Jamaat-e-Islami – Eye on Islamism

Over 400 UK imams reject new extremism definition targeting Muslim groups Religious scholars accuse government of 'divisive tactics' and attempting to crack down on groups opposed to Israeli actions against Palestinians

March 22, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) Over 400 British imams and religious scholars have signed a letter rejecting a new UK government definition of extremism that targeted several British Muslim organisations. Last week, Communities Secretary Michael Gove announced a contentious new definition of extremism, though the […]

Conference in Baltimore features Islamist speakers with antisemitic histories Hatem Bazian, who was on a panel at the three-day event, said at a 2004 San Francisco rally: 'It’s about time that we have an intifada in this country.'

June 12, 2023 Unlisted Author

(JNS) The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and the Muslim American Society (MAS) concluded their three-day annual conference late last month at the Baltimore Convention Center. A number of activists and clerics with histories of antisemitism and anti-Israel statements were listed […]

IPT story on Al-Arian panel prompts Indiana University dean’s apology

December 27, 2022 Steven Emerson

(IPT) An Indiana University (IU) dean admits its School of Philanthropy “failed in our due diligence” when it invited deported Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) board member Sami Al-Arian to participate in a program about the war on terrorism and its impact on […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar complains about media bias in speech to organization repeatedly accused of terrorist ties

May 30, 2022 Michael Ginsberg

(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed media bias for “Islamophobia” in the U.S. in a Saturday “welcome address” to an organization repeatedly accused of having ties to Islamic terrorist organizations. Omar participated in the Islamic Circle of North America’s (ICNA) […]

US Islamist groups call for ‘Lady al-Qaeda’ to be set free CAIR, AMP, ICNA and MAS continue to embrace their pro-terrorist roots.

November 26, 2021 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), and the Muslim American Society (MAS) all have their foundings linked inseparably with militant Islamic ideologies. For CAIR and AMP it was Hamas, […]

Tlaib speaks at Kashmir event featuring jihad supporters

February 17, 2021 Abha Shankar

(IPT) A Kashmir Solidarity Day event, dedicated to promoting the Islamist narrative on a decades-old conflict, drew the radicalized son of a prominent jihadist as well as a sitting member of Congress. U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., spoke at the Feb. 5 […]

Jamaat campaign against India led to US hearings, resolutions on Kashmir

March 31, 2020 Aarti Tikoo Singh

(IANS) Two Islamic charities, linked to the banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami, ran a persistent disinformation campaign against India leading to hearings and resolutions on Kashmir in the US Congress last year. As per an IANS investigation, Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) […]

Donate to fight coronavirus and fund terror Giving money to ICNA may actually lead to more fatalities.

March 30, 2020 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is raising money, through its division ICNA Relief, in the name of “coronavirus relief.” The group claims that the funds will be used to assist low-income families, seniors, refugees and others. However, in the […]

Lawmakers ask State Department to investigate Jamaat-e-Islami’s U.S. affiliate for terror financing

November 18, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) Three U.S. House members have asked the State Department to investigate a prominent New York-based Islamist network and its charitable arms for possible terror financing. In a Nov. 1 letter to the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales, U.S. Reps. […]

American Islamists’ double standards on Kashmir

August 27, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) American Islamists pushed alarmist rhetoric and double standards following the Indian ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recent action ending autonomy for the Indian portion of Jammu and Kashmir. The Himalayan Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a source of […]

Islamist who joked about blowing up school meets with Palm Beach Post Emgage’s Ammar Ahmed joins Muslim Federation delegation for news jihad.

August 2, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Last month, the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF) took a delegation of a half-dozen people to meet with the Palm Beach Post to propagandize against Israel and demand their reporting of “Muslim issues” meet with their approval. Partaking in this show […]

Muslim Federation features Taliban imam for its new town hall meetings Terror umbrella refers to Imam Izhar Khan as ‘backbone of community.'

July 26, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) The South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF), an umbrella group representing most if not all of South Florida’s radical Muslim organizations and mosques, has reported on its website (SoFlo Muslims) that it will be conducting town hall meetings featuring local imams. On […]

IPT report exposes ICNA’s radical domestic agenda

June 17, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) Most religious groups exist to provide fellowship for their members and help them with spiritual needs. The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) stands apart, both for its close ties to South Asian Islamist radicals, and for its overt and repeatedly […]

Charity suspended over terror financing concerns gets Canada Summer Jobs grant

June 13, 2019 Stewart Bell

(Global News) A Toronto-area organization that was suspended by charities regulators and fined $550,000 over concerns it may have funded armed militants in Pakistan has been awarded a federal summer jobs grant. Although the Islamic Society of North America-Canada is serving a […]

Why Shariah mortgage is a deception

June 12, 2019 Tarek Fatah

(Toronto Sun) Last week’s Ontario Superior Court judgment exonerating two men for a dozen criminal charges related to the marketing of Islamic mortgages based on Shariah law went unreported in all Canadian newspapers and network TV other than the online pages of […]

ICNA solicits donations for prison program

May 17, 2019 Patrick Dunleavy

(IPT) The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) recently sent out an urgent request to its followers seeking donations to assist Muslim prison inmates. Some of the donations will help “facilitate Islamic education” in the U.S. prison system. Americans are generous in […]

Deputy Sheriff Nezar Hamze leaves CAIR to head terror umbrella group And he still gets to keep the badge and gun!

March 8, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) CAIR-Florida has taken down from its website Nezar Hamze’s photo and bio, as he has left the Hamas-linked group and gone elsewhere. His new position, however, poses no less of a threat. Hamze, who is also a deputy at the Broward […]

Linda Sarsour, unfazed by new anti-Semitism charges, will keynote radical Islamist gathering

December 12, 2018 Jordan Schachtel

(Conservative Review) Women’s March leader and Islamist activist Linda Sarsour is scheduled to speak at the end of the month at the Muslim American Society-Islamic Circle of North America (MAS-ICNA) annual conference in Chicago. The announcement comes on the heels of a Tablet […]