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During his visit to Chechnya on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped at the Prophet Isa mosque in Grozny and posed for photos while holding, and kissing, a gold-leaf copy of the Quran. Putin was flanked by his hand-picked Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, and top Chechen Muslim cleric Mufti Saah Mezhiev during his Quran smooch. The Grand Mufti ceremonially read a verse from the Quran, translated into Russian for Putin. The Prophet Isa mosque, constructed in 2020, is a huge and expensive structure that can accommodate 5,000 worshipers at once. “Prophet Isa” is Islam’s version of Jesus Christ, who ranks...

A clip has emerged online showing Russian warlord Vladimir Putin kissing a copy of the Quran during his visit to Chechnya this week, as Ukraine continues its shock cross-border incursion. Putin also met with Chechnya leader and attack dog Ramzan Kadyrov, with whom he visited the newly constructed "Prophet Jesus" mosque in the capital, Grozny. There the Kremlin leader was presented with a gold-encrusted copy of the Holy Quran, before planting a kiss on it for the cameras.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have inspected Chechen troops and volunteers preparing to fight in Ukraine in Putin’s first visit to the North Caucasus region since 2011. -snip- “As long as we have men like you, we are absolutely, absolutely invincible,” Putin told soldiers at the Russian Special Forces University, a training school in Chechnya’s Gudermes, according to a transcript on the Kremlin’s website. “It is one thing to shoot at a shooting range here, and another thing to put your life and health at risk. But you have an inner need to defend the Fatherland...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as Ukraine's stunning cross-border incursion into western Russia entered its third week. Putin was greeted by Chechnya’s self-styled strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov

What do the stabbings in Israel, the assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh, the Muslim mobs roaming English cities and the massacres of Christians in Nigeria all have in common? The politically correct answer is nothing. And that’s why the politically correct answer condones, justifies or ignores the violence. Islamic attacks on non-Muslim majorities in India, Europe, America or Israel are justified as resistance by the oppressed, but violence by Muslim majorities against non-Muslim minorities in Indonesia, Nigeria and Bangladesh were justified by claims that the Muslim majority was economically disenfranchised. Muslim violence is always excused by false claims of victimhood....

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 · Follow Media silence after Islamist terrorist stabs Catholic priest in Ireland Last Thursday, a 16-y-old boy stabbed Fr Paul Murphy multiple times at Renmore Barracks in Galway, where he serves as an army chaplain Severly wounded, he was saved by soldiers who overpowered the attacker.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a multiple stabbing incident in Manchester left a woman dead and two others seriously injured late Sunday evening. A 43-year-old woman died, and a 17-year-old girl and a 64-year-old man have been hospitalised with “life-threatening injuries” after they suffered “serious stab wounds” during an incident at a property in the Gorton area of Manchester, England. A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after the stabbings, which occurred around 11:20 pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said. No further information about the suspect has been made public at the time of...

Protesters are expected to wreak such havoc at next week’s Democratic National Convention, some members of Congress have been told not to book hotels in their own names, according to a new report from Axios. They’ve also been warned to avoid staying in certain area’s of the host city, Chicago, and one Democratic lawmaker told the website they were “very concerned” about personal security./b> At least some area hotels have been getting calls from people with random requests for names. “The protesters aren’t staying in a designated protest site … and there are people who are going to go and...

Roughly 100,000 far-left, Israel-hating protesters will be descending on Chicago this week, sowing chaos as Democratic leaders rally around their new presidential ticket. At least seven large rallies and marches are set to take place in the Windy City while the McCormick Place Convention Center hosts Democratic National Convention, organizers said. And other rallies are also expected even though their organizers have not scored necessary city permits. The causes run the gamut of radical leftist causes, including backing Hamas terrorists and ending US aid to Israel. The convention runs Monday through Thursday, but the protests begin Sunday with a march...

A Jordanian man living in Florida has been arrested for causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to a solar energy facility and damaging multiple businesses over their perceived support for Israel, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of Florida announced on Thursday. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 43, is accused of breaking the front doors of multiple businesses in a rampage in June. He wore a mask while committing the vandalism and left behind warning letters stating his intention to “destroy or explode everything here in whole America. Especially the companies and factories that support the racist...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister has been ousted from power, and the parliament has been dissolved. What ripple effects will this have?

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday reiterated his support for a "full-fledged Palestinian state" amid Israel's ongoing war with Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, the independent Russian news site The Moscow Times, as well as the Kremlin-operated outlet Tass, reported that Putin had a meeting with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas where he said, "We believe that in order to ensure lasting, reliable and stable peace in the region, it's necessary to...create a full-fledged Palestinian state."

The meeting between the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who is on a visit to this country, has started, APA reports citing TASS. The negotiations are being held at the Kremlin head's residence in Novo-Ogaryovo.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is visiting Russia, state news agency TASS reported. Abbas arrived in Russia on Monday to discuss the Gaza war with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Palestinian envoy said. -snip- The Kremlin has repeatedly criticized Israel's response to the October 7 attacks and called for restraint.

This report from Washington Examiner reporter Gabe Kaminsky offers us two possible insights into the Kamala Harris campaign. One: They have done a terrible job at vetting for Harris' most important decision of the campaign. Or two: They did an excellent job at vetting and this really shows the values Harris will bring to the presidency.I pray that it's Option One, but I suspect that it's Option Two.According to Kaminsky and his research, Tim Walz has repeatedly hosted a Muslim cleric who praises Hitler, as well as including him in his 2019 state address. Asad Zaman has also recently praised...

Leftards and Islamists came out looking for a confrontation with the "far right," but the "far right" were busy making a living and living their lives. In Sheffield, Islamists, finding no "far right" activists, decided to riot with themselves. In Brighton, leftists made noise and four or five blokes came out from a pub to yell STFU at them. Transcript at link below video.

After 9/11, Nasrina Bargzie, an Afghan Muslim immigrant, was interviewed by law enforcement over troubling comments on the War on Terror reported by her friends. Today she’s the Deputy Counsel to Vice President Kamala Harris. After coming to America from a wealthy family in Kandahar, later a stronghold of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, Nasrina Bargzie was raised in Concord, CA, one of the state’s hubs for Afghan migrants, and quickly got involved in anti-American and pro-terrorist activism. In 2001, while attending college, she was interrogated by the FBI about comments she had made to her friends. It’s unknown what...

After leaving the store, Harun began touching the victim's thigh as they drove, and "grabbing the victim's hand and putting his arms around the victim and touching the victim's chest," according to the arrest report. The girl "began filming (Harun) due to being in fear and feeling uncomfortable. (Harun) made mention of making the victim his second wife," the affidavit says. Charging documents further that "Harun stated that Somali people don't care about age" to which the teen replied, "This is America." "Harun then told (her) not to tell her family. (She) stated that on or about July 17, Harun...

The ISIS teen who plotted a terror attack on a Taylor Swift concert has been pictured for the first time as neighbours say he completely changed his look recently. The 19-year-old ISIS fanatic has been identified as Beran A., who lived in a newly-built end-terraced house in Ternitz, nearly 50 miles south of Vienna, where he spent his childhood. A few years ago, Beran A.'s parents - who immigrated to Austria from North Macedonia - moved into a new-built house in the Neunkirchen district of Ternitz with him and his younger sister. Beran A. and his accomplice had planned to...

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.” Three sold-out concerts were canceled a day earlier because of the plot, devastating Swifties from across the globe. Many of them had dropped thousands of euros (dollars) on travel and lodging in Austria’s expensive capital city to attend the Eras Tour shows...