(Fox) Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be […]
(Pioneer Press) Hamline University has agreed to settle the religious discrimination lawsuit brought by an art history instructor who lost her job after showing paintings of the Prophet Muhammad during an October 2022 class. The tentative deal was reached Monday night after […]
(European Conservative) Desecrations of Catholic places of worship in France have increased exponentially in recent months. Most recently, a church in Paris was vandalised using acts of extreme violence. The vandalism occurred on the night of Sunday, July 14th, at the church […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) A man who plotted to detonate a massive car bomb outside a Chicago bar has been resentenced to 27 years in prison after a federal appeals [court] found his initial sentence too lenient. Adel Daoud was handed the new prison […]
(Louisville Courier Journal) Two former Western Kentucky University students became ISIS terrorist recruits and trained in Syria while attending the Bowling Green school, according to court records. One of the then-students issued a warning in an email to WKU in June 2015 […]
(JNS) Since the suicide attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim American voices like Zainab Zeb Khan’s “have been bullied into silence,” the founder of the Muslim American Leadership Alliance told an audience in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday. “I call this coerced […]
(Free Beacon) The New York Times over the weekend published a splashy profile of Arab-American activists in Michigan, detailing Muslim voters’ anger over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. It didn’t tell readers, however, that several of the people featured […]
(NY Post) A student at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College made vile anti-American and antisemitic statements online — urging his social media followers to replace fireworks with rocket-propelled grenades to celebrate Independence Day and proudly labeling himself the “Antisemite Of The Year.” The now-private Instagram […]
(ITV) The results of a survey into UK mosques [have] found worshippers want more inclusive spaces for women and children. Although many mosques already have separate spaces for their female worshippers, the Open My Mosque report found there are a significant number […]
(LBC) A Jewish Conservative candidate for the general election has been abused on a visit to a mosque in Lancashire. Rabbi Arnold Saunders, the Tory candidate for Bury South, was called a “snake” during a confrontation at the Bilal mosque in Prestwich, […]
(BBC) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said the “Kevin Keegan effect” meant people still viewed him as a member of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard. Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group Al […]
(Jerusalem Post) The 12-year-old girl who was gang-raped in an antisemitic incident in France was asked to convert to Islam by her attackers, her parents told the French media outlet Le Parisien. “Before letting her leave, they made her swear on Allah […]
(Free Beacon) Democrats’ top Senate appropriator is seeking millions of dollars in taxpayer funds for an Islamic organization in Washington state that has preached anti-Semitism, cheered Hamas’s “victory” over Israel, and hosted Palestinian activists who urge resistance against Israel “by any means […]
(BBC) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said he viewed being called an extremist or fanatic as a “medallion” during lectures, a trial has heard. Mr Choudary is alleged to have taken a role in directing banned terrorist network Al-Muhajiroun (ALM), his trial at […]
(BBC) Anjem Choudary regarded being the number one radicaliser in Britain as a “badge of honour,” jurors have heard. Choudary, 57, from east London, is on trial at Woolwich Crown Court, facing charges including that he “directed” the group Al-Muhajiroun, which is […]
(Breitbart) During a sermon at the University of Illinois Chicago, a speaker for the campus’s Muslim Students Association denounced America and democracy, describing them as a “cancer” spreading worldwide, while advocating for the adoption of Islam as the “new way of life” […]
(CBC) Lawyers for three men charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a family-owned restaurant in Mississauga attempted to poke holes in the story told by the crown’s star witness Friday — and even suggested the man was heavily involved in […]
(NL Times) Ryan Al Najjar, an 18-year-old woman from Joure whose body was found a week ago in [Lelystad], was the victim of an “honor killing,” people who know the family told the Telegraaf. According to them, Ryan’s father killed her because […]
(Sky News) A police officer from West Yorkshire has been given a community order after posting images of Hamas fighters on Whatsapp, days after the 7 October attacks on Israel. Mohammed Adil, from Wibsey in Bradford, escaped a prison sentence for supporting […]
(Toronto Sun) While being tried as a regular first-degree murder trial — and five counts of attempted murder — this disturbing Chicken Land shooting case is also about the alleged role radical Islamic terrorism played. In fact, a jury Monday heard that […]
(ANSA) A middle school teacher in the northern city of Treviso has exempted two Muslim students from studying Dante on the grounds that it is a religious work that clashes with their Islamic faith, local dailies reported Friday, sparking a major row […]
(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), known for its ties to the terrorist group Hamas, is teaching mosques and Islamic groups how to rake in taxpayer funds through a grant program aimed at protecting houses of worship against terrorist attacks. […]
(ITV) On 15 October last year, Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid stabbed a pensioner six times in Hartlepool town centre. Minutes earlier and armed with two knives, at around 5am, he had broken into the bedroom of his housemate and hacked at […]
(Sky News) A terrorist who stabbed a stranger to death in an attack motivated by the conflict in Gaza has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 44 years. Ahmed Ali Alid, 45, an asylum seeker who claimed […]
(CBC) The Quebec crown prosecutors’ office says no charges will be filed after speeches at pro-Palestinian demonstrations last October led to accusations of hate speech. In a news release Thursday, the director of criminal and penal prosecutions (DPCP) says it came to […]
(European Conservative) An expert on Islamism has highlighted the dangers to Europe of the Muslim Brotherhood through its emphasis on legal rather than “terrorist” methods. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino told a recent European conference how the Brotherhood is a “social network,” united by […]
(Algemeiner) Several Islamic preachers and other authority figures in the US have been leveraging their positions in recent weeks to disseminate hateful messages about Israel and the Jewish people, contributing to a global surge in antisemitism that has reached record levels since […]
(Breitbart) Jews — who are “tyrannical” and the “brothers of apes and pigs” — should be “annihilate[d],” according to a Florida Islamic cleric, who also accused Israel’s army of being “worse than the Nazis.” During a sermon at the North Miami Islamic […]
(DPA) Some 2,300 people joined a demonstration called by the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv in the northern German port city of Hamburg on Saturday, according to police estimates, after the rally only got the go-ahead from authorities under strict conditions. The demonstrators […]
(DPA) German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has dismissed Islamist support for the caliphate as a form of rule as absurd, but does not necessarily consider it a judicial issue in Germany. His comments came ahead of an Islamist demonstration in Hamburg later […]
(NY Post) An admitted wannabe jihadist who attacked three NYPD cops with a foot-long machete in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in 2022 was sentenced to 27 years in prison Thursday. Trevor Bickford was handed down the sentence by Judge Kevin Castel […]
(Hill) Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said he has concerns about Sharia law being “forced upon the American people” during remarks on the House floor Tuesday. “Well, I’ve got some pretty strong concerns about Sharia law,” Roy said while discussing his broader worries […]
(WA Today) The final text messages from a radicalised Perth teenager shot dead by police on Saturday night give rare insight into the mind of a boy who had descended into extremism. The 16-year-old Rossmoyne Senior High School student was killed in […]
(Jewish News) The Green Party has confirmed it is investigating into a newly elected councillor who described his victory as a “win for the people of Gaza.” The chair of the Leeds Jewish Representative Council had written to the co-leaders of the […]
(DPA) Hundreds of people took to the streets in Hamburg on Saturday to protest against Islamism and anti-Semitism and in support of the liberal values of Germany’s democratic constitutional order. The demonstration in Hamburg was planned as a counter-rally to a march […]
(Sky News) A West Yorkshire police officer has pleaded guilty to two terror offences over messages he shared on WhatsApp. PC Mohammed Adil, who is based in Calderdale and is on suspension, admitted two counts of publishing an image in support of […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) A group of teenagers discussed carrying out a terrorism attack and a desire to kill before they were arrested in anti-terrorism raids last Wednesday, a court has heard. The conversations took place in group chats after the alleged stabbing […]
(AP) Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney […]
(ABC-Australia) In the hours before a 16-year-old boy stabbed a bishop in an alleged terrorism attack at a Sydney church, his parents’ frantic calls to him went unanswered. Two days earlier, the boy was in tears over the sudden death of a […]
(Jerusalem Post) Some 1,000 protestors gathered in Hamburg’s Steindamm Street on Saturday, calling for an end to “dictatorship values,” according to the German daily Die Welt. In a video posted on X, the crowd can be seen responding to shouts of “Takbir” […]
(Christian Science Monitor) It was a Friday afternoon in October 2020, and Coralie, a junior high school French teacher at Collège du Bois d’Aulne, had just gone for a walk in the nearby woods with her dog to clear her mind before […]
(Sky News) When three men were stabbed to death in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on Saturday, 20 June 2020, Nick Harborne instantly knew Khairi Saadallah was responsible. “Something inside me just went cold,” he told Sky News. The chief executive of the Reading […]
(BBC) The deaths of three men murdered by a man convicted under anti-terror laws in a Reading park were avoidable, an inquest has concluded. Khairi Saadallah killed James Furlong, David Wails, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, in Forbury Gardens in June 2020. He was […]
(ITV) Morocco-born killer Ahmed Alid came to the UK to seek asylum having drifted around Europe for years. The former pastry chef and shop owner, convicted of randomly murdering a pensioner walking in Hartlepool town centre, told jurors during his trial he […]
(Sky News) A Moroccan asylum seeker has been found guilty of murdering a stranger in a rampage motivated by the conflict in Gaza. Ahmed Ali Alid, 45, attempted to kill his housemate, a Christian convert, stabbing him in his bed as he […]
(Breitbart) A study on juvenile delinquency in the German province of Lower Saxony found that radical ideology is widely prevalent among the Muslim youth population, with nearly half favouring an Islamic caliphate over democracy. A “dark field study” conducted by the Criminological Research […]
(AP) The father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics in Australia saw no signs of his son’s extremism, a Muslim community leader said on Wednesday as police began arresting suspected rioters who besieged a Sydney church demanding revenge. The […]
(BBC) A man who set two worshippers on fire as they left mosques has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Mohammed Abbkr, who has schizophrenia, sprayed petrol before setting alight Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, [70], in London and Birmingham. […]
(BBC) A pensioner allegedly murdered by an Islamic extremist died from a stab wound to his heart, a court has heard. Terence Carney, 70, was out for his regular early morning walk when he was attacked by Ahmed Alid in Hartlepool in […]
(BBC) A woman feared for her friend’s safety before he was stabbed by his murder-accused housemate, a court has heard. Abigail Harrison befriended Javed Nouri at a church in Hartlepool in the weeks before he was attacked by his fellow asylum seeker […]
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