Image: Jihad Watch Judges serving on the Davidson County General Sessions Court are calling for significantly strengthened security protocols following remarks made by U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05). The congressman publicly criticized several judges for their involvement in earlier dismissed cases tied to Muhammad Muhammad, a Somali immigrant now accused of raping a woman who later died from her injuries in August. The controversy escalated last Friday, when Ogles

Image: Jihad Watch Former FBI agents have filed a sweeping lawsuit against bureau head Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, claiming they were wrongfully dismissed after taking a knee during a racial justice protest in 2020. The case, brought forward by the Washington Litigation Group on behalf of 12 former agents, argues that the firings were politically motivated, unconstitutional, and carried out despite internal FBI findings that cleared the agents of any misconduct

Image: Jihad Watch Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has emphasised that the proposed international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza must prioritise physically separating Israeli forces and Hamas rather than immediately attempting to disarm the Palestinian group. Speaking in Doha, Fidan argued that pushing for disarmament at the outset would be unrealistic and could jeopardise early progress. According to him, the ISF’s initial mandate should centre on creating space,

Image: Jihad Watch An Algerian woman, previously ordered to leave French territory, is now on trial in Nanterre for allegedly attempting to poison the meals of a Jewish family who had taken her in as a live-in nanny. The case has been described by investigators as unprecedented in France, both for its disturbing details and the vulnerability of the victims—a couple and their three young children, aged two, five, and seven. According to Le Parisien, the accused, 42-year-old Le

Image: Jihad Watch Leaders of a Muslim educational institution are strongly condemning remarks made by U.S. Senator and Alabama gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville, who publicly described their faith as a “cult” and portrayed it as a danger to the United States. Stacy Abdein, the assistant principal of the school, firmly rejected his claims, stating, “Not a single part of these accusations reflects the teachings, values, curriculum, or culture of our institution. These s

Image: Jihad Watch Amid rising public unease over the rapidly increasing influx of foreign nationals into Ireland, a new advocacy group called the Women’s Coalition on Immigration has been formed this week. Its central mission is to push the Dublin government to place the safety of Irish women and girls at the forefront of immigration policy and to release transparent data on sexual offences committed by migrants. Barrister and parliamentary candidate Laoise de Brún, who spea

Image: Jihad Watch An Afghan immigrant living in Washington state has been formally charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing his wife in what authorities describe as an “honor killing.” According to reports from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the accused, 37-year-old Sayed Sadat of Auburn, believed his wife was engaged in an extramarital affair and acted on that suspicion in a violent and premeditated manner. On the morning of November 23, Sada

Image: Jihad Watch A 29-year-old Afghan migrant has been handed a six-year prison sentence after brutally attacking a 27-year-old schoolteacher in broad daylight on a public street in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany. The assault, which was entirely random and completely unprovoked, shocked the local community for both its violence and its apparent lack of motive. Despite the severity of the attack—he stabbed the woman four times in the back and twice in the thigh—the Stuttgart

Image: Jihad Watch At the University of Delaware, what began as a routine late-night traffic stop quickly escalated into a chilling discovery—one that revealed a potentially catastrophic plot against campus police. Officers, expecting nothing more than a standard violation, instead uncovered a cache of weapons and disturbing evidence pointing to a planned act of violence by a 25-year-old undergraduate student. The individual, identified as Luqmaan Khan, was found carrying a..

Image: Jihad Watch An Islamic organisation attempting to establish what critics have described as a self-contained “Muslim city” in eastern Texas has taken steps to rebrand its controversial project, following mounting political pressure and public scrutiny. The move comes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott accused the group of harbouring intentions to introduce Sharia law within the state — an allegation that pushed the development into the centre of a heated political debate.

Image: Jihad Watch The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday the elimination of Alaa al-Din Abd al-Nasser Hasan Khudar, a prominent Nukhba commander within the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Gaza City Brigade. Khudar was killed in a precision airstrike carried out in the Gaza Strip, marking another significant blow to the senior leadership of Islamic Jihad. According to the IDF, Khudar had been deeply involved in operational planning and frontline assaults throughout t

Image: Jihad Watch On November 5, officers from ICE’s Buffalo Field Office apprehended a Turkish national who was in the United States illegally. During the arrest, the individual, later identified as 39-year-old Saim Irgi, violently resisted multiple lawful commands to step out of his vehicle. According to officials, Irgi refused to comply, physically struggled with officers, and even attempted to seize one of their tasers. As officers removed him from the vehicle, he report

Image: Jihad Watch Two Algerian nationals, accused of the brutal abduction and sexual assault of a woman in Toulouse in September 2022, stood before the Haute-Garonne Assize Court on Monday as their long-awaited trial began. The case, which shocked the local community, involves grave charges that include kidnapping, armed extortion, and unlawful detention for less than seven days. According to accounts published by Actu Toulouse, the victim—referred to as Mélanie for confiden

Image: Jihad Watch A Sri Lankan national previously arrested in connection with the horrific 2019 Easter Sunday bombings has won a significant legal victory after successfully appealing the UK Home Office’s refusal of his asylum application. The individual, identified in court documents only as “YA”, secured a favourable ruling from the Immigration Upper Tribunal in Birmingham, where he challenged the Home Office’s initial rejection. His case had raised serious questions abou

Image: Jihad Watch The Manchester Jewish community continues to grapple with the trauma of the October 2 terror attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue, as one of the survivors, Yoni Finlay, has spoken publicly about the “darkness” he felt emanating from the assailant, Jihad al-Shamie. His account sheds light on the brutality of an attack that shook the nation and raised urgent questions about extremist violence in the UK. A Deadly Assault on Yom Kippur The attack unfolded on Yom

Image: Jihad Watch The Canadian province of Quebec is preparing to enforce a sweeping prohibition on all forms of public prayer, marking a significant escalation in its long-standing campaign to entrench secularism in public life. Jean-François Roberge, Quebec’s minister responsible for secularism, stated that the upcoming measures are aimed at accelerating the province’s transition toward a more strictly secular society. His announcement signals the government’s intent to ti

Image: Jihad Watch Dutch prosecutors have revealed a deeply disturbing case of alleged honour killing in which an 18-year-old girl, Ryan Al Najjar, was bound, gagged, and thrown into a swamp to drown—punished, they say, because her family believed her increasingly “Western” lifestyle had brought shame upon them. The tragedy has shocked the Netherlands and reignited debate around honour-based violence within migrant communities. Ryan’s two older brothers—23-year-old Mohamed an

Image: Jihad Watch A youth from the Greater Toronto Area has been taken into custody on serious terrorism-related charges after authorities allege he was involved in producing and disseminating ISIS propaganda videos, as well as attempting to acquire firearms with the intention of carrying out a terrorist attack. According to a detailed statement released on Tuesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that the arrest took place on November 4, 2025. The operati

Image: Jihad Watch At least three members of Pakistan’s paramilitary forces lost their lives on Monday after a devastating suicide blast targeted a major security installation in Peshawar. According to local authorities, the explosion struck the headquarters of a border security unit, underscoring yet another grim episode of violence in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region that shares a tense boundary with Afghanistan. Bilal Ahmed, a hospital worker who witnessed the incide

Image: Jihad Watch Nineteen-year-old Abdullah Haji Zada has been sentenced to 15 years in a U.S. federal prison for plotting an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack targeting the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. The Afghan national, who had been living in the United States as a lawful permanent resident, was found guilty of multiple terrorism-related offenses after federal investigators uncovered his plans. According to court f