May 19, 2025 – Eye on Islamism

Britain to tackle growing Iran danger with new laws on state threats Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces new legislation to outlaw groups such as IRGC, saying Tehran regime poses 'unacceptable threat' following arrests

May 19, 2025 Thomas Harding

(National-UAE) Britain will introduce new laws to allow the security services to proscribe state-based groups such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the home secretary has said. Following the arrests of eight Iranians allegedly involved in a plot to attack the […]

Iran and Britain summon envoys over alleged spying in UK

May 19, 2025 Aiofe Walsh

(BBC) Britain and Iran have summoned each other’s envoys after three Iranians were charged with spying in the UK. Three Iranian men were arrested on 3 May and appeared in court in London on Saturday on charges of spying for the Islamic […]

Alleged Hamas supporter jailed for illegal entry

May 19, 2025 Bob Dale

(BBC) An alleged Hamas supporter who reportedly made antisemitic comments has been jailed for nine months for attempting to enter the UK illegally on a small boat. Abu Wadee, 33, also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, pleaded guilty on Monday at Canterbury […]

Forced marriages in Finland remain hidden as victims fear speaking out

May 19, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Helsinki Times) Dozens of forced marriages are uncovered in Finland each year, many involving underage girls and some occurring within Finland’s borders. Authorities say such cases often remain hidden and are only revealed when victims feel safe enough to speak. The Finnish […]

Purra’s aide under fire for calling Islam ‘the devil’s plot’

May 19, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Helsinki Times) A political aide to Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra has come under criticism for calling Islam “the devil’s plot” in a heated Facebook exchange during the Eurovision Song Contest final. Jari Mäkäräinen, a special adviser responsible for communications in Purra’s […]

City names first black, hijab-wearing lord mayor

May 19, 2025 Lucy Ashton

(BBC) The new lord mayor of Sheffield has made history as the first black woman wearing a hijab to be appointed to the role. Labour’s Safiya Saeed was inaugurated as the city’s 128th lord mayor at a council meeting on Monday. Members […]

Denmark detains man suspected of seeking drones for Hamas

May 19, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A 28-year-old man was remanded in custody in Denmark on Monday on suspicions of purchasing drones to be used in a Hamas “terrorist attack,” Danish intelligence said Monday. Flemming Drejer, head of operations at Denmark’s PET intelligence service, said in a […]

CAIR leader who serves on California state civil rights panel cheers Biden’s cancer diagnosis, says Trump’s ‘time will come’ Zahra Billoo says Biden’s cancer diagnosis is 'God’s wrath' for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war

May 19, 2025 Chuck Ross

(Free Beacon) An official with the anti-Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations who also serves on a California state civil rights board is cheering former president Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and expressed hope that President Donald Trump’s “time will come too,” citing the […]

EU faces ultimatum on Muslim Brotherhood funding France and Austria to present demand for new safeguards for official grants

May 19, 2025 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) France and Austria are to team up against European funding for Islamist extremist groups. Benjamin Haddad, the French junior minister for Europe, met Claudia Plakolm, Austria’s minister for Europe, on Monday to forge a common position. Ms Plakolm used a post […]

France calls for greater checks on EU funding to fight antisemitism, Islamism Brussels needs to act in the face of 'an alarming increase of hate speech and hate crime,' Paris proposes.

May 19, 2025 Clea Caulcutt

(Politico) France is pushing for more scrutiny on how EU grants are allocated in an attempt to fight antisemitism, hate speech and the funding of entities “obviously hostile to our common values.” France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad also said he would ask […]

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