Government & Politics

Ex-Biden officials microtarget Dearborn in Facebook ads soliciting funds for anti-Israel lobbying effort A New Policy, led by former Biden officials, accuses AIPAC of 'weaponiz[ing] Jewish identity'

(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group started by two federal officials who resigned from the Biden administration over U.S. support for Israel is soliciting residents of Dearborn, Mich., a hotbed of anti-Israel and pro-Hamas sentiment, to fund its “professional lobbying force” to pressure […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Concerns around Holy Land Foundation trial resurface after arrest of Muslim activist 'There was no way for Marwan — or the thousands who donated and volunteered alongside him — to know that HLF would later be accused of prohibited activities,' said a statement from the Muslim Legal Fund of America.

(Religion News) Advocates raised concerns about what they see as the Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize pro-Palestinian activism at the Arab Convention in Dearborn, Michigan, last weekend. The arrest of Marwan Marouf, a Dallas Muslim community leader placed in United States Immigration […]

Academics & Education

Federal judge launches scathing broadside of Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, used the 161-page order to excoriate Trump as a bully who is laser-focused on 'retribution'

(Fox) A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters and academics — saying in a blistering 161-page order that the actions had a chilling effect on college campuses nationwide. U.S. District Judge […]

Interfaith

Virginia court holds American Muslims for Palestine in contempt for defying state probe The Richmond City Circuit Court ordered the group to pay $8,000 for the state’s attorney fees and will be docked $1,000 daily for future noncompliance.

(JNS) The Richmond City Circuit Court held the AJP Educational Foundation, which operates as American Muslims for Palestine, in civil contempt on Monday for the Falls Church, Va., group’s failure to comply with a state investigation. “The attorney general’s office has the […]

Government & Politics

Ro Khanna told Free Beacon he would reject Hamas at anti-Israel conference. He railed against AIPAC instead Khanna, considered a 2028 presidential hopeful, said 'speaking at ArabCon is important'

(Free Beacon) Rep. Ro Khanna, the Silicon Valley Democrat eyeing a presidential run in 2028, told the Washington Free Beacon last week he planned to reject Hamas at a controversial Arab-American political convention in Michigan this weekend. He didn’t, railing instead against […]

Legal

Pro-Palestine nonprofits seek to block Virginia AG from record access American Muslims for Palestine hopes to stop a records demand from Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, who accuses the group of funneling funds to Hamas.

(Courthouse News) A pro-Palestinian nonprofit asked a Virginia-based federal court to block a records demand Friday, claiming it targets activity protected by the Constitution. The complaint comes one business day before AJP Educational Foundation Inc., also known as American Muslims for Palestine, […]

Christians

Docs show how Dearborn’s Muslim leaders make it a ‘hostile place for Christians and Jews’ After Dearborn, Michigan’s mayor told a Christian minister he is ‘not welcome,’ docs obtained by the Federalist suggest unequal treatment.

(Federalist) Dearborn, Michigan, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud insists the Detroit suburb is a “city that welcomes and embraces everyone.” He said as much after telling a Christian minister earlier this month that he wasn’t welcome in the city that Henry Ford called home […]

Academics & Education

CAIR honors Mahmoud Khalil, antisemitic activists at gala Federal prosecutors in the landmark Holy Land Foundation case named CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror-financing trial in US history.

(Post Millennial) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) used its 31st anniversary gala in Washington, DC, this weekend to honor Mahmoud Khalil, a man long associated with Hamas-linked groups and extremist campus activism at Columbia University, presenting him with the organization’s 2025 […]

Government & Politics

Three rising Democratic stars to appear alongside Hamas lovers at anti-Israel conference in America’s ‘Jihad Capital’ Abdul El-Sayed, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Michigan lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist are all slated to appear at ArabCon

(Free Beacon) A trio of rising Democratic Party stars are slated to speak at an anti-Israel convention this week alongside a deep roster of Hamas sympathizers and anti-Semites. Michigan Senate candidate and former CNN contributor Abdul El-Sayed (D.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D., […]

Christians

Dearborn mayor refuses to apologize for telling Christian minister he was ‘not welcome here’ Abdullah Hammoud faced calls for apology and demands to denounce terrorist organizations by name

(Fox) At Dearborn, Michigan’s first city council meeting since his clash with a local Christian minister went viral after a heated exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud declined to apologize for his saying the minister was “not […]

Clothing

Woman settles lawsuit over forced hijab removal at Mecklenburg County Jail The settlement includes policy changes and an undisclosed monetary amount. El-Ali's photograph has been removed from the jail's database.

(WCNC) A Muslim woman has reached a settlement with Mecklenburg County over a lawsuit alleging jail officials violated her religious rights by forcing her to remove her hijab for a booking photograph. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the resolution of […]

Academics & Education

Columbia promotes course at pro-Hamas People’s Forum featuring PFLP terrorist’s teachings Rashid Khalidi’s class accuses Israel of transforming Palestinians’ ‘homeland into an exclusive Jewish national home’

(Free Beacon) Columbia University is promoting a course at the pro-Hamas People’s Forum taught by an anti-Israel professor emeritus, Rashid Khalidi, which requires students to read a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader’s teachings. Khalidi was slated to teach […]

Government & Politics

Florida congressman introduces bill to ban Sharia law: ‘We are not going to become a Muslim nation’ 'If you want to live under Sharia, return to where you came from.'

(Daily Wire) Florida Congressman Randy Fine and Texas Rep. Keith Self on Friday introduced legislation that would ensure that Sharia law cannot be implemented anywhere in the United States. The “No Shari’a Act” would prohibit the application of Sharia “where such application […]

Government & Politics

Texas agency reaches deal to end fair housing probe against EPIC City developer It’s the second investigation tied to the project that’s ended.

(Dallas Morning News) The Texas Workforce Commission has settled a Fair Housing Act complaint against the developers of EPIC City, a planned Muslim-centric community northeast of Dallas. The state agency reached a settlement with developer Community Capital Partners on Tuesday, according to […]

Christians

Man who sparred with Muslim Dearborn mayor, told he wasn’t ‘welcome’ revealed as Christian minister Edward Barham conducts Arabic-language Christian call to prayer in city with large Muslim population

(Fox) Christian minister Edward “Ted” Barham says he will not respond with hate after Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told him he was “not welcome” during a heated city council exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming that went viral. In a […]

Academics & Education

Gottheimer urges NJ Education Board to reject CAIR’s calls to cut ties with ADL Gottheimer: ‘Now is not the time to dismiss critical resources to combat anti-Jewish bias and Holocaust distortion. Rather, educators should embrace them’

(Jewish Insider) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote to Kathy Goldenberg, the president of the New Jersey State Board of Education, on Monday urging the state to reject calls from the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the state’s […]

Crime

Muslim nonprofit vice chair terminated after Tampa Bay Young Republicans flag controversial comments on Charlie Kirk’s murder

(Florida’s Voice) Jarvis Kareem El-Amin, vice chairman of the Tampa-based Muslim nonprofit Masjid An Nasr, was terminated by the organization after allegedly making controversial comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s death. The Tampa Bay Young Republicans flagged the comments, prompting Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua […]

Government & Politics

City of Dearborn names street after terror-supporting newspaper publisher Osama Siblani, who has praised terrorists as 'heroes' and threatened to send Israeli Jews 'back to Poland,' accompanied Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer on an official state trip to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain

(Free Beacon) Shoppers, diners, and commuters in the Dearborn, Mich., area will now head to their favorite hot spot on a street named in honor of Osama Siblani, an Arab-American newspaper publisher who has advocated for Israel’s destruction, praised terror groups like […]

Government & Politics

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.

(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, […]

Academics & Education

CAIR systematically trying to influence K-12 education across US, investigation finds A new Jewish Onliner investigation found that CAIR's efforts to influence young students extend far beyond Philadelphia, spanning New Jersey, Oklahoma, Florida, and Illinois

(Jewish Onliner) Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running what he termed “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives in public schools, following investigative reports that exposed controversial lesson plans […]

Academics & Education

In a previous life, he ran an organization that funneled money to Hamas. Now he’s a journalism professor at Northwestern Ibrahim Abusharif teaches a mandatory seminar promoting Qatar after a lawsuit from a Hamas terror victim crippled the group he cofounded

(Free Beacon) Northwestern University describes journalism professor Ibrahim Abusharif as a “former book publisher” who “has been involved in projects to translate — from Arabic into English — the Quran.” It does not give examples of those projects, perhaps because they include […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to Education Department: Investigate ‘possibly illegal’ partnership between ‘pro-terrorist’ CAIR and K-12 schools The CAIR lesson plans include instructions not to use terms like 'jihadists' and 'radical Islamic terrorists' when discussing 9/11, and a course called 'American Jews and Political Power'

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Tuesday petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives inside the country’s public schools. CAIR, whose leaders celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Houston imam caught on video issuing Sharia-law ultimatums to businesses Masjid At-Tawhid mosque leader gives store owners 30-day ultimatum to stop selling Islam-prohibited alcohol, pork, and lottery tickets or face consequences

(Jewish Onliner) Amy Mek, founder and editor-in-chief of the RAIR Foundation, broke a story on Sunday exposing what she characterizes as “Sharia patrol” activities emerging in Houston, Texas. The investigation centers on Masjid At-Tawhid, a mosque located in Houston’s Fifth Ward, and […]

Academics & Education

Retired FBI agent exposes Hamas’ long game in America Lara Burns describes how Hamas shifted its US strategy from fundraising to propaganda, focusing on campuses and media influence

(Media Line) The Hamas terrorist network in the United States has spent more than two decades working to infiltrate America’s media and college campuses. The goal: to hijack the narrative and secure unintentional support for terrorism from the broader public. According to […]

Academics & Education

Harvard tells students calling someone a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ can violate school policy Guidance comes after 33 student groups blamed Israel for Hamas's terrorist attacks

(Free Beacon) Harvard University, where 33 student groups signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, now says that calling someone a “terrorist sympathizer” can violate the school’s anti-discrimination policies, according to a mandatory training for all Harvard students obtained […]

Demonstrations

Same network, new names: Terror front Samidoun secretly operates in US, Canada via proxies post-ban Most of the terror front's proxies were formed to have the same anti-Zionist, anti-US, Marxist-Leninist mission that defined Samidoun’s activism.

(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]

Government & Politics

Rashida Tlaib hit with House censure threat, accused of ‘celebrating terrorism’ in pro-Palestinian speech Rep. Buddy Carter's censure accuses Tlaib of 'vilifying her colleagues, endangering the lives of Jewish people, and celebrating terrorism'

(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing a GOP-led censure resolution on Wednesday after her fiery remarks at a pro-Palestinian conference. Tlaib spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit over the weekend, when she condemned both Democrats and Republicans for […]