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The six Canadian terror plots police have foiled since October 7 The increasing incidents of violence and foiled terror plots have raised alarm about the country potentially becoming a focal point for extremist activities

September 12, 2024 Ehsanullah Amiri

(National Post) Since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel, Canadian police have thwarted six alleged terror plots across the country, with arrests spanning from Edmonton to Ottawa to Toronto. Some of these plots reportedly targeted the Jewish community, reflecting rising concerns […]

Pakistani national hit with terrorism charge for attempted political assassination plot Federal prosecutors say Asif Merchant committed an act of terrorism by scheming to try and assassinate U.S. politicians and government officials.

September 11, 2024 Nika Schoonover

(Courthouse News) A Pakistani man who was arrested in July for scheming to assassinate U.S. politicians on American soil faces additional accusations of committing an act of terrorism, according to new charges filed in the Eastern District of New York. Asif Merchant, […]

9/11 victim’s son claims fiery 2019 remarks targeted at Rep. Ilhan Omar at Ground Zero got him banned from annual ceremony

September 11, 2024 Doree Lewak

(NY Post) The son of a 9/11 victim claimed he’s been “banned” from reading the names of the fallen at the annual Ground Zero memorial service — ever since publicly blasting Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019 over her thoughtless “some people did […]

The defense secretary revoked a plea deal in the 9/11 case. Or did he? How the latest controversy in the long-running death-penalty case at Guantánamo Bay could play out.

September 11, 2024 Carol Rosenberg

(NY Times) In rapid succession, two dramatic decisions jolted the Sept. 11 case this summer: a plea agreement that exchanged life sentences for guilty pleas, and its reversal. What happens next in the case is up to the judge, who has to […]

Rashida Tlaib targets Facebook ads to Qatari-funded outlet fans, data show

September 11, 2024 Gabe Kaminsky

(Washington Examiner) “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) targets one audience more than any other for her campaign’s Facebook ads: fans of the Qatari-backed website Al Jazeera. Tlaib’s campaign has spent over $81,000 on ads in the last 90 days, largely to draw […]

Muslim-American group that celebrated Hamas attack hopes to have 40+ members in Congress in 10 years

September 11, 2024 Kassy Akiva

(Daily Wire) The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who publicly praised Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, outlined a plan to help elect 40-50 members to Congress in a sermon last month, MEMRI reported. CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad […]

Terror suspect accused of plotting attack in New York came to Canada on student visa: minister Authorities allege Muhammad Shahzeb Khan planned to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in New York

September 10, 2024 Darren Major

(CBC) A man who was arrested last week for allegedly attempting to enter the U.S. illegally to carry out a mass shooting came to Canada on a student visa, Canada’s immigration minister says. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was arrested in Ormstown, Que., […]

US facing more scattered, more technological terror landscape

September 9, 2024 Jeff Seldin

(VOA) Leading terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, once pushed to the brink after years of military pressure from the United States and its allies, have found ways to recover and once again represent a serious and lethal threat, according to […]

Muslim-Americans push Harris for new Gaza commitment during debate

September 9, 2024 Emily Hallas

(Washington Examiner) Pro-Palestinian groups are urging Vice President Kamala Harris to break with President Joe Biden on Israel during her first debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Harris will meet Trump for the first time this week for the pair’s […]

Stein leads Harris among Muslim voters in several swing states, new analysis finds

September 9, 2024 Adam Reilly

(WGBH) A new report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shows that Jill Stein, the Lexington, Massachusetts, resident and Green Party candidate for president, is leading Democratic nominee Kamala Harris among Muslim voters in several key swing states. The analysis expands […]

Conservative MPs ask public safety committee to probe arrest of ISIS suspect

September 9, 2024 Stewart Bell and Mercedes Stephenson

(Global News) Conservative MPs have asked Canada’s public safety committee to reconvene to probe how a Toronto man arrested last week for allegedly plotting an ISIS attack in the U.S. got into the country. The four Conservative members of the committee want […]

How man living in Canada allegedly planned to kill Jews in New York City Before settling on the target location, Khan suggested that they attend events at synagogues, taking note of emergency exits, so their targets could be trapped during the attack

September 9, 2024 Tyler Dawson

(National Post) In encrypted messages, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan warned his co-conspirators “to keep no beard and take the appearance of the kuffar” (unbelievers), lest they attract the attention of the authorities in the lead-up to an alleged plot to cross from Canada […]

Conservatives call on government to disclose how latest ISIS suspect came to Canada

September 8, 2024 Stewart Bell and Mackenzie Gray

(Global News) The Conservatives have called on the government to explain how a 20-year-old Pakistani arrested in Quebec over an alleged ISIS plot targeting U.S. Jews was able to get into Canada. Federal officials declined to answer questions about the immigration status […]

Toronto man accused of plotting terror attack at Jewish centre in New York City Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, now faces terror-related charges in both U.S. and Canada

September 6, 2024 Adam Carter

(CBC) A Toronto-area man is facing terror charges in both Canada and the United States, authorities say, for allegedly attempting to illegally enter the U.S. to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in New York City. News releases issued […]

Nearly a third of Muslim-American voters back Trump — up 7 points from 2020: poll

September 6, 2024 Josh Christenson

(NY Post) Former President Donald Trump’s standing among Muslim-American voters has notably improved from four years ago, according to a new poll. Trump, 78, would have the support of 30% of Muslim voters if the 2024 election were held today, compared with […]

Anti-Israel group funded by Soros gains influence with 60 Biden White House visits

September 5, 2024 Gabe Kaminsky

(Washington Examiner) Over the course of President Joe Biden’s time in office, an anti-Israel group that receives large checks from Democratic megadonor George Soros has seen its top staffers score 60 trips to the White House for high-level meetings, according to records. […]

Meta panel rules that ‘from the river to the sea’ is not inherently antisemitic

September 4, 2024 Asaf Elia-Shalev

(JTA) Pro-Israel groups decried a ruling by Meta’s independent oversight body Wednesday that social media posts containing the phrase “from the river to the sea,” a longstanding Palestinian rallying cry, shouldn’t be automatically removed. The Oversight Board, a Meta-funded panel made of […]

RCMP did not entrap Canadian imprisoned in U.S. for ISIS plot, review finds

September 4, 2024 Stewart Bell

(Global News) The government’s national security review agency has dismissed a complaint alleging the RCMP entrapped a Canadian imprisoned in the United States for plotting ISIS attacks. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found the RCMP had conducted a “good faith […]

Cops: Scissors attack on Jewish barber in Yonkers was a hate crime

September 3, 2024 Jonathan Bandler

(Westchester Journal News) A Yonkers man is charged with attempted murder as a hate crime after allegedly stabbing a barber because he was Jewish. Ahmed al Jabali, 34, allegedly shouted, “I want to kill you, you (expletive) Jew” before repeatedly trying to […]

Afghan refugee pleads no contest to 2 murders in case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

September 3, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) An Afghan refugee convicted of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings in 2022 that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community pleaded no contest Tuesday to two homicide charges stemming from the other killings. Prosecutors said Muhammad Syed, 53, entered the pleas […]

Gaza conflict shapes — and reshapes — political views of Muslim American voters

August 31, 2024 Masood Farivar

(VOA) For more than 30 years, Senzel Schaefer has called the Democratic Party her political home, consistently voting for the party’s candidates in every primary, midterm and presidential election. Come Election Day, she’ll break ranks. For Muslim American voters like Schaefer, ending […]

Upstate NY imam encourages Columbia students to ‘take out’ pro-Israel professor

August 31, 2024 Doree Lewak

(NY Post) An upstate imam urged student activists to “take out” an outspoken, pro-Israel Columbia University professor who’s returning to the embattled Ivy this fall after a year of antisemitic hate. Vassar-educated, Utica-based imam Tom Facchine made the plea about business school […]

Photos: Las Vegas teenager allegedly ‘pledged allegiance to ISIS,’ built bombs, threatened school shooting 17-year-old indicted as adult, facing numerous felonies

August 29, 2024 David Charns

(KLAS) A teenager accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack was found with bomb-making guides and was previously suspended for threatening a school shooting, according to documents and photos the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas […]

Kamala Harris’s new Arab outreach director said ‘Zionists’ are ‘controlling’ American politics Brenda Abdelall comments came at a convention featuring prominent anti-Semite Cynthia McKinney

August 29, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Kamala Harris’s newly appointed head of Arab-American outreach once accused Zionists of “controlling” American politics, echoing an anti-Semitic trope that suggests Jews nefariously manipulate global affairs. “The Zionists have a strong voice in American politics,” Brenda Abdelall, an Egyptian-American lawyer […]

Afghan refugee accused in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community reaches plea agreement

August 29, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community has reached a plea agreement that could resolve criminal charges stemming from the other two killings. Muhammad Syed’s […]

Muslim voters evenly split between Jill Stein and Kamala Harris, new poll finds Poll shows 40 percent drop in Muslim support for Democrats, as they lean to third parties amid outrage over war in Gaza

August 29, 2024 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) A new poll conducted this week shows that the majority of Muslim voters in the United States are evenly split on who they plan to vote for as president in the upcoming November election, with roughly 60 percent planning […]

Kamala Harris campaign hires Egyptian American lawyer for Arab voter outreach

August 28, 2024 Andrea Shalal

(Reuters) Kamala Harris’ campaign for U.S. president has hired an Egyptian American lawyer and former Department of Homeland Security official to help lead outreach to Arab American voters who hold sway in some states that could help decide the Nov. 5 election, […]

Taylor Swift concert terror plot intended to kill ‘tens of thousands of people’: CIA official Taylor Swift's Vienna shows earlier this month were canceled due to the alleged foiled terrorist plot

August 28, 2024 Janelle Ash

(Fox) The deputy director of the CIA confirmed that the intended terrorist plot at Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna earlier this month intended on killing “a huge number” of people — including Americans. David S. Cohen revealed at the Intelligence and National […]

Las Vegas sheriff intervenes in release of teenage ISIS suspect Judge sets bail at $10,000; prosecutors asked for $1 million

August 26, 2024 David Charns

(KLAS) Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill intervened in the possible release of a teenager suspected of plotting a terror attack following a judge’s ruling, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas Metro police arrested him […]

Tlaib criticizes Democrats for not wanting to ‘hear’ from Palestinian voices

August 26, 2024 Miranda Nazzaro

(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) slammed the Democratic National Convention for not featuring a Palestinian American speaker, stating it is “hard not to feel invisible.” “It’s hard not to feel invisible as a Palestinian American. Our trauma and pain feel unseen and […]

Extreme rhetoric in New York mosques as imams call for destruction of Israel, praise Hamas

August 26, 2024 Isabel Vincent and Benjamin Weinthal

(NY Post) A Brooklyn Muslim cleric who once partnered with New York Mayor Eric Adams on a campaign to end hate is now spreading it by calling for the annihilation of Israel, the Post has learned. Meanwhile, one of his counterparts at […]

Can Harris win back Michigan’s crucial Muslim vote?

August 25, 2024 Agnes Bun and Issam Ahmed

(AFP) In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back, after they were alienated by President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The […]

Man threatened hostages over scientist’s jailing, inquest told

August 24, 2024 Duncan Gardham

(BBC) A British man who had been investigated by MI5 threatened to shoot worshippers at a US synagogue as he demanded the release of a Pakistani scientist jailed in the country, an inquest has heard. Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, Lancashire, was […]

Muslim Women for Harris pulls support over Palestinian DNC speaker controversy

August 22, 2024 Yash Roy

(Hill) Amid reports that the Democratic National Convention (DNC) will refuse demands to feature a Palestinian American speaker at the Chicago convention, Muslim Women for Harris announced that they “cannot in good conscience continue” the organization. “We cannot in good conscience, continue […]

Growing number of Democrats call for Palestinian speaker on final night of DNC

August 22, 2024 Yash Roy

(Hill) A growing number of elected Democrats and activists are calling on the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee to allow a Palestinian to speak on the final night of the DNC. “We cannot ignore the Chicagoland Palestinian community as one […]

Biden-Harris admin stonewalls congressional probe into US nonprofits bankrolling pro-Hamas protests House Ed and Oversight committees tease subpoena after admin fails to produce 'suspicious activity reports'

August 21, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result. Congress initiated the probe […]

Las Vegas teenager plotted ISIS-inspired terror attack, built bombs in room: documents Las Vegas police, FBI foil reported terror plot involving Islamic State

August 20, 2024 David Charns

(KLAS) A teenager accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas was allegedly building bombs in his room and may have been preparing to target a school, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Joshua Robles was 16 when […]

Islamic Center of Rockland, local officials decry antisemitic sermon by visiting imam

August 19, 2024 Alexandra Rivera

(Westchester Journal News) The Islamic Center of Rockland is denouncing a recent sermon given by a guest imam that was inflammatory and violent in nature, and riddled with antisemitism. In a video of a sermon given Aug. 9 and shared to the […]

Las Vegas teen accused in ‘lone wolf’ ISIS terror plot

August 19, 2024 Elaine Emerson

(KVVU) A teen is accused of attempting to run a “lone wolf” ISIS terror operation in Las Vegas, including trying to make explosive devices and possibly targeting a high school, according to court documents. A grand jury indicted Joshua Robles on eight […]

Muslim member of MD hate crime commission resigns after accusations of antisemitism

August 19, 2024 Ian Round

(Daily Record) A Muslim member of Maryland’s hate crime commission resigned Monday amid what he called “a coordinated Islamophobic campaign of hate and online bullying from anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim groups.” Ayman Nassar, CEO of the Islamic Leadership Institute, was appointed to the […]

Indian American Muslim group cancels parade participation amid float controversy

August 18, 2024 Gloria Pazmino and Sabrina Souza

(CNN) A group representing Indian American Muslims has withdrawn its float from New York City’s annual India Day Parade on Sunday following controversy over the inclusion of a float they say shows anti-Muslim bias. Imtiaz Siamwalla, the president of Indian Muslims of […]

26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana faces extradition after US appeals court ruling

August 17, 2024 Arul Louis

(IANS) Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana faces the grim prospect of facing justice in India for the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai that killed around 175 people after a federal appeals court in the US quashed his appeal against extradition. The California-based Ninth Circuit […]

Harris campaign turns deaf ear to Jewish groups in decision to court pro-Hamas activist Jewish leaders condemned Michigan's Osama Siblani when Biden's team met with him in February

August 16, 2024 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) Jewish groups condemned the Biden-Harris administration earlier this year for meeting with Michigan activist Osama Siblani, citing his record of anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas remarks. Those concerns appear to have fallen on deaf ears at Kamala Harris’s campaign headquarters. Harris campaign […]

Walz administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity

August 16, 2024 Gabe Kaminsky

(Washington Examiner) Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association […]

Float planned for N.Y.C. India Day Parade is condemned as anti-Muslim The float, slated for inclusion in Sunday’s parade, depicts a Hindu temple in India that was built on the site of a mosque torn down by religious extremists.

August 15, 2024 Liam Stack and Anusha Bayya

(NY Times) A float slated to appear in New York City’s India Day Parade this weekend is causing an uproar, with community groups calling it a symbol of anti-Muslim hate, parade organizers defending its inclusion and elected officials scrambling to respond. The […]

Jordanian citizen charged with attacking Florida solar power facility and making threats over anti-Israel beliefs

August 15, 2024 Holmes Lybrand

(CNN) A Jordanian citizen residing in Orlando, Florida, has been charged for allegedly destroying solar panels at an energy facility and making threats against businesses in the state because he believed they supported Israel. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen has been charged with […]

Trump blasts Tim Walz over ties to Muslim cleric who shared pro-Hitler film

August 15, 2024 Gabe Kaminsky

(Washington Examiner) Former President Donald Trump took aim at Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Thursday over the governor’s ties to a Muslim cleric who promoted a pro-Hitler movie. “He’s praised a Hitler-supporting radical Muslim [imam] named Asad Zaman, […]

Harris appoints Muslim outreach chief with contentious views on Israel Nasrina Bargzie previously served as a policy adviser in Vice President Kamala Harris’s White House office and is best known for her contentious views on issues related to Israel and Palestine.

August 15, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) The Harris 2024 campaign has appointed Nasrina Bargzie as a new outreach leader to engage Muslim and Arab voters, according to NBC News on Tuesday. This move has already sparked controversy due to her past statements about Israel and Jewish […]

Kamala Harris stonewalls congressional probe into natsec adviser’s ties to Iran influence network 'Such an obvious security risk in your inner circle should have elicited your utmost attention,' Cotton writes

August 15, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Vice President Kamala Harris is stonewalling a congressional inquiry into her national security adviser’s ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched the […]

Harris’ campaign adds top adviser to lead outreach to Muslim and Arab voters Nasrina Bargzie will lead outreach to a constituency that soured on President Joe Biden over his support of Israel in its war against Hamas.

August 13, 2024 Yamiche Alcindor

(NBC) Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is hiring Nasrina Bargzie to lead outreach to Muslim and Arab voters, according to a campaign official who first shared details of the plan with NBC News — a move focused on a key constituency that […]