(AP) A court in western Germany has convicted a 39-year-old man of providing support to Islamist groups in Syria. The Duesseldorf regional court on Friday sentenced the German-Tunisian defendant, whose name wasn’t released for privacy reasons, to five years in prison. Judges […]
(AP) A ceremony commemorating the fourth anniversary of a massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida was being held virtually Friday because of the coronavirus, instead of members of the public gathering outside the club to remember the victims as in years […]
(BBC) Four migrants have tried to cross the English Channel on a makeshift raft made from two windsurfing boards tied together, and using shovels as paddles. They were spotted in difficulty by a DFDS ferry off Calais at about 06:25 local time, […]
(Dutch News) The trial of six men said to have been planning a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands began in Rotterdam on Wednesday. The six were arrested after a major police undercover operation in September 2018 but the man police claim […]
(AFP) The Saudi ambassador was summoned to the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday after terrorism charges were laid against three leaders of an Iranian Arab separatist group based in Denmark. They are suspected of having received funds from Saudi Arabia. Danish police […]
(BBC) Survivors of the Manchester Arena attack are taking legal action after losing their bid to be represented at the public inquiry into the bombing. More than 40 people who were injured in the 2017 attack are calling for the decision to […]
(Times of Malta) Migrants on board a government-chartered tourist boat off Malta occupied the kitchen, grabbed knives and threatened to blow up a gas cylinder and burn rubbish, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday. “They gave us half an hour to […]
(Times of Malta) Some 425 migrants who were being held offshore on four tourist boats were finally allowed to disembark on Saturday-Sunday night amid fears of a takeover on one of them. Some of the migrants had been held at sea for […]
(AFP) Italy’s interior ministry said on Saturday it had expelled a Tunisian national linked to the man who carried out a deadly 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Montassar Yaakoubi, described by the ministry as “an associate of the Tunisian terrorist […]
(Yle) Some 80 girls in Finland reported having undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a school health survey by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL. The agency’s 2019 school health survey asked over 35,000 girls in upper secondary and […]
(BBC) More than 160 migrants travelled across the Channel in small boats in 24 hours — a record for a single day. The Border Force intercepted seven boats on Wednesday, while 11 men were detained on a beach at Samphire Hoe in […]
(Romea) On Wednesday, 27 May, after three hours of debate, the Czech lower house decided not to strip Czech MP Karla Maříková of her immunity from prosecution for her remarks made on social media about Muslim immigrants. The Chamber of Deputies’ Immunity […]
(AP) A Florida woman was sentenced Friday to five years and 10 months in federal prison for attempting to send cellphones to the Middle East to be used as bomb detonators by the Islamic State terrorist group. Alison Marie Sheppard, 35, of […]
(BBC) A gathering of worshippers on a street to observe prayers during Eid was a “serious breach” of lockdown measures, a council has said. Footage of the gathering shared online showed a group of men praying in Whalley Range, Blackburn, on Sunday. […]
(Local) Norway’s broadcasting ombudsman has received close to a hundred complaints this week after state broadcaster NRK gave the Muslim Eid celebrations the sort of coverage normally given to Christmas. According to Erik Skarrud, the ombudsman’s secretary, the organisation received 93 reports […]
(BBC) Four boats carrying 60 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 57 men and three women had crossed the English Channel on Wednesday in small boats. A spokesman said they were alerted to the first incident […]
(AP) The FBI said Tuesday that its investigation points to only one attacker in the shooting at a Texas naval air base, days after the agency suggested another person involved might be on the loose. FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Leah Greeves […]
(BBC) Six boats and a kayak carrying 80 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 65 men and 15 women had crossed the English Channel on Tuesday in small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from […]
(Deutsche Welle) Security experts from the Council of Europe have warned that the global coronavirus outbreak may increase the use of biological weapons by terrorists in the future. “The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how vulnerable modern society is to viral infections and […]
(AP) Cyprus will deport 17 migrants who are being held on suspicion of having links to extremist groups or involved in acts of terror, the country’s interior ministry said Monday. The men are currently being held in a migrants’ detention facility and […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that over 100 members of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) terrorist group have returned to the country following the jihadi [network’s] failed incursions in Iraq and Syria. “Security authorities obtained knowledge that they actively engaged […]
(AFP) Italian police on Sunday corrected a report that a record 400 migrants had landed on a beach in Sicily, saying the number was only around 70, the ANSA news agency reported. A single wooden fishing boat some 10 metres (35 feet) […]
(Deutsche Welle) Former “Islamic State” (IS) fighters who returned to Europe from conflicts in Iraq and Syria should be charged with war crimes along with terrorism, said a report released Saturday by the EU-backed “Genocide Network.” According to the network, many so-called […]
(BBC) A people smuggler who helped to bring people into the UK on dinghies has been jailed for nine years. Albanian national Vladimir Bardoshi, 36, led a gang that ferried illegal migrants across the Channel from France in dangerous conditions, police said. […]
(BBC) The rising number of child migrants crossing the Channel by boat risks overwhelming social services, the leader of Kent County Council has said. Roger Gough appealed to Priti Patel to “prevent a crisis escalating into something unmanageable and unsafe.” More than […]
(AFP) A Syrian doctor living in Germany is being investigated on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity at a military hospital in the war-torn country, a report in Spiegel magazine Friday said. Federal prosecutors suspect the man of beating and torturing men […]
(BBC) The arena bombing was “forever etched in our minds,” the dean of Manchester said as he led a live-streamed memorial service to mark the third anniversary of the attack. Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds injured in the suicide bombing at […]
(AP) A German woman suspected of joining the Islamic State group in Syria has been taken into custody in her homeland after being deported from Turkey. The suspect, identified only as Zeynep G. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested at […]
(BBC) Small boat migrant crossings are becoming “a major threat” to the UK, MPs have been told. The Home Affairs Select Committee was hearing evidence after Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage claimed French ships were “escorting” migrant boats. The Home Office said […]
(AP) A Czech appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors said imam Samer Shehadeh helped […]
(BBC) More than 60 migrants have been handed to immigration officials after they tried to cross the Channel in boats. Border Force cutters intercepted four boats in the early hours and a fifth on Wednesday afternoon. In total, 64 people were on […]
(AFP) German federal prosecutors said Wednesday they were investigating an alleged member of the Islamic State terrorist group suspected of a series of acid and arson attacks, and of planning killings with a gun and explosives. The suspect, named only as Muharrem […]
(BBC) Court orders restricting the movements of suspected terrorists could be renewed indefinitely under new legislation unveiled by the government. The bill would lower the standard of proof to impose the orders, known as TPims, and remove the current two-year limit that […]
(AP) A Lebanese man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Minnesota to conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Usama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty […]
(BBC) Six boats carrying 90 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 79 men and 11 women had crossed the Channel on Saturday, 16 May, on small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from France and […]
(Middle East Eye) A UK-based Muslim charity has called on the Charity Commission to end its statutory inquiry into the organisation after police confirmed that funds confiscated from it last year were donations and perfectly legitimate. The money was seized by UK […]
(AFP) French police are holding a man of Afghan nationality after a prominent activist in the north of France who helped migrants was bludgeoned to death at his home, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attacker entered the home of Jean Dussine in Bretteville, […]
(CBC) The local Muslim community has been granted permission by the city to broadcast the nightly sunset call to prayer from the London Muslim Mosque for the remainder of Ramadan. Muslims are unable to congregate at the mosque because of physical distancing […]
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday scrapped all charges against a man who helped migrants enter the country illegally, the final chapter in a groundbreaking case that defined so-called “crimes of solidarity.” Cedric Herrou, an olive farmer in southern France who helped […]
(BBC) A man has been charged with fraud in relation to chemical purchases by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber. The charges follow inquiries under Operation Manteline, the police investigation into the May 2017 attack. Yahya Werfalli, 25, of Cheetham Hill, […]
(AP) A German federal court said Tuesday it has thrown out a rejected Iraqi asylum-seeker’s appeal against his conviction for raping and murdering a 14-year-old local girl. Ali Bashar was sentenced to life in prison by the Wiesbaden state court in July […]
(CBC) For the first time in its history, the oldest mosque in Vancouver will begin broadcasting its evening call to prayer over loudspeakers for the remainder of Ramadan, in order to provide a sense of community during the pandemic. The azan, or adhan — […]
(ANSA) A 22-year-old Somali man was convicted Tuesday of having links with Al-Shabaab, the Somali militant group which held Italian aid worker Silvia Romano captive for 18 months. Mohsin Ibrahim Omar, 22, alias Anas Khalil, AKA Yusuf, the name of the Nairobi […]
(BBC) Another boat carrying migrants has been intercepted by the Border Force off the Kent coast following a spike in the number of incidents in recent days. The Home Office said there were 11 men and six women on board who presented […]
(BBC) At least 227 migrants have been intercepted in two days as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach the UK. Eight boats carrying 145 people were stopped on Friday, the Home Office confirmed — a record for a single […]
(Arab Weekly) The name of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Yemeni Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman stood out as an odd addition to the list of Facebook’s first 20 oversight board members. The new oversight body includes four chairs: former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, […]
(AFP) German police on Thursday raided apartments belonging to several suspected Islamists in Berlin, over allegations they fraudulently obtained state payouts set up for the coronavirus crisis. Officers searched the homes and vehicles of five people “belonging to the Salafist scene,” police […]
(Swiss Info) The justice authorities have dropped a legal inquiry against an imam in central Switzerland suspected of making controversial statements about wife-beating. The cantonal prosecutor’s office in Lucerne announced that it could not find evidence supporting allegations raised by the SonntagsZeitung […]
(Local) Denmark’s integration minister has celebrated statistics showing more people with refugee backgrounds leaving the country than arriving as “lovely numbers.” According to the analysis by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration, the number of people granted asylum in Denmark who had […]
(AFP) The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on Monday condemned Germany’s ban on his group as bowing to US pressure and insisted it was not active in the country. Germany designated Hezbollah a “Shiite terrorist organisation” on Thursday as its security forces […]
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