Law Enforcement
Man who said he wanted to throw grenade at police station jailed (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Legal
Ontario man pleads guilty to trying to join ISIS, charges against wife to be dropped
(Global News) An Ontario man admitted Monday he left Toronto with his wife almost two years ago to join the so-called Islamic State. At a court appearance in Brampton, Ont., Ikar Mao, 23, pleaded guilty to leaving Canada to participate in the […]
Law Enforcement
Main defendant in Champs-Élysées terror attack case gets just ten years in prison, no terror conviction
(Breitbart) The main surviving defendant in the 2017 Champs-Élysées terror attack has been convicted for his role in the killing of a Paris police officer and sentenced to 10 years in prison — far below the 18 years requested by prosecutors. Nourredine Allam, […]
Legal
Bluewater bomb plotter to be kicked out of Britain in weeks after losing appeal (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Sydney man, 24, fronts court charged with Islamic State membership
(Sydney Morning Herald) A 24-year-old Sydney man has appeared in court charged with having a membership of terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) following a seven-month-long investigation. Joseph Saadieh was arrested at Chester Hill, in Sydney’s south-west, on Friday night after police executed […]
Crime
English Channel crossings: Prosecutors drop charges against 11 migrants for steering small boats (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Brussels government will not appeal STIB headscarf ruling
(Brussels Times) The government of Brussels region has decided not to appeal a decision by the public transport authority STIB to stand by a ruling of the labour tribunal in favour of a Muslim woman who was twice turned down for a […]
Citizenship
‘Overwhelming evidence’ Shamima Begum was victim of trafficking, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Justice Mahmud Jamal is first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada Jamal will replace Justice Rosalie Abella, who retires from the top court on Canada Day
(CBC) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada. “I know that Justice Jamal, with his exceptional legal and academic experience and dedication to serving others, will be a valuable […]
Legal
Plotter a ‘simple soul’ who lacked commitment to terror cause, court told
(Age) A terror plotter has been depicted by his lawyer as “a simple soul” who made a mistake getting involved in a plan to gun down people in Melbourne and lacked commitment to his cause. Brothers Samed and Ertunc Eriklioglu and friend […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
ISIS fangirl sentenced to 16 years in prison for NYC bomb plot
(NY Post) An ISIS-obsessed woman from Queens who considered Osama bin Laden a personal hero was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a bomb-making charge nearly two years ago. Before handing down the 198-month […]
Legal
German woman convicted of joining IS, holding Yazidi slaves
(AP) A German-Algerian woman was convicted Wednesday of membership in the Islamic State group and of holding Yazidi women as slaves in Syria after she traveled there as a teenager. She was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The state court […]
Legal
Terror plotter ‘ashamed’ and has denounced beliefs, lawyer tells court
(Age) A man who, with two friends, planned to buy an assault rifle to gun down people in Melbourne lacked the fanaticism of other terror plotters and is now “ashamed” of his actions, his lawyer has told a court. Hanifi Halis was […]
Immigration
Ahmad Al K: Dutch court tries refugee over Syria murder video
(BBC) A refugee in the Netherlands has gone on trial for war crimes over a killing carried out during the Syrian conflict. Ahmad Al K, 49, and his family arrived in the Netherlands in 2014. He was arrested in 2019 after he […]
Crime
Burnley mum and daughter murders: Accused told police of spirit attack
(BBC) A man accused of murdering a doctor and her daughter claimed he had been attacked by an ancient supernatural spirit at their home, a jury has heard. Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and her daughter Vian Mangrio, 14, were found at […]
Legal
Terror plotters drew inspiration from 2018 Bourke St attack, court told
(Age) On a Friday night in 2018, as Melbourne reeled from the terror attack hours earlier in Bourke Street, Ertunc Eriklioglu excitedly told his brother and their friend about what he had seen and read in the news. “That’s amazing,” Eriklioglu said […]
Legal
DOJ asks Supreme Court to revive Boston Marathon bomber death sentence
(Hill) The Biden administration on Monday urged the Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty against the Boston Marathon bomber in an apparent break with the president’s stated opposition to capital punishment. In a 48-page brief, the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the […]
Legal
Radical Muslims on trial for building bombs in Paris suburbs
(Breitbart) Two men, both radical Muslims who sympathize with the Islamic State terrorist group, are on trial this week in a Paris court after being arrested for building explosives in 2017. The two men, 39-year-old Ali M.R. and 41-year-old Frédéric L., are accused […]
Legal
Manchester terror bombing victims set to launch multi-million-pound lawsuits (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Four Afghans get 10-year jail terms for Greek migrant camp fire
(AFP) A Greek court on Saturday sentenced four Afghan asylum seekers convicted of starting fires that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year to 10 years in prison each. The court in Chios found the defendants guilty of arson while their […]
Legal
Brussels court goes easy on man who helped Thalys terrorist
(Brussels Times) A man who helped the Thalys terrorist Ayoub El Khazzani to make contact with Islamic State in Syria in 2015 has been found guilty but allowed to go free by a court in Brussels. Yazan K., now aged 27, was […]
Crime
Young Afghans on trial over fire at Greek migrant camp
(AFP) Four young Afghan asylum-seekers went on trial in Greece on Friday accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year. The Moria camp on the Aegean island of Lesbos was home to more than 10,000 […]
Government & Politics
‘An extraordinary moment’: NJ’s Zahid Quraishi makes history as first Muslim federal judge
(Bergen Record) A New Jersey magistrate judge and former prosecutor will become the first Muslim to serve on the federal bench, in a move hailed as a groundbreaking step toward representation and diversity. Zahid Quraishi of Union County won broad bipartisan support from the U.S. […]
Legal
MI man admits to trying to help his cousin join ISIS
(WOOD) A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy after he was accused of helping his cousin try to leave the country to join the Islamic State group. Mohamed Haji, from Lansing, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
JBS settles Muslim discrimination lawsuit for $5.5 million
(AP) The second-largest producer of beef, pork and chicken in the U.S. will pay up to $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company discriminated against Muslim employees at a meat processing plant in northern Colorado. The U.S. Equal Employment […]
Legal
Leicestershire man ‘used Bitcoin to fund Islamic State terrorism’
(BBC) A man used Bitcoin to fund the Islamic State group’s terrorism, a court has heard. Hisham Chaudhary, 28, of Chestnut Drive, Oadby, Leicestershire, is also accused of spreading propaganda online. He denies four counts of disseminating a terrorist publication, one count […]
Legal
Bulgarian official admitted Hezbollah involvement in bus bombing A Bulgarian prosecutor provided evidence to the court handling Hezbollah’s involvement in the Burgas bus bombing.
(Jerusalem Post) A Bulgarian prosecutor provided detailed evidence to the Bulgarian court handling Hezbollah’s involvement in the 2012 Burgas bus bombing which killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian-Muslim bus driver, but the court refused to accept it, the Jerusalem Post has learned. […]
Legal
Italian court sentences 3 Syrians over Al-Nusra links
(Arab News) A court in Sardinia has sentenced three Syrian citizens for terrorist activities relating to membership of the group Jabhat Al-Nusra, now known as Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. The judges presiding over the case in the city […]
Government & Politics
NL must bring back more women from Syria to face trial: lawyer
(Dutch News) The Netherlands should … bring back a further eight Dutch women and their children from Syria, or they will escape trial on terrorism charges, their lawyer André Seebregts has told Trouw. This weekend, the Netherlands brought back one woman and […]
Law Enforcement
Four men tried in Paris over 2017 killing of police officer
(AFP) Four men went on trial in Paris on Monday over the Islamist murder of a police officer on the Champs-Elysees avenue on the eve of France’s 2017 presidential election. Xavier Jugele was sitting at the wheel of a parked police bus […]
Law Enforcement
Mosque sting operation will get Supreme Court treatment The FBI had to pull the plug on the operation when someone called the police on its informant disguised as a Muslim advocating violence against the United States.
(Courthouse News) Wading into a decade-old class action, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to look at the FBI’s use of an informant to collect information from several Los Angeles and Orange County mosques for more than a year. The FBI petitioned the […]
Legal
Cabinet brings back woman from Syria with alleged ties to ISIS to begin trial
(NL Times) Ilham B. was picked up in Syria on Friday by a Dutch delegation who will transfer her to the Netherlands. B. went to Syria in 2013 when she was 19-years-old to join the terrorist organization ISIS. She was brought back […]
Children & Teens
North Texan gets 12 years for helping brother avoid capture in 2008 killing of his teen daughters Yassein Said, 59, was convicted by a jury for helping Yaser Said hide from police for over a dozen years. Yaser was suspected of shooting ... his two daughters inside his taxicab in 2008.
(Dallas Morning News) His brother was accused of gunning down his own teenage daughters as they sat inside his taxicab. But Yassein Said didn’t turn him in. Instead, he helped Yaser Said hide from police for over a dozen years, authorities said. […]
Academics & Education
Quebec appeals Superior Court’s decision to nix parts of secularism law Justice minister says 'Quebec nation has made the choice of secularism'
(CBC) Quebec’s attorney general filed a notice of appeal Friday regarding the Superior Court decision on April 20, which upheld most, but not all, of the province’s controversial secularism law enacted under the Coalition Avenir Québec government. In that ruling, Justice Marc-André Blanchard […]
Children & Teens
Thirteen on trial in France over threats against teen who slammed Islam
(AFP) Thirteen people went on trial in France on Thursday for online harassment, including death threats, against a teenage girl who was placed under police protection after posting anti-Islam rants on social media. The treatment of Mila, who was forced to change […]
Legal
Member of banned group breached anti-terror order for sex, court hears
(BBC) A member of the banned group al-Muhajiroun breached a terror prevention order by meeting a woman for sex, a court has heard. The man, known as QT for legal reasons, was handed an 18-month community order at the Old Bailey. He […]
Clothing
Ban on headscarves could be abolished following latest in STIB discrimination case
(Brussels Times) The Brussels public transport operator STIB-MIVB has decided not to appeal a discrimination conviction related to employees wearing headscarves, paving the way for an abolishment of the existing ban on head coverings that signal religious, political or philosophical beliefs. “STIB […]
Government & Politics
Austria’s Muslim youth file lawsuit against ‘Islam map’ The map, showing the names and location of over 600 mosques and associations in the country, has sparked outcry.
(Deutsche Welle) Muslim Youth Austria (MJO) is filing a lawsuit against the country’s controversial “Map of Political Islam,” the group announced on Saturday. The map, showing the names and location of over 600 mosques and associations in Austria and their possible links abroad, […]
Government & Politics
€5.9 million investment for mega-trial of 2016 terrorists
(Brussels Times) The government yesterday approved spending of €5.9 million on the Brussels justice service, to allow the organisation of the trial of the alleged terrorists involved in the 2016 terror attacks at Brussels Airport and the city metro. On 22 March […]
Legal
Man charged over potential terror attack at Burnley Marks & Spencer (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Lawsuit: Only Christians could apply for jail chaplain job
(AP) Applicants for a chaplain’s job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians, a Muslim man claims Thursday in a federal lawsuit accusing the county and a contractor of religious discrimination. Lawyers from the […]
Legal
Spain jails men who aided Barcelona attackers
(AFP) A Spanish court on Thursday handed jail terms of up to 53 years to three men who helped the jihadists behind the 2017 Barcelona attacks that killed 16 people. The Islamic State (IS) group claimed the bloodshed of August 17-18, 2017, […]
Health & Medicine
Man convicted of lying in terror probe denied early release
(AP) A federal judge has denied compassionate release from prison for a Phoenix man convicted of making false statements to FBI agents and witness tampering during the investigation of a terror attack six years ago in suburban Dallas. U.S. District Judge John […]
Legal
Person coming to NZ associated with Islamic State issued terrorism control order
(NZ Herald) A person associated with the Islamic State who is coming to New Zealand has been issued an “interim control order” under the Terrorism Suppression Act — the first order of its kind in this country. In a High Court judgment […]
Legal
Islamic State fighter extradited to NSW
(AAP) An alleged Islamic State fighter arrested upon his return to Australia from Turkey has been extradited to NSW to face terrorism charges. Mohamed Zuhbi arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Turkey on May 8 and was taken into custody by […]
Government & Politics
Migration lawsuit launched against EU’s border agency
(AP) Human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have launched legal action against the European Union’s border and coast guard agency at the bloc’s top court, accusing Frontex of violating the rights of people trying to seek asylum and other breaches of […]
Legal
Frenchwoman appeals jail sentence for foiled attack near Notre-Dame Cathedral
(France 24) A Frenchwoman jailed for her part in a foiled 2016 plot to blow up a car packed with gas canisters near Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was back in court on Wednesday to appeal her 30-year jail sentence. FRANCE 24’s Yena […]
Crime
‘I would do it again’: Suspect accused of pummeling NYC Jewish man shows no remorse
(NY Post) The Brooklyn man accused of beating a Jewish man in a hate attack in Midtown proclaimed from his jail cell that he would “do it again,” prosecutors said on Saturday. Waseem Awawdeh, 23, was held on $10,000 bail in the […]
Immigration
Syrian refugee gets life for fatal attack on gay couple in Dresden
(DPA) A 21-year-old Syrian refugee was handed a life sentence by a German court on Friday for a fatal knife attack against a gay couple on a Dresden street in October last year. A 55-year-old man died, while his partner survived. Both […]
Crime
Italy judge rejects case against migrant ship captain
(AFP) An Italian judge on Wednesday dropped the case against a German captain arrested for forcibly docking her ship with migrants on board, the NGO that operates the vessel said. Carola Rackete was arrested in June 2019 after guiding the Sea-Watch 3 […]