A federal grand jury in Lubbock, Texas, has indicted Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari on one charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. The indictment was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lubbock in connection with an alleged
During his testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Muslim radicalization Thursday, Rep. Keith Ellison continued to repeat the flawed findings and interpretations of two studies issued in recent months. Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and one of two
More than 80 percent of all convictions tied to international terrorist groups and homegrown terrorism since 9/11 involve defendants driven by a radical Islamist agenda, a review of Department of Justice statistics shows. Though Muslims represent about 1 percent of
The political spin against Thursday’s congressional hearing into Islamic radicalization against America is off base, a Muslim journalist argues. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., is not waging a McCarthyite witch hunt, but acknowledging a problem self-anointed Muslim
Two members of Congress, two men whose families were devastated by a relative’s radicalization and two civic leaders with opposing views on Muslim community support for law enforcement will testify Thursday at the first hearing on Islamic radicalization in America.
On a day when Libyan forces unleashed what is being called “their fiercest counterattack yet” on anti-government rebels, concern is mounting over radical forces that can capitalize on the unrest. That makes decisions for the United States and others hoping
CAIR expanded its attack on law enforcement Wednesday when it filed a lawsuit against the FBI, alleging it placed a GPS tracking device on the car of a California Muslim. Yasir Afifi found the device on his car on October
Pakistan’s only Christian cabinet minister, and a staunch opponent of his nation’s blasphemy laws, was gunned down Wednesday as he went to work in Islamabad. Police reportedly found leaflets from the Pakistan Taliban near the scene of Shahbaz Bhatti’s assassination
The wave of change now sweeping the Middle East should give pause to those who argue that if only Israel would recognize a Palestinian state, there would be peace, writes James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal. “In the past
As it comes under increasing fire for its poor human-rights record, Iran has decided to change the subject by focusing on purported Zionist and Freemason “conspiracies” against Muslims. On Sunday, the United States condemned Iranian repression of opposition supporters, and
The Muslim Brotherhood seems to be trying to preserve its recently burnished image as a moderate party dedicated to maintaining a modern, secular, and just Egypt. In keeping with this apparent internal strategy, the Brotherhood has removed its explicitly worded
Iran is expanding its covert global effort to obtain uranium, according to a new intelligence report from an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member nation. The Associated Press reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly expressed interest in Zimbabwe’s
The U.S. government has expressed some concern about Libya’s chemical weapon supplies and dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s irrationality, as protesters march on the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The demonstrators claim to be acting to preempt any Gaddafi’s retaliation, in light of
The U.N. and the Obama Administration seem more interested in condemning Israeli settlements than in denouncing Arab dictators who commit atrocities against their own people, according to the Jerusalem Post‘s Khaled Abu Toameh. Settlements may be a problem, he writes,
The mounting violence in Libya could have the unintended consequence of reviving radical Islamists including the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a terror organization aligned with al-Qaida. As Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year-old dictatorship totters on the brink, U.S. policymakers should pay
American policymakers are trying to downplay any role the Muslim Brotherhood will play in an emerging Egyptian government, saying only that President Hosni Mubarak’s successors must be open and tolerant of religious minorities and govern an open society. Statements by
Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks provide another reminder that al-Qaida remains committed to obtaining weapons of mass destruction (WMD) – nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and “dirty bombs.” Security briefing cables published by the London Telegraph – some as recent
With questions looming about Islamist influence in a transitional Egypt, an organization that calls itself “the leading Islamic Institute in the West” is teaching students to support Sharia law in Egypt and around the world. Teachers at Houston-based Al Maghrib
With Hosni Mubarak stepping down Friday, Egypt’s future remains uncertain. Egypt’s Supreme Council of Armed Forces has taken temporary power with expectations of elections still set for the fall. “Egypt is free!” chanted the hundreds of thousands of people gathered
A Gaza-based radical leader says it is permissible to kill Jewish and Christian civilians while carrying out jihad, according to a document translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Abu Walid Al-Maqdisi, leader of the Jama’at Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad
If the Muslim Brotherhood gains prominence in a future Egyptian government, Imam Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a key spiritual guide, might return to his native land to help drive theological rule, writes Hudson Institute visiting fellow Lee Smith. Qaradawi, who now lives
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood announced it will enter talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman about “the process of [President Hosni] Mubarak leaving office, the right to protest in public places and guarantees for their safety,” an MB spokesman told Reuters. The
Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s odd behavior – telling colleagues that the United States was at war with Islam, justifying suicide bombing and saying his religious loyalties outweighed his oath to protect America – provided ample justification to kick him out
The woman known as “Jihad Jane” quietly stood before a federal judge in Philadelphia Tuesay and admitted plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist and to recruiting people to wage terrorist attacks. Colleen LaRose pled guilty to conspiracy to support terrorists,
Hundreds of thousands of people crammed into Tahrir Square in Cairo Tuesday demanding the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Estimates of the crowd ranged from 200,000 to the organizers’ goal of 1 million people – news reports described the
