This piece was written by Sen. Jeff Sessions and originally posted at Politico. On Election Day, Americans roared in protest against the President’s open-borders extremism. They rallied behind candidates who will defend the rule of law and put the needs
A leaked report has highlighted the alarming activities of Islamic extremism in British Universities. The document, due to be published later this week, claims to have found proof of Jihadist speakers hosted by universities in 2014 along with cases of
A British man is behind a suicide bombing that killed eight people, including a top-ranking police officer, in the Iraqi town of Beiji, a counter-extremism analyst has said. Kabir Ahmed, 32, who is originally from Derby, drove a truck full
Police forces in Britain are “struggling to cope” thanks to high levels of immigration, one of the country’s most senior police officers has warned. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, said that officers face difficult challenges due to
Zale Thompson, the man who attacked a group of New York City policemen with an ax last month, was a self-radicalized jihadist who spent days before the attack looking at extremist websites. Two sources with knowledge of the investigation tell
Rules announced by the Home Secretary to combat foreign extremism such as the fundamental Islamism of ISIS and Boko Haram could instead be used to suppress legitimately held religious and social views of Christians or even atheists in Britain, it
(AFP) German riot police Sunday clashed with far-right hooligans who rallied against Islamist extremism, with authorities using water cannons and tear gas against the rock-throwing protesters. At least 2,500 hardline football fans from across Germany had amassed under the banner
This article originally appeared at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. It is too early to say that the U.S. strategy against the Islamic State is imploding, but it is scarcely too soon to question whether this is possible.
This article originally appeared in the New York Times. Canadian authorities identified the gunman in the deadly shooting Wednesday of a soldier guarding the National War Memorial in Ottawa as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian born in 1982. Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau, who had a
It didn’t take long for the left to begin carping about coverage of the shooting in Canada this morning. In fact, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes got the ball rolling before word even broke that alleged shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was a convert
Convicted terrorists will be banned from running British charities under government plans to stop donations being transferred to extremist groups. The Prime Minister has announced that the government will give the Charity Commission new powers to prevent convicted criminals misusing
Do you lock them up, or try to rehabilitate them? Britain has taken a hard line on citizens returning from fighting in Syria and Iraq, but anti-extremism groups and experts say more good might come from trying to help them.
AUSTIN, Texas — The good news keeps coming for Greg Abbott, Texas’ Attorney General and the heavy favorite to be the state’s next governor. After a week of negative backlash against an attack ad run by his Democratic opponent, State
Republican Tony Strickland has sent an inflammatory mailing attacking his opponent in the race to represent California’s 25th congressional district, north of Los Angeles. The mailing features a large Confederate battle flag, and notes that State Sen. Steve Knight (right,
Vox’s Max Fisher continues to claim that Islamophobia is unfairly painting Muslims with a broad brush, but just last year Fisher himself said he found the data on what Muslims around the world actually believe “disturbing.” Fisher’s most recent effort
(Reuters) – Mizanur Rahman laughs when he recalls the de-radicalisation programme he was sent on in 2008 after he was released from a British jail where he had served two years for inciting violence against British and American troops. “I’d
Thirty years ago, a terrorist bomb exploded at the Conservative Party conference, killing five people and wounding 34. Now, former party chairman Lord Tebbit has said he will never forgive the man who planted that bomb, branding him a “creature”.
LONDON (Reuters) – Mizanur Rahman laughs when he recalls the de-radicalization program he was sent on in 2008 after he was released from a British jail where he had served two years for inciting violence against British and American troops.
Conservatives have taken to social media to remember the night that Margaret Thatcher came “within minutes” of being killed at 1984 Party conference. She was staying at the Grand Hotel in Brighton when an IRA bomb several floors above her
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work for children’s rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two “for their struggle against the
Four men were arrested in London this morning on suspicion of terrorism offences, the Metropolitan Police have said. The men, who are aged between 20 and 21, have been held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, as part of a
If one is looking for reasons why Washington has become so caustic, divisive and bitter, look no further than retiring Attorney General Eric Holder. If reports first published by the Los Angeles Times are correct, the always controversial Holder, aged
Today Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, prohibiting grocery stores from putting shoppers’ goods into plastic grocery bags. Immediately thereafter, the American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA), which represents the plastic bag manufacturing industry, announced that it would start taking
Some of Canada’s nationwide Islamic organizations have come together to release a ‘counter terror’ handbook that urges intelligence and law enforcement officials to stop using the terms “Islamist terrorism,” “Islamic extremism,” and “jihad,” when officers of the law. The 37-page
Newspaper columnist Melanie Phillips has attacked Home Secretary Theresa May for “sanitising” Islamic extremism in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference today. Breitbart London reported earlier today that May used her speech to announce plans for new Extremist Disruption
