(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D., Mich.) sister is leading an effort to pull primary voters away from President Joe Biden in protest over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Layla Elabed is the campaign manager of Listen to Michigan, which […]
(Jewish Insider) A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation last week requesting information on alleged links between Hamas and U.S.-based tax-exempt charities that they […]
(Detroit Free Press) An increased number of police patrols began monitoring the streets of Dearborn on Saturday after an opinion article posted by the Wall Street Journal dubbed the city “America’s Jihad Capital.” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said Dearborn police would ramp up […]
(Florida Politics) The full House has adopted a Rep. Randy Fine nonbinding House resolution (HR 1209) strongly encouraging “all executive agencies of the State of Florida, all law enforcement agencies, and all local governments in this state to suspend contact and outreach activities” […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden campaign, in a bid to shore up the president’s waning support among Arab and Muslim voters, dispatched campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez last week to meet with an Arab-American activist who has praised Hamas and refers to the […]
(Algemeiner) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib participated in an event late last week with an anti-Israel activist who has defended Hamas, doubted that it engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during its October 7 terrorist attack, and compared Gaza to Auschwitz. Tlaib appeared with […]
(Breitbart) Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and a supporter of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack, demanded Monday that the U.S. restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Last week, the Biden […]
(Washington Times) Rep. Ilhan Omar has been accused of using “ethno-racist rhetoric” by an official of the Republic of Somaliland. The rebuke followed Ms. Omar’s speech in Minneapolis in which she pledged her support for her native Somalia, though she later insisted […]
(NBC) Two Canadian members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang plotted with an Iranian drug trafficker to kill a pair of dissidents who were living in Maryland, the Justice Department and federal officials said Monday. Naji Sharifi Zindashti, aka “Big Guy,” who […]
(Daily Caller) Federal authorities caught a terrorist at the U.S. southern border and released him into the country, where he roamed freely for nearly a year before being arrested in Minnesota just days ago, according to an internal federal memo exclusively obtained […]
(Washington Examiner) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was harshly criticized by conservatives on social media on Sunday after a video was shared showing her speaking about her support for Somalia, the nation from which she hails. In the video, the liberal Minnesota leader […]
(Hill) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Sunday condemned Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for linking pro-Palestinian protesters to Russia during a CNN interview in which she also indicated she wants the FBI to investigate any potential financial links. Pelosi suggested on […]
(NY Post) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is blasting a New Jersey school district for partnering up with the local branch of a controversial American-Islamic advocacy organization CAIR — calling the move “outrageous and unacceptable.” Teaneck Public Schools Superintendent Andre Spencer, who endorsed […]
(Florida’s Voice) The Republican Party of Florida called out the Florida Democratic Party for “supporting” the “pro-Hamas” Council on American-Islamic Relations. The state GOP specifically called out Reps. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, for participating in a rally at the […]
(Messenger) The Democratic National Committee is calling out former President Donald Trump for his plans to double down on his “Muslim ban” on the seventh anniversary of the exclusionary policy. In a statement given exclusively to the Messenger, DNC Rapid Response Director […]
(Detroit News) The organizer of a planned meeting between President Joe Biden’s campaign manager and a group of Arab and Muslim American leaders in Dearborn said it was canceled Friday after some in the wider community objected to the gathering amid fury […]
(NY Post) A controversial Islamic group — which the White House cut ties with after its director said he was “happy” about Hamas’ terror attack against Israel on Oct. 7 — is facing allegations of sexual assault and harassment. The suit could […]
(Breitbart) CBS’s Face the Nation is facing backlash after presenting a radical Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) board director as a typical member of a focus group on Sunday, without identifying his leading role in the group that was recently removed by the […]
(WZTV) Rutherford County has settled a lawsuit filed by a Muslim woman who was required to remove her hijab for a booking photo. Sophia Johnston was booked on a charge in August of last year that has since been dismissed. During the […]
(Florida Politics) The House is moving toward removing any ambiguity regarding the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The State Affairs Committee moved forward a non-binding House resolution (HR 1209) strongly encouraging “all executive agencies of the State of Florida, all law enforcement agencies, […]
(KGO) The rise in Islamophobia across the U.S. has been well documented. The challenge now is how Muslim Americans can work with the FBI to stop it. “We want (the FBI) to be partners with us in preventing and responding to hate,” […]
(Detroit News) The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday it plans to sue the Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard’s office for the alleged “forcible removal” of a Dearborn woman’s hijab when she was detained last year in the […]
(Jerusalem Post) UCLA law professor Dr. Khaled Abou el-Fadl said on a YouTube live stream on the Usuli Institute channel earlier this month that “some of the worst massacres committed against Palestinians in Gaza are by Indian soldiers serving in the Israeli […]
(Center Square) An organization tied to the terrorist group Hamas works with Chicago Public Schools to combat alleged Islamophobia. The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) offers a program called “The Chicago Public Schools Project.” According to CAIR Chicago’s […]
(Fox) The oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar hired a former CIA agent’s company to discredit Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., and other lawmakers who oppose Hamas and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The documents reveal […]
(NY Times) A federal judge on Friday ordered that a New York man be freed from prison because a “most unsavory” government informant had duped him into an “F.B.I.-orchestrated conspiracy” focused on attacking an upstate Air Force base and Jewish sites in […]
(Religion News) Before she was elected to Georgia’s House of Representatives two years ago, Ruwa Romman, the first Palestinian American to hold any office in Georgia, campaigned for Joe Biden in 2020 in Atlanta’s northeast suburbs, which she now represents. Today, Romman, […]
(Miami Herald) A man in Florida has been sentenced to six years in federal prison after he was accused of pledging his allegiance and support of ISIS four years ago, court documents show. Moad Mohamed Benkabbou, a 23-year-old from Kissimmee, was sentenced […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. André Carson (D., Ind.) spoke at an anti-Israel rally alongside one activist who said he was “happy” about Hamas’s terrorist attack on the Jewish state, one who has claimed that “Hitler never intended to mass-destroy the Jews,” and another […]
(NY Post) A Jewish mother said she and her daughter were “violently” attacked by anti-Israel protesters who called her a “Nazi b—h” on Manhattan’s Upper East Side this week — and called on Mayor Eric Adams to get a handle on the […]
(Asbury Park Press) Schools Superintendent J. Scott Cascone apologized to staff and the community after what he described as “biased and antisemitic” material was distributed to teachers as a resource for Muslim Heritage Month. In a staff email on Jan. 4, links […]
(JNS) Speakers at a “March for Gaza” in Washington on Jan. 13 promised that Israel would cease to exist and, to the cheers of thousands of attendees, accused U.S. President Joe Biden of supporting genocide against Palestinians. Osama Abuirshaid, executive director of […]
(ABC) Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of Victoria Jacobs, an Uzbekistan native who is charged with using cryptocurrency to fund Syrian-based terrorist groups and launder supporters’ contributions. It is the first-ever terrorism financing trial in the New York State […]
(NY Post) The epitome of an “all-American” girl, Samantha Marie Elhassani — a.k.a Samantha Sally, better known as Sam — was a Jehovah’s Witness from the blue-collar Indiana heartland who knocked on the door of ISIS and found hell on earth. A […]
(ABC) Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has been courting a group President Joe Biden may struggle to attract in the upcoming 2024 election: Muslim and Arab-American voters. Muslim and Arab community leaders rallied around the prominent activist, author and philosopher by recently […]
(NY Post) A radicalized Islamic jihadist pleaded guilty to terrorism charges on Thursday for attacking NYPD officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2022, federal officials said. Trevor Bickford, a 20-year-old Maine native, will face a potential 120 […]
(Algemeiner) An overwhelming majority of American Jews have reported feeling less safe after Hamas’ massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Released on Thursday as part of AJC’s “State of […]
(Politico) U.S. officials assess that there’s a rising risk Lebanese Hezbollah militants will strike Americans in the Middle East — and even potentially hit inside the United States, four officials familiar with the intelligence told POLITICO. The Iran-backed militant group would likely […]
(Hill) Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in the three months since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel have surged, eclipsing annual statistics for the past decade. According to data compiled by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitic incidents rose 360 percent between Oct. […]
(JNS) After the Middle East Forum charged that the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention Center was to host a Jan. 12-13 event of the “region’s most extreme alliance of Islamist organizations,” the hotel canceled its contract with the South […]
(KTXL) A Russian national who was living in Sacramento pleaded guilty Monday to “attempting to provide material support to” a terrorist organization that operates in Syria, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. The office said 36-year-old […]
(Washington Times) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, was declared “Antisemite of the Year” in the pro-Jewish group StopAntisemitism’s annual poll, beating out Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Ms. Tlaib was the top vote-getter in the online poll that drew more than 15,000 votes. […]
(Washington Examiner) Congressional Democrats pocketed campaign donations from a leader within an anti-Israel organization that has long been accused of being linked to Palestinian terrorism, records show. Over the last two decades, Hussam Ayloush has sprinkled tens of thousands of dollars combined […]
(Jewish Insider) A legislative effort is underway in Maryland to remove the Council on American-Islamic Relations from a state hate crimes body after the organization’s Maryland director published a series of antisemitic Facebook posts after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, […]
(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group whose founder said he was “happy to see” Hamas attack Israel is urging local libraries to feature children’s books that push propaganda against the Jewish state — including one that contends all of Israel belongs to “Palestine.” […]
(Corona Press-Enterprise) The mother and sister of San Bernardino terrorist attacker Syed Rizwan Farook have given up their legal fight with the federal government for the proceeds of two life insurance policies that Farook purchased shortly before he and his wife killed […]
(Free Beacon) California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) met Thursday with the state’s Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter (CAIR) just weeks after the group’s leader said he was “happy to see” Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel, a comment that even prompted condemnation from […]
(Detroit News) A Muslim woman from Grand Rapids is suing Kent County officials over the “forcible removal” of her religious head covering for [a] booking photo and releasing it to the public after her arrest in May. The Michigan chapter of the […]
(SCOTUSblog) In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the U.S. government created a “No Fly List” — a list of people whom the government believes pose enough of a risk to national security that they should not be allowed to […]
(AP) The New Jersey man charged with stabbing “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Jury selection in Hadi Matar’s attempted murder and […]
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