Damien McElroy – Eye on Islamism

EU faces ultimatum on Muslim Brotherhood funding France and Austria to present demand for new safeguards for official grants

May 19, 2025 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) France and Austria are to team up against European funding for Islamist extremist groups. Benjamin Haddad, the French junior minister for Europe, met Claudia Plakolm, Austria’s minister for Europe, on Monday to forge a common position. Ms Plakolm used a post […]

Senior MP hits out at erasing extremists’ effort to take over UK schools Khalid Mahmood is concerned local schools in his city are at the centre of an ideological battle

December 11, 2022 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) A leading British MP has spoken out against a concerted campaign to cover up efforts by extremists to take over UK schools and radicalise pupils. Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for a Birmingham seat and the longest serving Muslim in the […]

Nice 2016 attacker ‘cannot be divorced from ISIS’ Six years after attack that killed 86 people in southern France, there is a chance to bring accomplices to justice

September 7, 2022 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) French officers investigating the 2016 Nice attack told a court that the ISIS terrorist group bore responsibility for the “lone wolf” rampage, having drawn in Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel through propaganda in the weeks before the July 14 killing spree. The Tunisian used […]

Austria adopts anti-terrorism laws that put Muslim Brotherhood groups in crosshairs Extremist groups' symbols banned with a €10,000 ... fine for offenders

July 8, 2021 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Austria has adopted new penalties against the promotion of extremist groups, including those with links to “religiously-motivated crimes,” that will ban the symbols of a range of terrorist groups. The new federal law prohibits the use of symbols representing ISIS, Al […]

New Islamic Relief Worldwide chairman celebrated Muslim Brotherhood on social media Posts by employees of the global charity raise concerns over extremist influence for governments

August 27, 2020 Damien McElroy and Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Senior employees of Islamic Relief Worldwide, a British registered charity, have regularly published social media posts showing support for Hamas and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, and circulating conspiracy theories. Three current employees have used personal accounts to highlight material of a type […]

Ban on Qaradawi urged by French commission into Islamist radicalisation Capture by Muslim Brotherhood of elite institutions and grassroots organisations across France aids radicalisation

July 21, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) A French commission of inquiry has called for the leading Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Yusuf Al Qaradawi and his supporters to be barred from France, as it puts forward recommendations to reduce the group’s influence. The 44 recommendations in the report on […]

Austria takes ‘pioneering’ approach to tackle influence of political Islam Austrian Integration Minister [Susanne] Raab sets up new centre to document Islamist ideological control over community groups

July 15, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Austria launched an initiative on Wednesday to identify and register social and educational institutions that are the targets of Islamist-controlled organisations for political purposes. The new approach will involve an audit of groups through the country’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam, […]

Uproar in Italy over Qatari influence under bilateral funding agreement Italian politicians fear Rome is aiding expansionist agenda of Doha and Muslim Brotherhood

June 2, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Italy has ratified an agreement with Qatar that will give the Gulf country an official platform to fund organisations and build mosques, a move that has bitterly divided politicians in Rome. Warnings that ratification of the accord would let Doha use […]

Coronavirus claims life of Sweden’s leading terror recruiter Swedish intelligence monitored shoe salesman with links to plotters from Mumbai to Brussels

May 26, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Sweden’s leading terrorism expert has confirmed the death of one of the country’s central figures in radicalisation circles and a key “recruiter” with links to the perpetrators of terrorist plots around the world. Over 15 years, Swedish intelligence had gathered evidence […]

Disgraced French secret agent stole identity of Tariq Ramadan accuser Woman subjected to social media abuse by supporters of the Oxford professor

May 14, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Efforts to bring Tariq Ramadan to justice over alleged rapes of women have taken another sinister twist after it emerged that his supporters engaged a rogue French intelligence expert to expose the identity of an accuser. Lawyers for the woman known […]

European prisons releasing 1,000 returned ISIS fighters in 2020 poses new security challenge UN co-ordinator tells 'The National' that counter-terrorism effort is crucial after military defeat

May 6, 2020 Damien McElroy and Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The threat from ISIS will be greater after the release of 1,000 of its returned fighters from European prisons over the course of 2020, chief analyst at the UN told the National. Efforts to reform Europeans from the ISIS battlefields through […]

Germany confirms Islamic Relief ties to Muslim Brotherhood Federal government aid payments to British-based charity under official scrutiny

April 17, 2019 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) German officials have accused Islamic Relief Worldwide of “significant” connections to the underground Muslim Brotherhood, triggering concerns among politicians over the diversion of official funds to Islamists. A submission to the Bundesrat revealed that the powerful Federal Court of Audit was […]

Qatar ‘spent huge sums on Muslim Brotherhood groups in Europe’ Scale of payments from Doha to Tariq Ramadan also revealed in documents published in new book

April 5, 2019 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Details of the lavish payments made by Qatar to Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Europe, including furnishing funds the academic Tariq Ramadan has used for legal fees to fight rape allegations, have emerged in a new book. Qatar Papers — How the […]

French Muslims must resist Islamist extremists: Hakim El Karoui French author calls for mobilisation against Islamists in bold call on President Macron to champion reform

September 13, 2018 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) The role of a revolutionary from within is never an easy one but for Hakim El Karoui that is exactly the challenge he has set himself as he seeks to change the place for Islam in French life. The banker turned […]

Campaigners decry attack on Tory plan to tackle Islamophobia Conservative efforts to root out Islamophobia defended against Baroness Warsi's complaints

July 4, 2018 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Campaigners against Islamophobia distanced themselves from Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the former chairman of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party, as she reignited her feud with its leadership over Islamophobia. Weeks after the Conservative chairman Brandon Lewis announced it would work with campaigners to […]