Children & Teens
Parents found guilty in Ireland’s first female genital mutilation trial (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
Turkey to send 11 Daesh/ISIS members back to France Turkey also to repatriate Daesh terrorists to Belgium, Ireland on Friday, Saturday, says interior minister
(Anadolu) As part of Turkey’s policy of repatriating foreign Daesh/ISIS members to their home countries, next month 11 French national members of the terror group will be sent back to France, said Turkish officials on Thursday. “This week we will carry out […]
Law Enforcement
Parents shocked by son’s terrorism arrest; older suspect from Iran
(NL Times) The parents of a 20-year-old man arrested on Monday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the Netherlands [are] shocked by the accusations against their son. “We never expected this. If it is true, we strongly reject it. But […]
Children & Teens
Jury in FGM trial told they have to make an ‘immensely important decision’ (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Lisa Smith married four times before leaving for jihad in Syria as IS bride’s road to joining terror group revealed (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Boris Johnson says sorry for ‘hurt’ caused by Tory Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim Council: Parties must tackle Islamophobia to win votes (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Denmark strips citizenship from man under new anti-jihadist law
(Local) The Danish government has withdrawn the citizenship of a man who is wanted for suspected terrorism, applying a hotly-debated new law. The man’s lawyer, Mette Grith Stage, confirmed to newspaper Berlingske that his citizenship had been revoked. A 25-year-old Danish-Turkish citizen […]
Law Enforcement
Dutch arrest two on suspicion of preparing ‘jihadist attack’
(Reuters) Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday they had arrested two men on suspicion of preparing an Islamist militant attack with “bomb vests or one or more car bombs” in the Netherlands. Police conducting a raid on one suspect’s house seized a dagger, […]
Children & Teens
FGM expert tells court it is ‘not possible’ that toy caused girl’s injuries (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Turkey detains French woman allegedly linked to Daesh 21-year-old suspect reportedly aimed to illegally cross Turkish border to Syria, security sources say
(Anadolu) Turkish anti-terror police teams arrested a French woman who was allegedly trying to join [the] Daesh/ISIS terror group in southern Adana province, according to security sources on Tuesday. Anissa L., 21, who reportedly flew from France to Istanbul and then arrived […]
Clothing
Geneva ban on religious symbols lifted for elected politicians
(Swiss Info) A Geneva court has amended a controversial local secularism law. A ban on wearing or showing religious symbols will still apply to government ministers and officials in contact with the public but not to locally elected politicians. In February, an […]
Clothing
Javid refuses to condemn PM’s slurs against Muslim women (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Founder of Berlin’s liberal mosque honored for inclusive vision Seyran Ates' long fight for women's rights in the Muslim world led her to open a tolerant mosque where non-veiled women could preach and pray alongside men. She has now been honored with the prestigious Urania Medal.
(Deutsche Welle) A lawyer, activist, author and now imam, Seyran Ates has long lent a critical voice to debates about migration, women’s rights and religious freedom in Germany and beyond. Ates co-founded the “liberal” Ibn Ruschd-Goethe Mosque on the third floor of St. John’s Church near […]
Children & Teens
Woman accused of FGM says she is a victim herself and would not do the same to her daughter (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
European police attack Islamic State’s online presence
(Reuters) European police agencies have knocked out several internet servers used by Islamic State in a significant blow to the armed group’s ability to spread propaganda online, the Europol police agency said on Monday. The move shut down a large number of […]
Immigration
Alleged jihadist to be deported from Switzerland
(Swiss Info) A man is in deportation custody following his arrest at the federal asylum centre in Kreuzlingen in northern Switzerland. He was initially suspected of being a member of a terrorist organization. Having consulted with the Office of the Attorney General […]
Academics & Education
Call for Peterborough flu injection trial for Muslims (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Islam belongs to Germany, former President Wulff says
(Daily Sabah) Islam belongs to Germany just like Christianity and Judaism, Germany’s former President Christian Wulff said during a meeting at the Turkish-German Culture Association in the German city of Brühl on Saturday. Considering escalating racism and xenophobia in the world he […]
Academics & Education
Germany’s Muslims skeptical of new imam training project
(Daily Sabah) Muslim communities in Germany criticized the government’s new project to train imams, accusing it of being a political initiative and a concerning development for the community, while noting that the new project violates the German constitution. Germany is launching an […]
Law Enforcement
Two Belgian IS women arrested in Turkey
(Brussels Times) Two Belgian jihadist widows, Tatiana Wielandt (27) and Bouchra Abouallal (26), have been arrested by Turkish police, reports VRT NWS. They fled Syria to go to Turkey with their six children on Wednesday. De Standaard claimed they handed themselves in […]
Academics & Education
Italy to deport imam who beat children at religious school
(Breitbart) A 23-year-old Bangladeshi imam faces deportation from Italy after investigators confirmed he had physically assaulted young children at a religious school. The migrant, who lived in Italy on a work visa, is said to have created what investigators described as a […]
Government & Politics
British IS fighters could be brought back to the UK to face prosecution The US has put significant pressure on Britain and other European allies to deal with hundreds of detained IS militants.
(Sky News) British Islamic State detainees will be brought back from Syria if they can be prosecuted in the UK and there is no better place to try their case, the national security adviser has said. Sir Mark Sedwill’s comments are the […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Fresh calls for equalities watchdog to launch Islamophobia inquiry into Tory party (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Finland to reconsider 500 asylum decisions after European court ruling Authorities will re-evaluate some cases in light of harsh criticism from the Court of Human Rights.
(Yle) The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) says it will revisit about 500 asylum decisions following a European court ruling critical of a previous deportation. Last week the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Finnish authorities guilty of violating the European Convention […]
Deradicalization
French jihadist gets 28 years for prison attack
(AFP) A Paris court on Friday sentenced a jailed Islamist radical to 28 years imprisonment for the attempted murder of two prison wardens in September 2016, the first jihadist attack in a French prison. Bilal Taghi was serving a five-year sentence for […]
Academics & Education
Court tells minister he can’t cut Islamic school funding in one go
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has been told by the highest Dutch administrative court that it cannot stop funding for Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school. Slob wanted to stop funding for the Cornelius Haga Lyceum because the school had failed to […]
Children & Teens
Radicalised French woman who left child in Syria sentenced to 14 years
(Radio France) A 38-year-old French woman, who took four children to Syria to join ISIS, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail on terrorism and child abduction charges. The accused is Jihane Makhzoumi. Since Monday, the 38-year-old has been appearing before a […]
Children & Teens
Dutch state not obliged to take back Islamic State children: appeals court
(Reuters) The Dutch state is not obliged to actively help repatriate the young children of women who left the Netherlands and joined Islamic State in Syria, an appeals court in The Hague said on Friday, overturning an earlier ruling. A lower court […]
Children & Teens
No more orphans expected to be returned to UK from Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Holidays
French city opens famed Christmas market year after attack
(AFP) The celebrated Christmas market in France’s eastern city of Strasbourg opened for another festive season on Friday, with shopkeepers and visitors vowing not to be cowed by an attack last year by a radical Islamist gunman that killed five people. The […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Conservative Party slammed for ‘quietly reinstating’ councillor who made anti-Muslim comments (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Some orphaned British children in Syria to be repatriated (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation victim welcome[s] arrival of new clinic (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
9 Belgian IS women escaped Kurdish camps: This is who they are
(Brussels Times) Since the Turkish invasion of Syria, nine Belgian women have managed to escape from the Kurdish camps where they were imprisoned, and some are trying to get back to Belgium. Nine Belgian women affiliated with the terrorist group Islamic State […]
Children & Teens
Blood found on carpet in home of couple accused of female genital mutilation of daughter, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Calls to shut Swedish school where ‘ISIS teachers’ taught in classrooms Politicians demand closure of leading state-funded school accused of hiring former militants as teachers
(National-UAE) Calls are mounting for the closure of a leading state-funded Islamic school in Sweden that was accused of hiring ISIS fighters as teachers after their return from Syria. The chancellor of Vetenskapsskolan school in Gothenburg, Abdel Nasser El Nadi, has been […]
Government & Politics
Greece announces major overhaul of migrant camp system
(AP) Greece announced plans Wednesday to overhaul its migration management system, replacing overcrowded refugee camps on the islands with smaller detention facilities and moving some 20,000 asylum seekers to the mainland over the next few weeks. Deputy Defense Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis announced […]
Citizenship
Minister says IS women deportation is ‘very disappointing’
(Dutch News) Justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told reporters it is extremely disappointing that Turkey has sent two ISIS women back to the Netherlands. The two women were picked up at Schiphol airport on Tuesday after being deported by Ankara. Grapperhaus said […]
Legal
Sister of French IS brothers jailed for terrorist association
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday jailed Anne Diana Clain, whose two brothers were notorious propagandists for Islamic State, for nine years for terrorist association. Paris’s criminal courts handed down the sentence to Clain, 44, for having attempted between 2015 and 2016 […]
Citizenship
Turkey sends two ISIS women, plus two children, back to the Netherlands
(Dutch News) Turkey has sent two Dutch women who joined IS forces in Syria five and six years ago back to the Netherlands, Dutch media said on Wednesday. One of the women, who has two children aged three and four, has been […]
Children & Teens
Couple accused of female genital mutilation claim daughter sustained injuries when she fell on toy (LINK ONLY)
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News Media
Times journalist ‘agonised’ over promise to call sister of ISIS bride Shamima Begum before filing exclusive (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Britain is country worst affected by terrorism in EU, study reveals (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Officials: Germany foils alleged attack plan after US tip
(AP) German special police forces arrested a Syrian man in a raid on his apartment Tuesday after receiving intelligence from American officials that he was planning an extremist attack, authorities said. The 26-year-old “radical Islamist” was planning an attack in Germany designed […]
Children & Teens
Jury sworn in as couple goes on trial accused of female genital mutilation of child (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Coveney dismisses reports of return for Lisa Smith and child (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Two wannabe Labour MPs exposed as ‘supporters of campaign group that praised Jihadi John’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Man gets 10 years for threatening attack on far-right Wilders
(NL Times) Junaid I. was sentenced to 10 years in prison for threatening an attack on PVV leader Geert Wilders by the court in The Hague on Monday. The court convicted the 27-year-old Pakistani man of preparing for a murder with a […]
Demographics
Muslim voters could swing 31 marginal seats, research finds (LINK ONLY)
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