Children & Teens
Boy, 14, charged with plotting terror attack (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
EU slams Bosnia over its treatment of migrants
(AP) The European Union has threatened to reconsider helping Bosnia to provide for thousands of migrants stuck in its territory over the Balkan country’s failure to take responsibility of the already established EU-funded reception centers. The warning has been delivered … in […]
Clothing
Parliament calls on voters to reject Swiss-wide burka ban
(Swiss Info) Parliament has recommended that voters reject a popular initiative calling for a nationwide ban on face-covering headgear. Both chambers agree that it should be left to cantons to decide on the matter. On Wednesday the House of Representatives voted to […]
Immigration
Channel migrants: Border Force and RNLI intercept boats
(BBC) More than 30 migrants have been brought ashore at Dover after Border Force vessels intercepted three small boats in the Channel. The Home Office said the alerts came in the early hours between 04:50 BST and about 06:15 BST. Thirty-four men […]
Children & Teens
French teens charged over threats to girl who posted anti-Islam rant on Instagram
(AFP) Three teenagers have been charged in France after a high-school girl received death threats for an expletive-laden social media rant against Islam, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The case of 16-year-old Mila — who called Islam “a shitty religion” on an Instagram […]
Legal
Sweden: Muslim group forced to repay grants for not respecting democracy
(Breitbart) Sweden’s supreme administrative court has upheld an order for a Muslim youth group to repay government grants after it was ruled to not “respect the ideas of democracy.” The group Sveriges Unga Muslimer (SUM/Sweden’s Young Muslims) had initially been rejected for state […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sayeeda Warsi attacks new UK race inequality commission (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
France vows to halt Dijon unrest over Chechen score-settling
(AFP) The French government on Tuesday vowed to bring an end to violence in the usually placid eastern city of Dijon after it was hit by a fourth night of unrest linked to score-settling by members of the Chechen community. According to […]
Immigration
Channel migrants try to cross English Channel in fog
(BBC) Migrants have tried to cross the Channel to the UK amid thick fog over the Kent coast. Border Force teams were seen earlier with a group of people thought to have attempted the crossing, and officials were spotted towing a rowing […]
Academics & Education
Belgian universities stress that they will not ban headscarves
(Brussels Times) Over ten universities and university colleges in Belgium reaffirmed they will not impose a headscarf ban in class, despite the Constitutional Court recently ruling … that such a ban is allowed in higher education. At the start of June, the […]
Government & Politics
Failure of Brexit talks could lead to terrorism intelligence delays, say Lords (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
IS bride Shamima won’t be allowed in Bangladesh, says govt She was never a Bangladeshi citizen, Foreign Ministry reiterates
(Dhaka Tribune) British citizen Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom at the age of 15 to join the Islamic State (IS), will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. At the same time, it reiterated that […]
Children & Teens
Case over passport renewal application by Irish-born child resolved (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: Border Force intercept five boats
(BBC) Five boats carrying migrants have been intercepted by Border Force vessels in the English Channel. The Home Office said 49 men and women were brought to Dover and transferred to immigration officials. The attempted crossings started at about 06:25 BST and […]
Legal
IS fanatic incited car, bomb and meat cleaver attack in Germany, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Flanders stops cooperation with imams on radicalised prisoners
(Brussels Times) Zuhal Demir (N-VA), Flemish minister for justice and law enforcement, has called a halt to a programme set up with the region’s imams aimed at prisoners who have become radicalised while in prison. The programme — Theological Approach to Islamic […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
MPs fear rise in Islamophobia as mosques in England reopen (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings into Europe spiked in May: report The number of migrants seeking to enter the EU tripled in May compared to the previous month. It's a sign traffic along Europe's migration routes is picking up again after a lull brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Deutsche Welle) European border agency Frontex recorded a sharp increase in migrants hoping to enter the EU last month, German media reported Sunday. The spike comes after coronavirus lockdowns and widespread border closures cut the number of potential asylum-seekers able to reach […]
Health & Medicine
Alleged illegal Ramadan party blamed for hundreds of new coronavirus infections
(Breitbart) The German city of Göttingen in Lower Saxony has seen a fresh wave of hundreds of Chinese coronavirus infections, with some blaming them on an alleged illegal party to mark the end of Ramadan. At least 200 people have been infected with […]
Academics & Education
Belgium group criticizes high court’s headscarf opinion Anti-Islamophobia association says Supreme Court opinion ... contradicts human rights
(Anadolu) The Belgian Association for the Prevention of Islamophobia (CCIB) reacted early Saturday to a constitutional opinion that said wearing headscarves could be banned in colleges. CCIB Director Mustafa Chairi told Anadolu Agency a court in Brussels asked for the opinion of […]
News: Europe
Fire Brigades Union asked by public inquiry for its views on fire service response to the Manchester Arena bombing (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Tirana court decides extradition of alleged ISIS member to Germany
(Tirana Times) The District Court of Tirana decided the extradition of Takijistani national Komron Zukhurov to Germany on Friday, who is accused of being part of a terrorist cell in the country. Albanian authorities arrested a 24-year-old Tajikistani national in April, after […]
Legal
German court sentences ‘cyber jihadi’ to 5 years in prison
(AP) A court in western Germany has convicted a 39-year-old man of providing support to Islamist groups in Syria. The Duesseldorf regional court on Friday sentenced the German-Tunisian defendant, whose name wasn’t released for privacy reasons, to five years in prison. Judges […]
Legal
Amsterdam Pride target of foiled terrorist attack
(NL Times) Amsterdam Pride was one of the targets of a terrorist attack foiled when the authorities arrested six men from Arnhem in September [2018], according to an email read in the trial against the six suspects on Friday, De Gelderlander reports. […]
Citizenship
ISIS bride Shamima Begum’s bid to return to Britain has cost taxpayers over £30,000 (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Horrifying figures reveal extent of female genital mutilation victims in Yorkshire (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum’s UK citizenship should be restored, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Knife crime looms larger than virus in Greek refugee camp
(AFP) Inside Greece’s largest asylum-seeker camp on the island of Lesbos, the coronavirus is an oft-heard threat that has kept migrant facilities around the country under lockdown since March. But knife crime is the real killer. Whereas COVID-19 has yet to surface […]
Mosques
Iran’s Islamic ‘revolution has no borders,’ says Torkilmaz The US government has declared Iran's regime to be the worst state sponsor of terrorism.
(Jerusalem Post) The head of the Imam Reza Islamic Center in Berlin has declared in an interview with an Iranian state-controlled news outlet on June 3 that Tehran’s Islamic revolution has no borders. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), an independent […]
Immigration
Channel migrants: Windsurfing boards used as makeshift raft
(BBC) Four migrants have tried to cross the English Channel on a makeshift raft made from two windsurfing boards tied together, and using shovels as paddles. They were spotted in difficulty by a DFDS ferry off Calais at about 06:25 local time, […]
Legal
Six men on trial, said to have planned ‘major terrorist attack’ in NL
(Dutch News) The trial of six men said to have been planning a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands began in Rotterdam on Wednesday. The six were arrested after a major police undercover operation in September 2018 but the man police claim […]
Government & Politics
Denmark calls in Saudi envoy over terror plot
(AFP) The Saudi ambassador was summoned to the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday after terrorism charges were laid against three leaders of an Iranian Arab separatist group based in Denmark. They are suspected of having received funds from Saudi Arabia. Danish police […]
Government & Politics
Applications for asylum in EU plummet during pandemic
(Reuters) Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, European Union figures show, compounding the challenges of people fleeing conflict and persecution. The number of […]
Arts & Entertainment
Barred Peace TV preacher Zakir Naik prompts UK hate laws review Former head of British counter-terrorism will lead investigation into new law to stop hate behaviour
(National-UAE) The actions of barred Indian preacher Zakir Naik, whose Peace TV stations have been fined for hate speeches, have prompted a review into UK hate laws. Dr Naik ran two television stations, Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu, which were fined […]
Arts & Entertainment
Stolen Banksy work from door of Paris Bataclan found in Italy
(AFP) Italian police said Wednesday they had retrieved a work by famed street artist Banksy commemorating the victims of the November 2015 Paris terror attacks stolen from the Bataclan concert hall. The work was an image of a girl in mourning painted […]
Government & Politics
Extremists are operating with impunity because of flawed laws, say ex-police chief and commissioner (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Anger at attacks by released terrorists ‘must not distort lessons,’ government warned over proposed laws (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Shots fired and unrest at Rasmus Paludan demo in Aarhus
(Copenhagen Post) Police shot a knife-armed man in the leg while masked people threw stones and fired fireworks at the authorities on Friday at a demonstration led by the failed politician Rasmus Paludan in Aarhus. Paludan had intended to burn the Koran […]
Government & Politics
Border Force staff ‘will face violence’ when fingerprinting migrants
(BBC) UK Border Force officers will face violent attacks after the government told them to take the fingerprints of migrants who try to board Eurotunnel trains, a trade union has said. The Home Office order was made to staff at the terminal […]
Legal
Manchester Arena attack inquiry: Survivors take legal action
(BBC) Survivors of the Manchester Arena attack are taking legal action after losing their bid to be represented at the public inquiry into the bombing. More than 40 people who were injured in the 2017 attack are calling for the decision to […]
Government & Politics
Labour attacks ‘complacency’ over delayed Prevent review (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
‘We all make mistakes’ — First interview with controversial deputy police and crime commissioner (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
ISIS split-off a threat in Netherlands: report
(NL Times) A split-off of terrorist organization ISIS is gaining grounds in the Netherlands and may pose a real threat, NRC reports based on a report by research agency NTA. The so-called Hazimi movement is considered even more extreme than ISIS and […]
Academics & Education
British universities are advertised as exam centres for online college set up by Islamist hate preacher (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Stranded migrants grabbed knives, threatened to blow up gas cylinder — Abela 'They gave me 30 minutes or else they would kidnap the crew'
(Times of Malta) Migrants on board a government-chartered tourist boat off Malta occupied the kitchen, grabbed knives and threatened to blow up a gas cylinder and burn rubbish, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday. “They gave us half an hour to […]
Government & Politics
Migrants allowed to disembark from tourist boats amid takeover fears Government 'not willing to endanger lives of crew' after 'commotion' on board
(Times of Malta) Some 425 migrants who were being held offshore on four tourist boats were finally allowed to disembark on Saturday-Sunday night amid fears of a takeover on one of them. Some of the migrants had been held at sea for […]
Government & Politics
Dramatic increase of Hezbollah supporters in Hamburg — German intel 30 Hezbollah associations across Germany
(Jerusalem Post) The domestic intelligence agency for the city-state of Hamburg announced on Friday that there are 50 Hezbollah members in Hamburg and roughly 30 Hezbollah-affiliated associations spread across Germany. Germany authorities banned activities connected to Hezbollah in April and declared the […]
Government & Politics
Italy expels Tunisian tied to Berlin Christmas market attack
(AFP) Italy’s interior ministry said on Saturday it had expelled a Tunisian national linked to the man who carried out a deadly 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Montassar Yaakoubi, described by the ministry as “an associate of the Tunisian terrorist […]
Academics & Education
FGM declining in Finland, school health survey suggests Eighty out of over 35,000 girls who responded to the survey said they had been subjected to female genital mutilation.
(Yle) Some 80 girls in Finland reported having undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a school health survey by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL. The agency’s 2019 school health survey asked over 35,000 girls in upper secondary and […]
Government & Politics
Berlin police officer accused of leaking information to AfD after Christmas market attack A police officer allegedly leaked information about the Berlin Christmas market attack to friends in the far-right AfD. One of the recipients is a suspect in right-wing attacks in the German capital.
(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors are investigating a police officer for allegedly distributing internal police information on the 2016 Berlin terror attack to friends in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, public broadcasters reported Friday. The officer, himself a member of the […]