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 […]
Man pleads guilty to London mosque bomb plot
A man has admitted to a terrorist plot to bomb a London mosque. Steven Bishop pleaded guilty just before his trial was due to begin at Kingston crown court. The 41-year-old admitted buying components, including fireworks and a firing device, to build an improvised incendiary device. He had also researched how to build a firebomb, […]
Man Accused Of Murder Charged In Mosque Incidents: Police
A Clarksburg man already facing a murder charge in Virginia has been linked to two incidents at Montgomery County mosques, police said. By Alessia Grunberger, Patch Staff | Apr 8, 2019 8:38 am ET | Updated Apr 8, 2019 8:39 am ET GERMANTOWN, MD — A Clarksburg man already facing a murder charge in connection with a hit-and-run in Virginia has been […]
Muslims and Jews Face a Common Threat From White Supremacists. We Must Fight It Together.
THE TWO OF us have been having the exact same conversation for the past decade. About anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. One of us a Muslim, the other a Jew, we have conducted it in public and in private, on Twitter and on TV. We’ve agreed; we’ve argued; we’ve even wandered off topic to trade tips on how to get […]
New Zealand Massacre Dredges Up Worries at a Traumatized New York Mosque
Mohammed Amanullah didn’t have to look up the number for the 106th Precinct in Queens. Looking out the window of his home on Glenmore Avenue, he realized he didn’t even need to call: A patrol car was already stationed outside Al Furqan Jame Masjid, an Ozone Park mosque. It was March 15, and news had […]
Alleged New Zealand mosque gunman linked to far-right group backed by Steve King
Austrian authorities announced Wednesday that they had discovered a financial link between the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter and a white nationalist group frequently championed by members of the U.S. far right, including Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Prosecutors in the south of the country said the Identitarian Movement, a white nationalist group that first originated […]
Austria Considers Dissolving Far-Right Group After It Received Donation From Suspected New Zealand Mosque Attacker
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS 12:14 PM EDT (VIENNA) — The Austrian government is considering dissolving a far-right group after it emerged that one of its leading members received a donation in the name of the suspected New Zealand mosque gunman, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Wednesday. Austrian police on Monday searched the home of the head of the Identitarian […]
Illinois ‘White Rabbits’ admit firebombing Islamic mosque
CHICAGO (WLS) — Two Illinois men who admitted their roles in a firebomb attack on an Islamic mosque in Minnesota, trying to firebomb a women’s health clinic in Champaign, and other violent acts during 2017 and 2018 associated with a homegrown terrorist group, face 35 years to life behind bars. Some members of the group recorded […]
Muslim groups denounce Quebec Premier Legault’s statements on Islamophobia
MONTREAL — Premier Francois Legault’s statement that Islamophobia does not exist in Quebec was denounced by Muslim groups as “offensive and inexcusable,” prompting Legault to clarify his statements on Friday. The National Council of Canadian Muslims called on Legault to retract the remarks made Thursday, two days after the second anniversary of a mosque shooting […]
After police foil terrorist attack on Islamberg, New York Muslims push for justice
(RNS) — News of arrests in an alleged terrorist plot to attack their small village has sent “shock waves” through Islamberg, a predominantly black Muslim community in upstate New York, residents say. Now, members of the beleaguered community say they want real action after learning that four young men had allegedly planned to attack their […]