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Tulsi Gabbard: Terrorism Is About Ideology, Not Poverty

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued that terrorism is “not about people who are alienated” or impoverished, but really caused by Islamic extremism on Monday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. After being read President Obama’s concern about the “alienated, youth” population turning

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ISIS Reaches Out to Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab

It has long been feared that ISIS could ally with Somali terror group al-Shabaab, which has been tied to al-Qaeda. As Osama bin Laden’s gang fades and the Islamic State rises, ISIS might look like a better partner for the Somalian militants. ISIS recently accepted an oath of fealty from Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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Jindal: US Shouldn’t ‘Blindly’ Follow Europe on Immigration

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) declared “we shouldn’t be blindly following Europe where you’ve got second and third generation immigrants that don’t assimilate, don’t integrate” on Wednesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “Look, America’s built on religious liberty.

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CNN’s Blitzer Asks If ‘Death to America’ ‘Just a Slogan’

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked if “death to America” and “death to Israel” chants in Iran are “just a slogan” on Friday’s broadcast of “Wolf.” Blitzer, interviewing Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, asked “when you hear these thousands of

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Perry: State Dept ‘Out of Touch With Reality’

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) said that State Department was “out of touch with reality” on Thursday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. Regarding the debate over the terminology used to describe terrorism and John Kerry’s declaration that

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China Mulls Anti-Terror Law Defining ‘Speech’ as Terrorism

In light of escalating terrorist activity in its western Xinjiang region, the Chinese legislature is considering its first terror-specific criminal code—which, in its current form, would make any speech the government deems to “undermine public security” a criminal violation.

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UN Women Liaison: Overuse of ‘Islamophobe’ Is Harmful

UN Women Liaison Zainab Khan said that dubbing anyone who ties a “theological component” to “radical ideologies” within the Muslim world an Islamophobe undermines progress and on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox News Channel. “There’s a deep ostracization of

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Maher: ‘Orwellian’ Not to Say ‘Islamic Terrorism’

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher declared “this idea we cannot call it ‘Islamic terrorism’ seems Orwellian to me” on Friday. Maher began by stating that President Obama’s argument that “no religion is responsible for terrorism, people are responsible for

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Delusional: Obama, Kerry Plan to Fight Terror with ‘Peaceful Communities’

The Obama administration has no shame whatsoever about its denialist approach to radical Islamic terror. Rather than admit that its conference on “violent extremism” was, at best, window-dressing after the embarrassment of avoiding the Paris anti-terror march, it is attempting to turn political correctness into a foreign policy doctrine. The latest example is Secretary of State John Kerry’s “plan” for fighting “violent extremism,” published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal.

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What Obama’s Valentine Story Says About His Islamic Extremism Response

The president’s speech at the conference on combating violent extremism Wednesday wasn’t nearly as bad as some of his other recent statements on the topic. He did not repeat the silly claim that ISIS is not Islamic. He did not refer to the Crusades or the Inquisition. And he at least attempted to explain why he refuses to adopt the phrase “Islamic extremist.”

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Cruz: Obama ‘Apologist’ For Terrorism

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) dubbed President Obama “an apologist for radical Islamic terrorists” on Wednesday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “What undermines the global effort [against terrorism] is for the President of the United States to be an

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Krauthammer: Obama Sounds Like Christians Killed Muslims

Columnist Charles Krauthammer stated that after the president’s address at the White House’s violent extremism summit, “you would think that we are responding to the execution, the beheading of 21 Muslims on behalf of 21 extreme Christians somewhere in the

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Gabbard: White House Ignoring My Critiques of Terror Rhetoric

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), an Iraq War veteran who has, on multiple occasions, criticized the Obama administration’s rhetoric on Islamist terror, reported that no one at the White House has reached out to her about her concerns on Wednesday’s “Situation Room”

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Tulsi Gabbard: WH Extremism Summit ‘Diversion’

Representative and Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argued the White House’s summit on violent extremism was “a diversion from what our real focus needs to be, and that focus is on this Islamic extremist threat” on Wednesday’s “Your World

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Leading Expert: Yes, ISIS Is Islamic

The Obama administration made a kind of parlor game out of refusing to connect the Islamic State with Islam. The president himself said it most directly last year when he announced in a prime time TV address, “ISIL is not ‘Islamic.’”

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Re-enacting Muhammad in Copenhagen

Shouting the jihadist battle cry declared by Islam’s prophet Muhammad himself, “Allahu-akbar” (“Allah is greater”), on Saturday, February 14, 2015, a Muslim gunman opened fire on participants at a Copenhagen, Denmark, conference on freedom of expression, killing 1 and wounding 3 others.

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Atlantic’s Graeme Wood: ISIS Is Islamic

Graeme Wood, Contributing Editor for the Atlantic, stated that ISIS is “very Islamic,” although it holds a “very unpopular” view in the Islamic world on Monday’s broadcast of “The Cycle” on MSNBC. Wood, in reference to an earlier article he

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Lieberman Criticizes Netanyahu No-Shows, Obama Terror Rhetoric

Former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) criticized Democrats threatening to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress and President Barack Obama’s rhetoric in the war on terror on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel.

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Jindal Criticizes Obama’s ‘Moral Equivalence’ on Radical Islam

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) criticized President Obama’s “moral equivalence,” and “mush” on radical Islam on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Jindal primarily criticized President Obama’s earlier remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, saying “we’ll keep an eye

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