Legal
Trial of Lisa Smith accused of Islamic State membership is set for 2022 (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Crime
Greek government accuses migrants of ‘burning’ Moria camp
(AFP) Greece on Monday accused migrants of deliberately burning their overcrowded camp last week on Lesbos island, where hundreds reluctantly moved to a new temporary site with “no showers or mattresses.” Families, children, young men and pregnant women have been left wandering […]
Health & Medicine
Call to ban virginity certificates for Muslim women in France
(Euro Weekly) Virginity certificates are now quite rare in France, but there are still petitions and doctors who lend themselves to it, despite the fact that professional associations have strictly opposed it for years. Those who require these virginity certificates are usually […]
Government & Politics
The Lib Dems have suspended a prospective London mayoral candidate over previous antisemitic comments
(Politics Home) The Liberal Democrats have suspended one of their prospective London mayoral candidates after it was revealed she had made a series of antisemitic comments during the 1997 election campaign. A party spokesperson said Ms Sidhu-Robb would not appear on the […]
Government & Politics
A Lib Dem prospective mayoral candidate was filmed urging voters not to vote for a Jewish candidate During a failed election bid
(Politics Home) The Lib Dems have shortlisted a candidate who was seen launching an antisemitic campaign against her election rival during an unsuccessful effort to become an MP. PoliticsHome has seen footage of Geeta Sidhu-Robb using a megaphone to urge Muslim voters […]
Christians
Christian Council of Sweden condemns Quran burning Council terms acts by Danish far-right group 'barbaric'
(Anadolu) The Christian Council of Sweden on Sunday condemned the burning of the holy Quran in Sweden in recent weeks. Ten prominent Christian reverends of the Scandinavian country, including the Archbishop of the Swedish Protestant Church Antje Jackele, released a statement against […]
Government & Politics
Greece sees end to Lesbos migrant crisis within a week
(AFP) Greece said Sunday it hoped thousands of asylum seekers left homeless by fires at Europe’s largest migrant camp could be rehoused within a week to end a crisis that has seen protesters clash with police. Asylum-seekers — including the elderly and […]
Government & Politics
UN experts criticise Switzerland over anti-terrorism law
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government’s draft anti-terrorism law, which is being discussed in parliament, violates international human rights standards, and would set a dangerous precedent for the suppression of political dissent worldwide, UN human rights experts have warned. On Friday, Swiss United […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Islamists are ‘calling critics Islamophobic,’ counter-extremism expert warns (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Fifth of white non-Muslims believe that British culture is ‘under threat from invasion,’ poll shows (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Europe should take more minors from Moria migrant camp: Germany’s Scholz
(Reuters) Plans by European countries to take some 400 unaccompanied children from the burned-down Moria refugee camp in Greece should mark just the beginning of their efforts, German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday. Fires destroyed Greece’s biggest refugee camp on […]
Government & Politics
Austria’s Kurz reiterates opposition to taking in asylum seekers from Moria
(Reuters) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Saturday reiterated his opposition to taking in asylum seekers from the destroyed Moria refugee camp in Greece, prompting criticism from his government coalition partner the Greens and from the opposition. The fires at Europe’s largest refugee […]
Demonstrations
Teargas fired during migrant protests on Greek island of Lesbos
(AFP) Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum-seekers on the island of Lesbos Saturday, as thousands demanded help after being left homeless by fires that destroyed Europe’s largest migrant camp. Asylum-seekers — including the elderly and very young children — […]
Children & Teens
Danish PM opposes bill banning circumcision, citing ‘promise made’ to country’s Jews
(JTA) Denmark’s prime minister opposes a bill seeking to ban the nonmedical circumcision of boys, saying “Danish Jews must continue to be part of Denmark.” Mette Frederiksen of the ruling Social Democrat party made the statement during an interview Thursday on TV2 […]
Immigration
Coastguard dealing with ‘multiple’ migrant boats off Kent coast
(BBC) The coastguard says it is dealing with “multiple” small boats with migrants on board off the Kent coast. Dozens of people wrapped in blankets and wearing lifejackets have been seen being brought into the port of Dover as migrants take advantage […]
Arts & Entertainment
Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo for republishing Mohammed cartoons: SITE
(AFP) Al-Qaeda has threatened French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo with a repeat of a 2015 massacre of its staff, after it republished controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the SITE observatory said on Friday. Al-Qaeda in its publication One Ummah had warned […]
Government & Politics
Mother of Isil Beatle agrees her [son’s] actions were ‘barbaric’ as she launches High Court action (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greece wants joint EU management of new Lesbos camp
(AFP) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday demanded more “active” participation from the EU in housing thousands of migrants on the island of Lesbos, as he said Athens will rebuild a notoriously overcrowded camp destroyed by fire. “A new facility will […]
Arts & Entertainment
Jyllands-Posten rejects Charlie Hebdo’s request to reprint controversial Mohammed caricatures
(Copenhagen Post) Aarhus-based media outlet Jyllands-Posten on Wednesday rejected French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s request to reprint the controversial Mohammed cartoons. Following the rejection, Charlie Hebdo, whose offices in Paris were attacked in 2015, reprinted the caricatures individually. The move came after the […]
Legal
‘Emir of Winterthur’ convicted in Swiss jihadist trial
(Reuters) A man dubbed the “Emir of Winterthur” by Swiss media, described by prosecutors as a leading figure among Islamist militants in Switzerland, was sentenced to 50 months in prison on Friday for supporting and recruiting for Islamic State. Prosecutors said the […]
Animals
Flanders will fight to maintain ritual slaughter ban
(Brussels Times) The Flemish minister for animal welfare, Ben Weyts (N-VA), said he is “fundamentally in disagreement” with the opinion handed down yesterday by the advocate-general of the European Court of Justice, declaring a Flemish ban on ritual slaughter illegal. Flanders has […]
Koran
Sweden: Far-right activists burn copy of Quran, plan more stunts Racist demos in Stockholm being led by head of Denmark's Stram Kurs group, who has been banned from entering Sweden.
(Al-Jazeera) Members of a Danish far-right group burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden, only days after a similar incident in the southern city of Malmo. A video posted by the leader of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) group showed a […]
Interfaith
Sought-after Norway suspect in 1982 Paris attack jailed
(AP) A man arrested in southern Norway suspected of involvement in a deadly terror attack in Paris 38 years ago was on Thursday remanded in custody for four weeks while the extradition is considered, a Norwegian newspaper reported. The Oslo District Court […]
Health & Medicine
For Greek camp migrants, COVID-19 quarantine was spark
(Reuters) For asylum-seekers trapped in the overcrowded facility on Greece’s island of Lesbos, Moria was hell most days. But a coronavirus quarantine was the final straw. It was just before midnight on Tuesday when eight migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 were […]
Children & Teens
Moria migrants: Germany, France will take in 400 children from Greece’s refugee camp Berlin and Paris said they plan to move 400 minors from the Greek migrant camp destroyed in a blaze. Angela Merkel said she hoped other EU nations would assume a 'shared responsibility' and accept some of the minors.
(Deutsche Welle) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to a deal that would allow 400 unaccompanied minors from the Greek migrant camp to move to other parts of the European Union, Merkel confirmed on Thursday. Merkel, whose country […]
Animals
European magistrate backs ritual slaughter for halal and kosher meat Muslim and Jewish leaders argue their religions require animals to be fully healthy and conscious when they are slaughtered.
(Courthouse News) In a legal test case pitting animal rights advocates and far-right politicians against Muslim and Jewish religious leaders seeking to protect halal and kosher meats, a magistrate for Europe’s highest court on Thursday said bans on the ritual slaughtering of […]
Interfaith
Norway arrests suspect linked to 1982 Paris attack
(AFP) Norwegian anti-terror police on Wednesday arrested a suspect linked to a 1982 attack in a Jewish neighbourhood in Paris that left six people dead and 22 injured, police said. The man was detained in the town of Skien southwest of the […]
Crime
French courts jail Muslim and white supremacist in separate anti-Semitic incidents
(JTA) In two separate court cases in France, a Muslim man and a white supremacist were given prison sentences in connection with anti-Semitic behavior. The Muslim, a 21-year-old identified only as Mohammed, received one year in prison for participating in an armed […]
Government & Politics
Germany calls for ‘urgent’ EU migrant reform after Lesbos disaster
(AFP) Germany on Wednesday pushed for urgent reform of the EU’s migration policies, with its minister for Europe telling AFP it was all the more crucial to act quickly after a fire laid waste to the biggest refugee camp in Greece. “We […]
News: Europe
Friend of Manchester Arena bomber refuses to work with inquiry (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Charlie Hebdo survivor: Gunmen said ‘Allahu akbar,’ then shot me
(Reuters) A survivor of the 2015 attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo told a French court on Wednesday how the gunmen said “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest”), then shot him with their Kalashnikov rifles. Simon Fieschi was the first employee the two […]
Health & Medicine
Greece’s main migrant camp gutted after huge blaze
(AFP) Greece’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was gutted by a huge fire early Wednesday, leaving over 12,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless, with reports that the blaze was started by migrants revolting against coronavirus isolation rules. Firemen said the […]
Arts & Entertainment
‘Nothing to regret’ over Mohammed cartoons: Charlie Hebdo chief
(AFP) The current director of France’s Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly, the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in January 2015, on Wednesday said the magazine had “nothing to regret” for publishing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that angered Muslims around the […]
Demonstrations
Hundreds of migrants call for freedom at camp on Gran Canaria
(Reuters) A group of migrants being held at a dockside camp on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria chanted “freedom” on Tuesday as they tried to force open a police fence and the coast guard brought in more people rescued from boats […]
Animals
Polish parliament expected to debate bill on ending export of kosher and halal meat
(JTA) Poland’s ruling party said Tuesday that it will introduce a bill to make kosher and halal meat permissible for Poles but not for export. “This is an act that will be supported by all good people in Poland. I am convinced […]
Health & Medicine
Greece finds 35 COVID-19 cases in Moria migrant camp
(Reuters) Coronavirus infections in Greece’s overcrowded migrant camp Moria on the island of Lesbos nearly doubled since Monday to 35 confirmed cases, the migration ministry said on Tuesday. The facility was placed under quarantine last week after authorities confirmed that a 40-year-old […]
Law Enforcement
‘Significant flaws’ by police led to delays in treating Manchester Arena victims (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Survivor of Charlie Hebdo attack recalls ‘horror’ at trial
(AFP) The French cartoonist forced by the attackers of the Charlie Hebdo weekly to let them into its offices said Tuesday that she had been traumatised by feelings of guilt, as she recalled the horror of the January 2015 massacre. Corinne Rey, […]
Health & Medicine
Greece reports 17 coronavirus cases in Moria migrant camp
(Reuters) Greece has registered at least 17 cases of coronavirus in the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos so far, a migration ministry official said on Monday. Last week, the facility was placed under quarantine after authorities confirmed […]
Children & Teens
Migrant baby taken into care as 200 cross Channel to reach Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Hebdo uncowed after attacks — but now with bodyguards
(Reuters) More than five years after Islamist militants killed 12 of their colleagues, staff at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo say they re-published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad to tell the world they are “still standing” — albeit with a security detail. […]
News: Europe
Manchester bomber was seen ‘praying’ at venue before attack (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Terror attack investigation opens
(BBC) The public inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack has begun. The hearing comes more than three years after Salman Abedi set off a bomb as people left a concert on 22 May 2017, killing himself and 22 others. It was […]
Legal
‘Killing machines’: Charlie Hebdo trial revisits 2015 attack
(AFP) A Paris court on Monday sat through a viewing of graphic images of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo newsroom attack scene, prompting horrified members of the audience to leave the room in tears. More than five years after the massacre at the […]
Children & Teens
Danish parliament to debate bill that would ban non-medical circumcision
(JTA) The Danish parliament is scheduled to consider a bill proposing a ban on non-medical circumcisions. Henri Goldstein, the president of the Jewish Community in Denmark, says the measure represents “the worst threat since World War II” to the country’s Jews, who […]
News: Europe
British female Isil suspects escaping from Syrian detention camps (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Cyprus worried as 4 migrant boats reach island in 48 hours
(AP) Cypriot authorities are alarmed over the arrival of four boats carrying Syrian and Lebanese migrants in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation’s coastline within a 48-hour span. Cyprus police said Sunday that four vessels appeared off Cyprus’ eastern and southern […]
Demonstrations
Dover immigration protesters and police clash at port
(BBC) Police and anti-immigration protesters have clashed outside the entrance to Dover harbour. At one point, several officers restrained a person on the ground and in total 10 people were arrested. It came as rival protests over migrants reaching the UK in […]
Legal
Charlie Hebdo, market attacks turned widow into fugitive
(AP) The fugitive widow of the Islamic State killer who plotted attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher market calls home to France once a year to catch up, her sisters testified, offering new details about one of the […]
Government & Politics
Migrants are moved from overcrowded Italian island facility
(AP) With the help of a local fishing boat, hundreds of migrants were transferred on Saturday to a ferry from a tiny Italian island to relieve severe overcrowding during the pandemic at a residence for asylum-seekers. After their transfer on Saturday, they […]