(Reuters) The 23-year-old Syrian refugee believed to have killed a teenager and injured five other people in a weekend stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach became radicalised quickly by using TikTok, officials said on Monday. The suspect, identified as Ahmad […]
(GB News) West Midlands Police has reissued a mugshot of a convicted Islamic State terrorist after she complained about not wearing a niqab in the original photograph. Farishta Jami, 36, was found guilty of terrorism offences on Thursday for planning to fly […]
(Algemeiner) A senior official of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently shared a post on social media that read in part, “Hamas deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.” Zahra Billoo, the executive director of CAIR’s San Francisco chapter, last week on X/Twitter […]
(CBC) A Calgary teenager who posted pro-ISIS, anti-LGBTQ content to social media has been placed on a terrorism peace bond, bringing to an end the court cases stemming from a major RCMP national security investigation. The boy, who was 16 years old […]
(BBC) A woman has been found guilty of terrorism offences after she planned to travel to join Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in Afghanistan. Farishta Jami, from Stratford-upon-Avon, had saved money to pay for a one-way flight to travel to the country, […]
(European Conservative) Patryk Jaki MEP (Law and Justice; PiS) is beginning his “special trial” in Poland, after “liking” a Twitter post back in 2018 that showcased real security footage of migrant criminals. Polish prosecutors requested a three-year prison sentence for this “hate […]
(DPA) The first trial resulting from investigations into alleged Islamist plans for an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year reached its verdict on Monday. A 19-year-old Iraqi man associated with the main suspect was convicted by the Vienna […]
(Jewish News) A Charity Commission disqualification order against National Jewish Assembly chair Gary Mond has been quashed after a tribunal ruled in favour of his right to free speech. Mond was disqualified from acting as a charity trustee or senior manager for […]
(Yabiladi) Moroccan influencer Nordin Workout has been arrested in Leganés, near Madrid. The operation was a collaborative effort between Spain’s Guardia Civil and Morocco’s Direction Générale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST). Nordin, who boasts a following of over 100,000 on social […]
(National Post) A new report says that terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda use AI on social media to inspire lone wolf attacks against the Jewish community in the United States. But Canadians are not exempt from this kind of targeted […]
(Atalayar) The Spanish Civil Guard, together with the Moroccan Directorate General for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), has dismantled a jihadist cell responsible for indoctrination via the internet, according to Rue20. In total, seven people have been arrested in three simultaneous operations in Toledo, […]
(Jewish News) A 29-year-old man has admitted a series of antisemitic posts and supporting Hamas on social media. Zakir Hussain had denied wrongdoing but changed his plea and admitted 11 charges against him on the first day of his Old Bailey trial […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences after allegedly sharing extremist Islamist videos on social media. Mohammad Ahmad Malik, of Burnt Oak Terrace, Gillingham, Kent, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Mr […]
(Politico) Ultranationalist social media influencers from Algeria are spreading hate across France — the country that used to rule it. The trend has triggered a wave of nervousness in government in Paris, with several high-profile arrests over the past few weeks. A […]
(Koha Ditore) Four people suspected of links to the terrorist organization ISIS were arrested in North Macedonia on Friday. Police have conducted searches at five locations in Skopje and Gostivar and suspicions are that the terrorist cell was ideologically linked to ISIS. […]
(AP) Congressional lawmakers demanded answers Wednesday about the FBI’s response to the Jan. 1 truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people, questioning why the bureau’s top official in the city was out of town and raising concerns about its initial, […]
(Sky News) The first Islamist extremist to be found with plans for 3D-printed firearms has been jailed for seven years after using a far-right internet channel to download the instructions. Abdiwahid Mohamed, 33, from Neasden, north London, had used encrypted messaging app […]
(AFP) French authorities Wednesday arrested another Algerian social media influencer as tensions soar between Paris and its North African former colony, the interior minister announced, in a statement that earned him a rare rebuke from Paris prosecutors. Rafik M. had “called on […]
(Politico) Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a fresh warning about the dangers of online radicalization, as he pointed out that the teenager who carried out July’s deadly Southport attack, Axel Rudakubana, watched violent online content before killing three young girls in a […]
(Morocco World News) France announced on Thursday the arrest of a new Algerian influencer, identified as Mahdi B. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced that police arrested the influencer on Tuesday for a video in which he allegedly showed intent to carry out […]
(CNN) A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents about Israel’s preparations to attack Iran late last year, according to the Department of Justice. Asif William Rahman had been employed by the CIA since 2016 and held a top-secret security […]
(CBC) A national Muslim advocacy organization says it’s “deeply alarmed” a candidate to lead Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative Party shared a Facebook entry that declared his Muslim rival must be prevented from winning the race. The National Council of Canadian Muslims has asked […]
(Fox) The FBI has released a new image of New Orleans terrorist attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar along with new details about his internet search history as the investigation into the New Year’s attack continues. In a press release, the FBI said the Bourbon […]
(Morocco World News) In a combative response that further strains diplomatic relations, Algeria rejected French accusations of “escalation” and “humiliation” on Saturday, January 11, after refusing to accept a deported Algerian social media influencer. The latest diplomatic row erupted when Algerian authorities […]
(AFP) A Franco-Algerian influencer, arrested as part of an investigation into online hate videos, appeared before French prosecutors on Saturday and will stand trial in March, authorities said. A diplomatic row between France and Algeria has flared up over the arrests of […]
(AFP) France threatened on Friday to “retaliate” if Algeria escalates a diplomatic row that has flared up over the arrests of Algerian social media influencers accused of inciting violence. Tensions between France and its former colony mounted after Algeria on Thursday sent […]
(Morocco World News) Former French officials, netizens, and activists have condemned Algeria’s refusal to accept the return of an Algerian influencer, who France expelled on Thursday. French police arrested the influencer known as Doualemn on TikTok on Sunday in Montpellier, after he […]
(BBC) A rapper has been found guilty of posting a “menacing” video on social media, aimed at the former English Defence League leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson. In it, he mentioned artillery and made a gun gesture while shouting […]
(CBC) An outgoing Progressive Conservative MPP in Ottawa is apologizing for a social media post that criticized one of the people vying for her seat — a message Muslim groups say was Islamophobic and that the MPP herself has now acknowledged was […]
(Belga) Belgian-Lebanese activist Dyab Abou Jahjah plans to take legal action over threatening social media posts from an Israeli minister, who referred to Israel’s pager attack against Hezbollah. The threat comes shortly after Abou Jahjah and his organisation Hind Rajab Foundation filed […]
(AFP) French authorities on Sunday held three Algerians suspected of inciting violence in TikTok videos, with at least two of them facing terror-related charges. The arrests come amid growing political tensions between Paris and its former North African colony. A video blogger […]
(Morocco World News) French authorities have arrested two Algerian social media influencers on Friday, for allegedly making terrorist threats and inciting violence through TikTok videos. The second arrest came just hours after the first one, as announced by French Interior Minister Bruno […]
(AFP) An Algerian online influencer will stand trial in France next month, accused of inciting terrorism on TikTok, prosecutors said Saturday. The 25-year-old suspect was remanded in custody on Friday in the western city of Brest, prosecutor Camille Miansoni said in a […]
(European Conservative) Just a few days before the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, the French authorities have arrested an Algerian TikToker based in Brittany, who was using his TikTok account to invite his […]
(Newsweek) Richard Grenell, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump who is set to serve in a key diplomatic role soon, pushed back against a social media post by Republican Florida state Senator Randy Fine that called Islam a “fundamentally broken and dangerous […]
(Breitbart) After a New Orleans terrorist attack by an ISIS supporter from Houston, Texas, and amid intensifying warnings of Islamic terrorist threats within the U.S., a resurfaced clip showing hundreds of American children in Houston wearing traditional Islamic dress, chanting references to […]
(Fox) Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s New Year’s massacre in New Orleans, carried out with a pickup truck flying an ISIS flag, could embolden the terrorist organization to radicalize more Americans, experts told Fox News Digital. Jabbar’s younger half-brother, Abdur Rahim-Jabbar, told Fox News Digital […]
(NBC) The driver behind the deadly New Year’s terrorist attack in New Orleans posted videos online proclaiming his support for the Islamic State terrorist group before he rammed his truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14, […]
(CBC) A Toronto-area teen has been arrested on suspicion he was planning to travel abroad to join ISIS, CBC News has learned. Court records show the RCMP applied last month for a terrorism peace bond in the case, which would restrict the […]
(CBC) When RCMP Supt. Jean-Guy Isaya first started as a police officer 20 years ago, school outreach involved drug safety programs. Now the Mountie says there’s a growing need to talk to kids about violent extremism. “We believe that young people and […]
(AFP) Italian police said Tuesday they had dismantled a cell which promoted jihadist propaganda online, with five suspects of foreign origin targeted including their alleged leader, a Pakistani woman. Four of the suspects are accused of having “formed a terrorist association of […]
(Anadolu) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) on Tuesday called on the main opposition Conservative Party to remove Robert Jenrick from his position as shadow justice secretary over leaked messages showing his admiration for a far-right social media account. The MCB issued […]
(Sky News) A “reckless” father, who brandished a decommissioned AK-47 assault rifle as he threatened to “blow away” the English Defence League (EDL) in an “inflammatory” video, has been jailed for 27 months. The footage of Habeeb Khan in his living room […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who praised Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a “legend” has been suspended pending a GMC investigation after Jewish News revealed a stream of unhinged antisemitic posts and conspiracy theories on her social media account. Responding to questions over […]
(Deutsche Welle) German security forces faced a series of difficult questions at Saturday’s press conference in Magdeburg. Friday night’s attack, in which Talib A.*, a 50-year-old Saudi man, rammed a car into a crowd at a busy Christmas market in the Saxony-Anhalt […]
(BBC) A man has been charged with distributing terrorist materials and supporting the Islamic State group. Abdullah Bellil, 29, was arrested at his home in Southampton on Wednesday, police said. The charges, covering a period from July 2023 to October 2024, include […]
(BBC) A self-styled “keyboard warrior” and Hamas supporter who threatened Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with a knife emoji on social media has been jailed for a year. Mohammed Nafees Ahmed, 32, from Tipton, near Birmingham, had previously appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ […]
(BBC) The UK is facing a “smouldering” terror threat level with children as young as 10 accessing extreme online material, one of the country’s most senior counter-terrorism officers has warned. Deputy assistant commissioner Vicki Evans, senior national co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, […]
(NL Times) The risk of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands remains “substantial,” the fourth most severe threat level out of five, according to the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV). There is a “realistic” possibility of an attack, particularly because […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was operating its website with the help of German and Canadian servers until mid-October 2024, German public broadcaster BR24 revealed following an investigation. An IT expert confirmed the findings. According to […]
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