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Orgies, Blackmail and anti-Semitism: Inside the Islamic Cult Whose Leader Is Embraced by Israeli Figures

He has a harem of scantily clad 'kittens,' claims the U.K. 'deep state' brought Hitler to power and is accused of sex slavery. What draws Israeli politicians and rabbis to Turkish cult leader Adnan Oktar?

This combination photo shows Bill Maher in Hollywood, California, February 22, 2009 and Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 19, 2012. Trump, the famously outspoken real estate magnate has sued famously outspoken television host Bill Maher, demanding the $5 million Maher offered to give to charity if Trump could prove his father is not an orangutan. But legal experts say Trump is unlikely to get a dime from Maher, the host of the HBO series Real Time With Bill Maher, because his offer was clearly made in jest.

WATCH Bill Maher: I’m Not anti-Muslim, I’m Anti-misogyny - I Thought Feminism Was a Thing With Liberals

HBO’s late-night political satirist, forewent his regular 'Real Time' show over the weekend for a live comedy special, which was almost solely devoted to U.S. President Donald Trump

File photo: Police officers in Jerusalem, with Dome of the Rock in the background, in 2017.

Netanyahu Decides Lawmakers May Visit Temple Mount Once Every Three Months

For the past three years, Netanyahu has greatly restricted MKs’ access to the Mount under an agreement Israel reached with Jordan via American mediation

Women wearing niqab visit the Senate on November 23, 2016 in the Hague, the Netherlands.

Dutch Senate Passes Law Banning Burqas in Most Public Spaces

Face-covering veils will be banned in public buildings such as schools, government offices and hospitals but not on the street

A bus with a sign that says, 'Some Muslims are gay' at the Gay Pride Parade in London.

Analysis It's Not Easy to Be a Muslim Lesbian

Friends and family reject them, send them to the doctor, and sometimes even threaten their lives. Muslim lesbians look to social media for some solace

Ilana Edner, marching behind the Israeli flag, with participants of the Jewish contingent of the gay pride parade in Malmo, Sweden, June 10, 2018

In Sweden, Jews and Muslims United Around Israeli Flags at a Gay Pride Parade

Its crime rate — among the highest in Scandinavia — and a large Muslim community make Malmo a flashpoint rife with interethnic and religious tensions

A mosque in the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, during the holy month of Ramadan, May 22, 2018.

Analysis The ‘Muezzin Law’ Is a Stain on the Law Books

Instead of dealing with the noise problem via understandings, and if that fails through enforcement of existing law – the idea is to strike those who did not transgress

Gazans during the Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Israel-Gaza border, June 15, 2018.

Gaza Protest Turnout Lowest Ever as Dozens Demonstrate on the Border

The Israeli army carried out warning shots at the demonstrators, some of whom launched incendiary kites, as the World Cup got underway with teams that Gazans support, including Egypt and Iran

Dutch far-right Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders being escorted by police after speaking in support of British far-right spokesman Tommy Robinson in London last week.

Dutch Freedom Party to Hold Prophet Mohammad Cartoon Contest

Geert Wilders’s anti-immigrant party will hold contest in secure offices inside the parliament building