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Rep. Romman tells supporters that “we’re going back to the whole like collecting pledges thing” and that they could "write checks but dated for April 3rd.” Georgia law bars legislators from seeking pledges or contributions while the General Assembly is in session.
FWI News
Georgia Legislator Faces Ethics Complaint over Fundraising
Candidate Ruwa Romman Allegedly Told Supporters How to Skirt Campaign Finance Laws
October 27, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
FWI News
Supplications for Slaughter from America’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Mosque
October 20, 2026
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Sam Westrop
The razor-thin victory of Abdul el Sayed over Haley Stevens — with a margin of less than 1 percent or just 13,792 votes — followed an active season of politicking by at least seven Michigan mosques. Most of that activity appears to contradict IRS guidance. Image: Abdul el-Sayed at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 19, 2026.
Middle East Forum Online
I Fled Islamism in Iran. Now, American Tax Dollars Are Funding It in Michigan
October 20, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
Usama Abdulghani of Light of Guidance condemns Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s pro-LGBT politics beside a picture of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader. (Light of Guidance/YouTube)
FWI News
A Pro-Khomeini Imam’s Campaign Against El-Sayed
October 13, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
Articles by Islamist Watch
Texas Public Education Must Divest From Islamist Influence
October 7, 2026
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Sam Westrop
FWI Research
CAIR’s Latest Muslim Voter Survey Reaffirms Islamist Group’s Own Deficiencies
July 8, 2022
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Sam Westrop
Articles
Exclusive: Islamist Hamtramck Mayor’s Bigotry and Apparent Voter Fraud
July 7, 2022
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Benjamin Baird
Delegates at the USCMO's National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
FWI Government Funding of Islamism
Terror Supporters and Child Abuse Enthusiasts to Benefit from Expanded Federal Program
June 24, 2022
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Sam Westrop
Islamist Watch in the Media
In the Media
Terrorism in the 21st century: Causes, Drivers and Solutions
March 24, 2021
In the Media
IAMC: A Breaking India Organization
March 24, 2021
In the Media
Anti-India Resolution Backed by Islamists and the Left in Chicago City Council Defeated
March 24, 2021
In the Media
Biden Economic Policy Advisor Linked to Kashmiri Extremists
March 10, 2021
In the Media
US State Department cuts ties with IRW due to antisemitism allegations
January 19, 2021
In the Media
Over anti-Semitism, US State Department ends ties with Islamic charity
January 19, 2021
Reports
July 31, 2024
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Israel’s October 27 election has left the country with arithmetic in an unfamiliar setting. With all the ballots counted, voters gave Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats, Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc 48, and Arab parties 19 in the 120-seat Knesset. Image: Plenum Hall of the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem.
Middle East Forum Online
The Arab World Is Watching: Could Netanyahu Expand the Iran War Before Forming a Government?
The Question Matters Because the Conflict with Iran Has Not Ended
November 1, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
The renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a revolutionary court in Tehran, with his assets confiscated and a ban on travelling and using social media. Image: Awardee Jafar Panahi at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Kevin Payravi, WikiPortraits, Wikimedia Commons.
Middle East Forum Online
Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Also Deserves Naza’s Applause
He Is an Opponent of a Regime That Shoots, Hangs and, Since 1979, Has Kept Intellectuals and Filmmakers in Prison
November 1, 2026
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Giulio Meotti
Displaced Yemeni families live in makeshift tents under dire humanitarian conditions as the war; July 5, 2023.
Middle East Forum Online
Besieged by the Houthis, Yemen’s Taiz Is Teetering on the Edge of Humanitarian Catastrophe
800,000 People in Southwest Yemen Are Currently Staring Down the Wrong End of Possible Starvation, with No Force Waiting in the Wings to Remedy the Situation
November 1, 2026
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Jonathan Spyer