(Washington Examiner) He’s called Palestinian terrorists “freedom fighters,” bragged about telling the White House he won’t “apologize for Hamas firing rockets at Israel,” and defended the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in the Jewish state. Meet Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab […]
(Jewish News) Labour’s by-election candidate in Rochdale has been recorded claiming Israel deliberately allowed the 7 October Hamas massacre to give it the “green light” to invade Gaza. In a recording obtained by the Mail on Sunday newspaper, Azhar Ali said: “The […]
(Times of Israel) The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is recruiting British Muslims on pilgrimages to Iran and Iraq to spy on Jews and Jewish targets in the United Kingdom, according to a Friday report citing Israeli and UK officials. According to the […]
(National Post) Concordia and Carleton universities have apparently cancelled speaking engagements featuring Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator, over his comments celebrating Hamas atrocities during the terror group’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. Hamdi spoke at Western University on Thursday and is […]
(NY Times) In a closed-door meeting with Arab American leaders in Michigan this week, one of President Biden’s top foreign policy aides acknowledged mistakes in the administration’s response to the war in Gaza, saying he did not have “any confidence” that Israel’s […]
(Washington Examiner) House Democrats accepted donations late last year from a staunch anti-Israel activist who helps lead an organization long accused of sharing ties to Palestinian terrorism, records show. CEO Hussam Ayloush of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, […]
(CBC) The Social Justice Centre (SJC) at the University of British Columbia is suing a prominent Jewish organization and one former contractor for defamation after pro-Hamas stickers bearing the SJC’s logo were placed on campus in November. The stickers said “I [heart] […]
(Jewish Insider) A Thursday meeting between several senior Biden administration officials and Muslim leaders in Michigan drew scrutiny from leaders in the Jewish community over the inclusion of Osama Siblani, a Dearborn political activist and newspaper publisher who has in the past […]
(Detroit News) Protesters gathered outside a Dearborn hotel Thursday as several local leaders from Metro Detroit’s Arab American and Muslim communities met with high-ranking officials from President Joe Biden’s administration to ease tensions and discuss policy issues, including a possible cease-fire in […]
(AFP) Meta on Thursday said it had removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for violating its content policy. “We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy,” a Meta spokesperson […]
(ABC-Australia) A Sydney man has been ordered to surrender personalised number plates that appear to reference the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel. A utility vehicle with the registration number “OCT7TH” was spotted in Sydney’s west on Wednesday afternoon. Tom, who […]
(Free Beacon) Top White House officials will meet Thursday with an Arab-American activist who has praised Hamas and refers to the president as “Genocide Joe,” part of the administration’s latest gambit to shore up President Joe Biden’s waning support with Arab and […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration launched a civil rights investigation into anti-Muslim incidents at Harvard University based on a complaint from a Muslim legal fund that has represented convicted terrorists and pushed anti-Semitic rhetoric. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights […]
(CNN) Senior Biden administration officials are expected to meet with members of the Arab American and Muslim community in Michigan on Thursday, four sources familiar with planning told CNN. The senior officials represent some of Biden’s most trusted advisers and policymakers. A […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Tuesday condemned Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau’s suggestion that those who disagree with America’s interests regarding the Israel-Hamas war can “go to another country.” The southwest suburban mayor made the remarks […]
(AP) An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital” is being condemned by two Democratic state lawmakers, who described it as “racist and Islamophobic” in a resolution presented Tuesday. Introduced by state Rep. Alabas Farhat and House Floor Leader […]
(Canadian Press) B.C. Premier David Eby has criticized what he’s calling the “hateful” vandalism of the constituency office of former minister Selina Robinson that came hours after she resigned from his cabinet over remarks that angered pro-Palestinian groups and others. Her exit […]
(CBC) A former campus imam alleges he was dismissed by the University of Toronto Scarborough after a social media post he says was falsely attributed to him, which he maintains the school failed to properly investigate. Omar Patel says the university formally cut ties with […]
(NL Times) The 56-year-old Rotterdammer Nazih R., who is a suspect in a Danish and German terror investigation, is denying the accusation he is a member of Hamas. His lawyer said this on Tuesday during a hearing at the International Legal Assistance […]
(Detroit News) The media clash between local Arab American leaders and the writer of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece continued Monday as both sides doubled down on accusations their opponents are peddling hate. On Monday, members of the Arab American Civil […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D., Mich.) sister is leading an effort to pull primary voters away from President Joe Biden in protest over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Layla Elabed is the campaign manager of Listen to Michigan, which […]
(Jewish Insider) A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation last week requesting information on alleged links between Hamas and U.S.-based tax-exempt charities that they […]
(National-UAE) Britain’s Labour Party has shed support among Muslim voters as the Israel-Gaza war shapes their political thinking in an election year, according to new polling. Historically a solidly Labour voter base, just 43 per cent of Muslims now say they would […]
(Detroit Free Press) An increased number of police patrols began monitoring the streets of Dearborn on Saturday after an opinion article posted by the Wall Street Journal dubbed the city “America’s Jihad Capital.” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said Dearborn police would ramp up […]
(Florida Politics) The full House has adopted a Rep. Randy Fine nonbinding House resolution (HR 1209) strongly encouraging “all executive agencies of the State of Florida, all law enforcement agencies, and all local governments in this state to suspend contact and outreach activities” […]
(LBC) Police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of inviting support for Hamas after a pro-Palestine protest in north London. Officers arrested the woman, 19, from central London, early on Wednesday and searched an address. She is in custody at a police […]
(European Conservative) Polls indicate that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is losing the support of a large number of Muslim voters by refusing to call on Israel to cease fire permanently in its war against Hamas. The head of one West Midlands […]
(Middle East Eye) A new Muslim campaign supporting independent candidates to run in Britain’s general election has slammed the Labour Party’s concern over losing Muslim support as “30,000 dead Gazans too late.” The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Labour leader Keir Starmer’s […]
(National-UAE) An Austrian school textbook that described Hamas as a “resistance movement” has been rewritten under official orders. The geography book for secondary school pupils is being modified in light of the war in Gaza triggered by Hamas’s October 7 attack on […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden campaign, in a bid to shore up the president’s waning support among Arab and Muslim voters, dispatched campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez last week to meet with an Arab-American activist who has praised Hamas and refers to the […]
(Algemeiner) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib participated in an event late last week with an anti-Israel activist who has defended Hamas, doubted that it engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during its October 7 terrorist attack, and compared Gaza to Auschwitz. Tlaib appeared with […]
(Breitbart) Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and a supporter of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack, demanded Monday that the U.S. restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Last week, the Biden […]
(Washington Times) Rep. Ilhan Omar has been accused of using “ethno-racist rhetoric” by an official of the Republic of Somaliland. The rebuke followed Ms. Omar’s speech in Minneapolis in which she pledged her support for her native Somalia, though she later insisted […]
(Canadian Press) The National Council of Canadian Muslims abruptly cancelled a meeting Monday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accusing his government of failing to protect Palestinians or take “tangible action” against hate crimes. “We no longer think it’s productive to speak with […]
(Daily Caller) Federal authorities caught a terrorist at the U.S. southern border and released him into the country, where he roamed freely for nearly a year before being arrested in Minnesota just days ago, according to an internal federal memo exclusively obtained […]
(JNS) “This province has no place for bigotry and racism. We stand with the Muslim community throughout Canada on this sorrowful day of remembrance.” So wrote David Eby, premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia and leader of the British Columbia […]
(Hill) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Sunday condemned Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for linking pro-Palestinian protesters to Russia during a CNN interview in which she also indicated she wants the FBI to investigate any potential financial links. Pelosi suggested on […]
(Jewish News) Home secretary James Cleverly has insisted the police are now making “significant arrests” of those responsible for antisemitic hate crimes at pro-Palestinian rallies. But he has admitted these arrests and prosecutions need to be better publicised to help calm widespread […]
(NY Post) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is blasting a New Jersey school district for partnering up with the local branch of a controversial American-Islamic advocacy organization CAIR — calling the move “outrageous and unacceptable.” Teaneck Public Schools Superintendent Andre Spencer, who endorsed […]
(Canadian Press) A chill on freedom of speech is deepening the pain Muslims in Canada are already feeling over the ongoing tragedy in the Gaza Strip, says Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia. “There is a lot of silencing,” Amira Elghawaby said […]
(Florida’s Voice) The Republican Party of Florida called out the Florida Democratic Party for “supporting” the “pro-Hamas” Council on American-Islamic Relations. The state GOP specifically called out Reps. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, for participating in a rally at the […]
(Detroit News) The organizer of a planned meeting between President Joe Biden’s campaign manager and a group of Arab and Muslim American leaders in Dearborn said it was canceled Friday after some in the wider community objected to the gathering amid fury […]
(NY Post) A controversial Islamic group — which the White House cut ties with after its director said he was “happy” about Hamas’ terror attack against Israel on Oct. 7 — is facing allegations of sexual assault and harassment. The suit could […]
(Middle East Eye) The British government intends to stop funding an interfaith charity because one of its trustees is a member of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which the British government refuses to engage with. Communities Secretary Michael Gove told the […]
(AP) The number of antisemitic acts registered in France and Belgium rose sharply since Hamas’ attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza, according to figures released Thursday in both countries. In France, data from the interior ministry and the Jewish Community […]
(Breitbart) CBS’s Face the Nation is facing backlash after presenting a radical Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) board director as a typical member of a focus group on Sunday, without identifying his leading role in the group that was recently removed by the […]
(National Post) The day after an Islamic organization was declared a terrorist group in Britain, the group’s Canadian branch cancelled a conference it was hosting this weekend that was calling for the resurrection of the Muslim caliphate and the imposition of Shariah […]
(Florida Politics) The House is moving toward removing any ambiguity regarding the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The State Affairs Committee moved forward a non-binding House resolution (HR 1209) strongly encouraging “all executive agencies of the State of Florida, all law enforcement agencies, […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) NSW Premier Chris Minns has been accused of “specifically targeting” the Muslim community after he flagged a review of hate speech laws, with an extraordinary letter from the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) saying it would deepen feelings of […]
(Jewish News) Three schools have postponed educational programmes combating antisemitism and prejudice with the Anne Frank Trust UK owing to “local community tensions” since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The organisation, founded in 1991, empowers nine- to 15-year-olds to challenge all […]
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