(BBC) Security staff were not expected to check the area where Salman Abedi waited in a CCTV blind spot before the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry heard. Showsec supervisor David Middleton said he had never been instructed to check the mezzanine area. […]
(JTA) Poland’s senate passed a law that will end its $1.8 billion kosher and halal meat export industry in 2025. Religious communities will still be able to slaughter meat without prior stunning, as is required by Jewish and Muslim law, as long […]
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(BBC) A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences. Police from the West Midlands and Metropolitan forces detained the 19-year-old man at a home in Wednesbury, Sandwell, on Tuesday. Police are searching the property, and the suspect has been taken […]
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(BBC) A man has been found guilty of trying to buy grenades and Semtex explosive from an undercover FBI agent on the dark web. Mohammed Humza, 29, of Watford, failed to turn up for his trial at the Old Bailey on Monday […]
(Radio France) French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has promised to back teachers, pupils and parents who expose breaches of the country’s law on secularism in schools, as he reported figures on infringements in the past year. Blanquer made his promise on Tuesday […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena suicide bomber made three scouting trips before detonating a device that killed 22 people, an inquiry has heard. The hearing was shown CCTV footage of the visits in the days before the attack in the City Room foyer […]
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(BBC) A security supervisor saw a suspicious man carrying a “bulging rucksack” four days before a suicide bombing, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. Ex-police officer Jonathan Lavery said he thought the man may have been carrying out “hostile reconnaissance.” He was […]
(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders sparked outrage on social media with a tweet about coronavirus patients with a non-Western background. According to Wilders, the treatments of “Henk and Ingrid” are being postponed, because ICU beds are occupied by “Mohamed and Fatima” […]
(National-UAE) Swedish female ISIS recruits could now be tried in Syria for terrorism offences after Kurdish authorities told Sweden’s Foreign Ministry that they wish to prosecute ISIS members in prison camps locally. Sweden has been calling on the European Union to introduce […]
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(CBC) “This is our separatism.” Separatism — a word that has weight in many countries, notably Canada. Here the speaker was French, in fact it was French President Emmanuel Macron. The separatism he was talking about, in a major and long-delayed speech […]
(Breitbart) A Muslim woman in the French city of Reims ransacked the liquor area of a supermarket for the second time in under a month, causing even more property damage than the first incident. The first attack took place on September 16th […]
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(Reuters) More than 1,000 migrants reached the Canary Islands in the past 48 hours, the Red Cross said on Saturday, the largest number since a 2006 crisis in the archipelago. Beefed-up security on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast is pushing traffickers and migrants south […]
(BBC) Three boats with 56 migrants on board were intercepted in the English Channel on Friday, the Home Office said. The French authorities stopped two boats with 16 people on board from leaving French waters, with another 18 people stopped from leaving […]
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(AFP) France on Friday charged a man with murder days after his expulsion from Turkey, holding him in custody over crimes alleged to have taken place in jihadist-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria. Using the pseudonym “Abou Salman al Faransi,” 26-year-old Othman […]
(Reuters) An Iranian diplomat charged in Belgium with planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group in France warned authorities of possible retaliation by unidentified groups if he is found guilty, according to a police document. Belgian prosecutors charged […]
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(BBC) A convicted terrorist was eight months into a deradicalisation programme when he tried to murder a prison guard. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, was jailed for life after he and Baz Hockton, 26, attacked Neil Trundle at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire in January. […]
(AP) Ali Hassan was only 15 when he left Pakistan to be smuggled to Europe, following the path of his older brother and many other young men from his home country dreaming of a better life. Nearly three years later, Hassan is […]
(Reuters) EU governments began talks on Thursday on a proposed overhaul of migration rules to resolve years of bitter divisions as Germany, chairing the discussions, expressed optimism a deal might be possible by December. The video-conference of EU interior ministers was the […]
(Swiss Info) An Iraqi citizen who has been living in Switzerland on and off for 22 years has been found guilty of setting up a network of terror sympathisers and inciting his wife to commit a suicide attack in Lebanon. The Federal […]
(NL Times) On Thursday, the court in Rotterdam sentenced a group of men to up to 17 years in prison for preparing a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands. The group, who came to be known as the 27 September cell, was […]
(BBC) Two serving prisoners have had their jail terms extended to life for the attempted murder of a prison officer inside a maximum-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, stabbed “kind and helpful” Neil Trundle at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, on […]
(BBC) The elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has refused to say why he is not co-operating with the public inquiry into the atrocity. The inquiry has heard that Ismail Abedi has declined to answer questions in case he incriminates […]
(BBC) A man tried to buy grenades and Semtex explosive from an undercover FBI agent on the dark web, a court has heard. Mohammed Humza, 29, of Watford, is accused of contacting the agent, who was posing as a seller on trading […]
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(Copenhagen Post) Today, the government outlined plans to crack down hard on imams who propagate Sharia law divorce documents. Now, in a stunning turn of events, Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, Afsaneh Nadipour, has been summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry to explain […]
(National-UAE) Politicians in Germany are demanding urgent answers over the government’s funding of charity Islamic Relief and its links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) is demanding an inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood’s ties in the nation. It follows […]
(Copenhagen Post) Late last month, an imam in Odense hit the front pages after being reported to the police for producing a Sharia law divorce contract dictating that a woman would lose her parental rights if she didn’t fulfill a list of […]
(Swiss Info) A referendum attempt has been launched against legislation recently approved by parliament to prevent extremist violence. Those behind the launch of the referendum on Wednesday include the youth wings of the leftwing Greens, Liberal Greens and Social Democrats, as well […]
(BBC) Two inmates have been convicted of attempting to murder a prison officer in a terror attack inside a maximum-security jail. Both were known to be dangerous and had been involved in violence in prison before. When Brusthom Ziamani and Baz Hockton […]
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(BBC) The French government plans to introduce jail terms and fines for doctors who provide controversial so-called “virginity certificates” for traditional religious marriages. It is part of draft legislation aimed at reinforcing French secular values and combating what President Emmanuel Macron calls […]
(Reuters) Italy has softened rules penalising aid groups that bring illegal migrants ashore and extended protection for refugees who risk persecution at home, drawing the fire of former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini who set the tough measures. Rescue boats which violate official […]
(National-UAE) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has recruited a barred teacher who showed support for the Charlie Hebdo massacre to work in his new school. Mr Ramadan is launching a centre in France to teach ethics and feminism this month, despite being suspended […]
(Anadolu) The French president’s recent claims about Islam amount to a dangerous provocation, Turkey’s president said on Tuesday. “[Emmanuel] Macron’s statement on ‘Islam is in crisis’ in a city where Muslims are the majority go beyond disrespect and are a clear provocation,” […]
(AP) Cyprus and Lebanon on Tuesday reaffirmed an agreement for Lebanese authorities to take back migrants aboard boats trying to reach Cypriot shores. Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Lebanese and Cypriot police and naval forces will intercept migrant boats departing from […]
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(AP) Five men have been arrested in North Macedonia, accused of running a smuggling ring that brought migrants from neighboring Greece. The five Macedonian nationals, including two brothers, are accused of smuggling at least 100 migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and elsewhere […]
(Anadolu) Turkish police arrested 24 Iraqis and a Finnish national in the capital Ankara with suspected links to the Daesh/ISIS terror group, security sources said on Monday. The suspects were arrested in simultaneous anti-terror operations at dawn after teams of Turkish police […]
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(BBC) Four risk assessments carried out prior to [the] Manchester Arena attack “failed to adequately assess” the terror threat at the venue, an inquiry has heard. Security expert Colonel Richard Latham said the risk of a suicide bombing at a venue like […]
(Deutsche Welle) The number of refugees living in Germany has fallen for the first time in nine years, according to the Interior Ministry. In the first half of 2020, the total number of refugees decreased from about 1.83 million at the end […]
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