Islamic State (ISIS)

Legal

German woman faces crimes against humanity charges after joining IS as a teen A German woman who went to Syria to join the extremist IS group as a 15-year-old is in the dock in the eastern city of Halle. She and her jihadi husband are suspected of having enslaved a Yazidi woman.

January 25, 2022   

(Deutsche Welle) A German woman accused of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity while a member of the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group in Syria went on trial behind closed doors in the eastern city of Halle on Tuesday. Leonora M., who went to […]

Demonstrations

Islamist groups waged misinformation campaign to free terrorist Aafia Siddiqui in months before Texas synagogue attack Advocates for Siddiqui claim, without evidence, she was tortured in CIA blacksite, beaten in federal prison

January 21, 2022   

(Free Beacon) Islamist groups in the United States and abroad waged a months-long propaganda campaign to free convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui from a Texas prison before a British national attacked a nearby synagogue in her name this weekend. The Council on American-Islamic […]

Government & Politics

Michigan’s Dana Nessel speculates ‘white supremacy’ to blame for Texas synagogue terrorist attack Attacker was British citizen, demanded release of ‘Lady Al Qaeda’

January 16, 2022   

(Free Beacon) As the hostage situation at a Texas synagogue developed on Saturday, Michigan’s attorney general, Democrat Dana Nessel, raised the possibility that white supremacists were behind the attack. Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, about an hour after it had been […]

Children & Teens

Judge sentences Corey Johnson to life in prison for killing 13-year-old at 2018 sleepover Corey Johnson apologized to the family of Jovanni Sierra and denounced ISIS. His lawyers had claimed the group's teachings had radicalized Johnson.

January 13, 2022   

(Palm Beach Post) Corey Johnson apologized Thursday for killing 13-year-old Jovanni Sierra at a 2018 sleepover. He even denounced ISIS — the militant Islamic group that his lawyers say influenced his thinking before the murder — at his sentencing. “I know I […]

Law Enforcement

Calgary mother freed from ISIS detention camp now under investigation for terrorism, war crimes: court docs Defence lawyer says RCMP should not be monitoring and investigating the woman

January 12, 2022   

(CBC) A Canadian woman who was held for two years at an ISIS detention camp in Syria is now under investigation for terrorism offences and war crimes. However, her lawyer has suggested RCMP officers are exploiting their powers by both monitoring and investigating the […]

Health & Medicine

Tampa terrorism case raises questions of surveillance, searches, mental illness Muhammed Al-Azhari is accused of plotting a mass shooting in the name of ISIS. His lawyers have challenged the FBI’s investigative tactics.

December 27, 2021   

(Tampa Bay Times) A year ago, federal prosecutors accused a Tampa man of plotting a mass shooting in support of the ISIS terrorist group. FBI agents in a criminal complaint described Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari’s collection of a bulletproof vest, an Uzi submachine […]