(IPT) For many years now, the New York Times has sanitized radical Islamic groups, militant Islamic leaders and even Islamic terrorist attacks. The paper has [done] this by deliberately omitting critical details that would discredit Islamist groups. For example, the Times routinely […]
(NPR) Rep. Keith Ellison easily won the Democratic primary for Minnesota attorney general, the Associated Press projected, just hours after the Democratic National Committee said it is reviewing allegations of domestic abuse against [the] Minnesota congressman, who also serves as the party’s […]
(Newsweek) Once a clear frontrunner, a recent accusation of domestic abuse has threatened to knock congressman Keith Ellison’s bid to become attorney general of Minnesota off track. The deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, who has been accused of verbally and […]
(Daily Caller) The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has elected to remain silent as its deputy chair, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, battles allegations of domestic violence from an ex-girlfriend. Sierra Club activist Karen Monahan and her son have accused Ellison of physically and […]
(Daily Caller) The New Mexico judge overseeing the case against five alleged Muslim extremists essentially accused prosecutors of discriminating against Muslims in her Monday court order granting bail to the defendants. The defendants, Siraj Wahhaj, Hujrah Wahhaj, Jany Leveille, [Subhanah] Wahhaj, and […]
(CNN) Rep. Keith Ellison is denying allegations made public on Saturday that he physically abused an ex-girlfriend. The allegations were detailed in a Facebook post by Austin Monahan, the son of Ellison’s former girlfriend Karen Monahan. The son wrote that he found […]
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) When a 3-year-old Clayton County boy died in a ritual in the northern New Mexico desert, the other children there were allegedly told he would come back to life as Jesus and tell them who to kill. That’s among the […]
(FrontPage) It turns out the man arrested for running a Muslim terrorist training compound in rural New Mexico is the son of an influential Democrat-connected jihadist imam who was close to the Blind Sheikh who orchestrated the bombing of the World Trade […]
(MPR) Keith Ellison, one of the leading candidates to be Minnesota’s next attorney general, confronted allegations Sunday of domestic abuse of a former girlfriend that surfaced days before the election that will decide the party’s nominee. The allegation that the physical abuse […]
(PJ Media) According to CNN, 100 or more newspapers will publish editorials attacking President Trump on August 16. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s largest newspapers — along with every other mainstream outlet in the country — just whiffed on covering this: signed, notarized court documents […]
(Breitbart) Democrat Rashida Tlaib, winner of her party’s primary in Michigan’s 13th congressional district, celebrated her win last week with a series of anti-Israel tweets. Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, will become the country’s first female Muslim member of Congress next year. She […]
(IPT) MUSIAD USA sent letters to several U.S. senators last week protesting sanction[s] the Trump administration’s imposed on Turkey over its continuing detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. MUSIAD is a businessmen’s association connected with Turkey’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party […]
(Michigan Radio) The Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan is part of a lawsuit filed Wednesday challenging practices used to monitor passengers in U.S. airports. The lawsuit aims to have the no-fly list, watch list, and the new “Quiet Skies” program declared unconstitutional. […]
(Daily Caller) Hyatt Hotels received a call from a Muslim social justice organization demanding that it cancel its agreement to host ACT for America’s annual conference in early September. In the wake of recent online banishments of personalities and organizations deemed “hateful” […]
(Religion News) Last year, a minor controversy erupted at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Chicago. ISNA had allowed two activist groups, the Human Rights Campaign and Muslims for Progressive Values, to co-sponsor a booth. But when convention organizers […]
(Hill) A report from the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed “anti-Muslim bias incidents” in California surged 82 percent in 2017, during President Trump’s first year in office. The report from CAIR California says the group received complaints of 2,259 “anti-Muslim bias incidents” last year, […]
(Worcester Telegram) A Democratic primary challenger to U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, in the 1st Congressional District has landed endorsements from progressive groups despite her connection to a Muslim cleric who called the Supreme Court ruling upholding same-sex marriage the “darkest day […]
(NY Daily News) A Brooklyn imam once linked to the 1993 World Trade Center blast steered police to a terrorist training center for kids run by his son in New Mexico. Imam [Siraj] Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator of terrorist bomber Sheik Omar […]
(Bergen Record) A Syria native from Bergen County and a Middlesex County man are among 20 Americans who filed a lawsuit this week alleging their rights were violated by the federal government’s secret surveillance of travelers. The lawsuit challenges the federal terrorist watch list system […]
(Breitbart) Left-wing Islamic activist Linda Sarsour reportedly has ties to the father of the man arrested for allegedly training children to carry out school shootings on a New Mexico compound. Police arrested Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 39, last week for allegedly holding a series […]
(NY Post) A controversial Brooklyn imam confirmed Thursday that the decomposing body of a young boy found in a squalid New Mexico compound is his grandson — but denied his mosque had anything to do with the death, or an alleged “conspiracy […]
(PJ Media) Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-60B) is the presumed frontrunner for the MN-5 House seat being vacated by Rep. Keith Ellison (D). The seat is safely Democratic; Hollywood progressives, local party officials, and Minnesota media have all but scheduled the […]
(Oakland Press) A federal judge has eased computer restrictions for the Northville doctor charged in the nation’s landmark female genital mutilation case. Judge Bernard Friedman of U.S. District Court in Detroit on Tuesday changed bond conditions for Jumana Nagarwala, granting her permission […]
(Daily Caller) Media outlets are leaving out a key detail about the New Mexico compound leaders who were reportedly training young children to commit school shootings. Eleven children were recently rescued from the “filthy” compound, which police say appears to be run […]
(AP) Former Michigan state Rep. Rashida Tlaib has won the Democratic nomination to run unopposed for the House seat long held by former Rep. John Conyers, setting her up to become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress. No Republicans or third-party […]
(Free Beacon) Congress recently approved new legislation that would force foreign-owned media organizations such as Qatar’s Al Jazeera to register as a foreign agent under U.S. law. The legislation, included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, would mandate that […]
(AP) A Muslim civil rights organization said Tuesday it plans to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal government’s terror watch list system, including a newly disclosed program in which air marshals have secretly monitored air passengers with no known […]
(NY Post) The five people arrested for child abuse in New Mexico after they were found living with 11 children in “Third World” conditions are related to a controversial Muslim faith leader in Brooklyn who has been linked to the 1993 World […]
(WITI) Ex-Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says he’s split up with his former business partner, whom Clarke accuses of being a Muslim Brotherhood operative who “duped” him. Clarke made the announcement in a tweet on Sunday, Aug. 5, in which he also […]
(Detroit Free Press) The doctor at the center of a historic genital mutilation case has another favor she’s asking of the judge: let me use the Internet. This, on top of — please dismiss more charges against me. More than a year […]
(FrontPage) On August 7, Michigan’s citizens will be going to their polling booths to vote in gubernatorial primaries. Attorney General Bill Schuette and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley are vying for the GOP ticket. Democratic candidates have whittled to three; former state Senate […]
(Algemeiner) The 13th Congressional District in Michigan is one of the state’s poorest and neediest. Still reeling from the departure of longtime US Representative John Conyers, 89 — the “dean” of the House of Representatives and the longest-serving African-American member of Congress […]
(ABC) Born and raised in Detroit, Fayrouz Saad has always been proud of her Lebanese heritage. “My parents moved from Lebanon and started a halal meat shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market,” she said. “I’m a product of their American Dream. I want […]
(Politico) Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are joining forces to elect an underdog but potentially history-making candidate on the ballot in Michigan next week: Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician who would be the nation’s first Muslim governor. Sanders is spending the final […]
(Idaho Statesman) A Boise Republican legislative candidate wrote he was “happy to delete another American hating muzzie” July 27 as he posted a photo of another Idahoan he apparently blocked on his personal Facebook page. “Of course he lives here and benefits […]
(Springfield Republican) Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, a Springfield Democrat running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District, spoke out this week against an Islamophobic flier targeting her campaign that has been sent to residents across Western Massachusetts. Amatul-Wadud, who will […]
(IPT) As the United States and its coalition partners continue to squeeze ISIS out of its remaining territory in Iraq and Syria, more and more foreign fighters are returning to their home countries. This migration from the battlefield to the hometown is […]
(VOA) On a few days over the last year, federal agents approached travelers at several U.S. airports — flights bound for or connecting to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Frankfurt, Germany, and Dakar, Senegal. The officials — part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
(MLive) New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whirled through Michigan last weekend, stopping for selfies, giving impassioned speeches and stumping for gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Ocasio-Cortez is a rock star in progressive circles, maybe only behind Bernie Sanders, who also endorsed […]
(IPT) When Linda Sarsour speaks, a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official apparently likes what he hears. Gamal Heshmat shared an anti-Israel video by Sarsour on his Facebook page last Friday. In it, Sarsour glosses over Hamas’ role coordinating the “Great March of […]
(WFTS) Security officers escorted a local activist out of President Trump’s campaign event in Tampa Tuesday night. “We came in and wanted to voice our concerns on different topics he was actually touching on,” said Aida Mackic. Mackic is the Interfaith and […]
(WXYZ) A small team of air marshals, as part of the “Quiet Skies” program, are looking for behaviors like abnormal awareness of surroundings, excessive fidgeting or perspiration, and rapid eye blinking, according to a bombshell report by the Boston Globe. And it’s […]
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(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) An Iranian-American’s five-month jail sentence was reduced after he filed an appeal accusing a Sandy Springs judge who sentenced him of harboring anti-Islamic bias. Municipal Court Judge Sharon Dickson recently came under fire for remarks she made during Fazial Azizan’s […]
(Hill) The Trump administration is facing the first legal challenge to its travel ban on nationals from five Muslim-majority countries following the recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld the ban. Muslim Advocates, Lotfi Legal LLC, the Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center PLLC and Public […]
(PRI) On July 26, 2016, a young girl stepped up to the mic at a meeting of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education. “Good evening. My name is Sohaila Gebaly,” she said. “I’m going to 6th grade. I love […]
(Breitbart) New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday urged Michigan voters to elect a “posse” of progressive candidates to help the democratic socialist “throw down” in Congress. Appearing alongside Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour and Democrat Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez […]
(IPT) If you ask the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its media allies, terrorists ensnared by FBI sting operation[s] are victims of entrapment; they’re mentally ill; or both. Media coverage, such as a recent Cleveland Plain Dealer article about a sting […]
(Detroit News) Three doctors accused of cutting the genitalia of prepubescent girls want key charges dismissed, arguing that a law banning female genital mutilation is unconstitutional. The request, filed Friday in federal court, is the first legal challenge to a 22-year-old law that […]
(IPT) While polls show him lagging in third place in a three-candidate primary, Abdul El-Sayed promises to shock the political world Aug. 7 by becoming Michigan’s Democratic nominee for governor. He’s running an ambitious campaign that mirrors the success political novice Alexandria […]
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