Health & Medicine
Isis issues coronavirus travel advice: Terrorists should avoid Europe (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Government & Politics
Rep. Tlaib retweets: ‘F**k a national day of prayer’
(CNS) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) at the weekend retweeted a post on Twitter which said in part “F**k a National day of prayer,” in relation to President Trump’s call for Americans of all faiths to pray for all those affected by the […]
Government & Politics
MSF urges Greece to evacuate migrant camps due to coronavirus risk
(Reuters) Medical charity [Medecins] Sans Frontieres (MSF) has urged Greece to immediately evacuate migrants from overcrowded camps on its islands due to a high risk of the coronavirus spreading swiftly among people living in squalid conditions. Greece reported its first fatality from […]
Crime
Canada accuses doctor of crimes against humanity for virginity tests on women in Afghanistan
(Global News) Canadian immigration authorities are trying to deport a doctor who performed “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan, alleging her actions amounted to a crime against humanity. Before crossing the border into Canada to make a refugee claim, Saida Ahmadi worked […]
Government & Politics
Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results
(AP) No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in […]
Children & Teens
Judge dismisses most serious remaining charge against doctor accused of genital mutilation
(Detroit News) A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the most serious remaining charge against a doctor accused of female genital mutilation. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala had sought a dismissal of a charge of conspiracy to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct involving […]
Health & Medicine
Judge: Man accused of truck attack plot isn’t fit for trial
(AP) A federal judge has ruled there is ample evidence that a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., isn’t mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge […]
Children & Teens
Imam slammed for comparing female genital mutilation to gender transition surgery
(Breitbart) An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries. The imam’s comments were set out as part of an email that was framed about being against FGM […]
Children & Teens
Dutch get tough on ‘virginity repair ops’ and child marriage
(Dutch News) Dutch doctors have pledged to stop carrying out operations to “restore” women’s hymens, as one of a package of measures to tackle what ministers call “damaging practices” affecting mainly women and girls. There were 120 hymen repair operations at Dutch […]
Children & Teens
Historic victims of female genital mutilation offered help through Sheffield support services (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Man accused of terror plot may be mentally unfit for trial
(AP) A psychologist who examined a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., found “ample evidence” that he is mentally unfit to assist in his defense, a court […]
Health & Medicine
National security review agency looking at complaint over arrest of Canadian ISIS recruit
(Global News) A complaint over the RCMP’s role in the arrest in the United States of a Toronto-area ISIS recruit has been referred to Canada’s new national security review agency, handing its members a challenging case early in their mandate. A copy […]
Health & Medicine
German police doubt terror link in knife attack
(AFP) German police on Monday said they had found no indication yet that a knife-wielding Turkish man shot dead after trying to attack officers had a terrorist motive, adding that he had psychological problems. The 37-year-old struck a parked patrol car with […]
Health & Medicine
French police shoot knife man in Metz 2 days after Paris attack
(AFP) French police shot and injured a knife-wielding man in the northeastern city of Metz on Sunday, two days after a suspected Islamist radical stabbed a man to death near Paris, investigators said. Metz public prosecutor Christian Mercuri told AFP the man […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hundreds rally in Paris to seek justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi
(France 24) Hundreds of French Jews and their supporters rallied in Paris on Sunday calling for justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, after a court of appeal ruled last month that her attacker was “not criminally responsible” for his actions. Ms […]
Health & Medicine
French prosecutors treating deadly stabbing outside Paris as terror attack
(AFP) French anti-terrorist investigators said Saturday they have taken over the probe into an attack by a knife-wielding man who killed one person walking with his wife in a park south of Paris before being shot dead by police. Police said the […]
Crime
French Jew who survived 2016 stabbing by assailant who shouted about Allah dies at 65
(JTA) A French-Jewish man who was critically injured in a 2016 stabbing attack by a man who shouted about Allah succumbed to his injuries and died, his lawyer said. Chalom Levy died on Dec. 29 in an airplane that took him to […]
Alcohol & Drugs
In France, a killer’s successful insanity defense sparks outrage
(JTA) An appeals court ruling that a man who killed a Jewish woman in her home while shouting Quranic verses is unfit to stand trial is prompting outraged reactions from French Jews who fear it sets a dangerous precedent that will undermine […]
Academics & Education
Migrant who murdered Swedish teacher has sentence reduced
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has reduced the prison sentence for a 20-year-old Afghan who murdered his 69-year-old teacher, who he was also in a sexual relationship with at the time, because of the migrant’s mental health issues. The Afghan, who came to […]
Health & Medicine
Canadian who plotted New York City attacks appeals conviction, 40-year sentence
(Canadian Press) The conviction and 40-year prison sentence for a young mentally ill Canadian who plotted terrorist attacks in New York City should be set aside, his lawyer argues in a new appeal brief. The brief on behalf of Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy […]
Health & Medicine
Recruiting centre attacker not a one-man terrorist group, Appeal Court rules
(Canadian Press) The federal government failed on Friday to persuade an Appeal Court that a schizophrenic man who attacked a Canadian Forces recruiting centre was a one-person terrorist group. In upholding the acquittal of Ayanle Hassan Ali, Ontario’s top court rejected the idea […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Paris appeals court agrees: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for his actions because he was too high on marijuana
(JTA) The Paris Appeals Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor will not face trial because he was too high on marijuana to control his actions. The court relieved Kobili Traore, 29, […]
Clothing
Royal Derby Hospital: Disposable sterile hijabs introduced
(BBC) A hospital trust believes it is the first in the UK to introduce disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in operating theatres. Junior doctor Farah Roslan, who is Muslim, had the idea during her training at the Royal Derby Hospital. […]
Health & Medicine
Utrecht tram shooter has diminished responsibility, court told
(Dutch News) The man who shot four people dead on a tram in Utrecht has been assigned a lawyer after a court ruled he was mentally unfit to act in his own best interest. Gökmen Tanis was not present at the court […]
Health & Medicine
French police kill man who threatened officers with knife in Paris
(Reuters) Police officers shot dead a man who threatened them with a knife in the Paris business district of La Defense on Friday, police sources said. A security man had alerted police to the presence of a man armed with a knife […]
Academics & Education
Czech Supreme Court rules in favor of Somali girl barred from wearing hijab at Prague school The Czech Republic must accept and tolerate religious pluralism, and neither discriminate against any religion nor favour it unless it has a special reason, the court said
(Expats.cz) A Somali girl who wanted to wear hijab at a Prague secondary nursing school but was banned to do so in 2013 had the right to wear it, the Czech Supreme Court ruled in its verdict that has been released on […]
Crime
Muslim man who stabbed Jewish father and son at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial
(JTA) A Muslim man who was charged with trying to kill a Jewish father and son at an Amsterdam market was found not criminally responsible for his actions and sent for psychological care. A Dutch judge ruled that Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel […]
Apostasy
Man who threatened to behead police intends to convert to Judaism, court told
(Sydney Morning Herald) A convert to Islam who said he was “gearing up for martyrdom” weeks after he approached police with a knife and threatened to behead them has told a court he recently requested the Jewish holy book in prison and […]
Alcohol & Drugs
French prosecutors drop murder charges against Jewish kindergarten teacher Sarah Halimi’s killer (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
FGM expert tells court it is ‘not possible’ that toy caused girl’s injuries (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Call for Peterborough flu injection trial for Muslims (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
A new study offers a glimpse of the unrepentant Australian terrorist
(Sydney Morning Herald) New research has painted a chilling portrait of the “average” Australian Islamist terrorist by creating a database [of] about 173 citizens or residents who have been charged with terrorist offences or joined terrorist organisations. An Australian terrorist is likely […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation victim welcome[s] arrival of new clinic (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Couple accused of female genital mutilation claim daughter sustained injuries when she fell on toy (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Methodist Hospital partners with hijab company to create inclusive hijabs for staff, patients
(KSTP) Hilal Ibrahim started volunteering at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park when she was 14 years old. “When I volunteered, a lot of women would wear white hospital blankets on their heads because there just wasn’t anything else available,” Ibrahim recalled. […]
Health & Medicine
Four years on, Paris attacks survivors struggle in silence
(Radio France) Four years after 130 people were murdered in coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, a fund to help survivors is still receiving new cases — underlining how long it can take for victims to come to terms with their trauma. Those […]
Health & Medicine
Cleveland Fourth of July terrorism suspect pleads guilty to plotting attack, threatening President Donald Trump
(Cleveland.com) A man whom the FBI said planned an attack on a downtown Cleveland park where spectators planned to watch last year’s Independence Day fireworks pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges. Demetrius Pitts admitted to charges of attempting to provide material support […]
Health & Medicine
Victorian pensioner admits to sending cash to IS fighter
(AAP) A Melbourne pensioner sent thousands of dollars to an American fighting for Islamic State in Syria, but his lawyers say he was “groomed” after the death of his son. Hampton Park man Isa Kocoglu admitted sending more than $2700 in total […]
Academics & Education
Isis martyrs ‘radicalised as medical students in Galway’ (LINK ONLY)
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Alcohol & Drugs
Terror suspect to remain in Swiss custody
(Swiss Info) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has decided to extend the pre-trial detention of a man accused of supporting a criminal group, attempted murder and violating the law banning Islamic State. The man, a citizen of canton Vaud in western Switzerland, […]
Government & Politics
Conviction, 26-year prison term for stabbing of Americans at Amsterdam CS
(NL Times) Jawed S., a 20-year-old man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the court in Amsterdam on Monday. He was convicted [of] two counts of attempted murder with […]
Children & Teens
Woman fled female genital mutilation ‘cutter’ role after Birmingham intervention (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Judge’s difficult sentencing of a former refugee who won’t stop offending
(Stuff) No-one knows what to do with Mohyadin Farah, a Somali who came here as a refugee with a history of sexually assaulting women. He’s been to jail, been in psychiatric care and even been considered for removal from the country. Nothing […]
Children & Teens
Detroit’s female genital mutilation case takes a big legal hit
(Detroit Free Press) Activists fighting to end female genital mutilation worldwide are reeling at the latest decision involving Detroit’s FGM case, in which a doctor is charged with cutting the genitals of nine 7-year-old girls who cried and bled as another woman […]
Health & Medicine
Defense seeks competency exam for man accused of terror plot
(AP) A defense attorney is seeking a court-ordered psychiatric or psychological exam for a man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C. Rondell Henry’s lawyer filed the request under seal this week, but […]
Crime
Stabber of Jewish father and son in Amsterdam says he forgot why he assaulted them
(JTA) A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which […]
Children & Teens
NHS to open specialist FGM support clinics across England (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Suspect in Amsterdam CS attack wanted to kill ‘cruel, unfair’ people for insulting Islam
(NL Times) Jawed S., the 20-year-old Afghan man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, came to the Netherlands to “kill unfair and cruel people,” he said during the first day of his trial at the high-security court […]
Alcohol & Drugs
French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’
(AP) An Afghan man was in a “psychotic state” and on drugs during a stabbing in France that killed one person and injured eight others, but investigators haven’t found any terrorist ties, a regional prosecutor said Sunday. A psychiatric evaluation of the […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Afghan killer sparks far-right criticism in France
(AFP) An Afghan asylum-seeker who killed a man and stabbed several others in the French city of Lyon sparked a row about immigration on Sunday as new details emerged about his rampage. Investigators said the killer appeared to have psychological problems and […]