(AP) Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting the face coverings worn by some Muslim women. The measure was proposed by the far-right Chega party […]
(Kathimerini) Athens police have announced a ban on public gatherings in the city center on Thursday, marking one year since the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The decision was made on grounds of public safety, as planned demonstrations were deemed to […]
(NL Times) BBB leader Caroline van der Plas has explicitly warned farmers not to vote for the PVV. Geert Wilders’ far-right party seems to have farmers’ best interest at heart, but often votes with the animal party PvdD, she said in Nieuwsuur. […]
(Radio France) Five years after the death of French history and geography teacher Samuel Paty, beheaded by a Chechen Islamist, “the shock is still raw,” according to Paty’s sister. The sentiments of pain and fear are shared by many teachers across France, […]
(AFP) Swedish prosecutors on Thursday sought the arrest [of] a young Syrian man for killing Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Koran in 2023 and sparked outrage in the Muslim world. Momika, an Iraqi Christian, was shot on January 29 […]
(ITV) The family of a murdered MP said they are still hoping for answers four years after his killing. Southend West MP Sir David Amess, 69, was stabbed to death in his constituency by Ali Harbi Ali on 15 October 2021 while […]
(Brussels Times) Two men, aged 18 and 23, who were arrested on suspicion of planning to carry out a drone attack in Antwerp last week will remain in the cell for another month, the Antwerp council chamber confirmed. Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart […]
(JNS) Authorities in Berlin ordered the revocation of the citizenship of a Palestinian immigrant who shared online pictures of his newly issued passport and then praised Hamas, a German newspaper reported. The man, who was identified in the media only as Abdallah, […]
(Sweden Herald) The Christian Democrats leader Ebba Busch wants the burka and niqab to be completely banned in public environments. “One should be able to meet in real life if one is on the street, if one shops on the market, in […]
(Swiss Info) The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) says it stopped a suspected terrorist attack in Switzerland in spring. “An 18-year-old man became radicalised,” said Attorney General Stefan Blättler, who spoke to the Sunday paper SonntagsBlick. The Swiss national is currently […]
(Jewish News) A mosque near Burnley where repeated derogatory references to Jews have been made in sermons has denied radicalising the Heaton Park Synagogue terrorist, who described in 2022 how he “rly [sic] love the mosque there.” Jihad Al-Shamie, who carried out […]
(NL Times) Geert Wilders is reportedly on the target list of a terrorist cell arrested in Belgium on Thursday. The PVV leader has pulled out of an election debate on NOS on Friday afternoon as a precaution. A journalist from the Belgian […]
(Sky News) An Afghan migrant has been found guilty of threatening to kill Nigel Farage in a TikTok post. Fayaz Khan, 26, chose not to give evidence in his trial, in which he was accused of threatening the Reform UK leader between […]
(BBC) An imam has pleaded guilty after two teenagers were allowed to marry each other in a mosque. Northamptonshire Police said Ashraf Osmani had been charged under forced marriage legislation after it was alleged he conducted a nikah wedding ceremony involving two […]
(BBC) A man has been jailed for posting a string of Instagram videos that endorsed or depicted terrorist killings. Abdullah Bellil, from Southampton, previously pleaded guilty at Kingston Upon Thames Crown Court to expressing support for the Islamic State group. The 29-year-old, […]
(BBC) A man who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has won his appeal against his conviction. Hamit Coskun, 51, shouted abusive comments about Islam as he held the flaming book aloft in […]
(BBC) A man who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London was using his “human right to free speech,” an appeal hearing has been told. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted abusive comments about Islam as […]
(BBC) A man accused of planning a terror attack “regularly expressed a wish to kill Jews,” a jury has been told. Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of an act […]
(Sky News) The Manchester synagogue terrorist made a call to police during the attack where he pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, police say. Jihad al Shamie, 35, carried out the attack last Thursday as he tried to get inside Heaton […]
(Radio France) A French woman accused of holding a Yazidi teenager in slavery in Syria in 2015 will stand trial in Paris on charges of genocide. Sonia Mejri, 36, will be the first French citizen ever tried for genocide and the first […]
(Sky News) An asylum seeker who posted a video about Nigel Farage said that “he’s going to shoot me,” the Reform UK leader has said in court. Fayaz Khan, 26, is charged with making a threat to kill the Reform UK leader […]
(BBC) Counter-terrorism detectives have charged a 62-year-old woman with offences relating to the support of Hamas. The group is a proscribed terror group in the US, UK and EU. Sarah Wilkinson, from Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, was charged on Sunday with five offences […]
(AFP) A Spanish court on Monday opened a terrorism trial against a Moroccan man suspected of killing a church official in machete attacks on two churches in 2023 that horrified the country. Prosecutors are seeking 50 years in jail for Yassine Kanjaa, […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss Office of the Attorney General has opened the first criminal proceedings in connection with the law banning Hamas and related organisations, which came into force in May. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) wrote in […]
(DPA) German conservative lawmaker Alexander Throm raised the question whether dual citizens convicted of terrorist acts on German soil should face easier revocation of their citizenship, following the arrest of three suspected Hamas operatives. Currently, German law allows citizenship to be stripped […]
(NL Times) Several parliamentarians in the Netherlands have expressed concern over the conflict between religious and democratic values at certain schools, as reported by Nieuwsuur on Monday. During a debate on primary education, Marleen Haage (GroenLinks-PvdA) and Ilana Rooderkerk (D66) emphasized that […]
(AFP) An Austrian court on Wednesday convicted a woman who was repatriated from a Syrian detention camp for having been part of the Islamic State group, handing her a two-year suspended jail sentence. Since IS was ousted from its self-declared “caliphate” in […]
(JNS) The Richmond City Circuit Court held the AJP Educational Foundation, which operates as American Muslims for Palestine, in civil contempt on Monday for the Falls Church, Va., group’s failure to comply with a state investigation. “The attorney general’s office has the […]
(NL Times) Several Reformed Christian and Islamic schools are giving lessons that clash with democratic values like equality and tolerance, Nieuwsuur reported after examining mainstream, strictly Christian and Islamic education. Schools are required to teach children about democratic values and to live […]
(Kathimerini) Turkey’s foreign minister has repeated claims about Greece’s Muslim minority that Athens has criticized in the past. Chairing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers during the group’s Annual Coordination Meeting held on the sidelines of the 80th […]
(Jerusalem Post) A blogger from northern England was arrested on Thursday night over a post he made on X condemning the Hamas terrorist organization and Islam, according to British media reports. Pete North, 47, was arrested over the meme on suspicion of […]
(Yle) The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has resumed processing of asylum applications from Syrians. Those applications have been in limbo since December due to dramatic changes in the security situation in Syria. Migri said on Friday that it had begun conducting asylum […]
(Brussels Times) The municipality of Ranst, where Vlaams Belang holds a majority, has dismissed an Islamic religion teacher from the local primary school over concerns of “signs of radicalisation.” According to councillor Christel Engelen (Ons Ranst — Vlaams Belang), no formal complaints […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who regularly posts diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” on social media and has called for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel has been allowed by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to continue practicing medicine while the General […]
(NL Times) The police arrested seven people during demonstrations around an asylum shelter in Hoofddorp on Wednesday evening. Earlier in the evening, Pegida leader Edwin Wagensveld burned a Koran at the center. Counter-demonstrators responded, throwing fireworks, stones, and traffic signs at the […]
(Helsinki Times) A coalition of 40 Finnish Muslim organisations has issued a joint statement rejecting proposals to ban face-covering religious garments in schools and public spaces. The statement, dated 24 September and signed by groups including Finland’s Muslim Forum and Federation of […]
(Canadian Press) If the Parti Québécois (PQ) forms the next Quebec government, it pledges to ban “ostentatious” religious symbols for elementary school students. The PQ consulted its members in recent weeks to find out whether they agreed with this proposal; 90 per […]
(KOKI) A former United States Army National Guard member has been charged for attempting to provide terrorist group Al-Qa’ida with 3-D printed weapons. The complaint was unsealed on Wednesday after 25-year-old Andrew Scott Hastings appeared in front of a federal judge. Hastings […]
(Helsinki Times) The Finnish government is assessing whether it can move forward with legislation restricting face coverings in public places during its current term, according to Interior Minister Mari Rantanen. In a statement released by the Ministry of the Interior, Rantanen said […]
(BBC) A Muslim man who attacked someone burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been spared jail. Moussa Kadri, 59, saw Hamit Coskun setting alight the text and shouted: “I’m going to kill you” before slashing at him with […]
(NL Times) Palestinian journalist and activist Mustafa Ayyash, arrested Friday at Schiphol Airport at the request of Austrian authorities, will remain in pretrial detention for at least 20 more days, RTL reports. He appeared Monday before the examining magistrate at the Amsterdam […]
(AP) A New York man accused of plotting an attack on behalf of the Islamic State group in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Awais Chudhary, 25, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan and […]
(AP) Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. It’s unclear how many cities will […]
(Jerusalem Post) Palestinian journalist Mustafa Ayash was arrested at Schiphol airport, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported Saturday, citing pro-Palestinian organizations. Mustafa Ayash founded Hamas-affiliated news outlet Gaza Now, which has been sanctioned by both the United States and the United Kingdom for […]
(Catholic Herald) One of the Church’s leading conservative cardinals has claimed that politicians in European countries like Germany “live in fear” of Muslims, as he issued a stark warning about the future of Christianity on the continent. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former […]
(ITV) Six people from London have denied being part of a banned Kurdish separatist group over a period of 23 years. Turkan Ozcan, 60; Macahit Sayak, 28; Berfin Kurban, 31; Ali Boyraz, 63; Ercan Akbal, 56; and Agit Karatas, 23, appeared at […]
(Proto Thema) Even claiming to be a member of ISIS, the 32-year-old Palestinian, now in police custody for the Hymettus arsons and sexual assaults against underage girls and a 58-year-old woman in Aigaleo, made shocking statements. In his testimony to the Arson […]
(JNS) An Amsterdam court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to six months in prison for public violence and attempted aggravated assault during the November 2024 pogrom against Israelis in the Dutch capital. The man, identified only as Mahmoud A. by local media […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who raped a woman in Hyde Park has been jailed for eight and a half years. Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, a married father of one, approached her in the central London park as she was walking home alone from […]
(AFP) An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a jihadist stabbing spree in Germany last year that killed a police officer and left five people wounded. The 26-year-old, only partially named as Sulaiman A. and found to […]
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