Arab Spring – Eye on Islamism

US: Muslim groups urge voters to back Jill Stein, Cornel West or other pro-Palestine candidates While only a minor voting bloc, Muslims say endorsements show[ing] their anger over bipartisan support for Israel could sway the election

September 20, 2024 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) A coalition of Muslim-American groups angry at US support for Israel’s devastating war on Gaza is asking Muslim voters to shun Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris in November’s presidential race and back either Jill Stein, Cornel West or other pro-Palestine […]

Khairi Saadallah: The missed opportunities to stop Reading attacker An inquest into the deaths of Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, James Furlong and David Wails heard six weeks of evidence from witnesses including probation and immigration officials, police and MI5 officers.

April 26, 2024 Henry Vaughan

(Sky News) When three men were stabbed to death in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on Saturday, 20 June 2020, Nick Harborne instantly knew Khairi Saadallah was responsible. “Something inside me just went cold,” he told Sky News. The chief executive of the Reading […]

Reading stabbings: Saadallah joined Libyan terror group

January 24, 2024 Emily Ford

(BBC) A killer who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park joined a terrorist group in Libya a decade before moving to the UK, an inquest has heard. Khairi Saadallah killed James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, […]

French senator demands footballer Karim Benzema lose citizenship over Muslim Brotherhood claim Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the star was ‘linked’ with the Muslim party. Benzema’s lawyer said that’s not true.

October 18, 2023 Nicolas Camut

(Politico) A French senator on Wednesday called for Karim Benzema to be stripped of his French citizenship after Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin suggested the football star was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist party considered to be a terrorist group […]

Cannes moved by film exploring girls’ decision to join IS

May 20, 2023 Unlisted Author

(AFP) How do two girls go from being typical teenagers, kissing boys, dying their hair blue and entertaining a gothic phase — to joining the Islamic State? “Four Daughters,” which premiered on Friday at the Cannes Film Festival, explores the true story […]

Why Belgium is still a terror risk

March 28, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) Six years ago, it felt like extremist terrorism would haunt us permanently. The March 2016 bombs in the Brussels metro and airport left 35 people dead. They came after the November 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 138. Jihadists claimed […]

Didsbury Mosque ‘turned a blind eye’ to Islamist extremism before the Manchester Arena terror attack (LINK ONLY)

March 18, 2022 EoI News

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Lisa Smith’s Facebook messages with jihadists to be admitted as evidence (LINK ONLY)

March 8, 2022 EoI News

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Accused American ISIS leader ‘highly intelligent’ and ‘marksman’: former friend A detention hearing is set for Thursday afternoon.

February 1, 2022 Desiree Adib and Luke Barr

(ABC) The Kansas woman who allegedly “fantasized” about committing an attack against the United States was a “highly intelligent” mom and teacher who became increasingly radicalized when she lived overseas and sowed division in her family, a former friend of hers told […]

Tunisian leader: Young are paid to migrate, harm Europe ties

August 1, 2021 Bouazza Ben Bouazza

(AP) Tunisia’s leader claimed Sunday that some desperate youths are being paid to try to leave Tunisia illegally for Europe, saying the goal is to damage the country from within and hurt its ties with Europe. President Kais Saied made the remarks […]

Sen. Cruz reintroduces act to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group 'Since the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Brotherhood-affiliated groups have consistently preached and incited hatred against Christians, Jews and other Muslims' — Sen. Jim Inhofe.

December 3, 2020 Eve Young

(Jerusalem Post) Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) reintroduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act this week, his office announced on Wednesday. The act urges the US State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). “I am proud to […]

Never flagged as a danger, Nice attacker traveled unimpeded

October 30, 2020 Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Trisha Thomas

(AP) The 21-year-old Tunisian behind the attack that killed three in a Nice, France, church had small-time run-ins with the law as a teen, but nothing that alerted Tunisian authorities to possible extremist leanings. That missing red flag meant that when he […]

In shift, Tunisians top migrant groups reaching Italy by sea

July 27, 2020 Frances D'Emilio

(AP) More boats carrying Tunisian asylum-seekers reached a tiny southern Italian island Monday, part of a steady stream from the economically struggling North African country that is sorely testing Italian small town mayors’ ability to stop them escaping by the hundreds from […]

Facebook sparks controversy by naming Brotherhood figure to oversight board Tawakkol Karman is more known for Islamist advocacy than public service commitment.

May 8, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Arab Weekly) The name of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Yemeni Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman stood out as an odd addition to the list of Facebook’s first 20 oversight board members. The new oversight body includes four chairs: former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, […]

How foreign policy factors for American Muslims in 2020

April 1, 2020 Adham Sahloul and Shadi Hamid

(Lawfare) Muslims represent only around 1 percent of the American population, yet today they find themselves playing an increasingly important public role. For instance, two of the most prominent congresspeople are the first two Muslim congresswomen in American history, Ilhan Omar and […]

Where is the father of the Manchester Arena bomber? (LINK ONLY)

March 18, 2020 EoI News

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Al-Qaeda’s little sister Aidah Shukrijumah mourns brother Adnan’s death, while exhibiting his extremist DNA.

January 29, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Four years ago this past December, Saudi-born al-Qaeda senior member Adnan Gulshair el-Shukrijumah (Shukri Jumah) lost his life during a Pakistani Special Forces pre-dawn raid in South Waziristan. Last month, Adnan’s sister Aidah took to Facebook to mourn the anniversary of […]