Court Convicts Former Islamic Cult Members Of Abusing Minors
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that a federal court in Kansas has convicted six members of the United Nations Organization of Islamic Organizations (UNOI) of conspiracy to commit forced labor. According to a Department of Justice announcement, Kaaba Majeed, 50, Yunus Rasool, 39, James Staton, 62, Randolph Rodney Hadley, 49, Daniel […]
Malaysian Police Rescue 400 Children from Alleged Sexual Abuse at Islamic Charity Homes
Malaysian Police Attacked They raided 20 Islamic charity homes on Wednesday, arresting 171 people and rescuing 402 children suspected of neglect, molestation or sexual abuse. The facilities were run by an Islamic charity known as Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB), a Malaysian company with operations in Indonesia, Singapore, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, France, Australia and […]
Malaysian police rescue 400 minors suspected of being sexually abused at Islamic charity homes
Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 400 children and young people suspected of being sexually abused at a charity centre run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, a police official said on Wednesday. Police conducted simultaneous raids on 20 premises across two Malaysian states and arrested 171 adults, […]
Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan Convicted of Rape on Appeal
A Swiss appeals court on Tuesday convicted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of raping and sexually forcing a woman into a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, overturning a lower court's acquittal last year. AFP Reports The court said it “set aside the verdict of May 24, 2023” and sentenced the former Oxford University professor to three […]
Indonesia Thwarts Alleged Islamic Terror Plot Against Pope Francis
Indonesian police have arrested seven people on suspicion of being involved in an Islamic terror plot to attack Pope Francis, who is visiting the country. Coordinated arrests Happened The attacks took place in Jakarta, the nearby cities of Bogor and Bekasi, West Sumatra and Bangka Belitung Islands province, according to a statement released on Friday […]
Joint raid targeting Islamic State leaves at least 15 dead, 7 US troops hurt in Iraq
U.S. and Iraqi forces carried out joint strikes targeting Islamic State militants in western Iraq on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding seven U.S. soldiers. Five U.S. soldiers were wounded in Thursday's attack, two of them in a fall during the operation, The Associated Press reported, citing a U.S. defense official who spoke […]
US, Iraqi forces raid targeting Islamic State group militants kills 15 in western desert
U.S. troops took part in a raid in western Iraq early Saturday that targeted suspected Islamic State militants, killing 15 people, the U.S. military said. U.S. troops have been battling Islamic State for years since driving the militants out of their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, but the deaths and injuries from Friday's attack […]
Solingen stabbing attack: suspect shares Islamic State ideology, say prosectuors | Germany
Prosecutors said the suspect arrested in connection with the stabbing attack in the western German city of Solingen shared Islamic State ideology and acted on those beliefs during the attack. Federal prosecutors identified the 26-year-old Syrian who turned himself in as Issa al-H., but their last name was withheld in accordance with German privacy laws. […]
‘They’ll Try To Get Up Again’: US Rushes To Contain Resurgence Of Islamic State In Syria
U.S. troops are rushing to crush a resurgence of the Islamic State in Syria, multiple U.S. and allied officials told The Wall Street Journal. The United States nearly defeated the Islamic State in Syria with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in 2019 and conducted a coordinated global military operation to remove the terrorist group […]
U.N. Counter-Terrorism Official Warns Islamic State Is Gaining Power in Africa
Vladimir Voronkov, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Counterterrorism, told the Security Council on Thursday that the Islamic State and its affiliates are expanding their influence in West Africa and the Sahel. Voronkov said ISIS remains intent on carrying out terrorist attacks around the world. Voronkov Warned If current trends continue, ISIS may soon have “effective control” […]