July 26, 2023 – Eye on Islamism

Penn State Abington student indicted for lying about ties to ISIS terrorists Prosecutors say Kamal Fataliev, 19, uploaded hundreds of bomb- and firearms-making guides to terror-related chat groups. They discovered his involvement after disrupting a planned attack in Chicago.

July 26, 2023 Jeremy Roebuck

(Philadelphia Inquirer) Federal authorities have charged a sophomore at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington campus with lying about his contacts with ISIS sympathizers and assistance he gave to the plotters of an averted terrorist attack in Chicago last year. Kamal Fataliev, 19, of […]

Jury discharged in migrant boat deaths trial where four drowned in English Channel

July 26, 2023 Unlisted Author

(ITV) The jury in the trial of a man charged with manslaughter after four people died whilst attempting to cross the English Channel in a small migrant boat has been discharged. Ibrahima Bah, of no fixed address, was charged with four counts […]

Sweden says it’s target of Russia-backed disinformation over NATO, Koran burnings

July 26, 2023 Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander

(Reuters) Sweden is the target of a disinformation campaign by “Russia-backed actors” intended to hurt the image of the NATO-candidate country by implying it supported recent burnings of the Koran, its minister for civil defence said on Wednesday. Sweden’s bid to join […]

EU migration deal faces delays after talks snag EU countries need to finalize the text of the entire deal before the European Parliament can give its go-ahead.

July 26, 2023 Gregorio Sorgi

(Politico) Bitter infighting on Wednesday derailed EU ambassadors’ attempts to finish off the last plank of the EU’s flagship migration reform. As a result, officials will have to break for the summer without completing work on the overall package, which would reshape […]

Quebec judge denies request to appeal decision maintaining school prayer space ban

July 26, 2023 Jacob Serebrin

(Canadian Press) A Muslim organization and a civil rights group seeking to suspend Quebec’s ban on prayer spaces in public schools have been denied leave to appeal a court decision that maintained the ban. Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Robert Mainville ruled […]

Security risks in Sweden rise due to Quran desecrations and protests, security agency says

July 26, 2023 Unlisted Author

(AP) Sweden’s security situation has deteriorated after recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world, both of which have negatively impacted the Nordic nation’s image, its domestic security service said Wednesday. The Swedish Security Service said the burning […]

‘Not everything that is legal is ethical’: Josep Borrell condemns Quran burning and religious hatred

July 26, 2023 Jorge Liboreiro

(Euronews) Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has spoken up against “any form of incitement to religious hatred and intolerance.” In a short statement released on Wednesday morning, Borrell expressed his unambiguous condemnation of the recent incidents in Sweden and Denmark […]

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