July 4 Terror Plot Thwarted in Cleveland, Suspect Pledged Allegiance to Al Qaeda, FBI Says

July 6, 2018 Donate  Featured Stories Canada is Funding and Supporting Terrorism Front Groups with Taxpayers' Money by Tom Quiggin  •  July 5, 2018  •  Special to IPT News   The government of Canada plans to funnel $23 million to combat "Islamophobia," Member of Parliament Iqra Khalid announced last week. Click here to read the full story Why Are Elected Politicians Legitimizing Terrorist Front Group? by Steven Emerson  •  June 29, 2018  •  IPT News   In jumping to appear before cameras and rallies to condemn this week's Supreme Court ruling on President Trump's travel ban, several elected Democrats empowered and legitimized an Islamist group whose leaders continue to engage in radical, incendiary speech. Click here to read the full story U.S. Islamists Ignore Erdogan's Authoritarianism, Celebrate Win June 26, 2018  •  IPT News   A number of American-Islamists are hailing Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan's election Monday to a new five-year term as a win for democracy. In truth, an autocratic leader put the inherent advantages of incumbency on steroids, dominating media coverage, keeping opponents in jail and generating what Amnesty International describes as a "climate of fear." Click here to read the full story Israeli Security Services Turn to Data Mining to Anticipate "Unorganized Threats" by Yaakov Lappin  •  June 22, 2018  •  Special to IPT News   Israel's domestic intelligence agency chief Nadav Argaman last week released sobering figures on the scope of the ongoing terrorist threat facing Israelis. The figures that make it clear that the relative quiet routine in Israeli cities is deceptive, and that this quiet rests completely on counter-terrorist efforts, which almost defy the imagination in their scope. Click here to read the full story  Featured Videos Watch Video Inside the Iran Protests: An IPT Exclusive Video Report Watch Video Syrian Refugees Flood Israel-Syria Border  The IPT Blog Dar al-Hijrah, Turkish Government Mosque, Rally for Tariq Ramadan Two Washington, D.C. area mosques hosted programs last weekend calling for the release of celebrity Islamist Tariq Ramadan, who has been in a French jail since February on rape charges. He is the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna. Economic Crisis Triggers Massive Iranian Protests Chants of "Death to Palestine," "Help us, not Gaza," "Our enemy is right here, they lie and say its America" and "Leave Syria alone and deal with Iran" reverberated through Iran's capital Monday. Tehran merchants protested the collapse of their country's currency, the rial, which has lost half its value this year. Report: U.S. Stops Palestinian Aid Payments The United States has halted aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until further review, i24News reports, two months after Congress passed the Taylor Force Act.    Also in the News The Muslim Brotherhood's Exploitation of Women June 29, 2018  •  Ahram Online   Firmly in the shadows is where the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation has always wanted to keep its female members. Yet, ironically Brotherhood women have also been a form of cover that the organisation has been quick to use in the crises the outlawed Islamist group has encountered from the mid-1940s through the political deals with the former Mubarak regime and up to the pact that followed the 25 January Revolution in 2011 and led to a Muslim Brotherhood president in Egypt. Click here to read the full story As Sanctions Bit, Iranian Executives Bought African Passports June 29, 2018  •  Reuters   In January, the Comoros Islands quietly cancelled a batch of its passports that foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the east coast of Africa published no details of its reasons, saying only that the documents had been improperly issued. Click here to read the full story Report: Abbas Rejected US Appeal for Peace Summit‎ July 2, 2018  •  The Algemeiner   Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has rejected an ‎invitation by senior White House adviser Jared Kushner to ‎participate in a peace summit led by moderate Arab states, the ‎London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat reported this weekend. ‎ Click here to read the full story July 4 Terror Plot Thwarted in Cleveland, Suspect Pledged Allegiance to Al Qaeda, FBI Says July 2, 2018  •  Fox News   A man who pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda sought to kill members of the military and conducted reconnaissance in downtown Cleveland for a planned attack on July 4 -- but the Independence Day plot was foiled after a months-long investigation, federal officials said Monday. Click here to read the full story German Woman, Alleged Part of IS 'Morality Police,' Arrested July 2, 2018  •  Associated Press   German authorities say they have arrested a 27-year-old German woman suspected of being part of the Islamic State group's "morality police" in Iraq. Click here to read the full story The IPT accepts no funding from outside the United States, or from any governmental agency or political or religious institutions. Your support of The Investigative Project on Terrorism is critical in winning a battle we cannot afford to lose. All donations are tax-deductible. Click here to donate online. The Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation is a recognized 501(c)3 organization.   The Investigative Project on Terrorism 202-363-8602 - main 202-966-5191 - fax