Law Enforcement
Police raids find huge arms cache linked to Islamic terror group (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Clerics & Preachers
Female imams lead prayers, a first in France
(Radio France) Several French Muslim women are trying to lead prayer sessions in France. They face major opposition, but on Saturday two French women who converted to Islam led the country’s first non-segregated prayers where wearing of the veil was not compulsory. Eva […]
Government & Politics
Far-right Dutch MEP predicts come-back for nationalist parties
(AFP) Far-right Dutch MEP Geert Wilders on Saturday said nationalist parties were experiencing “tough” times but predicted that they would make a come-back. “It’s a tough time. We will come back,” Wilders said, speaking at an event in northern Italy. “I believe […]
Clerics & Preachers
Italy police detains 10 for alleged terrorism financing
(AP) Italian police have detained 10 people in the central Abruzzo region for alleged tax crimes and money laundering aimed at financing Islamic extremist groups. Investigators said at a news conference Saturday that the eight Tunisians and two Italians are suspected of […]
Crime
94 terror suspects caught when booking airline flights, says report
(Brussels Times) The system of Passenger Name Record (PNR) in operation in Belgium since January 2018 has managed to track down 94 suspected terrorists and suspects involved in a variety of crimes, according to the government’s crisis centre. Under the PNR system, […]
Academics & Education
Mosque trustees failed to monitor IS sympathiser who groomed boys for terrorism, inquiry finds
(Barking and Dagenham Post) The trustees of a mosque where children were groomed for terrorism failed to properly monitor an Islamic State sympathiser then attempted to cover up what happened, the Charity Commission has found. All five have been disqualified for 10 […]
Academics & Education
Two injured in French school stabbing: media
(Xinhua) A 17-year-old man armed with a knife assaulted two municipal employees at a canteen in a school in Marseille on Friday morning, French daily Le Parisien reported. The two victims, one with several stab wounds, the other a punch, were not […]
Government & Politics
Morocco puts brakes on migrant flow as Spain and EU pay out
(AFP) The number of migrants arriving by sea in Spain has plunged with Morocco stopping boat departures since signing lucrative agreements with Madrid and Brussels, experts say. So far this year 15,683 migrants have arrived by sea, 45 percent down on the […]
Government & Politics
Wilders ‘fewer Moroccans’ trial will proceed pending further research, judges rule
(Dutch News) Efforts by Geert Wilders’ lawyer to have a court case for discrimination dismissed on the grounds of political interference have so far failed, but judges are planning to investigate the claim further. Judges at the high-security court at Schiphol airport […]
Government & Politics
Turkey plans to return one million Syrians, warns of new migrant wave in Europe
(Reuters) Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and may reopen the route for migrants into Europe if it does not receive adequate international support for the plan, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million […]
Children & Teens
Spain issues arrest warrants for ISIS women trapped in Syrian camps The three Spaniards and one Moroccan traveled to the war-torn country in 2014, and have since ended up in a Kurdish-run detention center with 17 minors under their care
(El País) Spain’s High Court, the Audiencia Nacional, has recently issued arrest warrants for four women who traveled to Syria in 2014 to join the Islamic State (ISIS). All four are currently being held in two detention camps run by Kurdish militias […]
Apostasy
Pair arrested over ‘plot to kill female relative who renounced Islam’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Shamima Begum: Journalists will not have to hand over notes (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Boris Johnson urged to apologise for ‘derogatory and racist’ letterboxes article (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
German IS fighter faces torture and murder terrorism charges in Düsseldorf court A German IS fighter is facing charges of murder and torture at a German high court. This is the second time that he has faced terrorism-related charges.
(Deutsche Welle) A fighter from the self-styled “Islamic State” (IS) group stood trial in Düsseldorf on Wednesday facing serious charges of committing war crimes, in addition to murder. This is the second time that the 29-year-old has stood trial for terror-related offenses, […]
Demonstrations
Eindhoven mayor bans Pegida from demonstrating near mosques
(Dutch News) Far-right anti-Islam group Pegida has been banned from holding any more demonstrations near mosques in Eindhoven following a spate of violent incidents. Mayor [John] Jorritsma has told local broadcaster Omroep Brabant that the organisation, which has just a handful of […]
Government & Politics
Morocco, Spain to bolster cooperation to curb illegal migration
(Reuters) Morocco and Spain pledged on Wednesday to cooperate more closely to curb illegal migration, an issue fuelling the growth of far-right and populist politics in Europe, following a near halving of migrant arrivals in mainland Spain this year from 2018. The […]
Burkini
Burkinis should be allowed in public pools, non-discrimination ombudsman says The ombudsman said banning the swimsuits is gender- and religion-based discrimination.
(Yle) Kirsi Pimiä, the non-discrimination ombudsman, has recommended that Finland’s public swimming pools should permit the use of burkinis, the body-covering bathing suits sometimes used by Muslim women. Pimiä said she became aware of cases of burkini-wearing women having been turned away […]
Government & Politics
Wilders’ lawyer says ‘fewer Moroccans’ case should be dropped, citing interference
(Dutch News) The lawyer representing anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders in his appeal against a conviction for racial discrimination has called for the case to be dismissed because of alleged interference by the government of the day. Geert-Jan Knoops told the high-security court […]
Burkini
Paris pool closes due to ‘pro-burkini’ protest
(Connexion) A public pool in Paris closed this weekend after pro-burkini activists mounted a protest against the ban on the body-covering swimsuit, and demanding “access for all to leisure facilities.” Protesters gathered at the pool in the 11th arrondissement on Sunday, September […]
Legal
Hungary charges Syrian accused of beheading, killing for IS
(Reuters) Hungarian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged a 27-year-old Syrian man with terrorism and crimes against humanity committed as a member of Islamic State in 2015. The man, identified only as F. Hassan, was charged with beheading and shooting people […]
Crime
More Germans applying for alarm gun licenses More and more Germans are acquiring the permit they need to carry a gas pistol, a newspaper has reported. The number has more than doubled in the last five years.
(Deutsche Welle) Some 640,000 Germans now have an alarm gun license, some 30,000 more than at the end of last year, according to research by the Rheinische Post newspaper. The number has risen hugely since 2014, when some 260,000 people carried such a license. […]
Law Enforcement
Amsterdam CS stabbing: Prosecutor demands 25 years in prison
(NL Times) Prosecutors in the Netherlands called on judges in an Amsterdam courtroom to convict Jawed S. in the stabbings of two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station. The prosecution service argued that the act was a premeditated attempt to murder, with […]
Clerics & Preachers
Swedish imam fined for calling Jews the ‘offspring of apes and pigs’
(JTA) A Swedish imam was fined about $305 for hate speech for calling Jews the “offspring of apes and pigs” during an anti-Israel demonstration two years ago. Samir el Rifai of Helsingborg made the statement in Arabic in response to Israel limiting […]
Academics & Education
Islamic school in Genk to appeal accreditation refusal
(Brussels Times) An Islamic school in the Flemish city of Genk will appeal an accreditation refusal based on constitutional grounds which prevented it from opening on the first day of school. The Flemish minister of education, Hilde Crevits, said Genk’s Selam College […]
Government & Politics
Suspect in Amsterdam CS attack wanted to kill ‘cruel, unfair’ people for insulting Islam
(NL Times) Jawed S., the 20-year-old Afghan man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, came to the Netherlands to “kill unfair and cruel people,” he said during the first day of his trial at the high-security court […]
Government & Politics
Trial starts against suspect in Amsterdam CS attack
(NL Times) The trial against Jawed S., the man suspected of stabbing two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station on August 31st last year, starts in the high-security court in Amsterdam on Monday. The two victims will be present at the trial. […]
Employment
Sweden: Municipality inundated with migrants faces tax crisis as native Swedes flee
(Breitbart) A Swedish municipality that took in one of the highest numbers of asylum seekers per population faces a crisis as natives move out and decimate the local tax base. The municipality of Filipstad took in many asylum seekers during the migrant […]
Government & Politics
Anti-Merkel far-right AfD surges in east German state polls
(AFP) Germany’s far-right AfD party surged in elections in two ex-communist eastern states Sunday, reflecting anger over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migrant policy and a wealth gap 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell. The Alternative for Germany became the second-strongest party in […]
Clothing
Boris Johnson’s burqa comments ‘led to surge in anti-Muslim attacks’ (LINK ONLY)
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Alcohol & Drugs
French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’
(AP) An Afghan man was in a “psychotic state” and on drugs during a stabbing in France that killed one person and injured eight others, but investigators haven’t found any terrorist ties, a regional prosecutor said Sunday. A psychiatric evaluation of the […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Afghan killer sparks far-right criticism in France
(AFP) An Afghan asylum-seeker who killed a man and stabbed several others in the French city of Lyon sparked a row about immigration on Sunday as new details emerged about his rampage. Investigators said the killer appeared to have psychological problems and […]
Mosques
After ‘Post’ expose, Germany investigates terror in pro-Hezbollah center Prosecutor opens probes but states pro-terrorism pledge is not criminal
(Jerusalem Post) Germany is investigating possible terrorism activities within a pro-Hezbollah center in the country, following an expose last week by the Jerusalem Post. However, a member’s declaration that “we are proud of terrorism” was not classified as targeting the federal republic. […]
Government & Politics
Italy coalition talks back on, but migration a sore point
(AFP) Talks between Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party resumed on Saturday after a quarrel that had threatened to stop the nascent coalition in its tracks. Tensions remained however on the hot-button issue of migration, a highly emotive subject […]
Islamic Law
Finnish women in Syrian refugee camp in limbo awaiting return home Just one of six women interviewed said she would prefer life in a Sharia state rather than to return to Finland.
(Yle) The Finnish government is still to decide on the fate of Finnish women and their children detained at a refugee camp in a Kurdish region in Syria. A dozen or so Finnish women who followed their husbands as the men joined […]
Academics & Education
Belgian Muslim school not authorised to open
(Brussels Times) Selam College, an Islamic school planning to open its doors in September, has not received provisional recognition. This was decided on Friday by Flemish Education Minister Hilde Crevits on the basis of the education inspection opinion and of a competent […]
Immigration
One dead, eight injured in French knife rampage
(AFP) A man wielding a skewer and knife went on the rampage in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, leaving a 19-year-old man dead and eight others injured, including three critically. A police source said the alleged perpetrator was an Afghan […]
Government & Politics
Over 150 migrants in Morocco climb fences to Spanish enclave
(AP) At least 155 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa successfully entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after climbing over fences or walking across a border post separating the territory from Morocco, authorities said Friday. Seven of the migrants clung to the top of […]
Government & Politics
Anti-Islamist Geert Wilders claims minister colluded with prosecutors in hate speech case
(NL Times) Former Justice [Minister] Ivo Opstelten and the Public Prosecution Service discussed the prosecution of PVV leader Geert Wilders for hate speech even before the Public Prosecution Service had made the decision to prosecute the nationalist politician, RTL Nieuws report based […]
News: Europe
ISIS fighter who beheaded more than 100 people while claiming benefits in UK captured (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Leading Muslim figure claims he was fired over comments made on RTÉ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
French far-right activists convicted over Alps migrant blockade
(AFP) A French court handed six-month jail terms to three members of a far-right group for erecting a blockade on an Alps mountain pass to try [to] keep migrants out. On April 21, 2018, several dozen members of the Generation Identitaire (Generation […]
Government & Politics
Sweden scraps automatic asylum for Syrians after six years
(Local) The Swedish Migration Agency will no longer issue residence permits to all refugees coming from Syria, ending a generous policy which over the last six years has seen over 100,000 Syrians granted asylum in the country. In September 2013, Sweden was […]
Clothing
Muslim parliamentarian in Geneva quits party over differences on gay marriage
(Le News) Earlier this year, Sabine Tiguemounine, a parliamentarian from the Green Party, made news when she decided to sit in an area of Geneva’s parliament building open to the public, rather than in the main area where parliamentary members normally sit. […]
Internet
German Hezbollah mosque declares it is proud of terrorism and pro-Khamenei According to the intelligence document reviewed by the Post, the number of Hezbollah members climbed from 105 in 2017 to 110 in 2018 in North Rhine-Westphalia.
(Jerusalem Post) The Hezbollah mosque in the German city of Münster posted a shocking video in December on its Facebook page, announcing it was proud of terrorism and its allegiance to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Washington-based […]
Law Enforcement
Spain arrests a Moroccan man wanted by Germany for alleged links with ISIS
(Yabiladi) Police in Spain arrested, Thursday, a 25-year-old man for his alleged links with ISIS. According to Spanish news agency Europa Press, the arrestee, who was wanted by an arrest warrant issued by Germany, is accused of “falsifying documents” and “tax fraud.” […]
Academics & Education
Flemish greens want a lift on headscarf ban in schools
(Brussels Times) Dutch-speaking green party Groen want to strike down a general ban on the wearing of headscarves in Flemish schools and only ban them on a case-by-case basis, a party member announced Wednesday. Elisabeth Meuleman, a Groen MP, announced that her […]
Government & Politics
Germany’s far-right AfD hopes for first state election wins
(AFP) Germany is bracing for what could be the first outright election victories for the far-right AfD party on Sunday, when voters in two states in the ex-communist east go to the polls. Even strong vote results, coming 30 years after the […]
Government & Politics
German federal criminal police investigate Hamas Twitter due to propaganda 'The accounts of Hamas must disappear from Twitter! Twitter supports a terrorist organization by providing infrastructure,' said Volker Beck.
(Jerusalem Post) German Green Party politician Volker Beck filed a formal police complaint, seeking to remove the jihadist terror organization Hamas from the micro-blogging site Twitter. “The accounts of the Hamas must disappear from Twitter! Twitter supports a terrorist organization by providing […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sweden: Islamophobic politician expelled from her party Iranian-origin politician expelled as she harmed confidence of party 'seriously' because of her views, acts on religion
(Anadolu) An Islamophobic politician was expelled from [the] Left Party in Sweden as the politician’s views on religion contradicted with party policy, said the secretary-general in a press conference on Wednesday. Secretary-General of [the] Left Party Aron Etzler said the politician Amineh […]