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YouTube is placing sweeping new restrictions on Tommy Robinson’s channel — but it’s not banning him The video platform is removing the far-right activist’s videos from search results and stopping his livestreaming.

April 2, 2019 Mark Di Stefano

(BuzzFeed) YouTube has placed sweeping new restrictions on far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s channel, removing his videos from search results and prohibiting him from livestreaming to the platform, BuzzFeed News can reveal. The clampdown follows demands from senior MPs from both Britain’s main […]

Radical preachers have increasing influence in Dutch education, intelligence service warns

April 2, 2019 Janene Pieters

(NL Times) Dutch intelligence service AIVD warns of radical influences in education in its annual report for 2018. According to the service, “radical Islamic boosters” play an increasingly emphatic role in the education offer[ed] for young Muslims in the Netherlands. In the […]

With election looming, is Denmark’s opposition irreversibly split over immigration?

April 2, 2019 Michael Barrett

(Local) With Danes set to vote in general elections no later than June 17th, opposition parties that normally form an allied bloc in parliament could be irreconcilably split over immigration. On Monday, Morten Østergaard, the leader of the Social Liberal (Radikale Venstre) […]

MOT: Oulu imam’s son-in-law and business partner died in Isis ranks An Yle investigative report has found alleged links between a Finnish Islamic leader and an Isis combatant.

April 1, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Yle) A man who left Finland to join the terrorist group Isis was the son-in-law and business partner of the imam of the Oulu-based Islamic Society of Northern Finland, Yle’s investigative journalism programme MOT reported on Monday. As part of a programme […]

Shamima Begum: I was brainwashed. I knew nothing (LINK ONLY)

April 1, 2019 EoI News

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Dutch ban on face coverings delayed to start of August

April 1, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The ban on facial coverings in public spaces has been delayed by a month and will now take effect on August 1, home affairs minister Kajsa Ollongren has said. The so-called “burka ban” will apply in schools, universities, government buildings […]

At least seven from my university joined IS, says captured fighter

April 1, 2019 Steve Swann, Daniel De Simone and Daniel Sandford

(BBC) An Islamic State fighter held in Syria has told the BBC he was one of at least seven students and ex-students from University of Westminster to join IS. Zakariyya Elogbani abandoned a degree in business management which he was taking at […]

Duo Safwaan Mansur and Hanzalah Patel guilty of trying to flee to Syria to join Daesh (LINK ONLY)

April 1, 2019 EoI News

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‘My sons left home to become terrorists and I don’t know if they’re alive or dead’ (LINK ONLY)

March 31, 2019 EoI News

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Baby-faced Coventry jihadist killed by Isis as western spy (LINK ONLY)

March 31, 2019 EoI News

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‘Hungry Hamza’ once fought for the Islamic State. Now he’s a prisoner and asking about Western fast food

March 30, 2019 Erin Cunningham and Kamiran Sadoun

(Washington Post) Five years ago, Hamza Parvez was a pudgy Islamic State recruit from West London known for his unusual social media posts about kittens, KFC and what passed for fast food in the so-called caliphate. But as the Islamic State’s territory […]

Stockholm takes new approach to returned Isis fighters

March 30, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) Stockholm is initiating a new collaboration with police and prosecutors to deal with people who have returned to the Swedish capital after joining the terrorist group Isis. Stockholm Mayor Anna König Jerlmyr told Sveriges Radio that the city has thus far […]

Germany releases 11 detained after weapons suspicions prove unfounded

March 30, 2019 Swantje Stein and Thomas Escritt

(Reuters) Eleven men who were detained overnight on suspicion of planning major attacks with stockpiled weapons were released on Saturday after no evidence of a cache of weapons or explosives was found, a prosecution spokesman said. The men, aged between 22 and […]

Swedish anti-deportation activist granted retrial

March 29, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) A student activist who grounded a flight to delay the deportation of a rejected Afghan asylum seeker will face a retrial. The Court of Appeal for Western Sweden has overturned the judgement in activist Elin Ersson’s case, due to comments one […]

‘Chaos at the gates of Paris’: Inside the sprawling migrant camps nobody talks about

March 29, 2019 Rory Mulholland

(Local) The squalid migrant camps that shocked tourists and vexed locals around the trendy Canal Saint-Martin area of Paris have long gone, but homeless refugees have not. They have been pushed out of sight, to the edge of the city in what […]

Shamima Begum husband: Isis bride is heartbroken and alone (LINK ONLY)

March 29, 2019 EoI News

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Paris attacks ‘landlord’ sentenced to four years in jail

March 29, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A French man who rented his flat to the ringleader of the 2015 Paris attacks during a massive police manhunt was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for “hiding terrorists.” Jawad Bendaoud was convicted on appeal of hiding Islamic State […]

Jolene Bunting’s appeal against suspension is rejected (LINK ONLY)

March 29, 2019 EoI News

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Iraqi pair face Czech extradition to Austria over train attack

March 29, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Czech court said Friday an Iraqi man and woman faced extradition to Austria in connection with two 2018 attacks on trains in Germany. The two were arrested at Prague airport Wednesday on a warrant issued by Austria, following Monday’s arrest […]

Czech police detain two linked to accused German railway attacker

March 28, 2019 Kirsti Knolle and Jason Hovet

(Reuters) Czech police have detained two people as suspected associates of an Iraqi citizen arrested in Austria on suspicion of carrying out attacks on the German railway, Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said on Thursday. Czech police confirmed on their Twitter page […]

Danish government reaches agreement to revoke passports of Isis fighters

March 28, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) The government and Danish People’s Party (DF) have agreed new rules that will enable authorities to withdraw passports from individuals found to have fought for militant groups abroad. The new rules will provide for an administrative process that will enable passports […]

Fourth victim of Dutch tram shooting dies: prosecutors

March 28, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The death toll from an alleged terror attack on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht rose to four on Thursday after an injured man died in hospital, prosecutors said. Prosecutors have already said that a Turkish-born man previously identified […]

Austria arrests Iraqi over 2018 Germany rail sabotage

March 27, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Austria has arrested an Iraqi suspected of committing “terrorist attacks” by sabotaging railway lines in Germany last year, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 42-year-old man is suspected of having strung a steel rope across the tracks between the southern German cities of […]

Shamima Begum’s lawyer: ‘What Javid has done is morally appalling and flawed legally’ Tasnime Akunjee on his quest to bring the Isis bride back to the UK.

March 27, 2019 Jason Cowley

(New Statesman) I met Tasnime Akunjee for the first time in autumn last year. I was interested in the case of the three girls from Bethnal Green Academy who in February 2015 joined Islamic State (IS) in Syria and, because he was […]

‘It would be better if they had died in battle’: Danish justice minister on returning Syria fighters

March 27, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) Denmark has convicted 13 people for travelling to Syria to take part in armed conflict. Nine have been sentenced to deportation from the country, according to Minister of Justice Søren Pape Poulsen. Poulsen confirmed information at a parliamentary hearing about Danish […]

Germany: Muslim kindergarten loses appeal against closure State officials had ordered 'Al Nur' to close following revelations that inappropriate literature had been shared at the kindergarten. The day care center is the only Muslim kindergarten in Rhineland-Palatinate.

March 27, 2019 Alexander Pearson

(Deutsche Welle) The only Muslim kindergarten in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate lost its appeal to stay open after an administrative court confirmed state officials’ concerns about the school’s ties to an Islamist ideology. The state’s decision to revoke Al Nur kindergarten’s license was […]

In a Syrian camp for ISIS supporters, a Belgian vows she made a huge mistake Cassandra Bodart is fighting to return to Belgium, but Brussels refuses to repatriate her

March 26, 2019 Campbell MacDiarmid

(National-UAE) Her mother still calls her baby doll, but Cassandra Bodart is a long way from home. After running away with an Islamic militant to Syria as a teenager six years ago, the 24-year-old Belgian lives in a Kurdish-run camp for ISIS […]

Imam who urged Czech Muslims to take up arms is fired

March 25, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The head of Prague’s Muslim community who urged Czech Muslims to acquire arms after the Christchurch attack has been sacked, the Czech Muslim Communities Centre said Monday. “Our meeting on March 24 … decided unequivocally to cancel Mr Leonid Kushnarenko’s membership […]

Government committed to helping Lisa Smith come home from Syria (LINK ONLY)

March 25, 2019 EoI News

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Islamophobia a threat to entire society, not just Muslims: EU foreign policy chief

March 25, 2019 Naveed Siddiqui

(Dawn) European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini on Monday described rising Islamophobia as a threat not only for Muslims but for all of European society as it “threatens diversity.” Mogherini, who is on an official visit to Pakistan, made the comments […]

French Muslim group sues internet giants over NZ massacre video

March 25, 2019 Taimaz Szirniks

(AFP) A French Muslim group said Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube for allowing a live broadcast of the grisly video of a massacre at a New Zealand mosque, reviving the debate over how social media amplifies such attacks. The French […]

One‑man Sharia courts ‘discriminate against women’ (LINK ONLY)

March 25, 2019 EoI News

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Rotterdam mayor: No links between social deprivation and terror Ahmed Aboutaleb says misuse of religious principles is cause of terrorism

March 24, 2019 Mina Aldroubi

(National-UAE) Social deprivation and extremism are not always related, says Rotterdam’s Muslim mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb. Mr Aboutaleb, who is of Moroccan descent, was appointed to his position in 2009, and is known for his strong belief in “inclusive society.” “All arguments that […]

Sadiq Khan challenges Theresa May to act against Tory Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)

March 24, 2019 EoI News

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Parkfield School parents halt protests against ‘No Outsiders’ LGBT programme (LINK ONLY)

March 23, 2019 EoI News

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Swedish town votes to turn away returning Isis fighters (even though none ever left it)

March 22, 2019 Richard Orange

(Local) A Swedish municipality has voted to deny social welfare to citizens who travelled to Syria to fight for the Isis terror group — even though none of its residents appear ever to have done so. The leader of the Social Democrats […]

Amsterdam Islamic school had links with controversial British imam: NRC

March 22, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The NRC on Friday published more details about the security service report on Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school, which has led to officials calling on the board to resign. The paper say[s] it has seen AIVD documents which claim controversial […]

Italy bus hijacker says ‘heard voices’ of drowned migrant children: reports

March 22, 2019 Catherine Marciano

(AFP) The driver of a school bus who torched the vehicle to protest Mediterranean migrant deaths claimed on Friday he acted after hearing the voices of drowned children urging him on, media reports said. Insisting again that he did not want to […]

Hungary detains Syrian Islamic State member accused of killings

March 22, 2019 Sandor Peto

(Reuters) Hungarian authorities detained a Syrian man on Friday accused of taking part in beheadings in Syria as a member of Islamic State, Budapest prosecutors and the European judicial co-operation agency Eurojust said. The 27-year-old man, identified by Hungarian authorities as F. […]

Ten men detained near Frankfurt on suspicion of Islamist attack plot

March 22, 2019 Andrea Shalal

(Reuters) Ten men were detained in raids around Frankfurt on Friday on suspicion of planning an Islamist attack using a vehicle and guns with the goal of killing as many people as possible, prosecutors said. Several of the suspects, aged 20 to […]

Austria’s Muslims twice as likely as non-Muslims to hold anti-Semitic views

March 22, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) Austria’s Muslim residents are more than twice as likely as non-Muslims to endorse anti-Semitic statements, according to a survey commissioned by the Austrian government. Asked whether they agree with a statement blaming anti-Semitic persecution of Jews on their own behavior, 19 percent […]

Terror suspect confesses to deadly Netherlands attack: prosecutors

March 22, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Turkish-born suspect has confessed to terrorist charges over a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht which killed three people, prosecutors said Friday. Thousands of Dutch mourners including Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte took to Utrecht’s streets […]

Accomplice of Paris attacks mastermind sentenced in Poland

March 22, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Moroccan accomplice of the suspected mastermind of the deadly 2015 terror attacks in Paris was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on Friday by a Polish court for belonging to the Islamic State group. Mourad T. pleaded not guilty […]

Italy expels Moroccan cleric for radicalism

March 21, 2019 Kamailoudini Tagba

(North Africa Post) Italian security authorities have expelled a Moroccan cleric officiating in the EU country over radical interpretation of the Quran and aggressive behavior. Houssam Din Rouzak was flown out of Milan to Casablanca on Monday, Corriere Torino reported Wednesday. The […]

Austrian court rejects complaint by expelled Turkish imams

March 21, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AP) Austria’s Constitutional Court has thrown out a complaint by two Turkish imams expelled under a 2015 law that prevents religious communities from getting funding from foreign nations. The court said Thursday the so-called “Islam Law” didn’t constitute a disproportionate restriction of […]

Tariq Ramadan accused of ‘unacceptable provocation’ at conference on sexual violence He is facing charges for the alleged rape of two women

March 21, 2019 Unlisted Author

(National-UAE) The presence of Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan at a conference on sexual violence in the suburbs of Paris provoked a backlash of indignation among organisers and attendees. Mr Ramadan, who is facing charges for the rape of two women, was spotted […]

Setback for Sweden’s proposed anti-terror laws

March 21, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) Plans from the Swedish government to make it illegal to be part of a terrorist organization have hit an obstacle, with the country’s legislative council saying the proposal goes against the Swedish constitution. The proposed law could be incompatible with the […]

Dutch tram gunman to be charged with ‘terrorist’ killings

March 21, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Dutch prosecutors are to charge the suspect in a gun attack in a packed Utrecht tram with “terrorist” killings, saying he will appear for the first time before a judge on Friday. “The 37-year-old suspect will appear before a judge on […]

Jewish vendor and son stabbed by Egyptian colleague at iconic Amsterdam market

March 20, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) A Jewish father and son were stabbed at an iconic street marketplace in Amsterdam by an Egypt-born seller whom they and others said was a radicalized Muslim. Martin Colmans, the father, and son Sharon sustained light to moderate injuries in the […]

Swiss parliament’s move to deport terrorists draws criticism

March 20, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) A Swiss parliamentary decision seeking automatic deportation of convicted terrorists even if their lives are at risk has met widespread criticism. The human rights organisation Amnesty International described Tuesday’s decision to ignore international safeguards and practices as unacceptable. “It will […]