(National-UAE) The recent European Parliament election and the fallout from the war in Gaza has exposed the under-representation of some groups on the continent, including non-whites and Muslims, a report has found. Public opinion of the EU is overwhelmingly positive but leaders […]
(NY Post) A powerful House panel asked the IRS Tuesday to revoke the tax-exempt status of nine nonprofits that sowed “chaos and discord” during anti-Israel protests on college campuses, according to letters exclusively obtained by the Post. House Ways and Means Committee […]
(Ynet) We Will Dance Again, a documentary film featuring a minute-by-minute retelling of the October 7 Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival which is set to air on the BBC, will not describe Hamas as a terrorist organization, Israeli director Yariv […]
(AP) Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages sent to people in Sweden calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023. Iran denied the accusation. According to officials in Stockholm, the […]
(JNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which blamed the Jewish state for being attacked on Oct. 7 and which the White House removed from its national strategy on Jew-hatred, called on Sunday for the Biden administration to fire Deborah Lipstadt as U.S. […]
(Ynet) Popular Palestinian shawarma restaurant King of Falafel and Shawarma located in New York is asking diners to step on a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they enter. The eatery’s owner placed images of political leaders including Netanyahu and U.S. […]
(Breitbart) The Democrat mayor of a community with many Arab-Americans in Wayne County, Michigan, who helped lead the uncommitted movement in the Democrat primary, told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that his meeting with former President Donald Trump last week “was very […]
(Washington Examiner) As former President Donald Trump looks to cut away at Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent surge in the polls, his campaign is zeroing in on a key voting demographic it is hoping to siphon away from Democrats: Arab and Muslim […]
(Middle East Eye) A coalition of Muslim-American groups angry at US support for Israel’s devastating war on Gaza is asking Muslim voters to shun Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris in November’s presidential race and back either Jill Stein, Cornel West or other pro-Palestine […]
(Washington Examiner) President Joe Biden’s White House National Security Council recently hosted the leader of a group with a track record of collaborating in Gaza with Hamas officials, the Washington Examiner confirmed. The NSC held a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Sept. […]
(AP) Security has tightened at Oktoberfest after a deadly knife attack last month in western Germany, and officials are warning revelers to expect longer lines to enter as metal detectors are deployed for the first time in the Bavarian beer festival’s 189-year […]
(Reuters) Some Arab American and Muslim voters angry at U.S. support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza are shunning Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential race to back third-party candidate Jill Stein in numbers that could deny Harris victories in battleground states that […]
(Free Beacon) An Arab-American activist invited by Senate Democrats to testify at an anti-Semitism hearing on Tuesday defended calls for “intifada” and praise for Hamas “martyrs” on college campuses, telling lawmakers these chants are “not hate speech.” Maya Berry, the executive director […]
(GB News) Shamima Begum’s lawyer has been forced to cough up thousands of pounds after being fined for making false antisemitic claims on TV. Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee was ordered by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to pay £6,500 for undermining trust in the […]
(Maryland Matters) University of Maryland student activists on Tuesday made good on their threat to sue the university after administrators blocked demonstrations on campus planned for the Oct. 7 anniversary of the bloody Hamas attack on Israel, which has led to a […]
(NBC) Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her “head in a bag.” The […]
(Daily Wire) The Muslim Justice League announced it is holding a vigil for Caleb Gannon, the man who was shot in the stomach after he tackled a veteran at a peaceful pro-Israel protest on Thursday in Newton, Mass. “Caleb, a lifelong Newton […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has submitted a complaint against the Los Angeles City Council over a proposal to ban anti-Israel protesters from demonstrating in front of synagogues. CAIR, which has been dogged for years by allegations of association with […]
(JNS) On Sept. 11 — the 23rd anniversary of terror attacks — the U.S. House of Representatives received bipartisan approval for the markup of H.R. 9495, a bill that would terminate the tax-exempt status of terror-supporting organizations. The bill specifies how the […]
(CBC) The RCMP feared they didn’t have enough evidence to keep an alleged ISIS supporter in custody after his dramatic arrest in a small Quebec town near the U.S. border earlier this month, according to newly obtained court records. And if he […]
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(Canadian Press) The Quebec government renewed its call for Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia to resign Friday, after she sent a letter to college and university heads recommending the hiring of more Muslim, Arab and Palestinian professors. The existence of the […]
(CBC) A Pakistani national accused of planning a terror attack against a Jewish centre in Brooklyn, New York, likely will spend several more weeks in Quebec’s Bordeaux jail while U.S. authorities present evidence to back up an extradition request. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) refused to issue an explicit endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Thursday, instead encouraging voters to throw their support behind candidates who support a ceasefire in Gaza. While speaking on a panel at the […]
(Washington Examiner) “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has cut ties with a political consultant the Washington Examiner reported this year has a history of working for groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions. The reason for the Tlaib campaign’s decision is unclear, and […]
(DPA) German authorities have detained a man on suspicion of planning a machete attack on soldiers in the southern state of Bavaria, prosecutors in Munich said on Friday. A 27-year-old man from Syria with suspected Islamist leanings is accused of planning to […]
(National Post) Since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel, Canadian police have thwarted six alleged terror plots across the country, with arrests spanning from Edmonton to Ottawa to Toronto. Some of these plots reportedly targeted the Jewish community, reflecting rising concerns […]
(DPA) Brandenburg’s Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) has banned an Islamic association outside of Berlin, saying it is associated with the Muslim Brotherhood and the terrorist organization Hamas and promotes anti-Semitism. Stübgen, in a statement released on Thursday, also said the Islamic […]
(Washington Examiner) “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) targets one audience more than any other for her campaign’s Facebook ads: fans of the Qatari-backed website Al Jazeera. Tlaib’s campaign has spent over $81,000 on ads in the last 90 days, largely to draw […]
(Daily Wire) The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who publicly praised Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, outlined a plan to help elect 40-50 members to Congress in a sermon last month, MEMRI reported. CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad […]
(Deutsche Welle) The Austrian teenager who was shot dead last week after firing a vintage rifle at German police in Munich is thought to have been influenced by Islamist extremism. But 18-year-old Emrah I., from a small town in the Salzburg region, hardly attended […]
(Iran International) An alleged representative of Iran’s supreme leader in Germany has been deported, the local interior ministry said, as part of a crackdown on institutions linked to the Islamic Republic. Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, was […]
(AP) French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or […]
(AP) A 21-year-old man in Denmark was arrested on Tuesday for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that could lead to a life sentence. […]
(Jewish News) A notorious Islamist activist, who was at the centre of one of the recently elected pro-Palestine [MPs’] election campaigns, has been jailed for attempts to spark “immediate unlawful violence.” Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, was sentenced to 22 […]
(AFP) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, convicted on appeal of rape and sexual coercion by a Geneva court, is a Swiss intellectual accused of masking violence and radicalism behind a mild facade. Ramadan, 62, is the grandson of the founder of the Islamist […]
(VOA) Leading terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, once pushed to the brink after years of military pressure from the United States and its allies, have found ways to recover and once again represent a serious and lethal threat, according to […]
(Washington Examiner) Pro-Palestinian groups are urging Vice President Kamala Harris to break with President Joe Biden on Israel during her first debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Harris will meet Trump for the first time this week for the pair’s […]
(WGBH) A new report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shows that Jill Stein, the Lexington, Massachusetts, resident and Green Party candidate for president, is leading Democratic nominee Kamala Harris among Muslim voters in several key swing states. The analysis expands […]
(Global News) Conservative MPs have asked Canada’s public safety committee to reconvene to probe how a Toronto man arrested last week for allegedly plotting an ISIS attack in the U.S. got into the country. The four Conservative members of the committee want […]
(National Post) In encrypted messages, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan warned his co-conspirators “to keep no beard and take the appearance of the kuffar” (unbelievers), lest they attract the attention of the authorities in the lead-up to an alleged plot to cross from Canada […]
(Iran International) An Iranian dissident man was gang-raped in Germany by four men who are believed to be Islamic Republic loyalists, in an attack that has shocked the town of Iserlohn in North Rhine-Westphalia, according to German media reports. The incident, which […]
(Global News) The Conservatives have called on the government to explain how a 20-year-old Pakistani arrested in Quebec over an alleged ISIS plot targeting U.S. Jews was able to get into Canada. Federal officials declined to answer questions about the immigration status […]
(AFP) A Paris court in May detained and charged a couple on accusations that they were involved in Iranian plots to kill Jews in Germany and France, police sources told AFP. Authorities charged Abdelkrim S., 34, and his partner Sabrina B., 33, […]
(NL Times) Investigations show that more and more underage children are involved in terrorist crimes. The reason for this worrying development is the internet, where children can freely access content calling for violence and attacks, Het Parool reports. Public prosecutors and child […]
(CBC) A Toronto-area man is facing terror charges in both Canada and the United States, authorities say, for allegedly attempting to illegally enter the U.S. to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in New York City. News releases issued […]
(NY Post) Former President Donald Trump’s standing among Muslim-American voters has notably improved from four years ago, according to a new poll. Trump, 78, would have the support of 30% of Muslim voters if the 2024 election were held today, compared with […]
(DPA) The 18-year-old Austrian gunman accused of attempting a terrorist attack on the Israeli consulate in Munich is believed to have had links to an Islamist group active in Syria, sources told dpa on Friday, as further details of the deadly incident […]
(Washington Examiner) Over the course of President Joe Biden’s time in office, an anti-Israel group that receives large checks from Democratic megadonor George Soros has seen its top staffers score 60 trips to the White House for high-level meetings, according to records. […]
(DPA) The deadly shooting near the Israeli consulate in Munich was an attempted terrorist attack, police and the public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The incident saw an 18-year-old Austrian shot dead by police after opening fire on five officers in the […]
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