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The Illinois Tactical Officers Association (ITOA) held a 5-day long SWAT training and weapons expo in Hoffman Estates, Ill., from Oct. 9-13. They have a long-time affiliation with the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM). ITOA invited extreme-right conservative Dr. Sebastian Gorka to speak at the…

The first month of the Islamic New Year, Muharram, started early October. This month is especially important for Shia Muslims, as it is the month in which the grandson of the Prophet (SAW), Hussain, was killed along with his companions for standing up for injustice in the desert of Karbala, Iraq, on the tenth day…

Ahmad Khan Rahami, the alleged bombing suspect of the bombings that took place this weekend in Chelsea, Manhattan, has been captured, according to several sources. Rahami, 28, was found sleeping in the hallway at a local bar this morning in Linden, N.J. Millions of residents received a text message from New Jersey police to keep…

Saudi women took Twitter by storm using Arabic and English hashtags that call for ending the Saudi male guardianship system. The social media campaign started after the Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on July 16, 2016, titled “Boxed In: Women and Saudi Arabia’s Male Guardianship System.” HRW interviewed 54 saudi women and seven…

On the night of September 11th and the eve of Eid al-Adha, a mosque in Florida, the Islamic Centre of Fort Pierce, was attacked by an arsonist. Mosque attendees were unable to attend celebratory Eid prayers there the following morning. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s office suspected the arson to be deliberate. Security cameras on…

The tragic death of valedictorian, Raheel Siddiqui, a 20 year old Pakistani-American, uncovered horrifying details of his treatment at the Parris Island, South Carolina Marine boot camp. Siddiqui joined the camp early March 2016 with a medical clearance and no previous history of suicidal thoughts. A week into training, recruits are picked up by drill…

When Abdul Elanani’s Cocoa Grinder coffee shop was robbed, he did not freak out or call 911. Instead, he posted an honest and sympathetic letter on the window panel for the robber — and the rest of the world — to see. In the letter he wrote, “Through this door you came [and] on this door…

There has been an arrest in the case of a Muslim woman who was horrifically attacked while shopping in Bletchley. The suspect, a 37 year old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the violent racist attack after he was seen on CCTV footage. The suspect was seen verbally abusing the victim, who initially…

In the early morning of Eid al-Adha, the mosque that was occasionally attended by Pulse nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen, was set ablaze in an intentional act of arson, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. Video footage released by authorities shows a man entering The Islamic Center of Fort Pierce around 12:30 AM with…

A pregnant woman wearing the niqab was attacked in front of her husband and children in Barcelona in what the police are now calling a hate crime. While walking with her family, two young men approached her and began hurling insults over her choice to wear the veil. Investigators say the altercation turned physical when…

The petty fashion police in Nice, France were out in full force on Tuesday, slapping Muslim women wearing Muslim-esque clothes with fines and even forcing one woman to remove her garments in public to show more skin. Four Nice policemen forced a Muslim woman in Nice wearing something akin to a burkini to remove it,…

  This past week has seen the arrest of hate preacher Anjem Choudary — which has led to a debate about whether the media gives people who spout hate too much of a platform. In the case of Anjem Choudary the answer is simple and is a resounding: yes. For 20 years, Choudary has been using…

The image that has taken the Internet by storm in the last 24 hours is one that embodies the Syrian Civil War in its entirety. It is the image of a young boy, seated in an ambulance, looking out at the world with eyes that have already seen too much. In the haunting photo, the…