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Germany: Police shoot man dead after Euro 2024 party attack A man went on the rampage in Wolmirstedt, in eastern Saxony-Anhalt state, killing another man and stabbing people at a private football party. The assailant was later shot dead by the police.

June 15, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) A man attacked several people in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, including at a private party to mark the opening of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament, before he was shot and killed by the police. German police said Saturday that […]

Bill 21: Majority of Muslim women considered leaving Quebec for work

June 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(CityNews) About 71 per cent of Muslim women surveyed in Quebec considered leaving the province for work due to the [effects] of Bill 21, during the pandemic. This is according to a new study published by the National Council of Canadian Muslims […]

Netherlands among 13 countries in global terrorism propaganda busts; Spain arrests 9

June 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Two major international operations to break up the propaganda and communications channels of terrorist organizations were carried out this week, leading authorities in 13 countries to take action against servers, web hosting services and websites, Europol announced on Friday. The […]

French court upholds prison sentences for two Nice attackers

June 13, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A French court on Thursday confirmed the prison sentences of two men who were sentenced to 18 years in jail over the harrowing 2016 terror attack in Nice that killed 86 people. In 2022, French judges ordered prison terms for eight […]

French and Spanish police hold anti-terror drills ahead of Paris Olympics The exercise began in Bayonne, France, where the practice scenario involved assailants staging an attack before fleeing to San Sebastián, Spain, where they took hostages.

June 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Euronews) The national police of Spain and France conducted a simulated terrorist attack exercise ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The surprise exercise, called Operation Optimus, aimed to enhance response capabilities. It was overseen in Spain by the General Information […]

Germany bans local Salafist Muslim group with large internet reach

June 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Authorities in Germany have moved to ban a Muslim association based in the central city of Braunschweig, accusing the group of spreading extremist views. Police also launched several raids aimed at the Braunschweig-based German-Speaking Muslim Association (DMG) on Wednesday morning, which […]

Macron says France needs new debate on secularism

June 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday France needed a new debate on secularism rules that ban religious symbols from classrooms and some sports, as he sought to rally support before snap elections. “There is this feeling that secularism is not always well […]

German intelligence warns of heightened Islamist terror threat

June 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The threat of Islamist terrorist attacks in Germany is currently significantly higher compared to previous years, partially due to the Gaza war, according to Germany’s domestic intelligence agency. “The risk of jihadist attacks is higher than it has been for a […]

Terror threat in the Netherlands remains ‘substantial’

June 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The threat of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands has increased slightly over the past few months but remains at level 4, or substantial, the government’s counter-terrorism agency NCTV said on Tuesday. Level four means there is a realistic likelihood […]

‘Sports should be inclusive’: Activists slam France hijab ban

June 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French Muslim basketball player Diaba Konate Tuesday said she had hoped to represent her country at the Paris Olympics but did not stand a chance because she wears a headscarf. “Despite my desire and skills, I’m … not actually allowed to […]

Suspected IS supporter arrested at Cologne airport The suspect allegedly supported an offshoot of the Islamic State. He also reportedly unsuccessfully applied to work at Euro 2024-related events.

June 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) A suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS) was arrested a week before the start of the UEFA European football championship in Germany, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday. According to a spokesperson for the Karlsruhe authority, the suspect […]

France charges Palestinian man with financing terrorism

June 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Palestinian man has been charged in France with financing terrorism and complicity in attempted murder over suspected links to attacks against Israelis in the occupied West Bank in 2023, a source close to the case said Thursday. He is being […]

Germany’s Scholz seeks to deport criminals from Afghanistan, Syria

June 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to allow the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria again, he told parliament on Thursday, following the recent death of a police officer who was stabbed at an anti-Islamic rally. “Such criminals should be […]

Syrian father reportedly confessed to teen daughter’s ‘honor killing’ in Friesland

June 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Khaled Al N. from Joure allegedly confessed to killing his 18-year-old daughter Ryan in emails sent to the Telegraaf. The Syrian man said he took his daughter’s life and fled to Istanbul. Sources previously told the newspaper that Ryan’s very […]

Supreme Court rules minister was wrong to cancel passport over Islamic State fears

June 5, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Radio NZ) The Supreme Court has declared the then National-led government broke the law in 2016 when it cancelled a woman’s passport on national security grounds. The crown has been ordered to pay the woman $30,000 to cover her legal costs, but […]

‘Honor killing’ behind young Joure woman’s (18) death: report

June 5, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Ryan Al Najjar, an 18-year-old woman from Joure whose body was found a week ago in [Lelystad], was the victim of an “honor killing,” people who know the family told the Telegraaf. According to them, Ryan’s father killed her because […]

Group accused of planning to kill Antwerp mayor to know its fate on Wednesday

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The Antwerp Criminal Court is due to issue its verdict on Wednesday in the trial of an alleged terrorist group accused of plotting to murder the city’s mayor, Bart De Wever, who also chairs the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA). The suspects […]

Germany mulls expulsions to Afghanistan after knife attack

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Germany said Tuesday it was considering allowing deportations to Afghanistan after an asylum seeker from the country killed a police officer and wounded five others in a knife attack. Deportations to Afghanistan have been stopped since the Taliban retook power in […]

Murdered woman, 18, found in Lelystad water was missing for a week; two men arrested

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The police arrested two men for involvement in the death of 18-year-old Ryan al Najjar from Joure. The young woman’s body was found in the water along the Knardijk in Lelystad a week after she disappeared from her hometown. Al […]

Mannheim knife attack: Authorities suspect Islamist motive German federal prosecutors have begun investigating a knife attack which left a police officer dead in Mannheim. On Monday, thousands of people gathered in the southwestern German city to pay their respects.

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) German authorities say they believe there was an Islamist motive behind a knife attack at an anti-Islam rally in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday during which a police officer was killed. The federal prosecutor, Germany’s highest prosecuting authority […]

Anti-terrorism prosecutor takes over German knife-attack case

June 3, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Anti-terrorism prosecutors in Germany will take over the investigation into a knife attack in Mannheim that killed a police officer, a spokeswoman told AFP on Monday. She said the office took on the case due to the “singular importance” of the […]

Man detained in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail

June 3, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) A foreign citizen was detained in Romania’s capital on Monday after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli embassy with a Molotov cocktail, causing a small fire but no casualties, local media and police reported. A 34-year-old man was apprehended by […]

Policeman dies after being stabbed at anti-Islam event in Mannheim

June 2, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A German police officer has died two days after being stabbed at an anti-Islam gathering in the western German city of Mannheim, authorities said Sunday, as police responded to demonstrations held in the wake of the attack. The public prosecutor’s office […]

German anti-Islam movement plans further events after knife attack

June 1, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Germany’s anti-Islamic Pax Europa movement is planning further public gatherings despite Friday’s knife attack in the city of Mannheim that left a police officer critically injured. Next Saturday, the group will set up a booth outside the train station in the […]

German court orders man born in Afghanistan held after knife attack at an anti-political Islam event

June 1, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) A German court on Saturday ordered a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan held on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a knife attack at an event organized by a group opposing “political Islam” that left six people injured. The victims […]

Authorities detain minor on charges of promoting Islamist propaganda

May 29, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Budapest Times) Hungarian authorities have taken into custody a minor on charges of posting online propaganda content promoting the Islamic State terrorist organisation, the central investigation office of the prosecution said on Wednesday. The prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation based on […]

Swiss public prosecutor calls for Tariq Ramadan to be jailed for rape

May 29, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) The Geneva public prosecutor’s office on Tuesday demanded a three-year prison sentence for Tariq Ramadan, 18 months of which would be mandatory, in an appeal trial. It believes the Islamic scholar is guilty of raping a woman in a hotel […]

Swiss parties in favour of banning Hamas

May 29, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Swiss political parties have spoken out in favour of the Federal Council’s proposed ban on the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The rightwing Swiss People’s Party felt that the draft law did not go far enough in the consultation procedure. The […]

Migrant stabs Polish soldier at Belarusian border

May 28, 2024 Unlisted Author

(TVP) A migrant attempting to illegally cross the border from Belarus into Poland stabbed a Polish soldier on Tuesday, the deputy interior minister reported. The soldier was immediately taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. The attack occurred during a […]

Alleged Isis propagandist Elmahdi arrested in Turin 29-year-old accused of terrorism association

May 28, 2024 Unlisted Author

(ANSA) Police in Turin on Tuesday arrested Halili Elmahdi, a 29-year-old suspected of being the main author of Italian-language ISIS propaganda, sources said. The Moroccan national, who allegedly carried out radicalisation and proselytising activities on the internet, faces charges of terrorism association. […]

British foreign ministry official says some Muslims in UK want to ‘challenge values’ of the country

May 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Arab News) A British Foreign Office minister said on Monday some Muslims in the UK wanted to “challenge the values” of the country. Anne-Marie [Trevelyan] was speaking after right-wing politician Nigel Farage, the honorary president of Reform UK, told Sky News on […]

Islamic rites must be in Italian, says League No longer know what to invent to sow hatred, says AVS

May 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(ANSA) The ruling rightwing League party has tabled an amendment to the government’s security decree calling for Islamic rites inside cultural centres to be celebrated in Italian. According to the League, this would help prevent religious propaganda and radicalisation and therefore possible […]

Tariq Ramadan faces Swiss judges again in appeal trial

May 27, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) The 61-year-old Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was acquitted of rape and sexual coercion, will be back before judges in Geneva on Monday. The public prosecutor’s office and the plaintiff had appealed against the court’s decision last year. As the […]

London police working to identify man seen wearing soccer shirt with ‘Hamas 7’ on back

May 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Times of Israel) London’s Metropolitan Police is attempting to identify a man seen walking through the capital city wearing a Manchester United soccer shirt with the word “Hamas” and a large 7 emblazoned on the back, seemingly in reference to the October […]

Four people injured in knife attack in Lyon metro The attack took place early Sunday afternoon, according to the Rhône prefecture. Passengers had earlier reported the erratic behaviour of an individual wielding a knife.

May 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Euronews) A 27-year-old Moroccan man was arrested and taken into police custody following a knife attack that injured four people in the Lyon metro on Sunday afternoon. “An individual armed with a knife injured four people in the Lyon metro between the […]

German police say alleged knife attack plot on synagogue thwarted

May 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) German authorities have detained an 18-year-old man after he allegedly discussed carrying out a knife attack on a synagogue in the south-western German city of Heidelberg. The suspect, who comes from the town of Weinheim, is being held on suspicion of […]

Dutch PM hopeful thinks ‘hatred of Jews’ is part of the Muslim culture

May 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) According to BBB parliamentarian Mona Keijzer, “Jew hatred is almost part of the culture” in countries where Islam is the dominant religion. The BBB’s “prime minister candidate” said that on the talk show Sophie & Jeroen while discussing asylum seekers […]

Row after two Muslim students exempted from studying Dante Parties slam 'crazy' move, 'insult to our culture'

May 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(ANSA) A middle school teacher in the northern city of Treviso has exempted two Muslim students from studying Dante on the grounds that it is a religious work that clashes with their Islamic faith, local dailies reported Friday, sparking a major row […]

Sisters who left Switzerland to join Islamic State given suspended prison sentence

May 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court today sentenced two sisters living in the canton of Vaud to suspended prison terms for having travelled, along with a minor son belonging to one of them, to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic […]

Italy says disrupts Turkish armed group, arrests boss

May 22, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Italian police said Wednesday they had disrupted a Turkish criminal operation “with terrorist purposes,” arresting 19 individuals including a major boss associated with recent attacks in Turkey. Hundreds of police carried out the arrests in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Turkey, police […]

Manchester Arena bombing: Figen Murray, mother of victim Martyn Hett, delivers letter urging Rishi Sunak to pass Martyn’s Law Ms Murray arrived at No 10 on the seventh anniversary of her son's death to push for the measure, which calls for UK venues and local authorities to have training requirements and preventative plans against terror attacks, to be introduced to Parliament.

May 22, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) The mother of a victim of the Manchester Arena bombing has walked from the venue to Downing Street to deliver a letter calling for new terror laws. Figen Murray’s son, Martyn Hett, was one of 22 people killed when terrorist […]

Single-MP majority asks Cabinet to criminalize ‘From the River to the Sea’ statement

May 21, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A slim majority of parliamentarians voted on Tuesday in favor of a motion calling for the Cabinet to criminalize the statement, “From the River to the Sea.” The measure passed 74-73 during a roll call vote in the Tweede Kamer, […]

Austrian leader lauds UK’s efforts on migration and cites its plan for deportations to Rwanda

May 21, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) Austria’s leader praised Britain Tuesday as a “pioneer” in outsourcing asylum proceedings to places outside Europe, citing a U.K. bill to send migrants to Rwanda as he hosted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Vienna. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s conservative party has […]

Omar cites Holocaust, Jewish lawyer to support ICC probing Israeli leaders 'The International Criminal Court must be allowed to conduct its work independently and without interference,' the Squad member stated.

May 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden called it “outrageous” for the International Criminal Court to pursue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington “fundamentally rejects” the decision of the court in The Hague. Rep. Ilhan […]

‘Understandable resistance’: Many UK university students deny October 7 was terrorism — poll 38% of students said those publicly supporting Israel on campus should expect abuse. Only 31% vocally disagreed with this.

May 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) A total of 38% of students at Russell Group universities, a prestigious collection of 24 UK universities, stated that they believe Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel were an “understandable act of resistance,” according to a poll commissioned by StandWithUs […]

A fourteen-year-old girl originally from Montenegro was arrested for planning a terrorist attack in Austria Evidence was also found of activity on chat forums where the girl was sending photos of weapons she owns to 'like-minded people.' The plan was for her attack to be directed against 'infidels'

May 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Vijesti) A 14-year-old citizen of Montenegro planned a terrorist attack on Jakominiplatz in the Austrian city of Graz, writes the Kleine Zeitung. After searching her house, the police found a knife and an ax and Islamic State propaganda material. The 14-year-old pleaded […]

Police investigating stabbing of Iranian journalist won’t say where suspects could be

May 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(ITV) Detectives investigating the stabbing [of] an Iranian journalist outside his south London home have said they are “making various international inquiries.” However, police looking into the attack on Iran International reporter Pouria Zeraati have not said which country they believe the […]

Manchester bombing: Police officers who went for kebab on night of terror attack given final warnings A watchdog also recommends British Transport Police apologises to the families of the victims for the shortcomings in the policing operation on the night.

May 17, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) Two police officers who took a two-hour break to get kebabs on the night of the Manchester Arena terror attack have been given final written warnings. The inquiry into the atrocity had heard suicide bomber Salman Abedi may have been […]

Crown won’t file charges over controversial pro-Palestinian speeches in Montreal Decision does not take a stance on what public discourse is acceptable, crown says

May 16, 2024 Unlisted Author

(CBC) The Quebec crown prosecutors’ office says no charges will be filed after speeches at pro-Palestinian demonstrations last October led to accusations of hate speech. In a news release Thursday, the director of criminal and penal prosecutions (DPCP) says it came to […]

German police raid pro-Palestinian group in Duisburg The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has banned the group Palestine Solidarity Duisburg over alleged antisemitism and support for Hamas.

May 16, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) German police in the western city of Duisburg carried out raids on [Thursday] on four properties linked to a pro-Palestinian group over its alleged support for Hamas. The interior ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany’s most populated state where the city is […]