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Crime
Asylum seeker who murdered man inside bank jailed
(BBC) An asylum seeker who “calmly” walked into a bank and stabbed a man inside to death without provocation or motive has been jailed for life. Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur stabbed Gurvinder Johal, 37, through the heart in an attack caught on CCTV […]
Academics & Education
US Muslim student groups drop Emgage from voter mobilisation event Yale University's Muslim Student Association faced calls to drop Emgage and Farooq Mitha from its programming
(Middle East Eye) Muslim student groups at more than 30 US universities have dropped Emgage, a Muslim political advocacy group that has come under fierce criticism in recent weeks over its ties with pro-Israel groups, from an event aimed at mobilising young voters. The event, hosted […]
Health & Medicine
‘IS’ knifewoman’s defence rejects ‘terror’ label in Swiss trial
(AFP) Swiss prosecutors requested a lengthy prison term Thursday for a woman who slashed two people in the name of the Islamic State group, while her lawyer argued she was insane and not a “terrorist.” Lead prosecutor Elisabetta Tizzoni called for the […]