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MINNEAPOLIS — The fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer responding to her 911 call “should not have happened,” police Chief Janee Harteau said Thursday, adding that the officer’s actions “go against who we are in the department.” In her first public remarks since the death of Justine Damond, a 40-year-old life coach and bride-to-be, Harteau defended Officer Mohamed Noor’s training but criticized his actions. “The actions in question go against who we are in the department, how we train and the expectations we have for our officers,” Harteau said. “These were the actions and judgment...

The controversial Moroccan Christian preacher Brother Rachid has challenged Moroccan Salafi scholar Mohamed El Fizazi to debate Islam and Christianity. Brother Rachid posted a video on Youtube on Sunday alleging that El Fizazi has been avoiding a debate that they had agreed to hold back in 2014. He said that he recently called El Fizazi but the scholar refused to talk to him. According to the preacher, El Fizazi responded, “I have no time for you.” The Moroccan Christian preacher known for his opposition to Islam rejected El Fizazi’s apparent excuse not to debate him because he is an “apostate.”...

A former Royal Marine awarded the George Cross for saving hundreds of people during the Westgate Mall terror raid has killed two people after being ambushed in Kenya. Dominic Troulan, 54, was shot twice in the leg during the attack in Nairobi after gunmen riding on a motorbike attacked him. The veteran, who spent 30 years in the military before retiring as a major, became the first civilian to win the George Cross in decades for his bravery during the 2013 mall siege in Nairobi. At least 67 people were murdered in the attac but Troulan saved the lives of...

Full Title: BREAKING NEWS: Moment police bundle 'machete-wielding man' to the ground as two are arrested near Cardiff stadium where Justin Bieber will play in just three hours time This is the moment police bundled a 'machete-wielding man' to the ground as two were arrested outside Cardiff stadium where Justin Bieber is due to play in three hours time. A machete-wielding man was arrested as tens of thousands of young fans gathered for a Justin Bieber concert nearby. A foot-long blade was discovered as police tackled the man as fans gathered in the packed streets. Two men were arrested as...

The American Civil Liberties Union launched a vocal opposition this week against a Maine bill criminalizing female genital mutilation (FGM), Mainely Media reports. Republican Rep. Heather Sirocki is sponsoring the bill, saying that it would classify performing FGM as a Class B crime in the state, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. The bill would also punish the parent or guardian of the victim. However, the Maine ACLU staunchly opposes the protection.

Are Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria an obstacle to peace? Are the millions of Arabs living inside Israel obstacles to peace? Prime Minister Netanyahu makes it clear that ethnic cleansing and judenrein are terms that will no longer be a part of the future of the Land of Israel. Ethnic cleansing for peace – what the Arab side proposes – is nothing more than blatant hatred of Jews and Israel.

When Muslims noticed a billboard calling their Prophet Mohammed a rapist who married a 6 year old and beheaded Jews they immediately demanded the removal of the racist and Islamophobic message.

Two police officers are among those who have been taken to a hospital after being struck by a pickup truck at a busy Washington DC intersection. The officers were on bicycles when the truck swerved around a bus, striking them at 9 p.m. local time. A traffic aide and two pedestrians were also hit -- for a total of five victims. One officer is listed in very critical condition. The others have non-life-threatening injuries. D.C. Metro Police Chief Peter Newsham says a weapon was recovered from the suspect's vehicle. When asked if he could rule out terrorism Newsham replied,"We have...

A new billboard that popped up over the past week on I-465 is an "attack on all Muslims," according to the Muslim Alliance of Indiana. The billboard features the words "The Perfect Man" – apparently in reference to the founder of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad – followed by a list of attributes including "rapist" and "slave owner."

A Dutch national living in Ireland was sentenced to five years in jail after threatening his two French housemates, praising the Islamic State and saying he would behead Jews. Shmael Heirouche, 40, was sentenced Wednesday in Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to a charge of threatening to kill or cause serious harm, the Irish Independent reported. Heirouche, who is of Moroccan ancestry, was diagnosed as schizophrenic in the Netherlands. However, Judge Sean O’Donnabhain called his threats a serious matter and noted that society had a right to be protected. Heirouche has refused to accept psychiatric support services, according...

POLICE are responding to a THIRD suspected attack in the Vauxhall area of south London. It comes just minutes after London Bridge was struck by a van and knife assault. And armed cops stormed nearby Borough Market moments later. A tweet from the Metropolitan Police said: “Officers are now responding to an incident in the Vauxhall area.”

Full Title: SECOND ATTACK? Police Dealing with SECOND Incident at Borough Market after London Bridge ‘Terror Rampage’ - - - - - Met Police confirm separate incident just yards away from London Bridge carnage A van has mowed down pedestrians in central London before victims were stabbed and shots were fired. Terrified people have fled the London Bridge area while one officer is said to have been “seriously injured”. The incident is taking place just feet from The Sun offices. Eye witnesses confirm that several bodies are “strewn on the ground” and people are receiving CPR after being randomly stabbed...

People at the scene have claimed the incident is a "terrorist attack". Twitter users have suggested seeing "bodies" at the scene. Reporters for Daily Star Online have seen people fleeing the scene and running away from the bridge in tears. Police have cordoned off the area as they deal with the incident. Emergency helicopters, ambulances and police cars have all been sighted in the area.

“My view is that we are no longer facing random acts of terrorism,” says Frank Gaffney, a terror expert who is president of the Washington-based Center for Security Policy. “We have reached a tipping point. This is now an insurgency.” Gaffney, who has warned of the dangers of Islamic extremism for years, thinks this latest spate of attacks is the natural evolution of years of recruitment among British Muslims by terror cells like ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda. “The Muslim terrorist population in Britain and Europe no longer feels constrained to live by stealth,” Gaffney says. “They have...

This is going to get attention. On I-465 around Indianapolis, a billboard has gone up challenging the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims regarding the integrity of their Prophet. The Quran says of Muhammad, “Indeed you stand on an exalted standard of character.” Unlike Christians who believe Jesus was a perfect man, Islam teaches Allah was “perfecting” Muhammad, who was lifted above all other men. This billboard takes dead aim at that notion.

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Yesterday, 22 May, Jihadists struck again in Great Britain, this time in Manchester at the famed Manchester arena. In this latest attack, Western civilization has been exposed. We Westerners have failed to protect the most innocent and precious among us, our little girls. Make no mistake, in Jihadi circles our inability to protect this segment of our population is being viewed with ridicule and disdain today, further emboldening a barbaric, pitiless enemy.

"....... Arthurs told police he was a white supremacist until his recent conversion to Islam, according to the arrest affidavit. He said that in “some time” before the murders, Russell participated in no-Nazi online chat rooms where he “threatened to kill people and bomb infrastructure,” according to the FBI report." .

This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations. This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it. The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

An Indonesian court has sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison for blaspheming the Koran at a trial that undermined the country's reputation for practicing a moderate form of Islam.