(AFP) An Afghan man has been charged with killing a police officer and wounding several others in an Islamist-inspired knife attack that shocked Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attack in the western city of Mannheim in late May took place just before […]
(JNS) Three Swedes suspected of having planted an explosive device earlier this year at the offices of Elbit Systems Sweden, the Gothenburg-based subsidiary of Israel’s largest defense contractor, likely acted on behalf of “someone else,” prosecutors told reporters on Wednesday. “Nothing indicates […]
(AP) An Italian naval ship carrying migrants was en route Wednesday to Albania to have asylum applications processed under a five-year deal to handle asylum claims outside the European Union’s borders that has already hit a legal roadblock. An Italian interior ministry […]
(Swiss Info) From January 1, 2025, it will be forbidden to cover the face in public places throughout Switzerland. Violations can be punished with a fine of up to CHF1,000 (about $1,143). On Wednesday, the Swiss government decided to put the new […]
(Yle) The Helsinki Administrative Court has rejected appeals related to a fine imposed last year on a mosque operating in a Helsinki apartment building. The owner of the property, the Ormuspuisto housing company, and the Pohjoismaiden Säätiö (“Nordic Foundation”), which operates on […]
(AP) Greek authorities have recovered the bodies of four people from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, while another 25 people have been found alive on land after a migrant smuggler allegedly forced his passengers […]
(AP) A Swedish court sentenced on Tuesday a far-right politician to four months in jail for two counts of “incitement against an ethnic group” after making hateful comments at political rallies two years ago. The Danish-Swedish 42-year-old man, who was not named […]
(AP) A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to […]
(AFP) A Sicilian court on Monday dealt a fresh blow to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s migrant policy by declaring applications for asylum from Egypt could not be fast-tracked. Egypt was included on the government’s list of so-called “safe” countries to which […]
(Swiss Info) Ten inmates at the Realta correctional centre in Cazis, in canton Graubünden, have filed complaints against unidentified parties and the prison management after discovering that meat was falsely labelled. At least one of the inmates worked in the prison’s own […]
(Middle East Eye) A large group of Muslim Americans has split its vote evenly between Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, according to the final national poll on Muslim Americans released before the upcoming US presidential election on […]
(Swiss Info) A Kurdish supporter of the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda can stay in Switzerland, the Federal Administrative Court has ruled. It has withdrawn the annulment of the man’s provisional admission. The man, who is originally from Iraq, came to Switzerland in […]
(Swiss Info) Compensation and damages of CHF95,000 for the victims of Tariq Ramadan will not be postponed by the Islamic scholar’s appeal against his rape conviction. Tariq Ramadan justified the request for suspensive effect for satisfaction and compensation on the grounds that […]
(Belga) The Brussels Court of Assizes will rule on the damages awarded to the victims of the terrorist attacks of 22 March 2016 in Brussels and Zaventem on Thursday. The judgment marks the end of a long legal process. The sentencing part […]
(BBC) A former doctor has admitted causing “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust when he started visiting homes to carry out […]
(AP) Greece is seeking stricter European Union migration policies as it braces for a potential surge in migrants and refugees due to ongoing war in the Middle East, a senior government official said Wednesday. Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said the government is […]
(AP) Three men have been charged in a case that involves an alleged plan to attack a Jewish target in western Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday. The 25-year-old main suspect, a German citizen whose name wasn’t released in line with local privacy rules, […]
(JNS) The Chicago Police Department is drawing criticism for the lack of hate crime charges among 14 felony charges it announced on Monday against Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, who is accused of shooting a 39-year-old Jewish man, as well as firing at […]
(Dutch News) A pro-Palestinian activist has held a speech via video link outside a building at Nijmegen’s Radboud University after he was banned by the Dutch government and campus authorities. Mohammed Khatib was due to give a lecture on the treatment of […]
(NL Times) The controversial Palestinian activist Mohammed Khatib will still speak at Radboud University in Nijmegen on Monday, lecturer Harry Pettit, the organizer of the address, wrote on X. “He will not be silenced,” Pettit said, referring to the Dutch government barring […]
(Yeshiva World News) A Jewish man on his way to shul on Shabbos morning was shot in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood, triggering a tense standoff between police and the gunman — who may have shouted “Allah Akbar!” as he fired at […]
(AFP) Thousands took part in rallies in the Canary Islands’ main cities on Sunday against irregular migration that has seen a huge increase in boats washing up on its shores. Located off the coast of northwest Africa, the Canary Islands are a […]
(NL Times) More and more children do not have to go to school because of their [parents’] beliefs. They have been granted an exemption from compulsory education, and the court in Amsterdam is concerned about this. The judges say that it is […]
(AFP) Denmark said Friday it had repatriated a mother and her eight-year-old son, the child of a dead Islamic State jihadist, from a Syrian detention camp. They arrived in Denmark on Thursday following an agreement with local Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria, […]
(Dutch News) A controversial Palestinian activist who had been invited to give a lecture at Radboud University in Nijmegen next week has been banned from entering the Netherlands. Mohammed Khatib, who had been asked to talk about Palestinian prisoners and the Israeli […]
(Assahifa) The Spanish police, based on Moroccan intelligence, arrested two individuals in the city of Melilla on Tuesday, suspected of belonging to the terrorist organization “ISIS,” through the recruitment and training of jihadists to carry out attacks. According to Spanish media reports, […]
(BBC) A Metropolitan Police officer who posted abusive tweets about Jewish and non-Muslim people has been dismissed without notice. Ruby Begum, 29, admitted to a police misconduct hearing she used language such as “dirty Zionists” while serving as a special constable but […]
(Swiss Info) A Swiss parliamentary committee has voted in favour of banning both Hamas and Lebanon’s militia Hezbollah in Switzerland. The Security Policy Committee of the Swiss House of Representatives, along with its counterpart in the Senate, voted 20 to 2, with […]
(CBC) High school students at one of the four Montreal schools under investigation by Quebec’s Education Ministry for alleged toxic behaviour among staff say their teacher referenced wanting to hit them last week. The students’ account is one of the few specific incidents […]
(AP) German prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed an indictment against a man who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and planned to carry out an attack in Germany on its behalf. The Iraqi national, identified only as Mahmoud A. […]
(BBC) A man who shared online material “glorifying acts of terrorism” in support of the Islamic State group (IS) has been given a community order. Ryan Scuffil, from Somerset, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in London on Monday following an […]
(Jewish News) A Metropolitan Police officer has apologised for posting offensive tweets about Jewish people and non-Muslims, but denied they warranted her dismissal. Pc Ruby Begum, 29, admitted during a police misconduct hearing on Monday that she used offensive language such as […]
(Deutsche Welle) A Libyan man with alleged ties to the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group was set to appear before Germany’s highest court on Sunday, charged with planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. The man was detained on Saturday in […]
(Sky News) Islamist terrorism may get a “further boost” from recent unrest in the Middle East, including the killing of the leader of Hamas, a former head of MI6 has warned. Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the 7 October attack, was killed […]
(AP) An appellate court on Friday denied a request to move the trial of the New Jersey man charged with attacking author Salman Rushdie with a knife in 2022, clearing the way for the trial to move forward in the western New […]
(AP) The Biden administration on Thursday announced temporary legal status for Lebanese citizens already in the United States, likely pleasing some Arab voters, including in the battleground state of Michigan. The announcement, together with an earlier offer in July, brings the number […]
(BBC) A teenager from Birmingham has been charged with terrorism offences. Adam Mahmood, 19, has been accused of disseminating terrorism material, West Midlands Police confirmed. A force spokesperson said he was arrested at a residential address in April this year during a […]
(NL Times) The Cabinet is looking into the possibility of sending asylum seekers to Uganda if their request for asylum was rejected. Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Reinette Klever said this on Wednesday following a working visit to the country. The […]
(AFP) A Syrian man went on trial in Germany Tuesday accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting for Hezbollah on the side of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The defendant, identified by the court in Stuttgart only as 32-year-old Ammar […]
(Arab News) Rasmus Paludan, a far-right Danish-Swedish politician known for burning copies of the Qur’an, went on trial in Sweden on Monday facing charges of incitement against an ethnic group. Paludan, leader of the Danish Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party, is the […]
(NL Times) Hasna A. denied in court on Monday that she enslaved two Yazidi women during her time in Syria. It was the first day of the 33-year-old Hengelo woman’s criminal trial, the first time a case for crimes committed against the […]
(Radio France) France saw a drop in cases of students flouting France’s strict secularism rules, or laicite, at the start of this school year, according to the new education minister Anne Genetet, who also called for more training for teachers in how […]
(AP) Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders. A naval ship departed from the island of Lampedusa with 16 men […]
(Radio France) French middle and high schools will be observing a minute of silence Monday to commemorate Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, two teachers murdered during jihadist attacks in 2020 and 2023. Teachers are free to hold the moment of silence when […]
(NL Times) This week, Hasna A. from Hengelo will stand trial for allegedly enslaving two Yazidi women in the ISIS caliphate in Syria. “It is the first case in the Netherlands in which someone is prosecuted for crimes against the Yazidi community […]
(Iran International) Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Sunday called on the European Union to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The Swedish prime minister’s remarks came shortly after reports that Tehran had enlisted criminals to carry […]
(AP) Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the domestic security agency raised the terror threat level, police said Saturday. The checks will apply until Oct. 22, according to a police statement. It cited […]
(AFP) A 22-year-old Afghan was indicted and imprisoned in France on Saturday, accused of supporting the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) and of having “fomented” a “plan for violent action” in a football stadium or a shopping center. His arrest, which […]
(Swiss Info) A Senate committee in Switzerland wants to ban Lebanon’s militia Hezbollah. The committee tabled a motion to that end with 10 votes in favor and three abstentions, parliamentary services reported on Friday. The Senate’s security policy committee believes the situation […]
(AP) The attempted murder trial of the man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack was put on hold Friday while judges consider a request to move it to another county. Jury selection had been scheduled to […]
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