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Converting to Islam
Accused Islamic State terrorist Neil Prakash visited radical mosque by chance, court told
(Age) A sliding doors moment led to accused Islamic State terrorist and recruiter Neil Prakash’s downward spiral into the world of extreme religious ideology after he attended a controversial mosque in Melbourne’s south-east. Details of Prakash’s conversion to Islam emerged during the […]
Children & Teens
Not bringing home jihadi kids ‘is more risky,’ counter-terror agency says
(Dutch News) Bringing back IS wives and children from Syria will be better for national security, the counter-terrorism agency NCTV said in a confidential memo in 2018, the Volkskrant reported on Friday afternoon. The memo was made public by lawyers for 23 […]
Children & Teens
France sets up controversial registry to monitor children of jihadists repatriated from Syria and Iraq Lawyers and relatives of over 200 minors complain of stigmatization from the official personal database
(El País) The French government has given the green light for the establishment of a registry to monitor the more than 200 minors who have returned from Syria or Iraq in recent years, according to a government decree approved on April 7. […]