(E-Notícies) Vox in Catalonia has been one of the most vehement parties in pointing out the incompatibility of Islam with Western values. This has sparked much controversy, especially since the Generalitat fined Sílvia Orriols 10,001 euros for expressing that idea. Vox not […]
(E-Notícies) The arrest this week of a fugitive jihadist in Spain who killed three people during his disappearance has questioned the functioning of the system. Despite having been convicted twice and having spent two years in prison, Allal El Mourabit had been […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of planning a gun attack has declined to attend his first appearance at the Old Bailey in London. Muhammad Billal, from Nelson in Lancashire, was arrested on 11 February and charged with two counts of the preparation of […]
(E-Notícies) Radical Islamism is already the main threat to national security in Spain and Europe, and news like this is even more unsettling. The police have arrested in France the serial killer of three farmers in Spain. He is Allal El Mourabit, […]
(Swiss Info) A trial of Geneva-based Islamologist Tariq Ramadan, accused of raping three women, is scheduled to take place from March 2-20 at the criminal court in Paris, AFP learned from a source close to the case. Tariq Ramadan will be tried […]
(NL Times) A 32-year-old man from North Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financing terrorism through Bitcoin transactions and violating the Dutch Sanctions Act. The arrest was made and reported by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). Authorities searched […]
(DPA) Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a law that allows for authorities to temporarily suspend the right of migrants to apply for asylum under emergency conditions, citing the need to strengthen the border with Belarus. Under the new law, in the […]
(AFP) Austria announced Wednesday that it would pause family reunifications for those with asylum status starting in May, becoming the first in the European Union to do so. Several EU countries are mulling stopping or tightening the right for people who cannot […]
(Jewish News) A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court accused of expressing support for Hamas and “celebrating” the 7 October massacre in Israel. Sarah Cotte, from Camden in north London, is alleged to have delivered a speech at the University of London’s […]
(Swiss Info) On Monday, the Federal Criminal Court sentenced two Islamic State supporters to custodial sentences and day fines. The Winterthur residents were found guilty of supporting a terrorist organisation and possessing images of violence. The two defendants are aged 23 and […]
(NL Times) The Dutch government cannot revoke the citizenship of a man born in Amsterdam with dual Dutch and Moroccan nationality who was previously convicted of terrorist offenses, [a] court ruled. The decision states that stripping his Dutch nationality would violate the […]
(Al Bawaba) An Algerian TikToker called “FobusTikTok” recently sparked outrage on social media after a video showcased him reading the Quran out loud inside a church in Strasbourg, France. The four-minute video shared across several social media platforms was condemned by many […]
(JNS) A 16-year-old boy of Palestinian descent was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a rabbi in front of the rabbi’s son in Orléans, about 75 miles southwest of Paris. The alleged assault, in which the suspect was said to have savagely […]
(Jerusalem Post) Three teenagers were charged in the regional court in Dusseldorf with planning a terror attack in Germany, Bild reported on Saturday. The group, of two 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy, were considering targeting a church, synagogue, or […]
(Sky News) A man who took a viable pressure cooker bomb into a hospital in Leeds intending to “kill as many nurses as possible” has been jailed for life. Mohammad Farooq was sentenced to a minimum term of 37 years at Sheffield […]
(E-Notícies) New police operation against jihadism in Catalonia. The National Police arrested a 36-year-old Moroccan man on Monday in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, accused of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State (ISIS). The detainee, who was in an advanced process of radicalization, […]
(ANSA) Italian police on Thursday arrested an alleged budding Islamistic terrorist living in the Brescia area, sources said. The suspect, a 46-year-old Italian man with Moroccan roots, allegedly downloaded jihadist propaganda and instructions for making homemade weapons. Investigators seized material including handwritten […]
(Arab News) Senior police officials have issued a warning that the British government’s plans to cut funding for Tell Mama, the UK’s leading anti-Muslim hate-monitoring service, could severely impact efforts to tackle Islamophobia. The charity, which has been entirely funded by the […]
(North Africa Post) Spanish authorities have arrested a suspected supporter of the terrorist group ISIS in Córdoba, southern Spain, in a counterterrorism operation carried out in coordination with Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). The suspect was identified through close intelligence-sharing […]
(Swiss Info) The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) is changing its asylum policy for men from Afghanistan. Single men with rejected asylum applications can now be deported to Afghanistan under certain circumstances. In certain cases, a return to Afghanistan is reasonable, the […]
(Radio France) France does not want “war with Algeria” but the North African nation is “aggressing” France by refusing to accept deportees, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Wednesday. “We are not bellicose, we do not want war with Algeria. It […]
(NL Times) Four men were convicted on Wednesday for crimes committed before and after a football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv FC of Israel. The harshest sentence given was the 12-week stint in prison that a 27-year-old man was ordered […]
(NL Times) Deputy Prime Minister Mona Keijzer will not be prosecuted for saying that “hatred of Jews is almost part of the culture” in Islamic countries, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled in a procedure trying to force prosecution. The BBB minister […]
(Dutch News) Asylum minister Marjolein Faber has rejected a plan by MPs to allow Syrians in the Netherlands to return home temporarily without losing their asylum status. Parliament voted for the temporary measure to give Syrians the chance to visit their homeland […]
(Iran International) An Iranian illegal immigrant in the UK, found to support Islamic State (ISIS) and pose a real and serious danger to the British public, will not face deportation for fear he will be tortured back in Iran, an investigation by […]
(Jerusalem Post) A 27-year-old woman is currently on trial after she reportedly assaulted a middle-aged Jewish woman after a lecture on antisemitism in Hamburg, Germany, local media reported on Tuesday. German media outlet taz reported that the defendant, Ayan M., continually berated co-plantiff […]
(Kathimerini) The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union in the Eastern Mediterranean, which includes Greece, dropped by 35% in the first two months of 2025, to nearly 6,500, according to preliminary data collected by Frontex. After peaking at around […]
(Jewish News) The Metropolitan Police has decided not to pursue charges against an East London imam who delivered a sermon invoking curses on Jews and calling for the destruction of their homes. The Jewish Chronicle reports that the sermon, delivered in the […]
(Rudaw) The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Rawa Majid, the Kurdish leader of Foxtrot Network, a transnational criminal organization based in Sweden, over his reported involvement in arms and drugs trafficking and cooperation with Iran in “attacks on Israeli and […]
(BBC) A man from Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. The 47-year-old was detained at an address in Alum Rock on Wednesday, following a planned operation, West Midlands Police said. He was held on suspicion of supporting a proscribed […]
(Yle) Finns Party Minister Mari Rantanen survived a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday by a margin of 94–53, with 15 abstentions and 37 MPs absent. The vote was called by the opposition Greens and supported by the Left Alliance. The parties […]
(AP) The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers, according to a new migration proposal unveiled Tuesday. Only 20% of people with a deportation order […]
(NL Times) A 20-year-old Syrian man residing in Rotterdam was arrested on March 7 in Apeldoorn on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organization and planning a terrorist attack. The arrest was carried out without incident by the Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI), […]
(ITV) Police have arrested an alleged Hamas supporter who appears to have arrived in the UK by small boat last week. ITV News understands Abu Wadei was arrested by Immigration Enforcement on Sunday for entry without leave, and remains in police custody. […]
(E-Notícies) The National Police and the Mossos d’Esquadra dismantled a Pakistani terrorist cell installed in Barcelona last week. They arrested ten people who, according to the investigations, planned to behead activists and public figures critical of Islam. They also wanted to spread […]
(Yle) A joint statement signed by a total of nine Muslim organisations has called on the Finnish government to take “immediate action” in response to reports of alleged discrimination by the Interior Ministry in the allocating of quota refugee places for this […]
(AFP) Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz said on Saturday he had agreed on tough restrictions on irregular immigration in talks with his likely future governing partners. Europe’s biggest economy would reject undocumented migrants at its borders, including asylum seekers, said Merz […]
(ITV) A man has appeared in court charged with terror offences. Cameron Gloria De Almeida, 21, of Garnet Place, Beeston, Leeds, spoke to confirm his personal details when he appeared via videolink at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 8 March. He […]
(Jerusalem Post) Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, a 28-year-old Iraqi national who gained legal permanent residence in Texas after receiving refugee status, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. Alqaysi was […]
(E-Notícies) The Mossos d’Esquadra, in collaboration with the National Police and the Italian police, have managed to dismantle a terrorist organization linked to jihadist doctrine. This operation resulted in the arrest of eleven individuals, with most of the arrests made in Barcelona […]
(DPA) Fewer asylum seekers were granted protection status in Germany in January and February compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures released by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) on Friday. Some 19.1% of applicants […]
(Yle) The opposition Green Party has submitted a no-confidence motion in Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Finns), following a report by the non-discrimination ombudsman regarding the ministry’s quota refugee arrangements. The Greens submitted the motion one day after the ombudsman issued a report […]
(Yle) Finland’s Interior Ministry acted in a discriminatory manner as it prepared the country’s quota refugee plan for 2025, according to a report by the non-discrimination ombudsman’s office. The office found that the ministry favoured asylum seekers from Christian-majority countries when it […]
(Arab News) MPs in the UK have proposed making it a criminal offense to possess images of Muslim women not wearing hijabs without their consent. The suggestion was made in a report by the House of Commons’ women and equalities committee, which […]
(BBC) The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024. On […]
(ANSA) Jihadi terrorism has gained momentum since the start of the conflict between Hamas and Israel with terrorist organizations taking advantage of the Middle Eastern crisis to recruit new members, in particular youths, to carry out attacks which have doubled in 2024 […]
(Jerusalem Post) British-based charity Save One Life UK has been reported to counter-terror police due to concerns its aid is being redirected to Hamas, the Telegraph reported on Saturday. The charity — which has been raising funds for children in Gaza — […]
(NL Times) A 24-year-old man from Venray was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses, including making threats involving a terrorist act and distributing incendiary materials. The suspect came to the attention of Dutch authorities earlier [last] month after Belgian police raised […]
(Yle) The number of schools with Muslim pupils is steadily increasing. As a result, some schools are taking a stance on children fasting during Ramadan which began on Friday. Ville Raatikainen, head of basic education at the city of Helsinki, told Finnish […]
(ANHA) On [Saturday], March 1, 2025, a delegation from the Austrian government, led by Günter Riesner, deputy head of the Security Affairs Department at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Andreas Adler, an advisor in the same department, visited north and […]
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