(NL Times) Two men attempted to attack a suspect during a hearing at the court in Utrecht on Thursday. Officers were able to restrain the two men before they got to Mohamed B., who is accused of destroying 117 graves at the […]
(AFP) Sweden’s employment and integration minister said Thursday that he intended to chart “Islamist infiltration” in his country, following a report sounding the alarm about the Muslim Brotherhood in France. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered the government to draw up […]
(Sky News) A member of Irish-language rap group Kneecap has been charged with a terror offence. Liam O’Hanna, or Liam Og O Hannaidh, has been charged with displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, the Metropolitan Police said. The […]
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron’s political party wants to ban minors under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public, with the government set to review a report Wednesday on the spread of “political Islamism” in France. Macron will meet with senior […]
(AFP) A Syrian held in Germany over a weekend knife attack that seriously wounded four people allegedly told the police officers who arrested him that he had jihadist beliefs, media reported Wednesday. The suspect, identified only as Mahmoud M., 35, was arrested […]
(Brussels Times) A court in Mechelen sentenced an Afghan man on Tuesday to a four-year suspended prison term for his involvement in the activities of two terrorist organisations. The man was found guilty of creating social media accounts for members of the […]
(Sky News) An illegal immigrant who was involved in smuggling more than 3,000 others into Europe has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Egyptian national Ahmed Ramadan Mohamad Ebid, who arrived in the UK in a small boat in October 2022, […]
(AFP) The Muslim Brotherhood movement is a “threat to national cohesion” in France and action must be taken to stop the spread of “political Islamism,” according to a report to be presented to President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. “The reality of this […]
(AP) A man suspected of attacking and injuring five people outside a bar in Germany has been arrested, and investigators believe the attack may have been “religiously motivated,” authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, a 35-year-old Syrian national identified only as Mahmoud M. […]
(Helsinki Times) Dozens of forced marriages are uncovered in Finland each year, many involving underage girls and some occurring within Finland’s borders. Authorities say such cases often remain hidden and are only revealed when victims feel safe enough to speak. The Finnish […]
(Helsinki Times) A political aide to Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra has come under criticism for calling Islam “the devil’s plot” in a heated Facebook exchange during the Eurovision Song Contest final. Jari Mäkäräinen, a special adviser responsible for communications in Purra’s […]
(AFP) A 28-year-old man was remanded in custody in Denmark on Monday on suspicions of purchasing drones to be used in a Hamas “terrorist attack,” Danish intelligence said Monday. Flemming Drejer, head of operations at Denmark’s PET intelligence service, said in a […]
(Iran International) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure from across the political spectrum to officially ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), especially after several Iranian nationals were arrested in two separate anti-terror operations in Britain. A cross-party group […]
(Brussels Times) A proposal to ban teachers in public education from wearing religious symbols will be tabled in June by the education minister of the French Community Government, Valérie Glatigny (MR). She revealed the information to La Première on Friday. The debate […]
(AFP) Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed said Friday his refusal to play a crucial game in his team’s battle against relegation on the final day of the Ligue 1 season, which will see all clubs mark the international day against homophobia, was motivated […]
(NL Times) Nine new Islamic primary schools will open in the Netherlands next year, the highest number so far in one year, Trouw reported. The country is getting at least 14 new primary schools. Among them are also two Protestant Christian schools […]
(Kathimerini) Minister of Migration and Asylum Makis Voridis has called for a more effective return system for third-country nationals residing illegally in the EU, emphasizing that without deportations, migration policy becomes “meaningless.” Briefing a parliamentary committee, Voridis presented the European Commission’s proposed […]
(BBC) The government has appointed Jonathan Hall KC to lead a “prompt” review into how Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi was able to carry out a violent attack on four prison officers. Abedi, 28, who was jailed for life for helping his […]
(AFP) French Ligue 1 side Nantes will fine their Egyptian international striker Mostafa Mohamed over his refusal to play in Saturday’s vital game against Montpellier which will also see the clubs mark the international day against homophobia, a source told AFP on […]
(Helsinki Times) A dual Finnish-Russian citizen is suspected of aggravated human trafficking after allegedly taking her minor children into a conflict zone controlled by the Islamic State in Syria in 2014, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced on Thursday. The woman, […]
(AFP) A former spokesman for a Syrian Islamist rebel group, on trial in France over alleged crimes during Syria’s civil war, sought to present himself as a “whistleblower” on Monday. Majdi Nema — also known by the nom-de-guerre Islam Alloush — has […]
(AFP) The Swedish government wants to criminalise virginity tests to strengthen the protection of young girls and women at risk of so-called honour crimes, sources told AFP on Wednesday. Socialstyrelsen, the administration in charge of social services, said ministers were looking at […]
(Jerusalem Post) One of the Iranian nationals arrested in the UK on suspicion of planning a terror attack has close ties to the Iranian regime, the Telegraph reported on [Monday], citing Iranian sources in the UK. The suspect’s family reportedly holds major […]
(Iran International) An Iranian state media festival on Monday bestowed its Ismail Haniyeh award on former British MP George Galloway in Tehran, where he praised the Islamic Republic for what he called its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause. Galloway traveled to […]
(Sky News) The Conservatives are calling for Lucy Powell to resign after the Labour MP’s exchange with a commentator about grooming gangs. The comment was made by Ms Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, after Conservative political commentator Tim Montgomerie […]
(Kathimerini) Greece has expressed strong concern over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on his envisioned future of Cyprus during a visit to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus on Saturday, warning that any unilateral move to alter the status of the region […]
(Kathimerini) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday reaffirmed Turkey’s political and military commitment to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus during a TEKNOFEST awards ceremony in the northern part of Cyprus’ divided capital, Nicosia. Erdogan said Turkey and Turkish Cypriots are the “rightful owners” […]
(Jerusalem Post) A senior official at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI) has been asked to step down over alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Irish Times reported on Saturday. While the official remained unnamed, concerns were raised over alleged […]
(Sur in English) Officers of the National Police and the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police force) have arrested three people for their alleged involvement in crimes of glorification of terrorism and making threats. The arrests took place in the early hours of Monday […]
(AFP) Several thousand Turkish Cypriots marched on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing pupils to wear Islamic headscarves in secondary schools, a move critics say threatens the community’s secular traditions. The rule, introduced in March in the breakaway Turkish Republic of […]
(AP) A Jordanian man living in central Florida accused of causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage at a solar power facility and vandalizing multiple private businesses over their perceived support for the state of Israel was sentenced Thursday to six […]
(Honest Reporting) An upcoming convention by one of Canada’s biggest Muslim organizations features a roster of a who’s who of anti-Israel and, in our view, anti-Jewish extremists. The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), a registered Canadian charity which received millions of dollars […]
(Brussels Times) The province of East Flanders has introduced a ban on wearing religious and political symbols in provincial education, aimed at ensuring philosophical neutrality, a decision approved by the provincial council on Wednesday amid some controversy. Coalition partner Vooruit voted against […]
(Yle) Chancellor of Justice Tuomas Pöysti on Wednesday ruled that Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Finns) did not act unlawfully in the preparation of this year’s refugee quota. Under the refugee quota, Finland admits persons recognised as refugees by the UN Refugee Agency […]
(Swiss Info) Starting May 15, Hamas will be banned in Switzerland for five years. The Swiss government set the effective date for the ban, which was approved by parliament last December, on Wednesday. The bill was drawn up by the government, at […]
(NL Times) Of the 14 mostly minor suspects arrested last week on suspicion of incitement to terrorism on social media, ten are still in custody. The other four have been released from custody without arraignment, but remain suspects in the case, said […]
(AFP) Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State group for inciting a January truck-ramming attack that killed 14 people in the US city of New Orleans, Iraq’s judiciary said Sunday. The city in the southern state of Louisiana […]
(CBC) A 32-year-old Ontario man has been arrested for allegedly trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group, the RCMP says. In a news release on Friday, the RCMP said the man was arrested by its Central Region (Ontario) Integrated National […]
(AFP) France will repatriate French jihadists detained in Iraq, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday, adding that detainees held in other countries could follow. Darmanin told a question and answer session with the Voix du Nord newspaper that the three from […]
(Belga) The Court of Appeal in Antwerp has handed down prison sentences of up to six years for the foiled assassination attempt on Belgium’s current prime minister, Bart De Wever. The group’s leader was sentenced to six years in prison and a […]
(Iran International) The leader of a Swedish criminal network accused of assisting Tehran in attacks on Israeli-linked targets in Europe is currently living in Iran under the protection of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), sources told Iran International. Rawa Majid received […]
(JNS) The Chicago Jewish Alliance denounced Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday after the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations posted a photo of him wearing a keffiyeh to celebrate Arab Heritage Month. “This is outrageous,” the alliance wrote. “For […]
(Euronews) The Greens party’s group in the Berlin House of Representatives has made a motion calling for the abolition of the so-called Neutrality Act, a law that prohibits civil servants from visibly wearing or displaying religious symbols while at work. The 2005 […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old girl has appeared in court accused of six terrorism offences. One charge alleges she belonged or professed to belong to a banned organisation, while another charge alleges she invited support for such an organisation. Four of the charges are […]
(AFP) A teenager who attacked a rabbi in a central French city was sentenced to 16 months in prison by the juvenile court on Wednesday, after a long day of hearings in which he denied responsibility. The attack took place last month […]
(AFP) A French court ruled that a Muslim school could continue to receive state subsidies after local authorities in 2023 cut funding over alleged “serious breaches” of teaching rules, the court and its management said. Private schools can receive state subsidies in […]
(NL Times) Fourteen individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 were arrested across the Netherlands on Tuesday in connection with multiple investigations into incitement to terrorism through social media. Some of the suspects are minors, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution […]
(NL Times) The United States has issued a 5-million-dollars reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Khadra Essa, a Somali-Dutch woman believed to be a key figure in the terrorist organization ISIS, RTL reports. According to the U.S. Department of State, […]
(Western Standard) The Canadian Future Party is calling for the immediate dismissal of Amira Elghawaby, cabinet’s $191,000-a-year special representative on combating Islamophobia, and the elimination of her office entirely. Blacklock’s Reporter says in a platform released this week, the party proposed folding […]
(AFP) Italian anti-terrorism police said on Friday they had arrested a Tunisian citizen suspected of working as an “organiser” for the Islamic State group, which they said was planning to attack Italy. The resident of Cosenza, in the southern region of Calabria, […]
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