Canadian imams on ISIL hit list for preaching against extremism and steering Muslims ‘away from jihad’
TORONTO – Two Canadian imams are on a hit list released Tuesday by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which accused one them of steering Muslims “away from jihad” and the other of showing remorse for “Canadian soldiers killed by Muslims.” Both were singled out in the latest edition of the ISIL propaganda magazine […]
Turkish leader Erdogan says Islamophobia on rise in US
Islamophobia is on the rise in the United States and US presidential candidates have targeted Muslims during the election campaign, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said during a visit to the country. Speaking on Saturday at the opening of a Turkish-sponsored mosque and religious complex outside Washington, Erdogan also said recent attacks in Brussels and Paris […]
Ted Cruz Blames Obama And ‘Political Correctness’ For Attack In Brussels (VIDEO)
Following the terror attack in Brussels which took at least 30 lives and injured 170 people, Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz quickly called for the intense surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S. It was just hours after the attack that Cruz took to his Facebook page to vow to end ‘political correctness’ and […]
Christie: “No intelligence to suggest a threat” to N.J. after Brussels attack
LONG BRANCH — Gov. Chris Christie assured residents Tuesday there’s “no intelligence to suggest a (similar) threat to New Jersey” in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels. But residents traveling on public transit can expect to see a larger police presence as officials monitor for any possible threats to the region, Christie […]
The Islamic State was created by the United States and the West
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 15, 2015 – In the Middle East almost everything is slightly off center. Weekends are on Thursdays and Fridays, calendars are lunar rather than solar, reading is done from right to left instead of the other way around and there are dozens of other examples where nothing is quite the way it […]
Malaysia Vows To Fight ISIS With Saudi Arabia
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has pledged to fight extremism and terrorism in Southeast Asia, where officials said Islamic State militants have been working to co-opt local terror groups. Speaking at a business conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Najib said late Tuesday that the two countries will remain “inseparable partners” against terror groups that have […]
Watch: How ISIS Went Global
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is an entity that has captivated the world. It adorns the front-pages of the world’s biggest newspapers, the television screens of millions of viewers and the policy notes of the world’s most powerful governments, for all the wrong reasons. It has risen to become the flag-bearer of the global […]
Rescued Swedish teenager describes ‘hard life’ under ISIL in Iraq
A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIL fanatics in Iraq has said she was duped into going there by her boyfriend, describing life in the so-called caliphate as “really hard”. Kurdish special forces recovered the 16-year-old on February 17 in northern Iraq, where she was due to be handed over to the Swedish authorities. The girl […]
Ulema declare Daesh ‘Khawarij’
Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) on Wednesday termed the self-styled Islamic State (Daesh) as a ‘Khawarij’ (those who deviated from mainstream Islam). This declaration was made at the international ‘Paigham -i-Islam’ conference organised by the PUC. Mufti-e-Azam Palestine Al-Sheikh Muhammad Ahmed Hussein presided over the event. The declaration, passed during the conference, condemned the attacks on […]
Don’t let terrorists define American values
The events in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., were outrageous. There is no way to predict when or where the next atrocity will occur. My first reaction to these events was that we should bomb the Islamic State into oblivion, cut off their money supply and destroy their leadership. I sounded like some of our […]