Three vehicles were set on fire overnight near a mosque in the village of Umm al-Qutuf in Wadi Ara and graffiti was sprayed on the wall of the mosque, reading “price-tag” alongside a Star of David and “Eviatar,” most likely referring to Eviatar Borovsky, who was stabbed to death in the Tapuach Junction some two weeks ago.
Police forces at the scene reported to have launched an investigation into the circumstances, “including nationalistic motives,” a police source told Ynet.
Torquay road closed in January this year during terrorism search
A 20-year-old Torquay man has appeared in court charged under the Terrorism Act following an incident near the coach station earlier this year.
John Roddy, 20, of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning. He was charged with possessing a document containing information useful to terrorism. The charge is brought under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000. It alleges that on January 3 he possessed on a laptop computer ‘The al-Qaeda training manual’ and ‘2083 – A European Declaration of Independence‘.
He was also charged with distributing threatening material to stir up religious hatred between November 1, 2012 and January 4, 2013. A third charge is that between July 1, 2012 and January 4, 2013 he conspired to cause criminal damage
Far right group the English Defence League has announced plans to march through Tower Hamlets this summer. The group unveiled dates for a series marches on social networking site Facebook on Monday, with protestors planning to come to the East End on August 24. Demonstrators clashed with police during an EDL march in the area in 2011.
That’s the claim made in the Daily Telegraph by Alan Johnson, Senior Research Fellow at the pro-Israel advocacy organisation BICOM, who is upset about Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s highly-publicised visit to Gaza.
A pressure cooker put a Saudi scholarship student in an embarrassing situation in the United States.
The FBI sleuths surrounded the residence of Talal Al-Rouqi after receiving complaints that he was spotted with a pressure cooker outside his house in ‘mysterious circumstances’.
A new UKIP councillor in Worcestershire has sparked fury amid allegations he unleashed a series of racist abuse online. Eric Kitson, who won a seat in Stourport just 11 days ago, is facing the sack today over a whole raft of anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish Facebook posts.
Among the most shocking is a cartoon of a Muslim being spit-roasted on a fire fuelled by copies of the Koran. In one comment he said in reference to Muslim women: “Hang um all first then ask questions later.”
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 6-12 May 2013
The Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en France has posted a short comment piece noting that that, when it comes to the struggle against racism, the republican values of égalité and fraternité among French citizens have been abandoned by the country’s political parties.
The Boston Globe profiles the Boston Muslim leader who was replaced by Nasser Weddady of the American Islamic Congress at an interfaith service attended by Barack Obama and subsequently accused of being an extremist – by a man who hails Pamela Geller as a “heroine”.
Glenn Greenwald reports on an encounter with “liberal” Islamophobe Bill Maher.