(AFP) A French jihadist, who was close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, went on trial in Paris on Monday. Peter Cherif, also known as Abou Hamza, was arrested in Djibouti in 2018 after years […]
(Yle) Helsinki District Court has remanded into custody three men suspected of involvement in the activities of a terrorist group. The three defendants — all believed to be aged in their 30s — were detained by police last Tuesday and remanded on […]
(Reuters) An Italian prosecutor on Saturday asked a judge to sentence right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini to six years in prison over his 2019 decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in the country. The then interior minister, who is […]
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(NY Post) Maybe it was lost in translation. A longtime French teacher claims the Upper East Side’s elite, all-girls Spence School fired her for giving a straightforward answer about France’s controversial hijab law — which triggered the principal’s daughter so much she […]
(CBC) A Pakistani national accused of planning a terror attack against a Jewish centre in Brooklyn, New York, likely will spend several more weeks in Quebec’s Bordeaux jail while U.S. authorities present evidence to back up an extradition request. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan […]
(Calgary Herald) The Calgary man who facilitated terrorist activities through online postings — which included targeting the city’s Pride activities — was handed a six-year prison term Friday. With credit for time on remand, Zakarya Rida Hussein will have [to] serve another […]
(Courthouse News) A Pakistani man who was arrested in July for scheming to assassinate U.S. politicians on American soil faces additional accusations of committing an act of terrorism, according to new charges filed in the Eastern District of New York. Asif Merchant, […]
(NY Times) In rapid succession, two dramatic decisions jolted the Sept. 11 case this summer: a plea agreement that exchanged life sentences for guilty pleas, and its reversal. What happens next in the case is up to the judge, who has to […]
(BBC) A man has admitted posting social media messages designed to stir up racial [hatred] as riots hit the UK. Ehsan Hussain, from Birmingham, has been warned to expect a substantial custodial sentence. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty at the city’s magistrates’ court […]
(AP) French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or […]
(Rudaw) France has repatriated 364 children of suspected ISIS members and they are under close monitoring as part of the European country’s efforts to bring its nationals back from northeast Syria (Rojava), according to the head of the national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office. […]
(Jewish News) A notorious Islamist activist, who was at the centre of one of the recently elected pro-Palestine [MPs’] election campaigns, has been jailed for attempts to spark “immediate unlawful violence.” Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, was sentenced to 22 […]
(AFP) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, convicted on appeal of rape and sexual coercion by a Geneva court, is a Swiss intellectual accused of masking violence and radicalism behind a mild facade. Ramadan, 62, is the grandson of the founder of the Islamist […]
(BBC) A Swiss appeals court has convicted the prominent scholar of Islam Tariq Ramadan of rape, overturning a previous acquittal dating back to 2023. Swiss broadcaster RTS reported that, at the end of August, the court ruled Ramadan must serve a three-year […]
(BBC) A former PhD student has been found guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) in what has been described as a “landmark case.” Emad Kaky arranged for a young girl to travel from the UK to Iraq, where she […]
(Belga) The Bruges correctional court has sentenced a 26-year-old Chechen man from West Flanders to 15 years’ prison and a 10-year supervision order for attempted terrorist murder. Abubakar S and his wife, who has been jailed for eight years, planned to carry […]
(BBC) A man assaulted a detective constable during a police interview and put him in a chokehold as he shouted “Allahu Akbar,” a court has heard. Architecture student Muhammad Zakir Arif, 18, from Bury, lunged at the officer as he was questioned […]
(AP) A Dutch court convicted two Pakistani religious and political leaders in their absence Monday over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands. […]
(AFP) A Paris court in May detained and charged a couple on accusations that they were involved in Iranian plots to kill Jews in Germany and France, police sources told AFP. Authorities charged Abdelkrim S., 34, and his partner Sabrina B., 33, […]
(AP) An Afghan refugee convicted of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings in 2022 that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community pleaded no contest Tuesday to two homicide charges stemming from the other killings. Prosecutors said Muhammad Syed, 53, entered the pleas […]
(BBC) A man who stabbed two women at a Marks & Spencer store will be locked up indefinitely in a high-security hospital. Munawar Hussain, 60, attacked the store manager and a customer with a knife in 2020 in Burnley, Lancashire, and also […]
(AP) Prosecutors demanded a 14-year sentence Monday for a Pakistani Muslim leader accused of inciting the murder of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the party that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands. Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali did not […]
(KLAS) A teenager accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack was found with bomb-making guides and was previously suspended for threatening a school shooting, according to documents and photos the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas […]
(AP) An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community has reached a plea agreement that could resolve criminal charges stemming from the other two killings. Muhammad Syed’s […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in a Belfast court accused of gathering information for planned acts of terrorism. Habib Shamel, 27, originally from Afghanistan, also allegedly had files stored on a USB stick which could have been used in any suspected plots. […]
(AP) A 33-year-old man was handed preliminary terrorism charges over an arson attack on a French synagogue last weekend that he said was aimed at defending Palestinians and changing Israeli policy, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attack revived concerns about antisemitism in France, […]
(Reuters) Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they would put two men on trial for setting fire to the Koran in a series of incidents last year that prompted outrage in the Muslim world and raised fears of attacks by jihadists. The two […]
(KLAS) Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill intervened in the possible release of a teenager suspected of plotting a terror attack following a judge’s ruling, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas Metro police arrested him […]
(NL Times) Testimony from an expert in the Arabic language and culture indicated that the manner in which almost a hundred graves were vandalized at [a] Utrecht cemetery in May fits in with the “jihadist ideology.” Prosecutors presented more information about their […]
(AP) A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A […]
(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors on Sunday released the name of the 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of a multiple stabbing attack in the western city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight others. Issa Al H., who was identified without his family name due […]
(AP) Hungary’s anti-immigration government is prepared to provide free one-way tickets to Brussels for migrants and asylum seekers attempting to enter the European Union, a minister said Thursday in response to hefty fines recently imposed on the country over its restrictive asylum […]
(NL Times) Two 21-year-old men from Utrecht and Vleuten were arrested in May of this year on suspicion of joining a terrorist organization, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported. They attempted to travel to ISIS-controlled areas. The man from Vleuten is also […]
(AP) Two men accused of planning an attack in Sweden for an affiliate of the Islamic State group in response to the burning of copies of the Quran have been charged in Germany, where they were arrested earlier this year, prosecutors said […]
(KLAS) A teenager accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas was allegedly building bombs in his room and may have been preparing to target a school, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Joshua Robles was 16 when […]
(KVVU) A teen is accused of attempting to run a “lone wolf” ISIS terror operation in Las Vegas, including trying to make explosive devices and possibly targeting a high school, according to court documents. A grand jury indicted Joshua Robles on eight […]
(Swiss Info) The trial of two parents accused of financially supporting their son who left Switzerland to fight for Islamic State (IS) in Syria in 2015 opened at the Federal Criminal Court on Monday. The court has decided to move forward with […]
(IANS) Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana faces the grim prospect of facing justice in India for the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai that killed around 175 people after a federal appeals court in the US quashed his appeal against extradition. The California-based Ninth Circuit […]
(AFP) A teenager appeared in court on Saturday for allegedly stabbing an army chaplain outside a barracks in western Ireland in an attack that police believe was inspired by a “radical Islamist mindset.” Police told the court that devices belonging to the […]
(CBC) A 26-year-old Toronto man accused of plotting a deadly ISIS-inspired rampage previously lived in Egypt and once studied at a U.S. university, CBC News has learned. Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested last month and charged […]
(BBC) A man who claimed he was trying to protect a mosque from being attacked by “racists” has been jailed. Prosecutors said about 60 Asian men clashed with about 30 white men in Darlington on the night of 5 August, with police […]
(Olive Press) Spanish authorities have deported a Chechen national who was suspected of being the head of a jihadist cell planning attacks in Spain. German Bagaev was arrested in January in a Barcelona prison while already serving time for shooting two people […]
(CNN) A Jordanian citizen residing in Orlando, Florida, has been charged for allegedly destroying solar panels at an energy facility and making threats against businesses in the state because he believed they supported Israel. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen has been charged with […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Harris 2024 campaign has appointed Nasrina Bargzie as a new outreach leader to engage Muslim and Arab voters, according to NBC News on Tuesday. This move has already sparked controversy due to her past statements about Israel and Jewish […]
(BBC) A man who threw a punch while trying to protect a mosque during disorder in Middlesbrough has been jailed along with others involved in the violence. More than 1,000 people were estimated to have taken to the town’s streets on 4 […]
(NL Times) A Dutch woman suspected of traveling to Syria to join a terrorist organization is “deeply affected” by the “bitter” accusation that she deployed her underage son in the ISIS armed struggle. Ayada K. said this on Thursday during the first […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of sharing videos glorifying terrorism on an encrypted chat group. Faseh Sajid, of Green Croft, Bristol, was 18 when he began posting videos on Telegram featuring armed executions and Islamic State fighters. Now aged 21, […]
(Brussels Times) The Brussels prosecutor general’s office is challenging the naturalisation of Imam Mohammed Toujgani, according to a report on local online platform Bruzz, confirmed by interim Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole De Moor. The Moroccan imam moved to […]
(NL Times) The Netherlands rightly rejected the asylum application of a woman who traveled back and forth to Syria at least six times, the Council of State ruled on Wednesday. The Syrian woman left her country of origin for Egypt in 2013, […]
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