Children & Teens
Sarah Champion: Crusading MP’s new fight against sex grooming gangs (LINK ONLY)
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Month: May 2020
Government & Politics
Mosques across Britain could sound the call to prayer through loudspeakers (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
EU agency wants ‘IS’ returnees charged with war crimes A new report from an EU-backed genocide investigation body says adding war crimes and genocide to terrorism charges for 'IS' fighters returning to the EU will lead to tougher sentences and 'more justice' for victims.
(Deutsche Welle) Former “Islamic State” (IS) fighters who returned to Europe from conflicts in Iraq and Syria should be charged with war crimes along with terrorism, said a report released Saturday by the EU-backed “Genocide Network.” According to the network, many so-called […]
Health & Medicine
Mosques adapt to coronavirus shutdown by sharing the call to prayer. In Culver City, neighbors said it was too loud
(LA Times) The call to prayer rang out at 7:49 on a Saturday evening as the sky glowed pink from the setting sun. Women in hijabs and masks gazed up at the mosque as the Arabic hymn floated down: Allah is the […]
Academics & Education
Controversial Amsterdam school eavesdropped on Education Inspectorate: report
(NL Times) The director of the Cornelius Haga Lyceum in Amsterdam planted eavesdropping equipment in the office assigned to the Education Inspectorate for its investigation into the school, four sources around the Islamic high school told NRC. According to the newspaper, it […]
Christians
Muslims pray in Berlin church to comply with social distancing rules
(Reuters) A Berlin church is hosting Muslims who are unable to fit into their mosque for Friday prayers because of social distancing guidelines. The Dar Assalam mosque in the Neukölln district normally welcomes hundreds of Muslims to its Friday services. But it […]
Government & Politics
Call to prayer played by mosques for the first time in Birmingham (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Man jailed for smuggling migrants in dinghies
(BBC) A people smuggler who helped to bring people into the UK on dinghies has been jailed for nine years. Albanian national Vladimir Bardoshi, 36, led a gang that ferried illegal migrants across the Channel from France in dangerous conditions, police said. […]
Mosques
Plan to open mosque in Trocadero in London sparks objections (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Channel migrants: Lone children ‘could overwhelm council services’
(BBC) The rising number of child migrants crossing the Channel by boat risks overwhelming social services, the leader of Kent County Council has said. Roger Gough appealed to Priti Patel to “prevent a crisis escalating into something unmanageable and unsafe.” More than […]
Crime
Syrian doctor in Germany accused of war crimes: report
(AFP) A Syrian doctor living in Germany is being investigated on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity at a military hospital in the war-torn country, a report in Spiegel magazine Friday said. Federal prosecutors suspect the man of beating and torturing men […]
News: Europe
Manchester marks third anniversary of arena blast
(BBC) The arena bombing was “forever etched in our minds,” the dean of Manchester said as he led a live-streamed memorial service to mark the third anniversary of the attack. Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds injured in the suicide bombing at […]
Clerics & Preachers
Group: Texas naval base shooter voiced support for clerics
(AP) The suspect killed during what the FBI is calling a “terrorism-related” attack at a Texas naval air base voiced support for hardline clerics, according to a group that monitors online activity of jihadists. The attack Thursday at Naval Air Station Corpus […]
Law Enforcement
Suspected IS member arrested after being deported to Germany
(AP) A German woman suspected of joining the Islamic State group in Syria has been taken into custody in her homeland after being deported from Turkey. The suspect, identified only as Zeynep G. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested at […]
Government & Politics
Malta rescues 140 migrants but holds them on tourist boats offshore
(Reuters) Malta on Friday rescued a group of 140 migrants from a sinking dinghy but refused to bring them to land, holding them instead on a chartered tourist harbour cruise boat just outside territorial waters. The rescue was conducted by a Maltese […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Small boats ‘major threat to UK’
(BBC) Small boat migrant crossings are becoming “a major threat” to the UK, MPs have been told. The Home Affairs Select Committee was hearing evidence after Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage claimed French ships were “escorting” migrant boats. The Home Office said […]
Demonstrations
British government to prosecute Hezbollah flag wavers at online protests Supporting the organisation in the UK carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail
(National-UAE) The British government warned it will prosecute protesters who break the law if Hezbollah flags are displayed in online demonstrations. In a change of policy in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Home Office announced to the National that it will […]
Legal
Decade in jail for man who planned to gun down New Year’s Eve revellers
(Age) The brother of the man who killed restaurant owner Sisto Malaspina in the Bourke Street terror attack has been jailed for a decade over his own plan to kill New Year’s revellers in Federation Square in the name of Islamic State. […]
Government & Politics
Australian-style sea patrols needed to return migrants to France, says former Border Force chief (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Spain arrests ISIS sympathizer who fled Morocco The suspect was on Spanish security services’ watchlist for several years.
(Morocco World News) Spanish security services arrested on May 20 four alleged terrorists, including one Moroccan who had previously escaped an arrest operation led by Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Spanish newspaper ABC reported. The Moroccan suspect, believed to be […]
Clerics & Preachers
Czech court upholds former Prague Muslim leader’s conviction
(AP) A Czech appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors said imam Samer Shehadeh helped […]
Law Enforcement
FBI says Texas naval base shooting is ‘terrorism-related’
(AP) A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why. The suspect was identified as Adam Alsahli […]
Government & Politics
Hungary tightens asylum rules as it ends migrant detention zones
(Reuters) Hungary shut so-called migrant transit zones on its borders on Thursday, freeing some 300 refugees from prison-like conditions while at the same time hardening rules which will effectively bar future asylum applicants. During the peak of Europe’s 2015 migration crisis, Prime […]
Government & Politics
Home Office deporting migrants who cross Channel in small boats (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Counter-terror police warn renewed efforts to de-radicalise extremists are vital to protect public (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Coronavirus: British Muslims call out ‘double standard’ over government Eid warnings The UK government has come under fire for publishing adverts online urging Muslims to stay home during Eid — despite them adhering to lockdown measures
(Middle East Eye) Adverts posted by the UK government online urging British Muslims to stay home and observe the religious festival of Eid at home have been criticised as a display of “double standards” in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. With […]
Immigration
Channel migrants: More than 60 people attempt crossing
(BBC) More than 60 migrants have been handed to immigration officials after they tried to cross the Channel in boats. Border Force cutters intercepted four boats in the early hours and a fifth on Wednesday afternoon. In total, 64 people were on […]
Legal
Germany charges suspected IS member over attacks
(AFP) German federal prosecutors said Wednesday they were investigating an alleged member of the Islamic State terrorist group suspected of a series of acid and arson attacks, and of planning killings with a gun and explosives. The suspect, named only as Muharrem […]
Legal
Sept. 11 convict now says he renounces terrorism, bin Laden
(AP) The only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism, al-Qaida and the Islamic State. Zacarias Moussaoui is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Colorado […]
Government & Politics
Terror suspects could face indefinite curbs under new legislation
(BBC) Court orders restricting the movements of suspected terrorists could be renewed indefinitely under new legislation unveiled by the government. The bill would lower the standard of proof to impose the orders, known as TPims, and remove the current two-year limit that […]
Government & Politics
Hungary rejects EU court ruling on asylum-seekers held at border
(Reuters) Hungary will not accept a ruling by the European Union’s top court that four asylum-seekers stuck in a transit zone on the Hungarian-Serbian border should be released, a security aide to Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday. The Court of […]
Law Enforcement
UK Muslim charity calls for investigation into ‘police harassment’ Human Aid also demands police apology over seizure of Gaza-bound aid money during Schedule 7 stop at Heathrow Airport
(Middle East Eye) A Muslim charity has written to the UK’s police watchdog calling for an investigation into the alleged harassment of Gaza-bound aid workers and the seizure of cash donations during a Schedule 7 airport stop last year. Human Aid on […]
Children & Teens
Grooming gang ‘characteristics’ research to be published after government U-turn (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Suspected Al Qaeda-linked extremist played chess on counter-terror programme Suspect ‘banned from Britain’ but arrived back after deportation from Turkey
(National-UAE) The problems faced by governments in the West dealing with returning foreign fighters have been revealed in the case of an alleged British extremist who snubbed de-radicalisation efforts to play chess with a government-assigned mentor. The married father-of-three, identified as QX, […]
Children & Teens
State expected to oppose case by son of alleged Isis fighter for renewal of Irish passport (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lebanese man pleads guilty to drone parts export conspiracy
(AP) A Lebanese man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Minnesota to conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Usama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty […]
Children & Teens
Channel migrants: Rise in unaccompanied children arriving in Kent
(BBC) The number of unaccompanied child migrants arriving in Kent has risen significantly in the past 12 months, the county council leader has said. Roger Gough claimed the number of young asylum seekers in the county had “doubled in a little more […]
Law Enforcement
FBI: Shooter at Pensacola base coordinated with al-Qaida
(AP) The gunman who killed three U.S. sailors at a military base in Florida last year communicated with al-Qaida operatives about planning and tactics in the months leading up to the attack, U.S. officials said Monday, as they lashed out at Apple […]
Law Enforcement
Terrorist ‘planned to target Barcelona vs Real Madrid with drone carrying explosives’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Prosecuting IS returnees in Germany requires the law’s longest arm An increasing number of 'Islamic State' returnees are standing trial in Germany, including female supporters of the terror group. To make their case, federal prosecutors are relying on international criminal law.
(Deutsche Welle) Taha A.-J.*, an Iraqi man believed to have belonged to the “Islamic State” (IS), has been standing trial in Frankfurt since late April on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. At the center of his trial is […]
Immigration
Nearly 50 migrants plucked from waters off Spain’s Gran Canaria
(Reuters) Spain’s coast guard rescued 49 African migrants from a dinghy drifting a few miles off the coast of Gran Canaria on Sunday, a spokesman for the organisation said, the latest arrivals in a months-long surge of migration to the Canary Islands. […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Boats carrying 90 migrants intercepted off Kent coast
(BBC) Six boats carrying 90 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 79 men and 11 women had crossed the Channel on Saturday, 16 May, on small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from France and […]
Government & Politics
No more soldiers patrolling Belgium’s streets from September
(Brussels Times) September sees the end of an operation which brought military patrols on the streets of Belgium’s cities for more than five years, defence minister Philippe Goffin (MR) has announced. The patrols of Operation Vigilant Guardian were intended to support the […]
News: Europe
New hunt for jihad widow Hayat Boumeddiene in refugee camp (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Murder of Holocaust survivor in Paris should be treated as anti-Semitic, say prosecutors (LINK ONLY)
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News: Australasia
Islamic bookshop owner — and brother of Australia’s first suicide bomber — who was caught up in terrorism raids walks free from prison (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
British charity regulator investigates charity that funded Peace TV Channels handed back broadcasting licences ahead of fines for content
(National-UAE) An investigation has been launched into a UK charity that funded television channels which have been fined by the country’s media regulator. The Charity Commission is to examine the operations of the Islamic Research Foundation International, which is run by Indian-born […]
Health & Medicine
Islamic call to prayer being heard for the first time across Canada
(Canadian Press) The Al Rashid Mosque has stood in Edmonton since 1938, but no one there today can remember ever hearing the daily call to prayer ring out through the loudspeakers. Usually, the musical chant that ushers Muslims into their house of […]
Health & Medicine
Two more migrants quarantined on Lesbos test positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) Two asylum seekers recently arrived on Greece’s Lesbos island, the site of the country’s biggest migrant camp, have tested positive for the coronavirus, migration ministry sources said on Friday. The cases, doubling the island’s COVID-19 infection tally on to four, were […]
Children & Teens
Irish citizen son of alleged Isis fighter in legal action over Irish passport renewal (LINK ONLY)
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