Month: December 2025

Law Enforcement

Italian police arrest nine and seize €8 million in Hamas financing probe Investigators said the money also supported families of people involved in suicide attacks or imprisoned for terrorism offences, which prosecutors argued strengthened Hamas' operational capacity.

December 27, 2025   

(Euronews) Italian police arrested nine people accused of financing Hamas through charitable associations that investigators said raised at least €7.3 million for the Palestinian militant group. Police and the Guardia di Finanza executed arrest warrants and seized more than €8 million in […]

Legal

Finland releases 3 men suspected of financing PKK terrorism Helsinki District Court imposed an enhanced travel ban on all three suspects. They are still under investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

December 26, 2025   

(Yle) Helsinki District Court has released three men suspected of financing a terrorist group. Two of the suspects were released last Friday and the third on Tuesday this week. However, the District Court has imposed an enhanced travel ban on the men, who […]

Government & Politics

French city caught between dreams of Mamdani and the taint of Muslim Brotherhood Strasbourg's Muslim candidates are under nationwide scrutiny before local elections

December 25, 2025   

(National-UAE) In a Turkish-style restaurant in Strasbourg sits a self-described far-left, anti-racist, feminist politician who wants to be France’s equivalent of New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Cem Yoldas is seeking election in March as mayor of Strasbourg, France’s eighth largest city, but […]

Interfaith

Islamic State supporters guilty of planning ‘most deadly’ gun attack on Jewish targets in Manchester Greater Manchester Police said the consequences of carrying out such an attack on the Jewish community would have been 'catastrophic.'

December 23, 2025   

(Sky News) Two Islamic State extremists have been found guilty of plotting a deadly gun attack on Manchester’s Jewish community. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday. They had bought […]

Children & Teens

Petition launched to scrap ‘anti-Muslim hatred’ definition amid fears it could silence grooming gangs debate Campaigners warn the proposed changes risk creating a climate of fear

December 22, 2025   

(GB News) Labour is under mounting pressure over a new government-backed definition of “anti-Muslim hatred” after a petition was sent to MPs calling for the plans to be scrapped. It comes amid warnings the definition could shut down honest discussion about grooming […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Austrian coalition party’s anti-Muslim post sparks backlash Several politicians condemn post that suggested 'two-thirds of people find it difficult to live alongside Muslims'

December 22, 2025   

(Anadolu) An anti-Muslim social media post shared by the Austrian People’s Party (OVP), a member of Austria’s coalition government, has drawn widespread criticism from across the political spectrum. Several politicians condemned the post, which was shared on the party’s official social media […]

Clerics & Preachers

Government proposes ban on cousin marriages

December 19, 2025   

(Copenhagen Post) The Danish government has prepared legislation to ban marriages between cousins, as reported by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration. Immigration Minister Rasmus Stoklund views cousin marriages as an outdated, patriarchal tradition inappropriate for Denmark. The proposal seeks to prohibit […]

Crime

Alleged ‘I love 7 October’ chanter charged after CPS twice decline to take action The Metropolitan police have said that 'a file of evidence was sent to the CPS in January'

December 19, 2025   

(Jewish News) A pro-Palestinian activist who allegedly chanted “I love 7 October” during an anti-Israel protest has been charged by the Metropolitan police after the CPS repeatedly declined to take the case further. Police arrested Mohamed Hassn, of Unwin Way, Stanmore, on […]

Academics & Education

Belgian provincial government approves headscarf ban for students from next academic year Protesters gather outside provincial government, chanting, 'My headscarf, my choice'

December 17, 2025   

(Anadolu) The provincial government of East Flanders has approved a headscarf ban for students in provincial schools beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, broadcaster VRT reported on Wednesday. Earlier attempts to implement a similar measure were blocked by Flemish Minister of Internal […]

Government & Politics

EU governments tell Commission to step up action on migration Countries want the EU executive to embrace initiatives like so-called return hubs: facilities outside the EU where migrants can be deported to.

December 16, 2025   

(Politico) A group of 19 EU countries is pushing the European Commission to take a tougher line on migration beyond the bloc’s borders, arguing that last week’s EU deal on asylum and returns has changed the political weather in Brussels. In particular, […]

Children & Teens

Laws that ban FGM are harmful and ‘stigmatising’ towards migrant communities, academics say Contributors to the piece include scholars from the University of Cambridge, University of Bristol and Brighton and Sussex Medical School

December 16, 2025   

(GB News) Laws that ban female genital mutilation (FGM) have been deemed harmful and perpetuate stigma towards migrant communities, a group of 25 academics from leading British universities has said. The essay, published in the British Medical Journal‘s (BMJ) Journal of Medical […]

Clerics & Preachers

Italian court frees imam who praised October 7 attack The ruling overturning Mohamed Shahin’s detention has sparked a backlash from the Italian right, which has accused judges of undermining public security.

December 16, 2025   

(European Conservative) An Italian appeal court has ordered the release of a Turin-based imam who had praised the October 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel, ruling that his remarks did not pose an immediate threat to public security. Mohamed Shahin, a 46-year-old Egyptian […]

Clerics & Preachers

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   

(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 […]

Government & Politics

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   

(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 […]

Demographics

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   

(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 […]