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Chicago Man Charged with Disseminating Online Propaganda for ISIS

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A Chicago-based man is charged with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Ashraf Al Safoo "aided ISIS in using social media to spread propaganda supporting violent jihad, to recruit operatives, and to


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Iran, Assad Regime Using Palestinians to Train Bahraini Terrorists

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Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) and the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) and Hizballah trained Bahraini Shiite terrorists in camps near Damascus. Dissident Syrian military


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Turkey Experts Worry Erdogan Might Use AQ Against Kurds

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Although Turkey and Russia agreed last month to "withdraw" all jihadist groups from Syria's Idlib Province, a former Turkish National Police official warns that Turkey may use al-Qaida-tied Syrian fighters against Syria's Kurds. Turkey's MIT intelligence


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ISNA-Canada Suspended for Funding Kashmiri Jihadists

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Canada's Revenue Agency (CRA) has suspended the Islamic Society of North America-Canada (ISNA-Canada), the Global News reports. Federal auditors say ISNA-Canada "failed to conduct any meaningful due diligence" for $136,000 it sent to an Islamist charity


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New Details Emerge on Bangladeshi Islamists’ Upcoming Visit to Washington

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A violent South Asia Islamist groupreportedly is part of a secret plot to undermine Bangladesh's government and pave the way for the country's former supreme court chief justice to take control. Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JIB) has a "secret verbal


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CAIR Chief to Meet with Turkish and Iranian Presidents

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invited Nihad Awad, the Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) executive director, to meet with them in New York during this week's U.N. General Assembly meeting. "It's


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Ex-Syrian AQ Affiliate Disapproves of Turkish-Russian Agreement

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Syrian jihadists belonging to al-Qaida's former Syrian affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) oppose a Turkish-Russian agreement to establish a demilitarized buffer zone around the country's Idlib province. This area in northwestern Syria remains the last


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Palestinian Authority Rushes Payment to Terrorist’s Family Hours After Attack Kills Father of Four

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) rushed to transfer an advance of roughly $3,300 to the family of terrorist Khalil Jabarin, who killed American-Israeli citizen Ari Fuld in a stabbing attack Sunday, Eliran Tal reports for Israel's Channel One News. Fuld was


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House Acknowledges the Need for a National Terrorist Registry

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A bill that passed the U.S. House last week would create a vital tool to help the United States track dozens of convicted terrorists whose prison terms are nearing completion. The Terrorist Release Announcements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act


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Article Explores Why Somalia Deserves to be on U.S. Travel Ban List

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U.S. immigration officials face serious challenges addressing refugee claims from Somalia, given that country's lack of systematic record keeping throughout its civil war and history of failed governments since 1991. As a result, Somalia deserves to stay


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Leading BDS Group Posted Tweet Mourning PFLP Terrorist

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Back in 2016, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) posted a tweet mourning the death of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist. The PFLP is best known for pioneering airliner hijackings in the 1960s and 1970s. Its


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IPT Story Leads Amazon to Remove ‘Make Israel Palestine Again’ T-Shirts

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Reader complaints caused Amazon to stop selling a T-shirt that said "Make Israel Palestine Again" after the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) drew attention to it Tuesday. The slogan is an indirect call for Israel's elimination and has grown


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Temple University SJP Posts Column Supporting PFLP Terrorists

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The Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group is the "most ideologically clear organization in the Palestinian liberation movement," a Temple University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) officer wrote


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IRGC-affiliated Group Spreads Radical Ideology Beyond Iran’s Borders

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An NGO affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) continues to spread the regime's radical ideology within Iran and throughout the region, according to a new Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center report. The Arts


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Dar al-Hijrah, Turkish Government Mosque, Rally for Tariq Ramadan

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Two Washington, D.C. area mosques hosted programs last weekend calling for the release of celebrity Islamist Tariq Ramadan, who has been in a French jail since February on rape charges. He is the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna.


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Pompeo Vows to ‘Crush’ Iran’s Terror & Nuke Programs

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New sanctions are around the corner that could help "crush" Iran's ability to fund terrorism and its nuclear program, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday in a speech at The Heritage Foundation. Pompeo promised the "strongest sanctions in


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