Resurfaced Video Shows Houston-Based Muslim Children Pledging to Be Islamic Soldiers, Martyrs
The chilling video renews concerns about the spread of various forms of Islamic extremism within the U.S.
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Europol: Homegrown Jihadis Behind Most 2017 Attacks
PARIS (AP) — Europol says armed jihadis plotted or carried out more attacks in Europe last year than in 2016, with a total of 33 attacks either planned or executed. A report the law enforcement agency issued Wednesday said 10
Segregated Communities a ‘Breeding Ground’ for Homegrown Terrorism, Says Senior Counter-Terror Officer
Segregated communities are “breeding grounds” for Islamic extremism, and the risk of attack from overseas has been replaced by the threat posed by homegrown terrorists, a senior counter-terrorism officer has said.
DHS: ‘We Face One of the Most Serious Terror Threat Environments Since 9/11’
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security renewed its standing warning against homegrown terrorism, adding details about new threats that were not covered in the previous iteration and warning that America faces “one of the most serious terror threat environments since the 9/11 attacks.”
DHS Chief Warns of ‘Unprecedented Spike in’ U.S. ‘Homegrown Terrorism’
Battled-hardened “holy warriors” who traveled from outside the Middle East to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria are expected to “wreak murderous havoc” in the United States and other countries once they return home, warns the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
House Report: ‘Unprecedented Spike’ in Homegrown Terror Threat
The 2017 terrorism forecast for the United States and the rate at which Americans are being radicalized at home is “alarming,” according to a monthly assessment by the House Homeland Security Committee.
Air Force Veteran Accused of Trying to Join Islamic State
The federal case against an Air Force veteran accused of trying to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is a “fantasy,” the defendant’s attorney argues during trial.
Intel Community Foresees Worst Year Ever for Jihadi Terror Against U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) indicates that 2016 may be the worst year in history for terrorism, primarily at the hands of Sunni extremist groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al Qaeda (AQ).
Rubio: I’d Visit a Mosque, Obama’s Peddling ‘Fiction’ Muslim Discrimination, While He Discriminates Against Christians
Republican presidential candidate Florida Senator Marco Rubio stated that he would visit a mosque as president and blasted President Obama for promoting “this fiction that there’s widespread, systemic discrimination against Muslim-Americans” while Christian groups “are being discriminated against by the
