Alcohol & Drugs
Sarah Halimi’s killer is let out on day release — and could soon be freed (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government & Politics
EU Commission accused of giving €52m to groups linked to Muslim Brotherhood Controversial Islamic Relief Worldwide received €36.2m over 13 years
(National-UAE) More than €52 million ($57.96m) in European Commission money was directly or indirectly given to organisations with alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood between 2007 and 2020, according to a new report. The lion’s share of funding from the EU’s executive […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
OKC mayor candidate Carol Hefner addresses her criticism of Islam during debate
(Oklahoman) Oklahoma City mayoral candidate Carol Hefner, in Tuesday’s mayoral debate, made remarks about Islam that sparked an outcry from the local Muslim community. Hefner, 60, has a history of making racist and Islamophobic social media posts. Near the end of the debate […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Navy ships would be ‘migrant honeypot’
(BBC) Royal Navy vessels would be a “honeypot” for migrants crossing the English Channel as they would make the journey safer, MPs have been told. The Ministry of Defence is to begin working with the Home Office to address Channel crossings, which […]
Citizenship
Home Office loses case over stripping citizenship without notice after challenge by alleged Isis member (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
White House plans expedited resettlement for Afghan refugees
(Axios) President Biden’s advisers are crafting a plan to accelerate bringing potentially thousands of Afghans to the U.S. from Qatar, according to a source with direct knowledge of the administration’s internal deliberations on the subject. Why it matters: As U.S. military leaders plan […]
Government & Politics
France targets groups, websites with expanded powers under anti-terror law
(Reuters) The French government said this week it was closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with “national values,” the latest in a series of steps that rights groups and lawyers say infringe on democratic freedoms. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Public safety minister calls for removal of Hillier ‘hate’ tweet about Alghabra
(Canadian Press) Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is calling on Twitter to remove a tweet from an Ontario politician who labelled federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra a “terrorist.” Mendicino said Tuesday the tweet from Independent MPP Randy Hillier is “Islamophobic” and amounts […]
Demonstrations
Protest against migrant camp extension
(Kathimerini) The municipal council of Orestiada in northeastern Greece is convening Tuesday to discuss controversial plans by the government to expand a migrant reception and identification center on the outskirts of the border village of Fylakio. The plan for the center is […]
Government & Politics
Migrants at Hungary border become part of election campaign
(AP) A group of migrants huddles beside a small, smoky fire inside an abandoned building in northern Serbia, the last moments of warmth before they set out into the driving snow toward the razor wire, cameras and sensors of Hungary’s electrified border […]
Government & Politics
VVD faction leader ‘uncomfortable’ with ex-Hofstad Network member’s role in party
(NL Times) VVD party leader in the Tweede Kamer Sophie Hermans said she feels “uncomfortable” with the role that Soumaya Sahla, convicted of illegal possession of weapons and membership of a terrorist organization, is playing within the party. Sahla belonged to the […]
Government & Politics
All male migrants face detention if intercepted at sea (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Eric Zemmour: ‘I will make sure that Muslims respect France’ The pundit is implicitly softening his previous racist and Islamophobic remarks.
(Morocco World News) A few days after he was fined €10,000 for anti-immigrant and Islamophobic remarks, Eric Zemmour, the far-right pundit running for president in France, has again targeted Muslims and vowed to make them more respectful of the French republic and […]
Government & Politics
EU nations urge stronger borders to ease migration pressures
(AP) Ministers from European Union nations under pressure from unauthorized border crossings asked Friday for more action to protect the bloc’s external borders as well as for rules to return migrants to their homelands or where they started their journeys. Interior ministers […]
Government & Politics
Darmanin describes Muslim-rights organization as ‘foreign influence by Islam’ The recurrent targeting of mosques and Islamic organizations is centered around politically-popular Islamophobia.
(Morocco World News) The French government intends to replace the country’s largest Muslim-rights organization with one free from “foreign influence” amid a crackdown on Islamic organizations in France. French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin announced on January 20 that the French […]
Alcohol & Drugs
French parliamentary report on the Sarah Halimi murder case reopens the wound it sought to heal
(JTA) A new parliamentary report on the 2017 killing of a Jewish woman by a Muslim attacker was meant to restore French Jews’ faith in their country’s police and justice systems. Instead, the report released last week has added fuel to the […]
Citizenship
Hundreds stripped of British citizenship in last 15 years, study finds (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Biden nominates first US Muslim woman to federal court bench Muslim group hails ‘historic nomination’ of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, a Bangladeshi-American civil rights lawyer.
(Al-Jazeera) US President Joe Biden has nominated the first Muslim-American woman to be a judge on a federal court in the United States, the White House said on Wednesday, as it announced a list of diverse judicial nominees. If confirmed by the […]
Government & Politics
Home Office ‘burying bad news’ with plan to scrap daily Channel migrants data (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Emmanuel Macron calls on Britain to change policies to tackle migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
France moves closer to banning veils in sports competitions
(AP) The French Senate has voted in favor of banning the wearing of headscarves in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play. The French upper legislative house voted late Tuesday in favor of amending a proposed […]
Government & Politics
MPs clash with Wilders over terrorism accusations
(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders clashed with multiple parties in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday, including about VVD adviser Soumaya Sahla and a tweet in which he suggested that Dilan Yeşilgöz’s appointment as justice minister will jeopardize his security. Soumaya Sahla […]
Demonstrations
4 on trial over poster at Swiss rally saying ‘Kill Erdogan’
(AP) Four people went on trial in the Swiss capital Tuesday over a protest against Turkey’s government four years ago where some demonstrators hoisted a banner showing a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the […]
Government & Politics
White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags
(AP) The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the U.S. but raised no red flags, the White House said Tuesday. Malik […]
Government & Politics
Desperate No10 policy chiefs explored using sonic weapons to [stop] small dinghies crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
French far-right hopeful Zemmour convicted of hate speech
(AFP) A French court on Monday found far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour guilty of racist hate speech for a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. Zemmour drew widespread [outrage] in September 2020 when he told the CNews channel that child migrants were […]
Government & Politics
Texas synagogue hostage-taker Faisal Akram was investigated by MI5 in 2020 (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Spain expels Moroccan woman for her affiliation with ISIS The woman is also banned from entering Spain for 10 years and France for 33 years.
(Morocco World News) Spain’s National Court has confirmed the decision of the secretary of state for security to expel a woman of Moroccan origin from Spain’s territory, banning her from entering the country for 10 years for her involvement with a jihadist […]
Academics & Education
Poll suggests support for Bill 21 provision may have dropped in Quebec; 55% in favour
(Canadian Press) A new poll suggests support may have slipped for a key element of Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. A web panel survey carried out by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies earlier this month found 55 per […]
Government & Politics
Michigan’s Dana Nessel speculates ‘white supremacy’ to blame for Texas synagogue terrorist attack Attacker was British citizen, demanded release of ‘Lady Al Qaeda’
(Free Beacon) As the hostage situation at a Texas synagogue developed on Saturday, Michigan’s attorney general, Democrat Dana Nessel, raised the possibility that white supremacists were behind the attack. Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, about an hour after it had been […]
Government & Politics
Iraq says almost 4,000 repatriated from Belarus borders
(AFP) Baghdad has repatriated almost 4,000 of its citizens stuck on the Belarus borders with European Union members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in recent weeks, Iraq’s foreign minister said Sunday. Since November 18, the Iraqi government has organised “10 flights from Baghdad […]
Government & Politics
Biden labels Texas synagogue hostage-taking an ‘act of terror’
(Hill) President Biden on Sunday called the hostage situation at a Texas synagogue on Saturday an “act of terror.” “This was an act of terror,” Biden told reporters. “This was an act of terror [that] was not only related to someone who had […]
Government & Politics
Macron rival Pecresse slams EU’s ‘sieve-like’ borders
(AFP) French right-wing presidential hopeful Valerie Pecresse on Saturday slammed the EU’s “sieve-like” borders for allowing migrants to enter undetected and backed calls for barbed-wire fences to prevent them crossing illegally into the bloc. Pecresse, whom polls show as President Emmanuel Macron’s […]
Government & Politics
French presidential candidate says strong EU borders needed
(AP) French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse stressed the need for strong European borders Friday, during a visit to Greece that will also see her visit a camp for asylum seekers on an Aegean island used by migrants to enter Europe from neighboring […]
Government & Politics
Home Office tells Afghan and Yemeni asylum seekers they can return safely (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Head imam expelled as ‘hate preacher’
(VRT) VRT News has learnt that last October Belgian asylum and migration secretary Sammy Mahdi (Flemish Christian democrat) withdrew the residence rights of Mohamed Toujgani, the head imam at the Al Khalil Mosque in the Brussels borough of Molenbeek. Al Khalil is Belgium’s […]
Government & Politics
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland rapped over Belarus border methods
(AP) Latvia, Lithuania and Poland continue to use questionable methods to keep out migrants trying to enter from Belarus and are denying access to aid groups trying to help people stuck in border areas, senior U.N. refugee agency and European Union officials […]
Government & Politics
Citing antisemitic incitement, French interior minister orders closure of Islamist mosque in Cannes
(Algemeiner) France’s interior minister on Wednesday announced the closure of a mosque in the southern city of Cannes, citing its promotion of antisemitic hate speech. In an interview with broadcaster CNews, Gérald Darmanin said that the mosque located in the iconic town […]
Children & Teens
Alabama woman who joined Islamic State stuck in refugee camp
(AP) Attorneys for a woman who left her Alabama home to join the Islamic State terror group plan to continue fighting for her and her young son even though the Supreme Court declined to consider her lawsuit seeking to re-enter the United […]
Citizenship
Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
(AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the United States. The justices declined without comment […]
Government & Politics
Justice min. says Wilders dodged her call after his tweet about her heritage
(NL Times) The new justice minister, Dilan Yeşilgöz, still has not received a response from PVV leader Geert Wilders, after she tried to call him about a tweet in which he critically mentioned her Turkish-Kurdish origin. “A VVD member of Turkish descent at […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena bomb victim’s mum welcomes terror security plans
(BBC) The mother of a man killed in the Manchester Arena bombing has said government plans to compel venues to provide security are “a giant leap forward in the right direction.” The proposed Protect Duty will include a requirement for some public […]
Government & Politics
France to push for EU-wide UK migration treaty over Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Cost concerns over venue security duty plans in wake of Manchester bombing (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Canadian Jewish groups call for action against hateful rhetoric against Israel, Jews 'The government must act against anti-Semitism and the promotion of terrorist groups,' said Michael Mostyn of B’nai Brith Canada.
(JNS) Jewish groups in Canada are decrying an Arabic-language magazine and human-rights organization for two separate incidents of anti-Israel activity. B’nai Brith Canada has called for the Canadian government to “dissolve” the not-for-profit corporation “Canadian Defenders for Human Rights” after that group’s […]
Academics & Education
Princeton faculty member brags about death threats against Trump admin envoy University Middle East expert [Hossein] Mousavian was a former Iranian official
(Free Beacon) A former Iranian official who is a faculty member at Princeton University recently bragged in an interview about how his hardline government’s death threats against a former top Trump administration official had him and his family “trembling” with fear. [Hossein] […]
Government & Politics
Home Office tells asylum seeker he can return to Syria safely (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Opposition mounting to new Chios migrant camp
(Kathimerini) A growing number of residents on the eastern Aegean island of Chios are opposing the planned creation of a closed camp for migrants. Reactions culminated during Thursday’s public holiday, when several hundred residents gathered at the port to prevent machinery that […]
Crime
Culture secretary tells BBC to urgently resolve crisis over Oxford Street report (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Anti-terrorism law targeting PLO is unconstitutional, N.Y. judge rules
(Reuters) Even organizations accused of encouraging heinous acts of violence have constitutional due process rights — and Congress can’t override those rights with what a New York federal judge described as a “legislative sleight of hand” in a ruling on Thursday. U.S. […]