News: Europe
Prison officers to carry pepper spray to foil terror attacks behind bars (LINK ONLY)
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Month: February 2020
Children & Teens
Police raids as families of Islamic State still stuck in freezing Syrian camp
(Sydney Morning Herald) Police have raided homes in Sydney and Melbourne in an attempt to gather evidence against some of the 67 family members of Islamic State fighters living in a Syrian refugee camp. The Australian Federal Police has stepped up investigations […]
News: Europe
Switzerland thwarts major Islamic State terror attack
(Breitbart) According to a new investigation by Swiss media, a cell of jihadists based in Geneva plotted to bomb cisterns full of oil near the city’s airport in a major terror attack. The plot, which was set to take place last year […]
Government & Politics
Witness threatened after speaking in foreign influence on mosques investigation
(NL Times) Hajer Harzi, a board member of the Al Houda mosque in Geleen, received serious threats after she spoke to a parliamentary committee investigating the possible influence of extremist ideology from abroad on Dutch mosques. “You wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” […]
Legal
Manchester Arena attack: Brother insulted man after car crash
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s brother insulted a man for calling police after the siblings crashed their car, a court has heard. Hashem Abedi, 22, allegedly verbally abused Eddie Cooper following the collision on 23 March 2017, two months before Salman Abedi […]
Legal
Case closed for Hamid Hayat: Feds won’t seek new trial in overturned California terror case
(Sacramento Bee) Six months after a federal judge vacated the 2006 terrorism conviction against Hamid Hayat, prosecutors said Friday they will not pursue another trial against the former Lodi cherry picker. “Due to the passage of time, the government now moves this […]
Children & Teens
House bill would explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation in Wyoming
(Oil City News) A Wyoming House of Representatives bill would explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation in the state if it were to become law. The legislation would also create new criminal sentencing guidelines for anyone convicted of engaging in female genital mutilation. […]
Islamic Law
Islamic faith marriages not valid in English law, appeal court rules (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Metro Detroit imam, advocacy group criticize post-flight screening
(Detroit News) When Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi landed at Detroit Metro Airport one morning last week after a long flight from Asia, he looked forward to reuniting with his family and quickly heading home. But the longtime spiritual leader of a Dearborn […]
News: Europe
HMP Belmarsh: The high-security prison where terrorists exchange ideas and ‘jihad banter’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
‘Toxic’ Islamist terror website editors jailed
(BBC) Two web managers who ran a website glorifying Islamist terror groups and encouraging attacks have been jailed. [Mohammed] Abdur Kamali and Mohammed Abdul Ahad promoted “toxic ideologies” including speeches by hate preacher Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal. Their website also featured material from […]
Clerics & Preachers
CBP questions Detroit-area imam who mourned Soleimani
(IPT) Weeks after criticizing a U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s top terror mastermind, U.S. Customs officials questioned a Detroit-area imam about his support for the Iranian regime. [Mohammad] Ali Elahi described the Feb. 6 encounter, which took place as he got […]
Beards
Religious groups applaud new Air Force rules allowing turbans, hijabs, beards
(Religion News) Muslim and Sikh advocacy groups have welcomed new guidelines issued by the U.S. Air Force last week allowing personnel to request a waiver to wear religious apparel, including turbans and hijabs, and to have unshorn hair or beards for religious […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sayeeda Warsi accuses government of ‘hypocrisy’ over Islamophobia definition (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester bomber’s brother asked friend to buy acid, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
New rape charges against Islamic scholar Ramadan
(AFP) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been charged with raping two women besides two others he was already facing accusations over, his lawyer told AFP Thursday. The 57-year-old Ramadan, a Swiss national, was already charged in France with raping a disabled woman […]
Government & Politics
Terror sentence changes ‘must extend to Northern Ireland’
(BBC) There have been calls for new legislation ending the early release of people convicted of terror offences to be extended to Northern Ireland. MPs are debating the Terrorist Offenders Bill at Westminster. It means terror offenders will only be considered for […]
Government & Politics
Salvini: The unyielding face of Italian nationalism
(AFP) After rising to and falling from government with his “Italians first” rallying cry and anti-migrant diatribes, far-right leader Matteo Salvini remains hugely popular and has set his sights on a return to power despite an impending trial. The 46-year-old from Milan, […]
Clerics & Preachers
Norway to extradite Islamist preacher to Italy
(AFP) Norway’s government on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to extradite a fundamentalist Islamic preacher to Italy, where he has been sentenced to prison for leading a jihadist network. The 63-year-old Iraqi Kurdish man — known as Mullah Krekar, but named Najumuddin Faraj […]
Government & Politics
House committee votes to rescind Trump travel ban The legislation would void all of Trump's executive actions establishing travel restrictions.
(Politico) The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted, 22-10, to terminate President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban and rein in presidential authority to issue such travel restrictions. Now headed to the House floor, the bill is not expected to clear the Republican-controlled […]
Government & Politics
Turkey deports German national over terror links Terrorist deported as part of Turkey's ramped-up efforts to return foreign fighters, says Interior Ministry
(Anadolu) Turkey on Wednesday deported a terrorist to their home country of Germany, the Interior Ministry said. It did not specify which terror group the fighter belonged to, but in recent months Daesh/ISIS terrorists are being returned to their home countries. The […]
Government & Politics
MPs approve emergency terror law
(BBC) Emergency legislation designed to end the release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their sentence has been approved by MPs. The measures — which would apply to England, Scotland and Wales — were drawn up after the attack in […]
Crime
‘We want our voices heard’: Muslims in Maryland showcase power of door-to-door lobbying Scores of Muslims from across Maryland converge on state capital and find some lawmakers willing to listen
(Middle East Eye) The energy was palpable at Maryland’s House of Delegates late Monday, as members of the Muslim community hurried through the building’s hallways and knocked on doors, trying to lobby politicians on key bills and issues under consideration in the […]
Children & Teens
Macron defends French teen threatened over anti-Islam rant
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron has defended a French teenager who received death threats after an expletive-laden Instagram rant against Islam, saying the right to blaspheme was enshrined in the constitution and she needs to be protected, in comments published Wednesday. The […]
Demonstrations
The UK’s first-ever Muslim LGBT+ Pride festival is finally happening
(Pink News) LGBT+ Muslim group Imaan has set the date for the UK’s first-ever Muslim Pride festival. The event will take place in London on Saturday, April 11, the group announced on social media. Imaan announced: “It’s happening! We’ve set the date […]
Beards
Air Force officially OKs beards, turbans, hijabs for religious reasons
(Air Force Times) The Air Force on Friday updated its regulations to formally allow airmen to ask for a waiver to wear religious apparel such as turbans or hijabs, or beards worn for religious reasons. The update to AFI 36-2903, “Dress and […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Manchester Arena bomber ‘disapproved of brother’s drug use’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Commissioner: Officials overzealous in Iranian border stops
(AP) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said Tuesday that border officials in Washington state “got a little overzealous” when they detained Iranian and Iranian-American travelers at the U.S.-Canada border last month. As many as 200 people of Iranian […]
Employment
More US firms are boosting faith-based support for employees
(AP) It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There’s now an intensifying push to ensure that companies are similarly supportive and inclusive when it comes to employees’ religious […]
Children & Teens
Honour crime: Swedish Muslim migrant sentenced for beating daughter with kebab spit
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has sentenced an Iraqi asylum seeker to eight years in prison for honour crimes after he beat his daughter with a kebab spit, locked up his wife, and forced his daughters to wear Islamic veils. The father, who […]
Academics & Education
Filmmaker files free speech lawsuit against Georgia Southern
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) A documentary filmmaker filed a lawsuit Monday against Georgia Southern University after she refused to sign a pledge before a speaking engagement at the school that she and her supporters say violate her free speech rights. Abby Martin said she […]
Academics & Education
MPs begin hearings into foreign funding of Dutch mosques
(Dutch News) A parliamentary commission set up to investigate the foreign funding of mosques and Islamic schools in the Netherlands will begin hearings on Monday. “MPs have been debating about the issues for years but much remains unclear,” CDA parliamentarian and commission […]
Legal
Manchester attacker’s brother ‘deceived cousins to buy bomb ingredients’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
Palestinian group celebrated terrorism on city property, says B’nai Brith
(Canadian Jewish News) The City of Mississauga says it will take past experiences with a Palestinian group into account when it comes to future bookings because a recent event by the group was counter to municipal policy. According to B’nai Brith Canada, […]
Children & Teens
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr speaks at child soldiers panel
(Canadian Press) Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr provided a small window of insight about his life since his return to Canada in 2013 during a rare public speaking appearance in Halifax. Khadr, who was part of a panel discussion on child […]
Government & Politics
Urgent crackdown on terror sentences will affect about 50 inmates (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
US speeds cases of translators, others blocked by travel ban
(AP) President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to speed up the cases of some former interpreters for the U.S. military in Iraq and hundreds of other refugees whose efforts to move to the United States have been in limbo since he announced […]
News: Europe
Mum of jihadi who vowed to ‘chop off heads’ claims he’s a ‘good boy’ as officials scramble to stop his early release (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man plotted Madame Tussauds attack after 2018 terror acquittal (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Former Dem lawmaker removed from Tlaib event after asking about anti-Semitism
(Fox) Campus police removed former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind from an event at Rutgers University Sunday afternoon, after Hikind asked guest speaker Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., about past comments he believes to be anti-Semitic. The event, titled “A Global Crisis: […]
News: Europe
Over 60 Germans among Islamists in Idlib An analysis of text and video messages from jihadis in Idlib reveals over 60 Germans among their ranks, German media report. Syrian President Bashar Assad is determined to retake the region.
(Deutsche Welle) More than 60 Germans are fighting in Idlib, the last stronghold of foreign fighters in northwest Syria, according to reports by the German broadcaster SWR on Sunday. SWR reviewed transcripts of instant messages sent by the fighters and determined that the […]
Christians
Muslim Brotherhood should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, UK Parliament hears British MPs say group is intolerant of other beliefs and drives 'fanaticism'
(National-UAE) A British MP called for the Muslim Brotherhood to be proscribed as a terrorist group as politicians criticised its intolerance towards other faiths, during a parliamentary debate on the persecution of Christians. Ian Paisley of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said […]
Citizenship
Ministers refuse to reveal how many extremists they have stripped of British citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Preacher who inspired Streatham terror attack peddling jihad from behind bars (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Junior police ‘must make split-second decisions on terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
AIPAC apologizes for ads that called some Democrats ‘radicals’ pushing ‘anti-Semitic’ policies
(JTA) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee apologized for and removed at least two Facebook ads that slammed “radical” Democrats in Congress, and altered a petition that said Israel’s harshest critics in Congress pose a threat “maybe more sinister” than ISIS and […]
Clerics & Preachers
Islamic extremist preaching hate to army of followers on YouTube days after Streatham terror attack (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
‘Hijabi clout’: The women of color unknowingly used by 2020 campaigns (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
German authorities, politicians divided on niqab, burqa ban Politicians across party lines agree that the niqab and the burqa are out of place at schools and universities. Some, however, fear that a ban could hamper integration into German society.
(Deutsche Welle) There are very few women and girls in Germany wearing a full-face veil such as the niqab or the burqa — most likely a mere two-digit number. A recent verdict handed down by a Hamburg court, however, has sparked a […]
Legal
Brother of Manchester Arena bomber says he was ‘shocked’ by attack (LINK ONLY)
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