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(AAP) A Brisbane father of three who allegedly called for a Muslim jihad in Syria to “cleanse the lands of tyrants and their collaborators” will remain behind bars. Omar Saghir, 39, has been charged with the preparation of foreign incursions as part […]

Top Canadian Jewish group ‘shocked’ at Muslim student organization’s invite to speaker who expressed ‘genocidal antisemitism’

(Algemeiner) A top Canadian Jewish group expressed deep concern on Thursday regarding a speaker at a scheduled conference of Muslim students who has expressed violently antisemitic sentiments. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) described the invitation to cleric Tareq Al-Suwaidan […]

Channel crossings: Hundreds more migrants reach UK after record day

(BBC) A further 475 migrants crossed the English Channel in 15 small boats on Thursday, following a record 482 arrivals on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defence earlier said an exercise on its firing range at Hythe had to be stopped on Wednesday […]

Spain arrests Algerian man on trafficking, terror charges

(AP) Spain’s Guardia Civil said Thursday it has arrested an Algerian man suspected of leading a gang that trafficked people from North Africa to Europe and sent fighters to jihadist groups in Libya. The Guardia Civil’s intelligence service detained the man on […]

Qld man funded Syrian incursions: police

(AAP) A Brisbane man has faced court charged with preparation for foreign incursions as part of a group involved in travelling to Syria to engage in hostile activity. Omar Saghir, 39, appeared briefly in the Brisbane Magistrates Court by video link on […]

Controversial Muslim preacher to face trial

(Swiss Info) The Swiss justice authorities have indicted a Muslim preacher accused of racial discrimination and welfare fraud. Abu Ramadan will have to stand trial in a district court, the Bern cantonal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The controversial imam of a […]

Migrant Channel crossings: 281 people reach the UK

(BBC) Small boats carrying 281 people were intercepted trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday. Border Force officials stopped seven boats, while French authorities intercepted one crossing carrying a further 20 migrants. So far this year more than 9,700 people have reached […]

Germany detains man for grenade attack on civilians in Syria

(AP) German police have detained a Syrian man accused of war crimes for firing a rocket-propelled grenade into a group of civilians in Damascus in 2014, officials said Wednesday. The suspect, identified only as Mouafak Al D. in line with German privacy […]

Athens accuses Ankara of spreading ‘fake news’ over Thrace schools

August 2, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Kathimerini) The Greek Foreign Ministry on Monday issued a terse response to allegations from Turkey regarding the closure of 12 minority primary schools in the northeastern province of Thrace, which Ankara claims is a violation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne provisions […]

Austria court orders duo jailed for joining IS in Syria

July 28, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An Austrian court has sentenced two men to jail over their involvement with the Islamic State group in Syria, a spokeswoman said Wednesday, following a high-profile trial in the country that had one of Europe’s largest per capita rates of IS […]

Manchester attack plotter Hashem Abedi refusing to participate in prison deradicalisation programme

July 28, 2021 Unlisted Author

(ITV) ITV News understands that Hashem Abedi, the Manchester Arena bomb plotter, is refusing to co-operate with a deradicalisation programme in prison — and is being held at a separation centre away from other inmates over concerns he could radicalise other prisoners. […]

German woman indicted over her time with IS in Syria

July 28, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) A German woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State group and whose husband bought a Yazidi woman as a slave has been charged with membership in a terror group and being an accessory to a crime against humanity, […]

Pro-Palestine groups denounce PayPal-ADL research into extremism funding Youth group warns 'lifeline' financial dealings for Palestinians could be 'profoundly disrupted' if ADL plays a role in deeming what transactions are legitimate

July 27, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) Pro-Palestine groups have urged PayPal to cancel its partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which seeks to investigate how extremist and hate movements in the United States use financial platforms. The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) said in a statement […]

Security expert to lead fresh London terror review

July 27, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A security expert has been appointed to assess whether coronavirus has had any impact on how well the capital would cope with another major terror attack. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said extremists had used the lockdowns to “spread disinformation” and “radicalise […]

Govt helping Aden rebuild her life ‘best outcome for everyone’

(Radio NZ) Helping Islamic State-linked Suhayra Aden to resettle into the community with her children will be the best outcome for her and New Zealand, the Islamic Women’s Council says. Aden, who has links to terrorist group Islamic State, is returning from […]

Amal Clooney lauds German court for conviction of IS member

(AP) High-profile human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad on Monday lauded a German court for convicting a former Islamic State member of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for her involvement in the enslavement of two […]

France, UK sign accord on fighting Channel terror threat

(AFP) Britain and France on Monday signed a new security deal aimed at protecting the public in the event of a terror attack in the Channel against a large vessel such as a passenger ferry, the British government said. The UK-France Maritime […]

Speakers’ Corner: Counter-terrorism police probe knife attack

(BBC) An attack on a woman who was slashed with a knife at Speakers’ Corner in London is being investigated by counter-terror police, the Met said. The 39-year-old needed hospital treatment after she was attacked in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon. The […]

Isis ‘terrorist’ bride Suhayra Aden and her children to return to NZ

(NZ Herald) An Isis “terrorist” bride and her two children will head to New Zealand from Turkey after the New Zealand government agreed to their return. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement on Suhayra Aden — who has been described as […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Transport Police ‘did not share critical info’

July 23, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) British Transport Police failed to share vital details with other emergency services after the Manchester Arena attack, a senior officer said. Assistant Chief Constable Sean O’Callaghan told the public inquiry into the atrocity how a declaration of a major incident was […]

France’s lower house approves anti-separatism bill to battle Islamist extremism

July 23, 2021 Unlisted Author

(France 24) The French National Assembly on Friday approved a controversial “anti-separatism” bill despite strong criticisms from parliamentarians from the left and the right. The government argued the legislation was needed to bolster France’s secular system, but critics say it breaches religious […]

Cap on fuel sales aims to limit migrant Channel crossings

(AFP) Towns along France’s northern coast on Thursday limited takeaway sales of fuel to 10 litres per customer to curb illegal migration across the Channel, a local newspaper reported Thursday. “Buying or selling more than 10 litres of fuel — petrol or […]

Women in France fined for wearing ‘burkini’ swimsuits at pool

(Euronews) Several female activists have been fined in France for wearing “burkinis” in a Grenoble swimming pool. Five women entered the city pool to bathe on Wednesday, causing the pool to be evacuated at the request of officials, French police said. Grenoble […]

Over 230 migrants enter Spain’s Melilla enclave

(AFP) More than 230 migrants crossed the Moroccan border into Spain’s Melilla enclave before dawn on Thursday, in one of the largest influxes into this tiny North African territory in recent years. The incident occurred two months after an unprecedented 10,000 people […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb like being hit by truck, says survivor

(BBC) A survivor of the Manchester attack who was standing just metres away from the bomber has described the blast as like “being hit by a 10 tonne truck.” Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down after the 2017 atrocity […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb victims felt abandoned, says sister

(BBC) A woman whose sister was killed and daughter was critically injured in the Manchester Arena bomb said the “chaotic” medical response that night had left victims feeling “abandoned.” Claire Booth’s sister Kelly Brewster, 32, died in the 2017 explosion. She told […]

‘British values undermined’ by Islamic school’s anti-gay book

July 21, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Leaders of a Muslim boarding school “undermined British values” by allowing its library to stock a book calling for homosexual people to be punished. The book, Islam on Homosexuality, was found by Ofsted during a visit to the Islamic Institute of […]

Row after League security councillor kills immigrant Cops say man fired after being pushed, League says self-defence

July 21, 2021 Unlisted Author

(ANSA) A row ensued Wednesday after a public safety and security councillor for the rightwing [anti]-migrant League party in the northern city of Voghera, Massimo Adriatici, was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing an illegal Moroccan immigrant after an argument outside […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Police chief denies misleading review

July 21, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The chief constable at the time of the Manchester attack has denied misleading an independent review into the emergency response six months later. The public inquiry into the 2017 attack has heard of significant multi-agency communication failures. Ian Hopkins said he […]

Suspect in German knife attack sent to psychiatric hospital

July 20, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) The suspect in a fatal knife attack in the German city of Wuerzburg last month has been sent to a psychiatric hospital after experts determined that it may not be possible to hold him criminally responsible for his actions, investigators said […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Police deny stopping doctor in aftermath

July 20, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Two armed police officers have denied stopping a doctor from going into the Manchester Arena bomb scene. PC Troy Tyldesley and PC James Dalton were guarding one of the entrances to the arena foyer in the immediate aftermath of the 2017 […]

London man in court over plot to kill Pakistani activist in Netherlands

(BBC) A man has appeared in court in London accused of plotting to kill an exiled Pakistani political activist. Muhammad Gohir Khan, 31, was charged on 28 June with conspiring with others unknown to murder Ahmad Waqass Goraya in the Netherlands between […]

Afghans comprise 49% of asylum seekers on islands

(Kathimerini) A survey by the United Nations Refugee Agency among migrants and refugees residing at camps on the Aegean islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Leros, Rhodes and Tilos shows that nearly half (49%) come from Afghanistan, followed by Syria (14%), Somalia […]

Police uncover alleged migrant trafficking ring on Lesvos

(Kathimerini) Police on the northern Aegean island of Lesvos said they have exposed a migrant trafficking ring that is also engaged in “espionage.” The ring allegedly comprises ten non-nationals, including four members of a non-governmental organization, namely a Norwegian, an American and […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Fire control ‘responsible for failures’