(Stuff) A woman has won the right to have about $215,000 paid to her as part of her marriage contract from the United Arab Emirates. It was the first time a case had come before the courts relating to the payment of […]
(Radio France) France’s November 2015 terror trial continued on Wednesday with further final pleas from the legal teams representing the survivors and families of victims. Every day this week, the procedure at the special criminal court in Paris has been the same. […]
(Calgary Herald) Going to Syria to become an ISIS fighter has landed a Calgary-area man a 12-year prison term. Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench Justice David Labrenz on Thursday accepted a joint crown and defence submission to sentence Hussein Borhot to a […]
(NY Post) A Brooklyn man who became a high-ranking member of ISIS was convicted of supporting the terrorist organization by recruiting members, pushing propaganda and smuggling weapons into Syria, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Mirsad Kandic, 40, was found guilty of conspiracy and […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Members of the Alameddine crime network downloaded and watched Islamic State videos, according to police information tendered to court which also claim members involved in the group’s “dial-a-dealer” operation were part of a sub-gang calling themselves “Ready 4 War.” […]
(Canadian Press) The federal government will join a legal challenge to Quebec’s religious symbols law if it reaches the country’s highest court, Justice Minister David Lametti said Wednesday. “When it arrives at the Supreme Court of Canada, it is by definition a […]
(Radio France) The Paris attacks trial, where 20 men are being judged on charges of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist killings, continues with concluding pleas from the lawyers representing the injured and those who lost family members. There are nearly 2,500 […]
(National-UAE) Two Swedish brothers have been sentenced to jail for eight months after their efforts to join ISIS unravelled when their recruiter was revealed as an undercover intelligence officer. The men, who have not been identified, were arrested in February at Gothenburg-Landvetter […]
(AFP) A French court stepped into a row over the wearing of burkinis in municipal swimming pools, suspending a council’s decision to allow Muslim women to wear them. The administrative court in the Alpine city of Grenoble blocked the rule change by […]
(Morocco World News) A Spanish court on Monday gave a three-year prison sentence to a Moroccan national for terrorism recruitment and indoctrination charges. The sentencing concerned a Moroccan man, Mohamed B., who was detained and sentenced in Grand Canary [Island] for his […]
(AFP) A French court convicted six people on Tuesday for harassing a teen online over her anti-Islam videos in a case that sparked debate about free speech and the right to insult religions. The girl, known as Mila, was forced to change […]
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(AFP) Charities running migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean faced a pre-trial hearing in Sicily Saturday over alleged collusion with people traffickers after a controversial probe that involved mass wiretapping. Twenty-one suspects, including crew members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the […]
(Radio France) Friday’s session at the Special Criminal Court, where the Paris terror trial is taking place, continued to hear testimonies of the families of victims. They were followed at the bar by families who lost their homes and belongings in the […]
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(Radio France) This has been a particularly difficult week at the Paris terror trial, where the survivor[s] of the Bataclan attack and the families of victims have come to give their version of 13 November 2015. There have been tears and courage. […]
(Breitbart) The French anti-terror prosecutor has been notified following a knife attack on a woman in Chantilly by a man who allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” during the stabbing. The attack took place on Tuesday in Chantilly when a couple was driving and saw […]
(Calgary Herald) ISIS has put a bounty on the life of a Calgary woman the crown fears could be re-radicalized after joining the terrorism organization eight years ago, her lawyer said Friday. Defence counsel Yoav Niv, in successfully seeking a publication ban […]
(Eindhoven News) The seven Eindhoven terror suspects who are still in custody may await their trial in freedom. This was decided by the judge on Thursday during a pre-trial hearing in the secure court at Schiphol. Two other suspects were previously allowed […]
(Jewish Insider) A federal judge in Illinois rejected a motion for dismissal by defendants in a decades-old legal fight waged by the family of a slain Jewish teenager, whose parents allege that the defendants had, under other identities, provided funding to Hamas, […]
(Radio France) Another day of evidence from those who escaped the Bataclan massacre. The Paris attacks trial heard the continuing litany of shock, suffering and guilt. With merciful moments of courage, generosity and hope. It is not easy to stand in a […]
(NL Times) The Public Prosecution Service (OM) believes that the suspects in the Eindhoven terrorism case can be released from custody. The OM initially suspected that the nine men planned to commit a terrorist attack. But experts now judge, partly based on […]
(Radio France) This week, the Paris attacks trial will hear the testimonies of 70 victims and their families. If the tragic facts remain the same, the individual experiences of the night of 13 November 2015, and of life since, are unique. One […]
(AP) A man charged with killing five people and wounding four others in southern Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and attempted murder. “I admit criminal guilt for the entire charges,” […]
(Swiss Info) The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment against a Swiss woman who attacked two people with a knife in a department store in the Swiss city of Lugano in 2020. The 29-year-old, who lives […]
(AFP) A German woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria as a 15-year-old was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence on Wednesday but cleared of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. Judges found Leonora Messing, now 22, guilty of membership […]
(AFP) Members of American band Eagles of Death Metal testified Tuesday at the trial for the November 2015 attacks on Paris which saw gunmen attack the Bataclan concert hall while the rockers were playing. Frontman Jesse Hughes and guitarist Eden Galindo arrived […]
(Morocco World News) Frances’s administrative court of the northern city of Amiens has decided to give a “provisional reopening” of the Great Mosque of Beauvais after being closed for six months for “unacceptable” preaching. The French lawyer for the association managing the […]
(Calgary Herald) The trial of Calgary terrorism suspect Jamal Borhot won’t be proceeding until the fall of 2023. New defence counsel Pawel Milczarek on Friday asked that the accused’s trial be adjourned as he has only recently been retained. Borhot was to […]
(Spokesman-Review) Four Muslim detainees in the Spokane County Jail filed a U.S. District Court lawsuit April 11 citing religious discrimination, charging that their requests for halal food before and during Ramadan were not met in violation of the First Amendment and the […]
(Dutch News) Judges in Rotterdam have again ruled that the Dutch state must bring a group of mothers and children back to the Netherlands from Syria, in order to ensure the women are prosecuted. The court ruled in a closed hearing that […]
(Brussels Times) Just one in three terrorist suspects or convicts is effectively followed up by courts in Flanders as judges rarely impose deradicalisation counselling as a condition after the end of the sentence. Since 2018, 102 terrorism convicts have been released after […]
(AP) A Manhattan federal court jury returned a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a New Jersey software developer who authorities say researched and photographed U.S. landmarks for possible attacks. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on one terrorism […]
(AFP) An Algerian preacher who spent eight years in the US-run Guantanamo prison went on trial in France on Tuesday for allegedly encouraging several young men to join the Islamic State group. Saber Lahmar, a 52-year-old Algerian released by the US in […]
(Syracuse.com) A Geddes man with Iraqi citizenship was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison for lying to immigration officials regarding his connection to an Iran-backed militia while applying for a green card, federal prosecutors said. Chasib Hafedh Saadoon Al Fawadi, […]
(Florida Politics) A thirst for information led him to an ISIS website. There, he discovered how to meet with radical Islamic groups to decide which among them the American could assist. He bought a one-way ticket from Orlando and arrived in Istanbul, […]
(Stuff) A Wellington dentist who has to pay his ex-wife $212,095 under Sharia law after their overseas divorce should not have to under New Zealand laws, his lawyer says. The landmark case being heard at the High Court in Wellington on Thursday […]
(Detroit News) Federal officials seized weapons and destructive devices from a paroled Islamic State “soldier” in Detroit but waited almost a year to alert a judge or try to send him back to prison despite public safety concerns. The materials, including knives, bayonets and […]
(Stuff) The first New Zealand case of a woman seeking the return of a $212,095 dower from her ex-husband after being divorced in an overseas court has begun in Wellington. The pair married in the United Arab Emirates, under Islamic or Sharia […]
(AP) A Dutch woman has been convicted of raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab, according to a federal prosecutor. Farhia Hassan, 38, was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Jessica Aber, U.S. […]
(AP) A defense lawyer urged jurors Tuesday to reject a prosecutor’s claims that his client is a terrorist who photographed U.S. landmarks as potential targets, saying the government didn’t prove anything during a two-week trial. Attorney Marlon Kirton said his client, Alexei […]
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(AP) A Maryland man has become mentally competent to stand trial more than two years after he was charged with planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Rondell Henry’s attorneys […]
(Breitbart) A 38-year-old radical Muslim man was handed a weak six-month suspended sentence by a French court this week for threatening to kill a local imam. The 38-year-old, who is also on the French anti-terrorism watchlist known as the S-File, got into […]
(Brussels Times) The prosecution on Friday requested prison sentences ranging from 1 to 2 years for four accused appearing before the Brussels Correctional Court for their supporting roles in the 2015 terror attacks in Paris. The prosecution called for a suspended sentence […]
(Radio France) The end of this extraordinary judicial process is now in sight. After eight months of evidence, explanation and questions, the court trying 14 men suspected of various levels of complicity in the November 2015 attacks will now listen to the […]
(CNN) A member of the ISIS terror cell nicknamed the “Beatles” was sentenced to life in prison on Friday by US District Judge T. S. Ellis in Alexandria, Virginia, after gut-wrenching statements in court from family members of victims. Alexanda Kotey had […]
(CBC) A Calgary man has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences, admitting to a kidnapping during a year-long stint fighting as a trained sniper with ISIS in Syria. Hussein Sobhe Borhot, 36, pleaded guilty to participating in terrorist activities outside Canada and committing […]
(Toronto Sun) After more than seven years of fighting his conviction as a would-be al-Qaeda terrorist who dreamed of derailing a Toronto-bound passenger train, Chiheb Esseghaier now wants to abandon his appeal. Ontario’s highest court, though, is wisely taking his latest wishes […]
(BBC) The government does not record the number of people prosecuted for terror offences after returning to the UK from Syria, an official report says. The data is held neither “officially or unofficially,” an annual review by the independent reviewer of terrorism […]
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