(AFP) A Vienna court on Monday acquitted four ex-officials of allegedly granting asylum to a Syrian former general suspected of crimes against humanity in the latest case to throw the spotlight on Austria’s spy service. The three former intelligence agency officials and […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan will stand trial at a Paris criminal court for rapes alleged to have taken place between 2009 and 2016, two judges decided on Friday. The judges, however, partially dismissed allegations made by two of the […]
(ITV) A prisoner has admitted distributing so-called Islamic State radicalisation magazines. Denny De Silva, 31, from Luton, Bedfordshire, pleaded guilty to disseminating two issues of Dabiq magazine in January 2021. The online magazine was used by the so-called Islamic State terrorist group […]
(Anadolu) A court in France rejected a request Friday to overturn a controversial burkini ban on beaches in Mandelieu-la-Napoule. The request by the Human Rights League France was rejected by the Nice Administrative Court on grounds that the municipality’s decision was aimed […]
(Calgary Herald) Calgary terrorism suspect Zakarya Rida Hussein will make a bid for freedom on July 17. Law student John Mikhayal appeared in Calgary Court of Justice on Monday on behalf of Hussein and defence counsel Rame Katrib to schedule a bail […]
(Global News) Two Edmonton women were arrested after returning to Canada from a prison camp for ISIS families in Syria, the RCMP confirmed on Friday. Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti were taken into custody upon arriving at Montreal-Trudeau airport. They were transported […]
(BBC) A man accused of killing four migrants has claimed he had to pilot the boat they used to cross the Channel to Kent because he was threatened with death. Ibrahima Bah, 19, from Senegal, denies four counts of manslaughter at Canterbury […]
(BBC) A man accused of setting alight two elderly men as they left mosques has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. Mohammed Abbkr, 28, is accused of injuring his alleged victims in Ealing, west London, in February and the second in Birmingham […]
(AP) A Turkish man was found guilty Thursday of attempted aggravated extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Yahya Güngör to a total of 4.5 […]
(Brussels Times) Today (Thursday) is the last day of the Brussels terror attacks trial before the jury will deliberate whether the accused men are guilty and on what counts. In early December, the trial on the 2016 terror attacks at Brussels Airport […]
(BBC) Two brothers filled in application forms to join the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, a trial has heard. Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and 18-year-old Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan both deny preparing for acts of terrorism. The prosecution at Birmingham […]
(AFP) A Dutch man will appear in court on insult charges after tearing up a Koran outside parliament and likening Islam’s holy book to Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” prosecutors said Tuesday. Edwin Wagensveld, 54, who heads the Netherlands’s chapter of the German anti-Islam […]
(Brussels Times) The defense team of Smail Farisi will present its case in the trial over the 22 March 2016 bombings on Monday. Farisi is accused of providing a hideout to suicide bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui, his brother Khalid, and Osama Krayem […]
(VOA) Germany’s Federal Administrative Court has upheld a determination that activities conducted by the Islamic Center in the city of Hamburg, known as the Blue Mosque, are those of an “extremist Islamic organization.” Acting on an objection and complaint lodged by the […]
(LBC) A drill rapper accused of plotting a terrorist attack in central London has told a court he put on an “extremist Isis” persona to impress women. Prosecutors say Al-Arfat Hassan, who gained a strong following of young Muslims under the name […]
(AFP) An exiled Iranian opposition group said Friday that it would hold a demonstration in central Paris at the weekend after a French court overturned a police ban on the event. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the de facto […]
(BBC) A man has told a court the actions of a driver “saved us all” during a small boat crossing in the English Channel in which at least four people died. Ahmrullah Ahmadzi was travelling in a boat with more than 40 […]
(Houston Chronicle) A Houston man who dreamed, as a teenager, of becoming a martyr for ISIS was sentenced in federal court Thursday to nearly 14 years in prison after admitting he planned to travel to Syria to fight with the jihadist group […]
(ITV) The Court of Appeal has ruled government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as unlawful, with judges reaching the verdict it is not a safe third country. Judges overruled a previous High Court decision that declared the Home Office’s controversial deportation scheme lawful, with […]
(AFP) France’s top administrative court on Thursday upheld a ban on women football players wearing Islamic hijab headscarves, after the issue was seized on by politicians claiming secularism was at risk. “Sporting federations whose task is to ensure the good functioning of […]
(BBC) A man has been charged by Nottinghamshire Police with conspiring to commit female genital mutilation against a girl. The 46-year-old, who has not been named for legal reasons, is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution […]
(AFP) After spending past summers debating burkinis, France looks set for a new bout of arguing over Islamic clothing, this time over whether women’s football players should be allowed to wear headscarves during matches. At the centre of the latest soul-searching is […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of killing four migrants carried on crossing the English Channel even after signs their boat was deflating, a court heard. Ibrahima Bah, 19, piloted the vessel with 43 migrants on board even though it was designed to carry […]
(AAP) Two men who pleaded guilty to planning a terror attack targeting a mosque in an attempt to impress an Islamic State mentor will spend less time in prison after their 20-year terms were quashed on appeal. The pair pleaded guilty to […]
(AFP) A French women’s football collective seeking to overthrow a ban on players wearing the Islamic veil during [matches] scored a crucial legal goal on Monday in their judicial fight to force a rule change. Under its current rules, the French Football […]
(BBC) A teenager has gone on trial accused of killing four migrants who died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. The deaths happened when a dinghy ran into trouble off the Kent coast in December, with 39 people […]
(BBC) Seven people have pleaded not guilty to being part of an alleged conspiracy linked to the smuggling of Iraqi migrants across the English Channel. Three women and four men from the Midlands and West Yorkshire denied conspiring to facilitate a breach […]
(National-UAE) The lawyer of one of the 10 defendants in the trial of an ISIS-claimed double suicide bombing in Brussels in 2016 has made the case that his client is complicit in war crimes. Nicolas Cohen, representing Bilal El [Makhoukhi], argued that […]
(Brussels Times) The Liège Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old man from Verviers to a suspended sentence of three years’ imprisonment for the remainder of his pre-trial detention and a suspended fine of €4,000 for half. The man was found guilty […]
(National-UAE) A state court in Koblenz, Germany, has convicted a 37-year-old woman, known as “Nadine K,” on multiple charges, including crimes against humanity, membership in a foreign terrorist organisation, and aiding and abetting genocide on Wednesday, according to the German news agency […]
(AP) An Iranian man arrested in western Germany earlier this year after a tip from U.S. officials has been charged with plotting an Islamist attack using ricin or cyanide, German prosecutors said Wednesday. The 26-year-old, identified only as J.J. in line with […]
(Press Release) A 24-year-old man has been jailed for six years as a result of an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, which found that he was sharing Daesh propaganda and terrorist material via social media apps. The investigation into Ismail […]
(AP) Nine men suspected of crewing a migrant smuggling ship that sank off Greece leaving more than 500 missing were ordered held in pretrial custody Tuesday, as new accounts emerged on the sinking and the appalling conditions on the trip from Libya […]
(AFP) A Turkish citizen appeared in a Swedish court on Tuesday accused of “attempted terrorist financing” of the pro-Kurdish PKK, a first in the Scandinavian country seeking Ankara’s approval to join NATO. Turkey has accused Sweden of being a haven for “terrorists,” […]
(Calgary Herald) Calgary terrorism suspect Zakarya Rida Hussein allegedly posted a TikTok video that either knowingly facilitated a terrorist activity, or participated in or contributed to the activity of ISIS or Al Qaida, court records show. Hussein, 20, faces four terrorism-related charges […]
(AAP) A legal fight is on to repatriate eight Australian women and their 18 children from a refugee camp in Syria. The group is being detained in the country’s northeast by the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria and its defence arm, […]
(Washington Times) The Senate confirmed the first Muslim female judge Thursday, helping President Biden fulfill his promise to make the federal bench more diverse. Nusrat Choudhury was approved 50-49 to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Sen. […]
(Detroit News) An ISIS soldier from Dearborn captured while fighting alongside the terror group in Syria five years ago was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in federal prison. Prosecutors sought a 35-year sentence, which is more than three times as long as […]
(NCA NewsWire) One of Australia’s most infamous domestic terrorists has gone to the nation’s highest court in his fight to have his citizenship restored as his potential deportation looms closer. Abdul Nacer Benbrika’s challenge against the legality of the former Morrison government’s […]
(Military Times) An Army private first class has pleaded guilty to plotting the murder of U.S. service members on behalf of the Islamic State, government prosecutors announced Wednesday. The soldier, Cole Bridges, also pleaded guilty to trying to provide material assistance to […]
(Canadian Press) A Quebec Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request by a Muslim advocacy group and a civil liberties organization to suspend the province’s ban on prayer rooms in public schools. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council […]
(Oregonian) A man who immigrated to Oregon from Iraq in 2014 on Tuesday pleaded guilty to advocating for violent jihad through an online Arabic newspaper in support of the Islamic State terrorist group. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 33, who lives in Troutdale, was […]
(NY Post) A Jewish man who was beaten by a mob in a hate attack in Midtown told a courtroom Tuesday he couldn’t “fathom” why his attacker got a plea deal from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — as the assailant was […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s ban on prayer rooms in public schools is harmful to Muslim students and should be suspended immediately, lawyers for a civil liberties group and a Muslim advocacy organization told a Montreal court Tuesday. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and […]
(AFP) A Swedish appeals court on Monday said police had no legal grounds to block two gatherings where protesters had planned to burn the Koran earlier this year. The burning of Islam’s holy book outside Turkey’s embassy in Stockholm in January sparked […]
(Sky News) A financial analyst from Surrey has been jailed for eight years for terrorism offences after he was caught with a bomb factory in a lock-up when he took his laptop in for repair. Asad Bhatti, 50, from Redhill, who worked […]
(AFP) The Syrian refugee detained in the stabbing of six people, including four young children, in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with “attempted murder,” a prosecutor said Saturday. The suspect, named as Abdalmasih H., was taken into custody […]
(Local) A prosecutor in Sweden has charged a Turkish citizen for attempting to raise money for the Kurdish PKK terror group in a landmark case which could help Sweden win Turkish approval for its Nato membership. Hans Ihrman, deputy chief prosecutor for […]
(CBC) One of Canada’s largest faith-based charities has won a settlement over a set of publications that falsely claimed it was a “front” to fund terror groups abroad. Islamic Relief Canada reached the out-of-court settlement earlier this month in a lawsuit against Thomas […]
(Anadolu) A key EU body on Thursday urged Athens to respect European court human rights rulings meant to protect Greece’s ethnic Turkish minority, including the 150,000-strong Turkish community in the northeast. Meeting in Strasbourg, France, the European Council Ministerial Committee expressed deep […]
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