Military
Isis bride Smith posed with guns before heading to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Immigration
Man crying ‘Allahu Akbar’ tries to run into Berlin synagogue with knife Police subdue, arrest 23-year-old, apparently a Syrian refugee, who also shouted ‘Fuck Israel’ in Friday incident; German media says probe ongoing but suspect released from custody
(Times of Israel) A man armed with a knife attempted to run into a synagogue in central Berlin Friday evening, German media reported Saturday. The man, apparently a Syrian refugee, was tackled by security personnel at the entrance to the Neue Synagogue. […]
Law Enforcement
Paris police attacker had ‘radical vision of Islam’
(AFP) A staffer at Paris police headquarters who stabbed four colleagues to death seems to have adhered to “a radical vision of Islam,” anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said Saturday. The assailant, a 45-year-old computer expert, had been in contact with members of […]
Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Hebdo boss blasts leftist ‘collaborators’ in new book on 2015 terror attack
(Breitbart) The head of Charlie Hebdo has blasted leftists and others in a new book about the 2015 radical Islamic terror attack on the satirical French magazine’s office. Laurent Sourisseau, more commonly known in France as Riss, tells the story of the terror […]
Children & Teens
Nursery forced to return government counter-extremism funding following backlash (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
French prosecutor finds signs of radicalization in Paris knife attacker
(Reuters) France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor said on Saturday an investigation had detected signs of “latent radicalization” in an attacker who knifed four co-workers to death at police headquarters in Paris this week. The assailant, an IT worker at the headquarters, went on a […]
Clerics & Preachers
Flanders seeks to create own security agency to oversee mosques
(Brussels Times) Flanders wants to create an institution equivalent to Belgium’s intelligence and state security agency in order to oversee mosques established in its territory. Overseeing officially recognised mosques is a competency of Belgium’s State Security Service (VSSE in Dutch), managed by […]
Government & Politics
Greece: EU members refusing refugees should be sanctioned
(AP) Greece said Friday it will call on the European Union to impose sanctions on member states that refuse to accept refugees, as senior European officials visited Ankara and Athens to try and stem a surge in migrant arrivals overwhelming Greek islands. […]
Government & Politics
Greece says Turkey can and must control migrant flows to Europe
(Reuters) Greece’s prime minister accused Turkey on Friday of appearing to “exploit” Europe’s migrant crisis for its own ends and said Ankara could and should control migrant flows to the continent. Greece, the route into the European Union for nearly a million […]
History
Sikh peer leaves BBC Radio 4 show with swipe at ‘thought police’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Probe into police HQ knife rampage handed to French anti-terrorist prosecutor
(AFP) French detectives on Friday referred the investigation into a knife rampage by a staffer at Paris police headquarters that left four colleagues dead to anti-terrorist prosecutors, sources said. Three police officers and an administrative worker — three men and a woman […]
Children & Teens
Forced marriage and FGM to be a social work focus in Aberdeen (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Finns Party MP stands trial for ethnic agitation Sebastian Tynkkynen is in court for a second time on charges of agitation against an ethnic group via social media posts.
(Yle) The trial of Finns Party MP Sebastian Tynkkynen began on Thursday in the Oulu District Court. A lawmaker from the northwest municipality where the proceedings are being held, Tynkkynen is suspected of agitation against an ethnic group in a 2016 Facebook […]
Government & Politics
EU commissioner says ‘urgent need’ to prevent migrant departures from Turkey
(AFP) EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Thursday there was an “urgent need” to stop illegal departures from Turkey as Greece struggles to cope with a sharp increase in the refugee arrivals. “Irregular arrivals to Greece increased over the past weeks and […]
Children & Teens
Woman fled female genital mutilation ‘cutter’ role after Birmingham intervention (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Muslim woman, 38, in niqab filmed screaming ‘shame on you’ at gay marchers during Pride event admits hurling abuse to cause distress (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Technician kills four in Paris police HQ knife attack
(AFP) A longstanding IT staffer for the Paris police headquarters stabbed to death four colleagues at the building in the heart of the French capital on a knife-wielding rampage Thursday before he was shot dead, officials said. A fifth person was critically […]
Children & Teens
Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision
(Local) The leader of Sweden’s Centre Party has said she “regrets” a party vote to work for a ban on non-medical circumcision, after Jewish and Muslim groups criticized the decision. What happened? Sweden’s Centre Party voted in favour of banning circumcision (omskärelse) […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
France investigates Eric Zammour for hate speech, Islamophobia The French prime minister has denounced the writer and journalist’s racist remarks.
(Morocco World News) The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into Eric Zemmour’s remarks at the “Convention of the Right” on Saturday, September 28. Zemmour’s speech attacking immigrants, whom he qualified as “colonizers,” and “Islamization in the streets” has led to the opening […]
Christians
Palestinian Islamist convicted of attempted murder of German officials Asylum seeker sought bloody revenge against Christians, Germans
(Jerusalem Post) A German court in the southern city of Augsburg on Wednesday sentenced a radical Islamist Palestinian asylum seeker to a 10-year prison term for attempting to murder judges and prosecutors. Haidar A., the extremist Palestinian, had previously been sentenced in […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Turks in Europe face systemic racism: Turkish FM Cavusoglu voices concern over growing racism, discriminatory policies against Turks, Muslims in Western Europe
(Anadolu) Turkish migrants increasingly face discriminatory policies and systemic racism in Western Europe, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. “We are worried over growing discrimination faced by Turkish communities in Western Europe,” Cavusoglu said during a meeting in the western German […]
Academics & Education
New Flemish government to ban headscarves in schools, causing unrest in Ghent
(Brussels Times) The new Flemish coalition agreement that was presented on Tuesday called for ideological neutrality in schools, banning headscarves and other religious symbols. “In education, we warrant neutrality. In provincial and community education, we ensure the philosophical neutrality for teachers and […]
News: Europe
Five jihadists in Irish prisons, says study (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Swiss court confirms detention of juvenile terror suspect
(Swiss Info) The Federal Court has confirmed a one-month custodial sentence handed down to a 17-year-old boy charged with violating Swiss terror and gun laws. At the end of June, the Geneva prosecutor for minors initiated a criminal probe against the 17-year-old […]
Christians
‘Unacceptable’ row over pork-free tortellini — diocese Normal welcome for guests, says Bologna church
(ANSA) The diocese of Bologna, which has ordered Muslim-friendly pork-free tortellini for Friday’s feast of patron saint Petronius, on Tuesday said the row over the case was “unacceptable.” The diocese has replaced pork, which Muslims do not eat for religious reasons, with […]
Crime
Helpline launched for forced marriage and ‘honour-based abuse’ victims in West Midlands (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Swiss military to launch major counter-terrorism exercise in and around Geneva
(Local) If you are in or around Geneva this week, you will likely spot soldiers and armoured cars on the streets or near the Cointrin airport. Here’s why. While the presence of nearly 1,500 soldiers, dozens of police officers, as well as […]
News: Europe
One of first British men to join so-called Islamic State traced to prison in northern Syria by ITV News
(ITV) One of the first British men to join so-called Islamic State has been traced to a prison in northern Syria by ITV News, where he said he misses his mother, his old life in Cardiff, and wants to return home. Aseel […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory event on challenging Islamophobia ‘actually promoted it’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Amina Ali: I’m a FGM victim, says candidate to be Labour MP (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greece wants to return 10,000 migrants to Turkey after deadly camp fire
(AFP) Greece said Monday it wanted to start sending back thousands of migrants to Turkey, a day after a deadly fire sparked riots at an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos. The decision, taken at an emergency cabinet meeting, came as […]
Demonstrations
Migrants in Greece set fires at camp; at least 1 killed
(AP) Migrants protesting at an overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos set fires and clashed with police Sunday, killing at least one person, authorities said. A burned body was brought to a local hospital and there is information about an […]
Crime
France expands rape investigation against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan
(AFP) The French authorities have expanded an investigation against Tariq Ramadan, a leading Islamic scholar already charged in France with raping two women, to include evidence from two more alleged victims, judicial sources said Sunday. Ramadan, a Swiss national, 57, has already […]
Government & Politics
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum told to forget ever returning home to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Revealed: Cabinet at war over Boris Johnson’s plans to send the SAS into Syria to bring 30 Isis children back to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Notorious extremist preached jihad on a UK-based Islamic TV channel on Sky and Virgin (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
‘I want to redeem myself,’ says jihadi bride. ‘Take me home’ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
‘I’m innocent’: Tariq Ramadan on rape allegations The prominent professor of contemporary Islamic studies discusses the ongoing sexual assault accusations against him.
(Al-Jazeera) Tariq Ramadan is recognised by many as the most prominent Islamic studies academic in the Western world. But at the height of the #MeToo movement in 2017, Ramadan was forced to take leave from his post as Oxford University’s professor of […]
News: Europe
Survey: Nearly half of Austrians want Muslims’ rights restricted
(Novinite) Nearly half of Austrians are of the opinion that Muslims should not have the same rights as them, according to a study released yesterday by the University of Salzburg, a few days before the parliamentary elections. 45 percent of those surveyed […]
Arts & Entertainment
UK rapper Krept defends use of Arabic phrase in D-Block Europe song after furious online backlash (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Brit ISIS fighter ‘Hungry Hamza’ reveals he feels no guilt for group’s bloody reign of terror and claims he improved people’s lives (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Surge in migration throws Greek islands back into crisis
(AP) There’s no room left at Europe’s largest refugee camp. New arrivals on the Greek island of Lesbos have to fend for themselves outside its barbed wire perimeter — in a maze of tents, each sprayed with a number in black paint. […]
Children & Teens
Asylum seeker’s daughter faces deportation from Britain despite FGM risk
(Reuters) A British court said on Wednesday it had no power to stop the deportation of a 10-year-old girl at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) after authorities rejected her mother’s asylum application. The girl’s mother, who travelled to Britain from Bahrain […]
Clothing
Politicians prefer moderate alternative to outright ‘burka ban’
(Swiss Info) Swiss parliamentarians have rejected a right-wing call for an outright ban on the wearing of face coverings, such as burkas, in public. The text rejected on Thursday by the Senate is a people’s initiative aiming to completely ban face coverings — […]
News: Europe
Cherie Blair denies smuggling Isis bride into UK but ‘she should be let back’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
No fines for niqab wearers but Muslim women report more verbal attacks
(Dutch News) In the two months since the burqa ban was introduced in the Netherlands, no-one has been fined but there has been an increase in aggression targeting Muslim women, broadcaster RTL said on Thursday. So far, public transport workers have made […]
Clothing
German woman boxer’s fight to wear headscarf in the ring
(AFP) Berlin boxer Zeina Nassar’s fighting spirit has won her plenty of titles, but her battle to wear the hijab in the ring has also made her an equal opportunity champion. Today, the 21-year-old, who discovered female boxing by watching online videos […]
Burkini
More Finnish swimming pools offering women-only hours A number of swimming pools in Finland are introducing shifts or courses geared towards immigrants, especially women.
(Yle) Several public as well as private swimming pools in Finland are taking measures to encourage immigrants, particularly women, to learn how to swim. The Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation, an organisation dedicated to improving swimming skills and reducing drowning deaths […]
News: Europe
‘I’ve lost my babies. I’ve lost my friends. I just want to come home’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
French minister questions pro-hijab campaign by parent group
(Radio France) France’s education minister has expressed concern over a campaign poster by a parents’ association showing a mother wearing a Muslim headscarf while accompanying her child on a school trip. Jean-Michel Blanquer called the campaign an “error” and questioned the association’s purported […]