Legal
Ex-soldier Lisa Smith married a member of al Qaida while in Syria, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Legal
Second man accused of complicity in Paris attacks invokes right to silence
(Radio France) A second of the 14 men accused of complicity in the November 2015 terrorist attacks has told the special criminal court that he will no longer make statements or answer questions. “I have already been condemned for something I did […]
Crime
CST ‘completely rejects’ BBC’s claim it confirmed anti-Muslim phrase used Community Security Trust reacted furiously to allegation made in findings of a BBC investigation over the Chanukah attack report
(Jewish News) The Community Security Trust has reacted furiously to claims made in the findings of an investigation into the BBC’s Chanukah bus reporting, that they were responsible for confirming the slur “dirty Muslims” could be heard in video footage of the […]
Crime
BBC apologises as Ofcom launches probe into antisemitic bus attack report (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Navy ships would be ‘migrant honeypot’
(BBC) Royal Navy vessels would be a “honeypot” for migrants crossing the English Channel as they would make the journey safer, MPs have been told. The Ministry of Defence is to begin working with the Home Office to address Channel crossings, which […]
Citizenship
Home Office loses case over stripping citizenship without notice after challenge by alleged Isis member (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Truth lost in translation as Pakistani suspect manipulates language gap
(Radio France) Following the second Covid-enforced adjournment of the year, the Paris attacks trial resumed on Tuesday with evidence from Muhammed Usman, one of the accused, on his religious background and his activities in the Syrian war zone. Nothing was terribly clear. […]
Government & Politics
France targets groups, websites with expanded powers under anti-terror law
(Reuters) The French government said this week it was closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with “national values,” the latest in a series of steps that rights groups and lawyers say infringe on democratic freedoms. […]
Legal
Court hears Smith espoused ‘politicised’ and ‘harsh’ approach to Islam
(RTÉ) The Special Criminal Court has been told that Lisa Smith espoused a very “politicised” and “harsh” approach to Islam and wanted a husband who would be “a shaheed,” a martyr. Carol Karimah Duffy said she knew Ms Smith and her family […]
Interfaith
Texas synagogue siege: Two men arrested in Manchester
(BBC) Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into an attack on a Texas synagogue which saw a gunman take four people hostage. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead by the FBI after a […]
Immigration
Poland begins work on new EU-Belarus border wall
(AFP) Polish contractors began work on Tuesday on a 353-million-euro wall along the Belarus border aimed at deterring migrant crossings following a crisis in the area last year. The 5.5-metre-high wall will run along 186 kilometres (115 miles) of the border — […]
News: Europe
Shamima Begum presents Boris Johnson with unbelievable proposal to help UK defeat terrorists in exclusive GB News interview Shamima Begum fled her east London home for Syria more than six years ago
(GB News) In a shocking world exclusive GB News interview on Dan Wootton Tonight, ISIS runaway bride Shamima Begum speaks from a prison camp in northern Syria, saying she wants to present Prime Minister Boris Johnson with an unbelievable plan to help […]
Interfaith
Amsterdam removes visible security measures around Jewish institutions
(NL Times) Amsterdam is removing the visible security around Jewish institutions in the city, Ronny Naftaniel of the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO) confirmed to NOS after a report in De Telegraaf. The Jewish organizations in the city received a letter from the […]
Legal
German woman faces crimes against humanity charges after joining IS as a teen A German woman who went to Syria to join the extremist IS group as a 15-year-old is in the dock in the eastern city of Halle. She and her jihadi husband are suspected of having enslaved a Yazidi woman.
(Deutsche Welle) A German woman accused of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity while a member of the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group in Syria went on trial behind closed doors in the eastern city of Halle on Tuesday. Leonora M., who went to […]
Legal
Lisa Smith pleads not guilty to terrorism and money laundering charges
(RTÉ) Lisa Smith had an avatar on her Facebook page which indicated she was a follower of ISIS, according to a Muslim woman who testified at the Special Criminal Court this afternoon. The 39-year-old former member of the Defence Forces pleaded not […]
Legal
Ex-soldier Lisa Smith to face trial as court rejects bid to have terrorism charges dismissed (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Protest against migrant camp extension
(Kathimerini) The municipal council of Orestiada in northeastern Greece is convening Tuesday to discuss controversial plans by the government to expand a migrant reception and identification center on the outskirts of the border village of Fylakio. The plan for the center is […]
Immigration
Liverpool bomber lied to stay in UK, documents released to BBC show
(BBC) New details have emerged about the Liverpool bomber Emad Al Swealmeen’s failed asylum attempts — and the false information he used to make his cases. A previously confidential 2015 asylum judgment, released to the BBC, reveals how his claim of being […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
JNF UK censured by Board of Deputies over chair’s ‘bigoted remarks’ about Muslims 64% of deputies vote in favour of a resolution in response to remarks made to Jewish News by Hayek, who claims Jews have no future in the UK as a result of Muslim immigration.
(Jewish News) JNF UK has been censured by the Board of Deputies over its failure to “disavow” the “inflammatory and bigoted remarks” of its chair Samuel Hayek after a heated debate during Sunday’s plenary. Two-thirds of deputies voted in favour of a resolution […]
Government & Politics
Migrants at Hungary border become part of election campaign
(AP) A group of migrants huddles beside a small, smoky fire inside an abandoned building in northern Serbia, the last moments of warmth before they set out into the driving snow toward the razor wire, cameras and sensors of Hungary’s electrified border […]
Government & Politics
VVD faction leader ‘uncomfortable’ with ex-Hofstad Network member’s role in party
(NL Times) VVD party leader in the Tweede Kamer Sophie Hermans said she feels “uncomfortable” with the role that Soumaya Sahla, convicted of illegal possession of weapons and membership of a terrorist organization, is playing within the party. Sahla belonged to the […]
Government & Politics
All male migrants face detention if intercepted at sea (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Eric Zemmour: ‘I will make sure that Muslims respect France’ The pundit is implicitly softening his previous racist and Islamophobic remarks.
(Morocco World News) A few days after he was fined €10,000 for anti-immigrant and Islamophobic remarks, Eric Zemmour, the far-right pundit running for president in France, has again targeted Muslims and vowed to make them more respectful of the French republic and […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
JNF UK chair Samuel Hayek moves to clarify controversial remarks about Muslims (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU nations urge stronger borders to ease migration pressures
(AP) Ministers from European Union nations under pressure from unauthorized border crossings asked Friday for more action to protect the bloc’s external borders as well as for rules to return migrants to their homelands or where they started their journeys. Interior ministers […]
Government & Politics
Darmanin describes Muslim-rights organization as ‘foreign influence by Islam’ The recurrent targeting of mosques and Islamic organizations is centered around politically-popular Islamophobia.
(Morocco World News) The French government intends to replace the country’s largest Muslim-rights organization with one free from “foreign influence” amid a crackdown on Islamic organizations in France. French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin announced on January 20 that the French […]
Alcohol & Drugs
French parliamentary report on the Sarah Halimi murder case reopens the wound it sought to heal
(JTA) A new parliamentary report on the 2017 killing of a Jewish woman by a Muslim attacker was meant to restore French Jews’ faith in their country’s police and justice systems. Instead, the report released last week has added fuel to the […]
Citizenship
Hundreds stripped of British citizenship in last 15 years, study finds (LINK ONLY)
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Banks & Banking
Islamist attacker’s suspected accomplices used crypto exchange Binance, German police say
(Reuters) Two men suspected by Germany of assisting an Islamist gunman, who killed four people in Vienna in 2020, used the major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, German federal police said in a confidential letter seeking information from the company. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
‘Islamophobic’ Board official was ‘criticising the Paris terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Manager at advocacy group MEND shares social media posts uncritical of Taliban Exclusive: One post shared by the Muslim Engagement and Development group's Nayeem Haque praised the 'impressive performance' of Taliban officials.
(Jewish News) A manager working for the Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) organisation has posted and shared a series of social media messages that are all uncritical of the Taliban. Nayeem Haque, who has been employed as MEND’s London regional manager since […]
Interfaith
Texas gunman said ‘I want to kill Jews’ last year (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Prisoner expelled from Spain for setting up a jihadist cell in Palma
(Majorca Daily Bulletin) The National Court orders the expulsion, from the national territory for ten years, of a Moroccan citizen who formed a jihadist cell in the prison of Palma to recruit fighters for the jihad and to organise attacks in Morocco […]
Clerics & Preachers
Sweden deports imam accused of being an ISIS recruiter Ahmed Ahmed had been held for a year on suspicion of Islamist extremism
(National-UAE) An imam suspected of being a recruiter for ISIS has been deported by Sweden after a year in detention. Ahmed Ahmed, 52, was detained last year on suspicion of being a key figure in the radicalisation and recruitment of ISIS fighters […]
Interfaith
Two men arrested in England over Texas synagogue stand-off (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Special Criminal Court to rule next week whether alleged Islamic State member Lisa Smith will stand trial (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity
(AFP) German prosecutors accused a Syrian doctor Wednesday of torturing detainees and killing one of them while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland, on the first day of a landmark crimes against humanity trial in Frankfurt. The accused, 36-year-old Alaa […]
Government & Politics
Home Office ‘burying bad news’ with plan to scrap daily Channel migrants data (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 150 people cross English Channel
(BBC) More than 150 people were intercepted or rescued attempting to cross the English Channel on Tuesday, the Home Office said. Six boats, carrying 168 people, were found by Border Force officials and brought to the Port of Dover. French authorities intercepted […]
Government & Politics
Emmanuel Macron calls on Britain to change policies to tackle migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man guilty of promoting ‘jihad by sword’ in mosque speech (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Police arrest 29 for bringing people to EU on leisure boats
(AP) Police in Italy, Albania and Greece on Wednesday arrested some 30 people accused of profiteering several hundred million euros to smuggle refugees and migrants into the European Union from Turkey on yachts and other leisure vessels. The coordinated action is believed […]
Clothing
France moves closer to banning veils in sports competitions
(AP) The French Senate has voted in favor of banning the wearing of headscarves in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play. The French upper legislative house voted late Tuesday in favor of amending a proposed […]
Crime
Turku terror attacker suspected of kicking, biting prison guards Abderrahman Bouanane is currently serving a life sentence for killing two and injuring eight others in Finland's first legally-defined terror attack.
(Yle) Moroccan national Abderrahman Bouanane, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Turku terrorist attack in 2017, will face three charges of assaulting guards in Turku Prison. The charges were filed with the District Court of Southwest Finland earlier this month, […]
Children & Teens
Texas synagogue siege: Teenagers arrested in Manchester released without charge (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Poland: Some 600 migrant crossings foiled this year
(AP) Poland’s Border Guard authorities say that almost 600 attempts by migrants at illegally crossing the border from Belarus have been foiled so far this year. The attempts have continued since their peak in the fall, but the number of registered tries […]
Government & Politics
MPs clash with Wilders over terrorism accusations
(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders clashed with multiple parties in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday, including about VVD adviser Soumaya Sahla and a tweet in which he suggested that Dilan Yeşilgöz’s appointment as justice minister will jeopardize his security. Soumaya Sahla […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Reduced first aid training ‘a deliberate choice’
(BBC) A police force which responded to the Manchester Arena bombing was not providing the recommended hours of first aid training at the time, the inquiry into the attack has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was […]
Demonstrations
4 on trial over poster at Swiss rally saying ‘Kill Erdogan’
(AP) Four people went on trial in the Swiss capital Tuesday over a protest against Turkey’s government four years ago where some demonstrators hoisted a banner showing a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the […]
Government & Politics
Desperate No10 policy chiefs explored using sonic weapons to [stop] small dinghies crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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