(Middle East Eye) The Metropolitan Police has summoned one of the key organisers of the UK’s Palestine solidarity protests over an alleged public order breach that took place at a rally earlier this year. Raghad Altikriti, who chairs the Muslim Association of […]
(NY Post) The Palestinian Columbia University student arrested by ICE agents in Vermont led disruptive anti-Israel protests on campus, and engaged in “threatening rhetoric and intimidation” against Jewish students, State Department sources tell the Post. Mohsen Mahdawi, who hails from the West […]
(Times of Israel) A London police officer has been sacked for posting “antisemitic and grossly offensive” messages on Instagram in the wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, police announced Friday. One of DC Ibrahim Khan’s posts contained an image of Nazi […]
(Times of Israel) A multinational Hezbollah smuggling network operating across Europe has been exposed and dismantled, with authorities intercepting large quantities of drone components intended for use in attacks against Israel, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported. The sophisticated operation reportedly spanned […]
(Free Beacon) ICE officials detained a Columbia University student who led a coalition of anti-Israel groups and endorsed the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack. Mohsen Mahdawi had his green card revoked by the Trump administration and was taken into custody on Monday […]
(Washington Post) Days before masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not produced any evidence showing that she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public […]
(Sky News) Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into an attack on three prison officers by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber. The Prison Officers Association (POA) said 28-year-old Hashem Abedi — the brother of Salman Abedi — threw hot cooking […]
(Algemeiner) Pro-Hamas activists chanted antisemitic slogans, called for “jihad,” and celebrated “armed struggle” against Israel at a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin earlier this week. The calls for violence came amid new revelations that the German capital has failed to […]
(European Conservative) A terrorist attack was foiled earlier this week in northern France, involving a 19-year-old man who claimed to be acting on behalf of Daesh — the Islamic State. No fewer than six attacks have been foiled in recent months. For […]
(Reuters) Italian police said on Tuesday they had dismantled a migrant smuggling network, leading to the arrests in several countries of 15 Egyptians involved in using sailboats for dangerous illegal sea crossings from Turkey to Greece and Italy. According to an Italian […]
(CNN) As darkness enveloped Stockholm one evening last May, the city set into its nocturnal rhythm and its criminal underworld came alive. In a home in Västerås, a lakeside city 60 miles west of the capital, a mother completed her nighttime routine, […]
(AFP) Police arrested two men in Paris on Sunday for criminal conspiracy in relation with a terrorist undertaking and possession of explosives, said France’s national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (PNAT). French media reported that the main suspect, a 19-year-old living in northern France, […]
(NL Times) Edwin Wagensveld, leader of the far-right anti-Islam movement, set fire to a Quran in central Amsterdam on Thursday evening, in front of the Stopera municipal building. Wagensveld, a prominent figure in the movement that opposes the influence of Islam in […]
(Media Line) Spanish police arrested three individuals in Barcelona on April 1 for allegedly manufacturing exploding drones on behalf of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based group designated as a terrorist organization by both the United States and the European Union. The arrests took place […]
(CBC) Toronto police spent $19.5 million in 2024 on policing demonstrations and “proactive engagement” with Jewish and Muslim communities amid the Israel-Gaza war, according to a new report. The report, written by Chief Myron Demkiw, says officers responded to over 2,000 unplanned events last […]
(Toronto Sun) While anti-Israel marchers in Ottawa wearing Hamas-inspired costumes prompted concern from the city’s mayor’s office, Ottawa police maintain the activists did nothing wrong. Footage of a March 29 anti-Israel protest in downtown Ottawa depicted marchers dressed in black, wearing black […]
(Sky News) Two men have been arrested in west London over alleged links to Hezbollah. One of the individuals, a 39-year-old man, was allegedly involved in preparations for an act of terrorism. He was arrested on 1 April and was also accused […]
(Globe and Mail) Canadian citizens born in Iran say they are routinely being stopped at the U.S. border and interrogated — and often not allowed to enter — as American authorities signal they are focusing their attention on preventing the entry of […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Spanish Civil Guard has launched an operation against suspected Hezbollah members in Spain, according to Spanish newspaper El Confidencial on Tuesday, citing sources involved with the investigation. The sources reported that some of the suspects are Lebanese citizens living […]
(Canadian Press) U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan’s military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a Friday news release […]
(KERA) The Collin County commissioners’ court heard hours of public testimony mostly opposing a proposed Muslim community development at a recent meeting. The East Plano Islamic Center, one [of] the largest mosques in North Texas, is planning a development to accommodate the […]
(KERA) Gov. Greg Abbott announced a criminal investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center Monday — the fifth investigation announced by state officials in the last week. Abbott directed the Texas Rangers to investigate EPIC and any affiliated entities for “potential criminal […]
(E-Notícies) The arrest this week of a fugitive jihadist in Spain who killed three people during his disappearance has questioned the functioning of the system. Despite having been convicted twice and having spent two years in prison, Allal El Mourabit had been […]
(Olive Press) Three Moroccan men — allegedly members of a jihadist group — have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. They are accused of posing a “potential threat to national security.” Spain’s Interior Ministry on Friday reported that they had taken the […]
(Press Release) Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have ensured that a registered terrorist offender who glorified the murder of Lee Rigby has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after he breached his notification requirements. Royal Barnes, 34 (28.08.90), was […]
(Globe and Mail) Canadian citizens born in Iran and Afghanistan are being denied entry to the United States after facing intense questioning at the border, immigration lawyers and advisers say, as the Trump administration pursues more aggressive vetting of foreigners. Legal experts […]
(E-Notícies) Radical Islamism is already the main threat to national security in Spain and Europe, and news like this is even more unsettling. The police have arrested in France the serial killer of three farmers in Spain. He is Allal El Mourabit, […]
(Daily Wire) After nearly a year-long investigation, the Chicago Police Department said the misconduct of one of its officers has been proven after he pleaded guilty to vandalizing an elderly rabbi’s car. The news comes just days after the Daily Wire first […]
(NL Times) A 32-year-old man from North Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financing terrorism through Bitcoin transactions and violating the Dutch Sanctions Act. The arrest was made and reported by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). Authorities searched […]
(JNS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested the Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student at Tufts University in the Boston area, for supporting Hamas, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Ozturk was “granted the privilege to be in […]
(European Conservative) Authorities in Zurich have, for the first time, issued a fine under the Swiss law known as the “burqa ban,” prohibiting facial coverings in public spaces. Police officers in the city of Zurich fined a woman who covered her face […]
(Voz) French authorities have arrested a fugitive jihadist on the run in Spain, in the southern city of Béziers. Allal El Mourabit, who intended to join the Islamic State, killed three farmers in Spain while on the run. The Moroccan-born El Mourabit, now […]
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Though she was awarded more than $70,000 from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Layla Soliz’s case is far from over because, for her, it was never about the money. She is seeking to amend the sheriff’s office policy on […]
(Daily Wire) A Chicago police officer has yet to face any disciplinary action from his police force after pleading guilty to vandalizing an elderly man’s car, according to the victim’s family, who believe the car was targeted because it belongs to a […]
(European Conservative) There was another snapshot moment over the weekend of the persecution of Jews in Europe when a French rabbi was attacked in broad daylight while returning home from synagogue with his nine-year-old son. Orléans rabbi Arié Engelberg was allegedly hit […]
(JNS) A 16-year-old boy of Palestinian descent was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a rabbi in front of the rabbi’s son in Orléans, about 75 miles southwest of Paris. The alleged assault, in which the suspect was said to have savagely […]
(Jerusalem Post) Three teenagers were charged in the regional court in Dusseldorf with planning a terror attack in Germany, Bild reported on Saturday. The group, of two 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy, were considering targeting a church, synagogue, or […]
(CNN) A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests — and who faced intense criticism for declaring “glory to the resistance!” after the Hamas attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 dead — is being told […]
(E-Notícies) New police operation against jihadism in Catalonia. The National Police arrested a 36-year-old Moroccan man on Monday in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, accused of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State (ISIS). The detainee, who was in an advanced process of radicalization, […]
(Reuters) A criminal network that smuggled 1,700 illegal immigrants from Spain to France was dismantled by French and Spanish police this month with support from Europol, the EU law enforcement agency said on Friday, and 19 people were arrested. Migrants mostly from […]
(Toronto Sun) Toronto Police say the public should prepare for roadway disruptions and restrictions in the downtown core on Sunday due to an al-Quds Day event for which they are expecting “several thousand” to attend. Acting Supt. Craig Young of Emergency Management […]
(ANSA) Italian police on Thursday arrested an alleged budding Islamistic terrorist living in the Brescia area, sources said. The suspect, a 46-year-old Italian man with Moroccan roots, allegedly downloaded jihadist propaganda and instructions for making homemade weapons. Investigators seized material including handwritten […]
(Arab News) Senior police officials have issued a warning that the British government’s plans to cut funding for Tell Mama, the UK’s leading anti-Muslim hate-monitoring service, could severely impact efforts to tackle Islamophobia. The charity, which has been entirely funded by the […]
(AP) Cyprus and the United Nations agency for refugees on Thursday clashed over allegations that the east Mediterranean island nation continues to engage in so-called pushbacks against boats loaded with migrants departing from neighboring Syria or Lebanon. The clash, which unfolded on […]
(North Africa Post) Spanish authorities have arrested a suspected supporter of the terrorist group ISIS in Córdoba, southern Spain, in a counterterrorism operation carried out in coordination with Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). The suspect was identified through close intelligence-sharing […]
(Global News) A Toronto man accused of an antisemitic hate crimes spree that spanned more than eight months allegedly posted statements online encouraging attacks on the Jewish community in support of Palestinians. Amir Arvahi Azar, 32, who has been charged with 29 […]
(WBIR) Knox County has agreed to pay a Muslim woman $71,500 in a partial settlement agreement after she brought a federal lawsuit against the county and its sheriff in October 2024 for publishing a mugshot of her without her religious headscarf. While […]
(Press Release) Two women have been charged with intending or likely to stir up racial hatred contrary to Sec 18(1) of the Public Order Act following an incident during a protest march in central London. Hadjer Boumazouna, 27 (27.08.1997), and Fatiha Boumazouna, […]
(Canadian Jewish News) The director of Vancouver-based Samidoun — which is listed as a terrorist entity by Canada and the United States — travelled to Beirut last month to attend the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah. While this may have provoked outrage in […]
(Politico) Polish border forces regularly force migrants back into Belarus, with reports of people being beaten, stripped of their clothes and left stranded in forests without food, shelter or medical care, according to a new report from Oxfam and Polish nongovernmental organization […]
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