News: Europe
Shamima Begum’s lawyer denies ex-Isis bride would withhold intelligence (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Law Enforcement
Paris court comes to terms with the indescribable as events at the Bataclan are remembered
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris hearing at which 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the terrorist attacks which killed 130 people in the French capital in November 2015 came to an end with the presentation […]
Books
Muslim-owned French publishing house faces closure French interior minister says publishing house is being closed for its anti-Western and separatist line
(Anadolu) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Friday announced the closure of the Muslim-owned publishing house Nawa, describing it as contrary to Western values and having separatist tendencies. Taking to Twitter, Darmanin wrote: “I have started the termination process due to some […]
Government & Politics
Barbed wire, curfews and wi-fi: EU touts ‘new generation’ migrant camp in Greece The sprawling facility — the first of five the EU is funding — has amenities like playgrounds and air conditioning, but is also heavily policed and remote.
(Politico) Fifteen minutes outside the town of Vathy stands a just-completed compound, surrounded by a double barbed-wire fence. The entrance, only open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., is equipped with turnstiles, magnetic gates and X-ray machines. Guards check both ID cards […]
Children & Teens
Parents must alert police to terrorist-sympathising children if they don’t want them to be prosecuted, says Prevent head (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum tells pals she will never name Brits who joined ISIS (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Muslim journalist suspended from hosting German TV show over allegations of anti-Semitism Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said WDR bears 'a great responsibility not to present anyone on the screen who could spread hatred of Israel.'
(JNS) A Muslim journalist was axed from her pending position as a TV host for a German science program after allegations came forward about her past anti-Semitic activity, including participation in the pro-Iran, anti-Israel Al-Quds march in Berlin in 2014. As reported […]
Legal
Reliving the horror of Paris attacks as police experts detail ‘crime scenes’
(Radio France) This trial of 20 men accused of involvement in the terrorist attacks which cost the lives of 130 people in Paris on 13 November 2015 was always going to be difficult for the families of those killed or injured. The […]
Government & Politics
Greek PM says Turkey is a key partner on migration, EU needs cohesion
(Reuters) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Turkey was an important partner in tackling any new migration challenge to Europe and needed support, and that Europe itself has not delivered on a common policy in addressing the migrant issue. More […]
Government & Politics
France stops more Channel migrant boats since UK threat to scrap £54m deal (LINK ONLY)
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Six of Britain’s most dangerous convicted terrorists could be back on the street in months as cases face Parole Board (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Austria appoints Jordanian as security chief Appointment follows criticism of old security organisation after failure to prevent attack by Islamic State sympathiser in November
(Middle East Eye) An Austrian-Jordanian has been appointed … head of the country’s new security agency, following harsh criticism of the previous institution’s failure to prevent an attack by an alleged Islamic State (IS) sympathiser. The appointment of Omar Haijawi-Pirchner as head […]
Government & Politics
Poland’s, Lithuania’s PMs discuss higher security, migration
(AP) The prime ministers of Poland and Lithuania said Friday that tighter security at their borders with Belarus was the best way to ease pressure from migrant inflows there, as they expect what they called a “hybrid attack” from Belarus to continue. […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 400 people cross Channel in three days
(BBC) More than 400 migrants have crossed the English Channel in three days, the Home Office has confirmed. On Wednesday, 85 people made the crossing, followed by 222 on Thursday and 174 on Friday. The French authorities stopped 267 people from making […]
Children & Teens
Germany: Judge orders Hagen synagogue suspect to be remanded in custody Prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect detained on Thursday for his alleged role in planning an attack during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
(Deutsche Welle) A 16-year-old accused of planning an “Islamist-motivated” attack on a synagogue in the western German city of Hagen was remanded in custody on Friday, the Düsseldorf prosecutors office said. The young Syrian national who lives in Hagen was detained Thursday. […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Experts ‘stunned’ by police misapprehension
(BBC) Terrorism experts were “stunned” to hear senior police officials were unaware of a major failure on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Former Assistant Chief Constable Debbie Ford did not know Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had […]
Legal
Ten to be tried over 2016 Brussels bombings
(AFP) Ten men accused of involvement in the March 2016 bomb attacks in Brussels that killed 32 people will face trial, Belgian federal prosecutors said Friday. Six of the suspects, including 32-year-old French-Moroccan Salah Abdeslam, are currently on trial in France over […]
Government & Politics
Politicians call on Turks in Germany to make their voice heard in elections Nearly 1M ethnic Turks are eligible to vote in Germany’s parliamentary elections next week
(Anadolu) Politicians in Germany are calling on members of the Turkish community to cast their vote in elections next week to make their voice heard in national politics. “Regardless of which democratic party they support, I am calling on all citizens of […]
Government & Politics
Home secretary returns to Channel as migrant crossings continue (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police lauded for ‘exemplary’ response
(BBC) British Transport Police officers’ response to the Manchester Arena attack has been described as “exemplary,” despite significant command failures. The officers were among the first to enter the foyer area, where the May 2017 suicide bombing killed 22 people. Policing experts […]
Children & Teens
German police foil ‘Islamist’ attack on a synagogue Police have released three people arrested over a possible attack on a synagogue in the western city of Hagen ahead of a major Jewish holiday. Authorities believe the threat was motivated by 'Islamist ideology.'
(Deutsche Welle) German police arrested four people Thursday, including a teenager, over a threat of an attack on a synagogue on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Hagen police said they made the arrests as a result of their investigation into the threat and […]
Legal
Germany indicts 4 for supporting al-Nusra in Syria German federal prosecutors have said they indicted four men on suspicion of providing help to Islamist militant group Jabhat al-Nusra.
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors on Thursday said they had indicted four men on suspicion of supporting Islamist extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. One of the men is also accused of joining the group and traveling to Syria to fight with the breakaway […]
Government & Politics
Austrian minister: Turkey uses migrants to pressure EU
(AP) Austria’s minister for the European Union on Thursday accused Turkey of using migrant flows as a means to pressure the 27-member bloc for its own purposes and warned that the EU won’t be “blackmailed” by any country. Karoline Edtstadler said countries […]
Law Enforcement
The Paris attacks seen through the eyes of Belgian investigators
(Radio France) The director of the investigation into the Belgian links to the November 2015 Paris attacks told the court on Tuesday that it was “the toughest case” she had ever worked on. She also praised the exceptional collaboration between France and […]
Interfaith
Acting on tip, German police step up guarding of synagogue
(Reuters) Police stepped up their protection of a synagogue in western Germany on Wednesday evening after receiving information about a possible threat, but no injuries were reported. A police officer on the scene said nobody had been hurt during the operation in […]
Clerics & Preachers
French court acquits imam of incitement for sermon that cited hadith urging Muslim violence against Jews
(Algemeiner) A French court has acquitted an imam in the city of Toulouse of incitement to racial hatred for a sermon he gave in 2017 that quoted a hadith — a saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammed — predicting the mass killing […]
Academics & Education
Zarah Sultana invited to learn about Prevent after repeating false ‘Free Palestine’ claim (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Shamima Begum apologises to UK public and says she’d ‘rather die’ than return to IS
(ITV) Shamima Begum has said she is “sorry” to the UK public for joining the Islamic State (IS) and says she would “rather die” than go back to the terrorist organisation. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain from a Syrian camp where […]
Law Enforcement
Gardai arrest Islamic terror suspect hiding in plain sight in Ireland for decades (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Paris attacker says France ‘knew risks’ of IS strikes in Syria
(AFP) The sole survivor of the jihadist cell that killed 130 people in Paris six years ago Wednesday claimed France “knew the risks” of attacking jihadist targets in Syria at the trial into France’s worst postwar atrocity. “We attacked France, targeted its […]
Crime
Belgian prison system informed of extremists on staff
(Brussels Times) Security services have informed the Belgian prison system about a right-wing extremist staff member and another with radical Islamic tendencies. Criminal proceedings have been started against both, according to reporting from Belga News Agency. Belgium’s federal Minister of Justice Vincent […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry told police failed in response to bombing
(BBC) Police “failed” in their response to the Manchester Arena attack, terrorism experts have told the bombing inquiry. Three experts told the Manchester Arena inquiry there had been a “significant failure” in Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) emergency response to the attack, which […]
Law Enforcement
Defence anger at implacable police presentation of an extraordinary investigation
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris November 2015 terror trial began with the continuation of the reading of the court president’s report, the ten-hour overview of the facts as they appear after six years of criminal investigation. And then the […]
Demonstrations
France: Muslims arrested for ‘provocation’ street prayers on September 11th
(Breitbart) Police arrested three Muslim men who engaged in a street prayer on September 11th using a loud sound system to broadcast the prayer. The three men had gathered on Saturday between 7 am and 7:30 am on the rue du Maréchal […]
Children & Teens
UK’s most senior police officer takes aim at tech companies over online harms (LINK ONLY)
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Two of Britain’s most dangerous terrorists could be free in weeks as UK faces biggest threat from extremists in decades (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
More migrants arrive in Kent as numbers hit new 2021 record (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Auditors highlight flaws in EU migrant deportation program
(AP) European Union auditors said Monday that the 27-nation bloc’s program for deporting migrants is not working well but they warned that any attempts to force countries to take their citizens back by coercion could be counterproductive. The EU has been deeply […]
Government & Politics
French far-right pundit edges closer to presidential bid
(AFP) French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour is inching closer to announcing a run for the presidency, a move that would create fresh uncertainty around next year’s election race. Zemmour and the channel he works for, CNews — derided by critics as a […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Medical equipment ‘dumped’ at bomb scene
(BBC) Medical equipment could have been distributed “more effectively” to help those injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, a public inquiry has heard. An ambulance expert said items including triage packs and stretchers were “dumped” outside Victoria Station during the emergency response. […]
Clerics & Preachers
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary blames US and Israel for 9/11 on 20th anniversary (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU official: Growing appeal among youth for end of Western civilization The European Union hopes to cut an intelligence-sharing deal with Israel.
(Jerusalem Post) “The idea of the end of Western civilization is appealing to more and more youngsters” being drawn into terrorist causes, said EU Director for Security Laurent Muschel, and this trend has only increased following the victory of the Taliban in […]
Immigration
How Paris attacks prompted tougher Greek migrant checks
(AFP) In a tented courtyard in the migrant camp on Greece’s Leros island, a dozen new arrivals await registration after two weeks in Covid-19 quarantine. “You can submit a claim for asylum, but only in Greece,” a young Greek official tells them […]
Crime
The Hague council member on trial for anti-Semitic tweets
(NL Times) Faction leader of the Party of Unity in The Hague, Arnoud van Doorn, will appear in court on Tuesday, due to anti-Semitic tweets the council member posted a few years ago. The lawyer of the 55-year-old, Anis Boumanjal, said he […]
Crime
Five people stabbed in Italian resort, Somali man arrested
(Reuters) A Somali asylum-seeker was arrested by Italian police after he allegedly stabbed four women and a six-year-old child in the tourist town of Rimini on Saturday night, ANSA news agency reported on Sunday. Investigators were for the moment ruling out terrorism […]
Crime
Greek leader vows crackdown against migrant traffickers
(AP) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to “break and smash” the human trafficking networks that smuggle migrants across the border from Turkey. Mitsotakis, in a news conference Sunday following his Saturday keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, also said, […]
Law Enforcement
Police investigate after ISIS flag found on Helsinki overpass
(Helsinki Times) Helsinki police are investigating after the flag of the extremist terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) was found flying from a highway overpass in Helsinki’s Myllypuro district. No crime is officially being suspected at the moment. The flag, which was flown […]
Legal
Sobs and silence as names of November 2015 victims are read
(Radio France) After two and a half days of legal technicalities, the real business of the Paris November 2015 terror trial got under way on Friday with the reading of the court president’s report — a detailed and lengthy chronology of the […]
Government & Politics
Merkel appeals to Belarus over border ‘hybrid attacks’
(AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to Belarus to help migrants instead of trying to send them across the border into the European Union, branding these attempts “hybrid attacks.” On a visit to Poland, Merkel addressed the influx of migrants — mostly […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrant boats will be intercepted by armoured jet skis and turned back to France (LINK ONLY)
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