This DAP highlights – ODNI report – Uyghur Genocide and Concentrated Reeducation Camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China / Gate 15’s Weekly Security Sprint EP 89 - Post election texts, terror arrests and threats, and compromised emails / USCIRF hearing – Addressing Entities of Particular Concern: Non-State Actors and Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 11 December 2023
Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Reports of antisemitism, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias continue to surge across the US, new data shows
New data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reveal a dramatic spike in reported incidents of both antisemitism and anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias.
- The ADL said it recorded 2,031 antisemitic incidents in the two months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, including reports of physical assault, vandalism and “anti-Israel rallies that included classically antisemitic, anti-Zionist and/or terror-supportive rhetoric.”
- The organization said it received reports of 465 antisemitic incidents during the same two-month period in 2022.
- The new data, released Monday, reflects a more than 330% increase in reported incidents of antisemitism from the 2022 timeframe, the ADL said.
- CAIR said it has tracked a similarly troubling rise in requests for help and reports of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. After recording an “unprecedented” spike in bias incidents during the first month of the war, the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group said 2,171 requests for help and reports of bias have been made to its national headquarters and chapters across the country since October 7.
Related Items:
- Hate Crimes in U.S. Increase Amid Israel-Hamas War
- Gaza war unleashes anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim sentiment in the US
Analyst Comments:
Sadly, the threat to Communities of Faith is not diminishing. Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) and individuals should consider reviewing available resources to be aware of threats and the means to protect against them.
Fusion centers and local law enforcement can advise on developing threats. FBOs should consider utilizing any outreach programs that local law enforcement provides for Houses of Worship.
The Faith-Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (FB-ISAO) provides members with Information that can be trusted to provide communities of faith with accurate threat, prevention, protection, and mitigation information. Also, FB-ISAO members are sharing information about threats in FB-ISAO Slack. If not already a member, consider joining here.
DHS provides Resources and Information for Faith and Community Leaders Regarding the Israel – Hamas Conflict
Individuals should consider reviewing CISA’s Personal Security Considerations
FBI Warning: ‘Tis the Season for Holiday Scams
- During the 2022 holiday shopping season, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received reports from almost 12,000 victims with a loss of over $73 million.
- The two most prevalent holiday scams that were involved are called non-delivery and non-payment. In a non-delivery scam, a buyer pays for goods or services they find online, but those items are never received. Conversely, a non-payment scam involves goods or services being shipped, but the seller is never paid.
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Analyst Comments:
While Houses of Worship are facing increased physical security threats, individuals in Communities of Worship should continue to be aware of more mundane scams that can cause financial losses.
More Faith-Based Stories
White House: No ‘specific, credible threats’ related to Chanukah
NE: Priest dies after being attacked in Fort Calhoun church rectory and Priest Killed in 100th Attack on a Catholic Church This Year
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Jewish man beaten, robbed and mocked in Brooklyn hate attack on first day of Hanukkah: NYPD
Two more Jewish hate attacks in as many days in NYC: ‘It was a real beating’
HATE IN BEVERLY HILLS: Elderly Jewish Couple Assaulted On The Way To Shul
NY: Suspect Wanted for Antisemitic Arson Attempt at Williamsburg Restaurant
TX: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Hemphill destroyed by fire
Firefighters douse 2nd-alarm blaze at historic church near Downtown Long Beach
Montana woman arrested for driving into religious group; FBI reviewing case
Man wanted for attempting to steal statue at St. John the Divine and ‘Theological protest’: Robber steals, then returns, $100k statue from St. John the Divine in Manhattan
Email Threat To Jewish Temples In Hawaii Heightens Security Fears and Swastikas and Bomb Threats Plague Hawaii Synagogue and Jewish Owned Business
SCN SITUATION REPORT: Bomb Threats Target Arkansas and Nevada Jewish Facilities
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Target Synagogues, Vandalize Church in Los Angeles
Vandals Repeatedly Targeting Church In Tolland County, Pastor Says
Pembroke Christian Church nativity scene vandalized
Yale Student Filmed Placing Palestinian Flag on Chabad Menorah
Nazi Symbols Found at Ithaca College on First Night of Hanukkah
Penn president resigns; Stefanik vows Harvard and MIT next and Harvard President Apologizes for Congressional Testimony on Antisemitism and Stefanik wants ‘consequences’ for colleges over antisemitism after her questions go viral
Calif. cafe fires antisemitic workers who blocked Jewish customer from using bathroom
Covid church closures impacted worshippers’ physical and mental health
New York can’t stop churchgoers from bringing guns to worship: appeals court
New York increases security at Jewish sites after shots fired outside Albany synagogue
Whitmer signs institutional desecration bills, others
Families Had Long Dialogue after Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack. Now They’ve Unveiled a Memorial Design and Victims of Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue terror attack to be remembered with memorial
Biden to host Hanukkah ceremony at the White House amid fears about antisemitism
‘She’s Dead!’ Brutal AntisemiticAssault Leaves Woman Unconscious in London
RCMP investigate suspected arsons after 2 churches destroyed near Barrhead
Fearing attacks, Jews in Egypt cancel public Hanukkah celebrations
East London Mosque: More than 700 evacuated after ‘credible’ bomb threat
Climate activists vandalize St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy
Kyiv cathedral hit in drone attack on Holodomor anniversary
Mob Violence Continues Against Christians in Chhattisgarh – International Christian Concern
Select All-Hazards Stories
White House Disavows U.S. Islamic Group After Leader’s Oct. 7 Remarks and White House Condemns CAIR Leader’s ‘Shocking’ Rhetoric
Pew Research: Views of the Israel-Hamas war and Majority of Americans Back Israel as Democrats Split Over War With Hamas, WSJ Poll Finds
Westwood businesses vandalized during President Joe Biden’s LA visit
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Capitol Hill Senate office building
GWU faculty ignore Hamas atrocities, defend attack on Israel: ‘Right of resistance’
AG Campbell Files Lawsuit Against Neo-Nazi Group NSC-131 For Slew Of Civil Rights Violations And Other Unlawful Conduct and White nationalist group accused of civil rights violations in Massachusetts and Neo-Nazi group that aims to make Massachusetts ‘ethnostate’ hit by barrage of lawsuits
Statewide bomb threat hoax hits Texas Schools and FBI: Bomb threat emails sent to schools across Texas are ‘clearly hoax threats’
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Verizon Gave Phone Data to Armed Stalker Who Posed as Cop Over Email
Europol warning on the criminal use of Bluetooth trackers for geolocalisation
White Supremacists Overtake Australian Politician’s Office to Perform Nazi Salutes
2 Ontario men arrested on charges linked to neo-Nazi terrorist movement
Covert Indian operation seeks to discredit Modi’s critics in the U.S.
US, South Korea and Japan urge a stronger international push to curb North Korea’s nuclear program
Mossad helps arrest two Iranians in plot to attack Israelis in Cyprus
Hamas firing rockets from a ‘humanitarian’ zone set up by IDF in Gaza: reports
Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in Lebanon attack
US vetoes Israel ceasefire resolution at the UN
Heavy Snow and Rain across New England; Strong Storm Impacting Portions of Alaska National Weather Service
Tennessee: At least six dead as tornadoes rip through state
Winter Storms Update: Warnings Issued for 7 States as Snow, Wind Lashes US
How Malicious Insiders Use Known Vulnerabilities Against Their Organizations
Rocky Mountain spotted fever outbreak kills three in California: CDC and Severe and Fatal Confirmed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever among People with Recent Travel to Tecate, Mexico
Brazil authorities scramble to isolate bird flu virus that killed 900 seals, sea lions
US Salmonella cantaloupe outbreak doubles as CDC confirms new death
Censorship Laundering Part II: Preventing the Department of Homeland Security’s Silencing of Dissent
Aiding Terror: How Terrorists Exploit Humanitarian Organizations
Considering DHS’ and CISA’s Role in Securing Artificial Intelligence
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