(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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(NL Times) A niqab-wearing woman filed a complaint against the Diakonessenhuis hospital in Utrecht, saying that she was refused treatment and repeatedly asked by security to remove her niqab, the Telegraaf reports. The hospital confirmed that it is aware of the complaint. […]
(Global News) A former Iraqi cabinet minister and long-time member of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle made a refugee claim in Canada because Iraq said it would no longer pay for his expensive dialysis treatments, Global News has learned. And, at first at […]
(News.com.au) The knifeman behind yesterday’s stabbing rampage had a USB full of terror propaganda, but he wasn’t a terrorist, experts say. Mert Ney, 20, ran through the streets of the Sydney CBD yesterday afternoon wearing a balaclava and brandishing a knife after […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Brave bystanders have been hailed as heroes of the “highest order” for ending “terrifying carnage” in the Sydney CBD on Tuesday, which left one woman dead, a second injured and parts of the city in lockdown. Mert Ney, 21, […]
(Toronto Sun) Another patient found not criminally responsible for a violent crime is now eligible for extensive forays into the community, despite remaining a “significant threat” to the public. Just three years after stabbing three soldiers at a Toronto recruitment office with […]
(Dutch News) The Pakistan national arrested at The Hague’s main railway station in August last year after placing a video on Facebook threatening to attack Geert Wilders appeared in court for a procedural hearing on Monday. The 28-year-old faces charges of making […]
(Dutch News) A ban on wearing face-covering garments such as a burqa or niqab in government buildings, schools and on public transport comes into effect in the Netherlands on Thursday. The ban has been 13 years in the making and dates back […]
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(HuffPost) The Muslim Council of Britain has denied issuing a “ruling” that parents should not vaccinate their children against flu, following an “inaccurate” frontpage story in the Daily Telegraph. In Monday’s edition an article by Bill Gardner reported that the MCB, Britain’s […]
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(NY Post) A mosque buried its imam in the backyard — and a little Rockland County village almost died of shock. Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti, who founded the Jerrahi Order of America mosque in Chestnut Ridge, died at the age of 92 […]
(Canadian Press) Ontario’s top court has upheld a decision allowing a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre to eventually take college classes on his own. The appeal court says the Ontario Review Board […]
(JTA) A Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Paris while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled. The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore […]
(Canadian Press) Prosecutors are seeking a new trial for a man who attacked uniformed personnel at a Toronto military centre three years ago, arguing he should be considered a terrorist even though he acted alone and mental illness rendered him not criminally […]
(AAP) A young Sydney man who was stopped at Sydney Airport when trying to join Islamic State in Syria has walked free from jail on a five-year good behaviour bond. Moudasser Taleb had a bag of military-style clothing but no plane ticket […]
(AAP) An “unequivocally committed terrorist” who repeatedly stabbed a Sydney stranger in a “violent, ferocious and inhumane attack” after seeing him wearing an American flag t-shirt has been jailed for at least 27 years. Ihsas Khan had planned to attack Wayne Greenhalgh […]
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most progressive Muslim leaders is taking legal action in Lebanon to clear his name after being labelled a “collaborator” with Israel. The allegation was initially made by a newspaper aligned with Shia militant group Hezbollah. Sydney GP Dr […]
(AAP) A prominent member of Sydney’s Muslim community has reportedly been threatened over his work with a charity set up to help sick Palestinian children. Dr Jamal Rifi’s support for Project Rozana has led to him being branded an “enemy” by anti-Israel […]
(Newsweek) The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan resolution denouncing the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) and recognizing it as a human rights violation against women and girls. “Today we’re sending a clear message that every girl, no matter where […]
(IPT) As IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy noted Friday, the Islamic Circle of North America has helped update a report on terrorist prosecutions in the United States which claims more than 9 in 10 cases involving Muslim suspects are bogus. “Many convicted […]
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(JTA) The man suspected of stabbing a Jewish woman in Sweden did not commit a hate crime, his mother said, but targeted his victim randomly amid a psychiatric crisis. The 29-year-old man, who has an extensive criminal record for assault, was released […]
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(Chicago Sun-Times) Adel Daoud was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for a decision he made at age 18 — when he pushed what he thought was a detonator that would set off a half-ton car bomb in the Loop. The […]
(CBC) The hospital in Fort McMurray has become the first in Alberta’s north zone to offer halal meal options. The Northern Lights Regional Health Centre phased in the food in November, and has since served about 100 halal meals to patients. “This […]
(CTV) Doctors caring for Muslim patients with mental health disorders should balance concern about the effects of Ramadan fasting on symptoms with an understanding of the spiritual significance of the observance, says a new study released Thursday. There is little research into […]
(AAP) A Sydney pharmacy student who repeatedly stabbed a passer-by with a machete, shouting “I will kill you, you will die,” has been found guilty of carrying out a terrorist act. “He got me probably three or four times and I didn’t […]
(JTA) For most of his adult life, Sammy Ghozlan has worked with French authorities fighting crime. Ghozlan, 75, started as a police officer, ascending through the ranks to become a police commissioner in the Paris area. And since 2002 he has headed […]
(Detroit Free Press) In a move that could revive Detroit’s historic female genital mutilation prosecution, Congress has intervened in the case, saying the Department of Justice gave up too easily on the law that makes the cutting practice illegal. Months after a federal […]
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(Chicago Sun-Times) Federal prosecutors view Adel Daoud as a once-aspiring terrorist who, when given the opportunity to act on his beliefs, tried to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar. Daoud’s defense attorney says the U.S. […]
(AP) A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing a Michigan police officer while yelling “God is great” in Arabic was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, after boldly declaring that he only regretted not having a machine gun during […]
(Detroit News) Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge’s order dismissing female genital mutilation charges in the first criminal case of its kind nationwide, concluding the law is weak and needs to be rewritten. The decision delivers a setback to international human-rights […]
(BBC) Somali families feel “stigmatised” by female genital mutilation (FGM) safeguarding practices, a university report has found. Those who took part in the Bristol study cited “intrusive and traumatic” questioning around FGM by school staff, social workers, health practitioners and police. Community […]
(Local) An Isis jihadi fighter returned to his home in Sweden to have wounds to his shoulder treated for free at a state-run hospital, before returning to the front line in Syria, Sweden’s Expressen newspaper has reported. Khaled Shahadeh, 28, returned to […]
(Journal Sentinel) A Milwaukee man who wanted to join the Islamic State was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors called Jason Ludke “a true danger” and recommended a 20-year sentence followed by a lifetime of federal supervision, but […]
(State-SC) S.C. lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday to criminalize female genital mutilation as child abuse after a judge struck down a federal ban. S.C. House Judiciary Committee members voted 24-0 to move the bill to the full House for a vote. The […]
(Tower) Anti-Israel activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour gave the keynote address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Minority Health Conference on February 22. Many community members were baffled that the UNC Minority Health Conference extended an invitation […]
(NL Times) The man suspected of committing a terrorist attack at Amsterdam Central Station in August intends to do worse if the Dutch government does not intervene against PVV leader Geert Wilders, he said during a proforma hearing on Friday. He also intends to deal with Wilders himself, […]
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(Canadian Press) Prosecutors say a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre should not be allowed to take college classes on his own. The crown is appealing a decision by the Ontario Review Board, which […]
(Toronto Star) A woman who attacked Canadian Tire employees with a knife and a golf club while declaring support for terror group Daesh is sentenced to seven years in prison, a judge ruled Thursday. In a short and unusual jury trial, Rehab […]
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(BBC) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not […]
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