(Ahval) Germany’s domestic intelligence agency 2018 report for the North Rhine-Westphalia state said the Muslim Brotherhood was being closely monitored by Germany due to dangers the report said legal, non-violent Islamist groups posed to the country’s democracy, German state-run Deutsche Welle Turkish […]
(Breitbart) A 34-year-old man in Sweden has been convicted of uttering threats after telling two female police officers to submit to Islamic State or face being raped. Fadi Daoud was convicted last week for the threats made in Norrköping in May 2017. Police […]
(NL Times) Intelligence and security service AIVD underestimated the social impact its official report earlier this year on Amsterdam Islamic high school Cornelius Haga Lyceum would have, AIVD director Dick Schoof said to the Volkskrant. The service warned Amsterdam that the school wanted to […]
(Jerusalem Post) The intelligence agency for Germany’s most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia revealed on Thursday that the number of Hezbollah members rose in 2018. According to the intelligence document reviewed by the Jerusalem Post, the number of Hezbollah members climbed from […]
(Deutsche Welle) Nora T. is believed to have witnessed the agonizing death of her 5-year-old Yazidi daughter while they were both kept as slaves by a couple affiliated with “Islamic State” in Iraq in 2015. German national Jennifer W. is on trial in Munich […]
(Breitbart) A swimming pool in the German town of Kehl had to be shut down early by police after a group of 50 North African French-speaking youths caused havoc among the bathers. The town, which is located on the German-French border next […]
(Morocco World News) The controversy surrounding the case of Tariq Ramadan has reached new heights, as the rape allegations against the reformist scholar have been called into question following an investigation by the Parisian Criminal Brigade (BC). Revealing inconsistencies in his accusers’ […]
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(JTA) Jewish and Muslim entrepreneurs met in Berlin on Wednesday to launch … “an unconventional Jewish-Muslim dialogue.” Dubbed Shalom Aleikum: Jewish-Muslim Dialog, the project of the Central Council of Jews in Germany began with young business leaders having an open exchange on […]
(AFP) An Italian judge said Tuesday that Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete was free to go, three days after her arrest for docking with 40 migrants aboard her rescue ship in defiance of an Italian ban. Rackete was arrested after hitting a […]
(Dutch News) “Do you want more or fewer Moroccans?” PVV leader Geert Wilders asked a crowd in 2014. “Fewer, fewer, fewer,” they shouted. “Then we will arrange that,” he told them. It is those comments that have repeatedly landed Wilders in court […]
(Local) Sweden’s security service Säpo has requested the deportation of several individuals believed to be linked to international terror organizations. Säpo head Klas Friberg did not want to confirm the number of people concerned or to give further information about their identity, […]
(Guardian Series) Redbridge’s counter-terrorism panel will no longer benefit from the advice of a religious cohesion group amid disagreement over a new panel member. Faith Matters representatives walked away in protest from Redbridge’s Prevent programme advisory group following a vote to admit […]
(Times of Israel) UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday made a rare visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Temple Mount on the last day of [his] three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank. Javid, who comes from a Muslim family, […]
(BBC) A 10-year-old girl from Bristol was stopped from flying to Djibouti from London because of fears she was at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). The girl was detained by police at an airport on Thursday and is now the subject […]
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(NL Times) Gokmen T. again confessed to being responsible for a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht and killing four people during the first pro-forma hearing in the case against him on Monday. He also denounced the Dutch legal system. “I […]
(Dutch News) Education inspectors have launched another investigation at Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school amid claims that a pupil was suspended for allegedly filming teachers in class. Two weeks ago a film was leaked to Het Parool in which a teacher at […]
(AFP) Sea-Watch 3 skipper Carola Rackete faced jail time Saturday after forcing her way into Italy’s Lampedusa port with rescued migrants to end a lengthy standoff with authorities. Sea-Watch spokesman Ruben Neugebauer told AFP the 31-year-old German captain was seized after bringing […]
(National-UAE) The head of a Qatari charity that founded a website instructing Muslims to hate Jews and Christians is behind more than £28.2 million (Dh131.4 m) in donations given to a UK benevolent fund. Some of the money has recently been given […]
(Anadolu) Athens does not consult with the ethnic Turkish minority in its northeast on the group’s own affairs, a Greek political party garnering overwhelming support from the minority said on Friday. Greece’s Western Thrace region is home to around 150,000 Muslim Turks. […]
(BBC) A supporter of Islamic State (IS) who planned a terror attack with a hunting knife has been jailed for six years. Haider Ahmed, 19, from Redhill in Surrey, was found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism at an earlier hearing […]
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(NL Times) On the second day of the appeal in the hate-speech trial against PVV leader Geert Wilders on Thursday, claimants could demand compensation from the politician and explain why they think they deserve it. Demands ranged from apologies to actual monetary amounts between […]
(Reuters) Stripping terror suspects of citizenship does not increase national security and may even make it worse, legal experts told a conference on ending statelessness. They are particularly concerned over the increasing use of the measure by Britain which this year revoked […]
(Breitbart) An asylum seeker from Syria has been sentenced to 60 days in prison followed by a deportation order for hitting anti-Islamisation campaigner Rasmus Paludan in the head with a rock. The 24-year-old Syrian will be banned from re-entering Denmark for six […]
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(Breitbart) The chief of the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) has demanded the government look at tabling laws to criminalise the possession of terrorist propaganda. Säpo head Klas Friberg argued that not only do police regularly find propaganda in the possession of terror […]
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(AFP) German authorities said Thursday they had arrested a Bosnian man wanted in connection with the 2015 Paris attacks and are preparing his extradition to Belgium. The German federal police office and Dresden prosecutors said in a joint statement that the 39-year-old […]
(Dutch News) Appeal court judges will … restart hearings in the Geert Wilders “fewer Moroccans” case, after rejecting claims of political interference. Wilders had tried to get the court to question former justice minister Ivo Opstelten, in the wake of reports … […]
(Breitbart) Following an announcement by a group to hold a second “burkini” protest at a pool in the French city of Grenoble, counter-protesters have called on locals to swim in the pool wearing nothing at all. Last Sunday, a group of around […]
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(Daily Sabah) The name of the square in Eilendorf district of the western German city of Aachen has been changed to “Moscheeplatz (Mosque Square)” with a ceremony held on Tuesday, with an aim of highlighting the importance of tolerance and unity. The […]
(AFP) The two municipal swimming pools in the southeast French city of Grenoble have been shut down, despite the current heatwave, after a row over the use of full-body Islamic burkini swimsuit, the local mayor said Wednesday. On Sunday, and last month, […]
(AP) In Scandinavia, there’s a new type of socially conscious liberal — that wants tighter restrictions on immigration. Left-wing parties in Denmark and Sweden that historically defended humanitarian values and generous welfare systems have shifted positions since Europe saw an influx of […]
(Local) Plans to accommodate “unwanted” migrants on Lindholm, an uninhabited Danish island, are to be scrapped by Mette Frederiksen’s incoming government. The outgoing coalition led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen reached a deal late last year to place up to 125 rejected asylum […]
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(Reuters) Cities can provide an “antidote” to populism and extremism if they build bridges between their diverse communities, London’s mayor said on Tuesday, as he met the leaders of other major European cities in the British capital. From funding parenting classes to […]
(JTA) The Jewish Community of Malmo, Sweden, may need to dissolve itself by 2029 unless its current circumstances change. Community spokesman Fredrik Sieradski confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Tuesday that the shutdown was a “possible scenario” following a report Friday […]
(Reuters) Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on Tuesday called for either an acquittal or a procedural delay in his appeal against a 2016 conviction for inciting discrimination against Moroccans. “This trial has every appearance of being politically motivated. Stop the witch hunt!” […]
(Dutch News) Appeal court judges are due today to begin hearings in the Geert Wilders “fewer Moroccans” case, as the PVV leader re-starts an appeal against his earlier conviction. However, recent claims of possible political interference may result in further delays to […]
(Dutch News) A court is due to decide whether a 25-year-old man who fought in the civil war in Syria should have his passport revoked even though he is no longer seen as a terrorist threat. Maher H. has been in an […]
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