(Dutch News) Den Bosch mayor Jack Mikkers will not face prosecution over a comment about Moroccan nationals he made at a public meeting about the development of new refugee centres within the city boundaries. The public prosecution department said on Friday it […]
(Brussels Times) KU Leuven university has filed a complaint against student mosque International Muslim Student Association Leuven (IMSAL) after a sexist lecture was held there, Apache reported on Friday. “A woman without a headscarf will never be able to be a role […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of terror offences has pleaded not guilty to six charges. Amir El-Harith, 18, from Smethwick, appeared via video-link from Belmarsh Prison at a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday. The defendant, wearing a prison-issue grey tracksuit, spoke […]
(NL Times) A 55-year-old Syrian man was arrested in Druten in the province of Gelderland on Friday on suspicion of crimes committed in Syria, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported. He is notably suspected of sexual violence and torture as crimes against […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old boy has been charged with terror offences linked to the so-called Islamic State, police have said. Counter Terrorism Policing North East (CTPNE) said the boy, from Nottingham, had been charged with six counts of dissemination of terrorist publications. He […]
(NL Times) The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has raised the travel advisory level for Paris due to terrorist threats. Paris is now under a yellow travel advisory, indicating that travel is possible but not without risks. The rest of France maintains […]
(AFP) Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position “to radicalise minors” and recruit possible Islamic State (IS) members. The Guardia Civil police force said the suspect was arrested on […]
(Algemeiner) Israel “does not have the right” to defend itself from Palestinian violence, and for the Palestinians “every single day” since the Jewish state’s establishment has been comparable to Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, according to the executive director of the Council on […]
(Local) Russian intelligence last year suggested staging Quran burnings, as well as mounting protests and spraying graffiti insulting Turkey’s president, as a way of delaying Turkey’s ratification [of] Sweden’s Nato bid, a Finnish documentary has claimed. The documentary cites the Dossier Center, […]
(AP) A man accused of fatally stabbing a tourist and injuring two other people over the weekend near the Eiffel Tower was placed under investigation Wednesday on charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with a terrorist organization, the prosecutor’s office […]
(Yle) Russia made plans to disrupt Finland and Sweden’s accession to joining Nato, according to a secret intelligence report obtained by an Yle MOT investigation. The report found that a Russian intelligence service planned to organise disruption campaigns disguised as demonstrations before […]
(Iran International) An arson attack has targeted the building of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Berlin Monday morning, the third such attack on the Mojahedin-e-Khalq’s (MEK) political arm this year. The NCRI, based in Paris, promptly attributed the […]
(Local) Five individuals accused of helping Vienna’s terrorist attacker in November 2020 will get a partial retrial after the Austrian Supreme Court overturned their convictions. The trial against five accused of helping the Vienna terrorist attacker who killed four people on November […]
(Arab News) The children of British Daesh brides are being returned to the UK from Syrian detention camps and put up for adoption, the Times reported. At least 10 children — mainly orphans or those who have been left unaccompanied — have […]
(AFP) Denmark will deploy army units to protect Jewish and Israeli sites in Copenhagen in response to an increase in anti-Semitism amid the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, government officials said Sunday. “The conflict in the Middle East has […]
(Belga) A man was charged and detained in Paris on Thursday as part of the investigation into the 16 October attack in Brussels that killed two Swedish fans. Four suspects have now been charged in France, the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (PNAT) […]
(Iran International) The Belgian police are beefing up security measures to protect Darya Safai, an Iranian-born member of parliament, following death threats she received on social media. In an interview with Iran International, Safai said that the death threats against her have […]
(NL Times) Many PVV voters don’t support the far-right party’s more radical views — “pushing back Islam” and the Netherlands leaving the European Union. They expect their party will have to water down its standpoints in order to govern, and most are […]
(Deutsche Welle) Two German teenagers are accused of plotting a terror attack on a Christmas market in the western German city of Leverkusen, German prosecutors said on Thursday. The suspects, a 15-year-old boy in North Rhine-Westphalia and a 16-year-old boy in the […]
(AP) German authorities said Thursday they had arrested a French woman who allegedly committed war crimes [in] Syria after joining the Islamic State extremist group. Germany’s federal prosecutor said the woman, who was only identified as Samra N. in line with German […]
(Radio France) As six teenagers go on trial for allegedly helping to incite the murder of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded near Paris three years ago, 13 of his colleagues are watching the case from the courtroom. They told RFI […]
(ITV) Three members of an organised crime gang have been sentenced for their part in selling a firearm to a terrorist, following an investigation by the south-east’s Counter Terrorism Policing unit. All three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transfer a prohibited firearm […]
(Xinhua) Two Brazilian brothers were detained in the town of Estepona in southern Spain on Monday on suspicion of having links with the Islamic State (also known as IS or Daesh). The suspects are accused of spreading Islamic State propaganda material. They […]
(AFP) Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson denounced the leader of the far-right party propping up his government Monday after he called for some mosques to be torn down. Sweden Democrats (SD) leader Jimmie Akesson called for some mosques to be seized and […]
(AP) Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression […]
(AP) Greek police have arrested six people who they say are members of a large human trafficking gang that violently extorted money from migrants to assist them in crossing into neighboring Albania and travel to European Union countries to the north. The […]
(Sky News) A man has been remanded in custody accused of stalking a Conservative MP by sending him threatening messages about the Israel-Gaza conflict. Feras Al-Jayoosi, 36, was arrested by counter-terrorism police on Thursday and was later charged with stalking Justin Tomlinson, […]
(ITV) A woman who helped smuggle mobile phones to her extremist brother in prison has been jailed for six months. Rahimah De Silva, 24, had also plotted with her brother, Denny De Silva, to transport sim cards and chargers into HMP Woodhill […]
(Sofia Globe) A 37-year-old citizen of an EU country has been arrested in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the basis of a European arrest warrant issued by Austria, which says he is involved in criminal activity linked to the Hamas terrorist organisation. […]
(AFP) A suspect has been remanded in custody for the “attempted terrorist assassination” of a co-founder of Spain’s far-right Vox party, the High Court in Madrid announced Friday. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a former leader of Spain’s main right-wing political party in Catalonia who […]
(IranWire) A German court has sentenced an Iranian man to four years in prison followed by preventive detention for planning an attack with deadly chemicals. Dirk Kienitz, the presiding judge at the Dortmund regional court, said in his verdict that the 26-year-old […]
(AP) French authorities detained Nice defender Youcef Atal and ordered him to stand trial next month on charges of inciting hatred after he shared an antisemitic message online, the regional prosecutor’s office said Friday. Atal was suspended by the French soccer league […]
(Radio France) Disciplinary councils within France’s Education Ministry have sanctioned 605 pupils following incidents that marred tributes last month to teachers Dominique Bernard and Samuel Paty. 85 students, permanently excluded from their schools, will have to find alternative establishments. Some 179 incidents […]
(Brussels Times) Three individuals suspected of involvement in a terror attack in the capital last month are appearing before the Brussels Chambers on Friday, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office confirmed. The three individuals were placed under arrest following five house searches in Ninove, […]
(BBC) A Nigerian masters student faces jail and deportation after a jury found him guilty of making terrorist threats against Dundee University. Somtochukwu Okwuoha claimed he had enlisted Isis to help bomb the university and told staff he planned to target the […]
(TalkTV) Three police forces around the country are investigating suspected hate speech by preachers at mosques following a TalkTV investigation. The investigation uncovered footage of preachers in several mosques calling for Jews to be killed and Israel to be destroyed, sparked by […]
(Deutsche Welle) The German Interior Ministry on Thursday said police had conducted raids on properties in four federal states connected to suspected Hamas and Samidoun members. Germany, along with the US, the EU and others, has designated Hamas a terrorist organization. Samidoun […]
(Swiss Info) Switzerland is drawing up legislation to ban the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organisation. A law will be proposed to parliament aimed at providing the necessary legal tools to counter any Hamas activities or support for […]
(NL Times) Dutch politician Geert Wilders expressed enthusiasm and pride after leading his far-right PVV party to victory in the 2023 general election. The first exit poll showed that his party will win 35 of the 150 seats in the Tweede Kamer, […]
(Deutsche Welle) The ongoing conflict in Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks against Israel looked sure to overshadow the German government’s annual Islam conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said ahead of the event on […]
(Kathimerini) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in his speech at the Turkish National Assembly on Monday spoke of “Turkish minorities” in western Thrace and in the Dodecanese being a priority to the Turkish government. “The condition of the Turkish minority of western […]
(Charter 97) Police have detained a 38-year-old woman who planned to carry out a terrorist attack and planted an improvised explosive device in the center of Warsaw on Independence Day, celebrated on November 11. The detainee was interested in the Islamic State […]
(AFP) Germany on Monday condemned an appearance by a Taliban official at a mosque in Cologne, with the interior minister demanding explanations from the Turkish organisation running the Islamic site. Abdul Bari Omar, who is an official with the Taliban-run health authority […]
(Afghanistan International) Abdul Bari Omar, the Taliban’s director of the Food and Drug Administration, recently stated on the X social platform that he is still in Europe following his visit to the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, and Germany. Omar revealed he had engaged […]
(Afghanistan International) Abdul Bari Omar, director of the Taliban’s National Food and Drugs Administration, addressed Afghans in Cologne, Germany. He urged the audience to judge the Taliban based on their “achievements,” rather than media portrayals. In a video clip released by the […]
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron’s party on Friday apologised for inviting to the Elysee Palace a comedian convicted of making death threats after his presence sparked an uproar on the right. Conservative and far-right figures have been quick to make the link […]
(Expats.cz) A host of Czech officials have determined that the use of the pro-Palestine slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” might constitute a criminal offense in specific circumstances. The Czech Interior Ministry, police, top state prosecutor’s office, […]
(Ynet) American musician Jesse Hughes, lead singer of the band Eagles of Death Metal, who survived the terrorist attack at the Bataclan Theater in Paris in 2015, sent a video expressing his support to a special solidarity event that took place earlier […]
(AP) German police raided 54 locations across the country on Thursday in an investigation of a Hamburg-based organization suspected of promoting the Iranian leadership’s ideology and possibly supporting activities of Hezbollah in Germany, the government said. The Interior Ministry said the Islamic […]
(Radio NZ) The New Zealand Muslim community says spyware at a government ministry could be used to eavesdrop on local Palestinians communicating with family in Gaza. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) uses internet-scouring tools developed by an Israeli company, […]
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