Legal
Brother of Manchester Arena bomber says he was ‘shocked’ by attack (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
Released jihadis could be forced to sign a new sex offenders-style register for terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Revealed: Former Bolton school teacher Jamshed Javeed jailed for terror offences is already back on street (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum loses first stage of appeal against citizenship removal (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester bomber’s brother set up ‘slaughter’ email address, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Priti Patel orders officials to explain status of grooming gang review Frustrated home secretary 'being given the run around by officials' on long-awaited probe into gang ethnicity.
(HuffPost) Home secretary Priti Patel has ordered officials to explain what has happened to a long-awaited review into the ethnicity of grooming gangs, HuffPost UK has learnt. A frustrated Patel has been met with “obfuscation” from Home Office officials when asking about […]
Children & Teens
Two arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of FGM offences
(Rotherham Advertiser) A man and a woman have been arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of facilitating female genital mutilation (FGM). Police said the arrests came after a woman attended a police station in Rotherham and reported she had been subjected to FGM, […]
Government & Politics
Turks in Europe sue Greek MEP who ripped Turkish flag Union of International Democrats seeks investigation over Ioannis Lagos’ provocation at European Parliament
(Anadolu) Turks living in Europe filed a criminal complaint against a Greek member of the European Parliament for ripping apart a Turkish flag, their union said on Thursday. In a statement, the Union of International Democrats (UID) said it has demanded an […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation feels ‘like living in a dead body’ More than 70,000 women in Germany have undergone female genital mutilation, and a rising number of young girls are considered at risk — even though it's illegal. It's prompted Berlin to set up a national anti-FGM office.
(Deutsche Welle) After Shadia Abdelmoneim’s third child was born, while she was still under anesthetic, her midwife performed female genital mutilation (FGM) on her without her consent. It led to a lengthy period of shock thereafter where she found it difficult to […]
Crime
Man sprayed in face with ‘unknown substance’ is director of UK counter-terrorist group 'I couldn't see, it was very heavy burning, very heavy pain'
(Leicester Mercury) A man who was sprayed in the face with an “unknown substance” in the city this week is a prominent expert in counter-terrorism. Noor Dahri is the executive director of Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism (ITCT), a UK-based group that was […]
News: Europe
Terror offenders due to be freed ‘told they will not be’ — lawyer
(BBC) Terror offenders who were due to be released from prison in the next two months are being told they will not be let out under planned new laws. Earlier this week, the government said that new terror legislation to end automatic […]
Legal
Manchester attacker’s brother tried to buy bomb ingredient, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Streatham terror attacker devoted to ‘sheikh’ who inspired London Bridge killer (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attack: Sudesh Amman was not marked ‘man-to-man’
(BBC) Britain’s most senior police officer has said the Streatham attacker was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not “man-to-man marking.” Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick told a committee that Sudesh Amman was under “covert” police […]
Deradicalization
Lawyers told Islamist inmates to shun deradicalisation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rush to change sentencing laws before release of convicted terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Mosques ask MPs to investigate all religions for unwanted influencing from abroad
(NL Times) A parliamentary investigation into unwanted influence from abroad must not only focus on Islam and mosques, but should also look into foreign money flows to political parties, churches and synagogues, four Islamic organizations asked in a letter to Tweede Kamer […]
Children & Teens
Sweden’s largest church supports Jewish and Muslim circumcision
(JTA) Sweden’s largest church is supporting a parent’s right to have nonmedical circumcision performed on boys for religious reasons. The Swedish Church in a document titled “view on male circumcision” asserted that the practice, which is performed by Jews, Muslims and some […]
Law Enforcement
Met Police’s Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu admits: We can’t trail all terror suspects because there’s too many (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Orders made to protect Rotherham children from forced marriage
(Rotherham Advertiser) Vulnerable children at risk of forced marriage have been given the protection of full court orders. Initial proceedings began last autumn over the group of youngsters, which includes boys and girls. The orders are a safeguarding tool to help police […]
Legal
Manchester Arena bomber’s brother ‘just as guilty,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Streatham attack: Will terror sentence changes stop offences?
(BBC) The government wants to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, following two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months. But what legal challenges could ministers face and how effective might the changes be? There […]
Government & Politics
Sweden aims to speed up rejection of unfounded asylum requests with ‘safe countries’ list
(Local) Sweden plans to expedite the rejection of “unfounded” asylum requests by implementing a list of countries deemed to be completely safe. The plans would allow the Migration Agency to handle asylum cases from countries on the list as a “fast-track.” These […]
Law Enforcement
French barracks attacker was a trainee soldier
(Reuters) A man who attacked officers with a knife in a French police barracks was a trainee soldier, officials said, in the second case in four months of a violent assault by someone from within France’s security services. The assailant struck on […]
Immigration
French police clear last north Paris migrant camp ‘overrun by rats’
(AFP) French police on Tuesday cleared the last migrant tent camp in northeast Paris, moving 427 people to shelters as part of a plan to take migrants off the streets. The migrants, who included four women, were living in 266 tents and […]
Government & Politics
UK may bypass human rights convention to rush through terror laws (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
STIB stopped sorting garbage after terror attacks
(Brussels Times) Since the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, many garbage containers with compartments for sorting have been replaced by single bags for residual waste at STIB stations. “Just now that sorting is so high on the agenda, STIB does not […]
Children & Teens
French teen’s anti-Islam rant revives debate on free speech
(AFP) An outspoken French teenager has reignited a polarising debate over free speech in the country after an expletive-laden Instagram rant against Islam that has forced her to stay home from school on safety fears. The case of 16-year-old Mila — who […]
News: Europe
Slight decrease in the number of Islamist attacks in Europe in 2019
(Brussels Times) The number of Islamist attacks in Europe slightly decreased in 2019, according to a report delivered by the French terrorism assessment centre (CAT) highlighting the problems Islamic State (IS) has experienced since losing its self-proclaimed caliphate. “In 2019, the threat […]
Demonstrations
Greek island police fire tear gas at protesting migrants
(AFP) Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday fired tear gas at hundreds of migrants protesting against tougher new asylum rules, officials said. Brandishing makeshift signs with the word “freedom,” some 2,000 men and women walked out of the overpopulated […]
Academics & Education
German court rules against school niqab ban
(AFP) A court in Germany ruled Monday against an attempt by authorities in Hamburg to forbid a 16-year-old schoolgirl from wearing a niqab during lessons. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, has fuelled debate in Germany over whether schools should allow the […]
Law Enforcement
French police shoot barracks intruder following attack warning
(Reuters) Police shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he attacked officers inside a police barracks in eastern France on Monday. Shortly before the knifeman struck the police facility in Dieuze, near Metz, the local police operations center received […]
Government & Politics
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Thirteen men named as main suspects of Brussels attacks
(Brussels Times) Thirteen men have been named as the main suspects of the 2016 Brussels attacks, eight of whom will appear before Belgium’s highest criminal court. Federal prosecutors want to bring eight men before the Brussels court of assizes, all identified as […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamic State claims south London attack: Amaq news agency
(Reuters) Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack in south London, without giving evidence, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Monday. “The perpetrator of the attack in Streatham district in south London yesterday is a fighter of Islamic State, […]
News: Europe
Man shot dead by British police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
(Reuters) The man shot dead by police after wounding two people in a stabbing spree on a busy London street had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents. He had also once written […]
Government & Politics
Questions for investigators over surveillance of attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Hate case dropped against teen who criticised Islam and got death threats
(Breitbart) French prosecutors have dropped a potential hate crime case against a French teen named Mila who received death threats after she criticised Islam online. The Vienne public prosecutor dropped the investigation for “hate provocation” against the 16-year-old, stating that the investigation […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker freed from jail days ago after terror conviction (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
French elite branded cowards for deserting girl who insulted Islam (LINK ONLY)
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News Media
Islamic terrorist who plotted Danish newspaper massacre released in Sweden
(Breitbart) A radical Islamic extremist who plotted to massacre the staff of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2010 has been released by Swedish authorities, despite plotting more attacks while in prison. The man, who has not been identified by name, is said to […]
News: Europe
The terrorists among us: Eight convicted offenders revealed to be living on our streets (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
France arrests Syrian Islamist on war crimes charges
(AFP) A senior member of Syrian Islamist armed group Jaysh al-Islam implicated in the disappearance of a prominent activist in 2013 has been arrested in France and charged with war crimes and torture, a judicial source told AFP on Friday. The suspect, […]
Children & Teens
Birmingham uncle jailed for trying to force niece into Pakistan marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rights group criticizes Greek sea barrier plan for migrants
(AP) Amnesty International on Thursday criticized Greece’s plans to deploy a floating barrier as a way to prevent migrants from reaching the Greek islands from nearby Turkey. The international rights group’s research director for Europe, Massimo Moratti, described the plan as “an […]
Government & Politics
Greece wants floating fence to keep migrants out
(Reuters) Greece wants to install a floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to deter migrants arriving at its islands’ shores through Turkey, government officials said on Thursday. Greece served as the gateway to the European Union for more than one million Syrian […]
Children & Teens
Belgium to appeal against order to repatriate children from Syria
(Brussels Times) The state of Belgium has decided to file an appeal against a ruling by a Brussels court on 11 December ordering it to provide 10 children of IS members in Syria with consular assistance and administrative, travel and identity documents […]
Citizenship
IS member from Antwerp risks losing Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) A woman from Antwerp affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in Syria risks a five-year prison sentence and being stripped of her Belgian nationality. The woman, identified as Saïda El Mimouni, was married to a member of the now-disbanded terrorist […]