A notorious, international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist organization canceled its yearly event in Canada following public criticism and fears of being banned and listed in Canada as a terrorist organization.
After Israel and Hamas reached an agreement to a ceasefire on January 15th, after more than a year of war and devastation that left over 40,000 Gazans dead and virtually all of Gaza reduced to rubble, Khalil Al-Hayya, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, delivered a speech on Al-Jazeera, calling the war, which they called as “Al-Aqsa Flood war” a victory, adding that the October 7 attacks will continue to be a “source of pride” for Palestinians.
While the rest of the world celebrated the New Year, the city of New Orleans in Louisiana is reeling from a deadly truck attack after a man slammed a rented Ford pickup truck into a crowd on a well-known street in the city during New Year celebrations at 3:15 AM, killing at least 14 people and injuring 35 others.
A prominent Nigerian atheist who was imprisoned for blasphemy has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison and is now living in a safe house as his legal team fears his life may still be in danger.
An Iranian woman went viral on social media after she had a confrontation with a cleric, who berated her for not wearing a hijab at an airport in the Iranian capital, Tehran, where the woman angrily tore off his turban and wore it like a scarf in an act of protest.
An Iranian-American academic told a former British MP during an online interview that the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria is a victory for the Israelis, further lamenting that Turkey under Erdoğan is not serious about the Palestinian cause and with the MP suggesting that the October 7 attacks now looks like a bad idea.
The Taliban’s supreme leader issued a new order where new residential buildings in Afghanistan are constructed without windows looking onto "places usually used by women,” adding that existing windows with such views should be blocked to prevent "obscene acts.”
After visiting Israeli soccer fans were chased and assaulted in the streets of Amsterdam following a soccer match last November, several people appeared at a Dutch court on December 11th for taking part in a night of violence that made headlines and sparked accusations of antisemitism.
An Iranian singer went viral after she live-streamed a historic virtual concert on YouTube where she performed without a hijab, despite the Islamic Republic’s efforts to pass a new, stricter law on hijab that many human rights organizations and activists have criticized.
Police searched the home of two students who serve as leaders of a chapter of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at George Mason University in Virginia after they were accused of leading a group that vandalized the university’s student center. Authorities found firearms, pro-terrorism materials, and even flags of terrorist groups.
