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Islamism: a century-old utopian political ideology that seeks to return to past glories by imposing medieval religious laws.

U.K. officials have failed to confront the willingness of Muslim institutions, many of them in Scotland, to advance the interest and agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
FWI Opinion & Interview
How Many More Outposts Are We Going to Let Iran Establish in the U.K.?
Time to Confront ‘Cultural’ Centers that Promote Islamism
August 1, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
The U.K. government will allocate millions of pounds to the British Muslim Trust (BMT) to monitor anti-Muslim hatred. BMT's CEO Akeela Ahmed serves on a working group charged with creating an "Islamophobia" definition.
FWI News
U.K. Government Funds New Anti-Muslim Hatred Monitor with Islamist Links
Labour Accused of Conflict of Interest for Appointing ‘Islamophobia’ Advisor to Run Watchdog
July 28, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Thirty-seven members of the House of Lords have warned that an a working group called to write a definition of "Islamophobia" could have a negative impact on free speech in the U.K. They add that the group's recommendations should be made available to the general public.
FWI News
U.K. Lords Raise Alarm Over Labour Government’s Push for ‘Islamophobia’ Definition
Working Group’s Report Will Remain Private, Lords Fear
July 25, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The parent company of the Islamist radio station Salaam BCR has protested a £3,500 fine imposed by U.K. media regulator Ofcom, which penalized the station for broadcasting an antisemitic speech by Shujauddin Sheikh, a leader of the Pakistan-based Islamist group Tanzeem-e-Islami.
FWI News
U.K. Media Regulator Fines Islamist Broadcaster for Hate Speech
Radio Station Accuses Watchdog of ‘Islamophobia’
July 22, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Focus on Western Islamism
The Curious Case of Mouaz Moustafa
Does He Advocate for Freedom or Islamism?
July 16, 2025
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Gregg Roman
University campuses in Canada have become epicenters of anti-Israel activism and radicalism, driven in part by Islamist organizations that promote anti-Zionist rhetoric.
FWI News
Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrating Canada with Help of Nonprofits
Think Tank Declares Funding of Islamist Groups ‘A National Security Failure’
July 16, 2025
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Joe Adam George
The Centre for Media Monitoring, a watchdog group established by the Muslim Council of Britain, has sought to bully journalists into remaining silent about Islamists and their ideology in the U.K.
FWI News
Report: Watchdog Bullies Journalists into Silence over Extremism, Islamist Supremacism in U.K.
Mouthpiece of Muslim Council of Britain Seeks to ‘Change Narrative’ about Islam
July 15, 2025
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Jules Gomes
According to the Jewish Chronicle, an imam at Al Furqan Mosque and Islamic Center in Manchester, England, prayed for protection and victory against the "usurping Jews" in the weeks after the October 7 massacre in Israel. These and other sermons in London and Bradford were cited in a report by the Counter-Extremism Group about the role Islamism plays in promoting antisemitism in the United Kingdom.
FWI News
Report Highlights U.K.'s Failure to Confront Islamist Antisemitism
Islamist Antisemitism Mistaken for Liberation Theology by Leftists, Author Warns
July 14, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Nafeez Ahmed, a researcher who has labeled counter-Islamist voices—conservatives especially—as “extremists,” is well-positioned to influence the U.K. government’s new initiative to define anti-Muslim hatred.
FWI News
How Much Influence Does Nafeez Ahmed Wield over Anti-‘Islamophobia’ Working Group?
Researcher Who Presented Anti-Israel Paper at 2001 Hate Fest in Durban Condemns Conservatives as ‘Extremists’
July 9, 2025
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Hannah Baldock
Anti-Israel leftists protest against Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems in Manchester, England in November 2023, weeks after Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis, many of them peace activists, during the October 7 massacre. Islamist organizations in the United Kingdom have come to the defense of Palestine Action, a group which has targeted Elbit with protests and vandalized U.K. military equipment.
FWI News
U.K. Islamists Come to Defense of Leftist Vandals
Red-Green Alliance United by Hatred of Israel, Contempt for U.K.
July 2, 2025
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Jules Gomes
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to help Israel destroy the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program.
FWI News
CAIR Supports Iran Over Peace in Middle East
Will CAIR Condemn Iranian Death Threat Against Trump?
June 30, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
Mohammed Elahi, the imam at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn, Michigan, took to Facebook last week to call on President Donald Trump to pursue dialogue with the Islamic Republic of Iran, a regime that has been describing the United States as "The Great Satan" for decades. Elahi, who has long standing ties to the Iranian regime, leads a mosque whose online library included texts that promoted notions of Islamic supremacism over non-Muslims.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Dear Imam Elahi: Stop Spreading Hate, Tell Iran to Surrender, and Warn Sleeper Cells to Stand Down
June 23, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Opinion & Interview
NIAC Has Lost Its Mojo
June 20, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
The Austrian Parliament granted Islam official status within the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1912. In 2015, Parliament allowed for the celebration of Islamic holidays while at the same time banning the foreign funding of mosques in the country.
FWI News
Rightists and Turkish Secularists Oppose Shariah in Austria
Critics Warn of ‘Parallel Justice’
September 4, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Human Appeal staff member Bilal Shehadeh, killed in an Israeli strike in June 2025, welcomed Hamas's October 7 attacks
FWI Research
Terror-Aligned Charity ‘Human Appeal’ Should Be Prosecuted, Not Publicly Funded
U.K.-Headquartered Charity Finances Hamas Terror Proxies
August 26, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Didsbury Mosque in Manchester, once attended by Salman Abedi and three other jihadis responsible for the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing that killed 23 and injured 113, recently advertised a position for a "Shariah Law Administrator" through the Department for Work and Pensions’ portal. The mosque removed the posting after a public outcry.
FWI News
U.K. Mosque Deletes Ad for Islamic Law Administrator after Outcry
U.K. Site Displayed Ad from Mosque Attended by Manchester Arena Jihadi Bomber Who Killed 23
August 25, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The City Council in the Spanish city of Jumilla has banned the use of municipal facilities for religious and cultural activities "alien" to the city's identity. The passage of the ban coincided with anti-immigrant protests that erupted in response to the assault of a sixty-eight-year-old many by three men from Morocco in the nearby city of Torre Pacheco.
FWI News
Spanish Christians Back Islamists in Row over Worship in Public Spaces
Immigrant Attack on Elderly Man Provokes Fallout
August 20, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The reach of the Islamic Republic of Iran into the United Kingdom extends far beyond the walls of its embassy in London.
FWI News
Islamist Summer Camp Canceled; Another Iran-Promoting Institution Discovered in U.K.
Center Director Who Lamented Soleimani Death, Lauded Khomeini, Deletes Post Soliciting Donations
August 18, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
The German government shut down the Imam Ali Mosque—also known as the “Blue Mosque”—in 2024, citing its role as an outpost for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s harassment of dissidents.
FWI News
Germany Fails to Protect Iranian Dissidents from Regime Violence
Anti-Regime Protesters Stand Ground Against Khamenei Supporters
August 12, 2025
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Benjamin Weinthal
CAGE International, a U.K. Islamist group with a track record of defending Muslim terror suspects, has organized demonstrations in four English cities in support of Majid Freeman, accused of instigating violence against Hindus in Leicester in 2022.
FWI News
U.K. Islamists Champion Terror Suspect Charged with Promoting Anti-Hindu Hostility
CAGE Rallies Behind Leicester Riots ‘Influencer’ Ahead of Trials
August 8, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Defenders of Muhammad Qatanani, an imam at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in New Jersey (lower right), assert that his call for a "new intifada" at a Times Square rally in December 2017 was not an appeal for renewed violence, but a peaceful expression of opposition to the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The First and Second Intifadas, which cost hundreds of Israeli lives, were marked by confrontations between Palestinians and IDF soldiers, such as one near Ramallah in October 2000.
FWI News
New Jersey Mosques Celebrate Legal Victory of Pro-Intifada Imam
Biden and Trump Appointed Judges Let Imam Stay, Trump Judge Dissents
August 6, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
A report about the rape of mostly white working-class British girls on an industrial scale lacks any reference to motivations of the overwhelmingly Muslim perpetrators.
FWI News
U.K. ‘Grooming Gangs’ Report Omits Role Islamist Superiority Played in Rapes of Thousands
Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians of Pakistani Heritage Offended by Use of ‘Asian’ Moniker
June 19, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Tampa, Florida, USA downtown skyline.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Hamas Backers Descend on Tampa
February 9, 2024
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Joe Kaufman
Ahnaf Kalam
Focus on Western Islamism
Former Employee Defeats ‘Powerful Organization’ CAIR in Court, Fires Back With Suit of Her Own
February 5, 2024
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John Rossomando
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Police Stand by as Hamas Allies Disrupt Canadian Cities
January 30, 2024
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Mohammed Rizwan
Adeel Mangi, Biden Administration nominee to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (YouTube screenshot)
FWI News
Washington Examiner Calls on Senate to Block Judicial Nomination
January 24, 2024
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Boston’s First Muslim City Councilor Cavorts with Extremists at Islamist Gala
January 22, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Eyewitness Report: London Street Demonstrators Rally for Hamas
January 20, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
FWI Islamist Dissent
Canadian Muslims Divided Over Israel “Normalizers”
January 18, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Photos: Pro-Hamas Islamists Rally in D.C.
January 18, 2024
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Susannah Johnston
A plan to ease citizenship requirements for immigrants will likely make it easier for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to interfere in German politics, experts warn.
FWI News
How Germany Facilitates Erdoğan’s Influence
January 17, 2024
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Soeren Kern
Nihad Awad, national director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
FWI Opinion & Interview
CRC: The Trouble with CAIR
January 12, 2024
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FWI Staff
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Research
Terror TV Station Established in Canada, Supported by U.S. and European Radicals
January 11, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Iran Uses October 7 Pogrom to Ramp Up Influence Operations in U.S.
FWI News
Iran Uses October 7 Pogrom to Ramp Up Influence Operations in U.S.
January 10, 2024
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Romany Shaker
Winfield Myers
FWI Research
American and Anglosphere Muslims Grapple With a Response to October 7th Attacks
January 10, 2024
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Umar Lee
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Opinion & Interview
Coral Springs Marriott Set to Host Florida Gathering of Hamas Sympathizers
January 2, 2024
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Joe Kaufman
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Yet Another Radical Bangladeshi Preacher Embarks on a U.K. Tour
December 27, 2023
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Sam Westrop
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Opinion & Interview
CAIR Director Nihad Awad – And Others Like Him – Must Go
December 11, 2023
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Dexter Van Zile
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Activists Deplore Hamas’s Listing as Terror Group After It Kills 14 British Citizens
December 9, 2023
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Hannah Baldock
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Islamist Suspended from, then Reinstated to Maryland Hate Crimes Commission
December 8, 2023
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Susannah Johnston
Numerous left-wing foundations provide substantial support to the Council on American-Islamic Relations despite its efforts to promote hostility toward Israel and American Jewish organizations. For example, Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco-Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations warned her fellow Muslims against working with mainstream Jewish groups in the United States because of their support for Israel at an event organized by American Muslims for Palestine in December 2021. She was roundly condemned for her remarks. (YouTube screenshot.)
FWI Research
CRC: Left-Wing Foundations Funding Council on American-Islamic Relations
December 7, 2023
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Ryan Mauro
Diyanet Chief Ali Erbaş (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) are using mosques in Germany to justify Hamas's October 7 massacre of civilians in Israel. (YouTube screenshot)
FWI News
Erdoğan’s German Mosques Praise October 7 Massacre
December 5, 2023
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Soeren Kern
Winfield Myers
FWI News
Congress Investigates Tehran-Tied Princeton ‘Academic’
November 28, 2023
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Susannah Johnston
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
U.K. Officials Help Islamists Force Young Girls into Veils
November 26, 2023
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Hannah Baldock
Islamist flags on display at anti-Israel rally held in Stockholm, Sweden on October 15, 2023. The protest was organized by Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamist group that seeks to re-establish the Islamic caliphate and implement sharia throughout the world. At the rally protesters chanted "Israelis are nothing but dogs of the West."
FWI Research
European Islamists Ignore — or Celebrate — Hamas’s October 7 Massacre
November 22, 2023
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Soeren Kern
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI News
Hamas Supporters Offer Show of Force, Express Support for Destruction of Israel in London on Armistice Day
November 20, 2023
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Hannah Baldock
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