Interfaith
Did YouTube hate videos inspire Texas synagogue siege? (LINK ONLY)
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Muhammad and Allah
Health & Medicine
Berlin highway attack suspect kept at psychiatric clinic
(AP) A Berlin court has ordered a man who deliberately drove a car into other vehicles on a highway in the German capital in 2020 held at a psychiatric hospital, ruling that he can’t be held criminally responsible for his actions. The […]
Academics & Education
French journalist, 34, is given police guard over her report on radical Islam in town where shops sell faceless dolls (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith ‘threw her life away to go and join a violent, extremist ideology,’ court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Crown no longer seeking adult sentence for teen who pleaded guilty to terror charges
(Canadian Press) Prosecutors are no longer seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb. In a virtual hearing Friday, the crown said it is instead […]
Interfaith
CAIR revives its campaign to free Aafia Siddiqui
(IPT) Less than four days after a gunman held four Jews hostage inside a Texas synagogue in a doomed attempt to free a convicted terrorist, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) thinks it is ready to renew its campaign to achieve the […]
Interfaith
Texas synagogue terrorist ranted about ‘f***ing Jews’ in last call to family made during siege (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
The American Islamist campaign to free Aafia Siddiqui
(IPT) Most Americans may not have heard of Aafia Siddiqui before Saturday, when a gunman entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, outside Dallas, and took the rabbi and three congregants hostage. Thankfully, the standoff ended without any hostage being harmed. But […]
Legal
Man says he was not encouraging terror attacks with call for ‘jihad with the sword’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
‘Extremist’ called for ‘jihad by sword’ in speech at Brighton mosque, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Lawyers training school in Paris accused of Islamophobia Student lawyer claimed she was forced to remove her headscarf, threatened with expulsion from oath ceremony
(Anadolu) A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, […]
Legal
Tredegar terror convict jailed after beheading threats
(BBC) A convicted terror offender has been jailed for 16 months after threatening teenagers with a knife and telling them: “We cut people’s heads off.” Nathan Saunders, 28, shouted “Allahu akbar” and made Islamic State salutes at the youths on 15 September […]
News: Europe
Charlie Hebdo attack victims remembered seven years on
(Euronews) French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, and Ile-de-France Region President Valérie Pécresse attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Paris, to mark the anniversary of the terror attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Seven years ago on Thursday, a […]
Arts & Entertainment
New year wishes: Imam of Bordeaux grand mosque criticizes Maitre Gims Maitre Gims released a video earlier this year, criticizing Muslim fans for wishing him a happy new year.
(Morocco World News) Tareq Oubrou, the rector of the grand mosque of Bordeaux, France, has criticized Congolese-French rapper Maitre Gims after he called on his Muslim fans to stop sending him new year and birthday wishes, considering the practice to be “un-Islamic.” […]
Legal
Mamun Rashid: Londoner who used benefits and student loan to fund Syria martyr plot jailed for 12 years (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Migrant arrested after attempt to shove man under subway train
(Breitbart) A 25-year-old Tunisian migrant was arrested by police in Paris after allegedly shoving a man onto the tracks of the city’s metro before smashing various items while yelling “Allahu Akbar.” The incident took place on Monday night at around midnight at […]
Arts & Entertainment
French singer Maitre Gims: New year, birthday wishes not Islamic The singer took to his social media to urge his fans to stop sending new year and birthday wishes.
(Morocco World News) French-Congolese rapper and singer Maitre Gims has infuriated many of his fans after he released a video calling on them to stop sending him new year and birthday wishes. In a video Gims posted on his social media, the […]
Christians
Canadian imam compares wishing Merry Christmas to congratulating murderers, pedophiles
(Breitbart) Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada in a recent sermon compared wishing people a Merry Christmas to congratulating murderers and pedophiles, as he called on Allah (God) to “humiliate the infidels” and “annihilate the heretics and atheists.” In a speech delivered at the […]
Academics & Education
Denmark pledges to protect teachers from threats against free speech
(Euronews) Denmark says it will take measures to protect teachers’ freedom of expression and prevent the risks of “self-censorship.” The Danish government has stated that teachers should be able to speak about certain subjects, including cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the Holocaust, […]
Converting to Islam
Dead, imprisoned, disgraced: A family destroyed by an ideology of hate
(Radio France) This has been the week of the Clain family at the Paris attacks trial. On Tuesday, a police witness described the careers of Fabien and Jean-Michel Clain, directors of the IS propaganda effort, both presumed dead in Syria. On Wednesday, […]
Clerics & Preachers
France targets mosque for closure after ‘unacceptable’ preaching
(AFP) France’s interior minister said on Tuesday he had launched a procedure to close a mosque for up to six months because of the radical nature of its imam’s preaching. Gerald Darmanin told the Cnews TV channel he had “triggered” the process […]
Interfaith
BBC interviews ‘we love death’ activist on tackling Jew-hate (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Germany: ‘Allahu Akbar’ migrant knifeman threatened to slaughter children
(Breitbart) An Eritrean migrant has been convicted of attacking two men with a knife while also threatening to kill children in the car park of a local shopping centre in the German city of Dresden. Eritrean migrant Ismail M. approached a number […]
Law Enforcement
In the footsteps of two alleged attackers that never made it to Paris
(Radio France) Tuesday’s session of the special criminal court, where 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the November 2015 Paris terrorist killings, examined the cases of Adel Haddadi and Muhammed Usman. Both were arrested in Austria one month […]
Internet
ISIS using TikTok to recruit young suicide bombers in bid to carry out Christmas attacks (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester man faces jail after admitting terrorism crimes (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Hate speech trial for French far-right pundit Zemmour
(AFP) French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, who is widely expected to run for the presidency next year, went on trial Wednesday charged with racist hate speech over a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. He told the CNews channel in September last […]
Law Enforcement
‘Allahu Akbar’ knifeman fatally shot in Oslo attempted similar attack in 2019
(Breitbart) A 33-year-old Russian national who was shot in Oslo on Tuesday after attempting to carry out a knife attack on random bystanders was also behind a similar attack that took place in 2019. The 33-year-old, who was shirtless and barefoot at […]
Crime
Murderer of elderly French Jewish woman gets life sentence
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday sentenced the killer of an elderly Jewish woman to life imprisonment, with no possibility of parole for 22 years, over the 2018 murder which caused an outcry over anti-Semitism in France. Yacine Mihoub was convicted of […]
History
History lessons to help us understand the brutality of modern jihadism
(Radio France) There was yet another dramatic shift in the emotional temperature at the Paris attacks trial on Tuesday, as two anonymous and invisible police investigators gave lectures on the history of Islamic holy war and the Syrian context of the 2015 […]
Law Enforcement
Policeman attacked in southern France
(AFP) A French policeman was attacked by a man with a knife claiming to act “in the name of the prophet” on Monday but was unharmed, the interior minister and police sources said. The sources had previously indicated that their colleague had […]
Legal
Surprises and similarities as Paris attacks suspects reveal their backgrounds
(Radio France) The past week of the Paris attacks trial has been devoted to an examination of the family backgrounds and personalities of the men accused of involvement in the 2015 massacres which cost 131 people their lives. There have been surprises. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ed Durr’s apology to Islam ‘not enough’ for Muslim advocacy group, will it ever be enough?
(Shore News Network) Muslim Advocates on Thursday called for New Jersey State Senator-elect Edward Durr to apologize for offensive tweets against the Muslim faith, or resign immediately. “Mohammed was a pedophile! Islam is a false religion! Only fools follow Muslim teachings! It […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Truck driver who pulled shocking state Senate upset apologizes for anti-Muslim posts, deletes social media
(NJ.com) Edward Durr, the newly elected Republican state senator who shocked New Jersey by knocking off incumbent Senate President Stephen Sweeney, has apologized and deleted his social media accounts after past xenophobic and anti-Muslim messages surfaced. “I’m a passionate guy and I […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Newly elected GOP state senator’s social media accounts contain xenophobic, anti-Muslim posts
(NJ.com) Hours after Republican Edward Durr seemingly solidified his stunning election victory over state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, xenophobic and anti-Muslim social media messages have surfaced that were posted from his accounts. The posts came to light shortly after the Associated Press […]
Government & Politics
Abdullah Hammoud elected first Arab American mayor of Dearborn
(Detroit Free Press) In a historic victory, a 31-year-old state legislator born to immigrants from Lebanon defeated a 66-year-old veteran politician to become the first mayor of Arab descent of Dearborn, a city long known for its sizable population with roots in […]
Legal
The changed face of Salah Abdeslam, former ‘soldier of Allah’
(Radio France) The rhythm and atmosphere at the Paris attacks trial changed dramatically on Tuesday, with the opening of the examination of the personalities of the accused. Since the 14 men before the court testify in alphabetic order, Salah Abdeslam, the sole […]
Law Enforcement
French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources
(AFP) French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened them with a knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in Arabic, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. The man rushed at police just […]
Academics & Education
France: Police and firefighters attacked at school named after teacher murdered by jihadist
(Breitbart) A mob attacked police and firefighters lured to a school in Béziers, France, named after murdered teacher Samuel Paty. The incident took place on the evening of October 26th after police and firefighters were lured to the area to respond to […]
Crime
‘Allahu Akbar’-yelling man arrested after strangling woman on French street
(Breitbart) Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Nice, southern France, on Friday after witnesses saw him strangling a woman in the street. The attack allegedly happened in downtown Nice along the Rue Trachel at around 3am on Friday, with witnesses claiming that a […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s messages held ‘for years’ before attack
(BBC) Messages between the Manchester Arena bomber and an Islamic State recruiter were held by police for years, but the killer was not identified until months after the attack, an inquiry has heard. The inquiry into the atrocity was told the texts […]
Crime
Trial opens over murder of elderly Jewish French woman
(AFP) Two men went on trial on Tuesday over the 2018 murder of an elderly Jewish woman that provoked protests and alarm in France about anti-Semitic crime. The partly burned body of Mireille Knoll, 85, was found in her apartment in central […]
Government & Politics
‘Moroccan’ man sentenced for Marine Le Pen beheading threat
(Breitbart) A man who described himself as “Moroccan” has been sentenced to a year in prison after threatening to behead populist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. The man threatened to behead Ms Le Pen and conservative writer and pundit Eric Zemmour […]
Academics & Education
Pupil yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ during tribute to French teacher killed by jihadist
(Breitbart) An 11-year-old pupil yelled “Allahu Akbar” during a school tribute to murdered teacher Samuel Paty, while the child’s father was later arrested for threatening to burn the school down. The initial incident took place on Friday at the Jean-Zay middle school in […]
Legal
No sentence reduction for man convicted in 2015 Texas attack
(AP) A judge has refused to reduce the 30-year prison sentence for an Arizona man convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas, even though one of his convictions was dismissed after it […]
Legal
No one got out of the [Bataclan] untouched — not even the survivors
(Radio France) Few of the witnesses who chose to go to the Bataclan concert on 13th of November 2015 from the right-hand balcony were seriously injured physically in the terrorist attack. But what they saw, heard and suffered has left none of […]
Interfaith
Islamist who defended murderers of Jews to speak at Tree of Life anti-hate summit Bush, ADL, Biden cabinet member join with hater to fight hate.
(FrontPage) In October, former President George W. Bush, Biden’s DHS secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, ADL boss Jonathan Greenblatt, and other notables will descend on the massive Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. The occasion isn’t a party convention, but the inaugural Eradicate Hate […]
Clerics & Preachers
Brit hate preacher’s 40 hours of poison-filled speeches found in seconds in Google search (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
France pays tribute to teacher beheaded over Mohammed cartoons
(AFP) France paid tribute to schoolteacher Samuel Paty on Saturday, one year after he was beheaded by an extremist after showing his class cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Paty, 47, was stabbed and then decapitated after leaving the middle school where he […]
Academics & Education
French schools hail teacher killed over Mohammed cartoon
(AFP) Pupils in schools across France on Friday paid tribute to Samuel Paty, a year after the teacher was beheaded by an extremist for showing his class cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Paty’s violent death sent shockwaves through France and beyond, […]