(Religion News) Laila Tauqeer has only been president of the Harvard Islamic Society for three months, but she has been busy. This weekend, she’s hosting the country’s first national conference for Shiite Muslim college students around the country. On Friday (Feb. 28), […]
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(Detroit Free Press) Mike Bloomberg’s outreach to Arab American and Muslim communities in metro Detroit has sparked an intense debate, with some criticizing him over his past support of surveillance of their population in New York City when he was mayor. This […]
(IPT) Weeks after criticizing a U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s top terror mastermind, U.S. Customs officials questioned a Detroit-area imam about his support for the Iranian regime. [Mohammad] Ali Elahi described the Feb. 6 encounter, which took place as he got […]
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(Breitbart) A group of French jihadists have decried their treatment in an Iraqi prison, claiming that they have been subjected to “torture” and “humiliation” before their planned executions. Two French nationals, Brahim Nejara and Fodil Tahar Aouidate, currently awaiting execution for joining […]
(Religion News) After the U.S. killed Iran’s top military general this month in an airstrike directed by President Donald Trump, thousands of Americans protested at rallies nationwide, from Times Square to outside the Texas State Capitol. The airstrike served as an unwelcome reminder […]
(Jerusalem Post) Ali Ertan Toprak, the chairman of the Kurdish community in Germany, on Tuesday lodged a formal criminal complaint against the Iranian regime-controlled Islamic Center of Hamburg, the owner of the Imam Ali Mosque, for its support of terrorism. According to […]
(IPT) A Detroit-area Shiite imam with direct ties to Iran’s leadership used a press conference last week to push disinformation and propaganda about the U.S. killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani ran the IRGC and […]
(AP) German prosecutors have filed terror charges against a Syrian man accused of commanding a unit of Islamic State group fighters in his homeland. Prosecutors in Frankfurt said Monday that the 33-year-old, whose name they didn’t release, was charged with membership in […]
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(Swiss Info) Switzerland-based Muslim preacher Abu Ramadan is under investigation for allegedly committing welfare fraud. He has also been investigated over hate speech. The public prosecutor in Bern opened a criminal investigation in early 2019 after the 66-year-old preacher was denounced by […]
(JNS) As many as 1,050 Hezbollah members and supporters reside in Germany, and the organization uses the country as a major hub for its activities, German daily Tagesspiegel reported last week, citing security sources. The Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist group’s operations in Europe […]
(AP) “Brothers and sisters,” the seminary instructor tells his class, don’t believe in God because of your parents’ beliefs but because “you know why God exists.” The challenge spurs a discussion about beliefs. But more than Imam Mohammad Qazwini’s interesting delivery, deep […]
(AP) Federal prosecutors say two brothers charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon are “dangerous” and should remain in custody while they await trial, according to a court document filed Monday. […]
(AFP) The arrest in Greece of a Lebanese man accused of involvement in a 1985 plane hijacking is a case of mistaken identity, Lebanese officials said on Monday. Greek authorities detained the 65-year-old man last week on the island of Mykonos. They […]
(Reuters) Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old Lebanese man suspected of involvement in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) plane in which a U.S. navy diver was killed. A Greek police official said on Saturday the suspect had disembarked […]
(Jerusalem Post) Germany is investigating possible terrorism activities within a pro-Hezbollah center in the country, following an expose last week by the Jerusalem Post. However, a member’s declaration that “we are proud of terrorism” was not classified as targeting the federal republic. […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Hezbollah mosque in the German city of Münster posted a shocking video in December on its Facebook page, announcing it was proud of terrorism and its allegiance to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Washington-based […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) At 9.11am on February 11, divisive Imam [Mohamad] Tawhidi, in a white turban and black and gold robes, started testifying before a Senate committee inquiry into amending Australian citizenship legislation. “I must say that I observe a growing negative […]
(Jewish News) The former secretary of Stroud Green Labour has been suspended within weeks of being elected after a poem expressing “love” for Hezbollah was exposed. Huseyin Abudharr Ali, who was elected by 36 votes to 7 last month, has been suspended […]
(Detroit News) A Dearborn man captured overseas and charged with supporting the Islamic State fought in two countries, fired on Syrian forces and trained in religious and military camps, federal prosecutors said. Prosecutors provided new details about Ibraheem Musaibli’s journey to jihad and […]
(Age) Two men who firebombed a Melbourne mosque in the name of Islamic State and were planning Christmas Day atrocities across the city have each been jailed for 22 years for terrorism offences. Abdullah Chaarani and Ahmed Mohamed must serve at least […]
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) A young Syrian refugee living in Pittsburgh plotted to blow up a North Side church next month in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, according to the FBI. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, who came to the U.S. […]
(Fox) A clip unveiled by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) this week shows Michigan-based Shiite Imam Bassem al-Sheraa “educating” students on the role of “wife-beating.” According to the video, the imam tells the class at the Az-Zahraa Islamic Center in […]
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(Jerusalem Post) A new German intelligence report asserts the number of Hezbollah members and supporters has climbed from 950 in 2017 to 1,050 in 2018 amid rising Jew-hatred in the federal republic. The Jerusalem Post reviewed the hair-raising new numbers from the […]
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most progressive Muslim leaders is taking legal action in Lebanon to clear his name after being labelled a “collaborator” with Israel. The allegation was initially made by a newspaper aligned with Shia militant group Hezbollah. Sydney GP Dr […]
(CNN) In the United States, you could count the number of mosques like Masjid al-Rabia on two hands. It’s a small community built on “five pillars of inclusivity,” including pledges to be “women-centered,” anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming and welcoming to a variety of Islamic […]
(Deutsche Welle) German police carried out early-morning raids at apartments in 11 cities on Wednesday as part of an operation targeting organized crime. Hundreds of officers were involved in the raids in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, focusing on the Cologne […]
(AP) A Syrian asylum seeker in Sweden received Monday a 12-year prison sentence for planning to explode one or more bombs in the Danish capital of Copenhagen and stabbing random people with kitchen knives. The Copenhagen City Court said Moyed Al Zoebi, […]
(Canadian Press) The federal Tories are accusing the Trudeau government of playing politics by stripping specific references to specific religious groups from its annual report on terrorism. Conservative public-safety critic Pierre Paul-Hus suggested to the House of Commons national-security committee Monday that the Liberals bowed […]
(Global News) The government has again revised a report that is supposed to update Canadians on the major terrorist threats they face, removing all references to Islamist extremism. While the report, first released in December, had initially identified attackers “inspired by violent […]
(Yle) Following news about alleged antisemitic, homophobic and racist Facebook comments made by Social Democrat MP Hussein al-Taee, al-Taee admitted in his blog on Monday that they were authentic and he was the author. Previously, he had questioned whether they were written […]
(Jerusalem Post) The newly elected Finnish MP Hussein al-Taee of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is facing a wave of criticism this week for comparing Israel to the Islamic State, antisemitic rants against Jews and pro-Iranian regime advocacy. The Finnish-Kurdish […]
(Yle) Fledgling politician Hussein al-Taee, who was recently elected to parliament on a Social Democratic Party ticket, has come under intense scrutiny over old Facebook posts about the situation in the Middle East. Among other things, the new MP from Vantaa appeared […]
(Breitbart) A Swedish imam based in Stockholm has claimed that returning Islamic State members need the “right” kind of Islam to help rehabilitate them back into society. Imam Kashif Virk has called for the Swedish government to include the “knowledge and experience of religious […]
(Religion News) Since President Trump tweeted a provocative video juxtaposing clips of Rep. Ilhan Omar and the falling Twin Towers, Omar has faced a surge of criticism along with direct threats of violence, both online and offline. But how did a video […]
(Breitbart) Members of the Swedish Shia Muslim community in the city of Örebro say they [are] concerned for their safety if Islamic State militants return home. The Ahl Al-Bait Cultural Centre in the Oxhagen district of Örebro say they have been forced to hire […]
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(BBC) Shamima Begum — the schoolgirl who fled London to join the Islamic State group in Syria — has said she never wanted to be an IS “poster girl.” Ms Begum, who has just given birth, said she now wants the UK’s forgiveness and […]
(AFP) Judges investigating the Jewish museum attack in Brussels rejected on Tuesday defence claims that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency may have played a role. Lawyers defending Mehdi Nemmouche deny charges that he shot dead four people at the museum in May 2014, […]
(AFP) The mother of a victim of Belgium’s Jewish museum attack faced her son’s alleged killer for the first time on Friday, as the terror trial turned harrowing when the court was shown footage of the anti-Semitic murders. The accused gunman, Mehdi […]
(Clarion) An Islamic center in New England is pushing the Iranian regime message in America. The Islamic Masumeen Center of New England is a Shiite non-profit organization in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, that has held multiple events with sheikhs who are supporters of the […]
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(Clarion) Clarion Project has learned that the Fatemah Zahra Islamic Center in Norcross, Georgia, is hosting radical Iranian clerics. The list of events and speakers at the Shiite center through November raise concerns about why this ideology is being supported in America. […]
(Clarion) A Shiite Islamist group in Arizona hosts a supporter of the Iran regime and Hezbollah terrorists. Coming out of Mesa, Arizona, the group turned its back on Iranians protesting the theocracy earlier this month by hosting a sheikh who supports the Iranian […]
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