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A Republican congressman from Florida has urged the U.S. State Department to bar Naseem (Naz) Shah, above, a member of the British Parliament, from entering the country due to her alleged ties to charities affiliated with Hamas.
FWI News
Terror Links Could Derail British Member of Parliament’s Visit to U.S.
British MP Allegedly Has Ties to Hamas-Linked NGOs
November 8, 2024
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Anna Stanley
In a now-deleted image, the AlMaghrib Institute of Houston, Texass, highlighted the presence of Imam Wisam Sharieff (far left), on its faculty. Images of the imam were apparently been scrubbed from the school's website after he was accused of producing child pornography.
FWI News
Top American Imam Charged with Child Pornography; Fired from Islamist Seminary in Texas
November 6, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Reciters appear on stage during final session of the National Qira’ah Competition at the Global Peace and Unity (GPU) Festival, held at London’s ExCeL Center in mid-October. The four-day event, organized by Islamist TV mogul Mohammed Ali Harrath, marked its return after a decade. The event billed as promoting “peace” and “unity,” actually encouraged British Muslims to view the United Kingdom, Israel, and the West in general with contempt.
FWI News
Eyewitness Report: Inside the U.K.’s Grand Islamist Festival of Contempt
November 4, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
Abu Najim Bin al-Iskandar, who also goes by the name Abu Najm Rodriguez, has promoted contempt and hostility toward non-Muslims, moderate Muslims and Westerners in general.
FWI Research
Meet the Islamist from Texas Preaching Online Hate Against Hindus and the West
An Islamist who promotes an ideology similar to the teachings of the Islamic State—the organization that murdered and raped its way across vast sections of the Middle East and beyond— has set up shop in El Paso, Texas.
November 1, 2024
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Sarojini Siva
To win a second term in the White House, Trump is pandering to voters in Hamtramck, Michigan, a Muslim-majority city dominated by Yemeni and Bangladeshi immigrants.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Trump’s New Islamist Friends
Donald Trump once scorned radical Islamists. Now, he embraces them.
November 1, 2024
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Benjamin Baird
Officials in charge of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in London have abandoned the centuries-old tradition of saying Christian grace before meals at ceremonial events.
FWI News
Lawyers’ Group Abandons Christian Grace Before Meals—Will It Appease Islamists?
Students at the prestigious legal society asked chapel clergy to refer to God as ‘“Allah” and complained about a Victorian mural depicting Muhammad.
November 1, 2024
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Georgia Leigha Leatherdale-Gilholy
CAGE International, a British-based Islamist organization, used the one anniversary of the October 7 massacre to host a webinar during which speakers condemned the efforts of Western democracies to disrupt Islamist networks within their borders.
FWI News
U.K. Islamists Celebrate October 7 by Accusing West of Waging ‘War on Humanity’
October 23, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
Maulana Ubaid Raza (third from right) led members of Dawat-e-Islami on a march through the Greek town of Agios Nikolaos on September 5, 2024.
FWI News
Greece Confronts New Internal Islamist Threat: The Dawat-e-Islami Organization
October 22, 2024
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Uzay Bulut
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), used the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre as an opportunity to demonize Israel and its supporters in the United States, issuing an incendiary statement that accused the Jewish state of perpetrating a "genocide" in Gaza. The harsh statement, which makes no direct mention of Hamas, refers only to the hostages taken on October 7, but does not call for their return.
FWI News
Hollywood Islamists Reveal Extremist Agenda on October 7
October 18, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
The Transportation Security Administration honors a terror-linked nonprofit that has dragged the agency through multiple lawsuits in federal court.
FWI News
TSA Bestows Award on Islamist Group Blacklisted by Executive Branch
October 18, 2024
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Benjamin Baird
Figure 1 Source: https://themorningnews.com/news/2024/08/10/microsoft-warns-about-irans-cyber-efforts-to-influence-us-elections/
FWI News
George Washington University Report Unveils Iranian Influence Network in the U.S.
October 17, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Former Iranian diplomat Seyed Hossein Mousavian, left, who supported a fatwa calling for the death of writer Salman Rushdie, spoke at a panel organized by Dartmouth College’s John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding on September 30, 2024. To his left is Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution.
FWI News
Anti-Regime Activists Challenge Former High Ranking Iranian Official at Dartmouth College
October 14, 2024
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Benjamin Weinthal
Tariq Ramadan was convicted of rape by a court in Switzerland. He faces additional rape charges in France.
FWI News
Swiss Islamist Tariq Ramadan Abandoned by His Friends after Rape Conviction
October 10, 2024
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John Rossomando
The Baltimore Sun refused to publish the complete facts behind the Middle East Forum's campaign to unseat Ayman Nassar from the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Disgraced Maryland Hate Crimes Commissioner Gets Free Pass from Local Media
October 9, 2024
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Benjamin Baird
Congregants and leaders from the Islamic Center of America, a Shiite mosque located in Dearborn, Michigan, protest Israel's successful efforts to defend itself from Hezbollah aggression from neighboring Lebanon. They offered their protests of Israel's successful beeper attack at a memorial service held outside the mosque on September 20, 2024.
FWI News
Whose Side Are They On? Shiites in Michigan Promote Hezbollah Talking Points after Beeper Attack
October 9, 2024
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John Rossomando
FWI News
Influential U.K. NGO Head, Majed Al-Zeer, Finally Designated by U.S. for Links to Hamas
October 8, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Robert McCaw, government affairs director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), speaks at an August 1, 2023, press conference, amid CAIR's efforts to distance itself from progressivist causes.
CAIR to Comment?
CAIR Wins Legal Battle for SJP Leftists
October 7, 2024
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Larry Estavan
Al-Hussnain Seminary students from Indiana with radical Pakistani cleric and Tablighi Jamaat leader Tariq Jamil
FWI News
Department of Justice Compels Indiana County’s $300k Payout to Tablighi Jamaat Seminary
October 4, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Pro-Hamas activists display a banner lionizing Matt Nelson, a radical leftist who immolated himself in front of the Israeli Consulate in Boston on September 11, 2024. They displayed the banner during a September 24, 2024 vigil organized by the Muslim Justice League, a Boston-based nonprofit that has received substantial funds from charitable foundations headquartered in the city.
FWI Research
Muslim Nonprofit Legitimizes Violence and Suicide at ‘Vigil’ in Boston; Seeks to Suppress Reporting
September 30, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Primary Source, an educational nonprofit which has offices in this building in Watertown, Massachusetts, has deleted all references to one of its previous funders, Qatar Foundation International (QFI), regarded part of the kingdom’s influence operations in the West.
FWI News
Primary Source, a Nonprofit Organization, Hides Its Qatar Connection
September 21, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Supporters of Scott Hayes, a pro-Israel activist, gather on the steps of Newton District Court on September 13, 2024, following his arraignment. Hayes was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after defending himself from an September 12 attack by Caleb Gannon, an anti-Israel activist. Without hesitation, supporters contributed the $5,000 needed to get Hayes released on bond. (Photo: Dexter Van Zile)
FWI Research
Israel Blamed for October 7; Pro-Israel Activist Blamed for Being Assaulted
September 20, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
FWI Research
National Security Council Embraces Official of Hamas-Contracted Charity
September 20, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Young Muslims who participated in pro-Hamas protests that disrupted life on college campuses last spring will be first in line to participate in a government jobs program initiated by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). (Photo: Dexter Van Zile)
FWI Research
CAIR Grooms Pro-Hamas Protesters for Government Jobs after Graduation
September 19, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Kian Kianfar, an Iranian-born American who lives in Framingham, Mass., appears to relish his status as a mascot for the oppressive Iranian regime at protests in the suburbs of Boston. Above, he carries a banner accusing Israel of apartheid while taunting his adversaries at a rally in Lexington, Mass., in mid-August 2024.
FWI Research
Meet Kian Kianfar, the Pro-Iranian ‘Cement Worker’ Agitating for Mullahs in Massachusetts
September 5, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
FWI News
Media Covers for VP Nominee Tim Walz Who Danced with Hitler-Promoting Islamist
August 23, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Five Islamist-backed candidates were elected to Parliament on July 5, 2024 after months of of protests against Israel’s efforts to defend itself. Above, Islamist-recruited protesters disrupt London on Armistice Day, Saturday, November 12. (Hannah Baldock photo)
FWI News
UK Elections Witness “Assault on Democracy Itself”
August 20, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
FWI News
Leftists Bring Chaos to Chicago – Islamists to Bring (or Withhold) Their Votes
August 19, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
FWI Research
A British Warning to Americans: The Notorious “CAGE International” Is Coming Your Way
August 5, 2024
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Romany Shaker
FWI Research
Iranian Regime Involvement with Texas Student Anti-Israel Protests
August 1, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Ayman Aishat, director of mosque engagement for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), speaks at the Islamic Center of Detroit in February. (YouTube screenshot).
FWI News
CAIR Appoints Pro-Hamas Lawyer as Ambassador to American Mosques
August 1, 2024
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Ted Rosner
FWI Research
Iranian Regime Hosts Voting on U.S. Soil
July 22, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Sir Keir Starmer, the odds-on favorite to serve as England’s next Prime Minister, will be confronted with some Islamist opposition in Parliament when he takes office. Islamists, outraged over the Labour Party’s support for Israel in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, have organized a group called "The Muslim Vote." The group has encouraged Muslims to run in Muslim-majority districts under the banner of the far-left Workers Party in the upcoming election, which will be held Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Rwendland, via Wikimedia Commons)
FWI News
Islamists Seek to Establish Beachhead in UK Parliament: Will They Succeed?
July 2, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
By fits and starts, officials in a number of European countries are coming to grips with pro-Hamas elements in their midst.
FWI News
European Governments and Hamas after October 7: Some Progress, Much Work Remains
June 26, 2024
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Benjamin Weinthal
Esam Omeish, left, the leader of the Libyan American Alliance, an Islamist organization, has failed in his effort to use lawfare tactics to bankrupt Khalifa Haftar, right, a prominent opponent of the Muslim Brotherhood.
FWI News
Libyan Leader Foils Islamist Lawfare Effort
June 24, 2024
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John Rossomando
The mayor of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is under investigation for the misuse of public funds. His defenders have accused one of the investigators of being an "Islamophobe." (Photo by GrindtXX via Wikimedia Commons)
FWI News
English Mayor Accused of Corruption; Defenders Claim ‘Islamophobia’
June 10, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
Winfield Myers
FWI Research
Exploring Minnesota Mosque Dar Al-Farooq’s Connections to Pandemic Relief Fraud Case
June 6, 2024
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Sam Westrop
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