News: Europe
Irish ISIS bride Lisa Smith is freed from prison (LINK ONLY) [Edited headline]
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Day: May 26, 2023
Academics & Education
Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court
(Canadian Press) A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec’s decree banning prayer rooms in public schools, the second one in recent weeks. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and […]
Crime
Leicester disorder: Government announces new review
(BBC) An independent review into unrest in East Leicester in August and September last year has been announced. Several days of vandalism, assaults, and attacks on property followed tensions involving mainly young men from Hindu and Muslim communities. City mayor Sir Peter […]
Government & Politics
Belgium swaps convicted terrorist to free aid worker jailed in Iran ‘Olivier Vandecasteele is on his way to Belgium,’ PM Alexander De Croo says.
(Politico) Iran has released Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian humanitarian worker who had been detained in Iran for more than a year, in exchange for convicted terrorist Assadollah Assadi, who had been imprisoned in Belgium. “Olivier Vandecasteele is on his way to Belgium,” […]
Crime
France detains Channel migrants after clashes with police: prosecutors
(AFP) French security forces have detained 38 migrants seeking to cross the Channel on a small boat to Britain after they clashed with police, prosecutors said. Three members of the gendarmerie were injured in Oye-Plage outside Calais on France’s northern coast, prosecutors […]
Legal
High Wycombe man jailed for travelling to Syria to join IS
(BBC) A man has been jailed for at least nine and a half years for travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State group. Shabazz Suleman, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, was 19 when he disappeared while on a family holiday to […]
Crime
6 migrant traffickers arrested after opening fire on Albanian border police
(AP) Albanian police on Friday said they have arrested six migrant traffickers for allegedly organizing an illegal border crossing for people from Arab countries and opening fire on border police. No injures were reported. A police statement said that the traffickers were […]