Government & Politics

Report: Nearly all terror attacks in France carried out by radicals already known to police A GLOBSEC report says nearly 80 percent of attackers behind 22 French incidents had been on terror watchlists; 97 percent had been on radar of authorities.

(NBC) The vast majority of terror attacks in France were carried out by Islamic radicals who had been known to police or intelligence services, according to a new report by a global security think tank. Bratislava-based GLOBSEC examined 22 terror incidents in […]

Citizenship

Denmark deports Said Mansour, stripped of citizenship, to Morocco Said Mansour is the first Danish citizen to lose his citizenship and be deported because of a terrorism conviction.

(Morocco World News) Denmark has deported Said Mansour, convicted of incitement to terrorism and formerly a dual Moroccan-Danish citizen, to Morocco. According to Danish media, Mansour arrived in Casablanca yesterday night, aboard Royal Air Maroc flight 222 from Copenhagen. Danish authorities handed […]

Government & Politics

After 17-year deportation fight over alleged terrorism ties, Toronto man sues federal government for $34M Between 1999 and 2016, the government signed three security certificates naming Jaballah, all of which ultimately failed to stand up in court

(National Post) One of the longest-running national security cases in Canada has resulted in a massive civil lawsuit, as an Egyptian-born Toronto man is suing the federal government for repeatedly trying to deport him over alleged ties to the 1998 terrorist bombings […]

Children & Teens

A religious leader being sued for ‘grooming’ a follower is now under fire for polygamy BuzzFeed News has confirmed that the cleric was ousted from a second mosque for alleged bad behavior — but his current employer is sticking by him.

(BuzzFeed) A Muslim cleric who was ousted from at least two mosques amid claims of sexual misconduct with young women he’d mentored now works at a Texas mosque that’s standing by him despite a former employer’s warning and a civil lawsuit. The […]

Government & Politics

German court rejects AfD’s complaint over Angela Merkel’s refugee policy Judges on Germany's highest court unanimously threw out legal complaints brought by the AfD. They said far-right lawmakers failed to show how Merkel's 2015 decision to let in refugees was a constitutional violation.

(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Constitutional Court dismissed three complaints initiated by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) challenging German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policies in 2015. Judges on the high court unanimously rejected all the cases, which were brought by the AfD’s group […]

Government & Politics

Council of Europe criticizes Greece on Turkish minority Greece had closed associations in Western Thrace as they had word 'Turkish' in their names

(Anadolu) A top European body criticized Greece for not implementing European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) verdicts on Greece for closing associations of the Turkish minority in the country. Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe’s decisions, published on Thursday, said ten […]

Banks & Banking

‘Everything I have done has always been above board,’ former mortgage lender tells fraud trial Omar Kalair faces numerous charges, including fraud, theft and laundering the proceeds of crime

(CBC) A man accused of misappropriating millions of dollars after his Shariah mortgage lending company went into receivership testified in his own defence in a Toronto courtroom, saying everything he’s done has always been “above board.” Omar Kalair, the former president and […]