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When a local pastor condemned officials for naming a busy intersection after Hezbollah-supporter Osama Siblani in September 2025, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud (above in 2024) called the pastor “an Islamophobe,” declaring: “I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of the city because you are not somebody who believes in coexistence.”
FWI News
Journalist Sues Dearborn and Its Mayor for Anti-Christian, Anti-Jewish Discrimination
Local Pastor Supports Lawsuit
September 18, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
Protesters at a January 20, 2025 rally in London demonize Israel, adding fervor and strength to the Islamist cause in the United Kingdom.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Baroness Warsi: Unable—or Unwilling—to Defend Civil Society in U.K.
Labour’s Likely Islamophobia Czar Says Only ‘Six Freaks’ Back Hamas
September 18, 2026
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Hannah Baldock
Islamic Relief USA announced its separation from its former parent organization, Islamic Relief Worldwide. Above, IRUSA — now known as IDEA (Islamic Development & Engagement in America) — solicits donations in the exhibition hall at the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee's (ADC) annual convention in Dearborn, Michigan, in late 2025.
FWI News
Islamic Relief Worldwide Divorces American Affiliate
American Aid Agency Changes Name on New Website Without Citing Split
September 15, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Panelists at ISNA's 63rd Annual Convention in Detroit leaned on a sense of Muslim grievance to stoke political mobilization ahead of the November midterms. From left: Amira Elghawaby, Canada's former special representative on combating Islamophobia; Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC); Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR-Los Angeles; Mufti Wasim Khan, dean of the Texas-based ISRA Foundation; Mohamed Gula, interim CEO of Emgage USA; and moderator Muzammil Ahmed, at the panel "Voicing Vulnerability Through Civic Presence."
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Muslim Leaders Tout Mamdani, El-Sayed at ISNA Convention
Speakers Level Accusations of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Islamophobia’ to Whip Up Base
September 15, 2026
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Michael Lewis
Omar Suleiman, founder of the Yaqeen Institute, has been a prominent public booster of the Human Development Fund as the charity’s revenue jumped from $1.1 million in 2023 to more than $33 million in 2024. While the fund is not explicitly anti-Israel, it enjoys the support of Suleiman, who has declared the “Zionist project is entirely built on Palestinian extermination.”
FWI Research
What Does the Human Development Fund Do with Its Money?
Paperwork for Islamist-Supported Charity Obscures Spending
September 14, 2026
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Leslie Kajomovitz
The state capitol building in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a state that has become a haven for criminal and terrorist organizations intent on disguising their operations as legitimate businesses.
FWI News
Wyoming Business Laws Protect Gaza-Based Charity from Scrutiny
Investigative NGO Coleven Documented Charity’s Ties to Hamas in Gaza
September 13, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
Chancellor Christian Stocker from Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) reversed his party's position in late August 2026 to back a constitutional ban on "political Islam" — a policy his coalition had previously rejected when proposed by the opposition Freedom Party (FPÖ). Stocker said Islam interpreted "in a political sense" is incompatible with Austrian democracy, while stressing that freedom of religious belief and practice would remain protected.
FWI News
Austria Scrambles to Ban ‘Political Islam’ After Ruling Coalition’s U-Turn
Chancellor’s Party Had Previously Voted Down Resolution to Ban Islamism
September 9, 2026
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Jules Gomes
A booth promoting Abdul Sayed's Senate campaign at Huntington Place in Detroit, the scene of the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention which took place over Labor Day weekend.
FWI News
ISNA Allowed Michigan Senate Candidate to Campaign at its Detroit Convention
Activists Used Convention Hall to Solicit Funds, Recruit Volunteers, Garner Votes
September 9, 2026
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FWI Staff
European Parliament in Strasbourg expels FEMYSO, the Muslim Brotherhood-linked youth network, after 33 MEPs warned of its Islamist ties and threat to European values.
FWI News
European Union Supporting Muslim Brotherhood Youth Event on ‘Islamophobia’
EU Makes U-Turn After Parliament Expelled Islamist Youth Organization
September 4, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Maryam Abu-Hasaballah, a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut, wrote an honors thesis about the protests at the schools main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. In her thesis, published in 2025, Abu-Hasaballah accused UConn president Radenka Maric of using campus police to deprive the post-Oct. 7 protesters of their right to free speech because of a pro-Israel bias and personal ties to the Jewish state. As it turns out, Abu-Hassaballah has alleged family ties to a Hamas fighter who was killed by Israel after he participated in the October 7 attack.
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Massachusetts Suburb Hires Anti-Zionist With Alleged Family Ties to Hamas Fighter to Teach Social Studies
UConn Grad Wrote Honors Thesis About Post-October 7 Protests—Without Mentioning Massacre
September 3, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
Imam Elahi and Abdul El-Sayed at Islamic House of Wisdom in June 2026
FWI News
Democrat or Theocrat?
The Islamic Republic Insider in Michigan Who Endorsed El-Sayed
September 2, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
The the University of Oslo in Norway canceled a scheduled talk by Ustadh Mohamed Baajour, a Lebanese-born imam and director of the East Plano Islamic Centre in Texas.
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Texas-Based Islamist Barred from Speaking in Norway
August 26, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Italian counter-terrorism police arrested a 17-year-old Egyptian-Italian girl in Lombardy after finding evidence on her phone that she had downloaded blueprints for an explosive vest and repeatedly declared herself ready for martyrdom “in the name of Allah.”
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Italian Police Arrest Teenage Female Jihadi Over Explosive Vest Blueprints on Phone
August 22, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Cambridge University is under fire for hiring Farah Ahmed, a former pamphleteer for Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist organization that seeks establish a global Islamic Caliphate. In 2002, she warned her readers that British Muslims need “to recognise that Western education is a threat to our beliefs and values.”
FWI News
Cambridge Hired Anti-Western Education Academic Linked to Islamist Terror Group
Farah Ahmed Attacked British Schools for Condemning Child Marriage and Polygamy
August 19, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Mohammad Yousef Al-Hasna, an employee of the U.K.-based Al-Khair Foundation, faces U.S. charges of diverting charitable donations to terrorist activities by allegedly routing humanitarian aid intended for suffering Gazans to Hamas.
FWI News
U.K. Watchdog Probes U.N. Affiliated Charity Accused of Funding Hamas
FBI Indictment Sparks Extradition Drama for Arrested NGO Director in Britain
August 11, 2026
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Jules Gomes
French officials ordered the six-month closure of the Attaqwa mosque in Aulnay-sous-Bois over the objections of attorney Rafik Chekkat, who argued leaders of the institution did not promote hatred but were merely quoting the Quran.
FWI News
France Shuts Down Mosque for Preaching Jihad, Inciting Violence
Mosque’s Activist Lawyer Claims Imam Was Only Citing Qur’an
August 10, 2026
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Jules Gomes
For decades, Morocco has understood that migration can serve purposes extending far beyond humanitarian need. Properly controlled – or deliberately left uncontrolled – migration becomes a remarkably effective instrument of statecraft. Image: Ceuta, a Spanish city in North Africa, seen from Morocco behind a thorn wire fence located on the Moroccan border, against a sunset over the sea.
FWI News
Top Islamist Theologian Accuses Zionists of Orchestrating Spain’s Migrant Crisis
Antisemitic Influencers Spread Conspiracy Plot to 103 Million in 72 Hours
August 7, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Spanish police warn that previously deported jihadis are among the thousands who breached Ceuta’s border, while the Interior Ministry insists the arrivals pose no security threat—a denial one expert calls typical of Europe’s left-wing political establishment.
FWI News
Spain’s Interior Ministry Dismisses Police Warnings of Jihadis Among Ceuta Migrants
Denial a Well-Known Trait Among Europe’s Political Establishment, Expert Warns
August 6, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Israeli officials have blocked the appointment of numerous nominees to the nation’s Sharia courts because of ties to the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, an Islamist organization that advocates for the destruction of the Jewish state.
FWI News
Israel Blocks Appointment of Muslim Brotherhood Judges to Sharia Courts
Israeli Islamism Expert Explains the Dilemma of Sharia Law for the Jewish State
August 5, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Massachusetts State Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), presides over an "Islamohobia" awareness forum in at Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland in late 2024.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Massachusetts Lawmakers Push Special Privileges for Muslims
Nearly Two Centuries After Ending Public Support for Congregational Churches, Lawmakers Call for Commission to Recommend Muslims for Government Jobs
August 4, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
FWI Research
Toronto Islamist Convention: Repel the Western ‘Wolves,’ Seize Political Power
Speakers at Muslim Association of Canada Event Frame West as Predatory, Reject Assimilation, Exhort Youth to Advance Islamism
August 3, 2026
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Joe Adam George
The U.K. Charity Commission is assessing concerns over sermons at Al-Sunnah Mosque in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, linked to the perpetrators of the 2025 Heaton Park synagogue attack.
FWI Research
Mosque Preaching Anti-Jewish Sermons Linked to U.K. Synagogue Attacker
Britain Tops Global Rise in Antisemitism Among Major Jewish Diaspora Countries
August 3, 2026
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Jules Gomes
U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told Parliament that police had thwarted a "credible" far-right terrorist threat against the UK Ijtima before all 12 suspects were released without charges related to the alleged plot.
FWI News
U.K. Government Narrative of Far‑Right Plot to Attack Islamist Event Implodes
July 31, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Interviews conducted by the Violence Prevention Network failed to detect the extremism of Abdul Rehman Ballout, the ISIS supporter who just two weeks later carried out a deadly car and knife attack on Berlin’s Pride Parade, killing one woman and injuring 29 others. The heavily taxpayer-funded NGO is now under fire for downplaying Islamist ideology while promoting left-wing and pro-Islamic narratives.
FWI News
NGO Tasked With Deradicalizing Berlin Pride Jihadi Downplays Reality of Islamism
July 30, 2026
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Jules Gomes
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez urged “great caution” over the motives behind the Paris knife attack, calling the suspect’s claim that “Allah commanded me” contradictory and incoherent while noting serious psychiatric issues.
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Three Women Stabbed in Paris As ISIS Supporters Celebrate Berlin LGBT Attack
July 29, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Activists organized a vigil at Brandenburg Gate the day after a terrorist attack on the Berlin Pride event on July 25, 2026.
FWI Research
Police Shoot Dead Islamist Who Attacked LGBT Revelers at Berlin Pride Parade
July 28, 2026
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Jules Gomes
FWI Research
Revealed: CAIR’s $7.7 Million of Foreign Financing
July 20, 2026
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Sam Westrop
Protesters at a poorly attended Al Quds protest in London promote anti-Israel and anti-Western messaging on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 15, 2026.
FWI News
Report: Foreign Funding Fans the Flames of Britain’s Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Protests
July 17, 2026
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Jules Gomes
FWI News
Egyptian Islamist Tours U.K. Mosques as Home Secretary Stays Silent
July 17, 2026
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Jules Gomes
From Houston to Mexico City and beyond, groups like ICNA (WhyIslam), MUNA, and IERA have mobilized volunteers, billboards, Qur’an distributions, and street outreach to recruit converts during the tournament. Organizers openly boast of shahadas secured on day one and hundreds more expected—while analysts document the networks’ deep roots in Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim Brotherhood ideology, and calls for establishing sharia. What is presented as peaceful “sharing” is, ex-Muslims and scholars warn, a strategic long march toward Islamization of the West.
FWI News
Islamist Groups Turn FIFA World Cup into Field for Muslim Proselytization
July 15, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Hussein Makke in Iran
FWI Research
The Red-Green Alliance on Parade
July 14, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
European Parliament in Strasbourg expels FEMYSO, the Muslim Brotherhood-linked youth network, after 33 MEPs warned of its Islamist ties and threat to European values.
FWI News
European Parliament Expels Muslim Brotherhood’s Youth Coalition
July 14, 2026
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Jules Gomes
U.K. Islamist organizations, including the Muslim Council of Britain, demand media regulator Ofcom take action against X for hosting Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante starring Armie Hammer.
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U.K. Muslim Organizations Call for Action Against X While Using Platform to Advance Islamism
July 10, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Lawmakers in the Italian Senate located in the Palazzo Madama in Rome (above) have raised the issue of the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in Italy more than 180 times in Senate interventions, with dozens specifically addressing the Union of Islamic Communities and Organisations in Italy (UCOII), the MB’s flagship umbrella group in the country. An Israeli investigative report has corroborated these long-standing parliamentary concerns about the network’s structure, Qatari funding, and links to extremism.
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Israeli Investigative Report Confirms Five Brotherhood Affiliates in Italy
July 8, 2026
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Jules Gomes
German researcher Sigrid Herrmann reports how a long-suppressed 2019 Federal Court of Auditors report on Islamic Relief Deutschland exposed years of flawed oversight and questionable funding decisions by German officials.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Workings of Muslim Charity a Matter of State Concern After All
July 6, 2026
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Sigrid Herrmann
Despite repeated warnings from MPs, Jewish groups, and counter-terrorism experts, the U.K. about the Iranian-linked news outlet LuaLua, media watchdog Ofcom lacks the authority to shut down the channel. A new Code of Standards could close the gap.
FWI News
Regulatory Loophole Lets Tehran’s Anti-Western Media Run Riot in Britain
July 2, 2026
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Jules Gomes
The Strasbourg Judicial Court dismissed the defamation and religious discrimination lawsuit filed by Iman El Feki against French Muslim Brotherhood expert Florence Bergeaud-Blackler.
FWI News
Strasbourg Court Axes Defamation Case Targeting Top Expert on the Muslim Brotherhood
June 25, 2026
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Jules Gomes
FWI News
U.K. Muslim Police Association Urged End to ‘Islamist’ and ‘Jihadist’ Labels
June 25, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Haj Hassanain Rajabali speaks at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, where sermons ahead of Ashura have promoted conspiracy theories targeting Israel and its supporters, characterizing them as "Rothschilds" and allies of Satan.
FWI News
Dearborn Heights Mosque Demonizes Israel and Its Supporters for Ashura
June 22, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
FWI News
Western Islamists Respond to the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran
June 19, 2026
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Mahyar Entezari
The Home Office has established a panel into the "grooming" gangs largely comprised of Muslim men from rural Pakistan who raped more than 250,000 young women from white, working class families in England over the course of decades. The new inquiry comes after decades of denial about the root causes of the abuse, observers state.
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‘Rape Gang Inquiry’ Links Horrific Sex Crimes to Perpetrators’ Religious Beliefs
June 19, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Under the shadow of a what critics called a "backdoor blasphemy law," South Wales Police officers were handed the power to decide what counted as acceptable discussion of Islam—until legal threats and a free speech revolt forced a retreat.
FWI News
Welsh Police Backtrack on Islamic ‘Blasphemy Law’ Amid Free Speech Backlash
June 18, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Former Police Community Support Officer Luke Salmons won a legal settlement after North Yorkshire Police dismissed him for questioning jihad and Hamas during mandatory diversity training. An appeal later overturned the gross misconduct ruling and cleared his name from the national barred list.
FWI News
U.K. Police Officer Fired for Questioning Islamism Scores Legal Win
June 16, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Germany's domestic intelligence chief has warned that Islamist organizations, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, are pursuing long-term influence within Germany's political and social institutions. Officials and analysts cited in the report argue that Islamist networks exploit civic organizations, publicly funded projects, and relationships with political actors—especially on the left—to advance an agenda aimed at reshaping society in accordance with Islamic norms.
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Germany’s Intelligence Chief Warns of Islamist Infiltration of Political Institutions
June 14, 2026
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Jules Gomes
The May 7 election in Tower Hamlets, a borough of London, delivered adecisive victory for Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire party, underscoring its enduring support despite years of investigations, scandals, and political controversy.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Tower Hamlets Votes to Forget
June 10, 2026
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Hannah Baldock
An Islamic Relief thriftshop in Tower Hamlets, London. An umbrella organization of relief agencies in Germany expelled Islamic Relief's chapter in that country after a government audit revealed that the Foreign Ministry had failed to properly oversee funds allocated to the organization. Islamic Relief Worldwide, headquartered in the United Kingdom, defended its German affiliate.
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Islamic Relief Franchise Takes Another Hit, This Time in Germany
June 10, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile