(Sky News) Three Iranian nationals charged with spying offences have appeared in court. Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, charged with offences under the National Security Act. They […]
(DPA) Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said migration is a significant factor behind the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany, calling it a “terrible challenge” for the country. “We have a sort of imported anti-Semitism with the big numbers of migrants we have within […]
(BBC) A man has been charged with terrorism offences, as well as arson attacks on two leisure venues and a bomb hoax. Ilyas Akhtar is accused of one count of preparing terrorist acts and one of possessing information that could be used […]
(NL Times) A Leiden man being held in police custody was accused of being an Islamic State (IS) supporter based on commentary broadcast on social media app Clubhouse, and his alleged participation in groups praising the terrorist organization. The 28-year-old was arrested […]
(LBC) Reform UK’s chairman Zia Yusuf has resigned after just 11 months. He said: “I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and [hereby] resign the office.” It comes as Yusuf said […]
(ITV) Reform UK is being rocked by more infighting after the chairman said MP Sarah Pochin’s first question at PMQs was “dumb” because it did not align with party policy. Parliament’s newest MP, who recently won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, urged […]
(Middle East Eye) A major survey has revealed that 82 percent of Britain’s Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and mayors believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handled Israel’s war on Gaza “badly.” The poll of over 220 elected Muslim representatives by the Labour […]
(Reuters) A Swedish appeals court on Thursday found one man guilty of being a member of a terrorism organisation for swearing loyalty to the Islamic State, upholding the verdict of a lower court, while the conviction[s] of three others were overturned. Sweden’s […]
(Euronews) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called on Thursday for stricter measures limiting religious symbols and rituals in education, asking for a ban on full-coverage veils worn by some Muslim women to be extended to schools and universities. The country’s overall […]
(Deutsche Welle) The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved several measures to tighten Germany’s asylum laws, including a plan to make it easier to determine “safe countries of origin” and thus to deport rejected asylum-seekers. This comes after another policy put in place […]
(GB News) Sarah Pochin’s call for the burka to be banned is an important one and deserves to be debated, Nigel Farage has said on GB News. The Reform UK leader spoke in response to his MP’s first ever Prime Minister’s Questions […]
(GB News) Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “ban the burqa” in the “interest of public safety.” Addressing the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions, the representative for Runcorn and Helsby questioned the […]
(European Conservative) Five municipalities are reportedly “under the control” of the Muslim Brotherhood in Brussels, where an official this week stressed “we must remain extremely vigilant” about Islamist infiltration. About a fortnight after the French government broke its silence on ongoing efforts […]
(AFP) A convicted Swedish jihadist went on trial in Stockholm on Wednesday accused of war crimes for his role in the 2014 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in Syria. The case is considered unique as the other jihadists […]
(GB News) Tribune magazine, the historic Labour publication where George Orwell once served as literary editor, has been acquired by Mohamed Ali Harrath, founder of the Islam Channel. The takeover sees the 1937-founded magazine, which has traditionally been a key publication for the […]
(LBC) Two people smugglers have been jailed after piloting a boat across the Channel from France to the UK, which saw a woman and child die shortly after setting off. Afghan nationals Shah Salim Sajjadi, 38, and Safiollah Mohammadi, 25, were arrested […]
(Dutch News) The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday morning after Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV, stepped out of the coalition after failing to have his own way over asylum. “No signature for our asylum plans, no changes to the main […]
(Reuters) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that a court ruling against the expulsion by border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it. People would continue to be turned away at […]
(Reuters) A German court sentenced a Syrian man to life in prison on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes it said he had committed as a leading member of a Hezbollah-backed militia during Syria’s civil war. The Higher Regional Court […]
(Dutch News) Geert Wilders has ratcheted up his threat to bring down the government over asylum, warning that his PVV party will leave the coalition unless the other parties adopt six of the 10 points in his latest plan for stricter immigration […]
(GB News) A teenage Muslim convert terrorist who plotted an attack at the Isle of Wight Festival has been moved to a “five-star” health facility. Nathan Ruth, 18, has been transferred from Feltham Young Offenders institute to an NHS mental health institute […]
(DPA) In a legal setback for the German government, a Berlin court ruled on Monday that rejecting asylum seekers at border checks within German territory — without first initiating proper asylum procedures — is unlawful. The urgent decision by the Berlin Administrative […]
(BBC) Two women have been convicted of harassing a government minister. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard that justice minister and Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones was “terrified” after being confronted by two pro-Palestine activists while campaigning. Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring found Ayeshah Behit, […]
(Sky News) A man has been found guilty of an offence after burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London, in a case that sparked debate over the freedom of expression. Hamit Coskun was accused of shouting “f*** Islam” and “Islam […]
(European Conservative) Amid a rise in militant Muslim fundamentalism, French facilities for vulnerable children appear to be deliberately targeted by Islamist recruiters, who see them as perfect candidates for radicalisation. This concern comes after reports highlighting other numerous shortcomings of the child […]
(Euronews) Messaging app Telegram is being scrutinised by the Belgian telecoms regulator to check whether the platform complies with EU rules combating terrorist content online. The Belgian Institute of Post and Telecommunications (BIPT) said in its annual report published last week that […]
(Breitbart) One in five Muslims with a “migrant background” in Germany, or over a million people, are currently susceptible to becoming radical Islamists, a study has found. Research from the Islam and Politics Research Centre at the University of Münster, conducted under theologian Mouhanad […]
(GB News) Tory MP Richard Holden has called for a ban on first-cousin marriages, warning that such unions create a “clan culture” that undermines integration and enables grooming gang cover-ups. Speaking on GB News, Holden argued that the practice traps communities and […]
(GB News) Paedophile prisoners are converting to Islam to receive protection from Islamist gangs, a new report into the state of Britain’s prisons has revealed. Giving rise to fears of Islamist radicalisation taking place in Britain’s jails, former prison governor Ian Acheson […]
(Sky News) Prison officers should be armed with lethal weapons to crack down on Islamist terrorists in jail, the shadow justice secretary has said. Highly trained teams should also be equipped with tasers, stun grenades and baton rounds to tackle dangerous criminals […]
(Euro Weekly) The National Police reported Friday that it arrested two women aged 19 and 21 in the town of Alorcón, in the province of Madrid, charged with allegedly running a terrorist academy. The official statement said the two women were placed […]
(AP) Greece will end mass legalization programs for migrants and jail those awaiting deportation under tougher policies set to take effect this summer, Migration Minister Makis Voridis said Friday. Migrants with rejected asylum claims will face a minimum of two years in […]
(GB News) Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi was granted more than £1,200 in taxpayers’ money to launch an equal rights case in jail. The sum went to his lawyers for a complaint of religious discrimination. The funding has been added to a […]
(Jerusalem Post) Israeli speakers participating in the fourth CPAC conference in the Hungarian capital, gathering leaders of patriotic and sovereigntist parties from Europe and the Americas, harshly attacked Qatar for its massive support of spreading radical Islam in the West and intentionally […]
(GB News) A “tribal instinct” is making racial and religious groups “protect their own” in grooming gangs, Kemi Badenoch has told GB News. In an exclusive interview after the Tory leader met with Bradford abuse victim Fiona Goddard, Badenoch said that Britain […]
(AP) Cyprus will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland and allow the main income earners to remain on the island nation for up to three years to work as part of a voluntary repatriation program, a […]
(Sky News) Convicting a man for burning the Koran would be “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law,” his defence team has told a court. Hamit Coskun appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after he allegedly shouted abusive slogans about Islam while […]
(GB News) A Christian woman who fled Islamic persecution to seek asylum in the UK won the legal right to remain in the country after facing “bias” from the Home Office. Maria, not her real name, a Christian from a Muslim-majority country, […]
(Reuters) Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The Mediterranean nation was on the frontline of a 2015-2016 migration crisis when […]
(Reuters) Germany’s government approved measures to restrict family reunification for migrants and delay citizenship access on Wednesday, forging ahead with a major shift in migration policy under conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The cabinet agreed to a two-year suspension of the right for […]
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday jailed a former Syrian Islamist rebel spokesman to 10 years for his role in atrocities committed in Syria’s civil war in the country’s first universal justice case. Majdi Nema, a former spokesman of the rebel group […]
(Deutsche Welle) A Syrian man who allegedly knifed three people to death at a street festival in the western city of Solingen last August entered a guilty plea as his trial began in Düsseldorf on Tuesday. Issa Al H., 27, told the […]
(BBC) Nigel Farage has defended a controversial Reform UK advert about Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Both Labour and First Minister John Swinney have described the online video — posted ahead of a Holyrood by-election — as “blatantly racist.” At a press […]
(Politico) French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday delivered a scathing critique of his predecessor and centrist ally Gabriel Attal’s proposal to ban Muslim headscarves for minors under 15. Attal, the leader of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance political party, publicly floated the […]
(Breitbart) French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to downplay the significance of the explosive report from his own government detailing the infiltration of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in France and throughout Europe, warning against the spread of so-called conspiracy theories. Last week, […]
(AP) Italian authorities said Tuesday they have transferred a group of 26 rejected migrants to Italian-run detention centers in Albania. The Italian navy ship Spica left the Italian port of Brindisi on Tuesday and docked in the Albanian port of Shengjin, about […]
(AP) A Swedish man was indicted Tuesday in connection with the killing by the Islamic State group of a Jordanian pilot whose plane went down in Syria on Christmas Eve 2014, prosecutors said. The 26-year-old Jordanian, 1st Lt. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, was taken […]
(AFP) An alleged former Syrian prison guard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity under former president Bashar al-Assad, prosecutors said Tuesday. The man, identified only as Fahad A., is accused of “acts of killing, torture and […]
(AP) An apparent shootout among rival migrant groups near an asylum camp in Bosnia has left six people wounded, including five seriously, police said on Tuesday. The shooting happened on Monday evening near the camp in the village of Blazuj, on the […]
(NL Times) In a letter to customers on Tuesday, ING apologized for years of discrimination in the bank’s anti-money laundering and terrorism financing policy. The bank says the discrimination was unintentional, but promised to ask fewer questions to customers, at least when […]
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