“Islamophobia” – Page 419

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

Julie Burchill’s book about cancel culture cancelled over Twitter row

The publisher of a book about cancel culture by Julie Burchill has cancelled it after the writer was accused of Islamophobia on Twitter.

The book, Welcome to the Woke Trials, had been due to be published by Little, Brown in April.

But Burchill got embroiled with a row with fellow writer Ash Sarkar.

Little, Brown said her comments were “not defensible from a moral or intellectual standpoint” and “crossed a line with regard to race and religion”.

A statement from the company said: “We will no longer be publishing Julie Burchill’s book. This is not a decision we have taken lightly.

by Blazingcatfur•December 16, 2020December 16, 2020•0•"Cancel Culture", "Islamophobia", WTF?

Here’s Your Islamophobia: Imam Says His Congregation Has Been Called Rude Names

There is no doubt about it whatsoever, and every decent person must say it loudly and without hesitation: It is very, very unkind of the people to call members of the Makkah Mosque rude names. It would be so nice if people didn’t do that.

by Sarcasticat•December 16, 2020December 15, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam In Europe, Islam means submission, Islam's incompatibility with Western values, Islam's War On Civilization, Islamization of the West, Muslims are #1 victims

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?

Ex-Bin Laden henchman freed from NJ prison after judge deems him too fat for jail

An Osama bin Laden henchman convicted in two deadly 1998 bombings is free in the U.K. after getting released three weeks early from a New Jersey prison — thanks to a judge who feared the terrorist was way too obese to survive the coronavirus behind bars.

Adel Abdel Bary, 60, was freed on Oct. 9 after spending 21 years in prison for his role in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that left 224 people dead, including 12 Americans.

by Blazingcatfur•December 11, 2020December 11, 2020•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?