(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron’s political party wants to ban minors under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public, with the government set to review a report Wednesday on the spread of “political Islamism” in France. Macron will meet with senior […]
(Reuters) The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights groups say would undermine the right to asylum. The European Commission […]
(AFP) The Muslim Brotherhood movement is a “threat to national cohesion” in France and action must be taken to stop the spread of “political Islamism,” according to a report to be presented to President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. “The reality of this […]
(National-UAE) Britain will introduce new laws to allow the security services to proscribe state-based groups such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the home secretary has said. Following the arrests of eight Iranians allegedly involved in a plot to attack the […]
(BBC) Britain and Iran have summoned each other’s envoys after three Iranians were charged with spying in the UK. Three Iranian men were arrested on 3 May and appeared in court in London on Saturday on charges of spying for the Islamic […]
(Helsinki Times) A political aide to Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra has come under criticism for calling Islam “the devil’s plot” in a heated Facebook exchange during the Eurovision Song Contest final. Jari Mäkäräinen, a special adviser responsible for communications in Purra’s […]
(BBC) The new lord mayor of Sheffield has made history as the first black woman wearing a hijab to be appointed to the role. Labour’s Safiya Saeed was inaugurated as the city’s 128th lord mayor at a council meeting on Monday. Members […]
(AFP) A 28-year-old man was remanded in custody in Denmark on Monday on suspicions of purchasing drones to be used in a Hamas “terrorist attack,” Danish intelligence said Monday. Flemming Drejer, head of operations at Denmark’s PET intelligence service, said in a […]
(Free Beacon) An official with the anti-Israel Council on American-Islamic Relations who also serves on a California state civil rights board is cheering former president Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and expressed hope that President Donald Trump’s “time will come too,” citing the […]
(National-UAE) France and Austria are to team up against European funding for Islamist extremist groups. Benjamin Haddad, the French junior minister for Europe, met Claudia Plakolm, Austria’s minister for Europe, on Monday to forge a common position. Ms Plakolm used a post […]
(Politico) France is pushing for more scrutiny on how EU grants are allocated in an attempt to fight antisemitism, hate speech and the funding of entities “obviously hostile to our common values.” France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad also said he would ask […]
(Times of India) A former jihadist operative from the US who had allegedly attended proscribed terror outfit Lashker e Taiba’s training camp in Pakistan in 2000, helped other jihadists gain entry to these camps and engaged in terrorist activities in Kashmir, including […]
(Kathimerini) And suddenly, the occupied territories filled with demonstrators. Turkish Cypriots took to the streets — and stayed there. For two months now, an unprecedented wave of protests has been ongoing against the Islamification of their society and in favor of preserving […]
(Iran International) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure from across the political spectrum to officially ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), especially after several Iranian nationals were arrested in two separate anti-terror operations in Britain. A cross-party group […]
(Dallas Morning News) A bill making its way through the Texas Legislature targets the business structure behind the planned Muslim-centric EPIC City development near Josephine. The bill would require business entities to inform buyers that they are purchasing an interest in the […]
(Brussels Times) A proposal to ban teachers in public education from wearing religious symbols will be tabled in June by the education minister of the French Community Government, Valérie Glatigny (MR). She revealed the information to La Première on Friday. The debate […]
(NL Times) Nine new Islamic primary schools will open in the Netherlands next year, the highest number so far in one year, Trouw reported. The country is getting at least 14 new primary schools. Among them are also two Protestant Christian schools […]
(Kathimerini) Minister of Migration and Asylum Makis Voridis has called for a more effective return system for third-country nationals residing illegally in the EU, emphasizing that without deportations, migration policy becomes “meaningless.” Briefing a parliamentary committee, Voridis presented the European Commission’s proposed […]
(BBC) The government has appointed Jonathan Hall KC to lead a “prompt” review into how Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi was able to carry out a violent attack on four prison officers. Abedi, 28, who was jailed for life for helping his […]
(BBC) Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised “a moment of reckoning” for those who turned a blind eye to the … scandal of grooming gangs. The scale of abuse was set out by Prof Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Wednesday introduced a resolution recognizing the 77th anniversary of the “nakba,” the Arabic term for “catastrophe” used by Palestinians and anti-Israel activists to refer to the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948. […]
(GB News) A Labour MP has not ruled out the government allowing Shamima Begum to return to the UK to “face justice” but admitted he would prefer her to be prosecuted in Syria. Speaking on GB News, Peter Swallows addressed the controversial […]
(Blaze) Five former associates of Florida Rep. Cory Mills (R) have now confirmed to Blaze News that Mills converted to Islam around the time he was married in 2014. Meanwhile, Mills’ girlfriend, in an apparent attempt to reassert control over the narrative, […]
(Yabiladi) Expelled in January 2022, Moroccan imam Mohamed Toujgani is now allowed to return to Belgium after the Court of Cassation rejected the Belgian state’s appeal against the decision to grant him Belgian nationality. His initial request — filed in 2019 to […]
(Anadolu) France’s president expressed support Tuesday for a ban on headscarves in sports competitions. “I stand by the Olympic Charter, which prohibits the wearing of all religious symbols in competitions,” Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with broadcaster TF1. He distinguished between […]
(National-UAE) The UK has not yet “successfully” prosecuted former ISIS fighters’ war crimes committed in Syria and Iraq, despite the possible involvement of British citizens, a report has found. The terrorist group was accused of genocide by the UK government for the […]
(Newsweek) Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said the state has stopped all construction on “EPIC City,” a proposed Muslim-themed development backed by the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC). EPIC officials have repeatedly denied claims that the town would violate state law, or […]
(Reuters) Instability in Syria could pose security risks for Europe, according to a draft internal EU counter-terrorism document seen by Reuters warning that the overall terror threat level remains high. European officials have been cautiously optimistic about Syria’s new leadership — which […]
(Politico) Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on Monday that the U.S. will terminate the temporary protected status program for Afghanistan, a move that could lead to the deportation of over 9,000 Afghans residing in the country. Noem said in a […]
(AP) Syria has agreed to take back any of its citizens intercepted trying to reach Cyprus by boat, the Mediterranean island nation’s deputy minister for migration said Monday. Nicholas Ioannides says two inflatable boats, each carrying 30 Syrians, were already turned back […]
(Breitbart) An Iranian man who was arrested in connection to the alleged terror plot on the Israeli embassy in London entered the UK illegally and was living in accommodation provided by the taxpayer, a report has claimed. Earlier this month, police revealed […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany has begun rejecting asylum seekers at its borders with other European countries, the first such action since the new government tightened immigration, a German newspaper reported Sunday. On Thursday and Friday, out of 365 undocumented entries at all borders, 286 migrants and […]
(Reuters) A French pro-Palestinian protest group is contesting a government decision to shut it down, saying the move was politically motivated and based on “false” arguments as part of a wider crackdown on the movement for Palestinian rights. Urgence Palestine (Emergency Palestine), […]
(European Conservative) Following pressure exerted on Professor Fabrice Balanche by students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood at Lyon 2 University, Laurent Wauquiez, former president of the Rhône-Alpes region and a candidate for the leadership of Les Républicains, announced that the region will […]
(KERA) The U.S. Department of Justice is opening an investigation into a proposed Muslim development of a North Texas mosque. Sen. John Cornyn sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon last month asking them to […]
(Anadolu) The German government on Thursday denied a media report which said that Chancellor Friedrich Merz had declared a state of “national emergency” to restrict migration. “The chancellor is not declaring a national emergency,” government spokesman Stefan Kornelius told the BILD newspaper. […]
(Euronews) Iran has denied any involvement in an alleged terror plot against Israel’s embassy in London, following the arrest of five Iranian nationals on Saturday. Four of the men who were arrested in counter-terrorism raids across England over the weekend are still […]
(NY Post) Republicans are calling for harsh measures to be taken against the anti-Israel rioters who stormed a Columbia University library — as the White House praised the Ivy League school for swiftly calling in cops to disperse the mob. “We are […]
(Blaze) Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), a rising star in Republican circles and on TV news, told Blaze News he was married by a radical Muslim cleric but did not realize it at the time. Mills rocketed to the heights of political celebrity […]
(Free Beacon) A Palestinian activist at Columbia University spooked neighbors in his small Vermont town by bragging about his hatred of Jews and his background of building weapons for terrorist groups, according to interviews and 2015 police records obtained by the Washington […]
(AFP) The Swedish government wants to criminalise virginity tests to strengthen the protection of young girls and women at risk of so-called honour crimes, sources told AFP on Wednesday. Socialstyrelsen, the administration in charge of social services, said ministers were looking at […]
(Jewish News) The Israeli embassy in London was a target of an alleged Iranian terror plot, the Times has claimed. Police swooped after a group of men, including at least seven [Iranian] nationals, were believed to be planning an attack on the […]
(Jewish News) Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has given a “categorical assurance” that the government will work “tirelessly” with the Community Security Trust and other communal organisations to ensure the safety of Britain’s Jews. Jarvis made the pledge after giving an update […]
(AFP) Germany’s new government on Wednesday said that it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to limit irregular immigration and curb the rise of the far-right. The move is a key part of Merz’s […]
(BBC) Searches are continuing at a number of addresses after five men were arrested on Saturday over an alleged terror plot in the UK. Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said hundreds of officers were carrying out forensic investigations and collecting evidence at […]
(NY Post) Only a third of Muslim-Americans identify as Democrats as the party reels from political setbacks with a bloc of voters it hemorrhaged in the 2024 election cycle, according to a stunning survey exclusively shared with the Post. When asked to […]
(Iran International) An Iranian state media festival on Monday bestowed its Ismail Haniyeh award on former British MP George Galloway in Tehran, where he praised the Islamic Republic for what he called its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause. Galloway traveled to […]
(Breitbart) Growing sectarianism saw pro-Gaza candidates continue to take votes away from the multicultural Labour Party during the council elections in England this week, following a trend which began in last year’s general election. While Sir [Keir] Starmer’s left-wing Labour Party suffered […]
(Sky News) The Conservatives are calling for Lucy Powell to resign after the Labour MP’s exchange with a commentator about grooming gangs. The comment was made by Ms Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, after Conservative political commentator Tim Montgomerie […]
(Kathimerini) Greece has expressed strong concern over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on his envisioned future of Cyprus during a visit to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus on Saturday, warning that any unilateral move to alter the status of the region […]
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