(Radio France) France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has announced that 90,000 members of the security forces will be mobilised across the entire French territory on Wednesday ahead of the New Year celebrations. “On New Year’s Eve, many people go out into the […]
(GB News) Two extremists who plotted a terror attack against Jews in Manchester are being held in a cushy jail where inmates are given paint classes and DVDs. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were convicted last week over their plot […]
(BBC) A man arrested after a crowbar attack at a Merseyside hospital has since been detained under the Mental Health Act, police have said. Six people were injured after a man assaulted staff and patients shortly after 12:00 GMT on Tuesday at […]
(BBC) The British-Egyptian activist at the centre of a political row appears to have endorsed new and baseless claims that he is the victim of a “smear campaign.” Alaa Abd El Fattah flew to the UK on Friday to be reunited with […]
(JFeed) A Palestinian-owned cafe in London’s upscale Marylebone neighborhood has sparked outrage by displaying portraits of a detained Gaza doctor alleged to be a high-ranking Hamas commander, placed prominently on outdoor chairs just minutes from a popular Jewish restaurant. The move drew […]
(GB News) Counter-terrorism police are assessing Egyptian extremist Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s tweets, after he described the killing of Zionists as heroic and appeared to call for violence against the police. Mr El-Fattah returned to the UK on Boxing Day after receiving a […]
(LBC) A 20-year-old man, originally from Afghanistan, has been arrested after five people were assaulted in a hospital, police said. Officers were called to Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows just after 12pm on Tuesday following a report a man had attacked several […]
(Breitbart) A leading immigration expert has warned that Germany is facing a “demographic time bomb” if it allows the massive influx of alleged refugees from Syria to become citizens as they will be enabled to bring their family members to the country. […]
(Brussels Signal) Austria’s ruling People’s Party (ÖVP) has called for a total ban of the use of Islamic law, Sharia, in Austria. On December 29 Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker announced he would put the ban on the agenda for an upcoming closed-door […]
(ANSA) A Sicilian appeals court on Tuesday upheld its December 15 quashing of an expulsion order for a Turin imam deemed by the interior ministry a threat to Italy on grounds of his allegedly extremist views including stating that the Hamas attacks […]
(NL Times) A Syrian man arrested two weeks ago in Vlissingen was under investigation for several crimes related to terrorism, including a possible plot to launch an attack around Christmastime, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old “may […]
(BBC) British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived following his release from an Egyptian jail. Tory […]
(Jewish News) Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is unlikely to face deportation from the UK, despite historic social media posts supporting violence against Zionists and derogatory remarks about British people. Jewish News understands government officials believe that his actions do not meet […]
(Middle East Eye) The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called on the UK government to explain its decision to strip a British woman of her citizenship after she fled to Syria as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State (IS) […]
(ANSA) Lawyers for Italy’s Palestinian Association president Mohammad Hannoun, accused of being the kingpin in a scam for allegedly siphoning charitable donations to Hamas, said Monday their arrested client had always operated in a traceable manner. A meeting between Hannoun, a Jordanian […]
(ANSA) The president of the Association of Palestinians in Italy has been arrested on suspicion of siphoning off charitable donations to Gaza and diverting them to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The man, Mohammad Hannoun, was among nine people named on arrest […]
(BBC) The Conservatives have called for a British-Egyptian activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media messages emerged of him calling for Zionists to be killed. Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised for saying he was […]
(GB News) A former MI6 operative has issued a stark warning that Britain faces the threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack comparable to 9/11 or the 7/7 London [attack]. Aimen Dean, who worked as a double agent within the terrorist organisation for […]
(Jewish News) Senior government ministers including the prime minister have provoked fury by welcoming the arrival to the UK of an activist who had previously called for “all Zionists” to be killed. Dual British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a democracy activist in […]
(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 […]
(AFP) The suspect in the stabbing of three women in the Paris metro has been released from custody and moved to a psychiatric hospital, prosecutors said Saturday. The man was arrested suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro on Friday […]
(AFP) French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP. The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(BBC) Two men who plotted to attack Jews in Greater Manchester in what could have been “the UK’s most deadly terrorist attack” were caught by an undercover operative who put himself in “significant danger,” police said. Walid Saadaoui, 38, arranged to smuggle […]
(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 […]
(AFP) Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in that country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said Tuesday. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(BBC) A 23-year-old man has been charged with being a member of the Islamic State group. Abdullah Yousef, of Galapagos Grove in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, was arrested on 16 December and charged with a string of terrorism offences on Monday. Mr Yousef […]
(GB News) A Palestinian migrant who arrived in Britain after crossing the Channel on a small boat has been released from prison after calling for the “death to all Jews.” Abu Wadee, 34, was jailed for nine months for attempting to enter […]
(Breitbart) A survey from the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) has found that at least one in three Muslims living in France believe that the Sharia law should be instituted globally. In a follow-up to its annual survey of Muslim opinion […]
(NL Times) The Dutch government has proposed legislation that would make it illegal to glorify terrorism or publicly support terrorist organizations, citing the growing threat such acts pose to national security and the democratic rule of law. The bill, which has completed […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(NL Times) A 23-year-old man who killed a German man and injured another in a stabbing attack at Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge on September 19, 2024, will receive treatment under forced psychiatric supervision (TBS with involuntary care), the court ruled Friday, concluding that […]
(GB News) Muslim gangs have launched a violent takeover of a drug-addled Kent jail, prison watchdogs have warned. HMP Swaleside has been placed under special measures after it emerged the religious gangs had gained unchecked control. Charlie Taylor, HM chief inspector of […]
(European Conservative) Three of the five men arrested in Bavaria over an alleged Islamist plot to attack a Christmas market entered Germany on skilled-worker visas, according to a report by Bild. German authorities last week detained the five suspects over plans to […]
(AFP) The second Frenchwoman to be repatriated from Syrian camps holding Islamic State (IS) members and displaced people was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years in prison. Carole Sun, 30, was found guilty of participating in a terrorist criminal conspiracy by a […]
(Anadolu) The Ghent Mosques Association (VGM) announced Thursday that it will appeal to Belgium’s Council of State to seek the annulment of the reinstated headscarf ban in provincial education in East Flanders, arguing that procedural requirements were not properly followed, Belga news […]
(TVP) Poland’s recent arrest of a 19-year-old university student accused of plotting a bomb attack on a Christmas market has reignited concerns about how radicalization can take root far from traditional conflict zones and often beyond the immediate view of security services. […]
(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 […]
(NL Times) A 33-year-old man seeking asylum in the Netherlands was taken into custody by Dutch authorities on allegations he was plotting a terrorist attack. The Syrian man was arrested in Dronten, Flevoland, on Nov. 28 at the facility for asylum seekers […]
(AFP) The Danish government said Wednesday that it is proposing to extend the country’s ban on full-face veils in public places to schools and universities. “Burqas, niqabs, or other clothing that hides people’s faces have no place in a Danish classroom,” Minister […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(Deutsche Welle) Authorities in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt say they are preparing to deport a 21-year-old Central Asian man on suspicion of planning a terror attack in Germany. State criminal police say the man, who arrived in Germany in June 2024, […]
(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 […]
(Notes from Poland) Poland has detained a man who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a Christmas market as an act of support for Islamic State. Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesman for the security services, announced on Tuesday morning that the suspect […]
(Deutsche Welle) German authorities have searched the home of a suspected supporter of the “Islamic State” militant group in the state of Baden-Württemberg amid concerns about possible attack planning. Prosecutors and state police said on Tuesday that officers searched the apartment of […]
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