(BBC) A man has admitted murdering a doctor and her teenage daughter whose bodies were discovered in their fire-damaged home. Shahbaz Khan, 51, had been on trial for the killings of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, 14, in Burnley. […]
(Dutch News) A further eight Dutch women who went to live in IS-controlled parts of Syria are now hoping to return to the Netherlands, following the successful repatriation of Ilham B at the beginning of June, the Telegraaf said on Wednesday. “I […]
(Fox) Anti-Defamation League President Jonathan Greenblatt blasted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Wednesday after she defended comments equating the U.S. and Israel to the Taliban and said Jewish members of Congress weren’t “partners in justice.” The far-left “Squad” member made the comments during […]
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(Fox) A group of Republican senators are raising alarms about President Biden’s nominee for a top Small Business Administration (SBA) position. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, led a letter with seven of his GOP colleagues to Senate Small Business Committee Chairman Ben Cardin, […]
(Middle East Eye) US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar appeared to walk back her earlier criticism of her Jewish Democratic congressional colleagues for not having “been partners in justice,” after being accused of antisemitism. “I am someone who has survived war and experienced injustice […]
(CBC) Since his release from immigration detention almost two years ago, Othman (Adam) Hamdan has been living in limbo. The Canada Border Services Agency has been trying to deport him, calling him a risk to Canadians. He says he has been trying […]
(BBC) A fire service control boss feared “the worst nightmare” had happened after being told a “dirty bomb” had detonated at Manchester Arena, an inquiry heard. North West Fire Control’s Janine Carden said she was at home when she was told about […]
(AP) A Norwegian court has sentenced a Syrian teenager to five years in prison for planning an act of terror in Norway by using poison or explosives, and for having supported the Islamic State extremist group. The Oslo District Court suspended three […]
(AP) A man who allegedly vandalized a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam last year, smashing a window and ramming an Israeli flag through the hole, acted with terrorist intent, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The prosecutors asked a court in Amsterdam to order the man […]
(Canadian Press) Ontario announced funding on Tuesday for educational programs to help fight Islamophobia, which police believe was the motive behind a vehicle attack that killed four members of a Muslim family. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said $225,000 will go to the […]
(Forward) Rep. Ilhan Omar declined to apologize on Tuesday for comments she made earlier this month listing the United States and Israel alongside Hamas and the Taliban as entities that needed to be held accountable for what she called “unthinkable atrocities.” Asked […]
(Anadolu) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday urged US President Joe Biden to condemn Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes and businesses in East Jerusalem. The nation’s largest Muslim advocacy organization also urged Washington to pressure Israel to stop all appropriation […]
(Deutsche Welle) Last week’s knife attack in the Bavarian city of Würzburg left three people dead and seven injured — five of them seriously. The suspect is a man from Somalia whose asylum application had been rejected. Police are investigating his motives, […]
(BBC) More than 2,000 migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats in June, setting a new record. The previous highest monthly total was set in September 2020, when 1,951 people made the crossing. Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke said the dangerous crossings […]
(AP) The European Union’s asylum agency said Tuesday that the number of people seeking international protection in Europe hit its lowest level last year since 2013, but that the drop was due mostly to coronavirus travel restrictions. The European Asylum Support Office, […]
(AP) German investigators said Tuesday that an Islamic extremist motivation for last week’s fatal knife attack in Wuerzburg appears likely, but they haven’t so far found any propaganda or other extremist material. They also plan more checks on the suspect’s mental health. […]
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(Age) A convicted terrorist serving 42 years in prison for an attack on her Melbourne homestay host is facing more time behind bars after pleading guilty to stabbing a fellow inmate while in custody and being a member of Islamic State. Bangladeshi […]
(CBC) Court documents unsealed last week reveal that the RCMP intends to charge a Canadian ISIS foreign fighter with a string of terrorism offences. Since his capture by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in January 2019, Mohammed Khalifa, a self-confessed ISIS fighter from Toronto, has been […]
(NL Times) The court in The Hague sentenced a 32-year-old woman from Uithoorn to six years in prison and compulsory psychological treatment for terrorism and war crimes. The woman was accused of being a follower of violent Salafist ideology and is said […]
(BBC) Fire control room staff were not invited to take part in terror attack training before the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. North West Fire Control’s (NWFC) Michelle Gregson told the Manchester Arena inquiry her colleagues were “overlooked” during training […]
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(Detroit News) A one-armed Islamic State soldier testified Monday he served alongside a Dearborn man accused of fighting on behalf of the terrorist organization, an unprecedented admission in federal court during the war on terror. Minnesota resident Abdelhamid Al-Madioum testified during a […]
(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) rescinded a 2018 job offer to run its Dallas-Fort Worth chapter at least in part because the candidate was a Christian. A year earlier, the staff at CAIR’s New York chapter was so concerned about […]
(Age) Every time terrorism survivor Rod Patterson closes his eyes, the memory of the 2018 Bourke Street attack is still vivid. Mr Patterson was stabbed to the head as he ran to help someone he thought was the victim of a car […]
(CBC) A Canadian woman being held in an ISIS detention camp in northeast Syria has been released with the help of the former U.S. diplomat who helped get her four-year-old daughter out of the camp and to relatives in Canada earlier this […]
(AP) Belarus on Monday retaliated to the European Union sanctions by halting cooperation on stemming illegal migration and denying entry to EU officials. The EU on Thursday slapped new bruising economic sanctions on Belarus over last month’s diversion of a passenger jet […]
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(BBC) Two fire service call operators have apologised for failing to tell a senior officer important information on the night of the Manchester Arena attack. Joanne Haslam and Dean Casey were giving evidence to an inquiry into the 2017 bombing. Ms Haslam […]
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(AFP) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday pressed US allies to bring back citizens arrested overseas for joining the Islamic State group, warning they could not be held indefinitely in Syria. Blinken made the appeal in Rome at a meeting of […]
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(Detroit News) A convicted Islamic State soldier is expected to make federal court history Monday by testifying against a Dearborn man captured on a Syrian battlefield three years ago. Prosecutors on Monday plan to call Minnesota resident Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 24, as a cooperating […]
(Deutsche Welle) Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder attended a memorial service on Sunday for the victims of the knife attack in the city of Würzburg, around 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) east of Frankfurt. “We cannot answer such a hateful deed with hate and revenge,” […]
(Deutsche Welle) A German Islamic scholar has had his teaching license rejected because of his “liberal theological convictions,” one of his peers told a newspaper on Saturday. Islam expert Susanne Schröter spoke out in support of Abdel-Hakim Ourghi, who headed the Islamic […]
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(AFP) Investigators were racing Saturday to pinpoint the motive of a man who went on a knife rampage in the German city of Wuerzburg, killing three people and leaving five seriously injured. The suspect, a 24-year-old Somali who arrived in Wuerzburg in […]
(AFP) Germany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament passed a law on Friday outlawing symbols of groups designated as terrorist organisations by the EU, including the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The new law, which must still be approved by the Bundesrat upper house, […]
(BBC) A man accused of murdering a doctor and her daughter now accepts another person killed them rather than the supernatural spirits he had claimed were responsible, a court has heard. Shahbaz Khan, 51, told police a 620-year-old “jinn” named Robert had […]
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(Arab News) Several Muslim charities operating across the US are among the 286 charities selected to receive a share of the SR10.7 billion ($2.86 billion) donation provided by MacKenzie Scott, who selected the organizations because they are “empowering voices the world needs […]
(Arizona Republic) The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, along with several law firms, is representing a doctor after she was fired from Phoenix Children’s Hospital following a Facebook post condemning Israel and accusing Zionists of having a “thirst to kill our Palestinian […]
(Reuters) French police on Friday herded onto buses hundreds of migrants who 24 hours earlier had pitched tents in front of the Paris City Hall to protest lack of accommodation. There were no incidents as the migrants were cleared. But Yann Manzi, […]
(AFP) A Somali man killed three people and left five others seriously injured in an “incredibly brutal” knife rampage in the southern German city of Wuerzburg. The 24-year-old suspect staged the attack in the city centre at around 5 pm (1500 GMT), […]
(AP) Three suspects have been arrested in Greece on migrant smuggling charges after a speedboat bound for Italy was intercepted by the coast guard, authorities said on Friday. The coast guard said the boat transporting seven migrants was stopped Thursday in the […]
(AP) A 21-year-old German has been arrested at the French border on suspicion of trying to buy a firearm in preparation for an Islamist attack, officials said Friday. Prosecutors in the southwest German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg said the man, whose name wasn’t […]
(AP) European Union leaders greenlighted plans on Friday to give Turkey another 3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) over the next few years to provide fresh assistance to Syrian refugees on its territory and to help the country boost border controls. “It’s about […]
(AAP) The federal government is demanding answers after the release from custody of a Victorian nurse who supported Chechen fighters on the frontline against the Assad regime in Syria. Adam Brookman, 45, had pleaded guilty to performing acts in support or promotion […]
(Breitbart) French police in the city of Nîmes have arrested a 33-year-old woman on suspicion of being in direct contact with Islamist teen Chechen refugee Abdoullakh Anzorov just days before he beheaded teacher Samuel Paty. Police arrested the woman on Tuesday morning, and […]
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