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Isis

Egyptian deity

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Dec 1, 2025
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Which military strikes during Obama's presidency bypassed congressional authorization?

Former President Barack Obama ordered multiple military strikes and sustained air campaigns without new, specific congressional authorizations — notably interventions in Libya and expanded airstrikes ...

Dec 16, 2025
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How many mass shootings (4+ shot) occurred in Australia from 1995 to 2025 and what were their circumstances?

Available sources show mass shootings (defined here as incidents with four or more people shot or killed) have been very rare in Australia since the 1995–96 Port Arthur era, with long periods of no su...

Dec 14, 2025
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How many countries did the Obama administration conduct airstrikes in and which were they?

Available reporting shows the Obama administration conducted U.S. airstrikes and drone strikes across at least seven countries, with the most-cited list including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia...

Dec 13, 2025

Which Quranic verses are commonly cited regarding violence toward People of the Book and what do scholars say about their context?

Scholars and critics most commonly point to Quran 9:29 (jizya) and nearby verses in Sura 9 — plus the so-called “sword verse” 9:5 — when discussing prescriptions about fighting People of the Book; 9:2...

Nov 15, 2025

Does the Koran tell Muslims to behead christians

Claims that the Quran instructs Muslims to behead Christians rest on selected combat-related verses and historical incidents; mainstream commentators and many scholars say those verses are tied to spe...

Dec 4, 2025

How have law enforcement and private investigators used privacy-first messengers like Session in investigations?

Law enforcement and private investigators confront both limits and workarounds when targets use privacy-first messengers such as Session: public reporting shows agencies have pressured developers and ...

Nov 9, 2025

Are 15% of Muslims extremists?

The claim that “15% of Muslims are extremists” is not supported by the materials provided and lacks credible empirical backing; multiple analyses of terrorism, survey data, and expert trackers show in...

Nov 5, 2025

should the US fear a potential islamic extremist take over

The United States should not fear an imminent, organized of its government or territory; current assessments show international Salafi‑jihadist groups lack the capacity to seize control domestically, ...

Nov 8, 2025

Has Zohran Mamdani ever expressed support for Hamas or extremist groups?

Zohran Mamdani has been accused in some outlets and by political opponents of showing sympathy for Hamas, but the factual record is mixed: past artistic references and campaign funding links have been...

Jan 15, 2026

Who has bombed the most, Obama or Trump?

Using the reporting available, there is no single, universally accepted tally that settles “who bombed the most” between Barack Obama and Donald Trump; measured in some metrics Trump escalated bombing...

Nov 15, 2025

What are Tommy Robinson's core views on Islam and immigration?

Tommy Robinson (born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) is widely described in reporting and research as an anti‑Islam, anti‑immigration activist who has called for restrictions on Muslim immigration and framed I...

Dec 7, 2025

How do estimates of civilian deaths under Obama compare to those under other recent presidents (Bush, Trump)?

Estimates of civilian deaths tied to U.S. strikes differ sharply by methodology and time period: Airwars estimated roughly 2,300–3,400 civilian deaths in the coalition fight against IS under Obama whi...

Nov 23, 2025

How many US troops are deployed to Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan as of November 2025 and what missions are they conducting?

As of late 2025, available reporting shows the U.S. has sharply reduced its Iraq “coalition” mission (agreed to end by September 2025) from roughly 2,500 troops earlier in 2025 and that U.S. forces in...

Dec 8, 2025

Obama bombing the middle east

Barack Obama presided over a major expansion of U.S. air campaigns: reporting by the Council on Foreign Relations and other analysts says the United States dropped at least 26,171 bombs in 2016 across...

Nov 15, 2025

Did trump have an issue an al Quade member in white house on Veterans day

President Donald Trump hosted Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on November 10, 2025 — a former al‑Qaeda-linked militant who was recently removed from U.S. terrorist sanctions — and tha...

Dec 3, 2025

How do violent and property crime rates in Minneapolis neighborhoods with large Somali populations compare to citywide averages over the past decade?

Available public data sources list city and state crime dashboards but do not publish neighborhood crime rates explicitly tied to demographic groups; Minneapolis crime maps and Minnesota crime statist...

Dec 5, 2025

How likely is an Islamic extremist takeover in the United States based on current threat assessments?

Current threat assessments show Islamist extremist violence in the U.S. is real but episodic: research counted 8 jihadist attacks and 10 disrupted plots between 2020 and Jan. 1, 2025, and analysts war...

Jan 13, 2026

Which Qur’anic verses are cited by extremist groups to justify violence, and how do mainstream scholars rebut those readings?

Extremist groups most commonly cite a narrow cluster of Quranic verses—often called the “sword verses” (notably Q9:5 and Q9:29) and others such as Q9:111, Q47:4 and select passages from Al-Ma’idah and...

Dec 19, 2025

What were the main allegations in whistleblower complaints against Governor Tim Walz?

Whistleblower complaints and anonymous postings have alleged that Governor Tim Walz and his administration ignored early warnings about massive fraud in Minnesota’s social-services programs, retaliate...

Nov 13, 2025

What were the most devastating Islamic terror attacks worldwide since 2001?

Since 2001, the single most devastating Islamist terrorist strike in global human terms remains the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, which killed roughly and triggered long‑term geopoli...