(Deutsche Welle) The trial against Farhad N., a 25-year-old Afghan man accused of driving a car into a crowd of people in Munich this February, began at the city’s Higher Regional Court on Tuesday. The defendant faces two counts of murder and […]
(National-UAE) A 38-year-old French woman repatriated from Syria in 2022 after joining ISIS in Syria has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Details of the life of the woman, known as Lucie C, were discussed during a three-day trial at the […]
(Reuters) Two British-Lebanese men appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with belonging to the banned Iran-backed group Hezbollah and attending terrorism training camps, with one of the two accused of helping procure parts for drones. Annis Makki, 40, is charged […]
(BBC) A 22-year-old man who promoted “violent jihad” by sharing online content has been jailed. A mobile phone found at Cameron Gloria De Almeida’s home in Leeds linked him to a cloud-based storage account he had used “to share electronic libraries of […]
(LBC) The police and courts have been accused of trying to “downplay” the rape of a child by two Afghan migrants. The case of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal was shrouded in secrecy from an early stage. Despite arriving in the UK […]
(NL Times) Dutch prosecutors have cleared Secretary of State Jurgen Nobel and Prime Minister Dick Schoof of criminal charges over controversial remarks made following violence at the Ajax-Maccabi soccer match in Amsterdam on November 7 last year. Nobel, secretary of state for […]
(AFP) A Syrian man who was arrested at the scene of a stabbing that killed a teen and wounded five others in Austria has admitted terror offences, prosecutors said on Monday. The 23-year-old suspect was detained in February in the southern city […]
(BBC) The government is considering a draft definition of anti-Muslim hatred which does not include the term “Islamophobia.” The BBC has seen the form of words from the Islamophobia/anti-Muslim hatred working group, which the government has taken to stakeholders for consultation. Free […]
(Swiss Info) A 25-year-old man was detained ahead of last May’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel after allegedly making violent threats against Jewish people. He was later deported to France by the Swiss authorities. The event was intended as a celebration of […]
(Brussels Times) The East Flanders provincial council will vote again next week on a neutrality policy that would ban students from wearing headscarves in seven provincial schools. The initial decision was annulled in July by Flemish Minister of Internal Affairs Hilde Crevits […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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