(AP) Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary relocation initiative. The ministers responsible for migration policy […]
(Sky News) Reports of death threats against West Yorkshire school pupils who allegedly damaged a copy of the Koran are alarming, the home secretary has said. Suella Braverman has spoken of her “deep concern” over the case and said it raises broader […]
(Politico) Belgium’s highest court on Friday overturned a freeze on a controversial treaty on prisoner exchanges that could allow an Iranian diplomat convicted of terrorism to be sent back to Tehran. The treaty would allow Iranians convicted in Belgium to serve their […]
(BBC) Death threats sent to pupils who damaged a copy of the Quran at a school have been condemned by an education minister as “totally unacceptable.” West Yorkshire Police said officers had spoken to a child alleged to have made threats and […]
(Free Beacon) The ticketing giant hated by Taylor Swift fans and everyone else who has ever tried to buy concert tickets is now under fire from Jewish activists for selling tickets to a Louis Farrakhan event in which the minister defended Adolf […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck city council this week approved a proclamation expressing support for Palestinians and opposing military aid to “all repressive governments.” The proclamation did not mention Israel, but appeared to criticize the country, drawing criticism from some residents and support […]
(BBC) The head of MI5 said he was “profoundly sorry” the security service did not prevent the Manchester Arena attack. A public inquiry found MI5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have stopped the 2017 bombing. Chairman Sir John […]
(ITV) There was a “significant missed opportunity to take action” which could have prevented the Manchester Arena terror attack, a report has found. Failures to obtain “actionable intelligence” on bomber Salman Abedi meant he was able to build a “devastatingly destructive” device […]
(Arab News) Political correctness in the UK had created a “blind spot” in its national security regarding Islamist extremism, the British home secretary said on Wednesday. Suella Braverman also said not enough had been done to clamp down on a “highly coordinated” […]
(Politico) The EU could be at risk of breaching global trade rules — if it pushes ahead with a controversial plan to link trade benefits to resettling migrants. That’s the verdict of a former World Trade Organization lawyer, as the European institutions […]
(Local) The government will not back a motion from the Danish People’s Party (DF) to ban pupils and staff from wearing hijabs in elementary schools, according to the minister for immigration and integration. The government on Tuesday hit back a proposal from […]
(AP) Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the sea on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from Italy’s latest migration tragedy to 65, as prosecutors identified suspected smugglers who allegedly charged 8,000 euros (nearly $8,500) for each person making the “voyage of death” […]
(Sky News) Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has reassured Australians that national security is of utmost importance while being quizzed about the potential release of Abdul Nacer Benbrika. The infamous domestic terrorist’s future is up in the air, with a detention order […]
(BBC) A Muslim preacher who was close to the Manchester bomber had been suspected by MI5 of radicalising people more than a decade earlier, the BBC can reveal. A public inquiry into the atrocity will this week report on how Salman Abedi […]
(National-UAE) Shamima Begum and other women who joined ISIS should be allowed to return to Britain to face justice, according to the UK’s independent reviewer of anti-terror legislation. Jonathan Hall KC said British women or those who are former citizens should be […]
(AP) A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart before dawn Sunday off the Italian coast, authorities said. Rescuers recovered nearly 60 bodies, and dozens more people were missing in the rough waters. Officials feared the death […]
(Sky News) One of three candidates vying to take over from Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP says his absence from a key vote on gay marriage is being “dragged up” for political reasons. Humza Yousaf told Sky News that his […]
(Breitbart) Leftist Humza Yousaf, frontrunner to become Scotland’s new first minister, allegedly caved to “pressure” from a mosque to skip a vote on same-sex marriage — but he has faced little scrutiny of his religious views compared to Christian rival Kate Forbes. […]
(AFP) Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for allegedly breaking new government rules on life-saving missions in the Mediterranean, the charity said Friday. The Geo Barents ship was impounded late Thursday for 20 days […]
(BBC) SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf has defended his decision to miss the final vote on Scotland’s equal marriage legislation. Former minister Alex [Neil] said Mr Yousaf arranged a meeting in February 2014 as cover. But the health secretary said he had […]
(Radio France) Two bi-nationals convicted of planning terrorist attacks in France have been stripped of their French nationality, a rare decision by the state. A Franco-Moroccan man and a Franco-Turkish woman have been stripped of their nationalities, according to notices published in […]
(AFP) Fifteen EU states on the migration front line on Friday called for stronger borders and agreements to be struck with third-party countries to accept migrants. “It is worthwhile exploring the possibility of, and where relevant legally enabling, safe third-country arrangements with […]
(Reuters) Italy’s parliament on Thursday passed into law a government decree establishing a code of conduct for migrant charity ships, despite criticism from the United Nations and humanitarian groups that it will imperil lives. The new set of rules is part of […]
(Expats.cz) President Miloš Zeman signed a bill against spreading terrorist content online into law yesterday, the Presidential Office reported. Under the new law, the police will be able to order Czech and European internet service providers (ISPs) to block terrorist content, such […]
(Middle East Eye) Labour leader Keir Starmer on Thursday said he supported a court ruling dismissing an appeal by Shamima Begum challenging the UK government over the removal of her British citizenship. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) on Wednesday rejected Begum’s […]
(National-UAE) The Home Office plans to fast-track thousands of asylum cases from a handful of countries, including Syria and Yemen, as the backlog of people waiting for an initial decision climbs to almost 161,000. About 12,000 asylum seekers from nations that have […]
(Courthouse News) The Supreme Court spent nearly three hours Wednesday on the question of whether the ability of the Islamic State group to post on Twitter amounts to aiding and abetting. Spending most of the arguments waffling through various hypotheticals, the justices […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a “credible” case she was trafficked. Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismissed. The […]
(Arab News) Scotland’s Health Minister Humza Yousaf has emerged as a front-runner in the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the Scottish National Party and the country’s first minister. Sturgeon, 52, shocked many in British politics last week when she […]
(AP) In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a […]
(Middle East Eye) An immigration court in London will rule this week on whether Shamima Begum, who fled Britain to join the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria aged 15, has won her appeal against the UK government who revoked her British citizenship. […]
(JNS) Accusations of Islamophobia came almost immediately after the U.S. House of Representatives voted earlier this month to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from its Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote followed repeated promises from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to remove the […]
(National-UAE) Britain summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat on Monday to make clear that threats to journalists on UK soil “will never go unchallenged” after a Persian-language TV channel was forced to close its London newsroom. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he was […]
(National-UAE) Refugee charities that work with migrants in northern France are “just as bad as people smugglers” who ferry people across the English Channel in search of new lives, the new Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson has said. The MP, who was […]
(Kathimerini) The 35-kilometer extension of the border fence between Greece and Turkey at Evros will be completed in the next 10 months, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos told Skai on Sunday. The contractor for the extension has already been selected and the […]
(AP) Islamic State gunmen killed American college student Nohemi Gonzalez as she sat with friends in a Paris bistro in 2015, one of several attacks on a Friday night in the French capital that left 130 people dead. Her family’s lawsuit claiming […]
(Euractiv) An application to burn a Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm has been processed and refused by the police on Thursday as tensions with Turkey over Sweden’s NATO applications are still high. Stockholm police have, for the second time in […]
(Breitbart) A migrant accused of a stabbing spree which saw two killed in Germany should have already been deported by authorities, a minister in the country has admitted. Nancy Faeser, Germany’s Antifa-linked interior minister, has admitted that the migrant thought to be […]
(Slovak Spectator) A Slovak woman linked to Islamic terrorist group ISIS has been charged with terror offences after she was secretly transported back to Slovakia from Kurdistan. The woman, who has been identified as 44-year-old Renáta D., arrived in Slovakia on a […]
(Hill) The Supreme Court will have its sights set on Big Tech next week when it hears arguments involving Section 230, a controversial liability shield for online platforms, in cases in which Twitter, Google and Facebook are at the center. But the […]
(Swiss Info) Geneva’s city council has amended its regulations for public sports facilities to allow people to wear burkinis in the city’s swimming pools. The change had been pushed by the political left. In the end, 38 votes were in favour of […]
(Jewish News) The founder of a grant-making foundation sponsoring Muslim students through university has appealed to the Jewish community to help persuade the government to recognise the UN’s annual Day to Combat Islamophobia on 15 March. Asif Aziz, a businessman who established […]
(Canadian Press) The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to create it. On Monday, the […]
(Montreal Gazette) Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi had some choice words for both federal and provincial politicians, who he says are capitalizing on anti-Islamic sentiment to score political points. Nenshi, the first person of Muslim faith to be elected as mayor of […]
(Arab News) A controversial review into the UK’s counterterrorism strategy has been slammed due to its author only witnessing half a dozen meetings of its deradicalization program, the Observer reported on Sunday. William Shawcross, who was appointed to review the British government’s […]
(BBC) A religious chief criticised in a damning review of the UK’s scheme to prevent terrorism has hit back after being singled out in the report. The report commissioned by the Home Office suggests the Prevent strategy, which aims to identify potential […]
(BBC) There are “grave concerns” about the deportation of Abu Hamza’s son to Turkey, the BBC has been told. Sufyan Mustafa, from London, was stripped of his British citizenship in 2016 after he travelled to fight in Syria. The 28-year-old is due […]
(Canadian Press) The federal government is appealing a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home. In a filing Friday in the Federal Court of Appeal, the government asks that a […]
(Radio NZ) A Muslim community leader says the hate speech legislation is too important to rush through, and has welcomed the government’s decision to refer it to the Law Commission. However, he said the legislation was not thoroughly discussed in the public […]
(ITV) Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” means a “dramatic reduction” in the number of illegal Channel crossings, the home secretary has told ITV News, but she would not put a timescale on the commitment. The policy has become one of […]
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