Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreHoustonian arrested and charged for allegedly creating pro-ISIS propaganda, FBI says
A 28-year-old man was arrested at his southwest Houston apartment after allegedly attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the FBI. U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Williams Jr. said Anas Said was arrested on Nov. 8 and pleaded not guilty…
Read MoreConspiracy theorist jailed for terrorism offences
An anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist who encouraged violence against Prof Sir Chris Whitty on social media has been sentenced to five years in prison. Patrick Ruane, 55, from Paddington, west London, was convicted of two charges of encouraging terrorism on social media in 2021, following a trial at the Old Bailey. Ruane believed in conspiracy theories…
Read MoreGerman Police Arrest 8 Suspected Members Of A Far-Right Militant Group
Police in Germany on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization, Germany’s public prosecutor said. The suspects, some of them minors and adolescents, were allegedly part of a group of around 15-20 individuals called Sächsische Separatisten, or Saxonian Separatists, that is characterized by racist, antisemitic and partially apocalyptic ideas, the prosecutor’s office…
Read MoreSuspect charged with terrorism, hate crime in shooting of Jewish man in Chicago
Authorities in Chicago have charged a suspect accused of shooting a Jewish man walking to a synagogue in the city, then engaging law enforcement in a firefight over the weekend, with federal hate and terrorism charges, alleging he planned the attack and was targeting those of the Jewish faith. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was in…
Read MoreTeen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls at U.K. dance class made ricin and had al Qaeda training manual, police say
The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and now faces a terror offense for possessing a jihadi training manual, police said Tuesday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, who is charged with murdering three girls and stabbing…
Read More17-year-old accused of planning to bomb Phoenix Pride Festival was turned in by his mother, officials say
A teenager has been indicted on terrorism charges, accused of planning to bomb the Phoenix Pride Festival this past weekend, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. According to the announcement, 17-year-old Marvin Jalo had been involved in multiple online chat forums “discussing the supplies necessary to make an improvised explosive device and then had…
Read MoreMan arrested in OKC after allegedly threatening terrorist action, spitting on officer
A man was arrested in Oklahoma City after court documents say he threatened terrorist actions while also threatening and spitting on a police officer. According to an affidavit, police responded to a disturbance of the peace call on Saturday at a park near Northwest 122nd Street and Council Road. They found Basim Alhaj Mahmoud, who…
Read MoreA Howard County man talked about joining ISIS. Those chats landed him in jail on a terrorism charge.
Michael Teekaye first got on the FBI’s radar as a teenager in December 2019, when agents say he expressed an interest in extremist Islamic ideology on social media. Teekaye said in his first interview with the FBI he didn’t want to join the Islamic State anymore, that his desire had waned after feeling used by…
Read MoreJudge rejects bid to dismiss terrorism charge against Las Vegas teen
A judge on Wednesday rejected the attempt by an attorney for a teen facing terrorism and incendiary device charges to have one of his client’s charges dismissed based in part on an argument that the First Amendment protects prayers for terrorism. Prosecutors have said Joshua Robles, 17, had ISIS execution videos on his phone, plotted…
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