Legal
Trial of Lisa Smith ends at Special Criminal Court (LINK ONLY)
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Day: March 30, 2022
Legal
Paris attacks suspect ‘didn’t want’ to blow himself up
(AFP) The last surviving suspected assailant in the 2015 gun and bomb attacks that shook Paris insisted in court Wednesday that he had “abandoned” plans to blow himself up with a bomb belt. “I didn’t go all the way, I abandoned triggering […]
Government & Politics
LynnMall attacker was identified as capable of terrorism if travel plans thwarted
(Radio NZ) Security services briefings show the LynnMall attacker was highly likely to carry out a terrorist attack in New Zealand only if he was prevented from leaving the country. They show Ahamed Samsudeen believed he had been set up and that […]
Children & Teens
‘Clunking fist terror law puts children at risk’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Greece says ‘no provision’ in Lausanne treaty for election of mufti
(Kathimerini) Greece told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday that there is no provision in the Treaty of Lausanne, a 1923 peace accord which, among other things, forged modern Greece and Turkey’s borders, stating that the muftis of the Muslim minority […]
Mosques
Study finds international Islamist groups have limited Swiss clout
(Swiss Info) Claims that international Islamist movements exert significant influence over mosques and Muslim communities in Switzerland are exaggerated, a study has found. While international networks and money from places like Saudi Arabia or Qatar help in the setting up of structures […]
Legal
Prosecutor: Brit’s brutality uncommon even for Islamic State
(AP) El Shafee Elsheikh was not a typical Islamic State foot soldier — he was a senior leader who took particular pleasure in mistreating the hostages he held captive, prosecutors said Wednesday in opening statements of Elsheikh’s terrorism trial. Elsheikh, a British […]
Legal
Paris attacks survivors disappointed again as evidence falls short of clear explanation
(Radio France) On Tuesday, the Paris attacks trial focused on the case of Mohamed Abrini, one of the passengers in the three-car “convoy of death” which brought the killers to Paris on 12 November 2015. At the last moment, Abrini decided that […]