Government & Politics

Is Canada’s government funding terrorism?

(Gatestone) Canadian taxpayers have unwittingly been funding terrorism for more than two decades, often through federally registered charities, many of which have since been banned in other countries and subsequently by Ottawa as well. The International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and […]

Banks & Banking

Paypal halts services for UK charity with alleged ties to terrorism The termination of Paypal's service for War on Want means that people who choose to donate to the organization can no longer do so through PayPal.

(Jerusalem Post) PayPal stopped providing services to War on Want, a UN NGO, after UK Lawyers for Israel, a pro-Israel consortium of lawyers, provided evidence to PayPal claiming to show that the charity had ties with terrorist organizations. UK Lawyers for Israel […]

Government & Politics

These two could soon be the first Muslim women to serve in Congress A Palestinian-American from Michigan and a Somali-American from Minnesota are poised to become the first Muslim women to become members of the U.S. House.

(Atlantic) Rashida Tlaib will become the first Muslim American and Palestinian woman elected to the House of Representatives in November — but she’d rather talk about the heavy-duty trucks that roll through her neighborhood in Detroit. Industrial pollution permeates the air and […]

Demonstrations

NY Senate candidate Chele Farley blasts opponent Kirsten Gillibrand’s ‘appalling’ association with radical Linda Sarsour

(Breitbart) New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s continued association with anti-Israel radical Linda Sarsour is “appalling,” while the politician’s seeming turn against Israel “is certainly not what New Yorkers support,” declared Gillibrand’s Republican challenger, Chele Farley. “We absolutely cannot have that,” stated Farley […]

Government & Politics

Far-right AfD launches JAfD Jewish faction A small Jewish group has set itself up within Germany's far-right AfD party despite scorn from 17 Jewish organizations. Critics say the AfD remains anti-democratic and harbors hatred to the point of Holocaust denial.

(Deutsche Welle) The small group founded Sunday in Wiesbaden by 19 Jewish members of the AfD would call itself Jews in the AfD (JAfD), said Wolfgang Fuhl, chairman of a southern German branch of the far-right anti-migrant party. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has […]

Government & Politics

Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour launches racial attack against ‘white woman’ Susan Collins Activist accuses Maine Republican of 'white supremacy'

(Washington Times) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour on Friday launched a racial attack against Sen. Susan Collins, saying the Maine Republican was guilty of espousing “white supremacy” with her decision to support the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Ms. Sarsour, […]

Interfaith

CAIR proves irony is not dead

(IPT) One of our staffers made a mistake on social media Monday involving the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When CAIR pointed it out, he acknowledged the error and deleted the inaccurate post. But that wasn’t good enough. CAIR likened his position […]

Government & Politics

Muslim leaders of Americas praise Turkey OIC presidency America, Cuba and Ecuador representatives of Islamic world speak on 49th anniversary of Organization of Islamic Cooperation

(Anadolu) Turkey’s turn as president of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has shown a commitment to peace and justice worldwide, including for oppressed Palestinians and Rohingya and for UN reform, Muslim leaders from the Americas told Anadolu Agency, marking the OIC’s […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Linda Sarsour’s blood libel

(IPT) When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background. So says Linda Sarsour, perhaps the most visible Muslim political advocate in the United States — a co-chair of the national Women’s March and a campaign […]

Banks & Banking

PayPal shuts German NGO account with links to Palestinian terrorists PayPal also closed the accounts of five pro-BDS organizations in France since January.

(Jerusalem Post) The US online payment service PayPal has closed the account of the Germany-based NGO International Alliance — an organization that sympathizes with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization and supports boycotting Israel. The Jerusalem Post launched […]

Clerics & Preachers

Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib joins radical cast at Muslim conference Tlaib was featured guest alongside terrorist defenders and anti-gay extremists

(Free Beacon) Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib was featured at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual conference alongside numerous radical figures, including individuals who have defended terrorist groups, openly called for violence against Israel, and pushed for extreme punishments for homosexuals. Tlaib […]

Government & Politics

Jewish Democratic group refuses to endorse Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar over anti-Israel statements Omar, who has labeled Israel as an 'apartheid regime' that has 'hypnotized the world,' is favored to take a seat in Congress after winning her Democratic primary on Tuesday in Minnesota.

(JNS) Minnesota state lawmaker Ilhan Omar, who has labeled Israel as an “apartheid regime” that has “hypnotized the world,” is favored to take a seat in Congress after winning her Democratic primary on Tuesday in a heavily Democratic district in her state. […]