‘This is America’ air traveler says guilty of yanking Muslim’s scarf

May 13, 2016 Article

A North Carolina man admitted on Friday that he ripped off a Muslim woman’s head scarf during a flight to New Mexico last December after saying, “Take it off! This is America!” Gill Payne, 37, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico to one count of using force to intentionally obstruct the

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Junead Khan jailed for plot to kill U.S. troops

May 13, 2016 Article

A delivery driver who plotted to kill U.S. troops based in England by staging road accidents to lure soldiers from their cars and then attack [...]

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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Damascus blast

May 13, 2016 Article

Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in a blast at a base near Damascus airport, the Lebanese Shi’ite group said on Friday, [...]

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How a MailOnline article distorted a video from 2014 to highlight ‘racist’ Muslim women

May 13, 2016 Article

A recent story published by MailOnline and The Sun reposted an argument between TfL passengers from December 14, 2014. The respective headlines gave weight to the ‘You white sl*g!’ and ‘Don’t call me a white b***h!’ comments. We are then informed that ‘Two white women and two women wearing hijabs fired insults at each other

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The Wider Image: On patrol with the Sinjar Resistance Units

May 11, 2016 Article

Pictures from resistance units in Sinjar Province – stand off against IS forces.

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‘I Have Changed’ Robinson Sees Hijabs Abound After Sadiq Khan’s Win

May 9, 2016 Article

Not to be outdone in the ‘there are Moozlims‘ everywhere paranoia of far right extremists, Tommy ‘I have Changed’ Robinson, decided to put his toe in the sewer of anti-Muslim bigotry through his Twitter account. His involvement can only be described as an epic fail in the world of the Twitterati. Failing to realise that

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Historic mosque reopens in Banja Luka in Bosnia

May 8, 2016 Article

Thousands of Muslims gather in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka to celebrate the reopening of an historic mosque destroyed during the country’s war. The [...]

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Al Qaeda chief tells jihadist fighters in Syria – Unite or die

May 8, 2016 Article

Ayman al-Zawahri Issues a Stark Warning Showing Real Tensions on the Ground Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite [...]

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Linking Sadiq to Extremism is the ‘Rough and Tumble’ of Politics Says Michael Fallon

May 7, 2016 Article

Efforts by the Conservative party to link the new Mayor of London to Muslim extremism during campaigning for the capital’s election were just part of the “rough and tumble” of politics, a senior MP said on Saturday. As politicians from all sides lined up to condemn his party’s tactics in the mayoral race won by

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Labour Did the Right Thing on AntiSemitism, Now the Conservatives Must on Islamophobia

May 6, 2016 Article

Enquiry into the Direction of the Campaign Needs to be Undertaken by the Conservatives It took Jeremy Corbyn some time to ensure that he set out an Inquiry into Antisemitism which will be headed up by Shami Chakraborty. The Inquiry is needed given the charges of antisemitism that should be looked into and given the

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