Citizenship
Muslim leader criticises Varadkar’s comments on Irish ‘Isis terrorist’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
German authorities worry about MB influence
(IPT) German officials reportedly see the Muslim Brotherhood as an increasingly subversive force in their society. Attacks by ISIS, combined with Muslim migration to Germany, have fueled social tension. The reach of the Islamic Community of Germany (ICG), which the German domestic […]
Legal
Six go on trial in Sweden terrorism case
(AFP) Six Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals living in Sweden went on trial in Stockholm on Monday accused of financing terrorism, three of them also charged with planning a terror attack. “If the terrorist crime had been carried out, it could have seriously […]
Interfaith
French jihadist in court over deadly Brussels Jewish museum attack
(AFP) A French jihadist appeared in court on Monday as a jury was chosen for his trial for shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014. Mehdi Nemmouche, the first jihadist to return from Syria’s battlefields to allegedly […]
Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Hebdo keeps the lights on
(Radio France) This is the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attack against the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Twelve people died at the hands of two radical Islamic attackers, who also killed Ahmed Merabet, a police officer who was on […]
Crime
Judge investigating Tariq Ramadan case loses laptop in burglary The laptop contains sensitive data, French media reported
(National-UAE) The home of one of the magistrates investigating rape charges against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan was burgled last week, French media reported on Sunday. Quoting an unnamed police source, French news website Europe 1 said a laptop with sensitive information had […]
Arts & Entertainment
Paris honors attack victims at Charlie Hebdo, kosher market
(AP) Cartoonists, religious leaders and top French officials are paying respects to 17 people killed by Islamic extremists targeting satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket. The attacks that started exactly four years ago Monday were the first of several to […]
Marriage
35% of women arrested for terrorism in Spain are Moroccans Terrorism and extremism are imposing threat in all countries across the world.
(Morocco World News) Two Spanish criminologists conducted a study on women involved in terror-related crimes in Spain. The study, quoted by Ceutaldia, indicates that nearly 34.8 percent of women radicalized by terror organizations in Spain are Moroccans. The study showed that the […]
Citizenship
Irish ‘Isis terrorist’ captured in Syria was on Garda watchlist (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
Radicalised in jail, teen thug becomes hardened jihadist
(AFP) Mehdi Nemmouche stands accused of carrying out Europe’s first attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to a Brussels court began not in a Middle Eastern desert but in […]
Government & Politics
Report: Nearly all terror attacks in France carried out by radicals already known to police A GLOBSEC report says nearly 80 percent of attackers behind 22 French incidents had been on terror watchlists; 97 percent had been on radar of authorities.
(NBC) The vast majority of terror attacks in France were carried out by Islamic radicals who had been known to police or intelligence services, according to a new report by a global security think tank. Bratislava-based GLOBSEC examined 22 terror incidents in […]
Animals
Belgium bans religious slaughtering practices, drawing praise and protest
(NY Times) A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a clash across Europe over the balance between animal welfare and religious freedom. With both animal rights advocates […]
Academics & Education
France debates where to teach Arabic: Public school or local mosque?
(NY Times) Early on Sunday mornings, Habiba Hatem, 9, prepares her own breakfast, grabs her flashy pink school bag and jumps into her father’s car — bound for Arabic lessons at her local mosque in a suburb north of Paris. Colorful sketches […]
Citizenship
Denmark deports Said Mansour, stripped of citizenship, to Morocco Said Mansour is the first Danish citizen to lose his citizenship and be deported because of a terrorism conviction.
(Morocco World News) Denmark has deported Said Mansour, convicted of incitement to terrorism and formerly a dual Moroccan-Danish citizen, to Morocco. According to Danish media, Mansour arrived in Casablanca yesterday night, aboard Royal Air Maroc flight 222 from Copenhagen. Danish authorities handed […]
Academics & Education
Parents are withdrawing children from religion lessons over objections to the teaching of Islam (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Germany: 2nd European Muslims meeting in Cologne ends Final declaration stresses terror groups posing threat to Islamic concepts and humanitarian values
(Anadolu) Terrorist groups such as FETO, Daesh, PKK, Boko Haram and al-Shabaab pose a global threat to Muslims worldwide, the final declaration of the European Muslims meeting said on Friday. The 2nd meeting of European Muslims in the German city of Cologne […]
Books
Books promoting radical Islam in Dutch high-security prison library
(Dutch News) Books by radical Muslims, including by people banned from entering the UK for praising suicide bombings, are available in the library at the high-security prison in Vught, the Telegraaf said on Friday. MPs from the Christian Democratic party CDA and […]
Government & Politics
At least 369 terror convictions in Belgium since 2015
(Brussels Times) At least 369 persons have been convicted of infractions of a terrorist nature in Belgium in the past four years, La Dernière Heure reported on Friday, quoting official data. The figures were provided by the federal Office of the Public […]
History
Mosque scrapped Shoah exhibit over ‘security threat and Yad Vashem link’ Leading Muslim warns moderates are ‘held to ransom’ by extremists after Golders Green mosque abandons Holocaust event
(Jewish News) A leading Muslim activist has warned “forward-thinking” members of his community are being “held to ransom” by extremists, after Golders Green mosque abandoned an exhibition about Muslims who helped Jews during the Holocaust over security threats and the event’s links […]
News: Europe
‘Maybe we need more God in prisons’ to curb radicalization, says one former extremist
(PRI) When Chérif Chekatt opened fire last month in the French city of Strasbourg at one of the most famous Christmas markets in Europe, five people were killed and about a dozen were injured. The 29-year-old Strasbourg native with Moroccan roots was […]
Crime
Police refute claims of far-right patrols after migrant attacks Four asylum-seekers reportedly assaulted a dozen people in the Bavarian town of Amberg over the weekend, renewing debate over migration. The mayor rejected fears of vigilantism by the far-right NPD.
(Deutsche Welle) A German far-right group claims to have carried out street patrols in the Bavarian town of Amberg where four asylum-seekers allegedly attacked a dozen passers-by over the weekend. The Nuremberg branch of the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) posted pictures […]
Government & Politics
Salvini furious as Italian mayors defy new immigration rules
(Local) Clashes over migration between Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Italian mayors continue, with several city mayors now refusing to follow Salvini’s orders. Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo, has been joined by left-leaning mayors in Naples and Florence who say they will […]
History
Golders Green mosque cancels Muslim Shoah heroes exhibit No reasons given for cancellation as Jewish interfaith activist insists the community will still work on building local relations
(Jewish News) A planned exhibition celebrating Muslim Albanians who helped, protected and rescued their Jewish neighbours during the Holocaust has been scrapped. No reason has been given for the cancellation, but Rabbi Natan Levy, head of operations at Faith Forums for London, […]
Deradicalization
Oxford Street terror attack plotter ‘resisted’ de-radicalisation
(BBC) A man who planned to drive a van into 100 people in London was working with a government de-radicalisation programme at the time, a court has heard. Islamic State (IS) supporter Lewis Ludlow pleaded guilty last August to planning the Oxford […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Islam is religion of peace: Head of Turkey’s Diyanet Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate, says racism, xenophobia narrow areas of freedom
(Anadolu) Islam is a religion of peace that defends universal values, Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, said on Wednesday. “Islam is a religion of peace that defends and tries to keep the same universal values alive all over […]
Children & Teens
German interior minister renews call for stricter deportation laws in wake of Amberg attacks An attack by a group of asylum-seekers on passers-by in a Bavarian town has prompted Germany's interior minister to renew his longstanding call for stricter deportation laws. Amberg's mayor has called for caution.
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said asylum-seekers who commit violent crimes must leave the country, after a group of apparently drunken teenagers attacked a dozen people in the Bavarian town of Amberg. “If existing laws are not sufficient, they must be changed,” Seehofer told […]
Government & Politics
Sicilian mayor defies Salvini on residency terms for migrants
(Local) Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo, has ordered the local registry office to ignore a new clause in the so-called “decreto sicurezza” that would deny migrants the right to apply for full residency after two-year asylum stays. Left-wing mayor Orlando argued that […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester stabbings suspect detained under mental health laws
(BBC) A terror suspect arrested over a “frenzied” knife attack on three people in Manchester has been detained under mental health laws. The 25-year-old is being held on suspicion of attempted murder after the stabbings on New Year’s Eve at the city’s […]
Forced & Underage Marriage
Forced marriage victims charged fee to be rescued (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Victoria station stabbings ‘a terrorist investigation’
(BBC) The stabbing of three people — including a police officer — in Manchester is being treated as a terrorist investigation, police say. A man, aged 25, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the attack on New Year’s Eve at […]
Animals
Belgium region’s kosher slaughter ban goes into effect The ban should serve as 'a wake-up call' to Jewish communities across Europe to the necessity of building ties with national governments, a senior European rabbi said.
(Jerusalem Post) A ban on kosher slaughter by the Flanders region of Belgium will go into effect January 1, after legislation prohibiting animal slaughter without pre-stunning was passed in the region’s parliament in July 2017. Slaughter according to Islamic law will also […]
Law Enforcement
Another terrorism arrest in Rotterdam, site of the national fireworks show
(NL Times) Another Rotterdam man was arrested on suspicion of involvement in terrorist-related crimes, the public prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The arrest is not connected to the arrest of four men in Rotterdam over the weekend, suspected of plotting a terrorist […]
Children & Teens
Belgium to appeal against order to repatriate Islamic State families
(Reuters) Belgium will appeal against a judge’s order forcing it to repatriate two Belgian women convicted of being Islamic State militants and their six children from Syria, the migration minister said on Sunday. A judge said on Wednesday that Belgium had to […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrants: UK and France to step up patrols
(BBC) The UK and France are to step up joint patrols and increase surveillance to tackle a rise in the number of migrants trying to reach Britain in small boats. Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who has cut short a family holiday, agreed […]
Law Enforcement
Five terror suspects held in Netherlands, Germany
(AFP) Dutch security forces arrested four people in the port city of Rotterdam on Saturday on suspicion of preparing for a “terrorist crime,” police said, while a fifth suspect was detained in Germany. Elite counter-terrorism units and police arrested the men and […]
Christians
UK welcomes extremists, bans critics of extremists
(Gatestone) The British government’s idea of who is — and who is not — a legitimate asylum seeker becomes stranger by the month. In November it was reported that the Pakistani Christian mother of five, Asia Bibi, was unlikely to be offered […]
Books
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary’s acolytes hide behind 150 fronts (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Germany to curb mosque funding from Gulf states The German government has started to request that those countries register any funding they may provide to mosques in Germany, a report says. The move aims to discourage radicalization in German mosques.
(Deutsche Welle) The German Foreign Ministry wants Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other Gulf states to register any donations or state subsidies intended for mosques in Germany. According to daily Süddeutsche Zeitung and German broadcasters WDR and NDR, the government has involved […]
Legal
Three Central Asians charged in Sweden with plotting terrorist crime
(Reuters) Three Central Asian men have been charged in Sweden with plotting to commit a terrorist crime as well as — along with three others — financing the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said on Thursday. “Three (of the suspects) acquired and […]
News: Europe
Key French jihadist Peter Cherif set to return behind bars
(AFP) One of France’s most wanted jihadists, considered a potential source of valuable information by Western intelligence agencies, is set to return to prison Thursday following seven years on the run. Peter Cherif, 36, was close to the brothers who massacred staff […]
History
Golders Green mosque to host exhibit on Muslim heroes of Shoah Display on Albanian saviours comes as centre continues to reach out to neighbours in most Jewish area of London
(Jewish News) Golders Green Mosque is to host a unique one-day Yad Vashem exhibition at the beginning of the new year, highlighting the Muslim Albanians who helped, protected and rescued their Jewish neighbours during the Holocaust. The exhibition, to be held under […]
Children & Teens
Belgian judge orders repatriation of six children of Islamic State militants: Belga
(Reuters) A Belgian judge has ordered the government to repatriate six children of Islamic State (IS) militants and their mothers who have been detained in a camp in Kurdish-controlled Syria, the national news agency Belga said on Wednesday. Tatiana Wielandt, 26, and […]
Government & Politics
Germany mulls introducing ‘mosque tax’ for Muslims The idea, similar to Germany's church tax, would aim to make mosques independent of foreign donors. Germany's government and progressive Muslim leaders have supported the idea.
(Deutsche Welle) Lawmakers from Germany’s grand coalition government said on Wednesday that they were considering introducing a “mosque tax” for German Muslims, similar to the church taxes that German Christians pay. Thorsten Frei, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), […]
Law Enforcement
German police find Islamic State flag after suspected attack on railway
(Reuters) German police said on Tuesday they had found a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group near the site of a suspected attack on a railway track in Berlin and that investigators were examining whether the perpetrators had any political […]
Immigration
English Channel sees uptick in migrants trying to cross over
(AP) British and French authorities said some 40 migrants were rescued in the waters between southern England and northern France on Christmas Day, amid a spike in attempts by migrants to cross the English Channel to British shores on small boats. The […]
Holidays
High security in Barcelona following US terror warning
(AP) Security is high in Barcelona following a U.S. warning of the risk of a terror attack during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The security alert, posted online and sent to U.S. citizens in Spain’s second-largest city, recommends exercising “heightened caution” […]
News: Europe
Charlie Hebdo journalist: ‘Islam must submit to criticism’
(Breitbart) Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui has received rape and death threats for saying “Islam must submit to criticism.” The journalist, who has lived under police protection since a number of her colleagues at the satirical magazine were murdered by [a] radical […]
Children & Teens
Toddler dies in botched circumcision in Rome migrant refuge (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Suspect tied to Charlie Hebdo attack sent to France, charged
(AP) French authorities handed preliminary terrorism charges Sunday to a fugitive extremist who is suspected of fighting U.S. forces in Iraq and helping to organize the 2015 shooting attack at satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people. Peter Cherif, who […]
Government & Politics
Pro-polygamy Muslim leader calls for Islamic representation in Italy
(Breitbart) One of Italy’s most prominent Muslim leaders has challenged interior minister Matteo Salvini to find a way to give Muslims “democratic representation” in government. Hamza Piccardo, who famously argued that “polygamy is our civil right,” wrote this week to Mr Salvini […]