Ibtihaj Muhammad made history as the first hijab-clad athlete on the U.S. Olympic team. The bronze medal winning fencer from the 2016 summer games was featured on magazine covers, spawned a line of sportswear and even a Barbie doll. But in court papers filed late Tuesday, a New Jersey elementary school teacher says Muhammad deserves a different reputation:…
Israeli forces again entered the West Bank terrorist hotbed Jenin Thursday, reportedly killing four people, including two senior members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The raid comes less than a week after three Israelis were shot in Tel Aviv, two critically, in a terrorist attack claimed by Hamas. Terrorism originating from the West Bank soared…
Two hate crimes made news in New York City last week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chose to condemn only one. Why? Both involved premeditated, unprovoked attacks on people based on their identities. Victims in both cases required hospitalization. What distinction could have made one worthy of condemnation and one worthy…
They called her a bigot and demanded her termination, all based on the account of a 7-year-old. Now, attorneys argue that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) merely was engaging in “rhetorical hyperbole used to express” its “deeply-held opinions” about an incident involving a New Jersey elementary school teacher and…
An Indiana University (IU) dean admits its School of Philanthropy “failed in our due diligence” when it invited deported Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) board member Sami Al-Arian to participate in a program about the war on terrorism and its impact on Muslim charities. The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) reported on the panel discussion Dec. 20,…
Every so often, Sami Al-Arian emerges to opine on some domestic issue, reminding us of two things: He’s an inveterate liar who continues to whitewash his years of service to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). And a disappointing number of American academics are willing to ignore that record and treat him as a credible…
You are not going to believe this. During the mid-term elections, advocacy groups gave money – a lot of money – supporting candidates they thought would be good on the issues they care about. It’s shocking, right? The anti-Israel group Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) seems to think…
If disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein issued a statement condemning Bill Cosby’s alleged abuse of women, would you take it seriously? I sure hope not. Weinstein is on trial in Los Angeles for alleged rapes after being convicted in 2020 of similar charges in New York. One sexual predator condemning another doesn’t really…
Grace Meng is a five-term U.S. representative from New York and a member of the House Progressive Caucus. She has a 100 percent voting record with Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America. She has a 4 percent voting record with the American Conservative Union. She is not, according to fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a…
In a hyper-politicized world, it can be easy to forget that two things can be true at once. The New York Times seems to have fallen into that hole Sunday, in an article that largely whitewashed antisemitic activist Linda Sarsour. She is identified as a victim of a Russian troll farm’s 2017 campaign to…
Iran ranks among the world’s greatest destabilizing and oppressive forces. Its nuclear weapons program could one day realize leaders’ oft-stated goal of wiping Israel off the face of the earth. At the least, a nuclear Iran could spark a Middle East arms race. Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic continues to finance terrorist groups – especially…
This story has been updated to add comments made by CAIR. The news was so disturbing it could not go without a comment from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Auburn University’s men’s basketball team was about to embark on a 10-day trip to Israel. They’d play some games and hold…