Friday, July 17, 2026

Civilization Jihad, Terrorism, and Islamic Social Norms in the News 7/17/2026

 


USA vs Iran

https://www.memri.org/reports/instagram-islamist-extremist-organizations-and-individuals-michigan-texas-and-across-us 

MEMRI caught posts of Muslims in the United States mourning and glorifying the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. These are some of the Islamic posts from the USA that MEMRI caught.



https://www.memri.org/reports/article-egyptian-state-daily-al-ahram-iran-won-war-and-president-trump-eager-end-it 

MEMRI found an article in an Egyptian State Daily, Al-Ahram from July 2, 2026 by former Egyptian MP Gamal Zahran. In the article Zahran argued that Iran emerged victorious from the recent war with the US and Israel, and that the US was forced to capitulate and accept all of Iran’s demands.


https://nypost.com/2026/07/10/opinion/top-mamdani-officials-shady-meet-with-iran-ambassador-goes-beyond-nyc-agenda/  https://nypost.com/2026/07/10/us-news/mamdani-tries-to-downplay-top-officials-attempted-meeting-with-iran-ambassador/  

The NY POST reported that NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Commissioner Ana María Archila was scheduled to meet with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at 2 United Nations Plaza, alongside two other senior officials in the mayor’s Office for International Affairs, on Tuesday, July 6th, in the morning. 

The meeting between Archila and Iravani was called off after the State Department — which was not informed ahead of time — met with the Mamdani administration to clarify acceptable conduct, according to the State Department official.

 

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202607106158 

Iran International reported that on Friday the government of Iran turned Friday prayers into a campaign for revenge on Friday, with clerics rejecting further negotiations with Washington, defending Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz and demanding visible retaliation for the killing of Ali Khamenei.

The Friday Prayer Policy Council, which announced that weekly services nationwide would become “Fridays of Blood Vengeance and Revenge” until those blamed for Khamenei’s killing were punished.

The council said revenge was not an emotional response but a “strategic” and religious duty, explicitly naming US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Carrying out retribution against the principal criminals – particularly the criminal Trump and the child-killing Netanyahu – is an unchanging element of divine justice,” its statement said.

 

USA

https://batesvilletribune.com/little-rock-islamic-center-advances-long-planned-residential-development/ 

The Batesville Tribune reported on July 10th that  The Islamic Center for Human Excellence is continuing work on a residential subdivision known as New Africa in the John Barrow neighborhood, a project with roots dating back more than two decades.

City planning records show the Little Rock Planning Commission approved a revised planned development, Z-2502-F, in December 2020 by a 10-0 vote. The plan calls for up to 22 single-family homes on approximately 6 acres, along with two prayer halls totaling nearly 10,000 square feet, an educational building, a health clinic, a community garden and playground. Five homes have been built and sold.

Buyers in the subdivision must sign a recorded Bill of Assurance, a standard property covenant in Arkansas subdivisions. The document states the development’s purpose is “creating a wholly-owned residential Al-Islamic community conforming to the social guidelines given in the Quran” and includes rules on architecture, maintenance and conduct, such as restrictions on alcohol. The Home Owners Association, linked to the Islamic Center for Human Excellence, holds oversight in perpetuity.

 

https://jihadwatch.org/2026/07/ms-rachel-defends-treating-muslim-6-year-old-girls-as-sex-objects 

Daniel Greenfield reported in Jihad Watch that recently, President Trump retweeted the shocking image of Somali kindergarteners in hijabs  “Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab … in kindergarten.”

Gov. Tim Walz and Dems swiftly rallied in support of ‘hijabing’ little girls in kindergarten. So did obnoxious social media influencer ‘Ms. Rachel’ who seems to spend half her time either preying on kids or promoting Islamist and radical leftist ideology.

“Hi to the kindergarteners in Minnesota,” her social media account tweeted. “Congrats on your kindergarten graduation. I saw some of you wore a hijab to your graduation. I am glad you wore something meaningful and special to you and your family. I think hijabs are beautiful.”

Greenfield responded that hijabs aren’t worn because they’re “meaningful” or “special,” they were originally worn to allow Muslims to distinguish between Muslim women who are off limits and non-Muslim women who are ‘fair game’ to be sexually assaulted and taken as sex slaves.

 

https://x.com/JonahPlatt/status/2074612858822721608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2074612858822721608%7Ctwgr%5Efb4e9f60db6937871f2cffa16d3f2e994351dce3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjihadwatch.org%2F2026%2F07%2Fmehdi-hasan-tries-to-prove-israel-committed-genocide-by-invoking-authorities-who-claim-it-did 

Jonah Platt shared on X that Mehdi Hasan says he can debunk Israel's defenders in under 60 seconds.

Platt next debunks Mehdi Hasan, noting “his method? Reading a list of names really fast. That's not an argument. That's a filibuster with a bibliography. Fine. Start the clock. Here's the problem with his fifty sources: it's one source wearing fifty costumes.

“The UN cites Amnesty. Amnesty cites a different UN report. That one cites the BBC. The BBC cites UNRWA. UNRWA cites the Gaza Ministry of Health. The Gaza Ministry of Health is Hamas. Even a member of his own genocide scholars association has a name for this: "citation washing." Congratulations. You just traced fifty "independent" voices back to one terrorist press office.”

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/09/cair-mn-calls-sheriffs-somali-gang-warning-dangerous-as-law-enforcement-tracks-12-somali-gangs-in-twin-cities-metro/  

Breitbart reported that the Ramsey County sheriff’s office had Sheriff Bob Fletcher issued a warning about Somali gangs in the Twin Cities. This warning has  drawn criticism from CAIR-MN and Minneapolis City Council Vice President Jamal Osman, even as one law enforcement officer said he is tracking 12 Somali gangs in the metro area and another called for “law enforcement, community members, and faith leaders” to work together on a solution.

Suleiman Adan, deputy executive director of CAIR-MN, said “prevention and intervention and family engagement and sustained investment in youth must be central to any sort of long-term solution.” He continued, “anyone responsible for violent crimes should be held accountable.”

But Adan took issue with Fletcher’s framing, saying, “To say that there’s a Somali gang problem” that requires the community to “raise the stakes and squash this” before it becomes a larger issue is “particularly dangerous.”

 

IRELAND

https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/world-news/ny-mom-jamey-carneys-migrant-beau-asked-her-for-dough-a-week-before-her-murder-in-ireland/  

THE NY Post reported that Ahmad Al-Saqar migrant boyfriend in Ireland of NY mom Jamey Carney, is suspected of killing her a week after he asked her for European money, the equivalent of $5,700.

Al-Saqar is an asylum-seeker from Jordan and is feared to have fled to the Middle East shortly after her death. Carney had moved with her daughter to Ireland in 2021. She is believed to have met Al-Saqar at a pro-Palestine rally Kilarney. Al-Saqar claimed they had been accepted as husband and wife at a mosque, but nothing was registered.


UK

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15971705/Record-migrants-Channel-small-boat-total-number.html 

The Daily Mail reported that mass migration from France continues into the UK, sharing that a record 128 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain in a single small boat. The migrants were picked up mid-Channel after leaving France on Friday. The inflatable dinghies provided by people traffickers are unseaworthy and prone to capsizing.

A total of 225 migrants reached British shores on Friday aboard a total of three dinghies, meaning the other two carried 97 between them.

It means 205,049 Channel migrants have now arrived here since the crisis began in 2018.

This year’s running tally is 12,439, down 44 per cent on the same time last year.

 

Follow up article https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15973777/Afghan-migrant-admits-killing-dog-walker-stabbing-landlord-boy.html 

This is a follow up to a news story we reported on February 27th and May 1st of this year. Dawood Safi had fatally stabbed Wayne Broadhurst (45) who was walking his dog. Prosecutors accepted Safi's guilty plea to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility after he previously denied a charge of murder. The claim is that Safi was  in a 'psychotic state' and stabbed Mr. Broadhurst 14 times, He has been charged with the attempted murder of a 14 yr old boy that was with Mr. Broadhurst, and the attempted murder of his land lord who had served eviction on him a few days prior. Safi had been in the country as an asylum seeker for 5 years before starting jihad.


https://ca.news.yahoo.com/predator-caught-red-handed-trying-174543586.html 

The Independent reported that a predator Muslim migrant from Algeria, who was caught in the act of a sexual assault on a vulnerable woman near Buckingham Palace was let go by Police, “despite being caught red handed” according to the judge of the case.

Ramzi Barkat, 54,  stalked a woman who was alone in St. James Park, in the early hours of September 7, 2024. He made several attempts to flirt with the woman, but was rejected each time. He then tackled her grabbed her wrists and straddled her.

Judge Justin Cole acknowledged that the woman was saved by three young soldiers who heard her cries for help. Judge Cole sentenced Barkat to seven years and three months' imprisonment on July 10th, he then said that the police investigating the matter had shown a "catalogue of incompetencies." He told the court that after the complainant was interviewed, Barkat was released either on bail or under investigation despite posing “a continuing danger to the public.”

 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/horror-machete-fight-between-e-34282750 

Manchester Evening News reported that African Muslim migrants are now having machette fights in the middle of the road in Hulme in broad daylight.


GERMANY

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-muller-mass-migration-of-muslims-to-europe-can-only-lead-to-a-confrontation/ 

Life Site News reported that Cardinal Gerhard Müller warned that Europe is threatened by mass migration and the growing influence of Islam.

In a German-language interview on the YouTube channel Kontrapunkt, Müller addressed the issues of mass migration, Islam, and low birth rates that are leading to a seismic demographic shift in Europe.

While he acknowledged that Muslims who come to live in European countries have the right to practice their religion, he said that “with this mass immigration of Muslim fellow citizens from cultures foreign to all of Europe, the problem is precisely that Islam is not just a religion … but that it also always claims political power and not only influences the culture but becomes dominant within it. … And that can only lead to a confrontation with our Christian culture – our view of humanity, which is based on the belief that every person is created by God, that all people are equal before God, and that this must also be reflected in equality before the law.”

“And that’s precisely where I see the problems – problems that aren’t just on the horizon, but are in fact already here – namely, that parts of the public sphere are being taken over, or that in schools and kindergartens, even Christian children are required to observe Muslim customs during Ramadan, or that Christian children, teenagers, or adults are restricted in their normal civic lives – their Christian lives.”

 

DENMARK

https://hauterrfly.com/trending/denmark-bans-burqa-public-asks-muslim-adapt-local-culture-leave-details/ 

Hauterrfly reported that the government of Denmark have again began to enforce a no hijab ban on burqas and niqabs in public spaces which passed in 2018. Now the Danish government is proposing to expand that ban to include schools and universities.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen recently stated that the country’s democratic values must come first. “Democracy takes precedence,” she said, stressing that religious expressions that conflict with Danish norms shouldn’t be part of the education system. She also made it clear that immigrants who struggle to adapt to Danish cultural values should consider leaving the country.

 

TURKEY       

https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/lgbt-cruise-ship-scarlet-lady-deny-entry-turkiye-egypt-islam-muslim-migration/  

The Hungarian Conservative reported that a Mediterranean cruise ship carrying about 2,000 passengers, mainly homosexual men, on an LGBTQ-themed voyage has become an international story after being denied entry by two Muslim-majority countries, Türkiye and Egypt, in the span of just a few days. The Scarlet Lady had been scheduled to visit Kuşadası and Istanbul on 7 July, before Turkish authorities said the trip conflicted with local ‘moral values’, ‘family values’, and social norms. After an unsuccessful appeal, the ship was rerouted towards Alexandria.

However, on 9 July, Egypt also denied the vessel entry into its ports. Passengers were told by Atlantis chief executive Rich Campbell that the ship would not call in Alexandria and was seeking alternatives. Campbell said Atlantis had sailed a similar itinerary last year ‘without issue’; Egypt has not publicly explained its decision.


NETHERLANDS

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/jews-to-the-gas-chants-erupt-after-moroccos-world-cup-exit/ 

Jewish News reported that antisemitic slogans including “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas” were chanted by a crowd in The Hague after Morocco’s World Cup quarter-final defeat to France.

Videos circulating on social media showed a crowd gathered following France’s 2-0 victory on Thursday evening. People could be heard chanting “All Jews are gay” and “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas” while Palestinian flags were waved.

Local reports said community volunteers initially attempted to disperse the crowd before Dutch police arrived in large numbers, bringing the unrest to an end less than an hour after the match.

 

AFGHANISTAN –

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/g-s1-132396/smartphones-taliban-afghanistan-ban 

NPR reported that the Taliban has declared war on Smartphones.

Farzana, 40, is a midwife who covers 10 villages in Moqor district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province. Until recently, worried mothers often sent her photos of newborns with rashes, swelling or skin infections so she could decide who needed help most urgently.

Across Afghanistan, smartphones have become part of a fragile support system. Families use them to consult doctors remotely, arrange transport to distant clinics, send photos of wounds and symptoms, ask relatives for money, document abuse and reach schooling that is no longer available in person to many girls and women. That fragile network is now under threat.

Monday, July 13, 2026

Civilization Jihad, Terrorism, and Islamic Social Norms in the News July 10, 2026

 


USA vs Iran

https://www.islamtimes.com/en/news/1290625/mourners-in-tehran-display-we-will-kill-trump-banner 

Islam Times reported on the funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei who died not in jihad in Iran, but they call him a martyr. Mourners at the funeral procession carried a multimeter banner that said, “We will kill Trump!”

[Retaliation is a requirement in Islam. But is a man who stays home or hides in a bunker a jihadi?]

USA

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/arson-attack-northeast-philadelphia-mosque-211748189.html 

Channel 6 ABC News in Philadelphia reported that elected officials and faith leaders joined community members on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with Philadelphia's Muslim community.

An Interfaith Unity Press Conference was held to condemn the recent arson at the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center.

Officials say someone targeted the building early Sunday morning. The mosque was damaged in an apparent arson attack early Sunday morning, according to police. Some are making a statement that this was a hate crime.

"The attack that happened on this mosque was an attack on those fundamental beliefs that everyone here should be celebrated," said said Pa. Rep. Anthony Bellmon (D). The Council on American-Islamic Relations is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to a conviction.

The ATF also announced a $5,000 reward.

 

https://jihadwatch.org/2026/07/popular-muslim-streamer-this-is-the-islamic-republic-of-new-yorkistan-islam-will-be-in-every-household 

Fox News reported that Sneako, a streamer who broadcasts to more than 1 million followers on a popular online platform set off a viral firestorm after invoking Mayor Zohran Mamdani's name as he declared Islam would take over New York City last Friday.

"Allahu Akbar!" Sneako, whose real name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy,  yelled amidst a group of Egypt soccer fans while drums were banged and horns were blown. Egyptian flags waved among the crowd as they chanted along. After Egypt dethroned Australia in the World Cup, Sneako may have made his most controversial splash yet while live broadcasting on the streets of New York City on the video streaming platform Kick.

"This is the Islamic Republic of New York-istan," he continued. "Islam will be in every household. Inshallah the whole world will be Muslim. … Welcome to Mamdani's New York. You see this city? You see how it looks? Inshallah, your city looks just like this too," he shouted among the crowd.

 

CANADA

https://www.memri.org/tv/tara-al-alami-terrorism-settler-colony-sinwar-nasrallah 

MEMRI caught the video of Montreal-based Palestinian writer and activist Tara Al-Alami said in a June 9, 2026 in a YouTube podcast that the very "premise" of terrorism must be rejected because it is "racialized" and manipulated against people who resist colonialism and imperialism. She said that "every single Israeli," including civilians living within Israel’s 1948 borders, is part of the "settler colony" built on stolen Palestinian land that is actively engaged in genocide and ethnic cleansing. She praised Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas military commander Muhammad Deif, and Hamas spokesman Abu Obayda, all of whom were killed by Israel, saying that they had provided "comfort" and "direction" to the people on the ground.

[Quran 5:20-26

20 And when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the grace of Allah on you when he made prophets among you. And he made you kings, and he gave you what he did not give anyone of the world. 21 O my people, enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you, and do not turn away on your backs so you will be turned back losers." 22 They said, "O Moses, surely in it are powerful people, and surely we will not enter it until they come out of it. So if they come out of it, so surely we will enter." 23 Two men among the fearers, Allah graced on them, said, "Enter on them the door. So when you enter it, so surely you will be victorious. And on Allah, so depend, if you were believers." 24 They said, "O Moses, surely we will never enter it as long as they are in it. So go, you and your lord. So engage in war. Surely we are sitting down right here." 25 He said, "My lord, surely I do not own anything except myself and my brother, so separate between us and the transgressing people." 26 He said, "So surely it is forbidden to them forty years; they will be lost on the earth. So do not grieve on the transgressing people."]


https://www.jns.org/news/antisemitism/jewish-man-attacked-in-toronto-by-self-identified-houthi 

Jewish News Syndicate reported that the police in Toronto arrested a man on June 30th on suspicion of attacking a Jewish man while yelling antisemitic slurs against the victim.

Around 12:10 in the afternoon, the accused approached the victim at a commercial property that the victim manages.

The suspect, identified as Abdulkadir al-Jelani, 58, from Toronto, started yelling and throwing rocks “and other items” at the victim, causing him minor wounds.

Al-Jelani is charged with three counts of assault with a weapon and one count of uttering death threats, the Toronto Police Service said. He appeared in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on July 1. “It is believed that the victim was targeted because of their religious attire,” the police added. The victim was named as Joseph Bitton by the National Post.

A real estate agent and lawyer, Bitton told the newspaper that the assailant swung a parking pylon at him, shouting that Jews are “baby killers committing genocide.” “He said he was from Yemen and a Houthi.”

 

UK

https://hounslowherald.com/man-arrested-in-west-london-jailed-over-minute-threat-call-p33078-249.htm 

The Borough of Hounslow reported that a convicted sex offender has returned to prison after spending 14 minutes telling a police call handler he was going to attack British Transport Police known as the BTP.

Mansoor Ahmed, 31, of west London, launched his hate-filled tirade after calling BTP’s First Contact Centre on Wednesday the 27th of May.  

He had previously pleaded guilty to threatening communications, possession of cannabis, and a public order offence. Ahmed called at 2.30pm and provided a reference number for his own case. It related to a BTP investigation into him sexually assaulting two women on the London Underground in late 2020.

BTP detectives brought him to justice for those sexual assaults, and he was jailed for two years and two months.

Angry that his crimes and custody photo were made public after he was convicted, Ahmed hurled abuse at the call handler for nearly 14 minutes. He threatened graphic violence on BTP officers, stating he would attack them at rail stations. During his monologue he said, “I’m coming to stab all of you […] I’m coming to stab a transport police officer.” Ahmed also made a series of sexually violent threats towards women and children, before adding, “When I find one of your transport police officers, I’m going to put acid on his face.”

Ahmed was arrested two days later, on 29th May, in west London.

Last week on July 3rd, Ahmed was jailed for six months for the threats.

 

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15958895/Muslim-teacher-pupils-Ukrainians-Nazis-gay.html 

The Daily Mail reported that a Muslim teacher who told students 'Ukrainians are Nazis' and that 'gay and transgender people are mentally ill' has been banned from teaching.

William Garwood, 60, told a misconduct investigation that he was 'entitled to his religious belief in Islam and to the philosophical belief of anti-Nazism'.   

The teacher made the comments during a 11th grade history class just days after starting at St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy in West Yorkshire, when he was asked, 'are there any just wars?' by one of his students, to which he replied: 'Yes.' 

Garwood then told the class that he was 'happy' that Russian President Vladimir Putin was killing 'satanic Nazis' in Ukraine, and that the world was run by billionaires who created 'evil Ukrainians'. During the same class, the teacher also made comments to the effect that 'gay and transgender people are mentally ill.'

Mr Garwood said that he did not give an opinion on gay people 'but asserted that he is a Muslim and that this position is known.

The review panel considered that the comments were not only out of line with the educational purpose of the lesson but were also delivered without any attempt to provide balance or explore alternative perspectives. 'As such, the panel concluded that the conduct was clearly inappropriate and significantly outside the bounds of acceptable teaching practice.' He was removed from his position and he was banned from working as an educator.

 

FRANCE

https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/france-sudanese-migrant-stabs-three-clermont-ferrand/ https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/07/05/sudanese-migrant-arrested-after-three-people-stabbed-in-france/ 

The Hungarian Conservative reported that a 34-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker stabbed three people on Sunday, 5 July in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Around 2pm, police started receiving calls from the public about a man threatening people with a knife. Once law enforcement arrived, the suspect also attempted to stab a responding police officer in the neck, but he was shot by another officer on the scene. The perp survived his injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital.

His three victims, although severely wounded, are expected to survive.

The police also shared that the suspect had prior convictions and that they do not believe, at this stage of the investigation, that he has ties to any terrorist organizations. Despite his prior crimes, he was never deported.

 

GERMANY

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/german-police-suspect-custody-battle-191259137.html

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/07/04/germany-mass-shooting-suspect-previously-escaped-prison-in-turkey-report/ 

DPA and Breitbart reported that  Fatih G. (45) killed 6 people on June 29th in Hamburg.

Prior to murdering people in Germany, he was imprisoned in Turkey in 2021 while facing trial for multiple crimes, including suspicion of a serious sexual offence in 2007. While awaiting trial, he is said to have escaped from prison and is reportedly still wanted by Turkish authorities for sexual assault against his own daughter in the city of Gaziantep.

He is now facing a possible life sentence for killing 6 people in Germany.


PAKISTAN

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/lahore-gangrape-case-ishaq-dar-kin-among-four-held-over-foreign-women-assault/ar-AA278iBv 

India Today reported that four men including a relative of Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, have been arrested in Lahore over the alleged gang rape of two foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela, police said. A Lahore court sent the suspects to five-day police remand on Friday.

The women were allegedly abducted and gang raped by five men on June 29 after arriving in Pakistan on business visas arranged by the main accused, Muhammad Raza Dar. Police said one suspect is still absconding and raids are underway to arrest him.

The other arrested suspects were identified as Hassan Raza, Sikandar Khan and Sajid Ali. Raza Dar was identified as the prime suspect and is linked to Ishaq Dar. "Since it is a very sensitive matter as a close relative of Deputy PM Ishaq Dar is involved in this high-profile case, police are investigating it from all aspects."

 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-police-rescue-french-woman-5-children-after-decade-of-alleged-captivity/article71143244.ece 

The Hindu reported that Pakistan police said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) they rescued a French woman and her five children after she told authorities she had been held captive by her husband for more than a decade and subjected to years of domestic abuse in the country’s northwest.

The woman, identified as 54-year-old Sylvie Yasmina, was rescued earlier this week from a mud-brick home in Bara, a town near the Afghan border.

 Yasmina’s husband, Ahmad Khan, had been arrested and investigations are underway. According to police, Ms. Yasmina was rescued after one of her sons managed to leave the house and reach the local police station. She and her children were transferred to a women’s police station for protection. Sylvie said she left France for true love and moved to Pakistan. She got 12 years of imprisonment by her husband.

Mr. Ahmad, the police chief, said the woman had expressed a desire to return to France, and authorities were coordinating with relevant officials and the French embassy regarding her repatriation. There was no immediate comment from the French embassy.

 

 https://morningstarnews.org/2026/07/tensions-inflamed-by-blasphemy-accusation-in-pakistan/ 

Morning Star News reported that more than two dozen Christian families were forced to flee their homes in Pakistan last week after allegations of blasphemy against a pastor living in the United States triggered fears of mob violence.

Tensions reportedly escalated in the Jhulan village on July 3 after announcements from mosque loudspeakers accused Pastor Sajeel Robin of posting videos on social media considered offensive to Islam and its prophet Muhammad. The pastor a native of the village is now residing in the U.S and has been for a couple of years.

Pastor Sajeel Robin frequently posts videos featuring religious debates with Muslims and discussions on Islam.” “His uncle, Shamaun Masih, and younger brother, Nabeel Robin, who still live in the village, reportedly shared some of those videos in WhatsApp groups. After local clerics became aware of the content, they began making announcements from mosque loudspeakers calling on people to act against what they described as ‘blasphemous content.’”

About 35 to 40 Christian families live in Jhulan village. Shortly after the mosque announcements, law enforcement officers arrived and advised Christian residents to leave their homes as a precaution against possible violence, according to Nayyar.

“Most of the Christian families fled with only the belongings they could carry.” Meanwhile, police took Pastor Sajeel’s father, Robin Masih, and his maternal uncle, Shamaun Masih, into protective custody, while his brother, Nabeel Robin, went into hiding to avoid arrest.”

 

NIGERIA

https://dailytrust.com/mpac-appeal-courts-ruling-against-hijab-assault-on-religious-freedom/ 

The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has condemned the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Nigeria, setting aside an earlier court judgement recognising the right of female Muslim students to wear hijab.

The judgement, delivered on Friday by a three-member panel of the Ibadan Court of Appeal set aside the May 22, 2024 judgement of the Oyo State High Court, which upheld the right of 11 Muslim female students of the International School, University of Ibadan (ISI), to wear hijab as part of their uniform.

The Court of Appeal held that ISI is a private school because it does not receive government subventions and ruled that the Supreme Court’s earlier judgment recognising the right of Muslim students to wear the hijab applies only to publicly funded schools.

It also ruled that the students had voluntarily waived their right to wear hijab by accepting the school’s code of conduct during their admission.