(AP) A 33-year-old man was handed preliminary terrorism charges over an arson attack on a French synagogue last weekend that he said was aimed at defending Palestinians and changing Israeli policy, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attack revived concerns about antisemitism in France, […]
(AP) Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say. All eight […]
(Deutsche Welle) The so-called “Islamic State” (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for the knife attack in Solingen. According to Amaq, the mouthpiece of IS, the attack was carried out in “revenge for Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere” and targeted a “group […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) slammed the Democratic National Convention for not featuring a Palestinian American speaker, stating it is “hard not to feel invisible.” “It’s hard not to feel invisible as a Palestinian American. Our trauma and pain feel unseen and […]
(NY Post) A Brooklyn Muslim cleric who once partnered with New York Mayor Eric Adams on a campaign to end hate is now spreading it by calling for the annihilation of Israel, the Post has learned. Meanwhile, one of his counterparts at […]
(AFP) In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back, after they were alienated by President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The […]
(NL Times) The deadly attack in the German city of Solingen, which was claimed by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), “unfortunately also fits into the current threat picture in the Netherlands,” Minister David van Weel (Justice and Security) wrote on X. […]
(AP) A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A […]
(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors on Sunday released the name of the 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of a multiple stabbing attack in the western city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight others. Issa Al H., who was identified without his family name due […]
(Reuters) French police have arrested a man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of la Grande-Motte on Saturday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. About 200 police officers had been hunting for the suspect, Prime Minister […]
(Radio France) French authorities have stepped up security at Jewish institutions and opened a terror investigation after a blazing car exploded outside a synagogue on Saturday in the southern town of La Grande-Motte, injuring a police officer. Local media said two cars, […]
(Reuters) The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people on Friday. The militant group said in a statement on its Telegram account that the attack was carried […]
(Toronto Sun) Imagine a controversial Christian preacher from the U.S. who tells his followers that Muslims are our enemy being allowed to tour this country. Would the Trudeau government allow such a preacher to conduct a lecture tour if he taught that […]
(National-UAE) When a phone rings at a former screw factory in Vienna’s old Jewish quarter, it could be a confused teenager, a hapless teacher — or a chance to stop a terrorist. Austria’s extremism hotline fields hundreds of calls a year from […]
(Hill) Amid reports that the Democratic National Convention (DNC) will refuse demands to feature a Palestinian American speaker at the Chicago convention, Muslim Women for Harris announced that they “cannot in good conscience continue” the organization. “We cannot in good conscience, continue […]
(Hill) A growing number of elected Democrats and activists are calling on the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee to allow a Palestinian to speak on the final night of the DNC. “We cannot ignore the Chicagoland Palestinian community as one […]
(CBC) A meeting between Muslim leaders in Quebec and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau planned for this afternoon north of Montreal — weeks ahead of a critical byelection in the city — was cancelled after many of those invited refused to attend, CBC News has learned. “Many members […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result. Congress initiated the probe […]
(GB News) An imam from an extremist-led London mosque has blamed “Zionists” for the violent immigration riots that shook the UK. Ashraf Dabous, of the Lewisham Islamic Centre, said that rioters were being “manipulated and misguided” so that supporters of the state […]
(Western Standard) Notorious Vancouver-based anti-Israel agitator Charlotte Kates was given a “human rights” award in Iran earlier this month during a trip to Tehran in which she appeared on numerous state broadcasters parroting regime talking points. Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun […]
(Westchester Journal News) The Islamic Center of Rockland is denouncing a recent sermon given by a guest imam that was inflammatory and violent in nature, and riddled with antisemitism. In a video of a sermon given Aug. 9 and shared to the […]
(Daily Record) A Muslim member of Maryland’s hate crime commission resigned Monday amid what he called “a coordinated Islamophobic campaign of hate and online bullying from anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim groups.” Ayman Nassar, CEO of the Islamic Leadership Institute, was appointed to the […]
(Jerusalem Post) A controversial Muslim imam, praised by the BBC as a “highly respected” religious leader, has sparked outrage for supporting the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel while also making inflammatory statements in a recent interview. In the interview on BBC […]
(Ynet) Serbian police shot and killed Sanad Ramović, a key figure connected to a crossbow attack outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, during an operation on Saturday night. Ramović, who was associated with the June 29 attack, was located in a village […]
(Free Beacon) Jewish groups condemned the Biden-Harris administration earlier this year for meeting with Michigan activist Osama Siblani, citing his record of anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas remarks. Those concerns appear to have fallen on deaf ears at Kamala Harris’s campaign headquarters. Harris campaign […]
(Washington Examiner) Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association […]
(National Post) Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun, appeared on Iranian television to discuss her arrest at the hands of Vancouver police, and reiterated her statements about the “brave, heroic” October 7 terror attack on Israel. Kates, who’s also the coordinator […]
(CNN) A Jordanian citizen residing in Orlando, Florida, has been charged for allegedly destroying solar panels at an energy facility and making threats against businesses in the state because he believed they supported Israel. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen has been charged with […]
(Washington Examiner) Former President Donald Trump took aim at Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Thursday over the governor’s ties to a Muslim cleric who promoted a pro-Hitler movie. “He’s praised a Hitler-supporting radical Muslim [imam] named Asad Zaman, […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Harris 2024 campaign has appointed Nasrina Bargzie as a new outreach leader to engage Muslim and Arab voters, according to NBC News on Tuesday. This move has already sparked controversy due to her past statements about Israel and Jewish […]
(Free Beacon) Vice President Kamala Harris is stonewalling a congressional inquiry into her national security adviser’s ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched the […]
(JTA) A French Olympian was suspended by the French Athletics Federation on Wednesday after past social media posts resurfaced in which he supported Hamas and wished suffering upon Zionists. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, France’s minister for sports and the Olympics, confirmed on X that […]
(NBC) Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is hiring Nasrina Bargzie to lead outreach to Muslim and Arab voters, according to a campaign official who first shared details of the plan with NBC News — a move focused on a key constituency that […]
(Washington Examiner) As he campaigned to be Minnesota’s next governor, Tim Walz called a Muslim cleric who promoted a pro-Adolf Hitler film a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together,” according to footage at a 2018 event […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris White House hosted a Pentagon official at the center of an Iranian government influence operation eight times — after her ties to Tehran’s hardline regime were exposed, raising further questions about the official’s ongoing access to classified information. […]
(Deutsche Welle) German security officials on Monday said the threat of Islamist terrorism in the country remains high, with several groups seeking to radicalize recruits amid turmoil in the Middle East. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said German intelligence services were in “very […]
(Israel Hayom) A bombshell report by a leading German newspaper has exposed alarming connections between a prominent Islamic leader in Germany and the inner circle of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The revelations, based on an extensive police investigation, detail how the […]
(NBC) Green Party nominee Jill Stein has been recruiting Palestinian Americans to be her vice presidential running mate as the left-wing presidential candidate looks to exploit the community’s frustrations with Democrats’ support for Israel during its war in Gaza. Three potential candidates […]
(Washington Examiner) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel and promoted a film popular among neo-Nazis that glorifies Adolf Hitler, […]
(Jewish News) A letter signed by 50 senior peers has accused the Islamic Human Rights Commission of “primitive, dangerous and disgraceful antisemitism” after the charity’s chair blamed “Zionist financiers abroad” for the far-right riots in the UK. The peers — who included Lord Finkelstein, […]
(Jerusalem Post) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib reposted on Wednesday a doctored poll claiming that 47% of Israelis believe IDF soldiers have a right to rape Palestinians. It was tweeted by Noura Erakat, who later admitted on X that it was fake. Erakat […]
(DPA) German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that security authorities in the country are on high alert due to the tense situation in the Middle East. “We are monitoring very closely how possible further escalations will affect the security situation in Germany,” […]
(Global News) An Edmonton gas station employee convicted in the U.K. of a terrorism offence came to the attention of the RCMP after returning to Canada from Lebanon in 2017, records obtained by Global News reveal. The unsealed court documents show that […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz spoke at an event for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2019, where he rubbed shoulders with an anti-Semitic scholar behind much of the Hamas propaganda on college campuses in the wake of Oct. […]
(BBC) Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has defended himself after being accused of Islamophobia for saying police should have “immediately arrested” any protesters shouting “Allahu Akbar” during last year’s Gaza ceasefire protests. Speaking on Sky News, the Tory leadership candidate accused police of […]
(Free Beacon) House lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would compel the Biden-Harris administration to document and assess all terrorism threats to the United States that are disseminated through foreign messaging apps such as Telegram, according to a copy of the […]
(ABC-Australia) ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says Australia’s terror-level threat has been raised to “probable” due to a rising mix of ideologies where more people think “violence is permissible.” Mr Burgess had earlier on Monday joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Mark […]
(ABC-Australia) Australia’s official terror alert level has been raised to “probable” amid heightened community tensions over the war in Gaza. Security authorities believe the chances of a violent extremist act are now more likely than when authorities lowered the alert level to […]
(Fox) U.K.-based Sky News cut off its live feed after a group of masked men shouting profanities and “Free Palestine” interrupted its live report. Sky News correspondent Becky Johnson was reporting on the unrest in Birmingham, England, where crowds of Muslim men […]
(AP) They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France’s government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to […]
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