Was Orlando Shooter Really Acting for ISIS? For ISIS, It’s All the Same

The revelation that the 29-year-old man who opened fire on Sunday in a gay nightclub had dedicated the killing to the Islamic State has prompted a now-familiar question: Was the killer truly acting under orders from the Islamic State, or just seeking publicity and the group’s approval for a personal act of hate? For the terror planners…

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Defence secretary Michael Fallon to pay damages to Imam at centre of ‘Isis claims’

Defence secretary Michael Fallon will pay undisclosed damages to a Muslim cleric for falsely claiming he supported Islamic State (Isis). Imam Suliman Gani was dubbed an Isis sympathiser by Prime Minister David Cameron in the Houses of Commons as the London mayoral elections heated up between Khan and the Conservatives' Zac Goldsmith in April 2016….

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Radical Islam Or Radical Islamism? It Depends Whom You Ask

The Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, claimed allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State during a phone call to 911 early Sunday. And that’s reignited a debate over how to label the ideology that apparently inspired the attack. Republican Donald Trump and many on the right say it’s “radical Islam.” But Democrat Hillary Clinton used…

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Man claiming allegiance to ISIS stabs policemen and wife to death

Source: http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2016/06/14/policier-et-sa-compagne-tues-en-plein-euro-la-france-a-nouveau-frappee-par-un-acte-jihadiste_1459272   June 14, 2016   A radicalized killer has stabbed a top cop and his wife to death in their Paris home.   Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, a police commander, suffered nine stomach wounds in the ‘terror attack’ at his suburban house in the Yvelines department, north of Paris, shortly after 8.30pm. His wife’s…

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Horror in Orlando: Statement by the Union of Islamic Organizations of France

Horror in Orlando Source: http://www.uoif-online.com/communiques/horreur-a-orlando/ Statement by the Union of Islamic Organizations of France June 12, 2016 A killing without reason has struck the city of Orlando in the United States. It was an act of terrorism that has been claimed by ISIS, which took the lives of at least fifty people during the shooting….

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