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Detained Mobster Exposes Turkey's No-Questions-Asked Policy on Money Laundering

In the first confirmed case of money laundering exploiting Turkey's no-questions-asked policy for transferring cash into the country, Ayhan Bora Kaplan, a mafia leader, illegal gun runner and drug trafficker, has admitted to...

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Jihad in the Capital? D.C.-Area Mosque Targeted for Islamist Takeover, Members Allege

Senior members of a mosque in Arlington, Virginia have accused supporters of an extremist Islamist organization of trying to turn the institution they lead into an outpost for Islamism. They allege that the activists are trying...

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With Diplomatic Gains in the US, Netanyahu Briefly Soared above the Overhaul Fight

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's US trip began on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport, with a focus on the protests against judicial reform that have dogged his government since his justice minister unveiled the planned overhaul...

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New York State Funds Islamist Hatred of Jews, Christians, Promotes Enslaving Women and Children

Sistani is not merely saying homosexuality is condemnable, a view shared by many a religious tradition. He holds, authoritatively within his tradition, that those who engage in it should be brutally murdered New York State...

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The Genocide of Christians: Islamic Terrorists vs. Muslim Statesmen

As the Muslim nation of Azerbaijan resumed its genocide of Armenian Christians earlier this week, the question arises: When it comes to savage hate for "infidels," what, exactly, is the difference between Islamic terrorists —...

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Why Has the Islamic Relief Franchise Lost the Support of Western Governments?

The flagship institution of Islamic Relief, the wealthiest Islamist charitable franchise in the West, has largely lost the support of Western governments, its latest accounts reveal. The franchise's income continues to grow...

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Fearing Islam, Europe's Journalists Self-Censor

When a taxi driver, after dropping him off at home, said "now I know where you live" to the famous Tagesschau journalist Constantin Schreiber, it was time to stop. He will no longer comment on Islam. Schreiber won't say anything...

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Ain Al-Hilweh Fighting Reflects Palestinian and Sunni Arab Weakness

A truce brokered earlier this week by the Lebanese General Security Service to end the ongoing fighting in the Palestinian Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp appears to have broken down, with renewed clashes taking place at various...

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Spotlight: US Congress Probes Iranian Influence in American Mosques

Lawmakers have called on the Biden Administration to investigate four Shi'a mosques in the United States they believe are working on behalf of Iran's Islamist government. In a July 28 letter shepherded to publication by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., lawmakers asked Attorney General Merrick Garland and Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, to investigate Shi'a religious institutions across the U.S.

Citing information published in Focus on Western Islamism, the lawmakers declare that the mosques appear to form "a network of regime-sponsored mosques acting as agents for a foreign adversary."

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Congress Acts on MEF Iranian Regime Mosque Exposé
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Congressmen Call for Investigation of Iranian Regime Control of Mosques in U.S.
by Susannah Johnston (Aug 3, 2023)
GOP Reps Raise Alarm Bells over Iran's Influence in American Mosques
by Benjamin Weinthal (Aug 1, 2023)
Maryland Legislature Funds Pro-Iran Mosque Entangled in Terror Trials
by Benjamin Baird (May 26, 2023)
Meet Hamza Sodagar, Tehran's American Mouthpiece
by Susannah Johnston (Apr 26, 2023)
Michigan Imam Serves Tehran Regime as He's Fêted by U.S. Politicians
by Susannah Johnston (Aug 17, 2022)
Texas Mosque Enlists Children into Cult of Iranian Martyrdom
by Dexter Van Zile (Jul 29, 2022)

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