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Unique among major religions, Islam offers even the worst of its sinners, fallen “bad Muslims,” an instant pathway to redemption, in order to enter paradise as a hero. No matter if a Mohammedan has been drinking, gambling, whoring and hanging out with non-Muslims for years, he can have all the Islamic sins of his past forgiven if he dies in the act of killing infidels. I think we saw one example of this yesterday in Washington DC. Time will tell. The intentional suicide crash of Egypt Air Flight 990 in 1999 is another infamous example. For reasons of national pride,...

WASHINGTON — Libby Hilsenrath’s eight-year odyssey to protect her son from what she considered unconstitutional religious indoctrination has reached the final chapter. Last week, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed a Reply Brief on her behalf — the final written plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse lower court decisions which affirmed Chatham Middle School teaching seventh grade students: “May God help us all find the true faith, Islam.” Libby Hilsenrath, reflecting on the uncertainty of the High Court’s weighty decision, commented: “This is the path God...

The lingering appeal of Isis as an idea in the Islamic world should not be dismissedIndications that the Islamic State (ISIS) has begun to employ artificial intelligence in its efforts to recruit new fighters should come as no surprise. At the height of its power a decade ago, Isis was characterized by its combination of having mastered the latest methods of communication with an ideology and praxis that seemed to have emerged wholesale from the deserts of 7th century Arabia. In 2014 and 2015, ISIS recruitment took place on Twitter and Facebook. YouTube was the favored platform for the dissemination...

The website Muslims Around the World has announced that November 17 will henceforth be recognized as an International Day to honor Muslim communities living in non-Muslim countries. According to the Shia Waves Agency, citing the BBC, the initiative aims to highlight the social, cultural, and spiritual contributions of Muslim minorities and to strengthen intercultural dialogue within host societies. The designation is intended to provide greater visibility for the activities of Muslim communities, counter stereotypes, and promote an atmosphere of mutual respect between host nations and migrant populations.

The Muslim Brotherhood is halfway through its plan to “transform Western society from within” by covertly embedding its allies and ideology on college campuses and in other mainstays of American life, a new report warns. The analysis, published Wednesday by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), calls on the US to designate the Islamist group a terror organization to thwart its efforts to penetrate all aspects of American life. “We are now 50 years into the Brotherhood’s 100-year plan to entrench themselves into key institutions in the United States and other Western societies to undermine...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’s (CAIR) legal arm has filed a lawsuit challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) designation of their group as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a stance at odds with the U.S. government. CAIR is the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights advocacy organization, according to a description on its website. The organization’s legal defense fund and the Muslim Legal Fund of America, a legal advocacy group for Muslims, sued both Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday to prevent the enforcement of Abbott’s designation. “CAIR Legal Defense Fund has successfully sued and defeated Texas...

New York Police Department educating the public on how to properly wear a hijab “Then you put it over and over around your face.” The hijab is the head covering worn by Muslim women demanded by Sharia Law

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s offer to stay on as top cop when he takes office, The Post has learned — a bridge-building move that comes despite their profound political differences. The highly anticipated appointment fulfills Mamdani’s campaign promise to keep the respected 44-year-old police executive in the prominent role as the far-left candidate looks to ease concerns from the moderate wing of the Democratic Party and Big Apple bigwigs as he builds out his administration.

November Marks the Beginning anti Christian Jihad by the Ottomans: The Enduring Horror of Political Islam: A Legacy of Genocide and SilenceIt's often whispered in historical footnotes that Adolf Hitler drew grim inspiration from the world's indifference to mass atrocities committed under the banner of political Islam. "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" he reportedly mused, highlighting the chilling silence surrounding the Ottoman Empire's systematic extermination of its Christian minorities. This wasn't mere conquest or war—it was political Islam in action, weaponizing religious doctrines like jihad and dhimmi status to justify the erasure of entire...

Ashur Sarnaya likely considered himself fairly lucky. The disabled Assyrian Christian and his family managed to escape ISIS terror and persecution in his native Iraq and found refuge in France. However, due to open-borders policies and unchecked mass migration into Western nations, Islamist extremists – apparently in large numbers to boot – attached themselves to the migration wave. They took advantage of naïve European immigration policies either unwilling or unable to separate the grain from the chaff. As a result, a suspected Islamist migrant murdered Sarnaya in broad daylight. His murder is a scathing indictment of the irresponsible pro-mass-migration policies...

A man identified as Jihad Dphrepaulezz has been charged with assault and robbery after allegedly attacking a Turning Point USA attendee during a protest at the University of California-Berkeley. Left-wing protesters disrupted Turning Point USA’s Berkeley event Monday, leading to violent clashes and arrests just two months after the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk. Authorities said Dphrepaulezz, 25, confronted a supporter at Monday’s event and forcibly removed a gold chain from his neck, prompting a fight that left both men bloodied, the New York Post reported. Dphrepaulezz is reportedly an employee of the California Department of Public Health. It was...

The grand opening ceremony of a sprawling 150,000-square-foot “milestone for the global Shia Ismaili Muslim community and a transformative addition to the city’s cultural landscape” has opened in Houston. “The Ismaili Center opens in Houston — a first for the U.S.,” by Shafaq Patel, Axios, November 6, 2025: The stone tapestry, with its triangular patterns, illuminates at night and has shadows in the day. The Ismaili Center, Houston, an architecturally grand cultural and religious space and one of only seven worldwide, has completed construction and is opening to the public next month. Why it matters: The 150,000-square-foot center — the...

Tucker Carlson mounted a full-throated defense of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) in Thursday morning’s edition of the former Fox News host’s newsletter. Under the sub-header, “Jews for Mamdani,” Carlson wrote the following: "You saw the campaign attacks against Zohran Mamdani. He’s a socialist! True. He’s a communist! Possibly true. He’s an antisemite! Wait, what? Is the incoming mayor a fan of Israel? Does he want America to fight its wars? Not particularly. But a Jew hater? That’s a different conversation. We’ve never seen anything to suggest he falls into that ugly camp. Because he doesn’t. He plainly...

In the German town of Overath (North Rhine-Westphalia), this year’s Christmas market has been cancelled. The cost of protecting visitors from potential terrorist attacks exceeds the organizer’s budget. The city refuses to cover the expenses. A capitulation to Islamism. It wasn’t long ago that Christmas markets were among the social highlights of the year. Whether in small towns or major cities -- they were meeting points for friends and family, for mulled wine, sausages, and quiet conversations wrapped in winter’s cold and early darkness. Places of TogethernessThere was this special peaceful coziness. A place where community was celebrated -- joyful,...

“Following the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral race, Qatari journalists and media figures commented on their X accounts, celebrating his win and attributing it to the impact of the "Al-Aqsa Flood", i.e., Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. These figures wrote that Mamdani's victory reflects a major perceptual shift in the U.S. and the world and the decline in Israel's international standing.”

CNN anchor Van Jones called out New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for his "character switch" during an intense victory speech on Tuesday, arguing that he missed an opportunity to bring more New Yorkers into his camp after a contentious election. "I think he missed a chance tonight to open up and bring more people into the tent," Jones told the election night panel. "I think his tone was sharp. I think he was using the microphone in a way that he was almost yelling. And that's not the Mamdani that we've seen on TikTok and the great interviews and...

Radical Islam has made its way into America. It is already here, and it is spreading. America cannot be consumed by it.The terror attacks of Sept. 11 forever changed New York City and the United States of America. It’s hard to believe that 24 years after the attack, New York City may elect a Ugandan-born Islamist mayor who openly campaigned with an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the first World Trade Center terrorist attack. As a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, I feel compelled to share my firsthand experience with radical Islam and warn America that Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy is a...

Britain’s post colonial reckoning can be summed up in a single sentence delivered last June at the Glastonbury music festival when rapper duo Bob Vylan shouted “You want your country back? You’re not getting it back!” to an overwhelmingly white, middle-class audience roaring its approval. The message was unmistakable: Britain has been colonized – and its dominant culture not only accepts, but celebrates, it. Britain’s transformation has been driven not by invasion, but by invitation. The country’s population, political culture and national cohesion has been radically reshaped by immigration – one wave in the 1950s, driven by post-World War Two...

He’s shown up for my Jewish community in profoundly meaningful ways On Kol Nidrei, the evening service that begins Yom Kippur, I found myself at synagogue with Zohran Mamdani. Lab/Shul in Manhattan isn’t your typical synagogue; it’s a laboratory for belonging, where ancient liturgy meets radical inclusion. The service was led by my rabbi, Amichai Lau-Lavie — an Israeli who knows how to fill the room with both grief and hope. Mamdani sat in the front row, with Rep. Jerry Nadler and Comptroller Brad Lander. As Lau-Lavie welcomed them to the space, Nadler and Lander were greeted with respectful applause....

An elderly Chinese immigrant who swam for eight hours to flee the country's communist regime said she is appalled that her children are casting votes for Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election. Song Ying, 72, believes her two grown sons do not see the perils of the democratic socialist candidate's far-left policies, which she described as alarmingly reminiscent of the circumstances she risked her life to escape more than 50 years ago. 'Socialism has been a disaster,' Song told the New York Times. 'Everything I've seen and experienced points to that. It breeds laziness and kills the...