(Copenhagen Post) This week it emerged that the UK had decided to revoke the British citizenship of Shamima Begum, a so-called Islamic State (IS) bride who wants to return to the UK after leaving London four years ago to join ranks of […]
(NL Times) The public prosecutor demanded up to five years in prison against three adults who tried to perform an exorcism on a 9-year-old boy from Venlo. The boy’s mother and a couple she’s friends with tried to expel a jinn — […]
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(KDFW) Two Dallas Islamic groups want to change ideas about women of their faith and the hijab as its symbol. The Dallas chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America and Gain Peace are launching a six-week public outreach campaign. The main […]
(Sky News) Jeremy Corbyn has told Sky News stripping Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum of her British citizenship is “not the right thing to do.” The Labour leader questioned Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to bar the 19-year-old from the UK, adding […]
(Global News) An Ontario man who travelled to Syria to join an al-Qaida faction is being released from prison less than two years after pleading guilty, even though the Parole Board of Canada is concerned he might continue to engage in terrorism. […]
(AP) The father of an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State in Syria filed suit against the Trump administration Thursday in an effort to allow her return to the United States. Ahmed Ali Muthana argues in the suit filed in federal […]
(Local) An Italian student in Stockholm is campaigning to save his boyfriend from being deported to Iran, after the 19-year-old’s asylum application was rejected on the grounds that his account of his homosexuality and relationship was “unreliable.” Medhi, from Iran, applied [for] […]
(AFP) A top French Islamic State jihadist who became notorious after voicing an audio recording claiming responsibility for the November 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in an overnight airstrike, security sources told AFP. Fabien Clain, who is believed to have […]
(AP) A German-Moroccan couple was arrested Thursday in central Germany on charges they were planning an Islamic extremist attack. A series of raids included searches of the homes of 12 other suspects, Frankfurt prosecutors said. Frankfurt prosecutor Nadja Niesen said authorities believe […]
(Conservative Review) A senior official in the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is serving as a pro bono attorney for Hoda Muthana, a Yemeni terrorist and former U.S. resident who wants to come back to the United States following the dissolution […]
(BBC) All children must learn about same-sex couples regardless of their religious background, the head of Ofsted says. Hundreds of parents protested outside a Birmingham school against it teaching pupils about same-sex couples and gender identity. Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman told […]
(IPT) Linda Sarsour, dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism, will speak next month at a New York University program on immigration. The announcement for the March 25 event, sponsored by NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute, makes no reference to Sarsour’s divisive views. It ignored the […]
(AP) A German court has sentenced a 33-year-old Egyptian man to life in prison for killing his daughter in a fit of jealousy. In its verdict Thursday, Duesseldorf’s regional court noted the gravity of the crime, preventing his release even after serving […]
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