(BBC) Three women have denied showing pictures in support of Hamas during a march in October. Heba Alhayek, 29, Pauline Ankunda, 26, and Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, were charged for inviting support for a proscribed organisation. They were alleged to have carried […]
(AP) A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was charged Friday with aggravated terrorism for the 2022 deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the nightlife district of the capital, Oslo. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting […]
(BBC) A drill rapper has pleaded guilty to possessing chemicals for terrorist purposes. Al-Arfat Hassan bought the chemicals which can be used to make explosives, two knives and a sword and posed with them in a video, talking about looking good for […]
(Brussels Times) In the aftermath of the terror attack in Brussels last month, a prospective law was discussed in parliament for the first time to ensure foreign nationals and asylum seekers required to leave the country actually do so. State Secretary for Asylum […]
(AP) Spanish right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras was recovering in a hospital Thursday after being shot in the face in broad daylight on a central Madrid street. Police were ruling out no hypotheses, including a possible link to the former European lawmaker’s ties […]
(Jewish News) The Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service have said no offences were committed following accusations of hate speech and incitement at a Greenwich mosque. Concerns were publicly raised following a sermon preached by Imam Muhammad Abdullah Shakir on 20 October, […]
(Brussels Times) The head of the Dutch anti-Muslim organization Pegida, Edwin Wagensveld, tore up a second copy of the Holy Koran on Thursday afternoon in court at the opening of his trial in The Hague. He then left the courtroom. Wagensveld is […]
(AFP) A social media influencer was arrested in France on Thursday for making light of the reported killing of an Israel[i] baby by Hamas attackers, prosecutors told AFP. In a video, the woman — identified by media as Warda Anwar, a model […]
(AFP) Police in Italy said Thursday they had arrested a 37-year-old Algerian man in the Milan subway, later discovering he was wanted by that country for alleged ties to Islamic State. When stopped by police officers for a routine check, the man […]
(Arab News) Panic buttons will be installed in French schools in a bid to alert police of terrorist attacks, the Times reported. The move follows the murder of a teacher by an Islamist last month, and as tensions surge in the country […]
(National-UAE) An asylum seeker who UK spies believe to be an ISIS supporter has won the right to remain in Britain after judges ruled he is not a threat to national security. The 30-year-old Iranian Kurd, who can’t be named for legal […]
(BBC) A patient who talked a hospital worker out of detonating a bomb in a cafe full of nurses told police he “seemed like a nice guy deep down,” a court has heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital, […]
(Brussels Times) A man arrested in connection with the 16 October attack in Brussels will remain in provisional detention at least for another month, according to Belgium’s federal prosecutor. The man is suspected of being connected to the weapon used during the […]
(Courthouse News) One of Denmark’s most spectacular spy court cases came to a preliminary end Wednesday, as the Eastern High Court declined to take up Ahmed Samsam’s lawsuit against the Danish domestic and foreign intelligence services. Samsam, convicted of being an Islamic […]
(BBC) Counter-terrorism police are warning there could be an increased risk of attacks in the UK because of the Israel-Gaza conflict. Reports to the anti-terror hotline between 7-25 October doubled compared to the same period last year. The number of reports containing […]
(Reuters) The German government wants to ensure that no money from the federal budget flows to terrorist organizations, by spelling out such use is prohibited, according to a draft amendment to the budget seen by Reuters on Wednesday. A paragraph on due […]
(EUobserver) Sweden has called for an EU immigration crackdown to stop terrorism, with a right-wing slant on Muslims that risks sharpening division. EU ministers should discuss in December how to prevent attacks such as the killing of two Swedish football fans by […]
(Euro Weekly) A suspected jihadist network based in Spain was smashed this Tuesday, November 7, after an operation initiated by the General Information Commissioner’s Office. As confirmed to larazon.es by police sources, a total of 14 individuals were arrested in several Spanish […]
(AP) Albania agreed Monday to give temporary shelter to some of the thousands of migrants who reach Italian shores while their asylum bids are being processed, offering its neighbor across the Adriatic Sea some relief in managing some of the arrivals. The […]
(AFP) Images of Muslim travellers in collective prayer at a French airport have caused controversy, with the government on Monday vowing “firmness” and the airport operator describing the incident as regrettable. The pictures shared virally on Sunday through social media showed several […]
(BBC) A former patient talked a man out of detonating a bomb in a Leeds hospital after spotting him looking upset, a jury has heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, who is accused of planning a terror attack at St James’s Hospital, was “agitated” […]
(BBC) A man who set fire to two elderly worshippers after they left mosques has been convicted of attempted murder. Mohammed Abbkr, 29, sprayed petrol on and set alight Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, during attacks in London and Birmingham. […]
(AFP) France has recorded more than a thousand anti-Semitic acts since the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen on Israel, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Sunday. “The number of anti-Semitic acts has exploded,” he told France 2 television, adding that 486 […]
(National-UAE) German universities have established links with an Iranian institute that has ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah, campaigners have said. New research by United Against Nuclear Iran has accused five establishments of having ties with the University of […]
(Sky News) The Metropolitan Police has ceased working with an adviser who was filmed leading a chant of the controversial slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Solicitor Attiq Malik is chair of the London Muslim Communities Forum, […]
(Reuters) Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands on fragile boats from west Africa this year, passing a previous record posted in 2006, regional authorities said on Sunday. So far this year, 31,933 people have reached the islands, compared with the […]
(National-UAE) UK defence officials have reportedly eliminated the Muslim Council of Britain’s role in identifying and endorsing military chaplains. The MCB had a voice within the Ministry of Defence’s system for appointing chaplains despite a ban on the organisation working with the […]
(Kathimerini) The Greek government and authorities have been very successful in fighting “illegal migration” by creating “an extremely secure land border” with a sturdy fence that was built very quickly to act as a deterrent, British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said […]
(BBC) The mayor of London said he is “really worried” about young people being radicalised by the Israel-Gaza war. Sadiq Khan said he was concerned about “another generation having animus [hostility or ill-feeling] in their heart.” He was speaking after attending workshops […]
(Euro Weekly) A recent incident has highlighted more than ever how social media is being used as a platform for violence. In a recent counter-terror crackdown, the National Police has apprehended a man for spreading hate-filled jihadist propaganda, according to a report […]
(Iran International) An investigation in the Times of London has revealed more than six UK-based groups with ties to the Iranian regime and active in pro-Hamas rallies. It comes amid rising fears that the Iranian regime’s influence on UK soil is deepening, […]
(AFP) Bundesliga club Mainz sacked footballer Anwar El Ghazi on Friday, hours after German prosecutors opened an investigation over his social media posts on the Israel-Hamas war. Mainz tweeted they were “ending the contractual relationship with Anwar El Ghazi and terminated the […]
(AP) Serbian police said Friday they have found some 3,400 migrants and seized weapons and ammunition during a days-long crackdown on irregular migration in the wake of a shooting last week near the border with Hungary that killed three migrants and wounded […]
(European Conservative) A suspected sympathiser of the Islamic State who murdered a 35-year-old man on the streets of the German city of Duisburg earlier this year has admitted he carried out the deadly knife attack on orders from the terrorist group to […]
(AFP) The mother of a man who killed a school teacher in northern France last month said she blamed his father for her son’s Islamist radicalisation. Mohammed Moguchkov, 20, stabbed his former teacher Dominique Bernard to death in the town of Arras […]
(BBC) Two women have been charged with a terror offence after allegedly carrying “an image displaying a paraglider” at a pro-Palestinian protest in London. The Met Police said Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, were charged on Friday with inviting support […]
(AFP) Italian police said Friday they had arrested a Bangladesh citizen suspected of belonging to a Pakistani Al-Qaeda-linked group who was studying military tactics and publishing incendiary videos online. Police in Genoa said the man, who described himself on Facebook as an […]
(European Conservative) The revelation that a 64-year-old Arabic translator and senior counterterrorism official within the Dutch intelligence services has been potentially leaking sensitive information to Morocco is causing a political storm in the Netherlands in the latest espionage scandal involving the North […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany has announced a ban on Samidoun, a group that says it advocates for Palestinian prisoners, and imposed further prohibitions to stamp out support for the Islamist militant group Hamas, which Berlin already lists as a terrorist organization. Chancellor Olaf […]
(Politico) Germany’s Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck criticized Muslim groups while expressing concern over rising antisemitism in Germany and calling for tough consequences for people committing antisemitic acts. “Antisemitism is not to be tolerated in any form,” Habeck said Wednesday evening in a speech […]
(Times of Malta) A Syrian man arrested following a magisterial inquiry into reports of terrorism-related activity in Malta transferred some €2.5 million to 13 countries in two years, an investigation has revealed. A money laundering inspector testified that the transfers were multi-national, […]
(JTA) Police in at least three European countries have arrested people they said were threatening or planning terror attacks related to the Israel-Hamas war. The arrests come amid a global spike in antisemitic incidents following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that […]
(BBC) Two women arrested by the Met Police on suspicion of supporting terrorism have been released on bail. They were held after the force shared pictures of protesters with images of paragliders at a pro-Palestine rally in Whitehall on 14 October. Two […]
(BBC) The devastating impact of Islamophobia should be taught in every school in Scotland, according to a new report. Educational institutions should also have safe spaces for Muslims and establish dress-code policies sensitive to their needs. The cross-party Holyrood group’s recommendations follow […]
(BBC) A hospital worker accused of planning terror attacks brought a bomb into work because of “anger” towards colleagues, his lawyer has told a jury. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, has admitted being “ready and willing” to detonate the homemade explosive at St James’s […]
(Brussels Times) As a new suspect was arrested for his possible involvement in the recent shooting in Brussels, and the violence between Israel and Hamas continues, Belgium is expected to remain at terrorism threat level 3 for “some time.” Two Swedish citizens […]
(AFP) French police on Tuesday shot and seriously wounded an unarmed woman who was making threats at a train station in Paris during morning rush hour. The incident came with the country on its maximum alert for potential attacks but with the […]
(Moscow Times) France is seeking the deportation of 39 Russian nationals suspected of holding “radical” Islamist views, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Monday. Russian citizens are under “the strictest control” following a deadly Oct. 13 school stabbing in northern France that […]
(BBC) Two women have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences following a Met Police appeal. The suspects, aged 29 and 44, came forward to a police station in south London on Monday after they recognised themselves in the appeal pictures. They […]
(Sky News) Home Secretary Suella Braverman has described street demonstrations in support of Palestinians as “hate marches.” It comes as five people have been charged after a pro-Palestinian protest took place in London on Saturday — the second weekend in a row […]
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