U.S.: Maine – Eye on Islamism

Dem Senate candidate to host 9/11 fundraiser at D.C. bar that partnered with terrorist sympathizers Graham Platner's fundraiser follows questionable posts and op-eds from the Democrat about terrorism and Israel.

September 10, 2025 Zach Jewell

(Daily Wire) A Democrat running for Senate in Maine will host a fundraiser on September 11 at a Washington, D.C., bar that has allied with Hamas sympathizers. Graham Platner, a 40-year-old Marine and Army veteran seeking to oust Republican Senator Susan Collins, […]

Say what? Homeland Security gives ‘pause’ to Dem rep’s call to help ‘our country of Somalia’

July 25, 2025 Tom Tillison

(BizPac Review) The Department of Homeland Security highlighted Maine state Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D), commenting on her goal of helping “our country of Somalia.” A Somali refugee who came to America in 1992 when she married a Somali businessman in Atlanta, Dhalac’s […]

Radical college group Mamdani co-founded wanted justice for convicted terrorist deported from US

July 13, 2025 Carl Campanile and Chris Nesi

(NY Post) The Bowdoin College chapter of radical group Students for Justice in Palestine, co-founded by socialist NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, went to bat for a terrorist convicted of deadly bombings in Israel — and was then later booted out of […]

College group Zohran Mamdani co-founded welcomed radical speaker who later blamed US for 9/11 attacks: ‘Made its bed’

July 8, 2025 Craig McCarthy, Hannah Fierick and David Propper

(NY Post) Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani co-founded a college club that invited a radical speaker who called Israel a bigger terror threat than Hamas — and boasted he was greatly influenced by a Palestinian leader nicknamed the “godfather of Middle Eastern terrorism.” […]

Waterville teen gets maximum sentence for conspiring in ISIS-inspired plot Xavier Pelkey was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison

November 6, 2023 Phil Hirschkorn

(WMTW) Xavier Pelkey, a 19-year-old from Waterville, was sentenced Monday to the maximum 15 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support to the terrorism group ISIS, the first case of its kind […]

Man who plotted mass murder at Chicago synagogues, mosques as teen asks for 6 years in prison Xavier Pelkey, nicknamed 'The Bomb Guy,' became radicalized into extremist Islam while surfing internet in his bedroom

September 22, 2023 Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones

(WLS) Authorities said they interrupted a terror plot against metro Chicago mosques and synagogues when they arrested a Maine teenager more than 1.5 years ago. In a rural Maine town, 1,200 miles from Chicago, Xavier Pelkey sat in his bedroom and devised […]

Maine teenager pleads guilty to terrorism charges for ISIS-inspired plot Xavier Pelkey faces 15 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support

April 7, 2023 Phil Hirschkorn

(WMTW) A Waterville teenager has pleaded guilty to a federal indictment that he conspired to provide material support to terrorists — Maine’s first adjudicated ISIS terrorism case. 19-year-old Xavier Pelkey entered his plea in person Friday morning in Bangor Federal Court before […]

Maine teenager to plead guilty in ISIS-inspired terror plot to attack Chicago mosques

March 29, 2023 Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner

(WLS) A Maine teenager has signed a plea agreement admitting he had weapons and Isis-inspired plans to attack Chicago-area Shia mosques last March. As part of the plan, 19-year-old Xavier Pelkey would rendezvous with underage accomplices from Chicago and Canada to stage […]

Somali Americans gear up for US midterm elections

November 5, 2022 Mohamed Abdurahman and Mohamed Olad

(VOA) From the streets of Minneapolis in Minnesota, home to the largest Somali community in the United States, to the northeast side of Columbus, Ohio, home to the second-largest Somali population, to Maine and the state of Washington, the mindset of the […]

Somali Americans, many who fled war, now seek elected office

October 20, 2022 Samantha Hendrickson and David Sharp

(AP) It’s a busy Friday afternoon at a Somali restaurant on the northeast side of Columbus, home to [the] second-largest Somali population in the United States. The smell of spices is just as robust as the loud conversation, and the East African […]

A Maine doctor whose brother died fighting for ISIS joins the National Guard

September 6, 2022 Kathleen O'Brien

(Bangor Daily News) Dr. Jabbar Fazeli has wanted to enlist in the U.S. armed forces since he was granted asylum in the U.S. more than 20 years ago. Now 55, he’s finally going to serve. On Tuesday, the Iran native and longtime […]

FBI: Maine teen plotted ISIS-inspired attack targeting Chicago-area mosques

March 25, 2022 Phil Hirschkorn

(WMTW) Federal prosecutors are offering new details about an alleged terrorist plot involving a Waterville, Maine, teenager arrested a month ago, and two unidentified juveniles in Illinois and Kentucky. A five-page declaration from Maine-based FBI agent Garret[t] Drew, unsealed Friday, depicts 18-year-old […]

Maine Democrat Sara Gideon killed bills outlawing female genital mutilation Maine Dems argued legislation was racist

August 13, 2020 Yuichiro Kakutani

(Free Beacon) Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon repeatedly killed bills to outlaw female genital mutilation during her tenure as the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. Gideon leveraged her leadership position in the Democrat-controlled legislature to kill two separate bills that […]

Two Somali Americans elected to city councils in US

November 6, 2019 Mohamed Olad Hassan

(VOA) Two Somali American women have won seats on city councils in Minnesota and Maine, U.S. states with sizable communities from the African diaspora. Voters on Tuesday elected Nadia Mohamed for an at-large seat in St. Louis Park, a western suburb of […]

Federal female genital mutilation law ruled unconstitutional; advocates want state ban

November 26, 2018 Jon Chrisos

(WGME) A federal judge is dropping charges of female genital mutilation against a Michigan doctor. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman said the federal law is unconstitutional. It’s an issue that’s been much-debated at the State House because Maine has no law specifically […]

Lawmakers split on referendum to ban female genital mutilation in Maine

July 20, 2018 Unlisted Author

(WGME) A new effort to ban female genital mutilation on the state level has taken shape in Maine. A political action committee has filed paperwork to begin the process of getting the question on the November ballot. While FGM is illegal federally, […]

Maine group wants referendum to outlaw female genital mutilation on 2019 ballot

July 19, 2018 Unlisted Author

(WGME) A group in Maine is trying to get a referendum on next year’s ballot to outlaw female genital mutilation in Maine. Thursday, the Prevent FGM in Maine Political Action Committee filed a request to collect signatures with the secretary of state’s […]