda’ to be set free CAIR, AMP, ICNA and MAS continue to embrace their pro-terrorist roots.
(FrontPage) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and the Muslim American Society (MAS) all have their foundings linked inseparably with militant Islamic ideologies. For CAIR and AMP it was Hamas, […]
Legal
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s brother will be arrested on return
(BBC) The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will be arrested and brought to give evidence to the attack inquiry if he returns to the UK, a judge has said. Ismail Abedi had been ordered to attend the Manchester Arena inquiry in […]
News: North America
Montreal jihadi who burned his Canadian passport allegedly held captive by al-Qaida affiliate in Syria In a notorious video, Sami Elabi douses his Canadian passport with flammable liquid, sets it on fire and then opens fire with an assault rifle
(National Post) A Canadian man who fought for the Islamic State — and starred in two of the terror group’s propaganda videos before quitting and disappearing — has been held captive by a militant group in Syria for more than a year, […]
Government & Politics
‘Hateful ideologies’: Australia lists The Base and Hezbollah as terror groups
(Sydney Morning Herald) Australia will list white supremacist group The Base and all of Hezbollah as terrorist organisations, making it a criminal offence to be a member. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews described The Base, a group that began in the United […]
Clerics & Preachers
Manchester Arena bomber gave imam ‘hateful look’ after he denounced extremism, inquiry told (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Man admits terror offences after wearing T-shirts supporting banned Palestinian groups (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Man charged with terror offence after wearing T-shirt ‘promoting banned group’ (LINK ONLY)
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History
History lessons to help us understand the brutality of modern jihadism
(Radio France) There was yet another dramatic shift in the emotional temperature at the Paris attacks trial on Tuesday, as two anonymous and invisible police investigators gave lectures on the history of Islamic holy war and the Syrian context of the 2015 […]
Legal
Sydney man convicted of terrorism offences fighting to be freed on bail A man convicted of compiling a terrorism textbook is fighting to be freed on bail after being rearrested by police.
(NCA NewsWire) A Sydney man who was jailed for 12 years for compiling a terrorist textbook is fighting to be freed from prison after being rearrested for allegedly attempting to communicate with a convicted ISIS financier. Belal Saadallah Khazaal, 51, on Monday […]
Law Enforcement
Policeman attacked in southern France
(AFP) A French policeman was attacked by a man with a knife claiming to act “in the name of the prophet” on Monday but was unharmed, the interior minister and police sources said. The sources had previously indicated that their colleague had […]
Law Enforcement
US Supreme Court to hear case of surveillance of Muslims
(VOA) The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday whether the U.S. government can invoke the protection of “state secrets” to withhold information about its surveillance of Muslims at mosques in California. The dispute began a decade ago when three Muslim men […]
News: Europe
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite feared to be alive and fighting with jihadis in Yemen (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
FBI v. Fazaga: Did an anti-terrorist sting operation go too far?
Since 9/11, the FBI has frequently used “sting” operations to capture would-be terrorists before they commit violence. Some of these efforts have been successful from the FBI’s point of view, meaning that the FBI was able to lure suspects into criminal activity […]
Law Enforcement
FBI releases declassified documents on Sept. 11 attacks
(AP) The FBI released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents Wednesday about its long effort to explore connections between the Saudi government and the Sept. 11 attacks, revealing the scope of a strenuous but ultimately fruitless investigation whose outcome many question […]
News: Europe
Britain’s top al-Qaeda terror chief Rangzieb Ahmed has parole bid turned down (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Mother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber pocketed more than £17,000 in benefits after leaving Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Virginia malls and shopping centers increase security amid ISIS threat
(CBS) Police in Northern Virginia are on a heightened state of alert as a new law enforcement alert warned of a potential threat against malls and shopping centers located just outside of Washington, D.C. The threat originated with ISIS and is the […]
Legal
Ex-Maryland man who joined al-Qaida sentenced at Guantanamo
(AP) A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But under a plea deal, the man could be released as soon […]
Government & Politics
Official slams claims of terrorists infiltrating US from Mexico
(VOA) Fears the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could reinvigorate terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, and lead to a surge of attempted infiltrations along the southern U.S. border have not been realized, a top counterterrorism official said, dismissing claims to the […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Error not to question bomber on return — MI5
(BBC) The decision not to question the Manchester Arena bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack was a mistake, a senior MI5 officer has conceded. The officer, referred to as Witness J, told the Manchester […]
Demonstrations
‘War on terror’: US protesters urge release for Pakistani woman Aafia Siddiqui Protesters call for the release of the Pakistani neurosurgeon serving 86 years in prison for the attempted murder of US officials
(Middle East Eye) Dozens of protesters stood outside Pakistan’s consulate in New York City on Wednesday, calling for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman who is currently serving 86 years in prison in what civil liberties groups and activists say was […]
Government & Politics
Homeland security chief appears at anti-hate summit with spokesman for organization that defended terrorist groups
(Daily Caller) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke at an Oct. 18-20 anti-hate event that also featured a man whose organization has in the past defended terrorist acts. The group, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), has previously made statements […]
Government & Politics
Sir David Amess murder suspect had considered killing other MPs, the Telegraph understands (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
I worked inside Al Qaeda as a jihadi recruiter — we lured runaways like Shamima Begum and paved the way for ISIS (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU warns of security risks linked to migration from Afghanistan
(Reuters) Europe must take the security threats that might arise from migration out of Afghanistan more seriously, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson warned on Friday. “On the terrorist threat from Afghanistan, I must say that my assessment is that the alert […]
Arts & Entertainment
Threatened Swedish artist reportedly dead in road accident
(AP) The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident Sunday, Swedish news media reported. The accident reportedly involved a […]
Law Enforcement
British ISIS suspect had nearly €50,000 in bitcoin when arrested (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Man who spread terrorist propaganda arrested
(Budapest Times) A Hungarian-born man suspected of posting jihadist content on a German online platform has been arrested, a Budapest court said on Monday. Hungary’s anti-terrorism centre (TEK) caught the man in cooperation with the German authorities and proceedings have been launched […]
Law Enforcement
Toronto men caught with bomb-making manuals, al-Qaeda literature on phones, documents allege
(Global News) Six months after Kevin Omar Mohamed‘s prison sentence for terrorism came to an end, the RCMP’s Toronto O-INSET national security team decided to check up on him. What they found set off alarms. Not only was he violating his probation […]
News: Europe
Six of Britain’s most dangerous convicted terrorists could be back on the street in months as cases face Parole Board (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Germany indicts 4 for supporting al-Nusra in Syria German federal prosecutors have said they indicted four men on suspicion of providing help to Islamist militant group Jabhat al-Nusra.
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors on Thursday said they had indicted four men on suspicion of supporting Islamist extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. One of the men is also accused of joining the group and traveling to Syria to fight with the breakaway […]
News: Europe
Two of Britain’s most dangerous terrorists could be free in weeks as UK faces biggest threat from extremists in decades (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary blames US and Israel for 9/11 on 20th anniversary (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Police investigate after ISIS flag found on Helsinki overpass
(Helsinki Times) Helsinki police are investigating after the flag of the extremist terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) was found flying from a highway overpass in Helsinki’s Myllypuro district. No crime is officially being suspected at the moment. The flag, which was flown […]
Academics & Education
Proposed 9/11 resolution from school board member who spoke of jihad spends 1 paragraph honoring dead Americans 10 lamenting Muslim discrimination
(Daily Wire) Earlier this week, the Daily Wire reported that a school board member whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and who hired as imam a top al-Qaeda operative, opposed a resolution honoring the victims […]