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Forced adoption case against Norway hits European rights court A Muslim woman whose son was adopted against her wishes claims Norway violated her right to religious freedom by putting him in the care of a Christian family.

January 27, 2021 Molly Quell

(Courthouse News) The European Court of Human Rights heard arguments Wednesday over whether Norway violated the religious rights of a Muslim woman whose child was forcibly adopted by Christians. During a remote hearing before the ECHR, lawyers for Mariya Ibrahim argued the […]

Brit jihadi White Widow dodging justice ‘with Kenya security service mole’s help’ (LINK ONLY)

December 19, 2020 EoI News

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Kenyan man charged with plotting 9/11-style attack on US

December 16, 2020 Jim Mustian

(AP) Federal authorities on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30, who was arrested in the Philippines in 2019, […]

Parole Board raises concerns about Toronto terrorism convict ahead of his prison release

November 24, 2020 Stewart Bell

(Global News) The first person to be convicted of trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group remains “too high a risk” a month before his scheduled release from prison, according to the Parole Board of Canada. In a decision released […]

Woman arrested in Toronto area for allegedly trying to join ISIS

August 26, 2020 Stewart Bell

(Global News) Ten months after returning to Canada from Turkey, a Toronto-area woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to join the so-called Islamic State. Haleema Mustafa, a resident of Markham, Ont., was taken into custody at around noon on Wednesday and […]

Up to 150 jihadists could attempt to come to UK after Isil bride Shamima Begum’s court victory (LINK ONLY)

July 16, 2020 EoI News

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Uproar in Italy over Qatari influence under bilateral funding agreement Italian politicians fear Rome is aiding expansionist agenda of Doha and Muslim Brotherhood

June 2, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Italy has ratified an agreement with Qatar that will give the Gulf country an official platform to fund organisations and build mosques, a move that has bitterly divided politicians in Rome. Warnings that ratification of the accord would let Doha use […]

Convicted Islamic extremist is jailed after breaching anti-terrorism order (LINK ONLY)

May 25, 2020 EoI News

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Somali man convicted of terror links 22-year-old gets eight years and eight months in jail

May 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Edmonton woman ‘committed’ to ISIS ‘facilitated extremist activities,’ secret documents allege

April 3, 2020 Stewart Bell

(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 […]

Ilhan Omar uses violent Quran passage to respond to criticism about affair

April 1, 2020 Tyler O'Neil

(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 […]

Pakistani doctor arrested in Minnesota on terrorism charge

March 19, 2020 Amy Forliti

(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 […]

Canada’s terrorism offenders are coming out of prison still radicalized

February 27, 2020 Stewart Bell

(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, […]

US citizen raised in San Diego faces new terrorism charges

December 2, 2019 Elliot Spagat

(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 […]

Donald Trump twists Ilhan Omar’s comments about al-Qaida

July 16, 2019 Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman

(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 […]

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

July 11, 2019 Stephen Starr

(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 […]

Ex-police officer again gets 15 years on terror conviction

June 21, 2019 Matthew Barakat

(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 […]

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.

June 8, 2019 Josh Gerstein

(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 […]

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

May 9, 2019 Desmond Butler and Barbara Ortutay

(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 […]

Former FBI translator charged with lying about contacts with subject of terror investigation

May 6, 2019 Eli Watkins

(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 […]

Rep. Omar speaks to VOA about remarks that sparked controversy

April 29, 2019 Mohamed Olad Hassan

(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 […]

Ilhan Omar slammed U.S. soldiers involved in ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident

April 22, 2019 John Rossomando

(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 […]

Ilhan Omar, in bizarre clip, jokes about people saying ‘Al Qaeda’ in menacing tone

April 12, 2019 Lukas Mikelionis

(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, […]

At least seven from my university joined IS, says captured fighter

April 1, 2019 Steve Swann, Daniel De Simone and Daniel Sandford

(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 […]

U.S. Islamist leader calls for stigmatizing words he calls ‘Islamophobic’

March 20, 2019 John Rossomando

(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 […]

How Minneapolis’ Somali community became the terrorist recruitment capital of the US

February 16, 2019 Hollie McKay

(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 […]

Ilhan Omar once blamed ‘our involvement in other people’s affairs’ after al-Shabab attack on Kenyan mall

February 4, 2019 Lukas Mikelionis

(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 […]

ISIS video allegedly shows doctor from Canada urging ‘jihad’

January 23, 2019 Stewart Bell

(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 […]

Germany: 2nd European Muslims meeting in Cologne ends Final declaration stresses terror groups posing threat to Islamic concepts and humanitarian values

January 4, 2019 Mesut Zeyrek

(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 […]