Holocaust and genocide studies are certainly not the same as advancing Islamic and Arab studies materials. Does the law include curriculum materials for Judaism studies? Let’s hope this ridiculous law is challenged legally. Already it’s drawing such concern: Chris Healy, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference, concurred. The Courant cited him as saying that […]
Connecticut: Muslim state rep removes American flag from her desk, displays Pakistani flag
Priorities, priorities. “GOP protests display of tiny Pakistani flag on CT lawmaker’s desk,” by Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror, April 21, 2026: Small yellow Gadsden flags blossomed like late daffodils Monday on the desks of 18 Republicans in the House of Representatives, not a complaint of Connecticut’s uncertain spring but a rebuke to a Muslim colleague […]
Connecticut: Fox 61 reports TikTok video claiming harassment of hijab-wearing Muslimas as news
Should TV stations report on trending TikTok videos? And if so, how should they do those reports? Let us see how Connecticut’s WTIC Fox 61 handles the question. Fox 61 begins a news segment describing a “shocking incident” of a “verbal attack” against two Muslim women wearing hijabs on a Hartford rail train in Connecticut. […]
Connecticut: Hamas-linked CAIR blames police for assault on State Representative Maryam Khan
On June 28, Andrey Desmond assaulted Connecticut State Representative Maryam Khan outside the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Khan was leaving an Eid al-Adha prayer service with her family and friends when Desmond put her in a headlock, tried to kiss her, slapped her, knocked her to the ground, and ran off. “Rep. Maryam Khan […]
Connecticut: Man converts to Islam, says ‘I need Islamic law,’ tries to join ISIS
Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the crazy idea that his new religion, which every authority in the Western world assures us is peaceful, enjoins him to commit violence against unbelievers. Authorities, as always, couldn’t possibly be less interested in this recurring phenomenon. “Connecticut man pleads guilty to trying to join ISIS: ‘I need […]
Hamas-linked CAIR claims rise in racism and hate speech in Southbury, Connecticut and nationwide
We are in familiar territory again. This time in Southbury, Connecticut where some individual or group left “racist flyers” addressed to white people at the homes of residents. The news report begins with: Civil rights leaders say there is a rise in racist, and anti-Semitic incidents. Experience will tell you that the phrase “civil rights […]
Connecticut: Libyan Muslim Brotherhood supporters bankroll Democrat Congressional candidate
Muslim Brotherhood organizations in the United States are dedicated, according to a captured internal document, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within, and sabotaging its miserable house.” “Connecticut Congressional Candidate Bankrolled by Libyan Muslim Brotherhood Supporters,” by Benjamin Baird, Focus on Western Islamism, May 27, 2022 Muad Hrezi, Connecticut’s 27-year-old longshot candidate for U.S. Congress, […]
Muslim in Connecticut prison who plotted to behead Pamela Geller asks for “compassionate release”
Nicholas Rovinski and his accomplices wanted to murder Pamela Geller for the crime of exercising the freedom of speech. That freedom is under such concerted attack today that this appeal may well succeed. But what compassion were they going to show for their intended victim? Do her rights count in this at all, or are […]
Connecticut: Muslim leaves messages saying “ISIS we will kill cops,” “ISIS will blow up the Milford police station”
Miguel Silva is apparently a convert to Islam. Where did he get the idea that his new religion required him to commit acts of violence against police? Is anyone investigating the question of where he learned about Islam? That might lead toward more people like him being apprehended. Why isn’t this being done? “Self-proclaimed ISIS […]
Connecticut: Man converts to Islam, tries to join the Islamic State to “fight for Allah”
“About a week later, another individual ‘who attends an Islamic Center in another state’ told authorities McCormick ‘expressed a desire to travel to Syria to “fight for Allah,”‘ the affidavit states. The 26-year-old attempted to justify his extremist ideologies, the individual told authorities, by quoting and citing various religious doctrines, although ‘he did so incorrectly.’” […]