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Lutfur Rahman, shown above speaking at the launch of the Aspire Party in 2018, has survived electoral fraud findings, government investigations, and repeated controversy to remain one of the most influential figures in Tower Hamlets politics.
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Tower Hamlets: A Sectarian Fiefdom in Heart of London
Mayor Lutfur Rahman Survives as Mayor with Help from East London Mosque
June 1, 2026
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Hannah Baldock
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Special Report: Omar Suleiman, Islamist Reincarnation of Father Coughlin
May 6, 2026
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Shia Leaders Support Iranian Regime from Safety of U.S., Europe
April 23, 2026
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Meet Islamist Activist Sameerah Munshi
April 6, 2026
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Church of Latter-day Saints Partnered with Hamas Ministry and Financed Hamas Contractor
March 23, 2026
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Hamas Officials’ Family and Affiliates Established and Staffed Top Dallas Private School
The Brighter Horizons Academy in North Texas Was Established and Run by Figures Involved with Convicted Hamas Operatives and Designated Terror Organizations; Uses Curricula Developed In-House that Teaches Children to Hate
March 6, 2026
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Sam Westrop
Who is Saeed Shehabi? A self-described human rights activist and longtime critic of Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy or a friend to the oppressive regime in Iran?
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Updated: Meet Saeed Shehabi, Adversary of Bahrain, Friend to Iran
Activist Used Pseudonym to Promote Iranian Events in U.K.
February 17, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
Thousands of Iranian protesters have paid for their demands for freedom with their lives, yet U.S.-based Islamist advocacy groups that loudly condemn American actions abroad have largely refused to confront the Islamic Republic’s mass killings and repression.
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U.S.-Based Islamist Organizations Ignore Killings in Iran, Condemn America
Islamist Orgs Say Nothing While Iranian Protesters Sacrifice Their Lives
February 2, 2026
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Noah Sandler
Under the theme 'Khilafah Is Imminent,' Hizb ut-Tahrir Canada hosted a nearly 3-hour broadcast attacking democracy, secularism, and nationalism while calling jihad and caliphate restoration the 'most urgent mission' for Muslims.
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Pro-Caliphate Group in Canada Holds Annual Conference Under the Radar
Conference Promoted Anti-Western and Anti-Democracy Agenda
January 28, 2026
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Joe Adam George
A ceremony at Darul Uloom Texas, a Deobandi madrassa in Texas reportedly eligible for a new state subsidy program
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The Islamist Schools Industry in Texas
January 23, 2026
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Sam Westrop
Anwar Khan, CEO of Islamic Relief USA, with Jean B. Bingham of the LDS Church Relief Society
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Mormon Charities Among Top Contributors to Terror-Aligned Islamist Charities
January 21, 2026
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Sam Westrop
With the world’s longest unprotected border separating them, Canada’s failure to confront Islamist extremism increasingly becomes a U.S. national security problem.
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Islamism Risks Becoming Canada’s Deadliest Export to U.S.
January 16, 2026
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Joe Adam George
Islamist organizations in the United States have accused taxpayers and journalists outraged by the alleged theft public funds by Somali fraudsters in Minnesota of "Islamophobia." The scandal was still enough to force incumbent Tim Walz to abandon his effort to get reelected in the upcoming gubernatorial election.
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Islamophobiacs Help Incite Leftist Protestors in Minnesota
January 14, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
Children at the Islamic Education Center in Houston, which has received almost half a million dollars from the Texas state government, perform a song pledging allegiance to Iran's Supreme Leader
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Texas Faces a Far Broader Islamist Threat Than Just the Muslim Brotherhood
November 20, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister of Malaysia and a top official of a Virginia Islamist network, meets and embrace the late terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh in 2024, just months after Haniyeh and his terror group planned, conducted and broadcast the murder from house to house of over a thousand Israelis, including children, during the October 7 attacks. Fellow Hamas terror leader Khaled Mashal was also present.
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U.S. Government Provides Millions to Malaysia’s Muslim Brotherhood
November 12, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Cenk Uygur, host of “The Young Turks,” a news and commentary outlet named after the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide, interviewed U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) at ArabCon late last month.
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ArabCon: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Hostile, Hypocritical Annual Convention
October 9, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
In 2018, four years before he became Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah Hammoud condemned U.S. President Donald Trump immigration policies at a rally in the city. In this photo, taken when the future mayor was serving in the Michigan House of Representatives, Hammoud stands next to Mohammad Elahi, the imam at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights with close ties to the Iranian regime.
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The New Jim Crow in Dearborn
September 24, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
Activists in Berlin condemn violence in Al-Suwaida, Syria where Druze have been massacred by gunmen associated with the government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former member of Al Qaeda. Mohammad bin Shams al-Din, a prominent "influencer" based in Germany, has taken to the YouTube to promote for Druze and other non-Muslims for his European audience.
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Mohammed bin Shams al-Din: A Germany-Based YouTube Preacher of Hate
September 22, 2025
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Youssef Hisham
Human Appeal staff member Bilal Shehadeh, killed in an Israeli strike in June 2025, welcomed Hamas's October 7 attacks
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Terror-Aligned Charity ‘Human Appeal’ Should Be Prosecuted, Not Publicly Funded
August 26, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Children at the Islamic Education Center in Houston, which has received almost half a million dollars from the Texas state government, perform a song pledging allegiance to Iran's Supreme Leader
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Texas State Government Gives $13 Million to Islamist Mosques and Community Groups
June 10, 2025
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Sam Westrop
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Plano, Texas, Hands $1.2 Million to Radical Terror-Aligned Charities, Including Controversial EPIC City
June 5, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Lord Wajid Khan kissed the ring of a Deobandi extremist during the imam’s visit to Khan’s Burnley constituency in late February.
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FWI Special Report: Renewed Effort to Stifle Free Speech in U.K.
June 5, 2025
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Hannah Baldock
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Did New Gaza Aid Effort Utilize U.S. Hamas-Aligned Islamist Charities?
May 27, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Ahnaf Kalam
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Terror Subsidizers to Receive Billions of Surviving USAID Dollars
April 23, 2025
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Sam Westrop
The Reach Educational Fund hosted a fundraising event at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center in Washington’s Puget Sound region in late January 2025.
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Puget Sounders Give Thousands to Terror-Linked Charity
March 6, 2025
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Susanna Rose
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Terror Finance at the State Department and USAID
February 1, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Just months before the October 7 attaacks, Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad (second from the right) welcomes the 2023 Miles of Smiles convoy, led by British Hamas supporter Essam Yusuf (center).
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Why Does Israel (Still) Facilitate Hamas’s Funding?
January 13, 2025
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Sam Westrop
Scholar Mark Durie contends that overlooked Islamic doctrines played a central role in the rise of grooming gangs, and warns that political correctness has prevented the U.K. from confronting the crisis honestly.
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5Pillars and the Denial of Systemic Child Exploitation in the U.K.
January 10, 2025
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Anna Stanley
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Sharia Finance Industry a Symptom of Britain’s Expanding Islamist Ecosystem
December 23, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
The visage of Ayatollah Ruholla Khoemeni peers down from the wall at the Islamic Center of England in London.
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Islamists Against the Union Jack: Reflections on Visiting 12 Islamic Institutions in 14 Days
December 21, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
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South Africa’s Terror-Tied Ambassador Returns to Washington
December 19, 2024
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Sam Westrop
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The Washington Lobby for Jordan’s Islamists
December 6, 2024
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Romany Shaker
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American Muslims for Palestine Convention 2024 Presents Speaker Lineup with Terror Links
November 13, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Abu Najim Bin al-Iskandar, who also goes by the name Abu Najm Rodriguez, has promoted contempt and hostility toward non-Muslims, moderate Muslims and Westerners in general.
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Meet the Islamist from Texas Preaching Online Hate Against Hindus and the West
November 1, 2024
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Sarojini Siva
Pro-Hamas activists display a banner lionizing Matt Nelson, a radical leftist who immolated himself in front of the Israeli Consulate in Boston on September 11, 2024. They displayed the banner during a September 24, 2024 vigil organized by the Muslim Justice League, a Boston-based nonprofit that has received substantial funds from charitable foundations headquartered in the city.
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Muslim Nonprofit Legitimizes Violence and Suicide at ‘Vigil’ in Boston; Seeks to Suppress Reporting
September 30, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
Supporters of Scott Hayes, a pro-Israel activist, gather on the steps of Newton District Court on September 13, 2024, following his arraignment. Hayes was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after defending himself from an September 12 attack by Caleb Gannon, an anti-Israel activist. Without hesitation, supporters contributed the $5,000 needed to get Hayes released on bond. (Photo: Dexter Van Zile)
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Israel Blamed for October 7; Pro-Israel Activist Blamed for Being Assaulted
September 20, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
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National Security Council Embraces Official of Hamas-Contracted Charity
September 20, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Young Muslims who participated in pro-Hamas protests that disrupted life on college campuses last spring will be first in line to participate in a government jobs program initiated by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). (Photo: Dexter Van Zile)
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CAIR Grooms Pro-Hamas Protesters for Government Jobs after Graduation
September 19, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Kian Kianfar, an Iranian-born American who lives in Framingham, Mass., appears to relish his status as a mascot for the oppressive Iranian regime at protests in the suburbs of Boston. Above, he carries a banner accusing Israel of apartheid while taunting his adversaries at a rally in Lexington, Mass., in mid-August 2024.
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Meet Kian Kianfar, the Pro-Iranian ‘Cement Worker’ Agitating for Mullahs in Massachusetts
September 5, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile