Whiter Shade of Terror
Muslim cleric who hid Christians during attacks honored in the US
(CNN) — The US government is honoring an 83-year-old Muslim cleric who hid 262 Christians in his home and mosque during an attack in central Nigeria. Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, along with four religious leaders from Sudan, Iraq, Brazil and Cyprus, were awarded the 2019 the International Religious Freedom Award, which is given to advocates of […]
Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11
Updated July 3, 2019 12.45pm EDT Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighters since Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama bin Laden-led extremist group attacked the United States, according to the not-for-profit Council on Foreign Relations. Despite a United States-led global “war on terror” that has cost US$5.9 trillion, killed an estimated 480,000 to 507,000 people and assassinated bin Laden, […]
Twitter Conspiracy Theorist Charged With a Felony in Lynch Threat Against Muslim Candidate
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina have filed criminal charges over an anonymous Twitter post threatening to lynch a Muslim attorney vying for a seat in the Virginia Senate, marking a rare law enforcement action targeting hate speech on social media. Joseph Cecil Vandevere, of Buncombe County, North Carolina, was indicted June 20 on a single […]
A faith-based aid revolution in the Muslim world?
Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in “mandatory” alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate. At the low end of the estimate, this is 15 times more than global humanitarian aid contributions* in 2011. Islam requires Muslims to give a portion of their wealth to charity […]
Dearborn employee terminated for racist Facebook post on Muslim model
A Dearborn employee under fire for a racist comment he wrote on Facebook has been terminated. Bill Larion’s post was made about a Muslim model who posed for Sports Illustrated. He commented on another news organization’s Facebook page under the photo saying, “Cute picture should be on the cover of Camels are us.” Larion was […]
New Zealander Philip Arps faces 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to sharing Christchurch mosque shooting video online
Arps pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the mosque video and will continue to remain in prison till he is sentenced on June 14. Philip Arps, a businessman from Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday pleaded guilty to sharing a live stream video which was recorded by the white supremacist gunman who opened fire inside […]
Prince William tells New Zealand mosque survivors extremism must be defeated
Suspect arrested after admitting to making bomb threat toward Benton Harbor mosque
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — A New Buffalo man was arrested and held at the Berrien County Jail Friday after he allegedly called in a false bomb threat to a Benton Harbor-area mosque, according to Benton Township Police Department. Officers with the department were made aware of the bomb threat made towards the Islamic Association of Southwest […]
Quebec mosque shooter’s parents: don’t call him a terrorist
The family of the man who killed six people at a Quebec City mosque in 2017 has written to Prime Minister Trudeau, asking he stop referring to Alexandre Bissonnette as a terrorist. Andrew Brennan reports.