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Shamima Begum will not be allowed here, says Bangladesh (LINK ONLY)
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Shamima Begum: 78% of Britons support revoking IS bride’s UK citizenship — Sky Data poll Eight in 10 Britons think Sajid Javid is right to remove her UK citizenship — as Bangladesh insists she is not a dual citizen.
(Sky News) The vast majority of the British public support the home secretary’s decision to remove the UK citizenship of Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum, a Sky Data poll reveals. Eight in 10 Britons (78%) think Sajid Javid was right to remove […]
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Trump, Pompeo: Alabama woman who joined ISIS cannot return to US
(Hill) President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Wednesday that an Alabama woman will not be allowed to return to the U.S. after traveling to Syria to join ISIS in 2014. Pompeo said that Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. […]
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Shamima Begum: Isis Briton faces move to revoke citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Why it’s so hard to revoke the citizenship of terrorists
(NY Post) What allegiance does the United States owe to our enemies when they are our own citizens? More than we should. The question arises due to the case of Hoda Muthana, a young woman born in Alabama, the daughter of Yemeni […]
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Danish politicians defy Trump by rejecting return of Isis fighters
(Local) Denmark’s three largest political parties have said they do not want to accept the return of citizens who have travelled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State (Isis) terror group. The Social Democrats, Danish People’s Party and the Liberal (Venstre) […]
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European Court of Human Rights upholds Danish deportation of former citizen who incited terror
(Local) In a unanimous decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected an appeal by Moroccan Said Mansour against being deported from Denmark for terror-related convictions. Mansour, who is known in Danish media as the “Bookseller from Brønshøj” in reference […]
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Americans who thwarted train attack become French citizens
(AFP) Three Americans hailed as heroes for thwarting a jihadist attack on a train between Amsterdam and Paris were officially welcomed as French citizens on Thursday in a ceremony in the US state of California. Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone, […]
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Jihadist stripped of Dutch nationality
(NL Times) Convicted jihadist Marouane B. from Arnhem is no longer a Dutch national. State Secretary Mark Harbers of Justice and Security stripped his Dutch nationality, a spokesperson for the ministry confirmed to NU.nl after reports in the Telegraaf. B., who traveled to […]
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Want to be Danish? You’d better shake hands
(Reuters) Afghan-born Sakandar Khan, 30, was among the first nine new Danish citizens who shook hands with Denmark’s immigration minister under a new law that makes a handshake the final step in the naturalization process. “This is a huge thing for me. […]
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Islamic State suspect captured in Syria was radicalised in Ireland (LINK ONLY)
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Muslim leader criticises Varadkar’s comments on Irish ‘Isis terrorist’ (LINK ONLY)
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Irish ‘Isis terrorist’ captured in Syria was on Garda watchlist (LINK ONLY)
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Denmark deports Said Mansour, stripped of citizenship, to Morocco Said Mansour is the first Danish citizen to lose his citizenship and be deported because of a terrorism conviction.
(Morocco World News) Denmark has deported Said Mansour, convicted of incitement to terrorism and formerly a dual Moroccan-Danish citizen, to Morocco. According to Danish media, Mansour arrived in Casablanca yesterday night, aboard Royal Air Maroc flight 222 from Copenhagen. Danish authorities handed […]
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Islamic State fighter Neil Prakash’s citizenship revoked Neil Prakash, the Melbourne man who became a recruiter for Islamic State, has been stripped of his Australian citizenship.
(AAP) Neil Prakash, the Melbourne man who became a recruiter for the Islamic State militant group, has been stripped of his Australian citizenship. The 27-year-old was told of the Australian government’s decision on December 21, becoming the 12th dual national to have […]
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Denmark, with an eye on Muslims, requires new citizens to shake hands
(NY Times) Denmark will require anyone who takes Danish citizenship to shake hands at the naturalization ceremony, under a law passed on Thursday, which lawmakers say is aimed at Muslims who refuse on religious grounds to touch members of the opposite sex. […]
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Italy adopts hardline immigration law
(Gatestone) The Italian Parliament has approved a tough new immigration and security law that will make it easier to deport migrants who commit crimes and strip those convicted of terrorism of their Italian citizenship. Italy’s lower house of parliament, the Camera dei […]
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People from non-Western countries fail Danish citizenship test more often: ministry
(Local) People from Iraq, Somalia, Turkey and Afghanistan are more likely to fail the Danish citizenship test than other nationalities. Thousands of people across Denmark will today take the country’s citizenship test in a bid to become nationals of their adopted home. […]
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Austria’s Turkish community caught in nationality trap
(AFP) Alper Yilmaz has no doubt where his home is. “My homeland is Austria, Vienna,” he says. But with a far-right party sharing power and anti-immigration sentiment generally on the rise in Austria, Yilmaz — along with potentially thousands of other Austrians […]
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French MP proposes Muslims adopt French names to become citizens, extend ban on Islamic headscarves
(Breitbart) French conservative Republican MP Julien Aubert has put his name behind a series of migrant integration proposals that would include banning the Islamic headscarf in public institutions and make Muslims adopt French names to become citizens. The proposals come from a new […]
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Thousands protest in Rome over Italy’s ‘anti-migrant’ decree
(AFP) Several thousand protesters rallied in Rome on Saturday to protest against what they criticised as unfair anti-migrant policies promoted by far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Waving banners with slogans “Black lives matter” and “Welcome for all; Open the borders,” leftists joined […]
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Italy Senate passes tough anti-migrant decree
(AFP) The Italian Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s tough anti-migrant and security decree to become law following a confidence vote. The populist government of Salvini’s League and Luigi Di Maio’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) […]
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One European Sharia supporter fears losing democracy, the other enjoys its gifts
(IPT) Of late, most of Europe has focused its counterterrorism efforts on handling the potential returnees from Syria, and possible radicals hiding among migrants from the region. Yet recent events indicate that not all European countries are fully prepared to defend against […]
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Fouad Belkacem: Belgian Islamist leader loses citizenship
(BBC) Jailed Islamist Fouad Belkacem, whose group Sharia4Belgium sent dozens of jihadists to Syria, has been stripped of his Belgian citizenship and faces deportation to Morocco. The appeal court in Antwerp ruled that he had fallen seriously short of his duties as […]
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Sajid Javid backs plans for stricter citizenship rules after Brexit (LINK ONLY)
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Italy govt adopts tough anti-migrant decree
(AFP) The Italian government on Monday adopted a heavily-criticised security decree which will make it easier to expel migrants and strip them of Italian citizenship. The new bill is “a step forward to make Italy safer,” far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said […]
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Danish mayors vow to ignore citizenship handshake plan (LINK ONLY)
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Poll reveals opposition to citizenship for devout Muslims The constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion is increasingly coming under threat in Denmark if a new opinion poll is to be believed
(Copenhagen Post) Amongst the causes closest to the heart of the Nye [Borgerlige] right-wing nationalist party is a desire that immigration policy should be toughened up even more than it is today. One of the measures the party advocates is the idea […]
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Bernardi renews his push for burqa ban Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi has introduced draft laws to parliament banning facial coverings at commonwealth sites.
(AAP) Burqas could be banned at major airports and citizenship ceremonies under legislation introduced to parliament by right-wing senator Cory Bernardi. The Australian Conservatives’ leader on Tuesday introduced a bill banning facial coverings at commonwealth sites, including all public places in the […]
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Mandatory handshake will make Danish citizenship three times as expensive
(Local) A much-discussed proposal that would require new Danish [citizens] to shake hands with their local mayor would also come with a tripling of the fee new Danes have to pay to receive their citizenship. Forcing all citizenship applicants to participate in […]
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Political opposition to ‘handshake’ law growing The government’s proposal to insist that all new Danish citizens undergo a special ceremony involving shaking hands is not popular in all quarters
(Copenhagen Post) In June this year, the government plus Socialdemokratiet and Dansk Folkeparti put forward proposals to tighten up the criteria for Danish citizenship. One of the measures supported by Venstre, Liberal Alliance and Dansk Folkeparti is that budding citizens will have […]
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Danish parties ready to deny citizenship to those who refuse to shake hands DF and K want ceremonial handshake to be mandatory
(Copenhagen Post) Over the weekend it emerged that a Muslim couple in Switzerland were denied citizenship after refusing to shake hands of people of the opposite gender during an interview pertaining to their citizenship process. Now two Danish parties, Dansk Folkeparti (DF) […]
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Couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal
(Swiss Info) A couple who refused to shake hands or answer questions with members of the opposite sex on a naturalisation board in Lausanne have been denied Swiss citizenship. In a statement issued on Friday, the Lausanne city authorities confirmed a recent […]
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Judges uphold decision to strip grooming gang members of citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Federal government stalls on release of new Canadian citizenship guide
(Canadian Press) It’s been more than two years since work began on revising the controversial study guide for Canada’s citizenship test, but the federal government says it needs more time to work on the publication and has no set timeline for release. […]