(National-UAE) A Syrian man has been arrested after arson attacks left more than 30 people injured, including eight children. Fires were started at two apartment blocks and a van was rammed into shops in the western Germany city of Essen on Saturday […]
(Daily Wire) Hate crime data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week shows that individuals committed a disproportionately greater number of hate crimes against Jews than Muslims in the past year. The FBI reported 1,951 anti-Jewish hate crimes between January […]
(BBC) The murder of a 19-year-old female student in an exclusive neighbourhood of Paris is fuelling new calls from the French right for tougher action on immigration. The body of the young woman, named only as Philippine, was found on Saturday, half-buried […]
(AFP) A woman linked to the Islamic State group will be tried in France on “genocide” charges over allegedly enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Syria, a source close to the case said Tuesday. Sonia Mejri, a 35-year-old born in southern France, stands […]
(AP) A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. […]
(Dutch News) The man accused of stabbing a man to death on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam seriously wounded his mother in a knife attack two years ago, Dutch media report. Ayoub M., 22, is due to appear in court for a […]
(LBC) Terror suspects “waltz in on small boats,” Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has claimed. Dozens of terror suspects have crossed the Channel in small boats, according to the former immigration minister Robert Jenrick. The Tory leadership candidate said individuals associated with […]
(NL Times) A 27-year-old woman from Den Bosch who is detained on suspicion of involvement with the attempted murder of an Iranian activist and journalist who is living in Haarlem denies knowing of the plans to assassinate him. “I expect the truth […]
(BBC) A former doctor used a rusty medical instrument to circumcise children and gave insufficient pain relief, a court has heard. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, caused “unnecessary pain and suffering” to 23 children from Muslim families, Southwark Crown Court was told. […]
(BBC) A man who used a fake name to send “vile” racist messages on a messaging app with thousands of members to provoke violence has been jailed for two years and four months. The court heard Ehsan Hussain, himself Pakistani, used the […]
(Free Beacon) An Arab-American activist invited by Senate Democrats to testify at an anti-Semitism hearing on Tuesday defended calls for “intifada” and praise for Hamas “martyrs” on college campuses, telling lawmakers these chants are “not hate speech.” Maya Berry, the executive director […]
(AP) One migrant died after smugglers piloting a speedboat from Turkey to an Aegean Sea island forced their passengers into the sea on Tuesday to avoid detection by marine patrols, Greek authorities said. The remaining 30 migrants on the vessel were unhurt, […]
(GB News) A Rotherham rape gangs survivor was ordered by a judge to remove a demand for her abusers to be deported in her courtroom victim impact statement, GB News can reveal. The woman, who has her identity protected by court order, […]
(NBC) Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her “head in a bag.” The […]
(AFP) Paris prosecutors said Monday they were investigating online threats against female Afghan taekwondo fighter Marzieh Hamidi, who fled to France in 2021 after the Taliban seized power in Kabul. Hamidi had suffered “cyber-harassment including death, rape and other threats via social […]
(AFP) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Monday for her efforts in reducing illegal migration, saying his “government of pragmatism” sought new approaches to the hot-button topic. On his first visit to Italy since his centre-left […]
(Radio France) The Paris prosecutor has called for a trial of the woman suspected of the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Paris in 2022 — a case that shocked France and sparked outrage over the government’s handling of immigration. The Paris […]
(European Conservative) Sweden Democrat MP Richard Jomshof is stepping down from his chairmanship in the parliamentary justice committee after being notified that he is “reasonably suspected” of “incitement against an ethnic group.” Jomshof’s alleged crime? Retweeting two cartoons, created by an Indian […]
(Radio France) Marzieh Hamidi, a former taekwondo champion for Afghanistan who now lives in France as a refugee, has been placed under police protection after protesting against the Taliban’s treatment of women. Hamidi, 21, used to compete on the Afghan national taekwondo […]
(Dutch News) More attention should be paid to individual rights for women during the Dutch integration process as reports of honour-based violence are mounting, police have said. Some 619 cases of honour-related abuse were reported last year to the dedicated police unit […]
(BBC) A man has admitted posting social media messages designed to stir up racial [hatred] as riots hit the UK. Ehsan Hussain, from Birmingham, has been warned to expect a substantial custodial sentence. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty at the city’s magistrates’ court […]
(Jewish News) A notorious Islamist activist, who was at the centre of one of the recently elected pro-Palestine [MPs’] election campaigns, has been jailed for attempts to spark “immediate unlawful violence.” Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, was sentenced to 22 […]
(AFP) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, convicted on appeal of rape and sexual coercion by a Geneva court, is a Swiss intellectual accused of masking violence and radicalism behind a mild facade. Ramadan, 62, is the grandson of the founder of the Islamist […]
(BBC) A Swiss appeals court has convicted the prominent scholar of Islam Tariq Ramadan of rape, overturning a previous acquittal dating back to 2023. Swiss broadcaster RTS reported that, at the end of August, the court ruled Ramadan must serve a three-year […]
(Iran International) An Iranian dissident man was gang-raped in Germany by four men who are believed to be Islamic Republic loyalists, in an attack that has shocked the town of Iserlohn in North Rhine-Westphalia, according to German media reports. The incident, which […]
(AFP) An exiled Iranian opposition group said Monday that its offices in Stockholm were firebombed overnight with “Molotov cocktails,” with police saying they had opened an investigation into arson. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political wing […]
(BBC) A former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) in what has been described as a “landmark case.” Emad Kaky arranged for a young girl to travel from the UK to Iraq, where she […]
(Westchester Journal News) A Yonkers man is charged with attempted murder as a hate crime after allegedly stabbing a barber because he was Jewish. Ahmed al Jabali, 34, allegedly shouted, “I want to kill you, you (expletive) Jew” before repeatedly trying to […]
(AP) An Afghan refugee convicted of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings in 2022 that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community pleaded no contest Tuesday to two homicide charges stemming from the other killings. Prosecutors said Muhammad Syed, 53, entered the pleas […]
(Reuters) Germany said it resumed flying convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country on Friday, days before German regional elections in which migration is a campaign issue. Berlin stopped returning people to Afghanistan because of human rights concerns after the […]
(AP) An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community has reached a plea agreement that could resolve criminal charges stemming from the other two killings. Muhammad Syed’s […]
(Reuters) Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they would put two men on trial for setting fire to the Koran in a series of incidents last year that prompted outrage in the Muslim world and raised fears of attacks by jihadists. The two […]
(AP) Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say. All eight […]
(AP) The crew of a Greek coast guard vessel opened fire on a speedboat smuggling migrants — including several children — from neighboring Turkey killing one passenger, Greek authorities said Friday. A coast guard statement said shots were fired, first into the […]
(AP) Authorities on the southern Greek island of Crete detained 76 migrants early Tuesday after they arrived on three boats, as smugglers seek new routes in the region to evade coast guard patrols. The migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Bangladesh included […]
(Western Standard) Notorious Vancouver-based anti-Israel agitator Charlotte Kates was given a “human rights” award in Iran earlier this month during a trip to Tehran in which she appeared on numerous state broadcasters parroting regime talking points. Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun […]
(Daily Record) A Muslim member of Maryland’s hate crime commission resigned Monday amid what he called “a coordinated Islamophobic campaign of hate and online bullying from anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim groups.” Ayman Nassar, CEO of the Islamic Leadership Institute, was appointed to the […]
(BBC) A man who claimed he was trying to protect a mosque from being attacked by “racists” has been jailed. Prosecutors said about 60 Asian men clashed with about 30 white men in Darlington on the night of 5 August, with police […]
(National Post) Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator for Samidoun, appeared on Iranian television to discuss her arrest at the hands of Vancouver police, and reiterated her statements about the “brave, heroic” October 7 terror attack on Israel. Kates, who’s also the coordinator […]
(CNN) A Jordanian citizen residing in Orlando, Florida, has been charged for allegedly destroying solar panels at an energy facility and making threats against businesses in the state because he believed they supported Israel. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen has been charged with […]
(BBC) A man who threw a punch while trying to protect a mosque during disorder in Middlesbrough has been jailed along with others involved in the violence. More than 1,000 people were estimated to have taken to the town’s streets on 4 […]
(Jewish News) A letter signed by 50 senior peers has accused the Islamic Human Rights Commission of “primitive, dangerous and disgraceful antisemitism” after the charity’s chair blamed “Zionist financiers abroad” for the far-right riots in the UK. The peers — who included Lord Finkelstein, […]
(National-UAE) Two Muslim men have become the first rival protesters to be jailed for attacking far-right activists during the UK riots. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned on Friday that authorities must “stay on high alert” for more far-right riots over the […]
(Jerusalem Post) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib reposted on Wednesday a doctored poll claiming that 47% of Israelis believe IDF soldiers have a right to rape Palestinians. It was tweeted by Noura Erakat, who later admitted on X that it was fake. Erakat […]
(Politico) A 42-year-old man has been charged with incitement against an ethnic group and insult on Wednesday, Swedish prosecutors said in a statement. While the Swedish Prosecution Authority did not name the suspect, Swedish media, including Dagens Nyheter, Sveriges Radio, and Aftonbladet, […]
(CNN) The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani man who has alleged ties to the Iranian government with seeking to carry out political assassinations, a case that prompted the US government to increase security for former President Donald Trump and other officials, according to court documents […]
(Fox) U.K.-based Sky News cut off its live feed after a group of masked men shouting profanities and “Free Palestine” interrupted its live report. Sky News correspondent Becky Johnson was reporting on the unrest in Birmingham, England, where crowds of Muslim men […]
(WBAL) Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the names of 15 people appointed to the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention. Brown said the commission’s goals are to combat hate, address underreported incidents and provide guidance and policy recommendations. But the […]
(NCA NewsWire) A woman who forced her daughter to marry a man against her wishes, before he later murdered her in a “fit of rage,” has refused to sign a document that will release her from prison early. Judge Fran [Dalziel] jailed […]
(Fox) Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be […]
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