Nicky Harley

British charity regulator investigates charity that funded Peace TV Channels handed back broadcasting licences ahead of fines for content

May 15, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) An investigation has been launched into a UK charity that funded television channels which have been fined by the country’s media regulator. The Charity Commission is to examine the operations of the Islamic Research Foundation International, which is run by Indian-born […]

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 […]

New head of anti-radicalisation probe sought in UK after campaign of complaint UK's Prevent scheme has had a 50% drop in referrals due to the coronavirus outbreak

April 27, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Britain has launched a search for a new independent reviewer of its biggest anti-radicalisation scheme after the appointment of a former reviewer of terror laws caused a backlash and legal action. The Prevent programme has been the main platform for monitoring […]

Experts warn that high-profile ISIS terror arrest in Spain shows group is using virus lockdowns to move around Europe One of Europe's most wanted terrorists, British extremist Abdel Majed Abdel Bary, had used a coronavirus face mask as a disguise

April 22, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Terrorists are using the coronavirus lockdown to infiltrate Europe, experts said. One of Europe’s most high-profile ISIS terrorists, Abdel Majed Abdel Bary, was arrested in Spain on Tuesday and last week, a new ISIS terrorist cell was caught in Germany. British […]

European terror investigations rise by 14 per cent Crime agency Eurojust has helped capture an Isis extremist and tackled terror propaganda

April 15, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The number of EU terror investigations has risen by 14 per cent. It comes as the bloc’s crime agency has exposed thousands of cases of Isis propaganda. Crime agency Eurojust has revealed it dealt with 222 terror cases last year compared […]

Google rejects requests by EU terrorists to wipe reports of their crimes Social media giant reveals to 'The National' that it has received almost 40 requests

March 19, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Google has rejected dozens of requests from convicted terrorists and their families to delete news reports on atrocities that killed hundreds of people. Terrorists across Europe have asked the media giant to act under the EU’s “right to be forgotten” scheme […]

Second Swedish school linked to extremism by security services Sweden’s security service Sapo says children are at risk of being subjected to radicalisation

December 23, 2019 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Sweden’s security service has warned an extremist network has been meeting at a school and says children are at risk of radicalisation. It comes weeks after another school was shut down after it was revealed its staff had included former ISIS […]

French senator warns of ISIS attack over monitoring failings on anniversary of Strasbourg atrocity French senator Nathalie Goulet warns France’s terror surveillance systems are inadequate

December 11, 2019 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) A major European counterterrorism politician has warned that France’s monitoring of extremists is still failing a year after a terror attack in Strasbourg. ISIS extremist Cherif Chekatt killed five people and wounded 11 others during a shooting and stabbing spree at […]

Calls to shut Swedish school where ‘ISIS teachers’ taught in classrooms Politicians demand closure of leading state-funded school accused of hiring former militants as teachers

November 21, 2019 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Calls are mounting for the closure of a leading state-funded Islamic school in Sweden that was accused of hiring ISIS fighters as teachers after their return from Syria. The chancellor of Vetenskapsskolan school in Gothenburg, Abdel Nasser El Nadi, has been […]

Qatari charity head gives millions to European Muslim Brotherhood-linked bodies Some of the money has gone to groups linked to a hate preacher banned in the UK

June 29, 2019 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The head of a Qatari charity that founded a website instructing Muslims to hate Jews and Christians is behind more than £28.2 million (Dh131.4 m) in donations given to a UK benevolent fund. Some of the money has recently been given […]

‘Dangerous’ Muslim Brotherhood fatwa app in Apple Store’s top 100 downloads Exclusive: Despite calls for the Muslim Brotherhood-linked app to be banned for its 'poisonous' content, it remains among the most downloaded

June 20, 2019 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) A “dangerous hate” app linked to the Muslim Brotherhood has been in the top 100 downloads in the Apple Store in a third of European countries since its launch, despite international calls for it to be banned. The Euro Fatwa app, […]