Friday, July 3, 2026

Civilization Jihad, Terrorism and Islamic Social Norms in the News July 3, 2026

 


USA

https://www.memri.org/tv/dearborn-michigan-shiite-scholar-usama-abdulghani-every-muslim-should-dream-engaging-jihad-and 

MEMRI found a video of Dearborn, Michigan Shi’ite Usama Abdulghani given at the Hadi Institute on June 16th. Abdulghani, is the spiritual leader of the Hadi Institute and its associated K-5 school, said that according to hadiths every Muslim is supposed to dream about the opportunity to engage in jihad against the enemy. He added that he hoped his audience was raising their children with this concept.

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/upstate-new-york-woman-arrested-charged-attempting-provide-material-support-palestine 

The Justice Department announced on June 30th that Catherine Beth Washburn, 37, of Irondequoit, New York, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support and resources, namely currency, to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also known as Al-Quds Brigades. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. 

The criminal complaint states that Washburn is a leader of the Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL), an extremist organization formed in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023. DAMPL rejects the idea of peaceful protests and engages in “direct action” — including acts of sabotage and property destruction — in support of the Palestinian cause and against entities that it associates with Israel. 

“As alleged, Washburn repeatedly voiced support for violence against Israeli civilians and attempted to provide material support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad by sending cryptocurrency to an individual who claimed to participate in its attacks,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “Those who aid foreign terrorist groups will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

 

https://6abc.com/post/man-sentenced-building-explosives-plotting-attack-multiple-locations-philadelphia-jew-jersey/19388062/ 

This is a follow up on a story we reported back on September 26th, 2025, where Muhyyee-Ud-din Abdul-Rahman was found guilty of plotting mass casualty attacks on multiple locations in the Philadelphia region. ABC 6 Action News reported that Abdul-Rahman has been sentenced to spend 20 to 40 months in prison.

https://www.memri.org/tv/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-aipac-two-masters-israel-most-egregious-example 

MEMRI reported that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed who is running for the Democratic US Senate primary nomination in Michigan, discussed what he described as “foreign government” influence in American politics. In a June 24th interview on the Ansari Podcast. He said that the Democratic establishment fears that he will win the nomination because he is “coming for the system,” under which the way to run campaigns is to take money from special interest groups like American Israel PAC and then sell half-truths to the public that are inconsistent because politicians are serving two masters. Dr. El-Sayed said this after receiving almost 2 million dollars from ActBlue, which investigators claim does not say no to foreign donations.

https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202604159862557723


https://www.memri.org/tv/shayan-parsai-jews-wailing-wall-child-sacrifice-usuli-institute 

MEMRI caught a video of Ohio Immigration Attorney Shayan Parsai given at California Usuli Institute as a Friday Sermon on June 5th. In the sermon he claimed that Jews use the Wailing Wall as a pretext to “sneak closer and closer to the Al-Aqsa Mosque” and are trying to remove it. He asserted that the wall was never important in Jewish history, and that Jews pray and wail there because they are digging beneath it in an effort to enter the Al-Aqsa compound.


https://1819news.com/news/item/sacrifice-their-blood-for-the-sake-of-allah-former-huntsville-islamic-academy-imam-uah-lecturer-calls-for-bloodshed-to-spread-islam https://x.com/YossiBenYakar/status/2070183868573856033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2070183868573856033%7Ctwgr%5E636bdba3fbc5443cf2e37414e60121f9aa13bcfc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F1819news.com%2Fnews%2Fitem%2Fsacrifice-their-blood-for-the-sake-of-allah-former-huntsville-islamic-academy-imam-uah-lecturer-calls-for-bloodshed-to-spread-islam 

Yossi BenYaker posted on X that “an imam in Alabama, Ragab Abdelmoneim of the Islamic Academy of Huntsville, openly told his audience that Muslims must be ready to sacrifice their lives through their money and their blood in order to establish “the religion of Allah” in the United States.

He claimed that victory over America is closer than ever. This isn’t being preached in some remote village overseas. This is being said openly on American soil.”

BenYaker asks, “At what point does this stop being protected “religious speech” and become a national security threat? How is he not arrested?”

 

https://www.freep.com/story/news/religion/2026/06/28/ashura-march-dearborn-shia-muslims/90713047007/ 

The Detroit Free Press reported that Shia Muslims waving religious flags and holding signs calling for justice gathered and walked on Ford Road in Dearborn in a colorful display Sunday, June 28, that marked Ashura, a holiday recalling the death of a leader whose message resonates today with the faithful.

The procession started at Fordson High School, led by a group of young men who held red flags that read "Ashura," referring to the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, when a revered leader who is the grandson of Muhammad, Imam Hussain, died in battle against an unjust ruler.

 

CANADA

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-mosque-prayer-call-backlash-9.7251117 

The CBC reported that in Regina, Saskatchewan, the downtown, Regina City Jamia Masjid, obtained a permit to broadcast the three minute call to prayer over the noon hour on Fridays, and this permit was to stay in place until July 10th when the policy would be reviewed by the police and city officials. However, the Mosque’s director, M. Anisur Rahman, said it has been put on hold due to threats that were received after the first broadcast.

Rahman claims the Muslim community is not feeling safe after broadcasting the Adhan.

Canada has freedom of religion, he noted.

"We are not here like to dominate anything, right … We are here to follow our religion. So there are other religions also, right? And we have a religion of freedom in Canada, right? We are free to follow our own religion."

 

UK

https://www.gbnews.com/news/london-news-somalia-born-man-timir-ahmed-mohamed-charged-five-counts-attempted-murder-hit-and-run 

Great Britain News reported that a man from Somalia, who is now a British citizen, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder after a car hit multiple people in west London, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

Timir Ahmed Mohamed, 34, of Grange Park, Ealing, was charged after a car struck pedestrians on Ealing Broadway. Three people were taken to hospital at about 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon after the crash.

Beyond the attempted murder charges, other charges include dangerous driving, failing to stop, failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis, and criminal damage. A law enforcement spokesman earlier said: “Due to the nature of the incident, local officers were in contact with officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London. He continued, "While investigators are keeping an open mind as to any potential motive, the incident is not being treated as terrorism.

Many of England’s news sources are dropping the name Muhammad when reporting this story, why is that?

 

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/man-admits-threatening-to-behead-jewish-schoolchildren-v5qmsgsw https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/man-admits-threatening-jewish-schoolchildren-5HjdcCg_2/ 

Mohamed Ullah, 35 admitted threatening to “kill Jewish schoolchildren.” Ullah, is from Hackney, east London, made the remark to Avani Hari on February 13, threatening to “decapitate” the youngsters.

Ullah, who is in custody, pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court to making a threat to kill, as well as racially aggravated harassment on the same day.

He has also admitted damaging a water dispenser and causing a flood at Homerton Hospital in Hackney that day. Ullah first admitted the offences on June 5, but a judge imposed a reporting ban as he denied three assault allegations from the same day. Reporting restrictions were lifted on Friday after Ullah pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman, Janet Chukwu, and prosecutors agreed to drop the other two assault charges.

Judge Daniel Fugallo ordered the probation service to make an assessment of dangerousness of Ullah, before his sentencing hearing on August 5. The Defence lawyer told Friday’s hearing: “The defendant at the time of the offending was about to be discharged as a patient from a mental institution, and he has been assessed as fit to plead.”

Ullah will remain in custody until his sentencing.

 

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15940025/Grooming-gang-ringleader-73-convicted-30-child-rape-offences-deported-set-walk-free-prison.html 

The Daily Mail reported that a grooming gang ringleader who was convicted of 30 child rapes reportedly cannot be deported - despite being stripped of his British citizenship.

Shabir Ahmed, 73, a key figure in the Rochdale grooming gangs, was released from prison on July 2nd. Ahmed was jailed in 2012 for concurrent sentences of 22 and 19 years. Yet he was released early after only 14 years.

Ahmed immigrated to the UK from Pakistan and his British citizenship was revoked during his prison sentence - but he will stay in the country thanks to a rule in the Immigration Act 1971. A clause protects Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK before 1973 from removal.

Instead, he will be allowed to live in the community under a number of curfews and exclusion zones.

He was one of nine men convicted of sexual offences against multiple children, who they groomed at two takeaway restaurants in Rochdale. Prosecutors identified Ahmed as one of the ringleaders.

 

GERMANY

https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/06/28/islamism-poses-a-clear-threat-to-german-public-life/ 

Spiked Online wrote a story on a BILD news article, that revealed a secret German intelligence report that stated that Islamists, and the Muslim Brotherhood in particular, are focused on a long-term strategy aimed at ‘gradually transforming social and political decision-making processes’.

Spiked Online asked tough questions about the report being secretive. They wrote, “It is difficult to know what’s worse: the threat posed by Islamists itself, or the fact the German state wanted to keep this threat secret? By refusing to make these insights public, the government implies that citizens cannot be trusted with them.”

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/christmas-market-attacker-jailed-for-life-for-murdering-six-in-germany/ar-AA26Bt74 

This is a follow up to a story we reported on December 27, 2024. BBC News reported that a court in Germany has sentenced 51-year-old Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen to life in prison for an attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg in 2024, in which six people were killed.

Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen, a psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia, killed six people and injuring hundreds, after he rammed a rented BMW into crowds at a historic market in ​the eastern city of Magdeburg  December 20, 2024.

Officials claimed that he had a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric ‌and far-right sympathies. But Holger Muench, president of the federal criminal police office, said Germany had received a warning from Saudi Arabia as far back as 2023 about the defendant, which authorities investigated but found vague


SWEDEN

https://samnytt.se/sokte-asyl-som-homosexuell-men-hade-relation-med-ukrainskan-han-slaktade-i-svartsjuka-sakrade-uppehallstillstand-genom-hemtjanstjobb 

SAMNYTT reported that on Monday, 38-year-old Mokhtar Darabi, born in Iran and an Iranian citizen, who murdered a 50-year-old mother of many children who had fled Ukraine in connection with Russia's invasion. Had originally came to Sweden claiming asylum in 2015 on the grounds that he is a homosexual. Despite the claim he lived with a woman for three years. His application for permanent residence was granted after previous rejections on June 19, 2024.

 

TURKEY       

https://www.memri.org/tv/mona-sobhy-blood-libel-matzah-damascus-affair-turkey-muslim-brotherhood 

MEMRI found a video of an interview with Dr. Mona Sahy, an Egyptian family therapist, given on June 21st, on Hiwar TV recorded in Turkey, a London based Muslim Brotherhood channel. She claimed that the Damascus Blood Libel Affair demonstrates Jewish hatred toward Islam and Christianity. She alleged that according to Jewish tradition, the blood of a non-Jewish child must be kneaded into the Matzah during Passover.