Category: Islam

ISIS claimed responsibility after a knife-wielding man injured eight people at a mall in central Minnesota Saturday evening, a bloody rampage during which he reportedly asked at least one victim whether they were Muslim and referenced Allah. (FOX)- St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson said the suspect, whom he did not identify, was shot […]

A suicide attack at a Pakistani mosque in the country’s tribal areas killed at least 25 people Friday, an official told CNN. (CNN)- Jamaat-ul-Ahra, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the bombing that also injured 34 people, according to the group’s spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan. The attack took place at one […]

A fire at the Florida mosque attended by the Pulse nightclub shooter is being investigated as arson, officials said Monday. (FOX)- Omar Mateen prayed at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce before opening fire on a gay nightclub June 12 in an ISIS-inspired attack, killing 49 people and wounding 53 others. Moner Mohammad Abu Salha, […]

A security company that employed a gunman who massacred dozens at a Florida nightclub faces a $151,400 fine for falsely listing psychological testing information on forms that allowed employees to carry guns. (FOX)- Multiple news outlets report the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services fined G4S Secure Solutions on Friday. Investigators found the Palm […]

A couple has been detained south of Paris in an investigation into seven gas canisters found in an abandoned car next to Notre Dame Cathedral. (FOX)- The Paris prosecutor’s office said Thursday that police detained the man and woman in the Loiret region. Another couple, suspected of links to radical Islam, was detained in a […]

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. (BBC)- The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after backing the group in an oath of allegiance published online. Police say Choudary’s followers carried out attacks in the UK and abroad. The judge, who described Choudary […]

Northwestern Pakistan was struck by two separate militant attacks hours apart on Friday, when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Christian colony near the town of Peshawar, killing one civilian, and a suicide bomb attack on a district court in the town of Mardan killed 12 people and wounded 54 others. (FOX)- Militants stormed the […]

A would-be suicide bomber attacked a Catholic priest after his explosives failed to detonate during Sunday Mass at a packed church in western Indonesia, police said.   (FOX)- The attack took place at the Roman Catholic St. Joseph Church in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province. City police spokeswoman Rina Sari Ginting described the failed […]

Anti-Islam activists have staged an hour-long demonstration atop Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. (FOX)- The protesters unfurled a banner calling for “secure borders” in Germany as crowds of tourists milled around the iconic monument Saturday. Police said 15 people were briefly detained over the protest and are likely to face charges of trespassing, harassment and breaching laws […]

1 dead, 2 wounded in stabbing attack in Australia, suspect allegedly yelled ‘Allahu akbar’ (FOX)- A French man shouting the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar” stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia, police said Wednesday. The 29-year-old suspect did not have any known links […]