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Iran’s Plan to Topple Arab Leaders

Iran’s Islamist proxies in the Arab world have resurfaced to condemn last week’s normalization agreement between Israel and Morocco just as they did with similar accords reached in the past few months with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.

As usual, the Islamists and their patrons in Tehran, who seek the elimination of Israel, are using texts from the Koran and sayings attributed to the prophet Mohammed to justify their opposition to the normalization of relations between Arabs and Israel.

by Blazingcatfur•December 17, 2020December 17, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Terrorist behind foiled 2015 French train attack receives life sentence

A terrorist whose plan to carry out a massacre on a packed high-speed international train was foiled by the heroic actions of a group of passengers has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a French court.

Ayoub El-Khazzani, 31, opened fire with an assault rifle on the Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train in August 2015. Having shot two passengers, Khazzani was wrestled to the ground and restrained by three US tourists, two of them off-duty servicemen, and a British traveller.

by Blazingcatfur•December 17, 2020December 17, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘He ruined us’: 10 years on, Tunisians curse man who sparked Arab spring

Thanks in part to Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation, Tunisians are freer than before, but many are miserable and disillusioned

His act of despair still shakes the Arab world. Mohamed Bouazizi, the 26-year-old fruit seller whose self-immolation triggered revolutions across the Middle East, has a boulevard named after him in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. In his home town of Sidi Bouzid, he is depicted in a giant portrait facing the local government headquarters.

But a decade since he set himself on fire in protest at state corruption and brutality, Bouazizi is out of fashion in Tunisia – along with the revolution his death inspired. His family have moved to Canada and cut most ties with Sidi Bouzid. “They were smeared,” says Bilal Gharby, 32, a family friend.

In Sidi Bouzid’s main street a passerby, Fathiya Iman, 54, when asked what she thinks of Bouazizi, looks to his picture across the road. “I curse at it,” she says. “I want to bring it down. He’s the one that ruined us.”

by Blazingcatfur•December 16, 2020December 16, 2020•0•Arab Spring, Islam, Islam and violence, Tunisia

Charlie Hebdo trial: French court convicts 14 over 2015 terror attacks

A court in France has convicted 14 people in relation to the January 2015 terror attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a Jewish supermarket in Paris.

A total of 17 people were murdered across three days in a series of attacks that horrified the nation. All three assailants were killed in shootouts with the police, leaving only accomplices to face trial.

The defendants were found guilty on different charges, ranging from membership of a criminal network to complicity in the attacks. Terrorism-related charges were dropped for several of the defendants who were found guilty of lesser crimes.

by Blazingcatfur•December 16, 2020December 16, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Charlie Hebdo, Charlie Hebdo Massacre, France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

ISIS bride Shamima Begum WILL be arrested and must be treated as a security threat if she wins her legal battle to return to the UK

ISIS bride Shamima Begum will be arrested and must be treated as a security threat if she wins her legal battle to return home, the UK’s counter-terror chief has said.

Neil Basu said people who had gone to Syria and made it back should expect to be investigated and face prosecution.

by Blazingcatfur•December 16, 2020December 16, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Kenyan al-Shabab terrorist is charged with plotting 9/11-style terror attack on an American city after training as a pilot in Philippines

A Kenyan member of al-Shabab stands accused of plotting to fly an airliner into a United States’ skyscraper after he trained as a pilot in the Philippines.

Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30, spent years training to carry out a 9/11-style attack, prosecutors say. He will appear in a New York court later Wednesday.

He said to have been arrested in 2019 in the Philippines with a bomb and gun, Rappler.com reports.

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: ‘This chilling callback to the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, is a stark reminder that terrorist groups like al Shabaab remain committed to killing U.S. citizens and attacking the United States.’

by Blazingcatfur•December 16, 2020December 16, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Philippines, USA

Linda Sarsour Knocks on Doors for Team Biden in Georgia

An anti-Israel activist is knocking on doors for Team Biden in Georgia—even though the president-elect has spurned her for espousing anti-Semitic views.

Linda Sarsour, a leftist anti-Israel activist, said in a “Vote-a-thon” Facebook Live event Sunday that she had temporarily relocated to Georgia, where she will be knocking on doors and attempting to turn out the vote for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

by Blazingcatfur•December 15, 2020December 15, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", "Joe Sleazebag Biden", Anti-Semitism and the Left, Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's 5th Column, Islamization of the West, USA

Tennessee Lawyer Fired for Saying Islam Isn’t a Peaceful Religion

It’s the sort of thing that can make someone proud to be an American: Two Christians are on trial now in Algeria for “insulting the prophet and denigrating the precepts of the Muslim religion.” Imagine: on trial for expressing opinions that go against those of the elites. But that could never happen here, right? We have the freedom of speech in the U.S. We can say anything we wish, aside from calls for violence or criminal activity, and express our opinions, no matter how unpopular, without fear of reprisal, right?

by Blazingcatfur•December 15, 2020December 15, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’

A British-Iranian academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court in Tehran, his lawyer says.

Kameel Ahmady was convicted of “collaborating with a hostile government”, Amir Raesian tweeted.

One local news agency said he was given a nine-year sentence for illegally receiving funds from institutions trying to topple the Iranian regime.

Mr Ahmady is an anthropologist who has studied child marriage, female genital mutilation and sexuality in Iran.

by Blazingcatfur•December 14, 2020December 14, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, UK

Omar, Tlaib, Sarsour to headline Georgia Senate event as Warnock fights anti-Semitism claims

Democrat Raphael Warnock was already struggling to beat back allegations of anti-Semitism, and then Linda Sarsour and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib jumped into the Georgia Senate election picture.

The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations [CAIR] plans to hold Sunday evening a virtual “vote-a-thon” aimed at encouraging Georgia Muslims to vote in the Jan. 5 run-off elections, an event featuring the Democratic congresswomen as well as Ms. Sarsour.

All three have expressed support for the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment cause, and all three have been embroiled in recent years in headline-grabbing anti-Semitism controversies. All three deny being anti-Semitic or anti-Jewish.

by Blazingcatfur•December 14, 2020December 13, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and hatred of Israel, Islam and hatred of Jews, Islam and violence, Islam's 5th Column, Islamization of the West

Africa now at the heart of global terrorism threat, according to a new index

The new rankings are driven in large part by countries in the Sahel, which is facing the fastest growing jihadist insurgency on Earth

Sub-Saharan Africa is now home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots, according to a new index released today.

Seven African countries are among the top 10 nations facing the greatest terrorism threat, according to a ranking of 198 countries released by Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk consultancy, making the continent the worst performing region globally.

With the index’s worst possible score of 0 out of 10, Burkina Faso, Mali and Somalia rank alongside Syria and Afghanistan for the highest risk.

Cameroon, Mozambique, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo, all facing sustained violence from various jihadist groups allied to Al Qaeda or Islamic State, also rank among the worst affected countries in the world.

by Blazingcatfur•December 14, 2020December 13, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Africa, Islam

Florida Man Converts to Islam, Starts Making ISIS Videos

I am not the renowned chronicler of all things Florida Man, Stephen Green, but it does seem as if Jonathan Guerra Blanco nevertheless deserves a place among the Florida Men, as he is among the first-ever jihad terrorists to join the hallowed ranks. Omar Mateen, who murdered 49 people in the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on behalf of the Islamic State in 2016, was the first, or at very least the most horrifically effective.

by Blazingcatfur•December 13, 2020December 12, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Bedfellows: Iran and Al Qaeda

While the presumptive President-Elect Joe Biden is advocating for pursuing appeasement policies with Iran’s ruling mullahs as did his former boss, President Barack Obama, it should be noted he will be assisting a regime that has close ties not only to Shia militia groups but also to the terrorist group Al Qaeda.

Some people might attempt to convince you that Iran and Al Qaeda are enemies because the Iranian government is Shia and Al Qaeda is Sunni, but evidence shows strong collaboration between the two.

by Blazingcatfur•December 12, 2020December 12, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Al Qaeda, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes blogger who inspired protests

Iranian authorities on Saturday morning executed once-exiled dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam over his online work that helped inspire nationwide anti-government protests in the Middle East nation in 2017.

The execution took place just months after he returned to Tehran under mysterious circumstances.

Never. Return. To. Iran.

by Blazingcatfur•December 12, 2020December 12, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence

Iranian teenager who posted distorted pictures of herself is jailed for 10 years

An Iranian woman who posted heavily distorted images of herself online has been sentenced to 10 years in jail, her lawyer has said, a year after she was arrested over her social media activities.

Sahar Tabar, 19, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, came to prominence after posting images of herself with a gaunt, zombie-like face. At one point she had 486,000 followers on Instagram.

She was charged with corruption of young people and disrespect for the Islamic Republic. In spring she pleaded for release from detention, saying she had contracted Covid-19.

by Blazingcatfur•December 12, 2020December 11, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, WTF?