Day: July 15, 2020

Government & Politics

Big increase of Palestinian terrorist members, supporters in Germany Support for the ... PFLP has risen, which was founded in 1967 and is animated by a Marxist-Leninist doctrine coupled with radical Arab nationalism.

July 15, 2020   

(Jerusalem Post) The number of members and supporters of the US- and EU-designated terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has dramatically increased in Germany, the Jerusalem Post can report. According to a review of the newly released […]

Government & Politics

New French PM says battle against ‘radical Islamism’ a priority Castex said a law to combat 'separatism' will be introduced after summer, but critics say Muslims will be targeted.

July 15, 2020   

(Al-Jazeera) France’s newly-appointed prime minister, Jean Castex, has vowed to be “intransigent” in defending France’s official secularism, promising to fight “radical Islamism in all its forms” as “an absolute priority.” Unveiling new government policy in Paris on Wednesday, Castex told the National […]

Law Enforcement

Police in Germany conduct raids on suspected Islamists in Berlin Berlin police are investigating 12 suspects who are accused of financing terrorism, among other crimes. Investigators have carried out a total of 20 search warrants.

July 15, 2020   

(Deutsche Welle) Investigators from Berlin’s Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) are executing 20 search warrants against 12 suspects from the Islamist scene, Berlin’s public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. A total of 450 officers and police officials were deployed in the operation, […]

Government & Politics

Austria takes ‘pioneering’ approach to tackle influence of political Islam Austrian Integration Minister [Susanne] Raab sets up new centre to document Islamist ideological control over community groups

July 15, 2020   

(National-UAE) Austria launched an initiative on Wednesday to identify and register social and educational institutions that are the targets of Islamist-controlled organisations for political purposes. The new approach will involve an audit of groups through the country’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam, […]