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Mossad gave Berlin intel on Hezbollah ops on German soil ahead of ban — report Unnamed Israeli official tells TV Germans were provided info on warehouses where terror group stashed materials for explosives, as well as money laundering networks

May 2, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) Israel’s Mossad spy agency gave information to Germany on Hezbollah’s activities on its soil ahead of the country banning the Lebanese terror group this week, Channel 12 news reported Saturday. Germany branded the entirety of the Iranian-backed group — […]

Palestinian-Danish poet who criticized Muslims dies

April 30, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) A Danish poet of Palestinian descent who made headlines as a teenager in 2013 for a book that was critical of Muslims has died, his publishing house said Thursday. Yahya Hassan was 24. His editor at Gyldendal, Simon Paternak, called Hassan’s […]

Man wanted in Germany for alleged IS terror plot arrested

April 30, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) A 24-year-old man wanted in Germany for allegedly belonging to a cell that planned attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Albania, police said Thursday. Albanian police said the suspect, a citizen of Tajikistan identified only […]

More than 90 migrants picked up in Channel in eight boats

April 27, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Eight boats with more than 90 migrants on board have been intercepted in the English Channel by UK Border Force and the French authorities. The first boat stopped by a Border Force vessel off the Kent coast was carrying 13 men […]

Three boats carrying 35 migrants intercepted in Channel

April 25, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A further 35 migrants have been intercepted by Border Force boats while attempting to cross the English Channel early on Saturday morning. The migrants — who variously identified themselves as Iranian, Iraqi and Kuwaiti — were picked up in three separate […]

Dinghies carrying 76 migrants intercepted in Channel

April 24, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Five dinghies carrying 76 migrants have been intercepted in the Channel by Border Force. All those on board were brought to Dover and will be monitored for signs of coronavirus, the Home Office said. Footage showed officials at the port in […]

Minneapolis mosque publicly broadcasts historic call to prayer during Ramadan

April 23, 2020 Unlisted Author

(KMSP) Thursday night marked the first publicly broadcast call to prayer, or “Adhan,” in Minnesota. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey approved a permit for Dar [Al-Hijrah] mosque in Minneapolis to play the call to prayer publicly five times a day during the month […]

Finnish police believe asylum seeker staged his own death after returning to Iraq Strasbourg judges ruled against Finland in 2019 for violating the human rights of a refugee who was reportedly killed on returning home.

April 23, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Yle) An Iraqi man who was refused asylum in Finland and believed to have been murdered a month after returning to his home country may still in fact be alive, police said on Wednesday, as they launched an investigation on charges of […]

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib slammed for failing to mention Jews in Holocaust Remembrance Day tweet

April 22, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — who has faced antisemitism accusations in the past — was criticized on social media on Wednesday after tweeting a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day that did not [mention] Jews. “This #HolocaustRemembranceDay — and every day — […]

Call to prayer to be broadcast in Cedar-Riverside during Ramadan in Minneapolis

April 21, 2020 Unlisted Author

(KMSP) To allow Minneapolis residents to pray together during Ramadan while maintaining social distance during the coronavirus pandemic, Adhan — the call to prayer — will be played over a loudspeaker in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood five times per day for the duration […]

Police clash with residents in locked-down Paris suburbs

April 20, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Police fought running battles in at least five suburbs of Paris overnight with residents who accused officers of using heavy-handed tactics to enforce France’s strict coronavirus lockdown. Residents burnt cars and shot fireworks at police, who responded with rubber bullets and […]

‘Divisive’: Rights groups accuse Trump of stoking Islamophobia ahead of Ramadan US president suggests Muslims could get preferential treatment during the Muslim holy month, echoing a theme circulating on right-wing Twitter circles

April 20, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) Muslim rights groups have accused US President Donald Trump of stoking Islamophobia after he said there “could be a difference” in how local authorities and politicians enforce coronavirus lockdown measures during the month of Ramadan. During his daily coronavirus news conference on Saturday, Trump referred […]

Poland detains Lebanese man suspected of ‘planning attacks’

April 20, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Poland’s special services said Monday they had detained a Lebanese citizen with suspected ties to the Islamic State group who allegedly planned to launch attacks in the country. The man, whose identity was not made public, was detained on April 16 […]

Home secretary vows to stop illegal Channel crossings

April 18, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Home Secretary Priti Patel says she is “determined” to stop illegal Channel crossings by migrants. On Friday 73 migrants were intercepted in the Channel and those landing in Dover were given face masks amid concerns about reports of a coronavirus outbreak […]

Social distancing rules should be same for Ramadan, Easter: Trump

April 18, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) President Donald Trump said Saturday he hopes US Muslims will be held to the same social distancing standards during Ramadan as Christians at Easter, when a number of faithful chafed against coronavirus-related restrictions on large gatherings. The US president made the […]

Coronavirus: Home Office staff give face masks to migrants

April 17, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Home Office staff have been seen fitting face masks to suspected migrants at Dover. Pictures showed Immigration Enforcement officers, themselves wearing masks and gloves, processing them at the port. A total of 25 men and four women in three vessels arrived […]

Aid group MSF splits with partner over migrant rescues

April 17, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Aid group Doctors without Borders said Friday it is ending its cooperation with partner SOS Mediterranee amid disagreement over the continued rescue of migrants. Doctors without Borders, which is also known by its French acronym MSF, said it wants to continue […]

French police shoot dead man armed with knife outside Paris: prosecutors

April 15, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French police on Wednesday shot dead a man, apparently of Afghan origin, armed with a knife who had threatened them in the Paris suburbs, prosecutors and police said. Police patrolling on bicycles noticed the man armed with a long knife in […]

Germany arrests 4 IS suspects planning attack on US bases

April 15, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) German authorities say police have arrested four suspected members of the Islamic State group alleged to be planning an attack on American military facilities. Federal prosecutors said the suspects were arrested by tactical police units early Wednesday at various locations in […]

Swiss prosecutors indict alleged IS member arrested in 2017

April 14, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) An Iraqi citizen suspected of being a “high-ranking” member of the Islamic State group has been indicted for allegedly violating a Swiss ban on extremist groups and accused of plotting attacks in Switzerland and Lebanon, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The Swiss […]

Greece airs concern over asylum-seekers seen on Turkey coast

April 13, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Authorities in Greece expressed concern Monday that migrants and refugees are gathering on Turkey’s coast with plans to cross the Aegean Sea to Greek islands despite movement restrictions in both countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Daily clashes between […]

Channel migrants: Border Force picks up 72 people

April 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Four boats carrying 72 migrants were intercepted by Border Force off the coast of Kent and Sussex on Sunday. The first two boats were intercepted at 06:30 BST and were carrying 22 men and eight women, who identified as Iraqi, Iranian […]

Supreme Court won’t hear bid to suspend Quebec’s secularism law But legal challenge against province's Bill 21 far from over, with cases still before the courts

April 9, 2020 Unlisted Author

(CBC) Canada’s top court has refused to look at whether Quebec’s controversial ban on religious symbols should be suspended until the case is heard on its merits. Civil rights groups had filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in January after Quebec’s Court of […]

Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi’s murder sentencing hearing postponed

April 8, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The sentencing of Hashem Abedi, who was found guilty of murdering the 22 people who died in the Manchester Arena bombing, has been postponed. The brother of bomber Salman Abedi had been due to be sentenced on 23 and 24 April […]

Germany, Luxembourg to take in migrant children from Greece

April 7, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Germany plans to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors staying at overcrowded refugee camps in Greece, while Luxembourg has agreed to accept 12, government officials said Tuesday. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer will propose to the Cabinet on Wednesday a plan […]

High court declines case of 60s black militant H. Rap Brown

April 6, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) The Supreme Court is declining to take the case of a 1960s black militant formerly known as H. Rap Brown who is in prison for killing a Georgia sheriff’s deputy in 2000. As is usual, the justices didn’t comment Monday in […]

SUPO: Finland’s main terror threat still comes from lone wolf attacks The new report from Supo outlines the main threats to Finnish security from terrorism, extremist groups, and cyber attacks.

April 2, 2020 Unlisted Author

(News Now Finland) The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service Supo published its new year book on Thursday, painting a picture of the threats facing Finland from domestic extremist movements, cyber espionage and terror attacks. Supo says the threat of terrorism in Finland […]

Coronavirus: Migrants cross Channel amid Covid-19 fears

April 2, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) More than 40 migrants trying to reach the UK via the English Channel are thought to have been picked up by the Border Force. Officials have been seen with groups of people at Dover. It is not yet clear how many […]

Muslim prayers to be broadcast on BBC Local Radio stations

April 2, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Asian Image) Muslims unable to visit their mosques during the coronavirus crisis can tune into their local BBC station. Qari Asim MBE, a senior imam in Leeds, will lead reflections on 14 stations at 5.50am. This will become a weekly spot, led […]

Assailant with ax, machete wounds man in southern Germany

March 31, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) An assailant armed with an ax and a machete threatened a woman and wounded a man who came to her help in southern Germany on Tuesday, police said. The suspect, a 27-year-old Tunisian citizen who lives in Augsburg, first broke the […]

NGO restarts Mediterranean migrant rescues despite virus fears

March 31, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The Alan Kurdi migrant rescue boat is heading back out into the Mediterranean after a two-month break despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to the German organisation that operates it. The boat has already left port in Spain where it had been […]

‘Urgent’ EU help needed in virus fight in camps: Greece

March 27, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Greece has called for “urgent” EU backing to prepare for a possible coronavirus outbreak in migrant camps, a minister said Friday. “This sort of case could have dramatic consequences. It is extremely important to act in a timely manner to avert […]

Wigan man accused of having suicide vest video

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A man accused of having a video on how to build a suicide vest and publishing a tape of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has appeared in court. Liam Fenn, 21, of Harrow Place, Wigan, has been charged with […]

Oxfam urges EU action on Greek migrant rights ‘violations’

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Oxafm on Thursday urged the European Commission to sanction Greece for what it termed violations of migrants’ rights after the government voted to suspend asylum procedures for one month owing to the coronavirus. “Rather than protecting vulnerable people from the spread […]

Greece: Man arrested for transporting 12 teenage migrants

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Greek authorities arrested a Syrian man after finding 12 Egyptian teenagers hidden in his van following a car chase through the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki early Thursday, police said. Police said they arrested the 22-year-old who had allegedly picked up […]

Norway extradites Islamist preacher to Italy

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Norway announced Thursday that it had extradited a fundamentalist Islamic preacher to Italy, despite the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, where he has been sentenced to jail for leading a jihadist network. “Krekar is no longer in Norway. Krekar has today been extradited […]

Tunisian handed 10 years for ricin bomb plot in Germany

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A German court sentenced a 31-year-old Tunisian to 10 years in prison Thursday for planning a biological bomb attack with the deadly poison ricin. Islamic State sympathiser Sief Allah H., 31, had ordered castor seeds, explosives and metal ball bearings on […]

France’s virus lockdown delays Charlie Hebdo attack trial

March 25, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The trial of 14 people accused of helping the jihadist gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and other Paris targets in January 2015 has been postponed because of France’s coronavirus lockdown, prosecutors said Wednesday. The presiding judge for the trial, […]

German-Afghan spy gets nearly 7 years for treason The man passed on state secrets to the Iranian secret service while working as a translator for the German military. Now a Koblenz court has handed him a lengthy prison sentence.

March 24, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) A former Afghan translator to the German military has been handed six years and 10 months in prison after being charged with treason for selling secrets to the Iranian secret service. The Koblenz court also found his wife, Asiea S., […]

Controversial Swiss convert to Islam dies aged 35

March 24, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Nora Illi, a controversial public figure who co-founded the Swiss Central Islamic Council (SCIS), died on Monday at the age of 35, after a long illness. Perhaps Switzerland’s most widely publicised convert to Islam, Illi often attracted attention for her […]

Arrests made over Lesbos refugee centre blaze

March 21, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Three people have been arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack at the Swiss-run One Happy Family community centre on the Greek island of Lesbos, according to Greek media reports. The centre, which is used as a meeting place […]

Newcastle man admits inciting terror acts in Germany

March 20, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A man has admitted plotting terrorism offences, including a plan to attack people with a meat cleaver in Germany. Fatah Mohammed Abdullah, of Newcastle, bought over 8,000 matches, fireworks and a remote control detonator with the intention of assisting two others […]

Erdogan discusses migrant crisis, Syria with Macron, Merkel and Johnson

March 17, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday discussed the migrant crisis and the situation in Syria’s rebel enclave of Idlib, with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain. The four-party video conference that involved French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela […]

French judges order trial for 20 suspects in November 2015 terror attacks: prosecutor

March 16, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected assailant still alive, prosecutors said Monday. The move comes after investigators wrapped up […]

Widow of IS fighter charged with ‘crimes against humanity’

March 16, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A German-Tunisian woman who married a German rapper turned Islamic State fighter and who kept a child slave in Syria has been charged with crimes against humanity, federal prosecutors said Monday. The woman, named as Omaima A, is widely known for […]

Islamic Council leaders face retrial for jihadist propaganda

March 13, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Switzerland’s Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of two Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) leaders accused of terrorist propaganda. Islamic council president Nicolas Blancho and its spokesman [Qaasim] Illi were accused of broadcasting propaganda videos in support of the […]

Grooming gang research petition to be considered for Parliamentary debate

March 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the release of Home Office research into the “characteristics” of grooming gangs. The government has refused to release the information, telling the Independent it was “not in the public interest” […]

EU to give migrants in Greece €2,000 to go home

March 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The EU says it will pay €2,000 (£1,770; $2,225) each to migrants in overcrowded camps on the Greek islands willing to go back to their home countries. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced the scheme in Athens on Thursday. It […]

Macron leads national ceremony for terrorism victims

March 11, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Radio France) French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism, as well as their families, in a sombre speech at [the] Trocadero in central Paris. King [Felipe] VI of Spain joined Macron at the ceremony during which […]

Cyprus unveils new measures to curtail migrant influx

March 10, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Cyprus is more than doubling the number of officials vetting asylum applications, shortening application deadlines and fast-tracking deportations as part of a new string of measures aimed at tackling a spike in migrant arrivals, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday. Unveiling […]