News: Europe
Exposed: The shadowy Islamic State cell looking to free Western jihadi brides (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Academics & Education
Nice youth gets jail term for threats that teacher will ‘die like Samuel Paty’
(Radio France) A 19-year-old man from the south-eastern French city of Nice has been sentenced to 18 months’ prison for threatening a teacher that he will “die like Samuel Paty,” who was beheaded in October north-east of Paris, the Nice prosecutor’s office […]
Government & Politics
UK and France sign agreement to curb migrant crossings in English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Former jihadi transferred to Belgian prison from Turkey
(Brussels Times) Fouad Akrich, a former jihadist fighter in Syria, has been transferred from Turkey to a prison in Belgium, De Morgen newspaper reported on Saturday. The Federal Office of the Public Prosecutor confirmed that Akrich was transferred on Tuesday. Early this […]
Law Enforcement
Peterborough man admits spreading ‘terrorist publication’ after a major police investigation (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Rehabilitation scheme joined by London Bridge attacker ‘expanded too fast by do-goodism’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings: Migrants wrapped in blankets reach Dover
(BBC) Migrants, bundled in blankets and foil, have arrived in Dover after journeying across the Channel. Temperatures at the Kent port hovered around 7C while a woman and a group of men were seen being helped ashore by Border Force officials. The […]
Government & Politics
Belgium tries Iranian diplomat over bomb plot
(AFP) An Iranian diplomat went on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an Iranian opposition rally outside Paris, in a case that has stoked tensions with Tehran. Assadollah Assadi, formerly based in Vienna, faces a 20-year prison term […]
Crime
German minister wants ‘criminals’ expelled to Syria, despite asylum safeguards Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants Germany's general ban on deportations to war-torn Syria weakened to return persons deemed criminal or dangerous. Rights groups accuse him of pandering to the far right.
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s current general deportation stop to Syria should not be extended, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Friday, urging that individual case-by-case decisions be made “at least for criminals and those considered a threat.” In 2012, Germany passed a ban on […]
Health & Medicine
Controversial ‘virginity tests’ sold by UK clinics
(BBC) Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has found. The intrusive tests are considered a violation of human rights by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations, which […]
News: Europe
Female jihadist reported to Dutch consulate in Turkey for return to NL
(NL Times) Angela B., a Dutch woman who left for Syria to join terrorist movement ISIS in 2014, reported to the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, this week, insiders confirmed to NU.nl after reports in Dutch media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Clerics & Preachers
Danish minister’s comment on sex before marriage angers Muslims Mattias Tesfaye has suggested the Muslim community should support the ‘right’ to sex before marriage for Muslim women.
(Al-Jazeera) A Danish minister has caused outrage among the Muslim minority for suggesting imams and community leaders should publicly support the “right” to have sex before marriage for women. Mattias Tesfaye, foreign affairs and integration minister, said in a Facebook post last […]
Crime
Migrants: Arrests over small boat supply to people smugglers
(BBC) A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration by supplying small boats to people smugglers. It follows an arrest in October as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into a criminal network. Officers […]
Children & Teens
Coronavirus: Concern as FGM reports fall during pandemic
(BBC) It is feared victims of female genital mutilation in England are not reporting cases because of delays and lockdown closures, charities have told the BBC. It comes as new figures revealed 635 new cases were recorded from July-September — a fall […]
Government & Politics
Tensions rise over housing of migrants on Spanish islands
(AP) A row over where to house African migrants increasingly arriving by boat on Spain’s Canary Islands deepened Thursday, when the mayor of the most affected town urged the Spanish government to transfer them out of local hotels. More than 20,000 West […]
Children & Teens
Islamist referrals to counter-extremism scheme rise for first time since 2016 (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester Arena: Man sentenced for fraud linked to attack
(BBC) A friend of the Manchester Arena bomber whose bank details were used to buy chemicals for the bomb has been handed a 12-month community order. Manchester Crown Court heard Yahya Werfalli’s bank details were used to buy hydrogen peroxide on Amazon. […]
Academics & Education
Four more students charged in France over teacher’s beheading
(AFP) Four teenage students have been charged in France over the killing of Samuel Paty, including three for allegedly pointing out the teacher to his murderer, a judical source said Thursday. Three other pupils were charged with complicity earlier this month over […]
Christians
Austria tightens security at churches, citing Vienna attack inquiry
(Reuters) Austria is stepping up security at churches in case of copycat attacks after an Islamist gunman killed four people in a rampage earlier this month in which he may have intended to target houses of worship, the interior minister said on […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Prisoner in touch with bomber to be released
(BBC) A convicted terrorist organiser, who has refused to tell an inquiry about his contact with the Manchester Arena bomber, is to be released from jail. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was jailed in 2016 after being found guilty of helping people travel to […]
Clothing
North Yorkshire Police: Hijab made part of force uniform
(BBC) Two police constables who designed a hijab to be part of their uniform have celebrated making it a reality. North Yorkshire Police called the move an “important change” and highlighted the need to represent the communities they serve. PC Uzma Amireddy, […]
Government & Politics
To ban or not to ban? France debates virginity tests
(Reuters) France is split over plans to ban virginity testing, with some campaigners calling the procedure barbaric and others warning of violent repercussions for some Muslim women. Women in at least 20 countries are subjected to virginity tests, sometimes by force, as […]
Immigration
For Canary Isles tourism, migrant surge a new nightmare
(AFP) In a normal year, it would be high tourist season for the Canary Islands, but a huge influx of migrants has given the archipelago “a bad image,” bar owner Miguel Gonzalez grumbles. With migrant reception centres completely swamped after the arrival […]
Government & Politics
French minister backs Paris police chief after dismantling of migrant camp
(Reuters) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Wednesday expressed support for the Paris chief of police after clashes broke out during the dismantling of a new migrant camp in the French capital this week. French police opened a probe after photos and […]
Health & Medicine
Assailant in Swiss knife attack was jihadist: police
(Reuters) A Swiss woman who knifed a victim in the neck and grabbed another by the throat in a Lugano department store on Tuesday was a known jihadist who fell in love with a militant online and tried in vain to meet […]
Government & Politics
French mosque linked to teacher’s beheading ordered to remain closed
(Radio France) France’s top administrative court has confirmed the six-month closure of the Grand Mosque of Pantin after it published a video denouncing history teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which [led] to his decapitation in a street […]
Children & Teens
Report condemns UK over British women and children held in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Paris train gunman tells trial he was looking for US soldiers
(AFP) The Moroccan gunman on trial for an attempted terror attack on a Paris-bound train five years ago said Wednesday he had aimed at the heads of American soldiers but could not shoot. On August 21, 2015, after drinking a coffee at […]
Children & Teens
Islamic preacher Khandaker Rahman on trial for mosque rape
(BBC) An Islamic preacher accused of raping a young girl was arrested 15 years later after she identified him on YouTube, a court heard. The woman only knew her alleged attacker as “The Imam” before going on the internet to find Khandaker […]
Immigration
Four migrant boats cross English Channel
(BBC) Four small boats carrying 54 migrants have crossed the English Channel this week, the Home Office said. Eleven people reached the UK in one boat earlier, with 43 entering British waters in three vessels on Monday. A further 200 people were […]
Citizenship
Javid advised of ‘hostile public sentiment’ to Shamima Begum, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Arguineguin: From quiet Canaries port to migrant hotspot
(AFP) After three years, Said El Hallaji finally got to hug his brother Lehcen as they were reunited at Arguineguin, a once-quiet Canary Islands port now overwhelmed with migrant arrivals. More than 18,000 people have landed on this Spanish archipelago over the […]
Government & Politics
Anger in France over ‘brutal’ migrant removal as security bill wins green light
(AFP) French authorities on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the “brutal” removal by police of a camp of migrants in central Paris, as parliament gave initial approval to a new security law condemned by activists as eroding press freedom. Interior Minister Gerald […]
Law Enforcement
Swiss suspect terror link in department store attack in Lugano
(Reuters) A Swiss woman grabbed a woman by the neck and wounded another in the neck with a serrated knife in a department store in the southern Swiss city of Lugano on Tuesday in what federal prosecutors called a suspected terror attack. […]
Internet
Antwerp man jailed for two years over false bomb threat
(Brussels Times) A court in Antwerp has sent a 24-year-old man back to jail for two years over a fake bomb threat sent out via Twitter last year. In October of last year, a man identified as Wildi E. sent out a […]
Government & Politics
German government suspends funding for Islamic Relief aid organisation
(DPA) The German government has stopped funding aid organisation Islamic Relief over its ties to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the Interior Ministry said in response to a request for information from an opposition party. A spokesman for the ministry told journalists it […]
Immigration
ISIS member asks for defense lawyer
(Kathimerini) The 27-year-old from Syria who allegedly confessed to police that he was a member of ISIS will appear before an investigative magistrate after asking for a deferral on Monday. He appeared in court on Monday morning wearing a bulletproof vest and […]
Christians
Do not link religion with terror, Austrian clerics warn Anadolu Agency speaks to an imam, a bishop and a chief rabbi as Islamophobia soars in European country
(Anadolu) As racism and discrimination against Muslims in Austria soars, particularly after a terror attack on Nov. 2, clerics in the European country warn the authorities not to associate terrorism with any religion. After a hijab and face veil ban, and ban […]
Immigration
Suspected jihadist to testify to magistrate
(Kathimerini) A 27-year-old Syrian man suspected of being a member of the Islamic State terrorist organization is due to testify to an Athens magistrate Monday, following his arrest in the Greek capital last Thursday. The unnamed suspect entered Greece in March 2018 […]
Immigration
Police use tear gas to disperse migrant camp in central Paris
(AFP) Police used tear gas as they dismantled a new migrant camp in the centre of Paris set up to house hundreds of refugees evacuated from makeshift suburban shelters without being relocated. Volunteers had helped set up around 500 blue tents at […]
Clerics & Preachers
Dutch gov’t to tackle foreign donations, influence on mosques
(NL Times) The government came up with a plan of action to tackle problematic behavior caused by unwanted foreign influence on social and religious organizations in the Netherlands. The intentions and goals of people donating money to Dutch organizations will be more […]
Legal
West Sussex man jailed over beheading and terror magazines
(BBC) A man who downloaded instructions on how to carry out terror attacks, and images of beheadings, has been jailed for 32 months. Zakaria Yanaouri, 21, of Congreve Road, Worthing, was arrested in a raid on his home 24 February. He pleaded […]
Citizenship
Shamima Begum: Return to UK ‘a security risk’
(BBC) Allowing runaway Shamima Begum to return to the UK to challenge her loss of British citizenship “would create significant national security risks,” the Supreme Court has been told. Ms Begum, 21, was one of three east London schoolgirls who joined the […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sufyan Ismail: Islamic hardliner invited to address civil servants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Erdogan says Turkey’s place is in Europe before EU summit
(AP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey sees itself as a part of Europe, but he called on the European Union to “keep your promises” on issues such as the country’s membership bid and refugees. He spoke before an […]
Government & Politics
Spain’s foreign minister visits Senegal to discuss migration
(AP) Spain’s foreign minister met Sunday with Senegal’s president in the West African country’s capital Sunday to discuss the sudden increase of Senegalese migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands by boat. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya met with President Macky […]
Children & Teens
Over 2,000 adult asylum seekers caught lying about their age and posing as kids (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Swedish Islamic political party to challenge Social Democrats in no-go zone
(Breitbart) The Islamic Nyans Party are looking to cause an upset in upcoming municipal elections in the notorious Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after recruiting a popular member of the local Somali community. Nyans party leader Mikail Yüksel announced that [Mohamed] Hagi Farah, […]
News: Europe
Two terror fanatics released & three more set to follow in just weeks (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Minister ‘relieved’ on arrest of sender of hate mail
(Brussels Times) Flemish minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) has said she is “relieved” at the arrest of a young man accused of sending her hate mail. The man, aged 24 and living in Demir’s home town of Genk in Limburg province, has admitted […]