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Three former Guantanamo prisoners were cleared by the U.S. — but will Ottawa let them join their Canadian wives? A ruling in the case of Ayub Mohammed, who wants to move to Montreal, could have an impact on two other Uyghur men once held at Guantanamo

May 7, 2019 Tom Blackwell

(National Post) It’s been more than a decade since U.S. authorities freed Ayub Mohammed from their Cuban prison, having decided he was not, after all, an “enemy combatant.” In that time the ethnic Uyghur from China has earned a business degree from […]

Trump pushes to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

April 30, 2019 Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman

(NY Times) The White House is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied and influential Islamist political movement with millions of members across the Middle […]

CAIR’s Billoo blasts SPLC over ‘black civil rights groups’ criticism

April 24, 2019 Unlisted Author

(IPT) When you think about black civil rights groups in the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) likely springs to mind. There are numerous others working on issues like voting rights, criminal justice reform and more. […]

Mayor calls for removal of American activist from Winnipeg panel Mayor's office says Linda Sarsour promulgates hate

April 23, 2019 Bartley Kives

(CBC) Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the removal of U.S. activist Linda Sarsour from a speaking engagement planned for Winnipeg on Friday. The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute had booked Sarsour, one of the co-chairs […]

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 […]

Woman who joined Islamic State starts fight to return to US

March 4, 2019 Ben Fox

(AP) An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State lost a first round on Monday in a legal fight to return to the U.S. with her toddler son, even as a judge seemed to support at least one argument made by her […]

ADL rejects Omar’s ‘good faith’ defense, asks Pelosi to condemn anti-Semitic rhetoric

March 4, 2019 Mikhael Smits

(Free Beacon) The Anti-Defamation League released a statement Monday calling on Congress to condemn Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) recent anti-Semitic comments. The group, which previously defended Omar and expressed hope she would learn, sent a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

ISIS wife who threatened President Obama’s life defended by CAIR Hassan Shibly wants you to believe a terrorist is not a terrorist.

February 27, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Hoda Muthana, a 24-year-old woman who fled her Birmingham, Alabama-area home to join ISIS in Syria, in 2014, and who called on others to commit violence against Americans, including against then-President Barack Obama, wants to come home to the United States. […]

Trump administration signals ISIS foreign fighters could be sent to Guantanamo Bay President Donald Trump has sent no new individuals to Guantanamo.

February 22, 2019 Conor Finnegan and Elizabeth McLaughlin

(ABC) As President Donald Trump seeks to wind down the fight against the Islamic State in Syria, his administration is increasingly leaving open the possibility that some of the group’s foreign fighters be sent to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, […]

Alabama woman who joined Islamic State sues to return to US

February 21, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AP) The father of an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State in Syria filed suit against the Trump administration Thursday in an effort to allow her return to the United States. Ahmed Ali Muthana argues in the suit filed in federal […]

Charlie Baker, in first visit to a mosque as governor, offers message of inclusion

February 2, 2019 Matt Stout

(Boston Globe) Stepping before the congregation, Governor Charlie Baker took the microphone at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center and softly offered “Salam,” a greeting of peace. “How’d I do?” he then asked, as light laughter rippled through the crowd. Weeks […]

GOP leaders blast Pelosi for elevating freshman rep with history of anti-Israel remarks

January 17, 2019 Gregg Re

(Fox) A series of top Republicans on Thursday condemned the decision by Democratic leaders to elevate freshman Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, charging that she has a history of making overtly anti-Semitic comments. The strong GOP criticism came as […]

Arrested Aventura anti-Semite photographed with Obama, donated to Hillary Nadim Siddiqui goes from privileged entrepreneur to penniless Jew-hater.

December 26, 2018 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Nadim Siddiqui’s life has gone through a dramatic shift, from ambitious entrepreneur with political connections and an attractive girlfriend to a poverty-stricken and raving anti-Semite with repeated arrests and no one to turn to. What happened to Siddiqui that he would […]

Nation of Islam defends federal funding for prison lectures as a ‘blessing’ to prisoners

December 20, 2018 Alana Goodman

(Washington Examiner) The Nation of Islam defiantly defended its government-funded work teaching religion to federal prisoners on Thursday, calling the program “a great benefit and blessing to the American Penal System.” A black nationalist group led by Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of […]

Nation of Islam receiving federal cash to teach prisoners

December 19, 2018 Alana Goodman

(Washington Examiner) The Nation of Islam and its leaders have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the U.S. government since 2008 to teach religious study programs for federal prison inmates, according to records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. A black nationalist […]

Hunter and Campa-Najjar look to veterans to help portray each other as unfit to serve

November 1, 2018 Maya Sweedler

(LA Times) The men and their campaigns could not be more different. One, a conservative, white former Marine who was elected to Congress in the same inland San Diego County area his father represented for 28 years, is fighting federal charges that […]

Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar’s campaign donated money to CAIR

October 10, 2018 Joel B. Pollak

(Breitbart) The campaign of Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) in California’s 50th congressional district, donated $650 to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2017, public records show. As Breitbart News has noted: […]

Terrorist threat ‘more fluid and complex than ever,’ White House says

October 4, 2018 Mark Landler and Eric Schmitt

(NY Times) The Trump administration vowed to fight “radical Islamist” militants, as well as Iran, as part of a multifront campaign to eliminate the terrorist threat to the United States, according a long-delayed counterterrorism strategy released on Thursday by the White House. […]

Jewish group seeks ban on Muslim delegation’s trip, citing alleged terrorist ties

September 27, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) The Wiesenthal Center has called on governments in the Americas scheduled to host a 10-member delegation from an Islamic political organization to cancel the programs and deny entry to its members, citing their alleged terrorist ties. Abdur Razzaq, deputy secretary-general of […]

Muslim group calls for preacher linked to Trump to be denied UK visa (LINK ONLY)

September 9, 2018 EoI News

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Congress renews push to designate Muslim Brotherhood as terror group Rep. DeSantis: 'The Muslim Brotherhood is a malevolent force, and American policy needs to reflect this truth'

July 11, 2018 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are renewing a years-long push to designate the international Muslim Brotherhood organization as a terrorist organization due to its support for terror organizations that threaten U.S. security interests across the globe, according to conversations with U.S. […]