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Islamic aid director resigns after getting called out for antisemitism Tayed Abdoun, veteran employee at Islamic Relief Worldwide, posted a photo on Facebook calling for the murder of Jews after a 2015 gun and knife attack in Jerusalem.

November 15, 2020 Sarah Ben-Nun

(Jerusalem Post) For the third time in the past six months, a high-positioned figure at Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) has left for expressing antisemitic views on social media. Tayeb Abdoun, former interim CEO and a 25-year veteran employee at the international humanitarian […]

Macron criticizes media over coverage of Islamic extremism

November 15, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron has called the New York Times media correspondent to criticize English-language coverage of France’s stance on Islamic extremism after recent attacks, arguing it amounts to “legitimizing” violence. “When France was attacked five years ago, every nation in […]

French migration policy ‘anything but lax,’ says interior minister ‘No president has done as much as Emmanuel Macron’ when it comes to being tough on asylum and migration, says Gérald Darmanin.

November 15, 2020 Zosia Wanat

(Politico) The French government’s migration policy is “anything but lax,” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said, adding that “no president has done as much as Emmanuel Macron” when it comes to being tough on asylum and migration. Speaking to Le Parisien, Darmanin said […]

FvD wants to install wiretapping equipment in Salafist mosques

November 15, 2020 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Forum for Democracy, a conservative political party, wants to install wiretapping equipment in Salafist mosques if there is a suspicion of criminal offenses. That is what FvD Member of Parliament Theo Hiddema said in the television program WNL on Sunday. […]

Woman who planned on joining terrorists in Syria arrested in Spain She preached the most violent forms of terrorist ideology, showing her support for the recent beheading of a French teacher who showed cartoons of Prophet Muhammad

November 14, 2020 Dilip Kuner

(Olive Press) A young woman who was planning to join jihadist terrorists in Syria has been arrested in Spain. Police say the woman — born and raised in Europe — had been rapidly radicalised and now wanted to join the so-called Islamic […]

Demonstrators demand better conditions for Canary Islands’ migrant arrivals

November 14, 2020 Borja Suarez

(Reuters) Demonstrators on the Canary Islands on Saturday demanded better living conditions for thousands of migrants who have reached the Spanish archipelago from Africa. A slow procession of hundreds of demonstrators, some on foot and some in cars, crossed the island of […]

More than one-third of Muslim Labour members and supporters have witnessed Islamophobia in the party, report finds

November 13, 2020 Mahatir Pasha and Shehab Khan

(ITV) More than one-third of the Labour Party’s Muslim members and supporters have witnessed Islamophobia within the party, according to a new report. The report, conducted by the Labour Muslim Network (LMN), is set to be published this weekend and has been […]

Spain to tighten security around Canary Islands after rush of migrants

November 13, 2020 Borja Suarez

(Reuters) Spain will expand naval patrols around the Canary Islands and set up more migrant centres in response to a surge of arrivals from Africa, including more than 2,000 people last weekend, the regional policy minister said on Friday. Security forces will […]

Trial to begin over foiled Paris train attack that inspired movie

November 13, 2020 Marie Dhumieres

(AFP) A Moroccan man goes on trial in France on Monday accused of an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago which was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. Director Clint Eastwood, 90, […]

Attacks spur EU to tighten borders, boost policy agency

November 13, 2020 Lorne Cook

(AP) European Union interior ministers pledged Friday to beef up border security, boost the powers of the bloc’s police agency and crack down on hate speech and online propaganda in response to a wave of extremist attacks, most recently in Austria and […]

Attacker in Nice had picture of teacher’s killer: prosecutors

November 13, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The Tunisian migrant who killed three people at a French church last month had a picture on his phone of the man who beheaded a teacher two weeks earlier, anti-terror prosecutors said Friday. In addition to the photograph of 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov […]

Five years after Paris attacks, France still scarred and back on alert

November 13, 2020 Richard Lough and Tangi Salaun

(Reuters) Five years after Islamist killers struck in postwar France’s deadliest attack, its prime minister on Friday paid tribute to the victims, with the country again on high alert following a new wave of ideologically driven violence. The Nov. 13, 2015, rampage […]

European imam school ‘not feasible,’ says Paris mosque rector Chems-Eddine Hafiz said Charles Michel’s proposal was a ‘noble idea’ but not viable.

November 13, 2020 Pierre-Paul Bermingham

(Politico) The rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris has described European Council President Charles Michel’s proposal to create a European imam training institute as “not feasible.” Visiting Austria earlier this week after the terror attack in Vienna, Michel suggested establishing an […]

Spain searches for answer to migrants eyeing Canary Islands

November 13, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) Spain’s government is stepping up its response to a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Atlantic from Africa to the Canary Islands, though there was little new in the measures announced Friday. More than 16,000 migrants have arrived in […]

Austria investigating 21 possible accomplices of Vienna attacker

November 13, 2020 Francois Murphy

(Reuters) Austria is investigating 21 people as possible accomplices of the jihadist who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Vienna last week, but much remains unknown, including how he got to the area of the attack, officials said on Friday. The […]

Seeking asylum in Greece — an interminable waiting game

November 12, 2020 Marina Rafenberg

(AFP) It can be months or even years before the thousands of migrants waiting in camps on Greek islands or on the mainland finally receive the prize they crave: asylum. Omar Singh, a young man from Burkina Faso, arrived on the island […]

Spanish military sets up camp for migrants stranded at Canary Islands’ harbour

November 12, 2020 Borja Suarez

(Reuters) The Spanish military has set up a camp for migrants stranded at a harbour on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria after a wave of arrivals overwhelmed local authorities’ capacity to house them. The camp, consisting of 23 tents with capacity […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Covid delays new terror law plan

November 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Plans to introduce a new law to improve safety and security at public venues and spaces has been delayed due to Covid-19, an inquiry has heard. The proposed legislation was drawn up following terrorist attacks in 2017 including the Manchester Arena […]

Molenbeek forbids arrival of Danish ‘Koran burning’ politician

November 12, 2020 Maïthé Chini

(Brussels Times) The Brussels municipality of Molenbeek forbids the arrival of the Danish anti-Islam politician Rasmus Paludan, who had announced he would come to the commune for a Koran-burning protest. In August, a public burning of the Koran in an immigration neighbourhood […]

Home Office ‘missed chance to stop rise in migrant boats’

November 11, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The Home Office failed to stop a rise in migrant boats crossing the English Channel before it was too late, an independent inspector has said. Decisive action in late 2018 could have prevented crossings becoming “established,” David Bolt, the independent chief […]

German woman charged over crimes against humanity in Syria

November 11, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) German federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they had charged a German woman with crimes against humanity allegedly committed while she was living in Syria as a member of the Islamic State jihadist group. The suspect, identified only as Nurten J. and […]

Austria proposes indefinite detention for those posing terrorist threat

November 11, 2020 Francois Murphy

(Reuters) Austria plans to make it possible for courts to imprison those convicted of terrorism-related offences for as long as they are deemed a threat, the government said on Wednesday. The move follows a shooting rampage in Vienna last week in which […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Concerns’ over terror risk assessments

November 11, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The head of security at Manchester Arena on the night of a terror attack there had raised concerns four months earlier that risk assessments for the venue were not “extensive enough,” an inquiry heard. Tom Rigby, who works for Showsec, also […]

France on edge five years after Paris attacks

November 11, 2020 Tiphaine Le Liboux and Alexandre Hielard

(AFP) Five years after a squad of jihadist killers carried out France’s deadliest peacetime atrocity, the country is again on its highest security alert following a spate of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. The night of carnage on November 13, 2015, saw […]

Reading park attack: Khairi Saadallah pleads guilty to three murders (LINK ONLY)

November 11, 2020 EoI News

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Canary Islands hotels ask Spain, EU to act on migrant crisis

November 11, 2020 Joan Faus

(Reuters) Canary Islands hoteliers called for action to tackle a resurgent migrant crisis by the Spanish government and the European Union, saying on Wednesday that they could not allocate more rooms to house people who arrive on rickety boats. More than 15,400 […]

Nearly 160 migrants attempt to cross Channel to UK

November 10, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Six boats carrying 159 people have been found by UK authorities as migrants continue to try to cross the English Channel. The Home Office released Tuesday’s figures and said authorities in France prevented about 30 people making the journey on the […]

Eight to stand trial over 2016 terror attack in Nice

November 10, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Seven men and a woman will stand trial in France for alleged links to the perpetrator of the 2016 attack in Nice that killed 86 people when he rammed a truck into Bastille Day revellers. The three main suspects, Mohamed Ghraieb, […]

EU to tighten rules on online extremism after latest attacks

November 10, 2020 John Chalmers and Gabriela Baczynska

(Reuters) The EU plans to tighten its rules to combat online extremism, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting this week between ministers under pressure to beef up security following deadly attacks in France and […]

Macron stirs controversy with defence of French secularism

November 10, 2020 Clare Byrne

(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron has stirred controversy even beyond the Muslim world with a staunch defence of the French model for secularism and integration of minorities in the wake of a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. The approach of Macron […]

Wave of migrant arrivals leaves 2,000 stranded at Gran Canaria dockside camp

November 10, 2020 Borja Suarez

(Reuters) More than 2,000 African migrants were stranded in a dockside camp on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Tuesday after a wave of arrivals overwhelmed local authorities’ capacity to house them. “It’s a disaster. There’s a huge spike in arrivals […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s hiding spot ‘not patrolled’

November 10, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Staff were not expected to check an area at Manchester Arena where Salman Abedi hid for nearly an hour before the venue bombing, a security boss said. Venue operator SMG and security provider Showsec had opposing views on whose responsibility it […]

France, Germany push for tighter EU borders after attacks

November 10, 2020 Thomas Escritt and Matthieu Protard

(Reuters) France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what French President Emmanuel Macron called the “threat of terrorism” after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris, Nice and Vienna within a month. The attacks […]

Trio on trial for aiding 2017 Barcelona attackers

November 10, 2020 Alvaro Villalobos and Daniel Silva

(AFP) Three men went on trial Tuesday for helping the jihadists behind the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16 people and left 140 wounded. The Islamic State group took responsibility for the August 17-18 bloodshed, including a […]

Germany’s imams seen as key in combating radicalization Imam training is in the spotlight of this year's German Islam Conference. In light of recent terror attacks, Germany's interior minister said a new training program for German-speaking imams was 'money well-spent.'

November 10, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Deutsche Welle) The latest spate of terror attacks in France and Austria will not hamper the cooperation between the government and Germany’s Muslim community, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Tuesday. “We won’t let terrorism and extremism derail us,” Seehofer said at […]

Migrants brought to UK as six boats intercepted

November 9, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Eighty migrants in six boats have been intercepted by Border Force officials in the English Channel. The Home Office has confirmed that Border Force dealt with a series of incidents on Monday. Meanwhile, French authorities prevented about 50 people making the […]

Peterborough mosque wants daily calls to prayer played through loudspeaker (LINK ONLY)

November 9, 2020 EoI News

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Greece and France boost terror intelligence sharing

November 9, 2020 Yiannis Souliotis

(Kathimerini) Prompted by the recent attacks in Paris and Nice, Greece and France have agreed to boost intelligence sharing on known or suspected terrorists, Kathimerini understands. According to sources, the two sides will build a task force to monitor suspected extremists from […]

Austria police raid dozens of ‘Islamist-linked’ targets

November 9, 2020 Jastinder Khera

(AFP) Austrian police on Monday raided more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists and seized millions of euros in cash, with orders for 30 suspects to be questioned. The operation came a week after a convicted Islamic State group supporter […]

EU’s Michel wants school for imams to combat terrorism and radicalization European Council president says Europe must fight extremist ideologies.

November 9, 2020 Hans von der Burchard and Rym Momtaz

(Politico) European Council President Charles Michel on Monday called for the creation of a European institute to train imams as a way to curb hate speech and prevent terrorism. Speaking in Vienna, where he paid tribute to the victims of last week’s […]

Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Stakes too high’ to delay ‘Martyn’s Law’

November 9, 2020 Unlisted Author

(BBC) The mother of a Manchester Arena bomb victim has urged the government to move forward with its promised consultation on “Martyn’s Law.” Figen Murray, whose son Martyn Hett died in the attack, wants to bring in legislation to step up security […]

Boy in beheading plot among 100 terrorists up for release (LINK ONLY)

November 8, 2020 EoI News

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Over 1,600 migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands, 1 dies

November 8, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) More than 1,600 migrants have either been rescued at sea or reached Spain’s Canary Islands in small boats over the weekend, emergency services for the archipelago said Sunday. The body of one person who had died during the perilous journey was […]

French moderate imam requests extra police protection amid death threats over support for Macron (LINK ONLY)

November 8, 2020 EoI News

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French minister seeks to ease tensions over cartoons in Cairo visit

November 8, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Egypt Sunday where he sought to ease tensions with the Arab world, after the furore surrounding the republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Le Drian met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Foreign […]

Two men arrested in Switzerland visited Vienna attacker in July: paper

November 8, 2020 Silke Koltrowitz

(Reuters) The two men arrested in the Swiss town of Winterthur near Zurich last week over possible links to a jihadist shooting attack in Vienna on Nov. 2 visited the attacker in July and he may have visited the Zurich region, Swiss […]

Attorney general takes charge of investigation into Swiss ties to Vienna attack

November 8, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Next week the federal prosecutor’s office will assume responsibility for criminal proceedings of two men arrested in Switzerland over alleged ties to the Vienna terrorist attacker. The transfer of the case from Canton Zurich to the federal level was confirmed […]

Austria’s Muslims wary of backlash after attack

November 7, 2020 Denise Hruby

(AFP) When Osama Abu El Hosna found himself under a hail of bullets during the shooting rampage in Vienna, he heroically risked his life to save a policeman at the scene. But while Hosna has been lauded for his courage, other Muslims […]

Two more teens arrested in case of teacher threatened over Islamic terror cartoon

November 7, 2020 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Police in Rotterdam arrested two more suspects on Saturday as part of the investigation into threats made against a schoolteacher at the Emmauscollege. The apprehended suspects include an 18-year-old man from The Hague and a 17-year-old boy from Amsterdam. They were suspected […]

French police quiz child apologists of teacher’s beheading

November 7, 2020 John Leicester

(AP) Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam’s prophet, the government reported as the prime minister warned Saturday that Islamic extremists […]