Legal

Wedding invitations and terrorist plot lists helped to convict returning foreign fighters New report shows more nations using battlefield evidence to win convictions

(National-UAE) Battlefield evidence, including wedding invitations and terrorist plot lists, have been used across Europe to prosecute returning foreign fighters, a report has revealed. ISIS and Al Qaeda militants have been prosecuted by at least 10 EU nations with help from battlefield […]

Animals

European magistrate backs ritual slaughter for halal and kosher meat Muslim and Jewish leaders argue their religions require animals to be fully healthy and conscious when they are slaughtered.

(Courthouse News) In a legal test case pitting animal rights advocates and far-right politicians against Muslim and Jewish religious leaders seeking to protect halal and kosher meats, a magistrate for Europe’s highest court on Thursday said bans on the ritual slaughtering of […]

Academics & Education

Berlin teacher headscarf ban is illegal, rules top court The ruling is the latest in a long-running legal battle brought by a Muslim woman who was banned from teaching in the city. Some lawmakers are now calling for Berlin's controversial neutrality act to be changed.

(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Federal Labor Court on Thursday ruled that a blanket ban on teachers wearing headscarves in schools in the capital city Berlin was unconstitutional. The court decision was the latest in a case brought by a Muslim woman who was unable to […]

Deradicalization

Faheem Khalid Lodhi: Terrorist pens letter from jail in latest parole bid The first man convicted of terrorism in Australia has now washed his hands of extremism and wants forgiveness, a court has been told.

(NCA NewsWire) Australia’s first convicted terrorist has disavowed his previously deeply held extremist views and admits he misunderstood his religion as he appeals against a decision to deny him parole. Faheem Khalid Lodhi confessed to breaking an “unspoken agreement” with the community […]