(BBC) A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder following a triple stabbing in Uxbridge. Afghan national Safi Dawood, of Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, was charged with murdering Wayne Broadhurst, a 49-year-old man who was walking his dog on the […]
(LBC) An Afghan asylum seeker who overstayed his right to be in the UK and sexually assaulted two women as he delivered food to their doorsteps has been named. Shafiullah Rasooli used his friend’s registration details to carry out work as a […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who “calmly” walked into a bank and stabbed a man inside to death without provocation or motive has been jailed for life. Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur stabbed Gurvinder Johal, 37, through the heart in an attack caught on CCTV […]
(European Conservative) Even if, as the European right demands, the flow of Muslim immigration were to be completely halted today, the proportion of Muslims in Europe would continue to grow rapidly due to pure demographic logic, as years ago confirmed by Pew […]
(Hyphen) The government’s plan to lower the voting age to 16 before the next general election will enfranchise more than 150,000 young British Muslims — who will make up more than a tenth of all new voters. An estimated 156,000 16- and […]
(AFP) Denmark’s Prosecution Service said Wednesday it had charged two Swedish citizens with terrorism for targeting the Israeli embassy with two hand grenades in Copenhagen last year. Two explosions were reported near the embassy in the middle of the night on October […]
(BBC) An Afghan national has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a dog walker was killed in a triple stabbing in west London. The victim, named locally as Wayne Broadhurst, 49, was stabbed in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, at 17:00 GMT on […]
(Jewish News) The Charity Commission has confirmed it has launched a statutory inquiry into the Islamic Human Rights Commission Trust over its funding of a non-charitable company. In a statement, the Commission confirmed it is “escalating its engagement” with the organisation, which […]
(Brussels Times) Not more than two months ago, the Brussels Times met with TRENDS Research & Advisory, an Abu Dhabi-based think tank, which hosted an annual forum on political Islam. Barely a fortnight later, Belgian police foiled a jihadist-inspired plot to assassinate […]
(Swiss Info) More than two months after a delicate meeting with members of the Islamist Taliban government on repatriating convicted criminals from Switzerland to Afghanistan, it is clear that no further deportations have taken place. Four officials from the Afghan Taliban government […]
(Dutch News) The immigration service IND has ruled two women should be deported to Afghanistan even though the Netherlands is involved in a separate international court case about the Taliban’s discriminatory laws against women. The IND said the fundamentalist Islamic regime was […]
(Algemeiner) Hamas has expanded its terrorist operations beyond the Middle East, exploiting a long-established network of weapons caches, criminal alliances, and covert infrastructure that has been quietly built across Europe for years, according to a new report. Earlier this month, West Point’s […]
(BBC) A self-styled “Anglo Jihadi” accused of planning a terror attack was “not just an online fantasist,” prosecutors have told a jury. Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, is alleged to have been planning an “atrocity,” with […]
(LBC) A man believed to be the brother of a people smuggling kingpin has been jailed for more than five-and-a-half years for helping him transport people to the UK. Anjan Ahmadi, 26, of Stefano Road, Preston, worked with Amanj Hasan Zada, who […]
(Brussels Times) The Antwerp Court of Appeal has confirmed the pre-trial detention of two suspects for another month, rejecting their appeal as unfounded, the federal public prosecutor announced on Monday. The pair had appealed against a decision issued by the council chamber […]
(Brussels Times) Lawyers for two men arrested in Antwerp over an alleged terrorist plot targeting political figures have argued that the attack was “technically impossible.” The lawyers called for their clients to be released under conditions or placed under electronic surveillance. The […]
(Le Monde) For years, Emilie König, now 40, was nicknamed “the muse of jihad.” In the coming months, she will be tried by a criminal court in Paris, following an indictment order issued on September 16 by anti-terrorism investigating judges, for joining […]
(GB News) Sir Keir Starmer has promised that the national inquiry into the rape gangs will investigate why “heinous crimes were disproportionately committed by Asian men.” In a letter signed by the prime minister, Sir Keir thanked the panel for its support […]
(LBC) An NHS doctor accused of glorifying Hamas’s October 7 attacks in Israel has appeared before a medical tribunal wearing a gold necklace featuring the number seven. Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, a British-Palestinian trainee trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, is facing claims of […]
(AFP) A French court on Friday sentenced an Algerian woman to life imprisonment without parole for raping, torturing and murdering a schoolgirl in Paris, making her the first woman to receive this maximum sentence. Dahbia Benkired was handed an “irreducible life sentence” […]
(AFP) A suspected Islamic State group supporter has been arrested in Germany for allegedly trying to cause fatal crashes on a motorway by shooting at cars with an air rifle, prosecutors said Friday. The 21-year-old suspect, a Turkish national who has not […]
(GB News) A teacher has been banned from his profession for life after he “mocked Islam” at a school in Dorset. Alex Lloyd was the head of sixth form at the Bishop of Winchester Academy in Bournemouth when he made comments during […]
(Jewish News) Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for the expulsion of pro-Palestine students who disrupted a lecture at a London university due to the speaker’s links to Israel. In an interview with Jewish News, Badenoch also added that, if the students […]
(BBC) France is backing away from a recent commitment to intervene more forcefully at sea to stop small boats from crossing the English Channel, according to multiple sources contacted by the BBC. There is evidence that France’s current political turmoil is partly […]
(Philenews) Prosecutors have dropped terrorism charges against Azerbaijani national Orhan Asadov, who has instead admitted conspiracy to murder an Israeli businessman and four associates in Nicosia, in a significant development in the long-running Cyprus terrorism case. The 42-year-old defendant, who has been […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who claimed that the “Royal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspit” has appeared before a medical tribunal. Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, is being investigated by the GMC over a series of posts and comments made […]
(France 24) Syrian authorities on Thursday negotiated a ceasefire with a group of foreign jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwestern Syria, according to sources. The agreement came after Syrian government forces surrounded the camp of Firqatul Ghuraba (“the Foreigners’ Brigade”) […]
(Jerusalem Post) The left-wing French party La France Insoumise (LFI) has extensive ties to Islamist elements, several French journalists have testified in recent weeks. The testimonies have been presented to the French National Assembly, which has launched a parliamentary commission of inquiry […]
(Philenews) Significant developments have occurred in two terrorism cases that have occupied both the Cypriot prosecuting authorities and foreign media. One concerns the 42-year-old Azerbaijani, Orkhan Asadov, whose case was filed with the Nicosia Criminal Court in the autumn of 2021 and […]
(Jerusalem Post) A conference at a Paris university last Wednesday honoring a recently released Lebanese terrorist featured a video address by a leading member of a Palestinian terrorist organization and praise for the October 7 massacre. The far-left revolutionary meeting of over […]
(France 24) Syria government forces launched an operation Wednesday against jihadists holed up in a camp in the northwest, in a push to capture French fighters wanted by their government. Troops surrounded French jihadists in the camp during the ongoing operation, said […]
(Belga) Belgium’s Court of Cassation has rejected the government’s appeals against earlier rulings that ordered the release of Nizar Trabelsi, a former Tunisian footballer who was convicted of terrorism offences in 2004. This leaves the Belgian state with no legal grounds on […]
(Fox) A Spanish priest who was facing three years in prison for remarks he made in 2016 that were critical of radical Islam was acquitted. “I thank God and the Christian people who supported me with their prayers and their presence in […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government does not want to ban schoolgirls from wearing headscarves in public schools. It argues that the current law sufficiently ensures that all girls can take part in school, sports and swimming lessons. The government examined such a […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who has become notorious for her diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” in the UK has been arrested by the police, days before another hearing into her conduct is due to be heard by a medical tribunal. Video footage released […]
(Reuters) Austria deported an Afghan national back to his home country on Tuesday for the first time since the Taliban seized power there four years ago, and the conservative-led coalition government in Vienna said that more would follow soon. The government has […]
(Jerusalem Post) A panel at Panteion University with a senior Hamas terrorist, who was released in February in exchange for hostages, will not take place at the Athens institution, after the university forbade the unauthorized event following a Jerusalem Post report. The […]
(NL Times) Palestinian journalist and activist Mustafa Ayyash, 33, is fighting his extradition to Austria. On Tuesday, his lawyer, Frederieke Dölle, urged the International Legal Assistance Chamber (IRK) of the Amsterdam District Court to deny the extradition request. A group of about […]
(European Conservative) The Austrian federal government has introduced an important draft law that prohibits religious headscarves for girls under the age of 14. This measure, designed to protect young girls from societal pressures and promote an equal, focused learning environment, is set […]
(NL Times) The Council of State has given a mostly favorable assessment of Esther Ouwehand’s (Partij voor de Dieren) bill aimed at reducing animal suffering during slaughter. Among its provisions is a proposal to make stunning animals mandatory before ritual slaughter. The […]
(Swiss Info) Some ten terrorism-related investigations are currently underway at the Swiss Federal Office of Police (Fedpol), its director Eva Wildi-Cortés said on Sunday. She was speaking a week after it was announced that an attack had been foiled in Switzerland. “At […]
(BBC) A 62-year-old woman has denied showing support for the proscribed terror group Hamas. It is alleged that Sarah Wilkinson, of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, posted messages on X in support of Hamas, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. On Monday, she pleaded not guilty […]
(Brussels Times) Flemish Minister for Employment Zuhal Demir has accused Turkey of abusing visa-free green passports to send pro-Erdogan imams to Belgium to influence third- and fourth-generation Flemish Turks. She has urged Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Prévot to launch an investigation, according […]
(NL Times) The planned Pegida demonstration in Assen on Sunday afternoon was banned at the last minute by Mayor Marco Out due to public safety concerns. The right-wing group had intended to burn a Quran near the Assen courthouse. Tensions flared in […]
(GB News) Labour has scrapped its Islamophobia definition with fears it could threaten free speech. A working group has formulated new wording that will replace the controversial definition, adopted in 2019, changing the term “Islamophobia” [to] “anti-Muslim hate.” It will remove all […]
(European Conservative) On Friday, October 17, 2025, the highly anticipated trial of Dahbia Benkired begins in Paris. She is suspected of having kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered 12-year-old Lola Daviet three years ago. The particularly heinous crime deeply shocked the French public […]
(Brussels Signal) On the fifth anniversary of the brutal beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty by a radical Islamist, Abdelali Mamoun, imam at the historic Grande Mosquée de Paris, said Muslims were tired of it and felt “ostracised.” During an interview with […]
(European Conservative) European leaders are drawing up plans for maintaining peace in the Middle East. But reports suggest they should be more concerned about the presence of extremists at home. Italian daily Libero Quotidiano warned on Thursday that “Hamas is already among […]
(AP) Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting the face coverings worn by some Muslim women. The measure was proposed by the far-right Chega party […]
(BBC) Manchester Arena bombmaker Hashem Abedi has pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder three prison officers in a terrorist attack. The 28-year-old is serving a life sentence for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi murder 22 people in the 2017 […]
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