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Mass Shootings at New Zealand Mosques Kill 49; 1 Man Charged

Mass Shootings at New Zealand Mosques Kill 49 1 Man Charged

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Police also […]

Illinois ‘White Rabbits’ admit firebombing Islamic mosque

Illinois 'White Rabbits' admit firebombing Islamic mosque

CHICAGO (WLS) — Two Illinois men who admitted their roles in a firebomb attack on an Islamic mosque in Minnesota, trying to firebomb a women’s health clinic in Champaign, and other violent acts during 2017 and 2018 associated with a homegrown terrorist group, face 35 years to life behind bars. Some members of the group recorded […]

Local bomb plot suspects not charged with terrorism?

Muslims of America question charges against local bomb plot suspects

The Muslims of America are asking why they’re not being charged as domestic terrorists. The four young men charged in an alleged plot against Muslims in Holy Islamberg, near Binghamton, face felony charges. However, The Muslims of America are asking why they’re not being charged as domestic terrorists. “These four individuals and those who threaten […]

Florida man arrested for making ‘Mother of Satan’ bombs in home, police say

Florida officials said an anonymous tip led them to a stash of Mason jars filled with a highly explosive powder – similar to the type used by Islamist terror groups in a string of overseas bombings. Lake Helen police officers and Volusia County deputies descended on a South High Street home and reportedly discovered jars filled […]

When to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist

When to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist

In Saturday, a shooter gunned down at least 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the single deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. U.S. President Donald Trump declared it a “wicked act of mass murder.” As the country grieved, police arrested 46-year-old Robert Bowers, the apparent gunman, who had barricaded himself in the synagogue after a shootout with […]

Grand Jury Indicts Man Who Admitted to NYC Pipe Bomb Attempt

Grand Jury Indicts Man Who Admitted to NYC Pipe Bomb Attempt

A U.S. grand jury has indicted 27-year-old Akayed Ullah of Brooklyn, New York, on six counts in connection with the attempted detonation of a pipe bomb in a Manhattan subway station Dec. 11, 2017. The indictment charges Ullah with providing and attempting to provide material support to Islamic State, which has been designated a foreign […]

What’s the Difference Between Terrorism and Mass Murder?

What's the Difference Between Terrorism and Mass Murder?

An Uzbek national is accused of using a rented truck to mow down pedestrians on a bike path Tuesday in New York City, killing at least eight and injuring 12, in what Police Commissioner James O’Neill called “the worst terror attack in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.” According to NYPD Deputy Commissioner of […]

Photos, Videos of New York City Terror Attack

A vehicle plowed into pedestrians and bicyclists in lower Manhattan Tuesday, leaving a trail of crumpled bikes and lifeless bodies in New York City. In total, eight people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in the attack. The 29-year-old suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, identified by ABC News and CBS News, continued driving […]

Who Is Sayfullo Saipov?

A man who drove a Home Depot truck down a bike path next to the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan in New York City Tuesday afternoon, killing eight people, including two children, and injuring dozens more, was identified by media as Sayfullo Saipov. The New York Police Department said officially only that it had captured […]