Clerics & Preachers
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary’s public speaking ban lifted (LINK ONLY)
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Month: July 2021
Government & Politics
ISIS risk in Europe ‘significantly’ reduced, says EU counter-terrorism coordinator De Kerchove: Cooperation has reduced vulnerabilities
(Politico) Islamic State “no longer has the capacity to send terrorists onto European soil” thanks to “action taken by the international coalition,” the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove told Le Monde in an interview published Saturday. However, he warned “the threat […]
Children & Teens
IS mothers and children arrive in Belgium from Syria
(Brussels Times) This morning a military aircraft landed at Melsbroek airfield outside Brussels, carrying six women and ten children repatriated from a refugee camp in Syria. The women, aged between 25 and 53 years, have been held in the Kurdish-run camp Roj […]
Government & Politics
Austria becomes first European country to ban Islamist Muslim Brotherhood
(Breitbart) Austria has become the first country in the European Union to ban the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood as part of a new anti-terrorism law. The law bans the Egyptian-founded Muslim Brotherhood by adding it to a list of organisations linked to “religiously […]
Academics & Education
LGBTQIA+ students criticize school official’s ‘bigoted comments’ A student-led LGBTQIA+ advocacy group criticized FCPS school board member Abrar Omeish for comments she made during a phone meeting in June.
(Patch) An LGBTQIA+ advocacy group representing Fairfax County Public School students criticized at-large school board member Abrar Omeish for “bigoted comments” they say she made during a phone call last month. In a letter posted online at noon Friday, the Pride Liberation […]
Children & Teens
Finland repatriates women and children with links to ISIS from northeast Syria
(Kurdistan 24) Finland is bringing home a family with ties to ISIS from northeast Syria on Friday as part of the government’s efforts to rescue children from violent displacement camps. Ambassador Jussi Tanner, the Finnish Foreign Ministry’s special envoy in charge of […]
Health & Medicine
Suspected Tunisian terrorist on the run from French psychiatric centre caught in Italy Man is being investigated for condoning terrorism and aggravated threats
(National-UAE) Police in Italy have arrested a suspected terrorist who has been on the run since escaping from a psychiatric facility in France. He has been under investigation in France for allegedly condoning the actions of ISIS fanatic Mohamed Merah, who killed […]
Children & Teens
Belgium takes back mothers and children from Syria jihadist camps
(BBC) Ten children and six mothers held in a prison camp for jihadists in Syria have been flown home to Belgium. It is the biggest repatriation of suspected Islamic State (IS) members since the group’s fall in 2019. Hundreds of Europeans who […]
Legal
Asad Bhatti: Redhill financial analyst denies terror charges
(BBC) A financial analyst has pleaded not guilty to explosives and terrorism offences. Asad Bhatti, 48, from Redhill, Surrey, appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from HMP Wandsworth. He is charged with possessing explosive substances in suspicious circumstances, making such substances, […]
Immigration
Syrian refugee convicted of war crimes in Dutch court Ahmad al Khedr had settled with his family in the small Dutch town of Kapelle before his crimes in Syria were discovered.
(Courthouse News) A Dutch court on Friday found a Syrian asylum-seeker guilty of committing war crimes in Syria and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. The District Court of The Hague found that Ahmad al Khedr had participated in the execution […]
Government & Politics
Muslim charity heading to court over ‘unfair’ suspension levied by revenue agency
(Canadian Press) A long-established Muslim international relief charity says it will ask a federal court to overturn the national revenue agency’s decision to suspend its ability to issue tax receipts following an audit. Ottawa-based Human Concern International says the Canada Revenue Agency’s […]
Clothing
Employers can ban Muslim veils at work, top EU court rules Right-wing politicians across the European Union are cheering the Thursday morning decision against religious insignia.
(Courthouse News) The EU’s top court ruled on Thursday that companies can ban their employees from wearing headscarves and other religious symbols while on the clock. “An internal rule of an undertaking, prohibiting workers from wearing any visible sign of political, philosophical […]
Government & Politics
French government sets up laicité office to better protect secularism
(Radio France) The French government has created an office of laicité in an effort to better control how state secularism — one of the fundamental values of the French Republic — is taught and transmitted. The Interministerial Committee replaces the Observatoire de […]
Immigration
Judge weighs sending US citizen accused of killings to Iraq
(AP) A U.S. prosecutor trying to send a Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq to face charges in the 2006 killings of two Iraqi police officers acknowledged Thursday that statements made by people claiming to have witnessed the crimes contained inconsistencies but […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Budget cuts ‘affected police response’
(BBC) The loss of 2,000 officers to government budget cuts impacted the police response to the Manchester Arena attack, an ex-chief constable has said. Ian Hopkins told the Manchester Arena inquiry that Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had to save £200m in the […]
Government & Politics
On Lithuania’s plea, Iraq to probe human smuggling to Europe
(AP) Iraq’s foreign minister said Thursday his government would investigate trafficking networks responsible for smuggling hundreds of Iraqis into Europe, specifically via Belarus to Lithuania. Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein made the promise after a meeting in Baghdad with his visiting Lithuanian counterpart, […]
News: Europe
Guns and pool parties: Secrets of an IS smartphone
(BBC) With access to a smartphone used by three British men who went to fight in Syria — and their social media accounts — journalist Mobeen Azhar investigates what made them join the Islamic State group and what happened to them. An […]
Crime
‘Allahu Akbar’ knifeman subdued by French police stun gun
(Breitbart) Police used an electric stun gun on a man who brandished a knife and yelled “Allahu Akbar” in the middle of the street. At around 1 am on Monday in the commune of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, a 24-year-old man armed with a […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania struggles with migrant influx opened by Belarus
(AP) Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time. He and dozens of other migrants are fenced in at an old school after walking at night through the thick […]
Law Enforcement
Father of Brighton jihadi brothers killed fighting in Syria charged with terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
German police raid suspected IS supporters Ten warrants were executed across the German state of Hesse on suspicion of financing a terror group. The accused include eight men and two women between the ages of 20 and 51.
(Deutsche Welle) Police in the German state of Hesse searched multiple locations in connection with investigations involving suspected “Islamic State” extremists, local authorities said Wednesday morning. Ten search warrants were executed across the state “on suspicion of terrorist financing and the preparation […]
Immigration
Afghan man gets life for March stabbing rampage in Sweden
(AP) A 22-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for a knife attack that injured seven people in a southern Swedish town earlier this year. Tamin Sultani was shot by police and arrested after an […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Fire boss apologises for delayed response
(BBC) A senior fire officer has apologised to bereaved families for what he described as a “woeful and unacceptable” response to the Manchester Arena bombing. Assistant county fire officer David Keelan said the service was sorry it took crews more than two […]
Crime
NYC journalist targeted by Iranian spies in twisted kidnapping plot, feds say
(NY Post) Four Iranian intelligence operatives schemed to kidnap a Brooklyn-based journalist and smuggle her to Iran in a bid to silence her criticism of human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic, federal authorities said Tuesday. In an interview with the Post, […]
Crime
Migrant in court claims he did not know sex with his daughter was illegal
(Breitbart) A migrant accused of raping his eldest daughter has told a court that he was unaware that sexual relations with family members were illegal in France. The daughter, now 24, initially told the police that her father had been physically abusive […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Fire chief says he let everyone down
(BBC) Greater Manchester’s former chief fire officer has said he “let everyone down” after the Manchester Arena bombing. Peter O’Reilly told the Manchester Arena inquiry he and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) felt “devastated” they did not contribute as expected […]
Immigration
Greek coastguards hit with new migrant pushback claim
(AFP) Tchinda said the longed-for destination of his risky Aegean crossing — the island of Kos — was already tantalisingly in view when Greek vessels halted the boat he was sailing in along with 30 other migrants. “First a navy ship blocked […]
Clothing
Headscarf debate sparked in Belgium after civil servant’s resignation
(Euronews) The resignation of a government representative in Belgium has sparked fresh political debate about Islamic headscarves. [Ihsane] Haouach, a Belgian-Moroccan woman, stepped down on Friday from her role as a government commissioner at the Institute for the Equality of Women and […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania, EU say Belarus using refugees as ‘political weapon’
(Reuters) Lithuania’s foreign minister and the EU’s top diplomat accused Belarus on Monday of using illegal migrants as a political weapon to put pressure on the European Union because of the bloc’s sanctions on Minsk. Belarus was flying in migrants from abroad […]
Crime
Afghan migrant injures four in knife attack in Hamburg
(Breitbart) A 20-year-old Afghan migrant has been arrested by police in Hamburg after allegedly attacking four people in the outdoor area of a local restaurant with a knife. The incident is said to have taken place on Sunday evening in the St. […]
Immigration
Over 100 men jump fences into Spanish city in North Africa
(AP) Authorities in Melilla said on Monday that 119 African men have entered the autonomous city from a group of over 200 who tried to jump over the double fence that separates the Spanish enclave in northern Africa from Morocco. At least […]
Government & Politics
Big campaign cash haul for Rana Abdelhamid in primary challenge to NYC Democrat Carolyn Maloney
(NY Daily News) A Queens community activist challenging New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the 2022 midterm elections set a new fundraising record for progressive primary candidates in the first quarter of her campaign, her latest financial disclosure shows. Rana Abdelhamid, 28, […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Fire crew bomb response was ‘gross failure’
(BBC) Fire crews should have got to the Manchester Arena bombing in about four minutes instead of more than two hours, an inquiry has heard. Peter O’Reilly, the region’s chief fire officer on the night, blamed communication failures for the delay. He […]
News: Europe
Wounds still raw in French city Nice, five years after attack
(AFP) For most French people Bastille Day is synonymous with military pomp and parties, but in the southern city of Nice the country’s national holiday also conjures up visions of horror. On Wednesday, the Mediterranean city will pause to mark five years […]
News: Europe
Westway warriors: Isis Beatle ‘recruited 25 fighters for jihad’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Kabul urges Europe to halt forced deportations of Afghans
(AFP) Afghanistan has urged European countries to halt forced deportations of Afghan migrants for the next three months, as security forces battle a wave of violence triggered by a dizzying Taliban offensive. The United Nations said on Sunday the rising conflict is […]
Government & Politics
EU border agency to ‘significantly’ step up Lithuania help
(AP) The European Union’s border agency is pledging to “significantly” step up its support to Lithuania in the coming days “due to the growing migratory pressure at Lithuania’s border with Belarus” that the Baltic nation is trying to contain. The decision by […]
Academics & Education
GoFundMe for Batley teacher ‘in hiding’ after Prophet Muhammad row raises almost £50,000 (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Texts of Islamist killers spoke of ‘church carnage’ before beheading of French priest
(Breitbart) Text messages of the two Islamist men who murdered Father Jaques Hamel and a “sponsor” in Syria reveal how the terrorists chose to target the elderly priest. Five years after the deadly attack which saw Father Jaques Hamel murdered in his […]
Christians
Radicalised man makes death threats at basilica where migrant terrorist killed three
(Breitbart) Police arrested a 27-year-old man on a terrorism watchlist after he made death threats at the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, the site of a terrorist attack in October. The 27-year-old is said to have entered the basilica on Saturday and attempted to […]
Crime
Suspected people-smuggling kingpin arrested over Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Jewish groups come to defense of local Muslim nominated by Biden
(Jewish News of Northern California) The American Jewish Committee and two figures in the Bay Area Jewish community have come out in defense of a nominee for a federal position who has been accused by GOP lawmakers of holding anti-Israel sentiments. Dilawar […]
Crime
Ottawa announces dates for national summits on Islamophobia, antisemitism MPs unanimously backed call for summit on Islamophobia following London, Ont., attack
(CBC) The federal government has announced that two emergency national summits — one on antisemitism and one on Islamophobia — will take place on July 21 and July 22, respectively. Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger made the announcement in […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania builds border fence to stem migration from Belarus
(AP) Lithuania began Friday to erect a fence along its border with Belarus to deter third-country migrants from entering, a week after Vilnius declared a state of emergency to address a sharp rise in migratory flows — which it says Belarusian authorities […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Teen allegedly raped and murdered by migrants had 11 ecstasy pills in her system
(Breitbart) Austrian 13-year-old Leonie, who was found dead last week, is said to have been given at least 11 ecstasy tablets before she was allegedly raped and murdered by several Afghan migrants. A full autopsy of the teen is expected in the […]
Government & Politics
Central European leaders worry over Afghan migration ‘wave’
(AP) Central European leaders on Friday voiced concern over what they said was a potential migration rush from Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO forces pull out from that country. They also complained that a small group of powerful countries within the European […]
Children & Teens
French teen harassed over anti-Islam videos visits mosque
(AFP) A French teenager whose criticism of Islam saw her targeted with a barrage of online abuse met with the imam of the main Paris mosque [Thursday], a visit she said she hoped would “calm things down for everyone.” It came a […]
Crime
Migrants crossing Channel to claim asylum in UK ‘will no longer be prosecuted’ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Populist party leader: Mass migration has ‘destroyed’ Sweden
(Breitbart) Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has claimed that mass migration and “imported crime” has destroyed his country after a police officer was recently shot dead in a no-go zone. Mr Åkesson stated … following the fatal shooting of the police officer in […]
Government & Politics
Former Blackburn councillor claims Labour did not act on bullying
(BBC) A former councillor has accused the Labour Party of failing to act over her claims of bullying and intimidation. Saima Afzal was elected as one of the first Muslim female councillors on Blackburn with Darwen Council in 2018 but she was […]