(Middle East Eye) Muslim-American activists are rallying across the country on Friday in an attempt to ensure every eligible voter from the faith group is registered for November’s presidential election. MPower Change, which bills itself as the biggest Muslim digital advocacy organisation in the […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old boy is to stand trial accused of preparing acts of terrorism. The child, who cannot be identified, is accused of trying to make bombs containing shrapnel in an Islamic terror plot. The teenager, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, was arrested on […]
(BBC) A plane due to remove asylum-seekers from the UK has been cancelled after legal challenges. The Home Office said the charter flight was “paused” to allow time for the applications to be considered. On Wednesday, 12 migrants were returned to France […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Federal Labor Court on Thursday ruled that a blanket ban on teachers wearing headscarves in schools in the capital city Berlin was unconstitutional. The court decision was the latest in a case brought by a Muslim woman who was unable to […]
(AP) Another group of children with medical needs who have been living in migrant camps in Greece arrived in Germany on Wednesday with their close relatives, a transfer that was delayed by coronavirus cases in two families, the German government said. In […]
(Middle East Eye) Muslim Americans care more about civil rights, health care and education reforms than foreign policy, an online survey by a coalition of national Muslim organisations has claimed. According to the survey, which was held over a period of five months and gathered […]
(AP) A Wisconsin woman accused of trying to plan terrorist attacks using hacked social media accounts has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Waheba Issa Dais, 48, of Cudahy, pleaded guilty last year to one count of providing material […]
(BBC) A former chicken shop worker has been cleared of planning a drone terrorism attack after a trial at the Old Bailey. Hisham Muhammad, 26, was accused of having a stash of weapons and devising a contraption with lollipop sticks to drop […]
(AFP) Sicily’s right-leaning leader Nello Musumeci clashed with Italy’s central government on Sunday when he ordered the island’s migrant centres closed in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Interior ministry officials in Rome dismissed the order as invalid but […]
(BBC) A Sudanese man has been jailed for smuggling himself and nine other migrants into the UK in a dinghy. Altaib Mobarak, 43, steered the boat across the English Channel on 7 July. He was given a two-year sentence at Canterbury Crown […]
(AP) A German woman who joined the Islamic State group fell on such hard times that she had to sell her wedding present, an AK47 rifle, according to prosecutors in Germany. In a statement Thursday, German federal prosecutors said they have indicted […]
(BBC) Families of those who died in the Manchester Arena attack have given emotional statements to a court where the bomber’s brother is awaiting sentencing. Over the course of a two-day sentencing hearing, relatives broke down in tears as they spoke about […]
(AP) German authorities said Thursday that a 30-year-old man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles along a major Berlin highway wasn’t previously on the security services’ radar. The Iraqi citizen crashed into a car, two motorcycles and a motor […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss authorities have been asked to take action against social media commentary that Turkey perceives as defamatory or sympathetic to terrorist groups. Examples of objectionable content could include a critical article about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or an […]
(BBC) The sister of a jihadist convicted of planning a terror attack at London tourist hotspots acted out of “misguided loyalty,” a judge has said. Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 29, from Luton, was jailed for life last month for a planned attack. On Tuesday, […]
(AP) German authorities arrested a Syrian national Tuesday on suspicion he was a member of two militant groups that fought against the government of President Bashar Assad during the early stages of the conflict in Syria. The suspect, named only as Khaled […]
(BBC) More than 1,200 migrants have made the crossing across the English Channel in small boats already in August, a record for a single month. Eight vessels carrying 112 people were intercepted by Border Force patrols on Sunday. On Saturday, 65 people […]
(AFP) France’s interior minister on Sunday vowed that no community would be allowed to take the law into its own hands after police thwarted a bid by Chechens to violently avenge an alleged assault on a member of their community. Three men […]
(AP) The number of migrants reaching Italy by sea shot up from the previous 12-month period, but in contrast to recent years, the majority of the arrivals didn’t need rescue and made it to shore by themselves. According to Interior Ministry figures […]
(Delfi) The Lithuanian government has banned entry to people linked to the Hezbollah paramilitary movement which it regards as a “terrorist organization.” “Hezbollah-affiliated persons were banned from entering Lithuania,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the ban […]
(BBC) A man accused of planning a terror attack has told a court he researched the Islamic State group because he believed it was “created by America.” Hisham Muhammad, of Victoria Avenue, Bury, is accused of planning both a “lone-wolf attack” and […]
(Kathimerini) Greece and Turkey exchanged criticisms over minority rights on Wednesday with Athens saying that it is “paradoxical, if not funny” for Turkey to lecture Greece about the need to respect minority rights. “History will forever be the most objective witness to […]
(BBC) Six small boats carrying 71 migrants have been intercepted in the Channel. The Home Office said Border Force and partner agencies dealt with several incidents off the UK coast on Wednesday. Dan O’Mahoney, the newly appointed “clandestine channel threat commander,” said […]
(AP) Police in North Macedonia say they have discovered 148 migrants crammed into trucks in two separate operations in central and northern parts of the country, and have arrested two men on suspicion of trafficking migrants. Police said their patrol stopped a […]
(BBC) People in Bristol have been urged to host asylum seekers in their homes to prevent them living on the streets. During the coronavirus pandemic, the city council has housed a number of them in hotels across Bristol but the arrangement was […]
(National-UAE) A charity that certifies halal products in Britain won a legal fight after being accused of unfairly controlling the market by insisting its members sold meat only from animals that were slaughtered under its strict code. The Halal Monitoring Committee persuaded […]
(BBC) Using Royal Navy ships to help stop migrants crossing the English Channel is “dangerous” and “won’t change anything,” a Calais politician says. On Saturday the Home Office asked defence chiefs for help to make crossings in small boats “unviable.” The Home […]
(Swiss Info) A trial is underway at the Federal Criminal Court of two Islamists suspected of membership in a criminal organisation and recruiting followers to travel to conflict regions in Syria. One of the defendants is accused of fighting for a militant […]
(BBC) A further four boats carrying 65 migrants have been picked up in the English Channel, the Home Office said. Border Force patrols found the boats travelling towards the UK on Sunday, a day after at least 151 migrants on 15 boats […]
(BBC) Defence chiefs are considering a request from the Home Office for help to deal with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel. The government is looking at using boats to “prevent people from leaving,” Schools Ministers Nick Gibb said. It comes […]
(BBC) An independent watchdog has launched an investigation into an education charity which has not filed accounts for five years. The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Birmingham Education Trust, which is based at the Al-Huda Girls’ School in […]
(JNS) The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, a BDS-promoting NGO with ties to the U.S.-designated terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), will be leading “Days of Resistance” in major cities worldwide throughout this weekend. The protests are […]
(BBC) Eight boats have been stopped in the Channel and 120 migrants brought to the UK, the Home Office has said. Border Force intercepted three boats in the early hours and later encountered a further five, a government spokesman said. One vessel […]
(AP) Albania has transferred to Germany a Tajik man accused of being part of a cell of the Islamic State group that allegedly planned to attack U.S. military facilities in Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, identified only as Komron B. in […]
(AFP) Norwegian intelligence and police on Tuesday arrested a man wanted in Italy over a terror plot, with media saying he is linked to an Islamist preacher extradited from Norway to Italy in March. The Norwegian intelligence service PST said the man […]
(AFP) Facebook said Monday it had permanently banned French comedian Dieudonne, a convicted anti-Semite, from its platform and from Instagram for content it said mocked Holocaust victims. It also said some of his posts used “dehumanising terms against Jews.” “In line with […]
(JNS) The Zionist Organization of America is calling on HIAS to end its “partnership” and “collaboration” with the Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), whose leadership has made anti-Semitic statements and is banned in Israel for its ties to Hamas. IRW director Heshmat Khalifa, […]
(Brussels Times) About 10 [sheep] were seized on Friday by police in the Brussels-Midi zone (Anderlecht, Saint-Gilles, Forest) in three raids conducted in connection with the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Adha, according to the Help Animals association. The association had requested the intervention […]
(Yle) A Finnish woman has arrived in Finland with her children after fleeing the al-Hol camp in northern Syria. The camp houses women and children who lived in the short-lived ISIS caliphate when it collapsed. The woman had left the camp under […]
(BBC) “Multiple” migrant boats have been picked up by Border Force in the English Channel, the coastguard said. One vessel landed on a beach near to a nuclear power plant in Dungeness, Kent, police have confirmed. French authorities said they rescued 58 […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) have finally managed to expel controversial politician turned author Thilo Sarrazin, who has published a series of books over the last decade bearing little resemblance to the party’s stated positions. Sarrazin’s books criticizing the lack of […]
(AP) Another 22 children with medical needs who have been living in migrant camps in Greece arrived in Germany on Friday along with their close relatives, the German government said. In all, 90 people were on board a flight that landed at […]
(BBC) The case of runaway Shamima Begum, who is fighting to return to the UK from Syria, will go to the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal decided that the case raised a point of law of public importance that only the […]
(BBC) A Tory MP has defended his claim that some Muslims in West Yorkshire are not taking the pandemic seriously. Craig Whittaker said the “vast majority” of those breaking the rules in his constituency were from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. […]
(BBC) More than 200 migrants have crossed the English Channel in 20 boats according to the Home Office — a record number for a single day. There were also reports that about 30 people made the crossing on small boats, landing on […]
(BBC) Two men have denied the attempted murder of a prison officer at a high-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 24, and Baz Hockton, 26, pleaded not guilty via video-link at the Old Bailey. They are accused of donning fake suicide vests and using […]
(BBC) Three men killed in a suspected terror attack in a park each died after being stabbed in the neck, an inquest heard. James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were killed in Forbury Gardens, Reading, on 20 June. […]
(Local) A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to life in jail over the brutal murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend, who sparked a huge search when she went missing in western Sweden last year. Tishko Ahmed denied the charges throughout the trial, but […]
(Arab News) A new report in German media has exposed how Qatar uses its vast wealth and charities to fund and infiltrate mosques, activate Muslim Brotherhood networks and buy influence across Germany. The newly released information is part of a horde of […]
(AP) German prosecutors said Monday a German woman who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Syria was arrested upon her return to the country. She is accused of membership in a foreign terrorist group, war crimes against property and other crimes. […]
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