Legal
Man says he was not encouraging terror attacks with call for ‘jihad with the sword’ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Germany convicts Syrian ex-colonel in ‘historic’ torture trial
(AFP) A German court on Thursday sentenced a former Syrian colonel to life in jail for crimes against humanity in a “historic” verdict hailed by victims as a victory for justice, as the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria drew […]
Crime
London ‘hitman’ on trial over plot to kill Pakistani activist in Netherlands
(BBC) A man has gone on trial in London, accused of plotting to kill a Pakistani blogger living in the Netherlands. A court heard that 31-year-old Muhammad Gohir Khan was hired as a “hitman” by figures said to be based in Pakistan. […]
Children & Teens
Judge sentences Corey Johnson to life in prison for killing 13-year-old at 2018 sleepover Corey Johnson apologized to the family of Jovanni Sierra and denounced ISIS. His lawyers had claimed the group's teachings had radicalized Johnson.
(Palm Beach Post) Corey Johnson apologized Thursday for killing 13-year-old Jovanni Sierra at a 2018 sleepover. He even denounced ISIS — the militant Islamic group that his lawyers say influenced his thinking before the murder — at his sentencing. “I know I […]
Legal
Paris attacks accused Mohamed Abrini shrugs off damning evidence
(Radio France) Wednesday’s testimony from Mohamed Abrini, who is charged with complicity in the Paris attacks, focused on the suspect’s 2015 journey from Belgium to the Islamic State heartland in Syria, and his return via London, Birmingham, Manchester and Paris. According to […]
Crime
Syrian ex-colonel faces verdict in German torture trial
(AFP) A German court will hand down a landmark verdict Thursday on whether a former Syrian colonel is guilty of crimes against humanity as the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria comes to a close. Anwar Raslan, 58, faces life […]
Children & Teens
Alabama woman who joined Islamic State stuck in refugee camp
(AP) Attorneys for a woman who left her Alabama home to join the Islamic State terror group plan to continue fighting for her and her young son even though the Supreme Court declined to consider her lawsuit seeking to re-enter the United […]
Legal
Man who made ‘terrifying’ 9/11 terror threats on train jailed
(BBC) A man who made “terrifying” threats of violence on a train carriage while carrying a knife has been jailed. Mohammed Khan caused “unacceptable panic” on the service, which he boarded in Manchester, during an outburst about 9/11 and the Taliban, police […]
Legal
Paris attacks suspect refuses to condemn killers, sympathises with victims, families
(Radio France) On Tuesday, the Covid-disrupted Paris terror trial resumed with evidence from Mohamed Abrini, one of the accused, on his religious convictions and his decision to join the ranks of Islamic State in Syria. Mohamed Abrini is a contradictory individual. He […]
Legal
‘Extremist’ called for ‘jihad by sword’ in speech at Brighton mosque, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
(AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the United States. The justices declined without comment […]
Legal
First suspect takes stand in Paris attacks trial
(AFP) The main defendant in France’s marathon trial for the November 2015 Paris attacks was back in the dock Tuesday, as the questioning of suspects resumed following a weeks-long Covid delay. Salah Abdeslam is the only survivor among the 10 assailants who […]
Legal
Lisa Smith’s bid to have charges dismissed to be heard next week (LINK ONLY)
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Banks & Banking
Son of hate cleric Abu Hamza jailed for money-laundering plot
(BBC) The son of notorious hate cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for his involvement in a money-laundering plot. Ti-to Ibn-Sheikh created false identities for HSBC bank account holders using information passed to him by an insider at the bank. Southwark Crown […]
Employment
CAIR drops lawsuit against whistleblower
(IPT) A former employee who alleged rampant sexual discrimination and harassment inside the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was using “disturbingly false allegations” in a “systemic and continuous internet smear campaign” to get people to stop donating to or working with the […]
Health & Medicine
Paris attacks trial set to resume, French media report
(Reuters) The main suspect in the November 2015 Islamist attack that killed 130 people in Paris has recovered from his COVID-19 infection, allowing the trial into the attacks to resume soon, French media reported on Monday. Salah Abdeslam “is in a position […]
Legal
Bid to have charges against former Defence Forces member Lisa Smith dropped (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Lawyers training school in Paris accused of Islamophobia Student lawyer claimed she was forced to remove her headscarf, threatened with expulsion from oath ceremony
(Anadolu) A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, […]
Legal
Computer gamer posted ISIS beheading videos on social media to encourage terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Anti-terrorism law targeting PLO is unconstitutional, N.Y. judge rules
(Reuters) Even organizations accused of encouraging heinous acts of violence have constitutional due process rights — and Congress can’t override those rights with what a New York federal judge described as a “legislative sleight of hand” in a ruling on Thursday. U.S. […]
Clothing
Violent Dundee burka gang members hit with serious crime prevention orders (LINK ONLY)
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Tredegar terror convict jailed after beheading threats
(BBC) A convicted terror offender has been jailed for 16 months after threatening teenagers with a knife and telling them: “We cut people’s heads off.” Nathan Saunders, 28, shouted “Allahu akbar” and made Islamic State salutes at the youths on 15 September […]
Health & Medicine
Chaos in Paris attacks court as angry Covid debate forces delays
(Radio France) A second attempt was made to re-open the Paris November 2015 terror trial on Thursday. The Tuesday session had to be abandoned because one of the accused, Salah Abdeslam, had tested positive for Covid. Two days later it took six […]
Legal
Mamun Rashid: Londoner who used benefits and student loan to fund Syria martyr plot jailed for 12 years (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Eindhoven terrorism suspects discussed beheading Dutch PM, far-right politician: prosecutor
(NL Times) Eight men from Eindhoven suspected of preparing a terrorist attack talked about killing Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders, among others. They wanted to “pop them in the head” or “kidnap and behead the politicians during a live stream,” said the […]
Legal
Judge rejects torture claims by Islamic State defendant
(AP) Incriminating statements made by a British national charged with a significant role in the torture and beheading of American and British hostages held by the Islamic State group can be used against him at trial, a judge has ruled. El Shafee […]
Legal
Boston Marathon bomber hasn’t paid victims even though thousands were deposited in his fund, officials say Among the deposits was a Covid-19 relief payment for $1,400, prosecutors said.
(NBC) Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hasn’t been paying fines or victims with the tens of thousands of dollars deposited into his trust fund, including a Covid-19 relief payment he received in June, federal prosecutors said in a filing Wednesday. In […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Judge orders Mississippi city to allow mosque construction
(AP) A new federal court order says a Mississippi city must allow construction of a mosque, two months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city on behalf of two Muslim men who want to develop the […]
Children & Teens
Sweden prosecutes woman for recruiting son to fight in Syria
(AP) A 49-year-old woman from Sweden has been charged with war crimes and breaching international law for allegedly assisting in getting her son to fight in Syria as a child soldier, Swedish public prosecutors said on Tuesday. The woman, who has been […]
Health & Medicine
Paris attacks trial to be paused after main suspect catches COVID — source
(Reuters) The trial of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the November 2015 Islamist attack that killed 130 people in Paris, and others will be paused briefly in January as Abdeslam has caught the coronavirus, a judicial source told Reuters on Friday. […]
Clothing
Muslim woman alleges Kansas City-area gun range turned her away for wearing hijab
(Kansas City Star) A Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization has filed a federal lawsuit against Frontier Justice in Lee’s Summit claiming the gun range’s dress code discriminates against Muslim women in hijab. Rania Barakat, who was named as the plaintiff in […]
Crime
Germany: 2 men charged in killing of their sister
(AP) German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged two Afghan brothers with murder over the July killing of their sister, whom they allegedly wanted to punish for her Western way of life. The men, aged 26 and 22 and identified only as […]
Health & Medicine
Tampa terrorism case raises questions of surveillance, searches, mental illness Muhammed Al-Azhari is accused of plotting a mass shooting in the name of ISIS. His lawyers have challenged the FBI’s investigative tactics.
(Tampa Bay Times) A year ago, federal prosecutors accused a Tampa man of plotting a mass shooting in support of the ISIS terrorist group. FBI agents in a criminal complaint described Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari’s collection of a bulletproof vest, an Uzi submachine […]
Crime
Iraqi ISIS suspect remanded in prison in Athens
(Kathimerini) A 40-year-old Iraqi man was remanded in prison on Monday after he testified before a prosecutor about his alleged involvement in the ISIS terrorist organization. The man was arrested by counterterror officers in central Athens last week on suspicion of involvement […]
Crime
Greece: 3 charged with murder after migrant boat deaths
(AP) Three people have been charged with murder in Greece following the death of 16 migrants who were killed when a boat transporting them from Turkey to Italy capsized, authorities said Monday. The suspects were among 63 people rescued following the tragedy […]
Legal
Magistrate labels terrorism allegations against Sydney man Daniel Greenfield ‘disturbing’: court A Sydney man who is accused of planning a terror attack has had his case labelled ‘disturbing’ in court today.
(NCA NewsWire) An alleged member of Islamic State has refused to appear in court on Saturday, as the magistrate labelled the case disturbing. Police will allege that 34-year-old Caringbah resident Daniel Greenfield had been plotting a terrorist attack to be carried out […]
Crime
Suspect to spend 4 years in prison for firing 29 bullets at Saudi embassy in The Hague
(NL Times) The suspect arrested on suspicion of firing gunshots at the Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague was convicted on Friday. Mohamed A., 41, was sentenced to four years in prison, six years less than what prosecutors wanted. The prison term […]
Law Enforcement
Canadian ISIS sniper broke 2 anti-terrorism laws, RCMP alleges in unsealed document
(Global News) A Toronto man violated two Canadian anti-terrorism laws when he travelled to Syria and joined an ISIS sniper team, the RCMP alleged in a top secret document unsealed by the Ontario court. In the document, the RCMP told a judge […]
Crime
Convicted terrorist given five-month sentence for prison attack (LINK ONLY)
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Control order confirmed on SA terror woman
(AAP) A South Australian woman convicted of taking steps to join the terror group Islamic State will be subject to an ongoing control order which limits her movements and activities. The Federal Court on Wednesday ruled an interim order previously imposed on […]
Legal
Texas man gets 12 years on terrorism charge at resentencing
(AP) A Texas man convicted of providing material support to the Islamic State group was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison after the government appealed his previous sentence, saying it was too lenient. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Eskridge in […]
Children & Teens
Danish ex-minister ousted from parliament after impeachment
(Reuters) Former immigration minister Inger Stojberg, a main architect behind some of Denmark’s tough immigration policies, was voted out of parliament on Tuesday by her fellow lawmakers following her conviction in a rare impeachment case earlier this month. Stojberg was handed a […]
Government & Politics
Orban: Hungary will defy EU court ruling on asylum policy
(AP) Hungary will not change its immigration policies despite a recent ruling from the European Union’s top court that found them in contradiction with the bloc’s laws, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday. Orban’s announcement came as Hungary’s anti-immigration government is locked […]
Legal
Lisa Smith trial to go ahead in the new year (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Channel migrants: Court of Appeal overturns asylum seeker convictions
(BBC) Four Iranian men who crossed the English Channel in small boats have had their convictions for immigration offences quashed. The Court of Appeal said it had not been proven they intended to enter the UK illegally. The men were intercepted by […]
Government & Politics
Appeals court revives Muslim family’s case over airport searches Calling it 'heartless,' a three-judge panel blasted the government’s suggestion that the Jibril family book another flight and face additional invasive searches to find out if they are on the terror watch list.
(Courthouse News) The D.C. Circuit gave a Muslim family a second chance Tuesday in their lawsuit claiming they were wrongly placed on the federal terrorist watch list and subjected to unconstitutional searches on a religious trip. Mohammed Jibril, a U.S. citizen of […]
Legal
Moroccan acquitted on terror charge wins Polish court battle
(AFP) Poland’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Moroccan man who had been acquitted of being an accomplice of the suspected mastermind of the 2015 terror attacks in Paris. Prosecutors had appealed against the acquittal and had requested a six-and-a-half-year […]
Internet
Cryptocurrency: Cardiff terrorist Khuram Iqbal jailed over trading
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has been jailed for 16 months over his cryptocurrency trading on the dark web. Khuram Iqbal, 29, from Cardiff, was originally jailed in 2014 for three years and three months for disseminating terrorist publications and possessing terrorist information. […]
Government & Politics
Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali pleads not guilty to murdering MP
(BBC) A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of MP Sir David Amess in an alleged terror attack. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, from Kentish Town, north London, appeared at the Old Bailey to deny murdering the Conservative politician on 15 […]
Health & Medicine
Nurse jailed after siding with Islamists back in court over TikTok use
(Age) A Melbourne nurse, who was sent to prison after he helped Syrian rebels, faces a string of new federal charges, including allegations he accessed social media sites TikTok and Facebook and viewed images of guns and extreme sexual violence in breach […]