Mohammad Al-Falahi had just gotten home from work and was about to take a shower when two detectives showed up at his door. At least one of them was on the Southern Nevada Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI in Las Vegas. Al-Falahi claimed one of the detectives wanted him to inform on another man who lived in the same apartment complex. Both men were from … [Read more...] about Little-known law stops some Muslims from obtaining US citizenship
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New Poll Finds Young Arab are Less Swayed by the Islamic State
Two years after proclaiming a new “caliphate” for Muslims in the Middle East, the Islamic State is seeing a steep slide in support among the young Arab men and women it most wants to attract, a new poll shows. Overwhelming majorities of Arab teens and young adults now strongly oppose the terrorist group, the survey suggests, with nearly 80 percent ruling out any possibility … [Read more...] about New Poll Finds Young Arab are Less Swayed by the Islamic State
Dutch jihadis from Arnhem captured in Turkey
The Dutch Public Prosecutor announced that two men from the Dutch city of Arnhem presumably traveling to the battle zones of Syria of Iraq were captured in Turkey. The pair had gone missing for an extended period of time. They belong to a group that is being surveilled on account of their supposed radicalization. Nothing was made known about their identity. In the interest … [Read more...] about Dutch jihadis from Arnhem captured in Turkey
Dutch filmmakers make documentary about IS victims
The young Dutch filmmaker Paul Voors (21) travelled together with three other young filmmakers to the North of Iraq to film victims of the Islamic State (IS). “Once you return home and try to sleep you finally realize what you have actually seen.” The documentary “Long road ahead” by Felix Govers (20), Pauls Voors (21), Laurens van de Geer (20), and Stephan Valkenier (27) … [Read more...] about Dutch filmmakers make documentary about IS victims
France on edge day after 2nd terror attack in 6 months
A day after a man was decapitated at a gas factory in France's second terror attack in six months, residents questioned whether the nation is doing enough to stop terrorists. "It feels that these attacks are now happening back to back," said Ilan Cohn, 21, a student in Paris. "I am afraid that there will be more and more, just recently Charlie Hebdo and now this? Yaccine … [Read more...] about France on edge day after 2nd terror attack in 6 months