Evidence is building from a variety of sources that Orlando jihadi Omar Mateen, who murdered 49 people at gay nightclub Pulse, was himself gay, or had “gay tendencies,” as his ex-wife put it. Strangely, the ex-wife claims FBI agents asked her not to share this detail with the media.
The East Orlando Post reported Monday that Islamist killer Omar Mateen made contact with the owner of another gay nightclub in Orlando just days prior to the Pulse nightclub massacre.
In the small hours of Sunday morning, June 12, Omar Mateen used his cell phone to dial 911 in Orlando, Florida. When he was put through to a police operator, Mateen swore allegiance to the Islamic State and told the dispatcher that he was about to enter a bar called The Pulse.
On Sunday, several Muslim groups, among others, held interfaith vigils and conferences in California’s Inland Empire to condemn the terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida.
TEL AVIV – Israeli lawmakers opened the Knesset this week by expressing their condolences to the victims of the attacks in Orlando and Tel Aviv and equating the two instances of terror.
TEL AVIV – In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre which left at least 50 people dead, representatives of Israel’s LGBT community are struggling to come to terms with ongoing homophobia and hatred.
The Catholic Bishop of St. Petersburg, Fla, has blamed Catholic disapproval of homosexual acts for the brutal slaughter of 49 people in the Pulse nightclub on Sunday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Ryan Zinke, a former commander at Navy Seal Team Six and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said the June 12 massacre at an Orlando, FL, LGBT nightclub serves as “a tragic reminder” that the United States is at war with “radical Islamic terrorists.”
Orlando jihadi Omar Mateen pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State. ISIS took responsibility for the attack, and declared Mateen one of its “caliphate soldiers.” Now comes word that ISIS supporters are cheering the slaughter in Orlando and pronouncing Mateen a “martyr” to their cause.
At his Monday national security address, Donald Trump called for a common sense, “mainstream immigration policy that promotes American values,” and denounced Hillary Clinton’s “radical immigration policy” that only benefits special interests.
The top Senate Democrat on the Select Committee on Intelligence told CNN’s Jake Tapper that despite two opened and closed FBI investigations into Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen, the massacre was not a result of an intelligence failure.
Omar Mateen reportedly visited Disney World in Orlando, Florida, reportedly to scout for a terrorist attack.
Store owner Ed Henson tells reporters Mateen “did not buy the handgun and the long gun at the same.” This is because Florida handles handgun and long gun purchases differently.
The Unitarian congregation also recently backed legislation by some House Democrats that would amend the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to ensure religious exemptions cannot be applied to any health care service, including abortion and gender transition treatments.
In the aftermath of the Orlando mass killing at a gay nightclub in the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, statements made both before and after the incident reveal a gap in understanding why such acts of domestic terrorism will only continue.
President Obama spoke to reporters Monday about the terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and said Omar Mateen had a “Glock which had a lot of clips in it.”
Seddique Mir Mateen, the father of Orlando mass murderer Omar Mateen, is a supporter of the Afghan Taliban with his own Youtube program, where he made radical anti-LGBT statements and proclaimed to run a campaign for president of Afghanistan from his Florida home.
As Americans mourned the terror attack that took the lives of 50 innocent people and left 53 more injured on Sunday, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane mocked the idea of being armed for self-defense and suggested it is time to “ban automatic weapons.”
“We’re a loving state,” said governor Rick Scott after being asked directly how he sleeps at night knowing the threat Radical Islam poses to Florida residents and visitors. “We’re a great melting pot.” The term “melting pot” is a term used to describe how immigrants come to America and blend into her mainstream culture and adopt her traditions.
During a June 13 interview on CNN, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) struggled to explain how more gun laws could stop terrorists.
A Massachusetts left-wing congressman in a closely-held letter passed to Breitbart News called on colleagues to ramp up the flow of Syrian refugees less than 48 hours after terrorist Omar Mateen executed 49 revelers at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub and wounded at least 50 more.
Reality TV queen Kim Kardashian took to Twitter Sunday to scold Congress for not passing gun controls laws in the wake of the deadly terror attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida that left 49 people dead and another 53 injured by a Muslim gunman who reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, one of the world’s leading experts on radical Islamist ideology, joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Monday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily to offer his analysis of the Orlando terrorist attack at a gay nightclub.
On June 13–the day after Omar Mateen allegedly killed 50 people and wounded 53 more in Orlando–Orange County Sheriff Jerry L. Demings expressed his desire for more restrictions on “assault weapons.”
Former FBI agent, counter-terrorism instructor, and founder of UnderstandingTheThreat.com John Guandolo appeared on Monday morning’s edition of Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to talk about the Orlando jihad attack.
We may never be able to prove that Omar Mateen, the killer in Florida, was directly in cahoots with some ringleader in the Middle East, but without a doubt, he was influenced by those ringleaders.
A former coworker of the jihadi responsible for the death of at least 49 people in a mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse LGBT night club says “angry, sweating” Omar Mateen was regularly talking about committing a massacre, but the security firm they both worked for did nothing about it because Mateen was Muslim.
Before the identities of the dead were known and their loved ones notified, rapper Vic Mensa was on social media tying the horrific attack to Trump.
During a June 13 interview on CNN, Hillary Clinton said the U.S. needs to increase its outreach to Muslims, while simultaneously pursuing a ban on “assault weapons” and .50 caliber rifles.
Ronnie Dunn — one half of Grammy-winning legendary country music duo Brooks and Dunn — ripped President Obama’s gun control-focused response to Sunday’s terror attack in Orlando in a series of bitingly sarcastic messages posted to social media.
“This is Radical Islam,” she said. “There are things–I am not sure what has been released to the media yet–as opposed to the intelligence I know from being in the command center.”
In a video posted early Monday, CBS reports, Seddique Mir Mateen — the father of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen — expresses sadness for the shooting during Ramadan and says that he was “not aware what motivated [his son] to go into a gay club and kill 50 people.”
The cover of Monday’s New York Daily News makes no mention of Islam, Islamists, or radical Islamic terror. Rather, it blames the NRA for the terror attack in which 50 were killed and 53 wounded in Orlando.
Monday while addressing the media, Orlando Police Chief John Mina was asked if there was any truth to witness reporters that shooter Omar Mateen was celebrating and laughing on the phone while he was shooting. He acknowledged there was an
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TEL AVIV – An Israeli-American who organized a party for fellow Israelis at the Pulse nightclub just one week before the massacre at the popular gay venue said he was shocked at news of the attack but added that the club’s security was “a joke.”
TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent condolences to the families of the victims of the Orlando massacre, saying that Israel stands “shoulder to shoulder” with the United States in the fight against terrorism.
TEL AVIV – In a show of solidarity with the victims of the Orlando massacre, the Tel Aviv municipality lit up City Hall with the rainbow colors of the Pride flag interspersed with the flags of the U.S. and Israel.
In a long list of who is responsible for the horrific slaughter at the Pulse nightclub on Saturday, the Huffington Post blames everyone imaginable—from Ted Cruz to Pope Francis—except the real culprit: radical Islam. “I blame Ted Cruz, Pat McCrory,
In a recent statement on Sunday’s massacre of 50 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando (FL), Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich avoids mentioning the ideology of radical Islam behind the shooting and points the finger instead to “easy access”
