CAIR's List of Most Hostile Campuses (for Muslims)

The Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR), a US branch of the Muslim Brotherhood with links to Hamas, is at it again. Now they have published a list of the "10-most hostile (for Muslims) campuses". For the second straight year, Stanford University has made the "top ten". This news has not gone unnoticed by the Stanford Daily. You can read their report, dated February 11, here.

Isn't it amazing that the very bullies and campus disrupters who have brought such disrepute to university campuses over the past couple of decades are crying that they are being picked on? For years, institutions like Stanford have turned a blind eye as (some) Muslim students and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), backed to the hilt by organizations like CAIR, have wreaked havoc on campuses like Stanford. And finally, when several campuses decided last year that there must be consequences for anti-Jewish hate speech, bullying, campus encampments, disruption, and occupation of university buildings, CAIR cries foul.

On the contrary, I would argue that Stanford has been a hostile campus for Jewish students, who, by the way, are not disrupting, engaging in hate speech, occupying buildings, or bullying anybody.

And isn't it laughable that CAIR puts Columbia University at the top of its list- arguably the most hostile university in the nation for Jewish students? 

And by what logic does adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism make a campus hostile to Muslims?

And while the Stanford Daily is reaching out to CAIR representatives in their San Francisco office for comment, they might want to ask about anti-Semitic statements attributed to their CEO, Zahra Billoo, over the years.

This report put out by CAIR is just the latest example of their blatant hypocrisy.

Italy: Another Horrific Murder: German Woman Beheaded

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

Moroccan man in custody

A 44-year-old German woman was found decapitated in an open area in Scandicci, Florence province, Italy, on February 18. A 30-year-old Moroccan man is in custody and charged with the murder. He is identified as Issam Chlih, from Morocco. Chlih is previously known to police for drug and robbery offenses. He was living illegally in an abandoned farmhouse.

We are working on providing English subtitles to an Italian news video on this incident. Meanwhile, the article below from Sky TG24 is translated by Fousesquawk.

A woman decapitated in Scandicci, 30-year-old homeless man arrested: Machete was seized

20 February 2026 at 12:59 

The man, already known for previous arrests connected to drugs, was living illegally in a farmhouse where the body was found. In the past few days, after having gone on a rampage in the same area of the former National Research Council (Cnr), he was subjected to compulsory medical treatment and taken to a hospital. He is now under guard and in custody. The body of the victim was discovered on the evening of February 18: She is a 44-year-old woman, also without any fixed address.

At the location of the discovery of the corpse, in the area of the former Cnr in Scandicci, in Florence Province, the Carabinieri also found a machete and a bloody knife that were seized. The suspected killer, on the same evening of the discovery of the decapitated body, was placed into compulsory medical treatment because of his outbursts in the area of the abandoned farmhouse in which he was living illegally. Located and taken to a hospital by the Carabinieri, he is now under guard and close surveillance. The 30-year-old, as explained by Colonel Luigi De Simone, is under serious suspicion of homicide  in terms of "conclusive evidence against him",  including findings "found, such as possible crime weapons, some items of clothing, which are being checked for blood traces, in addition to other investigations." Furthermore,"there has been confirmation with the interviews of witnesses, analysis of the images from video-surveillance, and findings at the scene of the crime". 

Awaiting the autopsy

According to initial investigations, the victim knew her killer. In fact, according to the Carabinieri commander, Luigi De Simone, the two had been previously observed and questioned together. As stated, the man had already been known to law enforcement, who, however, had no knowledge of the woman living in the province of Florence. It is not known "how long she was here". We are conducting checks", the colonel stressed, adding that the latest details as to the cause, the date, and time of death will have to await the autopsy. At this time, De Simone concluded, the causes and motives of this cruel act will be investigated in depth, which we reserve the right to investigate with the judicial authorities". 

*Update (2-22-26): Here is the aforementioned videotape from Sky TG24 with English subtitles. Hat tip Gates of Vienna, Vlad Tepes, and RAIR Foundation USA for subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk.

The Hill Reports on Amcha Initiative Study

 Hat tip Amcha Initiative

On February 11, I posted an article on a study by the Amcha Initiative alleging that faculty and departments at three University of California campuses, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz, had engaged in anti-Israel indoctrination, particularly following the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, which I consider a clear abuse of the universities' respective positions and resources. The resultant post-10-7 pro-Palestinian protests and encampments caused great disruption to the universities concerned and increased what was already a serious problem of campus anti-Semitism.

I am cross-posting an article in The Hill dated February 12, 2026, also reporting on that study.

It is bad enough when professors use their positions and their classrooms as political soapboxes, but even worse when entire academic departments do the same thing. A professor can claim he is only exercising his "academic freedom" as an individual, but when an entire department engages in political activism, it is much harder to claim they are not putting the imprimatur of the entire university on a controversial political position.    

France's Latest Crisis

This article first appeared in New English Review.

"Death for our sisters

Death for France

Justice for Quentin"

It seems every few weeks, France is shaken by some horrific event that shocks the nation's conscience. Usually, it comes in the form of some horrific violent crime, a murder or rape committed by some illegal migrant, as well as the occasional terrorist attack at the hands of Islamist terrorists. Jews have been a prime target, and Christian churches have come under attack by vandals or, even worse, knife-wielding Islamists.

This past week, another shocker hit the nation. On February 12, in Lyon, there was an event at the University of Lyon SciencesPO featuring Rima Hassan, a Syrian-born, anti-Israel activist, who also happens to be a member of the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, representing the left-wing party, La France Insoumise, headed by Jean-Luc Melanchon. 

Outside the event, a protest against Hassan was underway by a conservative feminist organization called Nemesis. A 23-year-old student identified as Quentin Deranque, who is described by the French media as being a right-wing nationalist, was reportedly providing security for the protesters when he was attacked by a group of about 6 persons, who were masked and hooded. The attackers, reportedly made up of 5 males and 1 female, proceeded to severely beat Deranque, who subsequently died in the hospital.

Police eventually identified 6 suspects, all of whom reportedly belong to a far-left, Antifa-type group called La Jeune Garde (The Young Guard), which is closely associated with La France Insoumise and is currently banned in France by order of the Interior Minister. In the past day or so, they have been arrested along with 3 other persons, the latter 3 not believed to have directly participated in the attack. One of the arrestees charged with the murder is Jacques-Elie Favrot, who is an assistant to another La France Insoumise deputy, Raphael Arnault, who represents the Vaucluse department of southeastern France in the National Assembly. He has now reportedly been dismissed from his position.

If all that isn't shocking enough, Arnault is on file with France's intelligence agencies under Fiche-S, an "S-card", which designates him as a national security risk, not enough to result in an arrest warrant, but sufficient to warrant placing him under surveillance. Arnault is also a co-founder of La Jeune Garde.

Naturally, this has caused an uproar throughout the country and in the French Parliament as well. The left has, obviously, been badly discredited. Melenchon, true to form, while condemning violence, angrily says that he will not be lectured by the right. In the past, he has publicly embraced La Jeune Garde.

It remains to be seen how this will impact France and its political situation going forward. So much has happened in the last several years, but the country's leaders just keep plodding along, going from one atrocity to another, always deploring the horrors but failing to address the problem. 

Without naming names, can you imagine if something like this happened in the US? Imagine a conservative activist being beaten to death by a radical left group. Imagine one of the accused attackers being an aide to some politician in Congress, who, himself or herself, was a co-founder of that radical left group that carried out the attack. Of course, that could never happen here.

Could it?

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly at the Munich Security Conference

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

European leaders got a good look at the glaring difference between the Republicans and the Democrats this week at the Munich Security Conference, which has been held annually since 1963. Even with all the issues Europe has with President Trump, they were greatly impressed and, by their own admission, relieved to hear our Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, speak. I watched the entire speech, and it was impressive to say the least. Rubio spoke frankly about the need for Europe to build up its strength and protect its Western culture, but he did it in a professional and diplomatic manner. Indeed, the moderator told him during the short q and a that followed that they were relieved to hear his words. Rubio assured them that they have an everlasting friend in the United States.

For some strange reason I can't fathom, California Governor Gavin Newsom was in Munich after having embarrassed himself at the January 19-23 Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum. Has he actually been in Europe all this time, forgetting that he has a state to run back home, or did he saddle the California taxpayers with two trips to Europe? On second thought, as a resident of California, I guess it's a good thing if he's been absent so long. The latest scheme is to saddle us with a 6-cent mileage tax on our cars, while gas is back up to over $5 a gallon. 

Then there was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. What in the world was she doing in Munich? Maybe she was auditioning for a barmaid job at the next Oktoberfest. I don't know if they actually let her into the main assembly, but she did appear at some town hall/panel in which she totally embarrassed herself. When asked what the US would do if China attacked Taiwan, she sat there silently for what seemed an eternity before stumbling around and saying essentially nothing. Kamala Harris and Miss Teen South Carolina would have been proud. Too bad they didn't ask her where Taiwan was.

Speaking of geography, when the subject of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro came up, she wowed her audience by saying that Venezuela was below the Equator! Who knew?

Not only that, but she also accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians, apparently unaware that she was sitting in the very city where Nazism was born. The offensive irony could not have been lost on her German audience. No doubt the Germans and their European partners are wondering why she was in Munich in the first place and why this woman is considered a possible presidential candidate.  

Rubio, on the other hand, clearly demonstrated who the American adult was, not Ocasio-Cortez, not Newsom, but Rubio. I am sure many in the room walked away hoping that Rubio is the next president of the United States. Can you imagine a debate between Rubio and either Newsom or Ocasio-Cortez?

France: 6 Members of La Jeune Garde Identified in Beating Death of Quentin Deranque: 4 in Custody Including Parliamentary Assistant

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

This is an update on the beating death we reported yesterday in Lyon, France, in which a young man protesting the speaking appearance of Rima Hassan was attacked and beaten to death by about 6 people. Now, Le Figaro is reporting that police have identified 6 persons, all of whom are reportedly members of the leftist organization, La Jeune Garde as having participated in the murder. Four of the suspects are in custody, including Jacques-Elie Favrot, who is reportedly an assistant to French Parliament Deputy Raphael Arnault of the left-wing La France Insoumise Party, of which Hassan is also a member. Arnault is the co-founder of Jeune Garde. All in all, a shocking development. 

We are translating the headline and sub-topic information of the below article from Le Figaro, which is a timeline of events.

Live- Death of Quentin Deranque in Lyon: 4 suspects arrested, including Jacques-Elie Favrot, parliamentary assistant to La France Insoumise  Deputy Raphael Arnault

-By Sidonie Rahola-Boyer and Maxime Dubernet de Boscq 

*Update: France Bleu is reporting that 5 suspects are in custody.

France Bleu

*Update (2-19-26). It appears that 7 suspects are now facing charges, 6 of whom are accused of participating in the attack that killed Quentin Deranque on February 12.  The additional defendant is reportedly another assistant to National Assembly member Raphael Arnault of the La France Insoumise party. He is identified as Robin Chalendar.

France: Rightist Activist Beaten to Death in Lyon by Antifa-Type Group

On February 12, a young man named Quentin Deranque was attacked and beaten by several masked men in Lyon. He subsequently died of his injuries. The incident occurred while the victim and others were protesting the speaking appearance of Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-born activist and politician with the France Insoumise party in France, a far-left party. Hassan is known in France as an advocate for the Palestinian cause.

Rima Hassan

As yet, there are no arrests in the case, but French police say that they have identified suspects who belong to the far-left Antifa-type organization Jeune Garde. Deranque is reported in the French media as being a far-right activist and supporter of a far-right feminist organization called Nemesis, which was protesting the appearance by Hassan. Deranque was reportedly acting as security for the protesters.

La Jeune Garde at a prior demonstration

-France24

We are working on subtitling a French news video on the case.

* Update: Here is the France24 video with English subtitles, provided by RAIR Foundation USA, Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Germany: The Dangers of Train Travel in Germany

Leipzig Central Train Station

A few days ago, we reported on the murder of a train ticket conductor in Germany at the hands of a passenger who had no ticket. At the time, the German media reported that the suspect, who is in custody, was a Greek national. It has subsequently been reported that he is a Syrian.

A just-released report by BILD am Sonntag (Bild on Sunday) describes just how dangerous it is to ride on German trains and pass through major German train stations due to the high number of violent incidents. The report also states that foreigners are represented among the perpetrators at a number above their percentage of the population. The below article from Deutsche Welle is translated by Fousesquawk. Note that the article refers to the murder of the train conductor but still calls the suspect a Greek national.  

Several thousand violent crimes on trains and at train stations.

13 hours ago

The deadly attack on a train conductor in Germany has led to outrage. A report now lists documented crimes such as knife-and sexual crimes.

Caption: Employees of the railway and federal police pay tribute to the dead train conductor in Frankfurt (Hessen) on February 4, 2026.

On trains and in train stations in Germany in the past year, there have been more than 980 knife attacks and around 2,200 sexual crimes that have been documented. That is reported by BILD on Sunday newspaper and is based on numbers from the Federal Police. In addition, 5,660 violent crimes were recorded against federal railway police officers. In 2024, the number was slightly lower. A spokesperson for the German railway said these numbers do not include some 15,000 verbal attacks-including spitting (at officers). 

Main hotspot: Leipzig train station

According to the report, the main train station of the Saxon city of Leipzig had a lot of violence. There, 859 violent crimes were reported. That is followed by the main train stations of Dortmund (735), Berlin (654), Cologne (648), Hannover (612), Munich (553), Nuremberg (528), Frankfurt am Main (520), and Düsseldorf (499). The report also stated that non-German suspects were detected more frequently, based on their percentage of the population, than German suspects.

Caption: Entrance hall of Leipzig Main Train Station.

 At the beginning of February, a train conductor was attacked by a passenger during a ticket check on a regional train in the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz. The 36-year-old died from his serious injuries shortly afterward in a hospital. The suspect is in pre-trial custody. According to the State Prosecutor's Office, he is a 26-year-old Greek citizen, who, according to some reports, lives in Luxembourg.

Bodycams for all rail employees

As a consequence, top representatives from federal, state, and German Rail agreed on concrete safety measures at a summit on Friday. Thus, all employees who have contact with customers will receive cameras, so-called Bodycams, by the end of 2026, as Railway CEO Evelyn Palla, announced in Berlin. In additional 200 more employees will be hired for added security.

Improvements in protective equipment are also planned. Rail employees will also be given intensive behavioral and de-escalation training. An emergency button to get rapid assistance in emergency situations will be further developed. At the next transport minister conference at the beginning of March, further consequences will be discussed.

Netherlands: 15 ISIS Supporters Arrested

This story out of the Netherlands is about 5 days old. Dutch police announced that they had arrested 15 persons between the ages of 16-53, most of whom having Syrian nationality, for disseminating Islamic State propaganda on a TikTok account and encouraging others to join ISIS and commit terrorist attacks.

The article below from BNR (Nl) is translated by Fousesquawk.  

10 February 2026 at 13:36: Updated 10 February at 13:28

Fifteen arrests after using TikTok account to glorify ISIS

-Authors:BNR Online editorial staff and ANP

On Tuesday, the police arrested 15 people because they allegedly used TikTok to incite others to (commit) terror attacks. They are suspected of having spread propaganda for the Islamic State terror group. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, they also glorified martyrdom.

Thirteen suspects have Syrian nationality. That is reported by the police in a press statement. 

The TikTok account had been monitored by the police in the Hague since August. According to the police, "large-scale Dutch subtitled ISIS propaganda" was disseminated, in which there were calls to join the fight with ISIS. Martyrdom was also glorified. Some posts received more than 100,000 views.

The suspects, ages 16-53, were arrested by several police units in the country. They are suspected of incitement to (commit) a terrorist crime,  dissemination of ISIS propaganda, and/or participation in a terrorist organization. Four of the suspects are minors. 

France: Paris Cops Kill Knife-Wielding Terrorist Under Arc de Triomphe

Suspect previously convicted in Belgium for attempted terrorist attack

Brahim B.

-7 Sur 7 (Be)

* Update (2-14-2026): Daily Mail (UK) has fully identified the suspect as Brahim Bahrir. He was reportedly released just a few weeks ago from a French prison after having been transferred from Belgium to France to serve the remainder of his sentence for a 2012 terrorist attack in Belgium. 

Today, French Gendarmes were attacked by a man identified as Brahim B. as they were lighting the flame at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The suspect was shot and killed by Gendarmes. While not noted in the below article, this same subject was convicted of terrorist acts in Belgium in 2012 when he attempted to stab cops with a knife. The below article from France Bleu is translated by Fousesquawk.

Paris: A man shot dead after threatening Gendarmes- National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office takes charge

A man is dead from his wounds after having threatened Gendarmes with a knife on Friday during a ceremony of relighting the flame under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, FranceInfo, France Inter, and ICI  have learned.

A man shot on Friday in Paris has died from his wounds, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) is announcing in a press release Friday evening. He attempted to attack Gendarmes with a knife under the Arc de Triomphe, several sources indicated to France Inter, FranceInfo, and ICI Provence. Sirpa (National Gendarme Communication Service) confirms that no Gendarme is injured. 

The assailant attempted to attack Gendarmes with a knife near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the daily ceremony of lighting the flame. Sirpa states that the man attacked musicians of the Mobile Gendarmerie.

According to initial details, a Gendarme opened fire in the direction of the assailant. Wounded by gunfire, the man fell to the ground. According to a police source (speaking) to France Inter, the Gendarme fired 4 times. A response which, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez (speaking) to ICI Provence, was conducted "within the framework of the law and regulations".

PNAT states they have opened an investigation for "attempted murder of persons of public authority in relation to a terrorist enterprise" and for "participation in a criminal, terrorist association". 

"I want to congratulate the Gendarmes who immediately reacted," said Emmanuel Macron on Friday to journalists at the sidelines of the Munich Conference on Security. "Our internal security forces are mobilized, and they intervened this evening to stop this terrorist attack," he continued. "We are constantly vigilant." 

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The paragraph below, which is excerpted from the Dutch-language Belgian daily, De Morgen, is translated by Fousesquawk.

According to Le Parisen, he is 48-year-old Brahim B. The man was convicted in the past in Belgium after he stabbed two police officers on June 8, 2012. At that time, according to his own statement, he wanted to punish the country for its ban on wearing the burka. A few months ago, he was freed from prison, according to the French newspaper. The French intelligence service, DGSI, had previously warned that he would commit an attack.

Belgium: Horrific Murder in Antwerp: Sentence Passed

An Antwerp court has sentenced Mohamed Kargbo (21)  to 30 years in prison for the murder and dismemberment of a Chinese sex worker in January 2023. The murder took place in the victim's apartment in the Antwerp district of Duerne. After killing the woman, he cut her body into pieces and placed part of the remains in a suitcase, which he left in the cellar of the apartment building. Other remains were found nearby in the cellar under a mattress.

In addition to the 30, Kargbo also received an additional 15 years of a special custody provision, under which (due to the nature of the crime and his danger to society), at the expiration of his 30-year sentence, he will be subject to continued custody or supervised release.

We are working on adding English subtitles to this video in the Dutch-language newspaper, Nieuwsblad.

*Update: The video can be viewed at Gates of Vienna here. Hat tip Gates of Vienna, Vlad Tepes, and RAIR Foundation USA for subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Switzerland: Pensioner Pushed onto Tracks in Front of Oncoming Train

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

*Update (2-13-2026): The suspect in this case has been arrested by Swiss police. He is described at this point only as a 56-year-old German national. 

Last Sunday afternoon, at a train station in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, an elderly man was pushed onto the tracks and was struck by an incoming train, suffering severe injuries. The perpetrator, identified only as a young man 180 cm tall with a beard, fled the scene, and is still being hunted by police.

This is a recurring problem at European train stations and has resulted in fatalities for several victims. The perpetrators are generally migrants, many of whom are in the country illegally.

The below article from the local newspaper Solothurner Zeitung is translated by Fousesquawk.

Grenchen North Train Station

Pensioner pushed in front of train by unknown person and seriously injured- witnesses sought

By Corinne Buerki      February 9, 2026 at 11:33

At the Grenchen North train station, a man was pushed onto the tracks by an unknown person. The pensioner was then struck by an incoming train and was seriously injured. Witnesses are being sought.

On Sunday afternoon, a pensioner was pushed onto the tracks of the Grenchen North train station by an unknown person. It occurred near platform 1, write the Cantonal Police of Solothurn in a report. The pensioner was struck by an incoming train and suffered serious leg injuries.

He first asked for money and then pushed the pensioner onto the track. The (pensioner) was seriously injured.

Victim was asked for money

After medical first aid at the scene, he had to be flown to a hospital by rescue helicopter. According to initial information, the pensioner was first asked for money by the unknown perpetrator.

Perpetrator is 180 centimeters tall

The police and prosecutor's office of Solothurn Canton have immediately begun investigations into the exact sequence of events and the perpetrator.

He reportedly spoke before to other people in front of the train station, (and he) is about 180 centimeters tall, with long hair and a beard, and carrying a backpack. After the crime, he reportedly walked in the direction of the train station parking lot.