Jules Gomes

Jules Gomes (B.A., B.D., M.Th., Ph.D.) has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Articles by this Author
The exterior of the Ceuta port building during the migrant crisis on July 31, 2026.
Middle East Forum Observer
Jihadis Have Long Claimed Ceuta and Melilla
The West Cannot Ignore How Islamist Narratives Reshape Politics
August 27, 2026
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Jules Gomes
The the University of Oslo in Norway canceled a scheduled talk by Ustadh Mohamed Baajour, a Lebanese-born imam and director of the East Plano Islamic Centre in Texas.
FWI News
Texas-Based Islamist Barred from Speaking in Norway
University of Oslo Says It Canceled Event Because Organizers Charged Admission
August 26, 2026
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Jules Gomes
A painted flag of Palestine, as a symbol for the liberation of Gaza, stands in the center of Oslo, Norway.
Middle East Forum Observer
Norway State-Funded NGO Secretly Colluded with Hamas to Lift European Sanctions
Nordic Nation Continues Anti-Israel Campaign While Sanitizing Engagement with Terrorists
August 24, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Italian counter-terrorism police arrested a 17-year-old Egyptian-Italian girl in Lombardy after finding evidence on her phone that she had downloaded blueprints for an explosive vest and repeatedly declared herself ready for martyrdom “in the name of Allah.”
FWI News
Italian Police Arrest Teenage Female Jihadi Over Explosive Vest Blueprints on Phone
Teenager Declared Herself Ready to Commit ‘Martyrdom for Allah’
August 22, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Cambridge University is under fire for hiring Farah Ahmed, a former pamphleteer for Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist organization that seeks establish a global Islamic Caliphate. In 2002, she warned her readers that British Muslims need “to recognise that Western education is a threat to our beliefs and values.”
FWI News
Cambridge Hired Anti-Western Education Academic Linked to Islamist Terror Group
Farah Ahmed Attacked British Schools for Condemning Child Marriage and Polygamy
August 19, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Mohammad Yousef Al-Hasna, an employee of the U.K.-based Al-Khair Foundation, faces U.S. charges of diverting charitable donations to terrorist activities by allegedly routing humanitarian aid intended for suffering Gazans to Hamas.
FWI News
U.K. Watchdog Probes U.N. Affiliated Charity Accused of Funding Hamas
FBI Indictment Sparks Extradition Drama for Arrested NGO Director in Britain
August 11, 2026
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Jules Gomes
French officials ordered the six-month closure of the Attaqwa mosque in Aulnay-sous-Bois over the objections of attorney Rafik Chekkat, who argued leaders of the institution did not promote hatred but were merely quoting the Quran.
FWI News
France Shuts Down Mosque for Preaching Jihad, Inciting Violence
Mosque’s Activist Lawyer Claims Imam Was Only Citing Qur’an
August 10, 2026
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Jules Gomes
For decades, Morocco has understood that migration can serve purposes extending far beyond humanitarian need. Properly controlled – or deliberately left uncontrolled – migration becomes a remarkably effective instrument of statecraft. Image: Ceuta, a Spanish city in North Africa, seen from Morocco behind a thorn wire fence located on the Moroccan border, against a sunset over the sea.
FWI News
Top Islamist Theologian Accuses Zionists of Orchestrating Spain’s Migrant Crisis
Antisemitic Influencers Spread Conspiracy Plot to 103 Million in 72 Hours
August 7, 2026
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Jules Gomes
A child eats food provided by an aid organization in the central Gaza Strip in June 2024.
Middle East Forum Observer
United Nations Report Debunks Propaganda of Child Starvation in Gaza
Study Finds Child Nutrition in Gaza Surpasses That of Neighboring Arab States
August 7, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Spanish police warn that previously deported jihadis are among the thousands who breached Ceuta’s border, while the Interior Ministry insists the arrivals pose no security threat—a denial one expert calls typical of Europe’s left-wing political establishment.
FWI News
Spain’s Interior Ministry Dismisses Police Warnings of Jihadis Among Ceuta Migrants
Denial a Well-Known Trait Among Europe’s Political Establishment, Expert Warns
August 6, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Israeli officials have blocked the appointment of numerous nominees to the nation’s Sharia courts because of ties to the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, an Islamist organization that advocates for the destruction of the Jewish state.
FWI News
Israel Blocks Appointment of Muslim Brotherhood Judges to Sharia Courts
Israeli Islamism Expert Explains the Dilemma of Sharia Law for the Jewish State
August 5, 2026
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Jules Gomes
The U.K. Charity Commission is assessing concerns over sermons at Al-Sunnah Mosque in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, linked to the perpetrators of the 2025 Heaton Park synagogue attack.
FWI Research
Mosque Preaching Anti-Jewish Sermons Linked to U.K. Synagogue Attacker
Britain Tops Global Rise in Antisemitism Among Major Jewish Diaspora Countries
August 3, 2026
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Jules Gomes
U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told Parliament that police had thwarted a "credible" far-right terrorist threat against the UK Ijtima before all 12 suspects were released without charges related to the alleged plot.
FWI News
U.K. Government Narrative of Far‑Right Plot to Attack Islamist Event Implodes
Top Muslim MP Accuses Home Secretary of Fabricating Anti-Muslim Terror Threat
July 31, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Interviews conducted by the Violence Prevention Network failed to detect the extremism of Abdul Rehman Ballout, the ISIS supporter who just two weeks later carried out a deadly car and knife attack on Berlin’s Pride Parade, killing one woman and injuring 29 others. The heavily taxpayer-funded NGO is now under fire for downplaying Islamist ideology while promoting left-wing and pro-Islamic narratives.
FWI News
NGO Tasked With Deradicalizing Berlin Pride Jihadi Downplays Reality of Islamism
Security Services Tracked IS-Linked Assailant Until Hour Before Terrorist Attack
July 30, 2026
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Jules Gomes
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez urged “great caution” over the motives behind the Paris knife attack, calling the suspect’s claim that “Allah commanded me” contradictory and incoherent while noting serious psychiatric issues.
FWI News
Three Women Stabbed in Paris As ISIS Supporters Celebrate Berlin LGBT Attack
Islamic State-Linked Networks Urge Lone Jihadi Attacks on Digital Platforms
July 29, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Activists organized a vigil at Brandenburg Gate the day after a terrorist attack on the Berlin Pride event on July 25, 2026.
FWI Research
Police Shoot Dead Islamist Who Attacked LGBT Revelers at Berlin Pride Parade
Expert Warns of Wave of Islamist Attacks
July 28, 2026
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Jules Gomes
The nave of Christ Church Cathedral in Wood Quay, old city of Dublin, Ireland.
Middle East Forum Observer
Catholic Clergy Network Co-opts Amnesty’s ‘Genocide Inversion’ in New Anti-Israel Offensive
‘Priests Against Genocide’ Rallies Under Historically Revisionist Banner of ‘Christ Died in Gaza’
July 26, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Protesters at a poorly attended Al Quds protest in London promote anti-Israel and anti-Western messaging on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 15, 2026.
FWI News
Report: Foreign Funding Fans the Flames of Britain’s Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Protests
Investigative Report Assails Depiction of Grassroots, Spontaneous Demonstrations
July 17, 2026
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Jules Gomes
FWI News
Egyptian Islamist Tours U.K. Mosques as Home Secretary Stays Silent
Imam Accused of Backing Executions of Gays Hosts Jew-Hating Islamist
July 17, 2026
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Jules Gomes
From Houston to Mexico City and beyond, groups like ICNA (WhyIslam), MUNA, and IERA have mobilized volunteers, billboards, Qur’an distributions, and street outreach to recruit converts during the tournament. Organizers openly boast of shahadas secured on day one and hundreds more expected—while analysts document the networks’ deep roots in Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim Brotherhood ideology, and calls for establishing sharia. What is presented as peaceful “sharing” is, ex-Muslims and scholars warn, a strategic long march toward Islamization of the West.
FWI News
Islamist Groups Turn FIFA World Cup into Field for Muslim Proselytization
Experts Warn of ‘Dawa’ as Gateway to Imposing Sharia in West
July 15, 2026
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Jules Gomes