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Christians
FBI: Syrian Islamic State sympathizer in Pittsburgh planned to bomb North Side church
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) A young Syrian refugee living in Pittsburgh plotted to blow up a North Side church next month in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, according to the FBI. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, who came to the U.S. […]
Government & Politics
‘It would be better if they had died in battle’: Danish justice minister on returning Syria fighters
(Local) Denmark has convicted 13 people for travelling to Syria to take part in armed conflict. Nine have been sentenced to deportation from the country, according to Minister of Justice Søren Pape Poulsen. Poulsen confirmed information at a parliamentary hearing about Danish […]
Legal
Austria sentences woman for IS membership after repatriation from Syria
(AFP) An Austrian court on Wednesday convicted a woman who was repatriated from a Syrian detention camp for having been part of the Islamic State group, handing her a two-year suspended jail sentence. Since IS was ousted from its self-declared “caliphate” in […]