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French Muslims fear the impact of a far right election win – Copyright AFP Jack TAYLORClaire GALLENMuslim voters are increasingly worried about the prospect of a far-right victory less than two weeks before France’s snap parliamentary elections, fearing the possible restrictions that could follow. For Sarah, there’s a “real risk” of seeing the National Rally (RN) win the ballot, called by President Emmanuel Macron after the far-right party trounced his centrists in early June’s EU elections. The 23-year-old member of a Muslim women’s collective told AFP that would give the party of Marine Le Pen free rein to pass laws…

Image caption, The IRGC is a major military, political and economic force in IranArticle informationAuthor, Nadine YousifRole, BBC News, Toronto19 June 2024Updated 4 hours agoCanada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, after years of pressure from opposition legislators and some members of the Iranian diaspora.Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc called it a “significant tool in fighting global terrorism”.The move will mean that thousands of senior Iranian government officials, including top IRGC officials, will be barred from entering Canada.The IRGC is a major military, political and economic force in Iran,…

Image via Masjid Ar Rahman.Check out Masjid Ar Rahman’s Halal Food Festival this weekend in Coatesville. Masjid Ar Rahman’s Halal Food Festival is hitting Coatesville for the first time, taking place on June 22 from 12 PM to 7 PM at Gateway Park, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. The festival aims to share the diverse and vibrant culture of the local Muslim community with the wider Coatesville area. As the only mosque in Coatesville, which was established in 2004, Masjid Ar Rahman serves a diverse congregation that includes African Americans, Pakistanis, Hispanics, Indians, Sri Lankans, and more.…

The Manitoba Islamic Association (MIA) has apologized after suggesting that the young man who self-immolated at a Winnipeg mosque did so out of distress caused by Gazan ‘genocide.’ The incident took place on Saturday afternoon on the eve of Eid, an Islamic holiday celebrated by Muslims across the globe. The MIA referenced the Israel-Hamas war in its initial statement, saying that the conflict “is impacting so many people beyond the boundaries of our community.” •On Saturday a youth self-immolated in a Winnipeg mosque. •the Manitoba Islamic Association suggested without details it was due to “genocide in Gaza”. Then they retracted…

Canada will list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, as a terrorist group. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, vowing Canada will “use all of the tools at its disposal” to combat the IRGC’s activity in Canada. It is a crime to knowingly deal with the assets of a listed terrorist entity under Canada’s Criminal Code. Charitable organizations can lose their status if they maintain their connections to terrorist groups, and people found to be associated with those groups can be denied entry into Canada. It also allows banks…

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May…

Jihadists remain a major threat to the country, the country’s BfV security agency has warnedJihadist pose a serious domestic security risk to Germany, the country’s BfV security agency warned on Tuesday, singling out the Afghanistan-based offshoot of the once-powerful terrorist organization Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).The group, designated ISPK by the German intelligence service, “has managed to bring followers to Western Europe, possibly with the wave of refugees from Ukraine, who are now staying here in various Western European countries,” Director General Thomas Haldenwang told the media on Tuesday.The senior official and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented an annual report…

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May…

In a press release, the Canadian government said, “Based on their actions, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the IRGC has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity, or has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with an entity that has knowingly carried out terrorist activity. Listing the IRGC means that they are a terrorist group.” It said that the decision to designate the IRGC through the Criminal Code listing regime sends a strong message that Canada will use all tools at its disposal to combat…

(RFE/RL) — Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity and advised any Canadians in Iran to leave the country. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement on June 19 at a news conference in Ottawa, saying the decision to declare the IRGC as a terrorist organization is based on “very strong and convincing evidence.” LeBlanc told reporters that Canada “uses all possible means to fight the terrorist acts of the IRGC.” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly noted at the same news conference that Ottawa broke off diplomatic ties with Tehran several years ago. She urged Canadians…

Subscribe to updates Unsubscribe from updates Washington, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Army has said they have killed a high-ranking member of the Islamic State terrorist militia in Syria in an airstrike. “US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi, a senior ISIS official and facilitator,” the US Central Command, or CENTCOM, said in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday. “His death will disrupt ISIS’s ability to resource and conduct terror attacks,” it added. “There is no indication any civilians were harmed in this strike.” US troops are stationed in Syria…

ANI | Updated: Jun 20, 2024 03:37 IST Ottawa [Canada], June 20 (ANI): Canada on Wednesday (local time) listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code after years of mounting pressure. Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, Dominic LeBlanc announced the decision. In a press release, the Canadian government said, “Based on their actions, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the IRGC has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity, or has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of,…

Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, after years of pressure from opposition legislators and some members of the Iranian diaspora, APA reports citing BBC. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc called it a “significant tool in fighting global terrorism”. The move will mean that thousands of senior Iranian government officials, including top IRGC officials, will be barred from entering Canada. The IRGC is a major military, political and economic force in Iran, with close ties to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It is estimated to have more than…

The Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) has received $500,000 from the Doris Duke Foundation’s Building Bridges Program to provide multi-year support through a collaborative fellowship with the Sundance Institute, attendance at industry events (including April’s Getting Real conference), and unrestricted funding to filmmaker grantees. It’s the largest single grant the ISF has ever received.The ISF Building Bridges Program prize activities started earlier this year. The Sundance collaboration supported six U.S.-based filmmakers focused on telling Muslim-related stories and will continue for the next two years, totaling 18 awardees receiving a yearlong structured mentorship program that starts with a “bespoke experience” of attending…

Ottawa cites the IRGC’s ties to Hamas and Hezbollah, accusing Iran of ‘complete disregard for human rights’.Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” entity and urged its citizens in Iran to leave. The Canadian government made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that the move will help Ottawa with “countering terrorist financing”. “The decision to list the IRGC through the Criminal Code listing regime sends a strong message that Canada will use all tools at its disposal to combat the terrorist activity of the IRGC, conducted both unilaterally and in knowing association with listed terrorist entities…

Ottawa on Wednesday listed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity while calling on Canadians in the Islamic country to leave. The terrorism listing bars members of the Guards from entering Canada and Canadians from having any dealings with individual members or the group(File) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “Our government has made the decision to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told a news conference. Now catch your favourite game on Crickit. Anytime Anywhere. Find out how Flanked by Canada’s foreign and justice ministers, he accused the…

America Must Act Against the Islamic Republic of Iran By: Ken Abramowitz The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) dictatorship began in December 1979, when Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, became the Supreme Leader.  A new Islamic-based Constitution was adopted. In foreign policy, the Constitution declared it would “support the just struggles of the oppressed against the oppressors” in every corner of the globe. The new authoritarian government identified Israel and the US as the major obstacles to achieving this goal. Thus, the government explicitly called for “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”, as Israel…

Former Israeli hostage Ada Sagi, 75, who was kidnapped by the Hamas-allied group Islamic Jihad on Oct. 7 last year, said she was held in both civilian homes and a hospital in and around the city of Khan Younis in Gaza before she was released as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners in November 2023.In an interview aired Wednesday, Sagi told CBS News partner network BBC News that she was taken by two kidnappers on a motorcycle from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz into Gaza on Oct. 7. She said she was forced to leave her shoes behind, and her…

The federal government is listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization under Canada’s Criminal Code after years of mounting pressure.Federal ministers delivered the news Wednesday afternoon, hours after CBC News first reported the government was preparing to make the announcement.”This action sends a strong message that Canada will use all of the tools at its disposal to combat the terrorist entity of the IRGC,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters. “Our government will ensure that there is no immunity for Iran’s unlawful actions and its support of terrorism.”Once a group is placed on the country’s terror list,…

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May…

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so. “The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday. Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May…

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so.”The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a press conference on Wednesday.Members of Parliament voted unanimously in May in favour of a non-binding motion calling on the government to list the IRGC, a branch of Iran’s Armed Forces, as a terrorist entity.The Liberals have said in the past that…

Canada will list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, as a terrorist group. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, vowing Canada will “use all of the tools at its disposal” to combat the IRGC’s activity in Canada.  It is a crime to knowingly deal with the assets of a listed terrorist entity under Canada’s Criminal Code. Charitable organizations can lose their status if they maintain their connections to terrorist groups, and people found to be associated with those groups can be denied entry into Canada. It…

Canada will list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, as a terrorist group. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, vowing Canada will “use all of the tools at its disposal” to combat the IRGC’s activity in Canada.  It is a crime to knowingly deal with the assets of a listed terrorist entity under Canada’s Criminal Code. Charitable organizations can lose their status if they maintain their connections to terrorist groups, and people found to be associated with those groups can be denied entry into Canada. It…

Washington — The United States is sharpening its counterterrorism focus on Somalia, going after increasingly high-profile targets linked to a resurgence of the Islamic State terror group from its base in the Horn of Africa. U.S. officials are concerned that IS-Somalia, as the terror group’s regional affiliate is known, has moved from being a key cog in the Islamic State global financial network to hosting the group’s top leader. Top IS leaders “view Africa as a place where they should invest, where they are more permissive and able to operate better and more freely, and they want to expand,” according…