Law Enforcement
Police and MI5 ‘alive’ to growing challenge of ex-terror convicts (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Home Office tells asylum seeker he can return to Syria safely (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Stopping terror attacks is ‘more difficult than ever,’ police chief warns (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Lawyers training school in Paris accused of Islamophobia Student lawyer claimed she was forced to remove her headscarf, threatened with expulsion from oath ceremony
(Anadolu) A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, […]
Immigration
Migrants crossing Channel in boats add £1million a day to cost of Britain’s asylum system (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Crook teacher banned over terrorist funding
(BBC) A woman who supported terrorism has been banned from teaching for life. Miriam Sebbagh, who worked at Hunwick Primary School in Crook, County Durham, was found to have given money to people she knew were involved in terrorism. A teacher misconduct […]
Government & Politics
Opposition mounting to new Chios migrant camp
(Kathimerini) A growing number of residents on the eastern Aegean island of Chios are opposing the planned creation of a closed camp for migrants. Reactions culminated during Thursday’s public holiday, when several hundred residents gathered at the port to prevent machinery that […]
Crime
Culture secretary tells BBC to urgently resolve crisis over Oxford Street report (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Computer gamer posted ISIS beheading videos on social media to encourage terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Mosques
Iran’s ‘long terrorist arm’ in Germany ousted from Islamic group board The Hamburg Shura Council is an association of Muslim organizations.
(Jerusalem Post) A controversial Islamic organization has removed Iran’s Hamburg Center from its Shura executive board after German intelligence sources revealed that the Iranian entity in the city-state supports the late Qasem Soleimani, who was a designated terrorist according to US and […]
Clothing
Violent Dundee burka gang members hit with serious crime prevention orders (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Police probe at Birmingham mosque as visiting imam ‘praises murderer’ in new year sermon (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Tredegar terror convict jailed after beheading threats
(BBC) A convicted terror offender has been jailed for 16 months after threatening teenagers with a knife and telling them: “We cut people’s heads off.” Nathan Saunders, 28, shouted “Allahu akbar” and made Islamic State salutes at the youths on 15 September […]
Immigration
Hungarian border police fire shots at speeding truck carrying migrants
(Reuters) Hungarian police fired shots at a truck carrying around 30 people presumed to be illegal migrants on Thursday after it drove through a checkpoint at the border with Austria without stopping, police said. The Gyor-Moson-Sopron county police said police patrols at […]
Government & Politics
Taxpayers forking out on £125-a-night hotel rooms for Channel migrants, leaked data reveals (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Chaos in Paris attacks court as angry Covid debate forces delays
(Radio France) A second attempt was made to re-open the Paris November 2015 terror trial on Thursday. The Tuesday session had to be abandoned because one of the accused, Salah Abdeslam, had tested positive for Covid. Two days later it took six […]
News: Europe
Charlie Hebdo attack victims remembered seven years on
(Euronews) French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, and Ile-de-France Region President Valérie Pécresse attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Paris, to mark the anniversary of the terror attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Seven years ago on Thursday, a […]
Arts & Entertainment
New year wishes: Imam of Bordeaux grand mosque criticizes Maitre Gims Maitre Gims released a video earlier this year, criticizing Muslim fans for wishing him a happy new year.
(Morocco World News) Tareq Oubrou, the rector of the grand mosque of Bordeaux, France, has criticized Congolese-French rapper Maitre Gims after he called on his Muslim fans to stop sending him new year and birthday wishes, considering the practice to be “un-Islamic.” […]
Government & Politics
Rees-Mogg: France is safe for refugees — except those who ‘don’t like garlic’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Mamun Rashid: Londoner who used benefits and student loan to fund Syria martyr plot jailed for 12 years (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Chios residents block ship carrying new migrant center construction machinery
(Kathimerini) Residents and local officials on the island of Chios have blocked a ship carrying construction machinery for the new planned migrant “closed controlled access center” from docking on Thursday. Residents of the island had also blocked the ship from docking at […]
Government & Politics
Eindhoven terrorism suspects discussed beheading Dutch PM, far-right politician: prosecutor
(NL Times) Eight men from Eindhoven suspected of preparing a terrorist attack talked about killing Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders, among others. They wanted to “pop them in the head” or “kidnap and behead the politicians during a live stream,” said the […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania will not extend state of emergency at Belarus border
(Reuters) The Lithuanian government on Wednesday decided against extending a state of emergency along the country’s border with Belarus and at camps hosting migrants who had arrived from the country, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said. EU member states accuse Belarus of encouraging […]
Crime
Migrant arrested after attempt to shove man under subway train
(Breitbart) A 25-year-old Tunisian migrant was arrested by police in Paris after allegedly shoving a man onto the tracks of the city’s metro before smashing various items while yelling “Allahu Akbar.” The incident took place on Monday night at around midnight at […]
Government & Politics
MP Stephen Timms says he would welcome meeting woman who stabbed him in 2010 (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
English Channel crossings: Girl in pink onesie among first arrivals of 2022 (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Sweden prosecutes woman for recruiting son to fight in Syria
(AP) A 49-year-old woman from Sweden has been charged with war crimes and breaching international law for allegedly assisting in getting her son to fight in Syria as a child soldier, Swedish public prosecutors said on Tuesday. The woman, who has been […]
Immigration
Record year sees more than 28,300 people cross English Channel to the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Over 4,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2021: NGO
(AFP) Over 4,000 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain by sea in 2021, twice as many as in the previous year, a migrant rights group said Monday. Migrant arrivals in Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic have increased since late […]
Arts & Entertainment
French singer Maitre Gims: New year, birthday wishes not Islamic The singer took to his social media to urge his fans to stop sending new year and birthday wishes.
(Morocco World News) French-Congolese rapper and singer Maitre Gims has infuriated many of his fans after he released a video calling on them to stop sending him new year and birthday wishes. In a video Gims posted on his social media, the […]
Books
Amazon and eBay are selling one of Jihadi John’s favourite terrorist books (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Police in French city of Calais clash with migrants 15 gendarmes hospitalized after attempt to clear encampment erupts in hour-long brawl described as 'a scene of war'
(Anadolu) Police in the northern French city of Calais clashed with migrants Thursday morning as the officers stood at the ready, securing an area that is often an exit point for asylum seekers fleeing through the Channel Tunnel to the UK. Fifteen […]
Government & Politics
Home Office splash £100,000 on fast food and supplies for Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena bombing victim’s mother made OBE in new year honours for work to fight terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Paris attacks trial to be paused after main suspect catches COVID — source
(Reuters) The trial of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the November 2015 Islamist attack that killed 130 people in Paris, and others will be paused briefly in January as Abdeslam has caught the coronavirus, a judicial source told Reuters on Friday. […]
Citizenship
Sweden grants over 27,000 citizenships to Syrians in 2021 Total of 85,000 migrants get Swedish citizenship in 2021, says Swedish Migration Agency
(Anadolu) Sweden granted at least 27,340 citizenships to Syrians in 2021, the country’s migration agency said on Friday. According to [the] Swedish Migration Agency’s report, 85,000 people were granted Swedish citizenship during the year. At least 4,067 Somalis and 3,471 Eritreans also […]
Crime
Damning new evidence undermines BBC’s Oxford Street racist slur claim (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Mistakes will be made when releasing terrorists — watchdog (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Liverpool bomber made device with murderous intent, coroner says
(BBC) The Liverpool bomber died from an explosion and fire caused by a device he manufactured with “murderous intent,” a coroner has ruled. Emad Al Swealmeen was killed when his bomb went off while he was inside a taxi at Liverpool Women’s […]
Children & Teens
Rotherham grooming scandal: Priti Patel says police must record ethnicity of child abuse suspects (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migration back to the forefront of EU politics in 2021
(Euronews) Migration once again became a key issue for Europe this past year as tensions flared up at the EU’s border with Belarus. Hundreds of migrants gathered at the bloc’s border as the EU accused Belarus of waging a hybrid war and […]
Academics & Education
Islamic school was ‘petri dish of terror that tortured pupils’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Gov’t overhaul of Muslim representation in France to move ahead in 2022
(CNS) With effect from January, the French government will deal with Muslims through a new, government-created body, with the aim of promoting Islam not related to foreign governments or radical Islamists. The new entity, the National Council of Imams (CNI), will replace […]
News: Europe
Parole Board considering 92 terrorists for release from jail (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Ten key moments from 2021
(BBC) Over the past year, the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing has heard heart-breaking accounts from the victims’ families and those who survived, while uncovering security failings and missed opportunities. It has also highlighted the heroic efforts of the people […]
Government & Politics
Italian minister talks migration with Tunisian president
(AFP) Italy’s top diplomat Luigi Di Maio discussed clandestine migration with Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday, in his first visit to the North African country since the president’s July 25 power grab. The foreign minister praised Tunisian efforts to stem the […]
Crime
Germany: 2 men charged in killing of their sister
(AP) German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged two Afghan brothers with murder over the July killing of their sister, whom they allegedly wanted to punish for her Western way of life. The men, aged 26 and 22 and identified only as […]
Clerics & Preachers
Mosque in northern France ordered shut for ‘inciting hatred’ and ‘violence’
(Euronews) A mosque in northern France has been ordered shut for six months for “inciting violence.” The prefecture of the Oise département said the large mosque in Beauvais was closed for “inciting hatred,” “violence” and “apology of jihad.” France’s interior minister Gérald […]
Government & Politics
Muslim groups to sign French Islam values charter after months of resistance
(Breitbart) Three Islamic federations have agreed to sign the French government’s proposed “Charter of Principles of Islam of France” after resisting signing the document for at least a year. The Turkish federations of the Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims of France (CCMTF), Millî […]
Immigration
Risky migrant crossings in yachts gain traction
(Kathimerini) An estimated 11,900 refugees and migrants crammed onto 120 yachts or sailboats are believed to have made it from Turkey to Italy via Greece this year, as the method has been gaining popularity among migrant smuggling rackets on the other side […]