(National-UAE) An official definition of Islamophobia would present a risk to free speech, and plans to introduce one should be ditched, the UK government’s adviser on terror laws has said. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said a definition would […]
(Iran International) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is using online grooming tactics to recruit potential operatives in Britain, a report by the Daily Express said on Friday, one day after London vowed to frustrate what it called escalating Iranian threats to people on UK […]
(LBC) LBC has seen the digital posters and videos being pumped out to people in a bid to stop them making the dangerous Channel crossing. They feature warnings both in English and French, saying they risk being sent back under the new […]
(GB News) A bombshell new report reveals scores of migrants have lied about their age to get into Britain, as almost 50 per cent of under-18s who come alone are waved through upon arrival. The report, by Stand for Our Sovereignty and […]
(AP) Two armed Turkish men were being questioned Thursday after being arrested in Viterbo, near Rome, hours before a popular local festival, Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni said. Meloni praised police and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi for their “swift intervention” leading to the […]
(Iran International) The British government on Thursday said it was determined to frustrate what it called escalating Iranian threats to people on UK soil, citing cyberattacks and the use of criminal proxies to carry out attacks. “The Government has long recognised there […]
(BBC) An imam has been charged after two children were allowed to marry each other in a mosque. Northamptonshire Police said Ashraf Osmani had been charged under forced marriage legislation after he allegedly conducted a nikah wedding ceremony involving two 16-year-olds at […]
(Yabiladi) The European Institute of Human Sciences (IESH), which trains imams in France, has been dissolved by the Council of Ministers at the request of Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Retailleau hailed it as a step against “the […]
(NL Times) The mayor of Delft, Marja van Bijsterveldt, regrets the impact that the municipality’s investigation into the Muslim community in the Zuid-Holland town had, but will not apologize for it. In an interview with de Volkskrant, van Bijsterveldt, who is stepping […]
(BBC) A terror trial suspect accused of having an instructional bomb-making video claimed he skipped over parts of the film and “didn’t really think anything of it.” Adam Mahmood told Birmingham Crown Court he asked for the video to be sent to […]
(European Conservative) The municipality of Molenbeek, a town in the Brussels metropolitan area known for being a hotbed of jihadists, is once again making headlines. During a city council meeting, a veiled socialist councillor, complaining about derogatory comments made about her online […]
(JNS) A hospital in Belgium defended on Tuesday a physician who had last week identified in medical papers a patient as Jewish, but suspended him over antisemitic cartoons posted on his social-media account in 2023. The physician was identified as Dr. Qasim […]
(AFP) Denmark’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Dane of Syrian origin who was jailed for having spent time with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria was in fact an informant for Danish intelligence services. The case has captivated the Nordic […]
(Breitbart) A Tunisian migrant was shot and killed by police in Marseille on Tuesday after allegedly stabbing multiple people while reciting verses from the Qur’an. The suspected knife attacker has been identified as 35-year-old Abdelkader D. from Tunisia. Le Figaro reports that […]
(NL Times) A Dutch court has ruled that the government must assist in relocating 42 Afghan guards who protected the Dutch embassy in Kabul during the Taliban takeover in 2021, along with their partners and minor children, NOS reports. The guards worked […]
(LBC) Britain’s countryside needs more halal food and is “overwhelmingly white,” a new report has claimed. Academics from the University of Leicester have penned a report on the issue of “rural racism,” which looks at the experience of ethnic minorities in the […]
(European Conservative) A 23-year-old Dutch woman was seriously assaulted in Ventimiglia, Italy, after being attacked and struck on the head, reportedly with a bottle. She was taken to Bordighera hospital for treatment and later released. The assault took place on Via Tenda, […]
(ITV) A TikTok user from Birmingham with more than 27,000 followers has gone on trial accused of having a bomb-making video on his phone. A court heard the video showed how to make an improvised explosive which had been used in previous […]
(Jerusalem Post) An activist with an organization designated by Israel as a terrorist front group is participating in the newest flotilla launched by activists on Sunday to break the blockade around Gaza. Jaldia Abubakra embarked from Barcelona on a ship, according to […]
(Jerusalem Post) Law students of the class of 2025 at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) voted last week to name their class after controversial politician Rima Hassan, the rector of the university announced on Thursday. Hassan is a French-Palestinian politician with […]
(European Conservative) On August 11th, a young girl lost her life after falling onto the tracks and being hit by a train in Friedland, Lower Saxony. The police were called to the station shortly before the girl’s death because of a man […]
(Israel Hayom) The JID organization for combating antisemitism revealed this morning (Friday) a serious incident involving a 9-year-old patient who came for medical treatment at the hospital in the town of Knokke in Belgium. After the girl received medical treatment, the doctor […]
(ANSA) No evidence has emerged against a Turkish man suspected of plotting to kill late Pope Francis in Trieste in 2024 and the suspect is not linked to any terror group, the Trieste police headquarters said Friday. “No evidence has emerged” of […]
(NL Times) A 45-year-old man from Turkey was arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly being part of a plan to kill Pope Francis over a year ago in Trieste, Italy, authorities in that country told newspaper Il Piccolo and press agency ANSA. […]
(Jewish News) A notorious “part-Palestinian British NHS doctor,” who regularly posts diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” on social media, has announced that she has been referred to an Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT), pointing to articles from Jewish News as part of the reason […]
(National-UAE) It has been 10 years since Sir John Jenkins’ landmark inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK was wrapped up but he says the need to understand the movement’s role is now even more pressing. The former diplomat was commissioned […]
(AFP) Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin’s Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came […]
(AP) A second suspect was arrested Friday over a knife attack last weekend on a tram in the German city of Dresden in which an American man was wounded, authorities said. The suspect, a 20-year-old Syrian, turned himself in to police hours […]
(Sky News) The government will reject any attempt by a member of the ISIS “Beatles” terror cell to be transferred from a Colorado prison to a high-security jail in the UK, Sky News understands. El Shafee Elsheikh, known as “Jihadi Ringo,” grew […]
(European Conservative) A decades-long dispute over a mosque and Koran school in Leonding, Upper Austria, is escalating once again after city authorities officially confirmed that the religious site is operating illegally, Austrian Express reports. The mosque, run by the “Islamic Assembly and […]
(European Conservative) Germany’s welfare statistics have reignited the debate over migration and integration after new figures revealed that “Mohammed” and its many spelling variants have become the most common first name among recipients of Bürgergeld, the country’s basic income support. The revelation […]
(JNS) Israel’s ambassador to Belgium joined local politicians in condemning a protest in Brussels where two girls were filmed praising Hamas leaders in an Arabic-language song while sitting on the shoulders of keffiyeh-clad men. “The future generation. Tell me who you admire, […]
(Luxembourg Times) A man has been charged with terrorism offences following the posting of two TikTok videos, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The 29-year-old was charged after being questioned for a second time, having initially been arrested at a migrant reception […]
(GB News) Two men who are reportedly Afghan asylum seekers have denied charges relating to the alleged abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, and Mohammad Kabir, also aged 23, were asked to enter their pleas to allegations about […]
(Brussels Times) Commotion took place at a municipal council meeting in the Brussels commune of Jette on Wednesday evening: several councillors left the meeting after the Palestinian flag was called “the flag of a terrorist movement” during a debate on its presence […]
(Euronews) So-called Islamic State group terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh, known as “Jihadi Ringo,” has applied to transfer from a US high-security prison to the UK despite having his British citizenship revoked, triggering outrage from his victims’ relatives. The 37-year-old member of the […]
(Belga) In response to concerns raised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the Belgian ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice have confirmed that the country has no intention of transferring terrorists to Iran. The NCRI, a branch of the […]
(Jewish News) Middle East minister Hamish Falconer has insisted the UK government remains “clear-eyed” about the threat the Iranian regime poses to British Jews in this country, adding this is one reason why Tehran now faces the reimposition of sweeping new sanctions. Speaking […]
(Jewish News) Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain has appeared to suggest Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust could have been provided “with land for a homeland, in Europe” rather than in Israel during an online debate about Zionism. The independent MP, elected on […]
(European Conservative) Charges against Niyak Ghorbani, a dissident Iranian journalist living in the UK, were abandoned after video footage comprehensively undermined the prosecution’s case. Ghorbani is recognisable from his attendance at London “pro-Palestinian” marches with a “Hamas Is Terrorist” sign. Last September, […]
(European Conservative) A new annual report from Austria’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam (DPI) shows a sharp rise in Islamist activity, both online and in public spaces. According to the report, extremists are becoming increasingly visible in everyday Austrian life, often adopting […]
(AP) Switzerland’s highest court has upheld the conviction of noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan for rape and sexual coercion handed down by a regional court last year. The federal court said Thursday it had rejected Ramadan’s appeal, which had alleged procedural flaws […]
(AFP) French authorities have arrested twin brothers over the cutting down of an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, a young French Jewish man tortured to death in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday. An olive tree, planted in 2011 in Halimi’s […]
(Anadolu) Austria’s Integration, Family and EU Affairs Minister Claudia Plakolm announced on Wednesday that voluntary integration is “over,” as the government prepares to introduce a three-year mandatory program linking social benefits to participation in language and values courses. The initiative, set to […]
(Ynet) Italy is considered a favorite destination for Israelis. Over the years, the two countries have also maintained relatively warm relations. However, in recent months, with the prolongation of the war and the shift in European public opinion regarding it, all of […]
(Jerusalem Post) Two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, of Muslim Arab origin, were arrested by French police late last month in Paris, on suspicion of planning an attack against synagogues and the Eiffel Tower in the French capital, French newspaper Le Figaro […]
(GB News) I can exclusively reveal that one of Britain’s most dangerous jihadi terrorists is now a free man. That is Mohammed Shahjahan. He is the Islamist who tried to blow up the London Stock Exchange and he has just been released […]
(Israel Hayom) A new report published by B’nai B’rith International, the European Union of Jewish Students, and the German think tank Democ found that in nine of Europe’s key countries there is “a climate of fear and exclusion at European universities.” The […]
(ITV) New measures will be introduced to tackle so-called “honour-based” abuse, the government has announced. Honour-based abuse (HBA) is motivated by the perception that a person has brought shame to themselves, their family or the community. Related crimes include female genital mutilation, […]
(Deutsche Welle) Dresden police and prosecutors said on Tuesday that they had arrested a 21-year-old Syrian in connection with a knife attack on a late-night tram in the city over the weekend. He was detained in the early hours of Tuesday, police […]
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