(Portugal News) The Constitutional Affairs Committee has deemed unconstitutional a proposal by the Chega party to amend the 2026 state budget, which aims to prohibit the allocation of public funds for the construction of mosques. The 1st Committee met this morning, before […]
(DPA) Austria is set to ban girls under the age of 14 from wearing a headscarf in school next year, Integration Minister Claudia Plakolm said on Thursday. The draft law, which is set to be debated in parliament soon, is to apply […]
(AFP) Sweden on Thursday charged a 23-year-old Swedish-Syrian man with several “terrorist crimes,” including attempts to travel to Somalia to join the Islamic State (IS) group, prosecutors said. He is also accused of both financing and attempting to finance IS through cryptocurrencies, […]
(ITV) A man accused of hatching a terrorist attack to “kill as many Jewish people as possible” only pretended to go along with the plot so he could “sabotage it” and “take the evidence to the police,” a jury has heard. Walid […]
(Jerusalem Post) An 18-year-old from south London appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism after officers arrested him at Gatwick Airport as he tried to board a flight to Istanbul; prosecutors said he planned […]
(AFP) An 18-year-old man on trial for plotting a terrorist attack admitted on Tuesday to planning a bombing at a large cultural festival in Stockholm, his lawyer said. The man, who holds dual Swedish and Syrian citizenship, had sworn loyalty to the […]
(ITV) A man accused of a terror plot was “very happy” running an Italian restaurant in Norfolk before he moved to the north-west of England, where he allegedly planned to target a mass gathering of Jews, a court has heard. Tunisian national […]
(Reuters) Britain proposed sweeping changes to its policy on asylum seekers on Monday, the latest European country to announce tighter rules on migration in recent years. Here are details on how some other countries are changing their rules: Push for reinterpretation of […]
(NL Times) Justice Minister Foort van Oosten (VVD) will pursue a formal law to prohibit visible religious symbols, such as kippahs or headscarves, for special enforcement officers (BOA’s) following a sharply critical advisory from the Council of State. The Council of State […]
(BBC) A charity run that stopped women and girls over 12 from taking part is “reviewing its policies” after a backlash. The Muslim Charity Run, held in east London’s Victoria Park last month, was billed as an “inclusive 5km race” welcoming “runners […]
(Jerusalem Post) Germany has filed charges against a Syrian national on allegations of ISIS membership, Germany’s public prosecutor general at the Federal Court of Justice stated on Friday. “The accused is sufficiently suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization,” the public […]
(Jerusalem Post) The principal of an Arabic school in Berlin, who has previously expressed opposition to Hamas and installed Israeli-Palestinian peace programs at the school, was nearly killed on Friday after being pushed in front of a train, he told the German […]
(Brussels Times) Belgian IS fighter Sammy Djedou, who is believed to be dead, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday by the Brussels Assize Court for genocide and crimes against humanity. Djedou left for Syria in 2012 and committed serious crimes against […]
(France 24) Ten years after the worst terrorist attack on French soil, President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday led a day of commemorations for the victims of the November 13, 2015, Paris attacks, which killed 132 people, including two survivors who later died […]
(Radio France) As France marks 10 years since the 13 November Paris attacks, security experts warn the jihadist threat has shifted to a younger generation drawn in through algorithm-driven feeds. Radicalisation is now happening faster and earlier, with teenagers lured by online […]
(Brussels Times) A Brussels court has found Belgian jihadi Sammy Djedou guilty of genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, marking a historic first for the country. Djedou, a former Islamic State fighter, was long believed to have been killed […]
(AFP) A Danish court put two Swedish [men] on trial on terrorism charges for having thrown two hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen last year. The two men, aged 18 and 21, have also been charged with aggravated assault and […]
(AFP) German prosecutors said Wednesday that police had arrested another alleged member of a Hamas cell plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions. The man, identified as Lebanon-born Borhan El-K., was arrested late Tuesday while entering Germany from the Czech Republic, the […]
(DPA) The man accused of killing six people by ramming a car into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg said he had begun a hunger strike on the second day of his high-security trial on Tuesday. “I […]
(Syriac Press) In a landmark ruling that underscores Europe’s growing pursuit of accountability for atrocities committed during the rise of the Islamic State, Sweden’s Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Lina Ishaq, a 52-year-old woman of Iraqi-Christian origin, for genocide, […]
(AFP) A German court on Tuesday sentenced three Syrian men to prison for involvement in a foreign terrorist group during the civil war after a trial that lasted more than a year. The three defendants, identified only partially as Amer Tarak A., […]
(DPA) The man accused of killing six people by ramming a car into crowds at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg admitted on Monday that he was behind the wheel during the incident. “I am the one that […]
(AFP) French magistrates were Monday investigating the ex-girlfriend of a man jailed for the deadly November 13, 2015, Paris attacks over an alleged jihadist plot, prosecutors said. But Salah Abdeslam himself was not involved in any plot, the national anti-terror prosecutor’s office […]
(Brussels Times) An investigating judge and her team on Monday reviewed five direct testimonies that allowed them to argue that ex-jihadist Sammy Djedou subjected three “abaya” (female captives) to sexual slavery from 1 November 2014 to 31 December 2016, while living in […]
(World Israel News) A Hamas terrorist who took part in the October 7, 2023, massacres successfully claimed asylum in Belgium and is now living freely in the European country as a refugee, according to a report from a Belgian watchdog organization. The […]
(Radio France) French anti-terror prosecutors have charged and jailed three young women suspected of plotting a jihadist attack — the first alleged plot involving female suspects in several years. The trio, all around 20 years old, were formally placed under investigation and […]
(AFP) France’s anti-terror unit said Saturday three people were in custody as part of an investigation into a suspected terror threat linked to Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving perpetrator of the devastating November 13, 2015, Paris attacks. On Thursday, France will mark […]
(Belga) Convicted terrorists or hate preachers who are residing in Belgium illegally may soon be subject to a lifetime entry ban, the Council of Ministers decided on Friday. Currently, such an entry ban can only be imposed temporarily. “The door will be […]
(Arab News) The latest row surrounding France’s ban on religious symbols at school has erupted after a group of Muslim schoolgirls visited the National Assembly wearing hijabs. Yael Braun-Pivet, the assembly’s speaker and a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance Party, […]
(AFP) A Belgian jihadist accused of acts of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria — and presumed killed in conflict — went on trial in absentia Thursday in Brussels. Sammy Djedou, a former fighter with the Islamic State […]
(Brussels Times) Salah Abdeslam, who is serving a life sentence in France for his role in the 2015 Paris attacks, was briefly taken into custody as part of an investigation into the illegal possession of an item in prison. According to France’s […]
(AP) Austria’s domestic intelligence service has uncovered a weapons cache in Vienna that is believed to be linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas for use in “possible terrorist attacks in Europe,” the government said Thursday. A 39-year-old unidentified British citizen allegedly […]
(AP) A man suspected of promising to get weapons for an attack on Jewish targets in Germany was arrested Wednesday in Denmark, Germany’s top prosecutor said. The suspect, an Afghan national who was identified as Tawab M. in line with German privacy […]
(BBC) Two men have been charged with the terror offence of arranging to leave the UK to join the Islamic State (IS) group. Oliver William Rea, 24, from Arnold, Nottinghamshire, and Muhammad Bham, 19, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, were arrested on 29 […]
(AFP) Berlin is offering cash to Afghan refugees in Pakistan if they agree to give up their places on a programme for resettlement in Germany, activists said Tuesday. The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German […]
(Anadolu) German police arrested a senior figure of the PKK terrorist organization in Hamburg, authorities announced Tuesday. The 54-year-old suspect was arrested on strong suspicion of membership and a leadership role in a foreign terrorist organization, according to a statement from Saxony’s […]
(ITV) A British man has been arrested and faces extradition to Germany, where he is accused of playing a key role in a Hamas-linked terror cell plotting attacks on Jewish targets. The 39-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested […]
(AFP) The Swedish Prosecution Authority said Tuesday it intended to charge an 18-year-old man for planning a terrorist act in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State group. According to prosecutors, the planning took place between August 2024 and February 2025. “We […]
(BBC) An Afghan migrant has appeared in court accused of fatally stabbing a dog walker in Uxbridge, west London, and injuring two more people. Safi Dawood, 22, is charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, 49, the attempted murder of his landlord and a […]
(AFP) Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation. In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said there was “no longer any reason” for Syrians who fled […]
(Swiss Info) Two men from the Balkans will appear before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona today, charged with supporting and participating in an extremist group that had planned to destabilise a region of Kosovo. The two accused are a 37-year-old […]
(AFP) German authorities said Sunday they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, appeared before an investigating […]
(AFP) A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday. The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a triple stabbing in west London. Safi Dawood is charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, as well [as] attempting to murder Shahzad Farrukh, 45, and a 14-year-old boy, in relation to the […]
(AFP) German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. […]
(BBC) A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder following a triple stabbing in Uxbridge. Afghan national Safi Dawood, of Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, was charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, a 49-year-old man who was walking his dog on the […]
(AFP) Denmark’s Prosecution Service said Wednesday it had charged two Swedish citizens with terrorism for targeting the Israeli embassy with two hand grenades in Copenhagen last year. Two explosions were reported near the embassy in the middle of the night on October […]
(Brussels Times) Not more than two months ago, the Brussels Times met with TRENDS Research & Advisory, an Abu Dhabi-based think tank, which hosted an annual forum on political Islam. Barely a fortnight later, Belgian police foiled a jihadist-inspired plot to assassinate […]
(Swiss Info) More than two months after a delicate meeting with members of the Islamist Taliban government on repatriating convicted criminals from Switzerland to Afghanistan, it is clear that no further deportations have taken place. Four officials from the Afghan Taliban government […]
(Dutch News) The immigration service IND has ruled two women should be deported to Afghanistan even though the Netherlands is involved in a separate international court case about the Taliban’s discriminatory laws against women. The IND said the fundamentalist Islamic regime was […]
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