(Radio France) The trial opens in Paris on Wednesday of the twenty men accused of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks which left 130 people dead in the French capital. Who are the accused? What are they suspected of having done? […]
(CNN) Five alleged 9/11 plotters, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who has been called the mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks, appeared in a military court for a pretrial hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday. All five are accused of having […]
(CNN) Pretrial hearings in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been accused of being the lead plotter behind the September 11 attacks, and four other detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are set to resume on Tuesday. The last in-person hearing […]
(Anadolu) Greece must put an end to its interventionist practices and policies of pressure against Muslim religious leaders elected by the Turkish minority in Western Thrace, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s statement came on Twitter after Ibrahim Serif, the […]
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(AFP) The biggest trial in France’s modern legal history begins on Wednesday over the November 2015 attacks on Paris that saw 130 people slaughtered at bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall. The suicide bombing and gun assault by three teams of […]
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(Radio NZ) Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday’s terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been revoked, but his name cannot be published yet, with the High Court giving his family at least 24 hours to seek further suppression […]
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(AFP) A former Danish immigration minister insisted she was innocent on Thursday at the opening of her impeachment trial on charges of illegally separating couples who arrived in the country to claim asylum. The 26 judges of the special court, which only […]
(AP) A British national admitted Thursday evening in a federal courtroom near the nation’s capital that he played a leadership role in an Islamic State scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages. Alexanda [Amon] Kotey, 37, pleaded guilty […]
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(BBC) A historic impeachment trial gets underway in Denmark on Thursday against a former minister who spearheaded dozens of tough immigration measures. Inger Stoejberg is accused of unlawfully ordering the separation of young asylum-seeking couples in 2016. She is facing a landmark […]
(Axios) A legal battle between one of the nation’s most prominent Muslim advocacy groups and one of its former senior officials threatens to escalate allegations of sexual misconduct and reveal details of the organization’s internal workings. Why it matters: The Council on […]
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(AAP) A radicalised ISIS member had plans to target Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral and the American embassy for terror attacks and “to conquer” a rural town like Orange, a court has been told. Isaac El Matari also spoke of travelling to Afghanistan […]
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(AP) One of two British nationals charged with joining the Islamic State group and conspiring to torture and behead American and European hostages in Syria is scheduled to plead guilty to criminal charges. Federal court records show a change of plea hearing […]
(Colorado Politics) A federal judge has reversed her prior decision to dismiss a Muslim inmate’s lawsuit, reopening the case amid new information about the inmate’s lack of access to food that complies with his religious beliefs. In September of last year, U.S. […]
(AAP) A used car salesman who became radicalised by ISIS so quickly he was prepared to fight and die in Kashmir for the terror group has left a judge concerned whether the Melbourne father is still a risk. Khaled Temssah, 32, has […]
(Reuters) A Brooklyn woman who faces a resentencing for supporting Islamic State but skipped a court hearing because she feared being sent back to prison has been arrested in New Mexico, U.S. prosecutors said. Sinmyah Amera Ceasar, who prosecutors said used the […]
(Tampa Bay Times) A 15-year-old boy at the center of a lawsuit against the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay was raised to be a devout Muslim, active in his congregation and devoted to his prayer sessions, his lawyers say. So when his […]
(Arizona Republic) A doctor fired from Phoenix Children’s Hospital for social media posts in which she condemned Israel and accused Zionists of having a “thirst to kill our Palestinian children” has filed a job discrimination complaint with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, […]
(AFP) Two Syrians received lengthy jail sentences in Germany on Thursday for their role in an execution by an Islamist terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, a court said. Named only as Khedr A.K., 43, and Sami A.S., 36, the two men were […]
(Global News) A Toronto man who approached a woman on a sidewalk and killed her with a hammer last year pleaded guilty on Thursday to murder and terrorism, admitting he did it for the so-called Islamic State. In an agreed statement of […]
(AFP) A French court handed a 10-month suspended jail sentence to an Afghan man for violating a surveillance order days after France evacuated him from Taliban-controlled Kabul, intensifying a controversy over suspected links between at least one evacuee and the Taliban. The […]
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(Reuters) A Brooklyn woman who will be resentenced for supporting Islamic State after a court threw out her “shockingly low” four-year prison term did not attend a Wednesday court hearing, and a prosecutor suggested she may have cut her monitoring bracelet. U.S. […]
(Brooklyn Eagle) On Monday, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Bernard Raymond Augustine, a U.S. citizen, of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS” or “the Islamic State”). The verdict […]
(Canadian Press) A Muslim charity is asking a court to freeze a federal suspension, which prohibits it from issuing tax receipts, while a challenge of the penalty plays out. Ottawa-based Human Concern International says the one-year suspension levied last month will cause […]
(Courthouse News) A federal appeals court vacated the sentence of an Islamic State supporter on Wednesday after federal prosecutors argued she got off too easy. Sinmyah Amera Ceasar, a U.S. citizen also known by her online nom de guerre Umm Nutella — […]
(WFLA) The Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area is accused of concealing the sexual abuse of “multiple boys” in a lawsuit that claims the suspect in a criminal case who was the congregation’s youth director “groomed” one of the children and later […]
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(Breitbart) The Swedish government has taken the children of five Islamic State women into custody after the women were deported back to the country from Turkey. A Swedish court made the move to separate the ten children from the five Islamic State […]
(BBC) An Iranian asylum seeker cleared of people smuggling has said he was made a “scapegoat” by British authorities. Fouad Kakaei, who steered a dinghy across the English Channel, was found not guilty at a second trial after appealing against his first […]
(Colorado Politics) Reversing a lower court’s ruling on Tuesday, the federal appeals court based in Colorado reinstated the lawsuit of a Muslim man against a state correctional officer for allegedly forcing him to shave his beard — despite a policy that allowed for […]
(LA Times) A U.S. Army veteran who wanted revenge for attacks on Muslims around the globe and was alleged to have planned to detonate a bomb at a Long Beach rally was convicted Wednesday of the attempted mass casualty attack. Mark Steven […]
(Al-Jazeera) It all started with an Instagram broadcast on January 18 last year. Mila, then 16, with a head of newly dyed purple hair, went on a rant against Islam, addressing some of her 10,000 followers who tuned in. “The Quran is […]
(Breitbart) Despite being in force for over a year, the Swedish laws against child marriages have yet to see anyone charged for marrying a minor so far. Sweden passed legislation that greatly tightened the existing laws against child marriage in July of […]
(Global News) A Toronto man who had hundreds of ISIS, Al Qaeda and Taliban videos on his phone was placed on a terrorism peace bond on Friday due to concerns he might commit extremist violence. During a court hearing, a federal prosecutor […]
(BBC) An anaesthetist who poisoned his partner in a series of botched exorcism ceremonies is facing jail. Hossam Metwally, 61, performed a “dangerous perversion” of the Islamic Ruqya ritual on Kelly Wilson at the couple’s home in Grimsby. Sheffield Crown Court heard […]
(AAP) A Brisbane father of three who allegedly called for a Muslim jihad in Syria to “cleanse the lands of tyrants and their collaborators” will remain behind bars. Omar Saghir, 39, has been charged with the preparation of foreign incursions as part […]
(AAP) A Brisbane man has faced court charged with preparation for foreign incursions as part of a group involved in travelling to Syria to engage in hostile activity. Omar Saghir, 39, appeared briefly in the Brisbane Magistrates Court by video link on […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss justice authorities have indicted a Muslim preacher accused of racial discrimination and welfare fraud. Abu Ramadan will have to stand trial in a district court, the Bern cantonal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The controversial imam of a […]
(Law & Crime) A federal magistrate judge in Florida ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and her company Illoominate Media to pay a Muslim civil rights advocacy group nearly $125,000 in attorney’s fees and costs stemming from a lawsuit claiming the group colluded […]
(Global News) An Ontario man who travelled to Syria and called for attacks in Canada has been placed on a terrorism peace bond that requires him to wear a GPS monitoring device and undergo de-radicalization. The 26 restrictions imposed on Kevin Omar […]
(Reuters) The European Court of Human Rights has temporarily halted the imminent deportation from Austria of an Afghan whose request for asylum was turned down, a relief group supporting the man said on Tuesday. The ECHR decision, published on the website of […]
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(WA Today) A Perth Uber driver who slit his wife’s throat and left her bleeding on the floor just two months into their forced marriage will spend at least 19 years behind bars. Mohammad Ali Halimi, 25, was sentenced in WA’s Supreme […]
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