Joe Biden – Eye on Islamism

Trump’s executive order allows deportation of foreign Hamas supporters During his campaign, Trump pledged to pursue the deportation of foreign students participating in campus unrest and anti-Israel demonstrations who express solidarity with Hamas and Hezbollah.

January 21, 2025 Neta Bar

(Israel Hayom) President Donald Trump has enacted an executive order enabling the deportation of foreign students and other non-citizens from the US for expressing support for organizations that the US government has designated as terrorist groups. According to a key section in […]

Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate

January 20, 2025 Jonathan Landay

(Reuters) Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump’s order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading […]

Aafia Siddiqui: Doctor accused of terrorism calls for presidential pardon before Biden hands over to Trump Aafia Siddiqui's lawyer has submitted a dossier to outgoing president Joe Biden in the hope he will pardon her for what he says is a blatant miscarriage of justice. She was jailed in 2010 for attempting to murder an FBI agent in Afghanistan.

January 18, 2025 Sabah Choudhry and Arya Fatih

(Sky News) A Pakistani neuroscientist held in US custody has told Sky News she has hope she will be freed after “new evidence” emerged which may suggest her innocence. Dr Aafia Siddiqui, 52, was once one of the most wanted women in […]

Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking classified documents on Israel’s plans to attack Iran

January 17, 2025 Oren Liebermann

(CNN) A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents about Israel’s preparations to attack Iran late last year, according to the Department of Justice. Asif William Rahman had been employed by the CIA since 2016 and held a top-secret security […]

Liz Warren, who attacked Pete Hegseth over his ‘extremist’ Christian tattoo, has ties to Hamas apologist org

January 16, 2025 Hudson Crozier

(Daily Caller) Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is attacking a Trump administration nominee’s Christian views despite her yearslong partnership with a radical Muslim group. Warren sent a critical letter to secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth before he testified to the […]

CAIR slams Biden, praises Trump in welcoming hostage agreement 'Let’s be clear. President Biden and his failed foreign policy team deserve zero credit for this belated deal,' the anti-Israel group stated.

January 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(JNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations praised the “long overdue” hostage-for-ceasefire-and-terrorists-release deal on Wednesday, saying it would prevent a “genocide in Gaza.” The anti-Israel group, which blames the Jewish state for being attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, praised President-elect Donald Trump and […]

US must not become complacent to a growing terrorism threat, a Counterterrorism Center official says

January 15, 2025 Eric Tucker

(AP) Brett Holmgren got woken up early on New Year’s Day by alerts that a driver had plowed into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans. The rampage, which killed 14 people, was the deadliest attack on U.S. soil in years and […]

Biden program meant to ‘protect Jewish institutions’ pays out six-figure grants to mosques that preach anti-Semitic hate

January 10, 2025 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) The Biden White House and Senate Democrats have touted their funding for an anti-terrorism initiative they say “has been critical to the security of Jewish institutions.” But the program has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months to […]

Tlaib sports Palestinian keffiyeh at Carter funeral, thanks late president for ‘speaking out against apartheid’

January 10, 2025 Corey Walker

(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the most strident opponents of Israel in Congress, wore a Palestinian keffiyeh to the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, commemorating the late American leader’s advocacy against so-called “apartheid” in the Jewish state. “Rest […]

UK should take back British members of ISIS in Syria, Trump’s counter-terrorism chief said

January 9, 2025 Josef Al Shemary

(LBC) Sebastian Gorka told LBC that he isn’t “telling the UK what to do,” but that any “serious ally of the US” should be committed to counter-terrorism to protect the so-called special relationship between the UK and US. The incoming counter-terrorism chief […]

Court puts plea deal on pause for 9/11 mastermind KSM: 23 years later, justice for terrorists is delayed again The pause prolongs a decades-long crusade for justice by the victims' families

January 9, 2025 Morgan Phillips

(Fox) A federal appeals court has delayed Friday’s scheduled military court hearing where suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-conspirators were expected to plead guilty as part of a deal negotiated with prosecutors. The pause, though welcomed by the many […]

A contentious push to wrap up the 9/11 prosecutions takes an emotional toll on victims’ families

January 9, 2025 Jennifer Peltz

(AP) After his only child was killed on 9/11, Ken Fairben looked for justice in a far-off military courtroom on the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba. He traveled there multiple times to observe hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh […]

Top Republicans roll out bill that would undo 9/11 plea deals The bill would allow the death penalty to remain an option for 3 suspected terrorists

January 8, 2025 Morgan Phillips

(Fox) Top Republicans in Congress are introducing a new bill to stop the White House from offering plea deals to suspected 9/11 terrorists. A pretrial agreement between the 9/11 defendants and the government removed the death penalty as a possibility for punishment, […]

Guantanamo’s prisoners have reached a pivotal moment. So has the 9/11 case. Here’s what to know

January 8, 2025 Ellen Knickmeyer

(AP) After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida’s shattering Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is reaching a pivotal moment this month. Court battles and dealmaking are deciding the future of many of those last […]

Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

January 7, 2025 Eric Tucker and Ellen Knickmeyer

(AP) The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the […]

Muslim, Arab voters face uncertain political future under Trump

January 6, 2025 Jared Gans

(Hill) Muslim and Arab American voters in the U.S. face an uncertain political future as President-elect Trump prepares to take office later this month. Long considered a reliable part of the Democratic base, Muslim Americans scrambled the political calculus in 2024 amid […]

U.S. sends 11 Guantánamo prisoners to Oman to start new lives The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.

January 6, 2025 Carol Rosenberg

(NY Times) The U.S. military sent 11 Yemeni prisoners at Guantánamo Bay to Oman to restart their lives, the Pentagon said on Monday, leaving just 15 men in the prison in a bold push at [the] end of the Biden administration that […]

Why has ISIS not yet claimed the New Orleans vehicle attack?

January 6, 2025 Nick Paton Walsh

(CNN) It is the deadliest attack by an ISIS supporter on the West in several years. But still, almost a week later, the group also known as Islamic State has yet to issue its trademark claim of responsibility for the horrific New […]

Senator Banks: 50 illegal aliens smuggled into U.S. by ISIS network have gone missing The remarks come after an ISIS terrorist attacked New Orleans on New Year's Day.

January 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Daily Wire) Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) said during an interview over the weekend that dozens of illegal aliens smuggled into the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated network have gone missing. Banks made the remarks during a Sunday CNN interview on “State of the […]

Man behind New Year’s attack visited New Orleans before, recorded video with smart glasses, FBI says

January 5, 2025 Jack Brook, Stephen Smith and Sara Cline

(AP) The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses, an FBI official said Sunday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar […]

New Orleans attack: Suspect’s travel to Egypt under investigation Fourteen people were killed in the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street.

January 3, 2025 Aaron Katersky, Victoria Arancio, Kevin Shalvey, Pierre Thomas and Others

(ABC) The suspect in the truck attack that killed 14 and injured dozens in New Orleans on New Year’s had traveled to Egypt in 2023 for about a month, his half-brother told ABC News. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran and U.S.-born […]

US agencies worry New Orleans truck attack may inspire copycats

January 3, 2025 Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Andrea Shalal

(Reuters) U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are concerned about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans by a U.S. Army veteran, according to a U.S. law enforcement intelligence bulletin published on Friday. The bulletin was issued […]

New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say

January 3, 2025 Jim Mustian, Jack Brook, Stephen Smith and Sara Cline

(AP) The man who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and reserved the vehicle used in the deadly attack more than six weeks earlier, law enforcement officials […]

Trump ally rebukes Republican’s anti-Muslim post after New Orleans attack

January 2, 2025 Mandy Taheri

(Newsweek) Richard Grenell, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump who is set to serve in a key diplomatic role soon, pushed back against a social media post by Republican Florida state Senator Randy Fine that called Islam a “fundamentally broken and dangerous […]

Refer FBI to CAIR, New Orleans attacker’s local mosque tells members 'It is deeply troubling and wrong for this local Houston mosque to refer all questions to CAIR, a Jew-hating group which praised other Islamist terrorist attacks,' Morton Klein told JNS.

January 2, 2025 Alex Welz

(JNS) Masjid Bilal, the local Houston mosque near the home of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, has been receiving a good deal of unwanted press attention since the 42-year-old drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, […]

Arab Americans eye Trump’s pro-Israel government picks As Donald Trump prepares to take office amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Arab Americans are considering the legacy of his past policies and staunch support for Israel — and how that could affect US policy.

January 1, 2025 Janelle Dumalaon

(Deutsche Welle) It has been several weeks now, but Wasel Yousaf has photos on his phone to help him relive the memory of meeting his idol. “He made a joke about how tightly I was shaking his hand,” Yousaf said, looking at […]

New Orleans raises specter of persistent ISIS threat The Assad regime’s collapse in Syria could offer an opportunity for ISIS militants to gain more supporters and operating space, experts say.

January 1, 2025 Dan De Luce

(NBC) An ISIS flag allegedly found in the truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar used in the lethal car-ramming attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day highlights the persistent danger posed by the terrorist group, which continues to churn out online propaganda to try […]

Islamic State-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage, Biden says

January 1, 2025 Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill and Jack Brook

(AP) A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before […]

Suspect in deadly Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

December 21, 2024 Céline Le Prioux and Frank Zeller

(AFP) The Saudi suspect in Germany’s deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market held strongly anti-Islam views and was angry with Germany’s migrant and asylum policy, officials said Saturday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the “terrible, insane” attack that killed five people and […]

French court hands activist five-month suspended sentence for ‘intifada in Paris’ call Pro-Palestine campaigner Elias d'Imzalene declares victory after charges 'could've resulted in 15-year jail sentence'

December 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) A prominent French pro-Palestine activist has been handed a five-month suspended jail sentence for calling for an “intifada in Paris” during a protest earlier this year. Following a trial that began on 23 October, Elias d’Imzalene was sentenced and […]

Chikli: CAIR leader praised October 7 massacre, called Gaza ‘concentration camp’ Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli claimed that CAIR had ties to Hamas and was 'outrageously antisemtic.'

December 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry Minister Amichai Chikli escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Thursday, exposing the organization’s alleged ties to Hamas and sharing a damning quote from its executive director, Nihad Awad, about […]

Hamas supporter in PM knife emoji threat jailed

December 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A self-styled “keyboard warrior” and Hamas supporter who threatened Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with a knife emoji on social media has been jailed for a year. Mohammed Nafees Ahmed, 32, from Tipton, near Birmingham, had previously appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ […]

‘Smuggle in terrorists’: Dems spark backlash over demands to give Palestinians deportation protection

December 18, 2024 Jason Hopkins

(Daily Caller) A slate of Democratic senators are pressing President Joe Biden to give extra deportation protections to Palestinians before he leaves office, but border hawks say such a move comes with blatant national security risks. Democrats penned a letter to the […]

Failed judicial nominee Adeel Mangi lashes out at Democrats, predicts ‘tsunami of bigotry’ under Trump Mangi's nomination stalled after Free Beacon reports on his links to anti-Israel and anti-police groups

December 16, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi, who came under fire over his links to anti-Israel and anti-police groups, lashed out at “dark money” forces and some Senate Democrats on Monday, his first remarks following the collapse of his nomination to serve […]

US Islamophobia strategy doesn’t list Jewish groups, though CAIR advised Jew-hatred approach 'The strategy contains more than 100 executive branch actions and more than 100 calls to action to every sector of society,' per the White House.

December 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(JNS) The White House’s first-ever “U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate,” which the Biden administration announced on Thursday, runs for 67 pages. It features “more than 100 executive branch actions and more than 100 calls to action to every […]

White House releases national strategy to combat Islamophobia

December 12, 2024 Will Weissert

(AP) The White House on Thursday announced what it called the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia, detailing more than 100 steps federal officials are taking to curb hate, violence, bias and discrimination against Muslims and Arab Americans. The proposal follows a […]

Europe warned that collapse of Assad regime in Syria could trigger ‘serious spike’ in threat posed by Islamic State The former head of MI6 has ... warned about 'a very large number of Isis detainees left over from the destruction of the caliphate'

December 9, 2024 George Bunn

(GB News) The collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria could trigger a “serious spike” in the threat posed by Islamic State (IS) to Europe, the former head of MI6 has warned. Sir Alex Younger said IS fighters currently being held […]

Terrorist who beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty was in contact with Syria’s HTS rebels: reports

December 9, 2024 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that led the recent overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria has been tied to the terrorist beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. Potentially undermining claims from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Mohammed al-Joulani that his organisation has […]

Suspected Jordanian terrorist arrested for trying to cross US northern border: ICE

November 28, 2024 Jennie Taer

(NY Post) A Jordanian migrant was busted trying to illegally cross the northern border earlier this month — and the feds believe he’s a terrorist. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents […]

Republican congressional candidate tells Muslim congresswomen they should ‘consider leaving before I get there,’ adds ‘#BombsAway’

November 26, 2024 Michael Luciano

(Mediaite) A Republican running for a congressional seat that will soon be vacant appeared to threaten Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib by telling them they should consider quitting Congress, adding, “#BombsAway.” Florida state Sen. Randy Fine is running in Florida’s Sixth […]

Controversial Muslim nonprofit CAIR once ‘linked to Hamas’ must reveal donors after ex-employee claims it accepts foreign funding

November 25, 2024 Victor Nava

(NY Post) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will be forced to open its books and reveal its sources of funding after a defamation suit it filed against a former employee completely backfired. US Magistrate Judge David Schultz ruled Monday that CAIR’s […]

Trump backs staunchly anti-Muslim Florida lawmaker to run for US Congress Florida State Senator Randy Fine, who celebrated Israel’s killing of a US citizen, gets president-elect’s support.

November 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Al-Jazeera) United States President-elect Donald Trump is encouraging a Florida legislator who celebrated the killing of an American citizen by the Israeli military to run for Congress. Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that if State Senator Randy Fine […]

‘Lacking the votes’: Schumer abandons embattled Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi Mangi faced Democratic opposition for his ties to anti-police groups

November 22, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has abandoned hopes of confirming Third Circuit Appeals Court nominee Adeel Mangi, whom some Senate Democrats opposed over links to anti-police groups uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon. Schumer struck a deal Thursday with Republicans […]

Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions

November 18, 2024 Joey Cappelletti

(AP) Just a week after winning several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed “there is no such thing as Palestinians.” Meanwhile, the […]

‘Blame yourself’: Trump’s election hasn’t dampened pro-Palestinian activists’ anger at Democrats

November 16, 2024 Gregory Krieg

(CNN) For Democratic pro-Palestinian activists, Donald Trump’s reelection delivered a bitter vindication. Led by the Uncommitted National Movement, they spent months pushing and pleading with the Biden administration to scale back its support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Their warning had been […]

Feds dismiss charges against Jordanians who trespassed on military base

November 15, 2024 Stephen Dinan

(Washington Times) The Justice Department has quietly dismissed charges against two Jordanian immigrants who were arrested after encroaching on a Marine base earlier this year, leaving a host of questions about the incident. In court documents, the U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia […]

Arab Americans who backed Trump disappointed by pro-Israel picks for cabinet and senior roles President-elect has nominated loyalists and pro-Israel candidates to key positions in charge of foreign policy

November 14, 2024 Jihan Abdalla

(National-UAE) During his campaign, Donald Trump reached out to Arab Americans with promises that he would bring about peace in the Middle East — but to the chagrin of many in the community, recent nominations to top foreign policy posts have included […]

FBI: Man admits to planning terror attack from his Houston-area apartment, arrest captured on video The FBI said 28-year-old Anas Said bragged that he would commit a '9/11-style' attack and worked with ISIS in a plot to kill former President George W. Bush.

November 14, 2024 Sammy Turner

(KHOU) FBI Houston on Thursday announced the arrest of a man they say tried to provide support to ISIS and admitted to planning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Documents show he was also connected to a plot to harm former President […]

Muslim voters once abandoned the GOP. Now they may leave the Democrats Anger about Gaza helped Donald Trump win the most Arab American city in the country, while support for Kamala Harris was cut in half.

November 10, 2024 Alex Seitz-Wald

(NBC) Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two decades since it abandoned the […]

Dearborn’s Arab Americans feel vindicated by Harris’ loss Dearborn residents swung toward Trump. It was a protest vote against Harris and Biden

November 10, 2024 Liz Crampton

(Politico) Arab American leaders for months warned Vice President Kamala Harris that she needed to separate herself from President Joe Biden’s support of Israel in the war in Gaza — or face an electoral backlash from this influential community in a key […]