South Carolina County Unanimously Rejects Mosque Permit After Residents Protest: ‘Islam Is Not a Religion — It’s a Takeover’
South Carolina’s Lancaster County Council voted unanimously last week to deny a conditional-use permit for a proposed Islamic Mosque and community center in the Indian Land area after angry residents passionately spoke out against it.
The rejection came after more than two hours of intense public testimony in which multiple residents warned that the mosque would import Sharia law and represent an ideological takeover incompatible with American values.
One resident went viral after she declared, “This is not about a place of worship; this is not about religion; Islam is not a religion, it’s a takeover.”
She went on to read a passage from the Quran, which states, “Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/south-carolina-county-unanimously-rejects-mosque-permit-after/
Ilhan Omar Knew About $250 Million Somali Fraud Scheme, Convicted Mastermind Claims in Explosive Jailhouse Interview
Aimee Bock, the convicted mastermind behind the massive $250 million Feeding Our Future COVID meal fraud scandal, has dropped a bombshell from jail, saying she believes Rep. Ilhan Omar knew exactly what was going on and actively helped keep the fraudulent program alive.
Bock, the founder of Feeding Our Future, spoke to the New York Post this week from Sherburne County Jail, where she is awaiting sentencing after her March 2025 conviction on conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges.
Dozens of individuals, mostly from Minnesota’s Somali community, have been convicted in the scheme that fraudulently billed the federal government for tens of millions of meals that were never served to low-income children during the pandemic.
“I struggle to believe that she wouldn’t have known,” Bock said of Omar.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/ilhan-omar-knew-about-250-million-somali-fraud/
FBI Offers $200K Reward for Iran Defector Monica Witt — Former U.S. Counterintelligence Specialist Accused of Betraying America Still on the Run
The FBI is ramping up its hunt for accused traitor and former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist Monica Witt, announcing a massive $200,000 reward for information leading to her arrest and prosecution after years on the run in Iran.
Witt, a former Air Force special agent trained in Farsi and entrusted with highly sensitive national security information, was indicted in 2019 on espionage charges after allegedly defecting to Iran and handing classified intelligence to the hostile Islamic regime.
According to federal authorities, Witt served in the Air Force from 1997 to 2008 and later worked as a Defense Department contractor with access to secret and top-secret intelligence programs, including the identities of undercover American intelligence personnel.
The FBI now believes she may still be actively assisting Iranian intelligence operations.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/fbi-offers-200k-reward-iran-defector-monica-witt/