June’s Most Important Islamism Stories

For many years now, Islamist Watch’s senior research fellow David Rusin has maintained an archive of links and excerpts to stories relating to Islamism both at home and abroad. Here are 30 of the most important picks from June 2018 you won’t want to miss:

  1. Deutsche Welle, June 30: Study: Right-wing extremism and Islamism reinforce each other
  2. JTA, June 29: Dutch Muslim political activist wishes cancer on ‘filthy Jews’ at pro-Israel paper
  3. Daily Caller, June 28: Sarsour: ‘People Are Still in Japanese Internment Camps’
  4. Anadolu Agency, June 27: US Muslim leaders happy with Turkish election results
  5. Mediaite, June 26: Keith Ellison Erupts After CNN’s Tapper Confronts Him Over Farrakhan Ties: ‘That’s Not True!’
  6. Daily Mail, June 25: Muslim businessman who reduced airline passengers to tears with anti-Semitic insults walks free from court
  7. Bergen Record, June 24: ‘Vacation cutting': ICE agents at Newark Airport seek to deter female genital mutilation
  8. Handelsblatt, June 23: How the Turkish election divided a German country town
  9. American Thinker, June 22: Philly Schools Add Muslim Holidays by Cutting Jewish One
  10. NJ.com, June 21: Mom says, N.J. school tried to make my kid Muslim. Judge says, Go to court
  11. Investigative Project, June 20: PR Firm Tied to CAIR Linked to Sliming of Maajid Nawaz
  12. AFP, June 19: Syrian admits to Berlin assault on Israeli wearing kippa
  13. Associated Press, June 18: US watchdog to pay anti-extremist UK group in settlement
  14. Toronto Sun, June 17: Federal jobs program gives funding to hate preacher’s group
  15. AFP, June 16: Paris suburb defies efforts to loosen Salafist grip
  16. Swiss Info, June 15: Islamic Council leader sentenced for jihadist propaganda
  17. Reuters, June 14: Immigration, terrorism top concern list of Europeans: poll
  18. Huffington Post, June 13: I Never Dreamed Of Being An Imam - Then I Founded One Of The World’s Only Female-Led Mosques
  19. BBC, June 12: ‘FGM has stopped in Wales’ but women still ‘persecuted’
  20. Gatestone Institute, June 11: Germany’s Migrant Rape Crisis: “Failure of the State”
  21. Jewish Chronicle, June 10: Israel ‘should be wiped off map’, says Al Quds Day speaker as Hezbollah flags fly
  22. Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 9: Las Vegas woman fights to stop female genital mutilation
  23. Daily Caller, June 8: Twitter Finally De-Verifies Louis Farrakhan After ‘Satanic Jew’ Rant
  24. The National, June 7: Abdul Ahad: The Geordie imam battling extremism
  25. London Times, June 6: Most programmes to stop radicalisation are failing
  26. Nine News, June 5: The sons who ‘want mum dead’ after she left Islam
  27. Breitbart, June 4: Anti-Extremist Muslim Imam Tawhidi Banned From Facebook After Mocking Hamas
  28. Jerusalem Online, June 3: France: Store manager pressured by Muslim customer to remove Israeli products
  29. New York Post, June 2: How to defeat ISIS’s next play
  30. Brussels Times, June 1: New law will break doctor-patient confidentiality in cases of female genital mutilation
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