Sunday, October 4, 2026

Civilization Jihad, Terrorism, and Islamic Social Norms in the News October 2, 2026

 


USA vs Iran

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16167005/Irans-Supreme-Leader-says-US-forced-leave-Middle-East-suffering-painful-blows-new-statement.html 

The Daily Mail reported that Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Monday, 9/28 that the US would be forced to leave the Middle East after suffering 'painful blows', according to a statement carried by Iranian state television. This was stated despite Khamenei, having not been seen in public since the start of the Middle East war in late February, and the world wondering if he is even alive.

 

According to Iran’s state TV, Mojtaba Khamenei said, 'Today, having suffered painful blows at the hands of valiant fighters and the guardians of the Strait of Hormuz, they (the enemies) do not venture beyond the Arabian Sea.'

 

USA

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/muslim-americans-push-back-republican-110056756.html 

Associated Press reported that some of the loudest cheers for Sen. Ted Cruz at the Republicans' recent midterm convention in Dallas came after the Texas politician targeted Muslim Americans and their faith's religious code.

"Sharia law has no place in America," said Cruz. "We need to stand together and stop it now." Texas Gov. Greg Abbott chimed in moments later, vowing to "fully ban Sharia law in Texas."

Among the most energetic of Sharia's defenders is Illinois-based Sabeel Ahmed, director of an outreach project called GainPeace. He travels widely around the U.S., with a recent focus on Texas, speaking at mosque-sponsored workshops and open houses.

"Sharia is often misunderstood," Ahmed posted on Instagram after a midsummer visit to Plano, Texas. "Many people think Sharia is only about punishments, but in Islam it is Allah's guidance for living with faith, justice, mercy, and responsibility."

Asma Uddin, a professor at Michigan State University's College of Law, has argued in her writings that many American politicians are depicting ordinary Muslim religious practices — such as prayer, choice of apparel, family counseling and mosque attendance — as evidence of a political danger.

Sabeel Ahmed, who has made three outreach trips to Texas so far this year, plans a trip to Houston in a few weeks for another mosque open-house. He's also working on a book to be mailed to Christian clergy across the U.S., seeking to broaden their understanding of Sharia and other Islamic practices. Ahmed said, "Islam is not to be feared….” People should meet a Muslim, go to the mosque, reach out to us. Let's emphasize the commonalities we have."

 

https://religionnews.com/2026/09/22/major-american-muslim-charity-rebrands-after-congressional-pressure/ 

Religion News Service reported that Islamic Relief USA, which claims to be a humanitarian organization with a $150 million annual budget, rebranded itself as the Islamic Development and Empowerment in America, changing their anacronym to IDEA, after members of Congress threatened to have its tax-exempt status revoked.

The dispute between four major Islamic charities — all of which had been independent partners under the Islamic Relief umbrella — came after members of the House Ways and Means Committee called on the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of Islamic Relief USA, Jewish Voice for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine and the Tides Foundation. They alleged that the groups have links to designated foreign terrorist groups and were “sowing chaos” in their support for pro-Palestinian protests.

Islamic Relief is part of ISNA. Will the others change their names.


CANADA

https://www.rebelnews.com/two_men_charged_with_kidnapping_a_15_year_old_after_being_intercepted_by_cbsa_trying_to_sneak_back_into_canada 

On September 23rd Rebel News reported that Sault Ste. Marie Police say two men are facing kidnapping charges after Canada Border Services Agency officers caught them attempting to cross back into Canada with a 15-year-old they had refused to let go.

Police say 40-year-old Sahan Alam of Sault Ste. Marie and 29-year-old Hasan Al-Mamun of Sudbury were arrested on September 19 after CBSA officers noticed the teenager in their vehicle and flagged it as a suspected kidnapping. Officers were called to the border crossing just after 10:15 p.m. and took both men into custody.

According to police, the two men picked up the teen earlier that day and would not allow the teen to leave the vehicle. While allegedly attempting to drive the teen to a hotel, the pair made a wrong turn onto the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge putting them on a direct path toward the U.S. border, where CBSA officers intercepted them as they tried to re-enter Canada. Police confirm neither man is well known to the victim.

Both Alam and Al-Mamun have been charged with kidnapping and are being held in custody pending a bail hearing.

 

Quebec man, 24, charged in alleged ISIS-inspired chemical weapon plot - Rebel News 

Rebel News reported that Louay Angoud,  (24) is facing multiple terrorism-related charges after RCMP arrested him in Montreal on allegations he was planning an attack on behalf of ISIS.

Police allege Louay Angoud gathered information on how to build a chemical weapon that could be used to poison Canadians. The RCMP says there is no indication an attack was imminent, but investigators believe he had the knowledge to carry one out. He remains in custody and is scheduled for a bail hearing next week, according to the CBC. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Police believe at least one possible accomplice may still be at large in the Montreal area.

Angoud’s landlord said Angoud's family came from Tunisia and later returned there, leaving him in Canada as a minor. He said Angoud attended a Quebec City mosque, became increasingly religious, and more recently spent much of his time in Montreal.

The landlord said Angoud was seeking to regularize his immigration status with the help of a lawyer, had twice been stopped for driving without a licence, and had told him he did not work on September 11 because he marked the anniversary of the 2001 attacks as a celebration.

 

UK

https://nypost.com/2026/09/28/world-news/alleged-terror-plot-at-us-air-base-in-uk-takes-bizarre-twist-as-suspects-are-released-on-bail/ https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16166889/Five-British-men-London-arrested-RAF-terror-bomb-plot-released-bail-Iran-categorically-rejects-involvement.html 

The Daily Mail shared that a farmer reported that 10 men were observed in vans near the RAF base where US forces has launched attacks against Iran. Only five men were caught, and arrested under the Explosives Act and then on Terrorism charges. Three are from the London borough of Westminster, one is from Camden and the fifth is from Willesden in Brent.

The initial arrest resulted in forced evacuation of the local residents out of concerns they may have explosives. When no explosives were found, law enforcement in the UK allowed the 5 to go free on bail with conditions. President Trump has expressed his displeasure and hinted that those caught were known to the police.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/rapist-thought-immune-consequences-143337375.html 

BBC News reported that Kamljit Sahota, 48 has been jailed after admitting to the rape and forced control of a woman in Stafford. Sahota initially denied the offences but changed his plea after evidence from the woman was presented in court.

Staffordshire Police said the offences took place between July and October 2025, with the rapist believing he would be "immune from the consequences". Sahota, from Cannock, was jailed for 10 years and two months. Alongside his prison sentence, he was ordered to check in with police indefinitely after his release and made subject to an ongoing restraining order, as well as being ordered to pay a surcharge of 228 pounds.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ten-jailed-130-years-mother-184909718.html 

BBC News reported that 10 men have been jailed for a combined 130 years after a mother was set on fire in a revenge attack that also seriously injured a teenage girl.

To escape the flames on the night of 16 December 2021, both victims were forced to jump from an upstairs window they had smashed.

Seven men played varying roles in the attack. The investigation revealed that the intended victim was Naveed Hussain, who was the woman’s ex, and he visited the two periodically. Naveed had attacked those that used the petrol bomb before they firebombed the house as revenge.

The convictions of the 10 men involved came after an 11-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court, which ended in February, alongside a number of guilty pleas entered before the trial began.

Those sentenced over the incident were:

  • Shakil Uddin, 23, was sentenced to 34 years in prison.
  • Ali Abbas, 23, of was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
  • Haris Mahmood, 22, was sentenced to 24 years and nine months.
  • Riyadh Iqbal, 23, was sentenced to 12 years and six months.
  • Lukman Khan, 25, to 12 years and six months.
  • Muhammad Sufyaan Shah, 25, to 11 years and six months.
  • Tayyeb Majeed, 24, to 10 years and six months.
  • Kashif Ahmed, 26, was sentenced to 48 weeks.
  • Naveed Hussain, 32, was sentenced to 22 months suspended for 18 months.
  • Bilal Ahmed, 27, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, as well as 100 hours of unpaid work.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/hamas-bodyguard-asylum-citizenship-uk-terror-attack 

GB News reported that a former Hamas bodyguard was given asylum and citizenship in the UK before "plotting" a terrorist attack against Jews in Europe. The bodyguard, who cannot be named for legal reasons, served as protection for Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, before heading to the UK more than 10 years ago. He was given refugee status, with it being public knowledge he had worked for terrorist leader Haniyeh, who had been apprehended in Egypt for operating an arms and gold smuggling tunnel into Gaza.

The Hamas bodyguard, after being given sanctuary, worked as an IT consultant in the suburbs of a large English city, operating under deep cover.

Changing his name more than once, the married father in his forties, was not thought to have been a significant person of interest within the British security services, despite making connections with Hamas operatives in Europe.

He faces extradition to Germany this week, where he is accused of leading a plot to attack Jewish community centres, pro-Israel demonstrations and Israeli diplomats last October. The terrorist planned the attack on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.

Mossad and Germany's security and intelligence services learnt of the plot, notifying the National Crime Agency who arrested the former bodyguard in central London last November. 


BELGIUM            

https://www.jns.org/news/world/belgian-intel-chief-tehran-behind-attacks-on-jewish-sites-in-liege-antwerp 

Jewish News Syndicate reported the head of Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) said that Iran was behind a bombing outside a synagogue in Liège and an arson attack in Antwerp’s Jewish quarter in March.

Gert Vercauteren told RTBF last Thursday that the perpetrators “certainly” acted on Tehran’s orders. He said the attacks on Jewish sites were part of a coordinated campaign, rather than isolated incidents.

Because we did not report on this before, here is what happened, a explosive device was set off outside the Synagogue de Liège shortly before 4 a.m. on March 9. That same week, a car was torched in Antwerp‘s Jewish quarter. No one was hurt in either attack.

The Belgian attacks coincided with a string of plots in the Netherlands, including a foiled bombing of a synagogue in Heemstede, a small town roughly 12 miles west of Amsterdam. A main suspect in the terror network was recently arrested in Turkey. Belgian security services have recorded no attacks since.

Israeli Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg David Saranga called on European nations to change their policies toward Iran “to reflect the threat Tehran poses on Europe’s own streets. In another post on X Ambassador Saranga said sarcastically, “I’m surprised. Iran directing terror attacks against Jewish sites in Belgium? Who could have imagined.”

 

GERMANY

https://rmx.news/germany/germany-turkish-national-went-from-working-in-supermarket-to-buying-purple-lamborghini-and-gold-watches-through-e11-million-healthcare-fraud-scheme/ 

Remix News reported that German authorities have frozen €5.9 million ($6.5 million) in assets of an operator of a fast-growing intensive-care nursing service. She is now in custody over allegations that the company billed public health insurers for services that were never fully rendered or were performed by unqualified staff, causing an estimated €11 million in damage.

Zeynep C., 39, a Turkish national who rose from supermarket work to run White Angels Intensive Care, was arrested Sept. 17 during coordinated raids. The case is making major headlines, due to the luxury lifestyle she was living.

Her 44-year-old German husband was also detained. Both remain in pretrial custody. Thirteen people ages 20 to 54 — of Turkish, Moroccan, Egyptian and German nationality, some with dual citizenship — are also under investigation.

Seized items included several luxury vehicles registered as company cars — a Maybach, Mercedes-AMG models and a purple Lamborghini — plus €51,000 in cash, jewelry valued at €265,000, gold worth about €10,000, designer handbags and watches totaling more than €150,000 and Mortgages of properties totaling €3.3 million.


SWEDEN

https://samnytt.se/mahmud-valdtog-tonarsflicka-i-kopcentrum-slipper-fangelse 

Samnytt reported that It was on January 13th of this year that 15-year-old Fadal Abbas Mahmud Mali had arranged to meet a 15-year-old girl to walk around town. They later met up with a third man and went together to the local shopping center where Fadal sexually assaulted the girl. Security guards interrupted the assault and Fadal attempted to flee but failed.

Because it was stated that he has an intellectual disability and he is 15 Fadal will likely only receive a sentence of 6 months of youth probation.


https://samnytt.se/terrorforskaren-varnar-svenska-kyrkan-legitimerar-islamism 

Samnytt reported that Magnus Norell a political scientist, author and one of Sweden's most prominent researchers on Islamic movements in the Middle East and Europe, with particular focus on the Muslim Brotherhood, jihadist environments, has found a connection with the Church of Sweden continuing its collaboration with Islamic Relief.

Last year the Swedish government donated 1.4 billion kronor to Islamic Relief Sweden. That was ended in early 2026 due to its connections with the Muslim Brotherhood and thus Hamas.

At the same time, the Church of Sweden chooses to continue its relationship with Islamic Relief Sweden. Collaboration and religious dialogue continue in joint contexts that include Islamic Relief, despite the state's withdrawal.

 

NETHERLANDS

https://rmx.news/article/the-netherlands-also-has-islamic-grooming-gangs-10-men-gang-raped-and-beat-18-year-old-girl-mostly-syrians-arrested/ 

Remix News reported that an 18-year-old woman was gang raped and beaten, many of them with a Syrian background, in the Dutch city of Dordrecht. Although the rape occurred in May 2025, the suspects are only now being arrested. In response to the rape, political leader Geert Wilders wrote that the Netherlands also has Islamic grooming gangs and called for all the perpetrators to be removed from the country along with their families.

Six suspects out of ten have now been arrested, who range in ages from 20 to 23. The girl, was likely targeted because she lived at a group home. Police say the woman was humiliated and beaten. 

“A bruise on the cheek, a tooth through the lip and a swelling on the knee,” described one source.

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/world-news/israel-confirms-pilot-arrested-for-attempting-to-crash-plane-in-jihadist-terrorist-attack/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/30/israel-bound-passenger-plane-emergency-landing-saudi-arabia-pilots-feud 

Hot news today! On Tuesday, the Co-pilot from Oman, of a flydubai  Boeing 737 stabbed the Pilot of a plane flying from the United Arab Emirates to Israel and  the packed passenger plane in “a jihadist terrorist attack,” said Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia, with the two pilots wounded,  but with the 174 passengers safe.

 Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “According to the initial information in our possession, the terrorist had one intention: to crash the plane with all its passengers.”

Katz credited the fearless passengers on board for subduing the alleged attacker and saving the lives of the passengers, which included 27 children.

Katz also stated “The grave incident on the flydubai plane was a jihadist terrorist attack attempt, which was thwarted only thanks to the bravery of several Israeli passengers who broke into the cockpit, overpowered the terrorist and, with their own hands, restored control of the plane to another flight crew who was present there.”

 

AUSTRALIA

Pauline Hanson demands federal powers to close extremist mosques after Melbourne preacher's call to "take up arms" - Rebel News 

In a media release posted to X on Monday, under the headline "Labor's inaction is enabling radical Islamic terrorism", the One Nation leader accused the Australian Government of looking the other way on terrorist recruitment and advocacy. "The first duty of government is to protect Australians. Labor is failing at this duty," Senator Hanson said.

Her statement came hours after news reports on a preacher known as Abu Ahmad, described as "a young and increasingly popular imam from Melbourne's southeast". He preaches through the Al Bayyinah Islamic Centre, founded at Springvale in 2024, which has reportedly had the backing of Sydney imam Wissam Haddad. They both encourage violence and are creative in how they endorse jihad.


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