Work changed for most people during the COVID-19 pandemic. For writers and thinkers, including best-selling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the question was clear: How does someone who relies on public speaking to get her message out when public events pose a health risk? The answer, in part, is the Ayaan Hirsi…
A Southern California imam called Israelis “child killers” and urged Muslims to “sacrifice whatever resources we can in defense of that land,” in a talk live-streamed last Thursday on YouTube. Sheikh Tarik Ata’s remarks came after Jews were targeted in at least two anti-Semitic attacks in Los Angeles. The video remains available on the Orange County Islamic Foundation‘s YouTube…
San Francisco State University’s scheduled program Friday with PFLP terrorist Leila Khaled is in doubt, as the online registration for the Zoom-hosted event has been taken down. Zoom has not responded to requests for comment Tuesday and Wednesday. A spokesperson told the Investigative Project on Terrorism last week that the online video conferencing…
Hassan Shibly, who was one of the highest-profile officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has been accused of spouse abuse and repeated harassment in a National Public Radio story published Thursday. Shibly resigned as director of CAIR’s Florida chapter in January, weeks after his wife went public with spouse abuse allegations. CAIR’s announcement of…
Anti-Semitism has become “a pandemic raging for many years” among many Muslims, said interfaith activist Soraya Deen. “Unfortunately though, we have no vaccine that can cure it.” Deen joined a group of reformist Muslims Wednesday – the eve of Yom HaShoah – to announce their best effort to develop that cure.…
Despite a collapsing Lebanese economy and considerable political turmoil, Hezbollah continues to threaten Israel. These threats must be taken seriously, given the Iranian-backed proxy army’s Hezbollah incredible stockpile of long-range, medium range and short-range missiles that can reach every square inch of Israel. I spoke last Friday with the Middle East Forum…
Progressive academic/activist Marc Lamont Hill was famously fired from CNN in 2018 after he called for “a free Palestine” at the United Nations that would be “from the river to the sea,” among other troubling statements. “From the river to the sea” is a phrase that has been chanted around the world at…
Authorities in Denmark and Germany arrested 14 suspected Islamists earlier this month for plotting a terrorist attack, likely in Europe. The suspects, who include three Syrian brothers, are accused of acquiring firearms and several kilograms of chemicals used for manufacturing explosives, Denmark’s security and intelligence service said Friday. An Islamic State (ISIS)…
He has tried to explain away a comment denying the Holocaust, rationalized the PA’s policy of paying families of terrorists, and minimized rocket first from Gaza that targets Israeli civilians. But to two Harvard University centers, Husam Zomlot is the right person to discuss “The United States and Palestine: Defining…
In yet another example of political expediency overcoming better judgment, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other top Democrats are all slated to speak Jan. 17 to help the Council on American-Islamic Relations‘ (CAIR) Chicago chapter raise money during its annual banquet. CAIR, as we…
A consortium of New York mosques plans to protest at the French Consulate in Manhattan this Sunday to express their rage at Emmanuel Macron’s support for publishing caricatures of Islam’s prophet Muhammad. “The French President is directly provoking the Muslim world in his support of offensive and vulgar depictions of the beloved Prophet…
The video is just over two minutes, but it sure is disturbing. Blindfolded Palestinian detainees appear next to an image of American police in riot gear. In the video posted to its Facebook page Wednesday, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) claimed that programs that take American police leaders to Israel “only…