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‘Beatles’ terror victim’s brother ‘ready to stare down those who killed David’ (LINK ONLY)
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Former University of Alabama student sentenced for plot to fund Al-Qaeda
(WBMA) The former University of Alabama student who was captured by federal authorities instructing an undercover investigator how to send money to Al-Qaeda was sentenced Thursday in a federal courtroom in Tuscaloosa. Chief U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced 26-year-old […]
Government & Politics
A top French court overturns government-ordered mosque closure, a first
(Reuters) France’s highest administrative court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal from the Interior Ministry that aimed to close a mosque in the southwestern town of Pessac for six months. The local interior ministry’s office first closed the mosque for six months on […]
Crime
North London barber who used shop as front for people smuggling plot convicted (LINK ONLY)
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Prosecutor: NJ man eyed US targets for terror attack
(AP) A prosecutor told jurors in an opening statement Monday that a New Jersey software developer was actually a highly trained terrorist scoping out U.S. landmarks for attack from 2000 to 2005. Alexei Saab, 45, of Morristown, New Jersey, had a double […]
Government & Politics
Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year ordeal of detention and torture Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian who lived briefly in Montreal, was haunted by a phone call asking for 'tea and sugar,' which interrogators claimed was code.
(Toronto Star) A former Guantanamo detainee, whose story of detention and torture was featured in a best-selling memoir and Hollywood film, is going to court to try to force the Canadian government to reveal its role in his ordeal. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, […]
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Auckland man accused of threatening to kill ‘non-Muslims’ denied bail
(Stuff) An Auckland man charged with threatening to kill “non-Muslims” has been declined bail and will remain in custody until a future court date. The 20-year-old, who has interim name suppression, was charged in September days after the LynnMall terror attack. He […]
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Paris attacks terrorist Salah Abdeslam and the ‘banality of evil’
(Radio France) On Thursday, the Paris special criminal court continued the psychiatric profiling of the 14 men being tried on suspicion of various levels of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist killings in the French capital. The spotlight fell, once again, on […]
Health & Medicine
Somali man on trial in Germany over fatal stabbings
(AFP) A Somali man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of stabbing three people to death and injuring several others, with prosecutors seeking to have him placed in psychiatric care. The suspect, an asylum seeker with a history of mental […]
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Mediocrity, not madness: The psychological profiles of the Paris attacks accused
(Radio France) This week’s hearings at the special criminal court in Paris are devoted to the psychiatric and psychological profiles of the 14 suspects. On Wednesday, four experts presented their findings on six of the accused. No one was particularly surprised. Mediocrity […]
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Father of killed Syria militants jailed after calling for ‘jihad by the sword’ at Brighton mosque (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Terror cell leader making progress but still unacceptable risk, court finds
(Age) Terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika will remain in prison after a Victorian Supreme Court judge extended his detention order but said Benbrika had made progress towards deradicalisation while in prison. Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth on Thursday extended Benbrika’s detention […]
Fasting
US jail settles lawsuit, agrees to serve Muslims kosher meals during Ramadan DeKalb County Jail will provide adequate and timely meals for Muslim inmates who are fasting during the month
(Middle East Eye) A county jail in the US state of Georgia has agreed to accommodate Muslim inmates during the holy month of Ramadan, saying it will provide them with adequate, timely meals and also notify the detainees of the five daily […]
Fasting
Muslim inmate sues US jail for denying halal, timely meals during Ramadan Norman Simmonds was denied a halal diet because the jail could not 'confirm the devoutness of his beliefs,' according to lawsuit filed with help of Cair-Georgia
(Middle East Eye) A Muslim prisoner in the US state of Georgia has filed a lawsuit challenging his detention facility’s refusal to provide him halal meals during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The lawsuit, filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]
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Belgium starts trial of suspected Paris attack helpers
(Reuters) Fourteen people went on trial in Belgium on Tuesday accused of helping a jihadist group that killed 130 people in the gun and bomb attacks across Paris in 2015. The 13 men and one woman are accused of supporting the self-avowed […]
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Tears and repentance from Abdeslam; testimony from a man in a Turkish jail
(Radio France) This week’s hearings were the last chance for the 14 men accused in connection with the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks to give their version of events. Some spoke, some chose the silence to which they are unconditionally entitled under […]
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Main Paris attacks suspect apologises to ‘all victims’
(AFP) The sole surviving member of the jihadist team that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks apologised on Friday to the victims at the end of his trial testimony. The comments marked a dramatic end to three days of testimony by […]
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Belgium trial for alleged accomplices of 2015 Paris attacks
(AFP) Fourteen people charged as accomplices to jihadists who carried out deadly bomb and gun attacks in Paris in 2015 will go on trial in Belgium from Tuesday. Proceedings will take place under high security in NATO’s former headquarters and are expected […]
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Two men get lengthy jail terms for attack plot in France
(AFP) A Frenchman and a Moroccan received heavy prison terms on appeal Friday for an attack plot that was foiled after an intelligence agent posing as a jihadist infiltrated their cyber network. Yassine Bousseria, 42, was sentenced to 24 years in prison […]
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Anger in Paris court as terrorist Abdeslam asks for chance to start his life over
(Radio France) For the second day at the Paris attacks trial, evidence from surviving terrorist Salah Abdeslam dominated proceedings. Less sure of himself on Thursday, in the face of relentless questioning, Abdeslam finally asked for forgiveness and a second chance. That provoked […]
Crime
Convicted Islamic State terrorist worked security at Austria’s largest vaccine site
(Breitbart) A 21-year-old who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a coworker has been revealed to be a former Islamic State terrorist who managed to obtain a security job at Austria’s largest Chinese coronavirus vaccination site. The 21-year-old was arrested in January […]
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Salah Abdeslam breaks silence to explain his role in 2015 Paris attacks
(Radio France) Surviving Paris attacks terrorist Salah Abdeslam on Wednesday surprised the special criminal court in Paris by agreeing to answer questions about his specific mission on 13 November 2015. While zones of doubt and mystery remain, Abdeslam did provide new information […]
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Brit convicted as ‘Beatle’ in Islamic State beheadings trial
(AP) A jury convicted a British national Thursday for his role in an Islamic State group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago, resulting in the deaths of four Americans, three of whom were beheaded. In convicting […]
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MP’s killer to die in prison after getting whole-life term (LINK ONLY)
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‘Relentless abuse and torture’: Prosecution wraps evidence in trial of British Isis fighter as jury deliberates (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
National Muslim charity launching legal challenge of CRA audit, calling it Islamophobic Ottawa has pledged to address Islamophobia within the federal government
(CBC) A national charity that describes itself as Canada’s largest grassroots Muslim organization is launching a Charter of Rights challenge against the Canada Revenue Agency, claiming that a years-long audit of the charity has been tainted by bias and Islamophobia. The Muslim Association […]
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Paris attacks suspect says he changed his mind at last moment
(AFP) The last surviving suspected assailant in the deadly 2015 Paris attacks told a court Wednesday that he changed his mind about going through with the killings at the last moment. “The objective I was given was to go to a cafe […]
Legal
Abetting a terrorist, or helping a friend? What did Amri and Attou really know?
(Radio France) The Paris attacks trial resumed on Tuesday with the interrogation of Mohammed Amri and Hamza Attou, the two men who admit driving to Paris on the morning after the 13 November 2015 killings to bring surviving terrorist Salah Abdeslam back […]
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German court charges IS returnee over alleged slave abuse
(AP) A German woman who allegedly abused a Yazidi slave while in Islamic State-held territory in Syria has been charged with crimes against humanity and other offenses, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The woman, identified only as Jalda A. in keeping with German […]
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US prosecutors rest case against Islamic State ‘Beatle’
(AFP) Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against an alleged member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles.” El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, declined the opportunity to testify in his own defense at his trial in a federal court in […]
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El Shafee Elsheikh: IS jihadist stood out from the other fighters, court hears
(BBC) A former Islamic State group member turned cooperating witness has told a US court that an ex-jihadist on federal trial was clearly “more important” than other fighters. Omer Kuzu, 26, testified on Monday that he met El Shafee Elsheikh in Syria […]
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Yazidi woman testifies about IS leader’s treatment of US hostage Kayla Mueller
(AFP) A young Yazidi woman testified on Monday that American aid worker Kayla Mueller told her she was raped by former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and threatened with death if she tried to escape. Lia Mulla, who was captured by […]
Government & Politics
LynnMall attack: Security fears trumped mental health support
(Radio NZ) The Security Intelligence Service was calling the LynnMall knife attacker a terrorist for years, at the same time as courts were hearing he was a high, medium or even low-risk threat. Ahamed Aathill Samsudeen stabbed shoppers in an Auckland supermarket […]
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Ali Harbi Ali guilty of murdering MP David Amess in terrorist attack (LINK ONLY)
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Former hostages unmask Islamic State ‘Beatle’ at trial
(AFP) Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged Islamic State group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail. Eight former IS hostages have testified so far at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of […]
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The testimony of a courageous woman who no longer exists
(Radio France) On Friday the Paris special criminal court, where those suspected of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks are being tried, heard evidence from a remarkable woman who saved many lives, at the cost of her own identity. A blurred […]
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Paris attacks accused lose ground as their own witnesses fail to deliver
(Radio France) Two witnesses appeared on Thursday at the special criminal court in Paris, where 20 men are being tried for their alleged complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in and around Paris. Both the Belgian investigating […]
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Ex-MSF worker testifies at trial of IS ‘Beatle’
(AFP) A former Doctors Without Borders (MSF) worker held for three months in Syria in 2014 by the Islamic State group testified on Thursday to the particularly brutal treatment meted out to American and British hostages. Frida Saide, a Swede, revealed details […]
Government & Politics
Group vows to sue Amtrak over screening of rail passengers against terrorist watchlist
(WBAL) The Council on American-Islamic Relations vowed on Thursday to sue America’s largest passenger rail network if Amtrak begins screening its travelers against the government’s terrorist watchlist — a program first revealed by the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit’s reporting. “If Amtrak […]
Government & Politics
US: Man impersonated agent, claimed ties to Pakistani intel
(AP) One of two men accused of impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington has claimed to have ties to Pakistani intelligence and had visas showing travel to Pakistan and Iran, federal prosecutors said […]
Children & Teens
Defendants protest trial delays in New Mexico compound raid
(AP) A second defendant is invoking the right to a speedy trial in the 2018 raid on a squalid family compound in northern New Mexico that uncovered the remains of a 3-year-old boy and led to charges of kidnapping, firearms and terrorism […]
Government & Politics
Sir David Amess murder trial: Alleged terrorist tells court he wanted to be a martyr and regrets ‘nothing’ (LINK ONLY)
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Sir David Amess: Terror suspect tells court he killed MP over Syria vote
(BBC) A terror suspect accused of murdering Sir David Amess told jurors he decided to kill him over his vote for airstrikes on Syria. The Southend West MP was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October […]
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Fresh bid by lawyers for Lisa Smith to have charges dismissed (LINK ONLY)
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IS captives were forced to sing ‘Hotel Osama’: French hostage
(AFP) A French journalist held by the Islamic State in Syria testified Wednesday that he and other hostages were forced by their captors to sing a depraved parody of the Eagles song “Hotel California” called “Hotel Osama.” “It was terrifying for us, […]
Crime
Man, 24, admits £10,000 vandalism of Manchester Arena bombing memorial (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Family of murdered school teacher Samuel Paty sue French ministries They accuse French intelligence services and local education authorities of not having done enough to prevent the teacher’s 2020 murder
(Connexion) The family of Samuel Paty, the French school teacher murdered by a jihadist in October 2020, is suing the ministries of education and interior for “non-assistance of a person in danger” and “non-prevention of a crime.” They accuse the intelligence services […]
Legal
Pot-smoking Trump backer-turned-ISIS adherent tells Brooklyn court, ‘Jihad will erupt on the American homeland’
(NY Daily News) A former pot-smoking Trump backer who became a full-fledged ISIS crusader was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday after expressing hope that “jihad will erupt on the American homeland.” Bernard Augustine, 25, also tore into the federal prosecutors […]
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Who did what in the wake of the Paris killings?
(Radio France) After last week’s striking reconstitution in sounds and images of the Bataclan massacre, the Paris special criminal court has moved on to consider the post-attack activities of the sole surviving perpetrator and his alleged accomplices. This week’s hearings have focused […]
Government & Politics
Court blocks disclosure of docs on immigrant terrorist screenings
(Reuters) A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said federal agencies properly withheld documents related to how they vet applicants for immigration benefits with the aim of uncovering possible terrorist ties, reversing a judge who ordered their disclosure. A 2nd U.S. Circuit Court […]