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UK Muslim groups brace for rise in hate crime after killing of David Amess (LINK ONLY)
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Edmonton mayoral hopefuls outline plans to tackle anti-Muslim racism Several hate-motivated attacks on black and racialized Muslim women have happened this year
(CBC) Strengthening street harassment bylaws, improving responses to hate-motivated attacks and calling out racist rhetoric are among the strategies some Edmonton mayoral candidates say they would use to tackle anti-Muslim hate. Five of the candidates vying for the mayoral seat took part […]
Clerics & Preachers
Greek court postpones trial of Turkish minority’s elected mufti Jurists worried case against Ibrahim Serif intends to suppress Muslim Turkish minority in Greece
(Anadolu) A court in northern Greece has postponed the trial of a religious leader of the country’s Muslim Turkish minority elected in defiance of Greek authorities who have sought to appoint the holder of [the] post. Ibrahim Serif, the elected mufti of […]
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Migrant-smuggler jailed for 10 years for plot to carry people on dinghy in English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Medical experts clash in FGM court appeal over cause of infant girl’s injuries (LINK ONLY)
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Appeal court convicts six worshippers of attack in mosque
(Swiss Info) Six people have had their convictions upheld for detaining and attacking two other worshippers at a controversial mosque, which has since been shut down. The attack took place in the An’Nur mosque in the northeastern Swiss city of Winterthur in […]
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German police raid ring suspected of laundering $162 million
(AP) Police carried out large-scale raids in 25 German cities Wednesday, after a chance discovery last year put investigators on the trail of a money-laundering network alleged to have funneled millions in ill-gotten gains abroad. Officials said the raids, which began in […]
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Burnley man who claimed spirits murdered victims jailed
(BBC) A man who murdered a doctor and her daughter in “a brutal, shocking attack” has [been] jailed for life. Shahbaz Khan drugged Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, 14, before killing them and setting fire to their house in […]
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No retrial for Burnley killer who blamed spirits for murders and pleas
(BBC) A last-ditch attempt to seek a retrial by a man who murdered a doctor and her 14-year-old daughter has been rejected. Shahbaz Khan had pleaded guilty to the murder of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Mangrio, 14, in Burnley […]
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Patel: There is no reason for asylum seekers to travel from France to the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Germany investigates man on suspicion of spying for Turkey Police have arrested a Turkish man in Düsseldorf possessing weapons and a list of supporters of the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government has labeled 'terrorists.'
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s federal prosecutor general announced Friday that the investigation resulting from a raid on a Düsseldorf hotel that saw the arrest of a Turkish man identified as Ali D. was being treated as a case of suspected espionage on behalf of the […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation case tossed following yearslong fight
(Detroit News) A judge Tuesday dismissed what remained of a landmark criminal case that started with allegations members of a Muslim sect abused young girls, saying prosecutors vindictively pursued new charges after a federal female genital mutilation law was declared unconstitutional. In a […]
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The Hague councillor spends night in cell for ‘planning to kill Mark Rutte’
(Dutch News) The Hague city councillor Arnoud van Doorn was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of planning to kill prime minister Mark Rutte, the AD reported on Tuesday afternoon. Van Doorn, a former councillor for the far-right PVV who went on to […]
Academics & Education
Former head of Swedish Muslim school investigated for alleged fraud Principal Abdirizak Waberi also ran group linked to Muslim Brotherhood
(National-UAE) The former head teacher of a Muslim independent school in Sweden is being investigated in connection with an alleged $515,000 fraud. Abdirizak Waberi was principal of the Romosseskolan school in Gothenburg. It is alleged he ran an association that supplied educational […]
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Fort Bliss woman soldier assaulted at Afghan refugee camp
(KVIA) The FBI is investigating the assault of a female Fort Bliss soldier by several male Afghan refugees at the Army’s Doña Ana Complex camp where thousands are currently being housed, officials told ABC-7 on Friday. “We can confirm a female service […]
Children & Teens
Afghan evacuees facing sex act with a child, assault charges in Wisconsin
(WTVO) Two Afghan evacuees have been charged with crimes while at Fort McCoy. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Bahrullah Noori, 20, is charged with attempting to engage in a sexual act with a minor using force against that person, and […]
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Italy: Uncle of teen who refused arranged marriage detained
(AP) The uncle of an 18-year-old woman who disappeared months ago in Italy after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was detained Wednesday on the outskirts of Paris, according to Italian authorities who fear the teenager may be dead. Saman Abbas was […]
Children & Teens
Northern Virginia imam charged with indecent liberties
(AP) The imam at a northern Virginia mosque has been charged with sexually assaulting a girl who had sought his help. Fairfax County police said Tuesday that the 36-year-old imam, a Maryland resident, served as imam for the last nine years at […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hossam Metwally: How doctor’s ‘bizarre’ exorcism trial unfolded
(BBC) Hossam Metwally has been sentenced for poisoning his partner during a series of exorcism ceremonies which left her on the brink of death. The doctor’s trial, which could not be reported until its conclusion, over his “dangerous perversion” of the Islamic […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hossam Metwally: Doctor jailed for bogus exorcism rituals
(BBC) A doctor who poisoned his partner in a series of bogus exorcism ceremonies has been jailed for 14 and a half years. Hossam Metwally, 61, brought Kelly Wilson to the brink of death by injecting her with drugs during the sessions […]
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Muslim Canadians call on politicians to take concrete action to fight Islamophobia
(Canadian Press) Dareen Shilbayeh can’t stop herself from looking over her shoulder while out in public. The London, Ont., resident who wears a hijab says she’s been worried she’ll be targeted because of her faith ever since a Muslim family was killed […]
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Second major felon found on Afghan evacuation flight
(Washington Times) Another Afghan who had been deported from the U.S. after an aggravated felony conviction was found on an evacuation flight back to the U.S. this month, the Washington Times has learned. The man, who had a 2011 conviction for aggravated […]
Children & Teens
Feds: Doctor in female genital mutilation case part of secret network who cut girls
(Detroit Free Press) Northville Dr. Jumana Nagarwala may be the only physician on trial on charges of performing female genital mutilation on minor girls in the U.S., but she wasn’t the only doctor who was cutting children, federal prosecutors disclosed Thursday. Rather, they said, […]
Children & Teens
Detroit’s historic female genital cutting case is in limbo
(Detroit Free Press) Nearly five years after it emerged, the nation’s first female genital mutilation case has taken yet another turn in a heated feud between a government that says children were unlawfully cut and a doctor who says she only “scraped” young […]
Clerics & Preachers
French court acquits imam of incitement for sermon that cited hadith urging Muslim violence against Jews
(Algemeiner) A French court has acquitted an imam in the city of Toulouse of incitement to racial hatred for a sermon he gave in 2017 that quoted a hadith — a saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammed — predicting the mass killing […]
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Belgian prison system informed of extremists on staff
(Brussels Times) Security services have informed the Belgian prison system about a right-wing extremist staff member and another with radical Islamic tendencies. Criminal proceedings have been started against both, according to reporting from Belga News Agency. Belgium’s federal Minister of Justice Vincent […]
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Republican lawmaker presses DHS on Afghan refugees flagged for terror ties Rep. Mark Green also requests info on reports of 'sexual assault, theft, and violence in evacuee processing facilities'
(Free Beacon) A Republican lawmaker is demanding the Department of Homeland Security address reports that some Afghan asylum seekers are on terror watchlists and have been accused of sexual assault, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. “According to […]
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The Hague council member on trial for anti-Semitic tweets
(NL Times) Faction leader of the Party of Unity in The Hague, Arnoud van Doorn, will appear in court on Tuesday, due to anti-Semitic tweets the council member posted a few years ago. The lawyer of the 55-year-old, Anis Boumanjal, said he […]
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Five people stabbed in Italian resort, Somali man arrested
(Reuters) A Somali asylum-seeker was arrested by Italian police after he allegedly stabbed four women and a six-year-old child in the tourist town of Rimini on Saturday night, ANSA news agency reported on Sunday. Investigators were for the moment ruling out terrorism […]
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Greek leader vows crackdown against migrant traffickers
(AP) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to “break and smash” the human trafficking networks that smuggle migrants across the border from Turkey. Mitsotakis, in a news conference Sunday following his Saturday keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, also said, […]
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Muslim communities worry that Islamophobic violence is being forgotten during election campaign As party leaders roll out campaign promises, the problem of racist violence seems to be flying under the radar
(CBC) Three months after all major party leaders gave emotional speeches at a vigil in London, Ontario, for the four members of the [Afzaal] family who were killed in a drive-by attack, the threat of Islamophobic violence still hasn’t emerged as an […]
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Canadian Muslim group calls for special envoy to tackle Islamophobia
(Insauga.com) A Canadian Muslim advocacy group is adding its voice to a call for all federal parties to support the creation of a special office to try to dismantle the rising Islamophobia in Canada. On Wednesday afternoon, the National Council of Canadian […]
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Turkey urges Greece to end pressure against elected muftis in Western Thrace Ankara stands with Turkish minority in Greece in protecting their rights, religious freedoms, says Turkish foreign minister
(Anadolu) Greece must put an end to its interventionist practices and policies of pressure against Muslim religious leaders elected by the Turkish minority in Western Thrace, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s statement came on Twitter after Ibrahim Serif, the […]
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Man in Berlin attacks woman allegedly because she worked
(AP) A 29-year-old Afghan man in Germany attacked and severely injured a 58-year-old landscape gardener who was working in a park in Berlin, allegedly because he didn’t like the fact that as a woman she was working, police said Sunday. The attack […]
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Afghan refugees to be taught about British values and culture (LINK ONLY)
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Man charged over spate of antisemitic attacks in north London (LINK ONLY)
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Preacher convicted of hate crime over homophobic tirade at Speakers’ Corner (LINK ONLY)
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes fell during Trump’s last year in office, FBI data shows Lawmakers and rights groups have criticised the findings as fewer local law enforcement agencies participated in data collection
(Middle East Eye) The number of reported hate crimes targeting Muslims in the US fell by more than a third in 2020, according to newly published data by the FBI. According to the federal agency, the number of reported hate crimes against Muslims in […]
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Faith healer killed Berlin woman in salt water exorcism (LINK ONLY)
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Convicted rapist reached the U.S. on Afghan evacuation flight
(Washington Times) A man who had been convicted of rape and deported from the U.S. was allowed to board an Afghan evacuation flight and reach America, law enforcement sources say. When American citizens were having trouble catching flights out of Kabul, Ghader […]
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Poland detains activists for damaging barrier with Belarus
(AP) Thirteen activists were detained Sunday in Poland for trying to destroy part of a barbed-wire barrier that Polish authorities have erected along the border with Belarus to stop migrants from crossing in. The activists said it was an act of protest […]
Children & Teens
Young girls still being flown out of Sweden for forced marriages and FGM
(Breitbart) According to an activist group that deals with honour violence and oppression, young girls continue to be flown out of Sweden for forced marriages and female genital mutilation (FGM) despite bans. Sabina Landstedt, a member of the activist group Never Forget […]
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PD: Arizona family members conduct ‘honor violence’ on pregnant woman
(KPHO) Members of an Arizona family are facing felony charges over the honor violence they did on a woman and her family because of their disapproval of her romantic relationship, police said. Peoria police said the six suspects targeted a now-pregnant relative, […]
Children & Teens
Records detail sex abuse allegations against youth director at Tampa mosque A lawsuit says the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay turned a blind eye toward signs that Ehab Ghoneim drugged and molested a number of young boys
(Tampa Bay Times) A 15-year-old boy at the center of a lawsuit against the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay was raised to be a devout Muslim, active in his congregation and devoted to his prayer sessions, his lawyers say. So when his […]
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Deported criminal Afghans back in Sweden after boarding Kabul evacuation flight
(Breitbart) Two Afghan nationals who were deported after being convicted of crimes are now back in Sweden after boarding evacuation flights from Kabul. The two men were immediately arrested at Arlanda airport in Stockholm upon entry back into the country for violating […]
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Head teacher faces jail over illegal Islamic private school (LINK ONLY)
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People smugglers making up to £700k per Channel crossing by cramming boats with up to 40 people (LINK ONLY)
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$5 million lawsuit accuses former Tampa Islamic youth director of drugging, molesting ‘multiple boys’
(WFLA) The Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area is accused of concealing the sexual abuse of “multiple boys” in a lawsuit that claims the suspect in a criminal case who was the congregation’s youth director “groomed” one of the children and later […]
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FBI dodged Ilhan Omar-‘bro’ wed probe
(NY Post) Only hours after Minnesota GOP operative Anton Lazarro posted online DNA evidence that allegedly shows Rep. Ilhan Omar was once married to her brother, the FBI busted him. The test results stated there is a 99.999998 percent chance that Omar […]
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Leftist politician denies Afghan woman allegedly murdered by brothers was honour crime
(Breitbart) Berlin Senator Elke Breitenbach has denied a possible honour motive in the case of an Afghan woman who was allegedly murdered by her brothers who disapproved of her Western way of life. Breitenbach, a member of the Left Party, claimed the alleged […]