Legal – Eye on Islamism

German court bars Muslim woman from serving as judge due to her headscarf Administrative court rules state neutrality outweighs religious freedom; critics say decision discriminates against Muslim women seeking public office

December 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Anadolu) A German court has ruled that a Muslim woman cannot serve as a judge or prosecutor if she refuses to remove her headscarf during court proceedings, a decision critics call a violation of religious freedoms. The administrative court in Hesse announced […]

Man in court for attempted terrorist murder after wild ride through Antwerp

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The federal prosecutor has demanded a ten-year prison sentence for a man being prosecuted for attempted murder with a terrorist motive, among other charges. On the evening of 17 January, a 35-year-old man from Borgerhout recklessly drove his car at […]

Brother of Manchester Jewish terror plot accused thought arrest was kidnapping, court hears

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) The brother of a man accused of plotting to kill Jewish people at a mass gathering in Manchester has told a jury that he thought he was being “abducted or kidnapped” when police came to arrest him. Bilel Saadaoui claimed six […]

Mosque chair faces suspension over Hamas post

December 1, 2025 Hannah Miller

(BBC) A Green Party councillor and chair of one of the region’s biggest mosques faces a possible three-year charity suspension imposed by the Charity Commission after sharing a social media post about the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Abdul Malik was […]

Europe’s growing ‘honour killing’ problem The brutal murder of an 18-year-old girl in the Netherlands, allegedly at the hands of her own family members, must force an uncomfortable conversation about migration and integration.

December 1, 2025 Lauren Smith

(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, […]

Erasmus bridge killer should be jailed for 20 years: prosecutor

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) An Amersfoort man who stabbed another man to death on the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam last September and seriously injured a second should be jailed for 20 years, followed by psychiatric prison, the public prosecution department said at his trial […]

Terrorism trial starts against suspect in Rotterdam bridge knife attack; one killed

December 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The trial against Ayoub M. from Amersfoort, the man suspected of a fatal knife attack at [Erasmus] Bridge in Rotterdam in September last year, starts in the high-security courtroom at Schiphol Airport on Monday. The now 23-year-old man is facing […]

Man from Afghanistan appears in court charged with three sexual assaults in Southampton Sohail Amiri, 30, has also been charged with illegally entering the UK.

November 29, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

‘Aspiring pacifist’ in court charged with supporting terrorism through social media posts

November 28, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) A woman in Jersey is facing terrorism charges, accused of using social media to invite support for Hamas and Hezbollah. Both groups are proscribed terrorist organisations, which means it is an offence to promote them. The case against Natalie Strecker, 50, […]

Spain orders psychiatric internment for 2023 church machete attacker

November 28, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Spain’s top criminal court said Friday it had ordered psychiatric internment for a Moroccan man who murdered a church official in a 2023 machete attack that horrified the country. Madrid’s Audiencia Nacional court dismissed terrorism charges for the attacks at two […]

Report reveals oversight gaps before Erasmus Bridge stabbing that killed one

November 27, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Authorities failed to fully monitor Ayoub M., the suspect in the fatal stabbing at Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge, in the months leading up to the attack, according to a joint report from the Dutch Inspectorate of Justice and Security and the […]

Brothers on trial for honor killing of sister Ryan al Najjar; father still a fugitive

November 27, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Today, the trial starts against Mohamed (23) and Muhanad al N. (25), suspected of involvement in the honor killing of their 18-year-old sister, Ryan. Their father, Khaled al N., is the main suspect in his daughter’s brutal death, but is […]

Ex-religious teacher jailed for child sex assaults

November 26, 2025 Aimee Dexter

(BBC) A 71-year-old former Islamic teacher has been jailed for 12 years for sexual assaults against children. Hafez Ashraf Uddin, who worked in Ipswich, was found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault, relating to six girls, aged between seven and 14, […]

Man gets 15 years in prison for planning IS-inspired bar attack

November 26, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) A 27-year-old man from Menen, West Flanders, was sentenced again on Wednesday to 15 years in prison by the Ghent Court of Appeal for attempting a terror attack on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIL). Abubakar S., of Chechen origin, […]

Islamophobia allegation: French pollsters take left-wing MPs to court Defamation dispute reflects rising tensions in France about religion and security — and the reliability of public opinion studies.

November 25, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) A French polling institute has filed a complaint against two members of parliament which accused it of creating a “fake” and “Islamophobic” survey about radicalization among Muslims. Ifop strongly rejected the accusations from the La France Insoumise (LFI) MPs and […]

French Muslim councils file complaint over poll accused of fueling anti-Muslim hatred Councils say survey uses leading questions and reinforces prejudice amid sharp rise in anti-Muslim acts

November 24, 2025 Necva Taştan Sevinç

(Anadolu) Several Muslim religious councils in France have filed a legal complaint over an Ifop survey they say distorts the religious practices of French Muslims and fuels a climate of growing anti-Muslim hostility. The complaint targets a poll commissioned by the little-known […]

Supreme Court upholds arrest warrant for Azeri national in Cyprus bases terrorism and espionage case

November 24, 2025 Michalis Hadjivasilis

(Philenews) The Supreme Court of Cyprus has ruled as lawful the arrest of an Azeri national detained since June 2025 on suspicion of terrorism against the British bases at Akrotiri and espionage targeting the Andreas Papandreou Air Base in Paphos. The court […]

Swiss court jails two men on Kosovo-linked terror charges

November 24, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) The Federal Criminal Court has sentenced two men from the Balkans, the so-called “Frères de Genève” [the Geneva Brothers], to 30 and 53 months in prison for their support of the Islamic State group. However, the court on Monday acquitted […]

Man convicted to 6.5 years over plot to assassinate five Israelis in Cyprus

November 21, 2025 Fanis Makrides

(Philenews) A high-profile case in Cyprus that was presented as a terrorism plot and drew the attention of then-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has ended with a conspiracy-to-murder conviction. The Nicosia Criminal Court sentenced 42-year-old Orhan Asadov to six and a half […]

Afghan national admits raping 12-year-old girl

November 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Greens deputy leader says party giving ‘full backing’ to councillor facing Hamas video probe Deputy leader Mothin Ali offers [backing] to Cllr Abdul Malik, who shares new claims online that he is being targeted by 'Zionist lobby'

November 21, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) The deputy leader of the Greens has stated that a councillor under Charity Commission investigation for sharing a Hamas press conference on social media has the “full backing” of the party. Cllr Abdul Malik has been suspended as chair of […]

Syrian on trial over knife attack at Berlin Holocaust memorial

November 20, 2025 Katharina Wiechers

(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 […]

Austria plans school headscarf ban from start of 2026 academic year

November 20, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) Austria is set to ban girls under the age of 14 from wearing a headscarf in school next year, Integration Minister Claudia Plakolm said on Thursday. The draft law, which is set to be debated in parliament soon, is to apply […]

Terror plot accused denies being ‘shameless liar’

November 20, 2025 Lynette Horsburgh

(BBC) A former restaurant owner accused of plotting a terror atrocity against Jews has denied he is a “shameless liar.” Walid Saadaoui, 38, is said to have wanted to cause “untold harm” and kill as many people as he could in a […]

Swedish-Syrian charged over attempt to travel to Somalia to join IS

November 20, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Sweden on Thursday charged a 23-year-old Swedish-Syrian man with several “terrorist crimes,” including attempts to travel to Somalia to join the Islamic State (IS) group, prosecutors said. He is also accused of both financing and attempting to finance IS through cryptocurrencies, […]

Austrian government’s new bid to ban Muslim headscarves for girls under 14

November 19, 2025 Chris Gatt

(Brussels Signal) The Austrian government is trying — once again — to ban girls from wearing headscarves in schools. Late yesterday, the council of ministers, a co-ordination group for the coalition government, agreed on a draft law that aims to prevent predominantly […]

French Muslim boy jailed for rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl has sentence commuted in retrial A French court reduced the sentence of a teen convicted in the 2024 antisemitic rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl, citing reintegration needs, sparking renewed outrage.

November 19, 2025 Mathilda Heller

(Jerusalem Post) One of two French Muslim teenagers found guilty of raping a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 has had his sentence commuted on account of the “need to prepare for future reintegration.” The original sentences were handed down on June 15, […]

Alleged terrorist only ‘pretended to go along with the plot so he could sabotage it,’ court hears

November 19, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) A man accused of hatching a terrorist attack to “kill as many Jewish people as possible” only pretended to go along with the plot so he could “sabotage it” and “take the evidence to the police,” a jury has heard. Walid […]

Convicted terrorist had human rights breached after being segregated in prison, High Court rules Sahayb Abu plotted to commit a knife attack over the Covid lockdown in [2020]

November 18, 2025 George Bunn

(GB News) A High Court judge has ruled the segregation of a convicted terrorist from other prisoners following an attack breached his human rights. Sahayb Abu received a life sentence for terrorism offences with a minimum term of 19 years in 2021 […]

ISIS harnesses artificial intelligence to lure British teens, sparking MI5 and MI6 vigilance British security officials told the Telegraph that jihadist propagandists now used AI systems to translate Arabic material, including editorials from the weekly ISIS newspaper Al-Naba.

November 18, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) An 18-year-old from south London appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism after officers arrested him at Gatwick Airport as he tried to board a flight to Istanbul; prosecutors said he planned […]

Suspected Hezbollah member goes on trial in Germany

November 18, 2025 Bethany Bell

(BBC) A Lebanese man has gone on trial in Celle, northern Germany, accused of being a member of Hezbollah — a Shia Muslim group whose military wing is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the EU. The 35-year-old man, named only as […]

Syrian-Swedish man admits planned attack against Stockholm festival

November 18, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) An 18-year-old man on trial for plotting a terrorist attack admitted on Tuesday to planning a bombing at a large cultural festival in Stockholm, his lawyer said. The man, who holds dual Swedish and Syrian citizenship, had sworn loyalty to the […]

Jewish gun attack plot accused was ‘very happy’ running an Italian restaurant, Preston jury told

November 18, 2025 Unlisted Author

(ITV) A man accused of a terror plot was “very happy” running an Italian restaurant in Norfolk before he moved to the north-west of England, where he allegedly planned to target a mass gathering of Jews, a court has heard. Tunisian national […]

Europe’s moves to tighten asylum and migration rules

November 17, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Minister to ban religious symbols for law enforcement after State Council criticism

November 17, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Justice Minister Foort van Oosten (VVD) will pursue a formal law to prohibit visible religious symbols, such as kippahs or headscarves, for special enforcement officers (BOA’s) following a sharply critical advisory from the Council of State. The Council of State […]

Germany charges Syrian man with ISIS membership, war crimes, crimes against humanity 'The accused is sufficiently suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization,' the public prosecutor general stated.

November 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Jerusalem Post) Germany has filed charges against a Syrian national on allegations of ISIS membership, Germany’s public prosecutor general at the Federal Court of Justice stated on Friday. “The accused is sufficiently suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization,” the public […]

Man who plotted to attack soldiers at Windsor Castle barracks admits terror charges Ilyas Akhtar pleaded guilty to researching weapons, poison, explosive substances and how to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and homemade bombs.

November 14, 2025 Duncan Gardham

(Sky News) A man accused of buying knives and testing chemicals for an attack on soldiers at Windsor Castle barracks has pleaded guilty to a string of terror charges. Ilyas Akhtar, 20, from Slough, Berkshire, appeared at the Old Bailey by video […]

Belgian jihadist handed life sentence by Brussels court for Yazidi genocide

November 14, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) Belgian IS fighter Sammy Djedou, who is believed to be dead, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday by the Brussels Assize Court for genocide and crimes against humanity. Djedou left for Syria in 2012 and committed serious crimes against […]

Asylum seeker jailed for raping 15-year-old girl

November 13, 2025 Katharine Da Costa

(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 […]

Belgian ISIS fighter convicted of Yazidi genocide in landmark Brussels ruling

November 13, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) A Brussels court has found Belgian jihadi Sammy Djedou guilty of genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, marking a historic first for the country. Djedou, a former Islamic State fighter, was long believed to have been killed […]

Terrorism recruiter jailed for 10 years The accused spread terrorist material and tried to recruit 'vulnerable people' to carry out terrorist attacks in Europe

November 12, 2025 Monique Agius

(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 […]

Denmark tries two for grenade attack at Israeli embassy

November 12, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Danish court put two Swedish [men] on trial on terrorism charges for having thrown two hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen last year. The two men, aged 18 and 21, have also been charged with aggravated assault and […]

Man on trial for German Christmas market attack begins hunger strike

November 11, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The man accused of killing six people by ramming a car into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg said he had begun a hunger strike on the second day of his high-security trial on Tuesday. “I […]

Swedish court upholds genocide conviction of former ISIS member for crimes against Yazidis

November 11, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Syriac Press) In a landmark ruling that underscores Europe’s growing pursuit of accountability for atrocities committed during the rise of the Islamic State, Sweden’s Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Lina Ishaq, a 52-year-old woman of Iraqi-Christian origin, for genocide, […]

Germany jails three Syrians who fought for ‘terror group’

November 11, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A German court on Tuesday sentenced three Syrian men to prison for involvement in a foreign terrorist group during the civil war after a trial that lasted more than a year. The three defendants, identified only partially as Amer Tarak A., […]

Man admits driving car in deadly Magdeburg Christmas market attack

November 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The man accused of killing six people by ramming a car into crowds at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg admitted on Monday that he was behind the wheel during the incident. “I am the one that […]

France probes plot linked to jailed jihadist’s ex-girlfriend

November 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French magistrates were Monday investigating the ex-girlfriend of a man jailed for the deadly November 13, 2015, Paris attacks over an alleged jihadist plot, prosecutors said. But Salah Abdeslam himself was not involved in any plot, the national anti-terror prosecutor’s office […]

Ex-jihadist accused of holding three women as slaves

November 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) An investigating judge and her team on Monday reviewed five direct testimonies that allowed them to argue that ex-jihadist Sammy Djedou subjected three “abaya” (female captives) to sexual slavery from 1 November 2014 to 31 December 2016, while living in […]

‘Free speech victory!’ Judge rules criticism of Islam counts as a protected belief under equalities law It is the first time a British court has ruled that 'Islam-critical' views are protected under the Equality Act 2010

November 9, 2025 Dan McDonald

(GB News) Criticism of Islam qualifies as a protected belief under equalities law, a judge has ruled. Patrick Lee, 61, has launched a belief discrimination claim against the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) after he was banned by the trade body […]

Three women charged in France over suspected jihadist plot

November 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Radio France) French anti-terror prosecutors have charged and jailed three young women suspected of plotting a jihadist attack — the first alleged plot involving female suspects in several years. The trio, all around 20 years old, were formally placed under investigation and […]