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Convicted terrorist wanted in France remanded in custody (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Afghan evacuees facing sex act with a child, assault charges in Wisconsin
(WTVO) Two Afghan evacuees have been charged with crimes while at Fort McCoy. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Bahrullah Noori, 20, is charged with attempting to engage in a sexual act with a minor using force against that person, and […]
Legal
Thessaloniki judges council approves extradition for Moroccan man
(Kathimerini) The Council of Appeals judges in Thessaloniki on Wednesday approved the extradition of a Moroccan man to his country, where he is wanted on terrorism charges. The man, aged 28, had been sought on an international warrant issued by Moroccan authorities […]
Legal
French court lengthens jihadist’s sentence on appeal
(AFP) A French appeal court on Tuesday increased a jihadist’s sentence for his senior role with the Islamic State group in Syria from 30 years to life in prison. Frenchman Tyler Vilus had already been convicted for his work with the IS […]
Legal
Man jailed for Catalonia attacks out on parole
(AFP) A Spanish court on Tuesday granted parole to one of the men convicted for his role in the 2017 attacks in Catalonia that claimed 16 lives. The special court responsible for terrorism cases ordered the conditional release of Said Ben Iazza, […]
Legal
Spain opens ‘terror probe’ after car hits bar terrace
(AFP) Spain’s top criminal court has opened a probe after a car ploughed into a bar terrace, killing a diner, to establish whether the driver was motivated by “terrorism,” judicial sources said Tuesday. The incident, which was initially thought to be an […]
Citizenship
Denmark strips Islamic State recruiter of citizenship, orders deportation
(Breitbart) A Danish court has sentenced 29-year-old Adam Touhou to six years in prison and to be stripped of his citizenship followed by deportation for recruiting for the Islamic State terror group. Touhou began speaking with Hafed Matoussi on Facebook in 2013 about […]
Legal
Silent for once, Salah Abdeslam watches his brother, Brahim, blow himself up
(Radio France) On Monday, at the start of the third week of the Paris November 2015 terror trial, two police experts described the scenes at La Belle Équipe bar, where 21 people died in a hail of bullets, and at the Comptoir […]
Legal
Ypsilanti man arrested by FBI counterterrorism team convicted in gun case
(Detroit News) An Ypsilanti man indicted on gun charges who the FBI accused of being an Islamic State supporter was convicted Monday in the first federal, criminal jury verdict in Metro Detroit since the start of the pandemic. Yousef Ramadan, 32, was convicted […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hossam Metwally: How doctor’s ‘bizarre’ exorcism trial unfolded
(BBC) Hossam Metwally has been sentenced for poisoning his partner during a series of exorcism ceremonies which left her on the brink of death. The doctor’s trial, which could not be reported until its conclusion, over his “dangerous perversion” of the Islamic […]
Legal
Fifteen years in prison for jihadist caught in Amsterdam debate center
(NL Times) Aziz A. was sentenced to 15 years and nine months in prison on Monday for, among other things, leading a terrorist organization and preparing terrorist crimes. A., who suddenly popped up in De Balie debate center in Amsterdam in 2017, […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hossam Metwally: Doctor jailed for bogus exorcism rituals
(BBC) A doctor who poisoned his partner in a series of bogus exorcism ceremonies has been jailed for 14 and a half years. Hossam Metwally, 61, brought Kelly Wilson to the brink of death by injecting her with drugs during the sessions […]
Legal
A difficult week for the families as Paris terror trial goes over the forensic details
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris trial of those accused of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist killing of 130 people brought us from the legal technicalities of the crimes allegedly committed to the stark humanity of the dead, the […]
Law Enforcement
Paris court comes to terms with the indescribable as events at the Bataclan are remembered
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris hearing at which 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the terrorist attacks which killed 130 people in the French capital in November 2015 came to an end with the presentation […]
Legal
Reliving the horror of Paris attacks as police experts detail ‘crime scenes’
(Radio France) This trial of 20 men accused of involvement in the terrorist attacks which cost the lives of 130 people in Paris on 13 November 2015 was always going to be difficult for the families of those killed or injured. The […]
Legal
Man renounces IS saying he was brainwashed
(AAP) A Sydney Islamic State member whose online martyrdom posts included Canberra’s Parliament House flying a black flag says he was naive and brainwashed. “I have completely renounced my membership of IS and any other terrorist organisation,” Youssef Uweinat told the NSW […]
Children & Teens
Germany: Judge orders Hagen synagogue suspect to be remanded in custody Prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect detained on Thursday for his alleged role in planning an attack during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
(Deutsche Welle) A 16-year-old accused of planning an “Islamist-motivated” attack on a synagogue in the western German city of Hagen was remanded in custody on Friday, the Düsseldorf prosecutors office said. The young Syrian national who lives in Hagen was detained Thursday. […]
Legal
Ten to be tried over 2016 Brussels bombings
(AFP) Ten men accused of involvement in the March 2016 bomb attacks in Brussels that killed 32 people will face trial, Belgian federal prosecutors said Friday. Six of the suspects, including 32-year-old French-Moroccan Salah Abdeslam, are currently on trial in France over […]
Christians
Man pleads guilty in plot to bomb Pittsburgh church in the name of ISIS
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) The Syrian man accused of plotting to bomb a North Side church in 2019 talked about potentially planting a second explosive device, timing its detonation to coincide with when first responders would begin to arrive, federal prosecutors said Thursday. That […]
Children & Teens
Feds: Doctor in female genital mutilation case part of secret network who cut girls
(Detroit Free Press) Northville Dr. Jumana Nagarwala may be the only physician on trial on charges of performing female genital mutilation on minor girls in the U.S., but she wasn’t the only doctor who was cutting children, federal prosecutors disclosed Thursday. Rather, they said, […]
Legal
Germany indicts 4 for supporting al-Nusra in Syria German federal prosecutors have said they indicted four men on suspicion of providing help to Islamist militant group Jabhat al-Nusra.
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors on Thursday said they had indicted four men on suspicion of supporting Islamist extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. One of the men is also accused of joining the group and traveling to Syria to fight with the breakaway […]
Law Enforcement
The Paris attacks seen through the eyes of Belgian investigators
(Radio France) The director of the investigation into the Belgian links to the November 2015 Paris attacks told the court on Tuesday that it was “the toughest case” she had ever worked on. She also praised the exceptional collaboration between France and […]
Legal
Car salesman jailed over plan to travel to Kashmir to fight
(Age) Khaled Temssah listed his attributes like he was making a pitch in his daytime job of selling cars. He knew martial arts, could use a rifle and had been hunting many times, spoke Arabic and was blessed with a “good tongue” […]
Children & Teens
Detroit’s historic female genital cutting case is in limbo
(Detroit Free Press) Nearly five years after it emerged, the nation’s first female genital mutilation case has taken yet another turn in a heated feud between a government that says children were unlawfully cut and a doctor who says she only “scraped” young […]
Clerics & Preachers
French court acquits imam of incitement for sermon that cited hadith urging Muslim violence against Jews
(Algemeiner) A French court has acquitted an imam in the city of Toulouse of incitement to racial hatred for a sermon he gave in 2017 that quoted a hadith — a saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammed — predicting the mass killing […]
Legal
Paris attacker says France ‘knew risks’ of IS strikes in Syria
(AFP) The sole survivor of the jihadist cell that killed 130 people in Paris six years ago Wednesday claimed France “knew the risks” of attacking jihadist targets in Syria at the trial into France’s worst postwar atrocity. “We attacked France, targeted its […]
Law Enforcement
Defence anger at implacable police presentation of an extraordinary investigation
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris November 2015 terror trial began with the continuation of the reading of the court president’s report, the ten-hour overview of the facts as they appear after six years of criminal investigation. And then the […]
Legal
Identity of 19yo who threatened to kill non-Muslims kept secret
(Radio NZ) A 19-year-old accused of threatening to kill non-Muslims will keep his identity secret for now, after an appearance in North Shore District Court. The man was arrested in Auckland last week — just days after the LynnMall terror attack — […]
Interfaith
Ohio supporter of ISIS sentenced to 20 years in prison
(Cleveland.com) A northwest Ohio resident who admitted plotting a mass shooting at a Toledo-area synagogue to show his allegiance to ISIS was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. Damon M. Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, 23, of Holland, Ohio, was arrested […]
Interfaith
Tax Court tried to steer Jewish judge from cases involving Muslims, court record shows
(Globe and Mail) The Tax Court of Canada tried to ensure no Muslims appeared before a Jewish judge who was under investigation amid allegations of bias related to the Israel-Palestine conflict, a court record shows. Last fall, while the Canadian Judicial Council […]
Clothing
Feds haven’t ‘ruled out’ intervening against Quebec’s secularism bill, Trudeau says
(Global News) Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he hasn’t “ruled out” federal intervention to challenge Bill 21 in court. The contentious bill, also known as Quebec’s “secularism bill,” is legislation across the province that prohibits public service workers, including teachers, lawyers and […]
Crime
The Hague council member on trial for anti-Semitic tweets
(NL Times) Faction leader of the Party of Unity in The Hague, Arnoud van Doorn, will appear in court on Tuesday, due to anti-Semitic tweets the council member posted a few years ago. The lawyer of the 55-year-old, Anis Boumanjal, said he […]
Legal
Sobs and silence as names of November 2015 victims are read
(Radio France) After two and a half days of legal technicalities, the real business of the Paris November 2015 terror trial got under way on Friday with the reading of the court president’s report — a detailed and lengthy chronology of the […]
Legal
Suspicious bushfires in spotlight as brothers face terror charges
(Age) Two fires north-east of Melbourne, that were allegedly deliberately lit, will be scrutinised at a hearing for two brothers accused of attempting a terror act, to determine whether they stand trial. Ari and Aran Sherani, aged 20 and 19, respectively, are […]
Legal
Auckland teenager in court charged with threatening to kill non-Muslims
(NZ Herald) A teenager has appeared in court charged with threatening to kill non-Muslims. The 19-year-old appeared by audiovisual link at North Shore District Court this afternoon, one week after a terrorist went on a stabbing frenzy in New Lynn. His name […]
Legal
Montgomery County couple sentenced to prison for supporting their relatives’ efforts to join ISIS Shahidul Gaffar and Nabila Khan, of Collegeville, sent $5,600 to relatives in Bangladesh to fund their travel to Syria. But the couple maintained Thursday they did it out of love for family not ISIS.
(Philadelphia Inquirer) A husband and wife from Montgomery County each were ordered Thursday to spend more than a year in federal prison for sending money overseas to help two relatives travel to Syria and join ISIS. Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila Khan, […]
Immigration
Lithuania expels Afghanistan migrants despite European Court stand
(Reuters) Lithuania on Thursday sent five Afghan migrants back to Belarus shortly after they had crossed the border despite the European Court of Human Rights earlier saying they should be allowed to stay. The migrants had tried to enter Lithuania unsuccessfully at […]
Government & Politics
Austria must give gay refugee another shot at asylum, EU court rules Austria is known for taking a hardline approach to refugees, most recently refusing to take in Afghan refugees after that country fell to the Taliban.
(Courthouse News) Austria was wrong to not give an Iraqi refugee a second chance at asylum after he revealed he was gay, the European Union’s highest court held Thursday. The European Court of Justice found that an Iraqi man who applied for […]
Legal
Main Paris attacks accused disrupts trial with new diatribe
(AFP) The main defendant in the trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris disrupted proceedings Thursday with a new outburst in court, claiming three of his co-accused knew nothing about the jihadist plot. Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the group […]
Legal
Alleged ISIS member proposes removing bedroom door in ‘extreme’ bid for bail
(Sydney Morning Herald) The parents of an alleged ISIS member are willing to cancel their internet connection and remove their son’s bedroom door to allow them to supervise him, the NSW Supreme Court has heard. Joseph Saadieh, 24, was arrested in June […]
Immigration
New Zealand feared an extremist but found no way to stop him
(AP) Immigration officers feared him. So, too, did prosecutors, prison officials and police. They thought he could launch a terror attack at any moment. Even the prime minister wanted him deported. Yet, in the end, nobody in New Zealand was able to […]
Legal
Chief suspect defiant on first day of landmark 2015 Paris attacks trial
(France 24) Salah Abdeslam, the 31-year-old French-Moroccan believed to be the only surviving member of the group that carried out the November 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris, told a courtroom on Wednesday that he was a “soldier of the Islamic State group.” […]
Legal
New 9/11 trial judge wants ‘action’ in hearings
(AFP) The new military judge presiding over the September 11 attacks trial in Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday he would not force it toward an end — but that he wanted to see “action” after nine years of hearings. Air Force Colonel Matthew […]
Law Enforcement
Terror trio unlikely to have plotted attack without inducement from undercover cop
(Age) Three men who planned to shoot and kill innocent members of the public were unlikely to have plotted a terror attack if not for the inducement of a covert police operative, a judge has ruled. However, brothers Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu […]
Legal
Extremist jailed for sharing material encouraging violent jihad and glorifying terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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German man jailed for 40 months after sharing Islamic State propaganda videos (LINK ONLY)
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Who are the men who face trial for the November 2015 Paris massacres?
(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? […]
Legal
Alleged 9/11 plotters, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appear at Guantanamo pretrial hearing
(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 […]
Legal
Pretrial hearings for alleged 9/11 plotters set to resume at Guantanamo this week
(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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
Turkey urges Greece to end pressure against elected muftis in Western Thrace Ankara stands with Turkish minority in Greece in protecting their rights, religious freedoms, says Turkish foreign minister
(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 […]