(ANSA) A Sicilian appeals court on Tuesday upheld its December 15 quashing of an expulsion order for a Turin imam deemed by the interior ministry a threat to Italy on grounds of his allegedly extremist views including stating that the Hamas attacks […]
(NL Times) A Syrian man arrested two weeks ago in Vlissingen was under investigation for several crimes related to terrorism, including a possible plot to launch an attack around Christmastime, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old “may […]
(AFP) The suspect in the stabbing of three women in the Paris metro has been released from custody and moved to a psychiatric hospital, prosecutors said Saturday. The man was arrested suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro on Friday […]
(AFP) French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP. The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 […]
(AFP) Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in that country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said Tuesday. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to […]
(GB News) A Palestinian migrant who arrived in Britain after crossing the Channel on a small boat has been released from prison after calling for the “death to all Jews.” Abu Wadee, 34, was jailed for nine months for attempting to enter […]
(Copenhagen Post) The Danish government has prepared legislation to ban marriages between cousins, as reported by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration. Immigration Minister Rasmus Stoklund views cousin marriages as an outdated, patriarchal tradition inappropriate for Denmark. The proposal seeks to prohibit […]
(Jewish News) A pro-Palestinian activist who allegedly chanted “I love 7 October” during an anti-Israel protest has been charged by the Metropolitan police after the CPS repeatedly declined to take the case further. Police arrested Mohamed Hassn, of Unwin Way, Stanmore, on […]
(European Conservative) Three of the five men arrested in Bavaria over an alleged Islamist plot to attack a Christmas market entered Germany on skilled-worker visas, according to a report by Bild. German authorities last week detained the five suspects over plans to […]
(NL Times) A 33-year-old man seeking asylum in the Netherlands was taken into custody by Dutch authorities on allegations he was plotting a terrorist attack. The Syrian man was arrested in Dronten, Flevoland, on Nov. 28 at the facility for asylum seekers […]
(AFP) The Danish government said Wednesday that it is proposing to extend the country’s ban on full-face veils in public places to schools and universities. “Burqas, niqabs, or other clothing that hides people’s faces have no place in a Danish classroom,” Minister […]
(Politico) A group of 19 EU countries is pushing the European Commission to take a tougher line on migration beyond the bloc’s borders, arguing that last week’s EU deal on asylum and returns has changed the political weather in Brussels. In particular, […]
(GB News) Laws that ban female genital mutilation (FGM) have been deemed harmful and perpetuate stigma towards migrant communities, a group of 25 academics from leading British universities has said. The essay, published in the British Medical Journal‘s (BMJ) Journal of Medical […]
(Deutsche Welle) Authorities in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt say they are preparing to deport a 21-year-old Central Asian man on suspicion of planning a terror attack in Germany. State criminal police say the man, who arrived in Germany in June 2024, […]
(European Conservative) An Italian appeal court has ordered the release of a Turin-based imam who had praised the October 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel, ruling that his remarks did not pose an immediate threat to public security. Mohamed Shahin, a 46-year-old Egyptian […]
(Deutsche Welle) The trial against Farhad N., a 25-year-old Afghan man accused of driving a car into a crowd of people in Munich this February, began at the city’s Higher Regional Court on Tuesday. The defendant faces two counts of murder and […]
(LBC) The police and courts have been accused of trying to “downplay” the rape of a child by two Afghan migrants. The case of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal was shrouded in secrecy from an early stage. Despite arriving in the UK […]
(NL Times) Dutch prosecutors have cleared Secretary of State Jurgen Nobel and Prime Minister Dick Schoof of criminal charges over controversial remarks made following violence at the Ajax-Maccabi soccer match in Amsterdam on November 7 last year. Nobel, secretary of state for […]
(AFP) A Syrian man who was arrested at the scene of a stabbing that killed a teen and wounded five others in Austria has admitted terror offences, prosecutors said on Monday. The 23-year-old suspect was detained in February in the southern city […]
(LBC) Two Afghan rapists were reportedly allowed to walk the streets for a month despite admitting the rape of a 15-year-old girl. Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, targeted the girl in the horrific attack in a park in Leamington Spa […]
(Deutsche Welle) Afghans who had been told they could move to Germany will be informed in the next few days “that there is no longer any political interest in their admission.” With these terse words, the spokeswoman for the German Interior Ministry, Sonja Kock, revealed that 640 […]
(European Conservative) In several European countries, a political trend that until now remained discreet is becoming increasingly visible: the deliberate construction of Islamist lobbies inspired by models already employed by other pressure groups. A recent example is that of Italian activist and […]
(NL Times) The Netherlands remains at a “substantial” risk of terrorism, with the national threat level held at 4, the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) reported in its December 2025 threat assessment. The NCTV said the current threat reflects […]
(ITV) Two asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been sentenced for raping a 15-year-old girl in a park in Warwickshire. Israr Niazal and Jan Juahanzeb, who are both 17, assaulted the girl in Newbold Comyn country park in Leamington Spa on Saturday, 10 […]
(Jerusalem Post) A Palestinian visual artist and filmmaker who seemingly praised the October 7 Hamas attack was selected to design the biggest and most visible space in Oslo’s new Government Quarter, which will open in 2026. Jumana Manna, who was raised in […]
(Sky News) A convicted terrorist from Iraq who entered the UK illegally has been sentenced to more than two years in jail. Rebwar Hamad, 48, from Iraq, arrived with other migrants on 19 September and later pleaded guilty to entering the country […]
(AFP) Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday criticised anti-migrant activists who stoke “fears” of Islam and said co-operation between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon should be an example for Europe and the United States. The 70-year-old pope spoke to reporters on the plane […]
(European Conservative) Last May, two brothers allegedly bound their 18-year-old sister in packing tape, gagged her, and drowned her in a swamp. This was an honour killing, motivated by what the girl’s brothers saw as her “westernisation.” During the trial last week, […]
(Sky News) A man from Afghanistan has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting three women in Southampton, as well as entering the UK illegally. Sohail Amiri, 30, is accused of approaching a woman and trying to kiss her in Upper Shaftesbury […]
(Deutsche Welle) In 2023, a 15- and a 17-year-old plotted to attack a Christmas market in Leverkusen (North Rhine-Westphalia). In online chats, the two supporters of the “Islamic State” (IS), considered a terrorist organization by German domestic intelligence, plotted to kill as […]
(AFP) Sweden’s migration minister said Thursday that the country would cooperate with Damascus to increase deportations of Syrians convicted of crimes in Sweden, saying it was a condition for some aid. “These are Syrian nationals who are in Sweden, who have committed […]
(ANSA) Turin imam and Egyptian citizen Mohamed Shahin has been served an expulsion order from Italy to Egypt because he is an alleged anti-Semitic fundamentalist who has allegedly legitimised the extermination of the Israeli people, according to the decree issued by the […]
(Breitbart) A report from French senators has called for “comprehensive republican rearmament in the face of the Islamist offensive,” which seeks to infiltrate all levels of society by seeking to exploit the liberal tolerance of Western society. This week, a working group […]
(BBC) An Afghan national has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Ahmad Mulakhil pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to one count of raping a child under the age of 13. He had previously denied the charge. Mulakhil, 23 and of […]
(AFP) A 19-year-old Syrian went on trial in Berlin on Thursday over a knife attack on a Spanish tourist at the German capital’s Holocaust memorial days before February’s general election. The suspect, partially named as Wassim Al M., is accused of being […]
(Anadolu) Austria’s right-wing extremist Freedom Party (FPO), the largest faction in parliament, on Thursday called for a general ban on headscarves in all schools, saying the coalition government’s plan to restrict the ban to girls under 14 is insufficient. In a press […]
(Reuters) Germany’s interior minister on Wednesday backed Berlin’s decision to strip a man of his citizenship for supporting Hamas, saying naturalised citizens should forfeit their nationality when they are found not to uphold German values. The decision comes as Germany tightens immigration […]
(Politics Home) A secretive Home Office department funded a little-known boyband to travel around Muslim areas of the UK and sing songs with anti-radicalisation themes during the height of ISIS terror attacks, PoliticsHome can reveal. Mr Meanor, a pop trio featuring singers […]
(Reuters) Britain proposed sweeping changes to its policy on asylum seekers on Monday, the latest European country to announce tighter rules on migration in recent years. Here are details on how some other countries are changing their rules: Push for reinterpretation of […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian state has paid former al-Qaeda terrorist Nizar Trabelsi €350,000, allegedly in relation to his detention conditions and an “illegal” extradition to the US. Trabelsi — formerly a Tunisian professional footballer — was arrested in September 2001 for his […]
(European Conservative) Belgium’s ongoing evacuation of people from the Gaza Strip has triggered a political storm after footage emerged of two young boys arriving at Ostend Airport wearing black sweatshirts printed with large images of an M16 rifle. The pair was among […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who raped a “vulnerable” 15-year-old girl in a busy city centre has been jailed. Amin Abedi Mofrad, who had been staying at an asylum hotel, attacked the schoolgirl near Oxford’s Westgate shopping centre on the evening of 14 […]
(Times of Malta) A 33-year-old man has been jailed for ten years after pleading guilty to terrorism charges, making it the first case on terrorism propaganda and incitement to be decided by a local court. Mouhamadou Dosso, who holds an Ivorian passport […]
(World Israel News) A Hamas terrorist who took part in the October 7, 2023, massacres successfully claimed asylum in Belgium and is now living freely in the European country as a refugee, according to a report from a Belgian watchdog organization. The […]
(Belga) Convicted terrorists or hate preachers who are residing in Belgium illegally may soon be subject to a lifetime entry ban, the Council of Ministers decided on Friday. Currently, such an entry ban can only be imposed temporarily. “The door will be […]
(AFP) Berlin is offering cash to Afghan refugees in Pakistan if they agree to give up their places on a programme for resettlement in Germany, activists said Tuesday. The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German […]
(BBC) An Afghan migrant has appeared in court accused of fatally stabbing a dog walker in Uxbridge, west London, and injuring two more people. Safi Dawood, 22, is charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, 49, the attempted murder of his landlord and a […]
(AFP) Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation. In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said there was “no longer any reason” for Syrians who fled […]
(AFP) German authorities said Sunday they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, appeared before an investigating […]
(AFP) A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday. The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a […]
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