Legal
Convicted Islamic extremist is jailed after breaching anti-terrorism order (LINK ONLY)
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Al-Shabaab
Legal
Somali man convicted of terror links 22-year-old gets eight years and eight months in jail
(ANSA) A 22-year-old Somali man was convicted Tuesday of having links with Al-Shabaab, the Somali militant group which held Italian aid worker Silvia Romano captive for 18 months. Mohsin Ibrahim Omar, 22, alias Anas Khalil, AKA Yusuf, the name of the Nairobi […]
Government & Politics
Edmonton woman ‘committed’ to ISIS ‘facilitated extremist activities,’ secret documents allege
(Global News) An Edmonton woman has been identified by intelligence officials as an alleged ISIS supporter and Al Shabaab member and who recruited a young Canadian to travel to Syria, Global News has learned. Top secret documents publicly disclosed in court, and […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar uses violent Quran passage to respond to criticism about affair
(PJ Media) On Wednesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) quoted a violent passage from the Quran calling for false accusers to receive a flogging of eighty lashes. She was responding to a Quran quote condemning adultery with another quote condemning those who falsely […]
Law Enforcement
Pakistani doctor arrested in Minnesota on terrorism charge
(AP) A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator was arrested Thursday in Minnesota on a terrorism charge, after prosecutors say he told paid FBI informants that he had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry […]
Deradicalization
Canada’s terrorism offenders are coming out of prison still radicalized
(Global News) At Suliman Mohamed’s 2016 sentencing for trying to join ISIS, the Ottawa judge presiding over his case did not hold back, scolding those aligned with the terrorist group for “embracing the devil.” Mohamed got seven years. But three years later, […]
Law Enforcement
US citizen raised in San Diego faces new terrorism charges
(AP) A U.S. citizen on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List has been charged with additional crimes involving ties to Somalia’s al-Shabaab rebel group, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 37, a former San Diego resident, was indicted […]
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 […]
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 […]
Law Enforcement
Ex-police officer again gets 15 years on terror conviction
(AP) A former police officer who tried to help the Islamic State by purchasing $245 in gift cards will still serve 15 years in prison, even though some of his convictions were tossed out on appeal. Nicholas Young of Fairfax, Virginia, was […]
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 […]
Internet
Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images
(AP) The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi […]
Law Enforcement
Former FBI translator charged with lying about contacts with subject of terror investigation
(CNN) Federal prosecutors charged a former FBI translator with lying about contacts with the subject of a terror investigation, the Justice Department announced Monday. Abdirizak Haji Raghe Wehelie, 66, of St. Burk, Virginia, was arrested on Saturday, authorities said, and appeared before […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Rep. Omar speaks to VOA about remarks that sparked controversy
(VOA) The California synagogue shooting that left one dead Saturday has revived a simmering debate over U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and U.S. lawmakers’ relationship with lobbyists for Israel. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and conservative […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar slammed U.S. soldiers involved in ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident
(IPT) The United States Army was the villain in the “Black Hawk Down” incident in Somalia, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., wrote in a 2017 Twitter post. Omar, a Somali native elected to Congress last fall, was responding to a tweet that […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar, in bizarre clip, jokes about people saying ‘Al Qaeda’ in menacing tone
(Fox) Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, in a newly resurfaced clip of an old interview, joked about people saying “Al Qaeda” and “Hezbollah” in a severe tone — while noting nobody says words like “America” that way. “When I was in college, […]
Academics & Education
At least seven from my university joined IS, says captured fighter
(BBC) An Islamic State fighter held in Syria has told the BBC he was one of at least seven students and ex-students from University of Westminster to join IS. Zakariyya Elogbani abandoned a degree in business management which he was taking at […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
U.S. Islamist leader calls for stigmatizing words he calls ‘Islamophobic’
(IPT) Anyone who uses terms including “jihadist,” “violent jihad,” “Islamist terrorism” or “Islamic extremist” is a hater who deserves to be shunned, an influential Muslim political leader argues. Esam Omeish issued this call Friday on Facebook, in the emotional wake of the […]
News: North America
How Minneapolis’ Somali community became the terrorist recruitment capital of the US
(Fox) More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined — or attempted to join — a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction in the country. FBI stats show 45 Somalis left to join the ranks […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar once blamed ‘our involvement in other people’s affairs’ after al-Shabab attack on Kenyan mall
(Fox) Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar once described acts of terrorism as a reaction to “our involvement in other people’s affairs,” in the wake of the brutal al-Shabab attack on a Kenyan shopping mall in 2013. Omar made the comments during an […]
Health & Medicine
ISIS video allegedly shows doctor from Canada urging ‘jihad’
(Global News) A video released Wednesday by the ISIS affiliate in Somalia showed a man it said was a doctor from Canada urging supporters to “get on the path of jihad.” The 15-minute propaganda video introduced him as Dr. Youssef Al Majeerteyn […]
News: Europe
Germany: 2nd European Muslims meeting in Cologne ends Final declaration stresses terror groups posing threat to Islamic concepts and humanitarian values
(Anadolu) Terrorist groups such as FETO, Daesh, PKK, Boko Haram and al-Shabaab pose a global threat to Muslims worldwide, the final declaration of the European Muslims meeting said on Friday. The 2nd meeting of European Muslims in the German city of Cologne […]