FBI arrests woman over alleged plot to bomb New York capitol building

FBI arrests woman over alleged plot to bomb New York capitol building

The FBI has arrested a New York woman who was allegedly planning to bomb the state capitol building in Albany to kill lawmakers.

Prosecutors allege that Jessica Bowie, 35, had previously pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (IS). She is charged with providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organisation.

Bowie had “repeatedly surveilled the building” in advance, and was carrying a fake bomb and a defective gun, which had been supplied to her by undercover agents, prosecutors said.

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Two Afghan migrants ‘raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl on a train from Kent to London’

Two Afghan migrants ‘raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl on a train from Kent to London’

Two Afghan migrants raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl on a London-bound train, a court heard.

Baryalai Rahimi, 25, and Mirebadurahman Sadat, 29, allegedly attacked the teenager on a service from Sturry to London Bridge on February 5.

Rahimi, of Southall in west London, and Sadat, of Cricklewood in north west London, denied all ten charges against them at an earlier hearing.

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The Islamic Republic of NYC

The Islamic Republic of NYC

Twenty-five years ago, America was attacked on its own soil, a first since 1812. A new generation of voters never directly experienced the horrors of that once-in-a-lifetime experience, played out on TV screens like a Hollywood horror movie.

Lessons have been learned in the years since. But not by all Americans, particularly many New Yorkers.

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Halifax Man Ali Assakereh Faces New Charge After Allegedly Threatening To Bomb US Consulate

Halifax Man Ali Assakereh Faces New Charge After Allegedly Threatening To Bomb US Consulate

Federal prosecutors have laid a new charge against the Halifax man accused of making a bomb threat against the United States Consulate in the city earlier this month.

A Crown lawyer confirmed in court on Aug. 18 that federal prosecutors had charged Ali Assakereh, 54, of Halifax, with threatening an internationally protected person.

The charge is under the Criminal Code provision covering threats involving internationally protected persons and their official premises.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes aim at Muslim washing stations in airports

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes aim at Muslim washing stations in airports

HOUSTON — For years, travelers passing through Texas’s two biggest airports have had access to small washing stations for a ritual called wudu, in which Muslims clean their hands, arms, head and feet before the five daily prayers.

Such facilities have become more common in states with the largest Muslim populations, including Texas, where on Wednesday travelers and others popped in and out of washing stations at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The tiled wudu room sits along an airport hall just past a vending machine, with a small sign showing a draped person kneeling.


No accommodation for the cult.

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Surge in vandalism, anti-Muslim rhetoric prompts vigilance at Quebec mosques

Surge in vandalism, anti-Muslim rhetoric prompts vigilance at Quebec mosques

Boufeldja Benabdallah says for the past year and a half, he’s witnessed a rise in vandalism and anti-Muslim rhetoric targeting mosques and cultural centres around Quebec — but he doesn’t understand why.

Still, the spokesperson and co-founder of Quebec City’s Islamic Cultural Centre says his community is responding the best way they can — with vigilance.

For the first time in his memory, his mosque issued a public warning this past week reminding its community of security measures to increase safety in light of recent incidents.

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Hey, Did You Hear the One About the English Guy Who Got Fined $1300 for a Joke?

Hey, Did You Hear the One About the English Guy Who Got Fined $1300 for a Joke?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a country with a rich and magnificent heritage, one of the trailblazers of global political philosophy and culture, suddenly decides, for no particular reason, much less any compelling one, to throw away the legacy of two thousand years. Its leaders invite in a group of foreigners who believe that those who don’t believe in their religion are unclean (Qur’an 9:28), vile (Qur’an 98:6) animals (Qur’an 7:179), and that they are the best of people who alone have the right to set out what is right and wrong (Qur’an 3:110). The newcomers set out to take over, with willing help from self-serving natives.

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If You Hate America, Why Don’t You Leave?

If You Hate America, Why Don’t You Leave?

For years, I’ve tried to understand the growing rancor between the Muslim community and the American population. It seems there is never a time when the two groups have lived comfortably with each other. And in these times of Muslims also becoming part of our political community, of the strife in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflicts in Muslim-majority countries, there is no sign of relationships improving.

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Sydney council rejects controversial bid to broadcast Muslim call to prayer from Australia’s largest mosque after huge backlash

Sydney council rejects controversial bid to broadcast Muslim call to prayer from Australia’s largest mosque after huge backlash

A Western Sydney council has rejected an application to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from a mosque over concerns it would create too much noise in the neighbourhood.

Canterbury-Bankstown Council rejected the proposal, which sought permission for the call to prayer to be broadcast at Australia’s largest mosque.

Lakemba Mosque in NSW had requested permission for the broadcast to take place once a week on Fridays for 15 minutes using four loudspeakers.


More guts than Canada.

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Cambridge University-linked project erases Israel

Cambridge University-linked project erases Israel

An academic project hosted by Cambridge University promotes an “Islamic curriculum” which tells 12-year-olds that Hamas is an “excuse that Israel uses to justify its attacks on the Gaza Strip,” calls the civilian hostages taken by the terror group on October 7 “prisoners of war” and publishes in pupils’ course material a map of the region from which Israel has been erased.

The project also publishes a guide aimed at parents and children, written after the attacks, which asks: “What is the reward of a shaheed [a martyr]? How does this make you feel when you think of all the children of Gaza who are now shuhada [martyrs]?” and states, quoting the Quran: “Never say that those martyred in the cause of Allah are dead – in fact, they are alive but you do not perceive it.”

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