(BBC) A man has been jailed for at least nine and a half years for travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State group. Shabazz Suleman, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, was 19 when he disappeared while on a family holiday to […]
(Atalayar) Monni Ahmed Merhba, alias “Ismail,” has been sentenced to two years in prison and five years of probation by the Audiencia Nacional for incitement to terrorism, although the prosecution was asking for four years in prison. Since August 2019, Ismail, of […]
(San Antonio Express-News) Federal prosecutors say San Antonio businessman Imad Eddin Wadi was willing to send $450,000 to arm insurgents in Syria, whom the U.S. deemed terrorists. But the Syrian native’s defense lawyers said that it was just puffery — that Wadi […]
(NCA NewsWire) Lawyers acting for a terrorist have bemoaned “Kafkaesque” issues with dealing with the Australian government as a trial date looms on his detention. Abdul Nacer Benbrika was jailed for 15 years in February 2009 after he was convicted on charges […]
(AFP) A Swiss court on Wednesday found Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan not guilty of rape and sexual coercion in a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, with his accuser immediately indicating she would appeal. The court also decided to compensate the former Oxford […]
(Middle East Eye) On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law live-streamed its commencement ceremony where Fatima Mohammed was speaking. The student was draped in the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. But just hours after the graduation ceremony, the […]
(Canadian Jewish News) Linda Frum says she consulted with security experts in the United States — and had them conduct a risk assessment — before she decided to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by an Arabic-language newspaper. The former senator tweeted that […]
(San Antonio Express-News) Federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against a San Antonio businessman accused of trying to fund terrorist groups in Syria. Imad Eddin Wadi is charged with three counts of conspiring to support opposition forces — which the U.S. has designated […]
(AP) A New Jersey software developer who prosecutors say once photographed landmarks in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., for possible terrorist attacks was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison by a federal judge who said it seemed he no longer […]
(BBC) A man has admitted preparing to murder a Christian preacher at Hyde Park’s Speakers’ Corner in a terrorist attack. Edward Little, 21, from Brighton, was carrying £5,000 with which he hoped to purchase a firearm, a passport and two phones when […]
(AAP) The continuing use of two risk assessment tools for convicted terrorists has been supported by the home affairs department after a report raised doubts about their efficacy. VERA-2R and Radar are used to determine the risk a terrorist poses, which is […]
(CNN) The Supreme Court handed Silicon Valley a massive victory on Thursday as it protected online platforms from two lawsuits that legal experts had warned could have upended the internet. The twin decisions preserve social media companies’ ability to avoid lawsuits stemming […]
(Times of Malta) Investigators found bomb-making instructions on the phones of five men who were among seven arrested last month over suspicious jihadist social media activity, a court heard on Thursday. They included pictures and diagrams explaining how a variety of bombs […]
(Brussels Times) The 2016 terror attacks trial was adjourned at the Brussels Assize Court after a suspect’s lawyer investigated potential issues of impartiality behind the testimony of psychiatric expert Samuel Leistedt. Nicolas Cohen, the lawyer for the terror suspect Bilal El Makhoukhi, […]
(San Antonio Express-News) A local businessman accused of conspiring to fund terrorist activities in Syria is on trial this week in San Antonio federal court. Prosecutors allege Imad Eddin Wadi, 64, was looking to funnel money from an export business to the al-Nusra Front, a […]
(Montreal Gazette) Six Muslim groups are asking a Quebec court to declare unconstitutional a new provincial edict that bans religious activity in public schools. In a lawsuit filed this week, the groups asked Quebec Superior Court to “declare constitutionally invalid, inapplicable, inoperative […]
(WLS) A former West Rogers Park travel agent could face the death penalty for his alleged role in what’s become known as the Mumbai massacre. Tahawwur Rana was cleared for extradition Wednesday and he’s also looking at execution if convicted of terrorism […]
(NY Post) West Side Highway terrorist Sayfullo Saipov received over eight life sentences Wednesday — after going on an unrepentant hour-long rant insinuating his victims’ tears pale in comparison to the blood and tears of the Muslim people. After victims spoke for […]
(AFP) Tariq Ramadan’s lawyers pleaded Wednesday for the controversial Islamic scholar to be acquitted, on the third and final day of his trial in Geneva on charges of rape and sexual coercion. Prosecutors are seeking a three-year sentence for the former Oxford […]
(NY Daily News) Multiple life terms in the federal supermax prison are possible for Sayfullo Saipov when he’s sentenced Wednesday on terrorism and murder charges for massacring eight and severely injuring 18 by plowing into them with a truck on the Hudson […]
(AFP) Swiss prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek a three-year sentence for Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, a former Oxford University professor charged with rape and sexual coercion. “It would be right to hand down a sentence of three years: 18 months […]
(AFP) A total of 14 people are set to face trial in France over the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist in 2020, a crime that shocked the country, legal documents obtained by AFP showed on Tuesday. The most serious […]
(NL Times) So far, the Netherlands has permanently revoked 20 people’s Dutch citizenship due to a conviction for a terrorist crime (6) or in the interest of national security (14), Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz reported in a letter to parliament. The state has […]
(Malta Today) The compilation of evidence against the seven men arrested in April on terrorism-related charges began before Magistrate Nadine Lia on Monday. Ajil Al Muhsen (21), Adnan Maashi (21), Yazan Abduklaziz (26), Ahmed Kadas (25), Khalil Al Mahmoud (21), Ahmed Ahmed […]
(Courthouse News) A former professional European soccer player convicted in Belgium 20 years ago of planning a suicide bombing attack on Americans in Europe appeared in U.S. federal court on Monday to begin his jury trial. Opening arguments began with the prosecution […]
(AFP) The Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan went on trial in Geneva on Monday charged with “rape and sexual coercion,” allegations which the former Oxford University professor denied. Ramadan told the judges that he let himself be kissed by his accuser but […]
(Arab News) UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing complaints that she has used “racist sentiments and discriminatory narratives” while in office. The allegations — in relation to her rhetoric regarding illegal migration to the UK and child sex offense allegations leveled […]
(National-UAE) European prosecutors are toughening charges against women linked to ISIS when they are returned to Europe as evidence emerges of the extent of their suspected involvement with the group. The charges are a step change in how courts are handling female […]
(BBC) A teenage Islamic State convert who has admitted plotting attacks on British police and soldiers has had his sentencing delayed after reports he has threatened to behead a prison imam. The judge at the Old Bailey has adjourned the sentencing of […]
(AFP) France’s highest court ruled Friday that the country can try foreign suspects under the universal jurisdiction principle, greenlighting inquiries into two Syrians accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ruling was welcomed by rights groups who said it would also […]
(AAP) A secret assessment of how terrorists are able to be kept behind bars despite completing their sentences has found serious problems. The report, released to AAP under freedom of information laws, found strong doubts about the reliability of the way authorities […]
(Brussels Times) Thursday marks the final day of testimonies at the trial of the Brussels terror attacks that occurred in March 2016, with 13 people expected to appear in court. The witnesses set to [take the stand] are known acquaintances of accomplices who are […]
(BBC) An unconscious teenager was filmed being sexually assaulted as members of a grooming gang laughed, a court has heard. The youngster, referred to as Girl A, was 12 when the alleged abuse began in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. She and another young […]
(Sky News) A Twitter user has been jailed for more than five years after using the platform to publish images encouraging the beheading of teachers for blasphemy against Islam. Ajmal Shahpal, 41, from Nottingham, made the comments shortly after a teacher was […]
(KLAS) A woman accused of stabbing her date in a Las Vegas-area hotel room in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian leader has agreed to plead guilty to two lesser charges and could avoid prison time, documents said. […]
(AP) A northern Virginia man arrested on terrorism charges has a husband-wife relationship with another American who was dubbed by authorities as an “empress of ISIS” for her work to establish an all-female battalion of the Islamic State, prosecutors said Wednesday. Mohammed […]
(Brussels Times) For several weeks, the victims of the 22 March 2016 attacks came to lay a little of their burden of painful memories before the Brussels court of assizes. On Wednesday, an army psychologist lifted a corner of the veil on […]
(NY Post) A Florida neo-Nazi who converted to Islam pleaded guilty Monday to murdering his roommates for disrespecting his faith. Devon Arthurs, now 24, agreed to a term of 45 years in prison in exchange for admitting his guilt for the 2017 […]
(Malta Today) The attorney general’s decision to file terrorism charges against a group of seven young people from Syria [has] been described as an over-reaction by sources within the police force. They told MaltaToday that the youths arrested last week in an […]
(Radio NZ) An Auckland man who was radicalised online and came close to a violent attack on the public has been granted permanent name suppression. The man was sentenced to two years and five months’ jail in March in the High Court […]
(Washington Post) A Fairfax County man who professed his support for violent jihad in online posts secretly wired thousands of dollars to Islamic State women overseas, hoping to smuggle them out of a Syrian refugee camp, the FBI alleged in a filing […]
(Religion News) When Devin Brooks reported for training in West Virginia early last year for his new security guard gig at the U.S. Department of State, he was pulled aside and told his beard violated the agency’s facial hair policy. The news […]
(AP) Albanian law enforcement authorities on Tuesday charged an Albanian man with supporting terror attacks in Western Europe on social media. A statement from the special prosecutor’s office against corruption and organized crime accused Bledar Zeneli of promoting and urging terror attacks, […]
(Lexington Herald Leader) A New York man previously convicted of recruiting people for a terrorist organization has been federally charged with attempting to murder someone in the U.S. prison in McCreary County. Mufid Elfgeeh, of Rochester, New York, is charged with attempted […]
(Malta Independent) Seven young Syrian men were arraigned in court on Sunday evening on charges related to terrorism. The young men are aged between 21 and 27. They are Ajil Al Muhsen, Adnan Maashi, Yazan Abduklaziz, Ahmed Kadas, Khalil Al Mahmoud, Ahmed […]
(Yle) A Spanish national in his early 20s who lives in Finland was handed a four-month suspended sentence by Helsinki District Court after being found guilty of training to commit a terrorist crime. The court found that the man, who was placed […]
(AFP) German federal prosecutors said Friday they were investigating a 26-year-old Syrian man for two separate knife attacks in the western city of Duisburg, where an Islamist motive was suspected. The federal prosecutor’s office, which generally investigates cases including terrorist incidents, was […]
(AFP) German prosecutors on Thursday charged a stateless man of Palestinian origin with two counts of murder over a knife attack on a train in January that killed two teenagers. Having previously ruled out a “terrorist” motive in the rampage that also […]
(Jewish Insider) Waseem Awawdeh, one of five defendants charged with targeting a Jewish man in a brazen antisemitic attack that drew an outcry from New York City’s Jewish community, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon, […]
(Times of Israel) An alleged financier for the Hezbollah terrorist organization was arraigned in a federal court in New York City on Wednesday. Mohammad Bazzi has been accused of funneling millions of dollars to the Lebanese terror group. The US Justice Department […]
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