December 2025 – Eye on Islamism

Germany: 5 arrested for suspected Christmas market plot The five men are suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated attack on a Christmas market in southern Germany, the Munich public prosecutor's office said.

December 13, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) German authorities have arrested five men suspected of planning an attack on a Christmas market, the Munich public prosecutor’s office said Saturday. What do we know so far? The foiled plot was targeting a Christmas market in the area of Dingolfing in the […]

Afghan asylum seekers were ‘on the streets for a month’ after they admitted raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl

December 12, 2025 Asher McShane

(LBC) Two Afghan rapists were reportedly allowed to walk the streets for a month despite admitting the rape of a 15-year-old girl. Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, targeted the girl in the horrific attack in a park in Leamington Spa […]

Spanish Vox politician sparks outrage by wearing niqab in Murcia parliament

December 12, 2025 Letara Draghia

(Euro Weekly) A Vox regional deputy in Spain, Virginia Martínez, sparked controversy this week after she arrived at the Murcia Regional Assembly wearing a niqab to defend a motion calling for restrictions on Islamic face coverings in public spaces. The incident occurred […]

Alleged associate of synagogue attacker faces trial

December 12, 2025 Ewan Gawne

(BBC) An alleged associate of Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie is to face trial accused of driving him to survey the UK’s Defence Academy to carry out hostile reconnaissance. Mohammad Bashir, 31, of Shaftsbury Road, Manchester, appeared by videolink at the Old […]

Pro-Gaza MP sparks outrage by blaming Israel for Bibas family deaths in Gaza JLC condemns Iqbal Mohamed MP over social media post

December 12, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Jewish News) An independent MP elected on a pro-Gaza platform has shared a social media post alleging that Israel was responsible for the deaths of the Bibas family, who were taken hostage in Gaza. The post shared by Iqbal Mohamed, MP for […]

Germany revokes pledges to grant asylum to Afghans Around 1,800 people from Afghanistan are hoping for humanitarian asylum in Germany. But hundreds of Afghans waiting in Pakistan will be told they can no longer come, reflecting a tougher political stance on migration.

December 11, 2025 Bernd Riegert

(Deutsche Welle) Afghans who had been told they could move to Germany will be informed in the next few days “that there is no longer any political interest in their admission.” With these terse words, the spokeswoman for the German Interior Ministry, Sonja Kock, revealed that 640 […]

Austria bans headscarves in schools for under-14s

December 11, 2025 Bethany Bell

(BBC) Austria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14. The conservative-led coalition of three centrist parties, the ÖVP, the SPÖ and the Neos, says the law is a “clear commitment to gender equality,” but […]

Italian Islamist strategy: ‘If we vote our own, we’ll control politics’ Influencer and activist Ibrahim Youssef encourages Muslims in Italy to emulate the 'Zionist lobby.'

December 10, 2025 Javier Villamor

(European Conservative) In several European countries, a political trend that until now remained discreet is becoming increasingly visible: the deliberate construction of Islamist lobbies inspired by models already employed by other pressure groups. A recent example is that of Italian activist and […]

Released jihadists, online radicalization keep Netherlands at substantial terror threat

December 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The Netherlands remains at a “substantial” risk of terrorism, with the national threat level held at 4, the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) reported in its December 2025 threat assessment. The NCTV said the current threat reflects […]

Hamas expands European reach, posing ‘high likelihood’ of terror attack in next six months, intel report warns

December 9, 2025 Ailin Vilches Arguello

(Algemeiner) Hamas operatives have pushed far beyond Gaza, embedding themselves across Europe — and now posing a growing threat inside the United Kingdom, where covert arms caches and active attack plots have put intelligence services on high alert, according to a new […]

Lone-wolf terror threat rising as youth radicalize online, says counter-terror office

December 9, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security is warning that terrorist attacks in the Netherlands are increasingly committed by individuals acting alone, a shift that authorities say makes plots harder to detect and stop. The new warning appears in […]

Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan sentenced for raping girl, 15, in Leamington Spa park

December 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) Two asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been sentenced for raping a 15-year-old girl in a park in Warwickshire. Israr Niazal and Jan Juahanzeb, who are both 17, assaulted the girl in Newbold Comyn country park in Leamington Spa on Saturday, 10 […]

Family of Somalian ISIS leader living in taxpayer-funded flat in Britain: report

December 8, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) The wife and children of a Somalian ISIS leader are reportedly living in taxpayer-funded accommodation in Britain. The purported global leader of the so-called Islamic State terrorist network, Abdul Qadir Mumin, has a wife and three children living in a council apartment […]

Palestinian artist who celebrated Oct. 7 to decorate Norway’s new government building Palestinian artist Jumana Manna claimed that 'upon hearing early news that Hamas militants breached the barrier surrounding the Gaza Strip, I shared a few stories on my Instagram page.'

December 7, 2025 Mathilda Heller

(Jerusalem Post) A Palestinian visual artist and filmmaker who seemingly praised the October 7 Hamas attack was selected to design the biggest and most visible space in Oslo’s new Government Quarter, which will open in 2026. Jumana Manna, who was raised in […]

UK Parliament briefing outlines stepped-up Iranian threats on British soil

December 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Iran International) A briefing prepared for MPs by the UK House of Commons Library said Iranian operatives had increasingly sought to carry out kidnappings, physical attacks and assassinations against dissidents and opponents in Britain. The House of Commons Library provides research briefings […]

A new battle over the veil in Swiss schools

December 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Le News) A campaign to ban the Islamic headscarf from all public schools has resurfaced in Switzerland, pushing a local controversy onto the national stage. On Monday a right-leaning group linked to the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP) submitted a petition in Bern […]

Alleged associate of synagogue attacker in court

December 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A man who allegedly drove the Manchester synagogue attacker to survey a UK defence site has appeared in court. Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, is accused of driving Jihad Al-Shamie to UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, on 14 August for a […]

Convicted terrorist from Iraq jailed after entering UK illegally on a small boat Rebwar Hamad was extradited to Italy from the UK after being convicted of terrorist offences there. He was investigated when he tried to re-enter Britain.

December 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) A convicted terrorist from Iraq who entered the UK illegally has been sentenced to more than two years in jail. Rebwar Hamad, 48, from Iraq, arrived with other migrants on 19 September and later pleaded guilty to entering the country […]

Muslim Brotherhood under ‘close review’ for UK ban Government confirms that extremist organisation could be barred under terror laws

December 5, 2025 Thomas Harding

(National-UAE) The British government has put the Muslim Brotherhood under “close review,” with the prospect that it could be banned from the UK. The prime minister’s official spokesman has confirmed to the National that the extremist group, which seeks close ties to […]

Jury finds two men accused of ‘Khaybar’ chant not guilty of inciting racial hatred The verdict in the case of Khaldoun Ahmad El-Ali and Mohammad Jihad Al Safi was announced this afternoon

December 4, 2025 Daniel Sugarman

(Jewish News) Jewish communal organisations have expressed frustration after two men who allegedly chanted an infamous slogan citing the massacre of Jews were found by a jury to be not guilty of intent to stir up racial hatred. Video footage from an […]

Nineteen war crime cases opened into Syrian fighters residing in Belgium

December 4, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) One year after the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime, Belgium’s federal prosecutor is investigating 19 cases of suspected war crimes by individuals from Syria. The investigations were revealed on Thursday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), with Belgian […]

Terror charges for man known to synagogue attacker

December 4, 2025 Ewan Gawne

(BBC) A man has been charged with terror offences after allegations he drove the Manchester synagogue attacker to survey a UK defence facility. Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, who lives in Cheetham Hill, north Manchester, has been charged with one count of preparation […]

Synagogue attack victim says Al-Shamie ‘radiated evil’

December 4, 2025 Emma Barnett and Lauren Hirst

(BBC) On the morning of 2 October, father-of-four Yoni Finlay was nervous as he prepared to help lead Yom Kippur prayers at his synagogue for the first time. But not long after the service began, 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie launched a deadly attack […]

Sweden sent millions to extremist-linked groups Swedish officials have been told to stop financing groups that are 'undermining democracy.'

December 3, 2025 Michael Curzon

(European Conservative) Swedish taxpayers have been funding organisations tied to extremism, a leading political scientist warns, including a mosque that Sweden’s security service says has been used as an intelligence hub for the Iranian regime. The Imam Ali Islamic Centre in Järfälla […]

Leicestershire Police and DMU create hijab for front-line Muslim police officers

December 3, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) A specially designed hijab for female front-line Muslim police officers has gone into production in Leicestershire after a team effort between the county’s police force and De Montfort University. The design includes a quick-release system so the lower section detaches if […]

German police arrest two suspected IS terrorist group members Two Iraqi nationals were arrested in raids across five German cities for allegedly being part of the IS terrorist group between 2016 and 2017.

December 3, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Euronews) Germany arrested two Iraqi nationals suspected of membership in the so-called Islamic State group (IS) on Tuesday in coordinated raids across five cities, the federal public prosecutor announced on Wednesday. Muthana S and Kais S J were detained in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, […]

Pope criticises anti-Muslim ‘fears’ in Europe, US

December 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday criticised anti-migrant activists who stoke “fears” of Islam and said co-operation between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon should be an example for Europe and the United States. The 70-year-old pope spoke to reporters on the plane […]

German court bars Muslim woman from serving as judge due to her headscarf Administrative court rules state neutrality outweighs religious freedom; critics say decision discriminates against Muslim women seeking public office

December 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Anadolu) A German court has ruled that a Muslim woman cannot serve as a judge or prosecutor if she refuses to remove her headscarf during court proceedings, a decision critics call a violation of religious freedoms. The administrative court in Hesse announced […]

Man in court for attempted terrorist murder after wild ride through Antwerp

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The federal prosecutor has demanded a ten-year prison sentence for a man being prosecuted for attempted murder with a terrorist motive, among other charges. On the evening of 17 January, a 35-year-old man from Borgerhout recklessly drove his car at […]

Brother of Manchester Jewish terror plot accused thought arrest was kidnapping, court hears

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) The brother of a man accused of plotting to kill Jewish people at a mass gathering in Manchester has told a jury that he thought he was being “abducted or kidnapped” when police came to arrest him. Bilel Saadaoui claimed six […]

Police confirm pro-Gaza MP’s involvement in Maccabi fan ban amid claims of political pressure In front of a parliamentary committee West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford confirms his force 'met with' Ayoub Khan to discuss plans for the match

December 1, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) The central role played by an MP who campaigned to have Israeli football clubs thrown out of European competitions in the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a game against Aston Villa has been confirmed by police chiefs […]

Two minors, one Russian, held in Paris over antisemitic plot

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Two minors, including a Russian national, have been placed in custody in Paris on suspicion of plotting an antisemitic attack, according to judicial and press sources. The Russian, a Chechen 16-year-old who came to France with his mother four years ago, […]

Mosque chair faces suspension over Hamas post

December 1, 2025 Hannah Miller

(BBC) A Green Party councillor and chair of one of the region’s biggest mosques faces a possible three-year charity suspension imposed by the Charity Commission after sharing a social media post about the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Abdul Malik was […]

Europe’s growing ‘honour killing’ problem The brutal murder of an 18-year-old girl in the Netherlands, allegedly at the hands of her own family members, must force an uncomfortable conversation about migration and integration.

December 1, 2025 Lauren Smith

(European Conservative) Last May, two brothers allegedly bound their 18-year-old sister in packing tape, gagged her, and drowned her in a swamp. This was an honour killing, motivated by what the girl’s brothers saw as her “westernisation.” During the trial last week, […]

Erasmus bridge killer should be jailed for 20 years: prosecutor

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) An Amersfoort man who stabbed another man to death on the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam last September and seriously injured a second should be jailed for 20 years, followed by psychiatric prison, the public prosecution department said at his trial […]

Terrorism trial starts against suspect in Rotterdam bridge knife attack; one killed

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The trial against Ayoub M. from Amersfoort, the man suspected of a fatal knife attack at [Erasmus] Bridge in Rotterdam in September last year, starts in the high-security courtroom at Schiphol Airport on Monday. The now 23-year-old man is facing […]