Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Concerns around Holy Land Foundation trial resurface after arrest of Muslim activist 'There was no way for Marwan — or the thousands who donated and volunteered alongside him — to know that HLF would later be accused of prohibited activities,' said a statement from the Muslim Legal Fund of America.

(Religion News) Advocates raised concerns about what they see as the Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize pro-Palestinian activism at the Arab Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, last weekend. The arrest of Marwan Marouf, a Dallas Muslim community leader placed in United States Immigration […]

Academics & Education

Federal judge launches scathing broadside of Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, used the 161-page order to excoriate Trump as a bully who is laser-focused on 'retribution'

(Fox) A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters and academics — saying in a blistering 161-page order that the actions had a chilling effect on college campuses nationwide. U.S. District Judge […]

Legal

Pro-Palestine nonprofits seek to block Virginia AG from record access American Muslims for Palestine hopes to stop a records demand from Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, who accuses the group of funneling funds to Hamas.

(Courthouse News) A pro-Palestinian nonprofit asked a Virginia-based federal court to block a records demand Friday, claiming it targets activity protected by the Constitution. The complaint comes one business day before AJP Educational Foundation Inc., also known as American Muslims for Palestine, […]

Academics & Education

Columbia promotes course at pro-Hamas People’s Forum featuring PFLP terrorist’s teachings Rashid Khalidi’s class accuses Israel of transforming Palestinians’ ‘homeland into an exclusive Jewish national home’

(Free Beacon) Columbia University is promoting a course at the pro-Hamas People’s Forum taught by an anti-Israel professor emeritus, Rashid Khalidi, which requires students to read a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader’s teachings. Khalidi was slated to teach […]

Academics & Education

In a previous life, he ran an organization that funneled money to Hamas. Now he’s a journalism professor at Northwestern Ibrahim Abusharif teaches a mandatory seminar promoting Qatar after a lawsuit from a Hamas terror victim crippled the group he cofounded

(Free Beacon) Northwestern University describes journalism professor Ibrahim Abusharif as a “former book publisher” who “has been involved in projects to translate — from Arabic into English — the Quran.” It does not give examples of those projects, perhaps because they include […]

Academics & Education

Harvard tells students calling someone a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ can violate school policy Guidance comes after 33 student groups blamed Israel for Hamas's terrorist attacks

(Free Beacon) Harvard University, where 33 student groups signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, now says that calling someone a “terrorist sympathizer” can violate the school’s anti-discrimination policies, according to a mandatory training for all Harvard students obtained […]

News: North America

‘Thieves, child killers, sexual abusers, thugs, criminals’: Syracuse University scholar, a Pulitzer Prize winner, goes on tirade against Israeli people Mosab Abu Toha, a featured speaker at the terror-tied People's Conference for Palestine, also likened the 'Nakba' to the Holocaust

(Free Beacon) A Syracuse University visiting scholar and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary described Israelis as “thieves,” “child killers,” “sexual abusers,” “thugs,” and “criminals” at a conference in Detroit over the weekend. Palestinian “poet” Mosab Abu Toha spoke at the […]

Citizenship

IS terrorist ‘Jihadi Ringo’ requests transfer to UK prison, sparking outrage IS terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh, known as 'Jihadi Ringo,' is currently serving eight consecutive life sentences in the US. The families of the victims oppose the move.

(Euronews) So-called Islamic State group terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh, known as “Jihadi Ringo,” has applied to transfer from a US high-security prison to the UK despite having his British citizenship revoked, triggering outrage from his victims’ relatives. The 37-year-old member of the […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Mehdi Hasan slams Laura Loomer as far-right activist takes aim at Muslims in US government President Donald Trump has said he listens to Loomer's recommendations

(National-UAE) Far-right activist Laura Loomer on Tuesday was condemned by veteran journalist Mehdi Hasan after she called for the firing of another Muslim State Department employee. Ms Loomer accused Wardah Khalid of holding views inconsistent with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. […]

Academics & Education

With president under scrutiny, George Mason reinstates infamous SJP chapter months after police found guns and terrorist paraphernalia in leaders’ home The group recently released a pro-Hamas recruitment video, which the school says it referred to Virginia's AG

(Free Beacon) George Mason University, whose president has been in the national spotlight over race-based hiring practices that the Trump administration says violate federal civil rights law, has reinstated its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, which it suspended last year […]

News: North America

Controversial Pulitzer Prize winner set to appear at Detroit conference alongside terrorists Mosab Abu Toha defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities and assailed Israeli victims

(Free Beacon) Palestinian “poet” and writer Mosab Abu Toha, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, is scheduled to appear at an upcoming anti-Israel conference alongside several radical speakers with ties to terror groups. Abu Toha, who defended the atrocities of Oct. […]

Government & Politics

DHS pulls funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties’ after watchdog report Review follows Middle East Forum report claiming $25M in grants went to terror-linked groups between 2013-2023

(Fox) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing federal security grants for Muslim groups with “alleged terrorist ties” after a new report linked past funding to “extremist” organizations. According to a DHS document obtained by Fox News Digital, 49 projects “with […]

Government & Politics

CAIR letter to Marco Rubio: We’re being targeted for Palestine advocacy MEE is the first to obtain the letter sent by the Muslim-American rights group, which asks the top diplomat to clarify recent remarks he made

(Middle East Eye) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clarify comments he made on a radio show earlier this week, where he appeared to threaten the domestic non-profit group with a terror designation […]

Academics & Education

University of Maryland will pay anti-Israel group that planned campus rally on October 7 The group says it 'will spend every dollar we receive ... organizing and supporting the movement for a free Palestine.'

(Daily Wire) The University of Maryland has agreed to pay Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) $100,000 after the university first defended, but then briefly tried to reschedule, a rally on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks […]

Demonstrations

Mahmoud Khalil ripped over attempt to ‘justify’ Oct. 7 attack in Ezra Klein, NYT interview: ‘Must be immediately deported’

(NY Post) Anti-Israel campus leader Mahmoud Khalil was ripped Thursday over his attempt to “justify” the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in a recent interview — with elected officials saying it boosts the Trump administration’s case seeking to kick him out […]

Academics & Education

Mahmoud Khalil pushes back on claims of antisemitism at Columbia in Ezra Klein interview 'I would say there is this manufactured hysteria about antisemitism at Columbia because of the protests,' said Khalil.

(JTA) Six weeks after being released by federal detention, Mahmoud Khalil, the first student pro-Palestinian protest leader to be arrested by the Trump administration last spring, said concerns about antisemitism at Columbia University reflected a “manufactured hysteria.” Khalil first made the allegation […]

Government & Politics

Ted Cruz unveils bill to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, anticipates bipartisan support Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates already consider the Hamas-affiliated organization to be a terrorist group

(Free Beacon) Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is set to introduce legislation that would formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, financially crippling the global Islamist group and sanctioning its violent offshoots worldwide, according to a copy of the bill […]