(NL Times) The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a new warning for people traveling to France after the French government raised its domestic security threat level to its most heightened position. The assessment of “Emergency: Attack” was issued by Prime Minister […]
(Canadian Press) While a spokesman for [a] regional Muslim advocacy group warns Pierre Poilievre’s stand on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians, another advocate accuses the Liberals of only responding to their concerns for the purpose of […]
(AFP) French authorities are to deploy members of the security forces in front of all Catholic and Protestant churches for the upcoming Easter weekend, further bolstering security in the aftermath of the Moscow attack, according to a memo seen on Thursday. France […]
(AFP) Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called for calm on Wednesday after escalating tensions between Turkish and Kurdish groups in the country just days before local elections in Turkey. “We are asking everyone to calm down, stop the provocations and continue […]
(NBC) Facing a potentially devastating Democratic defection in the Senate, the White House is ramping up its fight to confirm an embattled judicial nominee who would be the first Muslim American to serve as a U.S. federal appeals court judge. The White […]
(AFP) Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Wednesday defended French secularism following the resignation of a Paris school principal who received death threats after asking a student to remove her Muslim veil on the premises. Attal, a former education minister, said the state […]
(AP) An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. Salwan Momika, 37, has staged several […]
(BBC) A church which supported the asylum claim of the Clapham alkali attacker limited his rights to attend services after a sexual assault conviction, newly released documents reveal. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi’s body was found in the river Thames in February, ending a […]
(Free Beacon) Connecticut congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D.) is defending a letter she wrote praising the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic advocacy group whose leader said he was “happy to see” Hamas kill Jews on Oct. 7. The group does valuable […]
(CBC) In a rare move, lawyers representing four Canadian men held in prisons in northeastern Syria have asked Canada’s top court to reconsider its decision not to hear their claim that Canada has a duty to bring them home. The detained Canadian men include Jack […]
(BBC) A report criticising the handling of protests at a school “makes for deeply disturbing reading,” an MP has said. A religious studies teacher at Batley Grammar School was forced into hiding in 2021 after showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad […]
(AFP) Belgium’s anti-terrorist agency on Tuesday said 650 people considered to have jihadist and other extremist ties are under surveillance in the country. The data was published as Belgian officials stress they are doing everything to prevent attacks after at least 139 […]
(Reuters) The Islamic State branch known as ISIS-Khorasan, which U.S. intelligence says appears responsible for the mass shooting attack near Moscow, poses the greatest Islamist threat to security in Germany, its interior minister said on Tuesday. “The threat level is still high,” […]
(NZ Herald) Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says a review of noise limits in the capital was never intended to allow mosques to broadcast the call to prayer from loudspeakers five times a day. Whanau introduced an amendment during recent District Plan discussions […]
(ITV) The mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim has told the prime minister that an attack on a Moscow concert venue shows why a new law enhancing security in public places in the UK must be introduced without delay. Figen Murray’s […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the Supreme Court. The 24-year-old had requested permission from the Court of Appeal to take her case to the UK’s highest court. The government stripped […]
(NL Times) Arnhem Mayor Ahmed Marcouch is calling on national lawmakers to ban the public desecration of religious and philosophical symbols and books, saying the restriction on free expression is necessary to preserve the democratic rule of law in the Netherlands. The […]
(AFP) The attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people has raised fresh security fears for the Paris Olympics, leading France’s interior minister to promise Monday that police and intelligence services would be “ready.” The government upgraded the […]
(ANSA) The National Committee for Public Order and Security on Monday decided to strengthen anti-terrorism monitoring in Italy in the wake of Friday’s terror attack claimed by Islamic State at a concert hall in Moscow in which 137 people were killed. During […]
(Reuters) President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the gunmen who killed 137 people in a concert hall outside Moscow were part of an Islamic State branch that was behind foiled attempts to attack France over the past few months. This explains […]
(Newsmax) Sens. Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio Sunday linked last week’s deadly terror attack in Moscow to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and said they are concerned about similar strikes on U.S. interests or in the United States itself. The shooting […]
(France 24) France’s government increased its security alert warning to the highest level Sunday after the deadly attack at a Russian concert hall and the Islamic State (IS) group’s claim of responsibility. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in a post on X […]
(ANSA) Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano said Sunday that the main terrorist threat Italy faces at the moment comes from lone wolves rather than organized groups like the one that staged Friday’s attack in Moscow. “The threat is not so much that of […]
(Reuters) Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov. 23, 1996, when their U.S. Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the […]
(Middle East Eye) Over 400 British imams and religious scholars have signed a letter rejecting a new UK government definition of extremism that targeted several British Muslim organisations. Last week, Communities Secretary Michael Gove announced a contentious new definition of extremism, though the […]
(AFP) Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Thursday pledged to “hunt down” the people responsible for sending threats to at least 30 schools in the Paris region this week. The schools received threatening messages accompanied by “shocking” footage of beheadings, according to France’s […]
(JNS) The United States has been in a “heightened terrorism threat environment” since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, and “almost every major terrorist organization in the world,” including Al-Qaeda and ISIS, have called for terror attacks against the United States, […]
(Newshub) Wellington City Council is looking into if mosques should be allowed to broadcast call to prayers, even for special occasions. Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman raised the conversation, asking about how calls to prayer might be made — even for significant occasions like […]
(NBC) President Joe Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi to be a powerful U.S. circuit court judge is in peril after two Senate Democrats announced they will oppose his nomination. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have said they will […]
(Swiss Info) A Swiss court has fined four people over a banner used during a 2017 protest in Bern against the Turkish government that showed a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the words, “Kill […]
(Local) Amid rising tensions and conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere around the world, a meeting by Spain’s National Security Council has identified several threats to national security, some pre-existing and some new. Global conflict and instability has raised the terror and […]
(NL Times) Outgoing Minister of Social Affairs Karien van Gennip has sent letters to 12 people apologizing for unlawfully using their personal data in an investigation into Salafist Islam and radicalization, she said in a letter addressed to the Tweede Kamer, the […]
(Reuters) The threat of terrorism in Denmark and against its interests abroad has risen because of Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza and a series of Koran burnings in Denmark last year, the Danish security and intelligence service PET said on […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Ohio Rep. Ismail Mohamed, a Somali immigrant, won the Democratic primary for Ohio’s 3rd House District on Tuesday night and delivered his victory speech almost entirety in Somali. Mohamed, the incumbent in the district, defeated fellow Somali immigrant Abdirizak […]
(Global News) Canada’s immigration tribunal ordered the deportation Wednesday of Iran’s former deputy interior minister. Seyed Salman Samani is the second senior member of the Iranian regime to face removal from Canada under sanctions adopted in 2022. The Immigration and Refugee Board […]
(Columbus Dispatch) The Columbus City Council has canceled an annual interfaith Ramadan dinner scheduled for Thursday after a large Muslim advocacy organization withdrew support. The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced on Tuesday that it would not attend this […]
(Age) TikTok is the only social media giant not signed up to a global anti-extremism pact, Australia’s top internet regulator says, as MPs call out the Chinese-owned company for the proliferation of graphic content stemming from the Hamas-Israel war on its platform. […]
(ABC-Australia) Australia’s eSafety commissioner has put the big social media companies on notice, demanding they do better to stop the proliferation of violent extremist material and activity on their platforms. Julie Inman Grant said YouTube-owner Google, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram), […]
(Free Beacon) Speaking to a reporter in March 2019, Rep. Susan Wild called herself “a very pro-Israel member of Congress” who recognizes the “importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship.” But days earlier, the Pennsylvania Democrat spoke at the annual banquet for a prominent […]
(VOA) American Muslims outraged by President Joe Biden’s support of Israel say they will not take part in White House Ramadan and Eid celebrations this year as they continue to demand that the administration push for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Should […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday said two suspected supporters of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) jihadist militia had been arrested in the central German state of Thuringia. Prosecutors allege that the two Afghan nationals had hatched a plot to carry out an attack […]
(Times of Israel) A British network that represents and supports Muslim civil servants was suspended by the government pending an investigation, after it was accused of trying to influence members to force the United Kingdom to change its stance on the Israel-Hamas […]
(ABC-Australia) Muslim community organisations are unhappy after grants announced five months ago for Muslim and Jewish communities to improve social cohesion were given to SBS, news organisation AAP and the Human Rights Commission instead of Islamic and Arab groups. The ABC has […]
(Jewish Insider) The White House was snubbed this week by the Muslim community in Chicago after Biden administration officials sought a meeting with Muslim, Arab and Palestinian American leaders. At least, that’s what several Muslim advocacy groups said on Thursday. More than […]
(Canadian Press) A man facing terrorism charges after an armed attack on Edmonton City Hall in January will have to wait a while longer before being able to seek bail. Bezhani Sarvar, 28, has been charged with counselling commission of a terrorism […]
(Politico) The White House is considering a scaled-down version of its traditional ceremony marking the end of Ramadan next month, after Muslim leaders warned aides that people would decline invitations in objection to the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Typically, the […]
(Sky News) Two groups set to be re-assessed under the government’s new definition of extremism have hit back at Michael Gove — with one saying the minister’s latest move will only bolster their organisation. Speaking in the Commons on Thursday, the communities […]
(LBC) The area with the highest Muslim population of any local authority in the UK is to take down Palestinian flags after receiving hundreds of complaints. Tower Hamlets’ mayor has announced the council will begin the process of removing Palestinian flags flying […]
(CNN) Multiple Democratic senators and their staff have privately warned the White House in recent days that there does not appear to be enough votes in the Senate to confirm Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s Muslim-American judicial nominee, sources familiar with the […]
(Sky News) Michael Gove has named five groups that will be re-assessed as a result of the government’s new definition of extremism. Speaking in the Commons, the communities secretary said two far-right organisations — the British National Socialist Movement and the Patriotic […]
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