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Street prayer is no longer the image of quiet devotion. From Toronto to Times Square, it is political theater, often conducted en masse, blocking roads, obstructing entrances and projecting intimidation into the heart of civic life. Predictably, civil liberties organizations and establishment Muslim leaders have raised alarms. The rhetoric is heavy, but it misses the core issue: Public prayer in this context is not an act of private conscience. It is a performance of power in shared civic space. Prayer must not endanger others or disrupt public order. Even Islamic law recognizes the folly of obstructing communal life with ritual...

Terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) killed 12 Christians in an overnight assault on Kautikari, a community near Chibok in Southern Borno, multiple sources — including Dr. Pogu Bitrus, President of the Middle Belt Forum — confirmed to TruthNigeria on Tuesday. The attack, which struck during Holy Week, has plunged the Christian community into fresh grief. Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South in Nigeria’s Senate, also confirmed the killings in a statement reviewed by TruthNigeria. He lamented that Nigeria’s military remains poorly equipped to confront the insurgents who continue to terrorize rural communities. “I...

Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (March 29) attacked a Christian wedding reception in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing 13 Christians and kidnapping dozens of others, a local leader said. In predominantly Christian Kahir village, Kagarko County, community leader Musa Adamu said Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked at about 11 p.m. during the reception following the wedding. “The attackers, who we know to be Fulani herdsmen, invaded our community in large numbers,” Adamu told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “They were armed with deadly weapons which they used in shooting indiscriminately at our people inside the hall where the wedding reception was held; 13...

A banner draped over a 9/11 memorial, which was advertising a new Islamic portion of a Contra Costa County cemetery, was removed after receiving backlash. The owner of the Memorial Gardens Cemetery said he recently sold a portion of the property to an Islamic family who plans to open memorial garden. He said he gave them permission to put up signage but did not authorize them to drape it over the 9/11 installation. He ordered it to be removed as soon as he learned about it. Workers took it down just before noon, but many said it should have never...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing furious backlash after breaking his Ramadan fast with Muslim jailbirds on notorious Rikers Island – and describing it one of his “most meaningful evenings” since taking office. “It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time,” the city’s first Muslim mayor gushed Friday on X about his under the radar and historic visit on Monday, which by Saturday sparked a firestorm of outrage. Earlier in the week, the soft-on-crime socialist told NPR of his Rikers powwow: “This is one of the most meaningful evenings that I’ve had as the mayor...

Churches are discouraged from ringing church bells, but these people can take over a park to show they dominate. Zohran is with them, taking it over. You didn’t expect anything different, did you?There are close to one million Muslims in New York City. Are they here to become Americans? How many are not?Go to link to view 4 video posts to X dating from 6/26/2025 to 3/20/2026.

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2017 for attempting to provide material support to ISIS The suspected gunman who opened fire at Old Dominion University (ODU) has been identified as a former Army National Guard soldier convicted of supporting ISIS. Multiple federal sources confirmed to Fox News that the suspected shooter at ODU is Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36. Jalloh is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Sierra Leone, Fox News has learned. In 2017, Jalloh, a former member of the Virginia National Guard, was sentenced to 11 years in prison plus five years supervised release...

New information about the failed bombing of an anti-Islam protest in New York City by two “ISIS inspired” men. Police have discovered multiple explosive devices in a Pennsylvania storage unit linked to Ibrahim Kayumi and Emir Balat. A controlled detonation took place to destroy the dangerous weapons. BREAKING🚨: FBI discovers explosive residue & materials in a Pennsylvania storage unit linked to two Muslim men (Emir Balat, 18, & Ibrahim Kayumi, 19) accused of throwing ISIS-inspired homemade bombs at anti-Islam protesters outside NYC Mayor Mamdani's residence over the weekend.… pic.twitter.com/lpMcYLg0If — Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) March 10, 2026 Terror suspects Emir Balat,...

When Emir Balat, accused of taking part in throwing IEDs at a rally against the Islamization of New York City near the mayoral residence, was being led out by an FBI agent, he raised his right finger upwards in what media accounts incorrectly described as an “ISIS salute”. The New York Post called it “a universal salute for ISIS”. But there is no such thing as an ISIS salute. It’s the traditional Islamic salute used during prayers to their deity and, much like “Allahu Akbar” is used by Islamists proclaiming that they represent Allah and are combating infidels. ISIS...

Direct link in the "source URL". At stake is that, if there is an attempt to build the Third Temple, it would require demolition of the Al Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest religious site in Islam after Mecca and Medina, probably prompting the whole Muslim world, both Sunni and Shi'a, to go to war. Nearly 2 hours. Transcript in the comments.

As someone who regularly examines culture and politics, I often write about problems and, on occasion, offer solutions. Sometimes the solutions are relatively straightforward and obvious SNIP The reality is, while Islam is most certainly a religion, it is also something else. It is a theology of conquest and subjugation. From its very beginning, Islam was about conquering and conquest, through any means necessary, including deception. On a daily basis, we hear Muslim “scholars” and others speak in the streets, on college campuses, and online, among other places, telling us that Islam will basically take over. Even in high schools,...

Muslims gathered at New York City’s Times Square on Friday (February 20) for Ramadan Tarawih prayers.

Apparently, Americans must give up their dogs to avoid appearing “Islamophobic.” Outrage against Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) is the left’s outrage du jour. The rage mob swung into action after Fine wrote: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.” Yeah, that was it. He didn’t say “Kill them all” or even “Deport them all.” He didn’t recommend any action at all. He was actually responding to an X post from far-left, pro-Hamas activist Nerdeen Kiswani. In response to a news item about two grocery stores removing people with dogs, Kiswani...

Democratic politicians have found themselves indirectly defending Islam’s 7th-century hatred of man’s best friend, dogs.Several Democrats have instinctively accused Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) of racism after he reacted to a New York-based Muslim advocate, Nerdeen Kiswani — who said house pet dogs will not be welcome in a non-secular, Islamic New York.

There is suspicion of an Islamist terrorist attack in London. A 13-year-old boy carried out a stabbing attack on two other boys, aged 13 and 12, who are in critical condition. This morning (Wednesday), the Daily Mail reported that according to testimonies from the school, the attacker, who fled and was arrested after a manhunt, shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he stabbed his victims. The attack occurred yesterday around 12:40 PM at Kingsbury High School in the Brent district of northwest London, a school that serves students aged 11 to 18. The 13-year-old pulled out a knife and stabbed his first...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is using his Muslim faith to justify his views on immigration enforcement and wants America to follow suit.Mamdani held a press conference on Friday to speak about ICE and immigration policy in the United States. As TGP readers know, Madani has vowed not to cooperate with the Trump Administration on getting rid of criminal illegal aliens in the Big Apple.At one point in the press conference, Mamdani cited Islam to push an open borders agenda. He claimed Islam was built on a narrative of migration and noted that Muhammad was once a stranger too.Then,...

Rural Texas residents claim that a Muslim city is being built in their backyard and accuse local officials of being very secretive about the deal. Kaufman, Texas, residents didn’t think much of it when Kaufman Solar LLC bought a massive parcel of land in 2022. However, now that a mysterious buyer from the Middle East is looking to purchase an estimated 2,000 acres of land right next door to the planned solar farm to establish a sustainable city, they are worried about the impact. Residents first became aware of the potential new settlement through a Facebook post from a concerned...

Elaine Ellinger’s article reveals why banning Sharia without defining religion is a legal fraud—and what must be done to stop the endless cycle of empty legislation. Randy Fine’s proposed U.S. legislation, H.R. 5512, titled: No Shari’a Act, promises to prohibit U.S. courts from enforcing any ruling “based in whole or in part” on Sharia if it violates constitutional rights.Hope is not strategy.The bill is well-intentioned but doomed. Remarkably, the bill never once defines the word “Shari’a” — leaving judges to guess what qualifies. Without that definition, and without fixing the deeper constitutional blind spot on what actually qualifies as a...

Two gunmen have opened fire at Bondi Beach with grave fears multiple people have been shot dead. Locals reported hearing gunfire about 6.50pm on Sunday, sending hundreds fleeing from the beach while police raced to the scene. Footage taken by locals showed two men wearing black and firing what appear to be shotguns from on top of a footbridge behind the surf club...

“We’re saying Merry Christmas again!” President Trump declared recently, referring to the politically correct social pressure Christians sometimes feel to downplay the holiday greeting in order to be more “inclusive” of non-Christians. For decades now, as the culture has become more secular, references to Christ have been gradually drained from the season celebrating His birth: schools have changed “Christmas break” to “winter break”; Christmas tree lighting ceremonies have become “Winter” or “Holiday” tree lightings; and most notoriously, “Happy Holidays” has replaced “Merry Christmas” in many chain stores, advertisements, and corporate settings. Some claim that the idea of a “war...