(Chicago Sun-Times) Adel Daoud was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for a decision he made at age 18 — when he pushed what he thought was a detonator that would set off a half-ton car bomb in the Loop. The […]
(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 […]
(Dallas Morning News) Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim led a double life. The 42-year-old Richardson man lived quietly and ran an Oak Cliff convenience store, seemingly blending into ordinary American existence. At the same time, he raged obsessively against “infidels” and other enemies […]
(AP) The 1960s black militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown is challenging his imprisonment for the killing of a sheriff’s deputy in 2000, saying his constitutional rights were violated at trial. The 75-year-old inmate, who converted to Islam and now goes […]
(CNN) A man was arrested after arriving in North Carolina Tuesday for lying about his contacts with terrorist organizations. Waqar ul-Hassan, 35, was returning from Pakistan and had gotten off a flight at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday night when he […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) In one of the last moments of freedom Adel Daoud has known, the Hillside man said a prayer as he traveled to Chicago in 2012 to push the detonator on a 1,000-pound car bomb in the Loop that could have […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) The FBI wanted Adel Daoud to understand the destruction he could cause — and the number of lives that would be lost — if he followed through with his plan in 2012 to blow up a downtown Chicago bar. The […]
(AP) An Army veteran accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern California was demoted and discharged from the military for a serious offense, a U.S. official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Mark Domingo violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice and […]
(AP) An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Mark Domingo, […]
(Tulsa World) A lawsuit against a Muskogee County store and gun range has been dismissed after it removed an anti-Muslim sign. Raja’ee Fatihah, who works for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services and serves in the U.S. Army Reserves, brought the suit […]
(Canadian Press) An eastern Ontario teen already facing five charges related to an alleged terrorism plot has been rearrested after breaching his bail conditions, police and lawyers said Tuesday. Like many of the previous proceedings concerning the boy from Kingston, Ont., the details […]
(AP) A Wisconsin mother of seven pleaded guilty Monday to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group by distributing information online on how to make explosives and biological weapons. Waheba Issa Dais (dys) initially pleaded not guilty […]
(Houston Chronicle) The FBI is asking the public for help in identifying and locating a man who robbed an Alief bank in March while dressed as a female. The man, dubbed the “Springtime Suspect,” is accused of robbing the IBC Bank, at […]
(Springfield Sun) Two Philadelphia men were arrested April 13 in connection with holdups at four banks over 10 days carried out by an armed robber disguised in a burqa, according to Springfield police. Daniel Weary, 27, and Victor Manson, 21, were arrested […]
(Free Beacon) Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R.), a former member of Congress and an Army veteran, claimed that freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) has been fundraising for a terror-tied organization that has a “long history of financing terrorist groups such […]
(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms “are conducting a security assessment to safeguard Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar, her family and her staff” after a tweet by President Donald Trump. Trump on Friday shared […]
(AP) A Maryland man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., intended to kill as many “disbelievers” as possible, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday before a judge ordered the man detained without bond. […]
(AFP) A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group went on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi “slave” girl die of thirst in the sun. The case against Jennifer Wenisch, 27, is believed to […]
(Dallas Morning News) A former Plano high school student was sentenced Monday to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to an ISIS-inspired plot to commit mass murder at a Collin County mall. Matin Azizi-Yarand, 18, discussed his plans with an undercover […]
(AP) A Maryland man inspired by the Islamic State group plotted to ram a stolen U-Haul truck into as many pedestrians as possible at a popular convention and tourist destination just outside the nation’s capital, federal prosecutors said Monday. The allegation was […]
(AP) An advocacy group is warning of increased Islamophobia after a New York man was charged with threatening the life of a Muslim congresswoman. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Saturday it welcomes the FBI’s arrest this week of Patrick Carlineo Jr. […]
(AP) A federal judge says he will rule in the near future on the constitutionality of a government watchlist that includes more than 1 million people the FBI considers to be “known or suspected terrorists.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations sued in […]
(Canadian Press) A youth charged with terrorism-related offences has been released under strict conditions following a bail hearing in Kingston, Ont. The youth, who cannot be identified under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, will be required to be in the […]
(News & Observer) A talk by Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour calling for a progressive movement in which people may not always agree with one another drew a standing ovation Sunday from most of her audience. About 60 demonstrators, both critics and supporters, […]
(Mercury News) Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice had failed to prove something it insisted for years was true: that a Fremont man tried to travel to Syria in 2015, to join a terrorist organization. U.S. District […]
(Canadian Press) A youth is facing new charges in connection with a terrorism investigation in Kingston, Ont. The charges were read in provincial court Friday as the youth appeared at a bail hearing. The suspect, who cannot be identified under provisions of […]
(VOA) Representative Ilhan Omar has a way of attracting attention. Four months ago, the Democrat became the first Somali-American — and one of the first two Muslim women — to serve in the U.S. Congress. Her election was heralded by many as […]
(VOA) On March 14, New York City Muslims were putting their families to bed when details emerged of a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, about 15,000 kilometers away. A white supremacist had targeted Friday prayer. Fifty were dead, […]
(IPT) It might seem natural for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter to invite U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar to speak at Saturday evening’s fundraising dinner. CAIR is predominantly a conservative Sunni-run political organization, and Omar, D-Minn., is one of […]
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(ABC) A top Muslim organization is blasting President Donald Trump after a mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead and dozens more injured. “During your presidency and during your election campaign, Islamophobia took a sharp rise and […]
(AP) Five extended family members who had been living on a remote New Mexico compound where a 3-year-old boy died before it was raided have been indicted on terrorism-related charges that accuse them of conspiring to attack U.S. law enforcement officers, military […]
(Canadian Press) A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., appeared in court Tuesday for the first day of a two-day bail hearing. The youth was charged in late January after a Canadian police investigation sparked by a tip from the FBI, and […]
(AP) A Muslim civil-rights group says the FBI is letting animal shelters, private investigators and even a Midwestern megachurch have access to its watchlist of suspected terrorists. In court documents unsealed after a court hearing Friday, lawyers for the Council on American-Islamic […]
(Jerusalem Post) Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN), called on the US Justice Department “to launch a full and thorough investigation” into Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) “possible connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.” Cardoza-Moore, an Evangelical leader who hosts […]
(CNS) A collection of Muslim and left-wing groups are rallying around Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), demanding that House Democratic leaders condemn not just anti-Semitism, but “all forms of bigotry” as well as threats to members of Congress. House Democratic leaders reportedly plan […]
(Asbury Park Press) A Point Pleasant man was sentenced Friday to 16 years in federal prison for plotting to use a pressure cooker to commit terrorism in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State group. Gregory Lepsky, 22, had pleaded […]
(Courthouse News) A Ninth Circuit panel resurrected a class action Thursday challenging the use of an FBI informant to infiltrate several Los Angeles and Orange County mosques and secretly collect information on Muslims for more than a year. In its long-awaited ruling, […]
(Journal Sentinel) A Milwaukee man who wanted to join the Islamic State was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors called Jason Ludke “a true danger” and recommended a 20-year sentence followed by a lifetime of federal supervision, but […]
(SF Chronicle) A 23-year-old Oakland man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison Tuesday after boasting about plotting a series of Islamic State-inspired attacks around the Bay Area. Amer Sinan Alhaggagi — described by prosecutors as a grave terrorist […]
(Dutch News) The Dutch public prosecution department has payroll lists with the names of people who worked for IS, including jihadis who have returned to the Netherlands, the AD said on Friday. The department is using the lists, which cover the period […]
(AP) A federal magistrate on Friday ordered the government to disclose to him and to plaintiffs’ attorneys a list of private organizations that receive access to the government’s list of known or suspected terrorists. Judge John Anderson issued the ruling at the […]
(AP) A Muslim civil rights group called for a congressional investigation Wednesday after its lawsuit revealed that the U.S. government has shared access to parts of its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities. The Council on […]
(AP) The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from civil libertarians that those mistakenly placed on the list could face a wide variety of hassles in […]
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(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 […]
(AFP) A Canadian jihadist detained in Syria told AFP he has been “hung out to dry” by the Islamic State group like other foreign fighters and appealed to his government for help. Mohammad Ali, 28, was captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic […]
(Dallas Morning News) An Arlington man faces federal charges after authorities say he groomed a would-be recruit for a terror group and arranged to get him to Pakistan. Michael Kyle Sewell, 18, was charged Friday in Fort Worth with conspiring to provide material support […]
(Cleveland.com) A man who tried to create a terrorist cell to carry out attacks in the U.S. in the name of the Islamic State was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison, half the amount sought by federal prosecutors. Erick Jamal […]
(Canadian Press) A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., will be back in court next week, after his lawyer has had more time to study his case. The RCMP charged the youth last week, saying he tried to persuade someone to […]
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