(GB News) Britain may face social upheaval and deepening perceptions of a “two-tier society” if Labour persists with plans to create a formal definition of Islamophobia, the head of an advocacy group has warned. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has formed a […]
(Sur in English) Vallfogona de Balaguer — a village of barely 2,000 inhabitants located in the La Noguera area of Lleida in Spain — was the scene of the latest anti-jihadist operation in the country ordered by a court of the Audiencia […]
(AFP) German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged an Afghan man over a Munich car-ramming attack that killed a two-year-old girl and her mother and wounded dozens more. The man, identified only as Farhad N., was charged with two counts of murder, […]
(European Conservative) One of Germany’s largest online retailers has begun selling hijabs for young girls, sparking criticism amid warnings of Islamist pressure on minors. Otto-Versand promotes the veils as accessories that “offer comfort and allow your daughter to move freely.” Security experts […]
(Reuters) Germany is set to lift its months-long ban on the entry of vulnerable Afghan nationals it had pledged to admit, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday, after mounting legal pressure at home and a deportation push by Pakistan. Around 2,000 […]
(AFP) A Berlin court on Tuesday convicted a Syrian teenager of contributing to an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. Three dates in the US pop megastar’s record-breaking “Eras” tour were cancelled last summer after authorities warned […]
(NY Post) An American has been stabbed after confronting a Syrian national in Germany after allegedly stepping in to help two female passengers being harassed on a tram, according to reports. The young man was attacked at around 12:25 a.m. on Sunday […]
(Ynet) There is a dramatic rise in the name “Mohammed” and its variations across Europe, the Daily Mail said in a report, underscoring demographic changes linked to immigration. According to the report, over the past 25 years, the number of babies given […]
(Luxembourg Times) A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism during the night from Thursday to Friday, the Luxembourg public prosecutor’s office announced in a press release on Friday evening. The arrest was made following the publication of a post on […]
(Free Beacon) In 1992, the Danish Parliament passed a special law granting asylum to 321 Palestinian refugees from Lebanon who were living in the country illegally. Twenty-five years later, a Danish minister, Martin Henriksen, asked a parliamentary committee to examine how they […]
(BBC) Two pro-Palestinian activists found guilty of harassing a UK government minister have appeared in court to appeal against their convictions. Ayeshah Behit, 31, and [Hiba] Ahmed, 26, were found guilty of the charge against Alex Davies-Jones, the Labour MP for Pontypridd, […]
(ITV) A teenager has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of having information about setting wildfires for “terrorist purposes.” Muhammad Zakir Arif, 19, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, is charged with four offences of possessing a record containing information useful to terrorism on […]
(Morocco World News) The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has firmly denied allegations published yesterday by the Spanish newspaper La Gaceta regarding a Moroccan national recently arrested in Spain. The DGAPR issued a statement on Thursday, rejecting claims that […]
(AFP) Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem on Thursday appealed a life sentence handed down in July over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria. The Stockholm district court was the first to try a […]
(Middle East Eye) A London hospital reported a former midwife to Prevent and the nursing regulator more than a year after she had left her job, following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) over her social media posts describing Israel’s […]
(BBC) A decision over whether a member of rap group Kneecap will stand trial for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, at a London gig last year, has been postponed. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on […]
(European Conservative) A pro-Palestinian demonstration near the German Chancellery on Monday night ended with 188 arrests after protesters chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leaders and rejecting the existence of Israel. According to Berlin police, around 150 demonstrators marched from a protest camp on […]
(AP) German prosecutors announced terrorism charges Wednesday against a man who they say may have planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin and intended to join the Islamic State group in Pakistan. The suspect, a Russian national identified only as Akhmad […]
(Jewish News) Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana “willingly” expressed support for the IHRA definition of antisemitism during the 2019 general election, despite now accusing Jeremy Corbyn of “capitulating” to those who support it. Jewish News has learned that the Coventry South independent MP, now […]
(Yabiladi) In a joint operation with Moroccan authorities, Spanish security forces have arrested two individuals of Moroccan descent in [Vallfogona] de Balaguer, Lleida. One of the suspects, a 26-year-old, has a history of imprisonment in Morocco due to activities linked to jihadist […]
(BBC) A man convicted of a terror offence hid secret bank accounts and contact details from police for more than two years, a court has heard. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 33, from Bradford, pleaded guilty in 2013 to possessing terrorist material and was […]
(Euro Weekly) Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain’s Popular Party (PP), has declared his support for prohibiting the use of the burka and the niqab in public spaces, while clarifying that his position does not extend to the hijab. Speaking on August […]
(European Conservative) A court in Vienna has caused a storm after confirming that a financial ruling based on Islamic law, or Sharia, is legally valid in Austria. Critics say the judgment opens the door to “parallel justice” and undermines the country’s legal […]
(European Conservative) German authorities have again classified an Islamist preacher as a security threat, years after he was jailed for supporting terrorism and later claimed to have reformed. Sven Lau, 44, was once one of the most visible figures of Germany’s radical […]
(AP) The suspect in a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has been charged with murder, attempted murder and bodily harm, prosecutors said Tuesday, claiming he was trying to kill as many people as possible. […]
(Euronews) The European Commission has countered criticism from far-right political groups for allocating EU research funds over the past years on projects focused on subject matters like Islam, the Qur’an, Sharia, and Islamophobia. The controversy began after Italian hard-right MEP Silvia Sardone […]
(Jewish News) Communal leaders have said it is “beyond comprehension” that Preston City Council has invited the mayor of Hebron to address a working group seeking to forge links with the West Bank city because he is a convicted terrorist who “has […]
(Yabiladi) The Spanish National Police announced on Monday, August 18, the successful arrest of two individuals suspected of having ties to jihadist terrorism in Vallfogona de Balaguer (Lleida). This operation was conducted in close collaboration with Moroccan authorities. According to “Europa Press,” citing […]
(European Conservative) A Vienna civil court has ruled that a €320,000 arbitration decision under Sharia law is valid in Austria. The case involved two men who had agreed to settle their contractual dispute according to Islamic law, specifically following the “Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah” […]
(Euro Weekly) A shocking act of arson has devastated the small parish church in El Pozuelo, a village within the municipality of Albuñol, Granada. On Sunday, August 17, a 21-year-old man of Moroccan origin was arrested after allegedly setting fire to the […]
(Iran International) A Danish newspaper has revealed extensive financial and organizational ties between the Islamic Republic and Imam Ali Mosque in Copenhagen, one of the largest Shiite centers in Denmark. “The Imam Ali Mosque in Copenhagen has received millions of kroner from […]
(Jewish News) A doctor facing multiple complaints of antisemitism has delivered another inflammatory speech to pro-Palestine activists in Leeds in which she claimed a quarter of UK MPs are “collaborators” and “foreign agents” who “put the interests of Israel above the interests […]
(European Conservative) The latest political scandal in France is just as absurd as it seems: residents of Muslim background had a free public screening of Barbie shut down for being offensive to their cultural sensibilities, and anyone who thinks this is problematic […]
(Helsinki Times) Finland’s Immigration Service has clarified that Palestinian asylum seekers from Gaza are not automatically entitled to international protection, following public confusion caused by a misinterpreted internal document. The agency, known as Migri, said on Thursday that a previously leaked internal […]
(Iran International) A Shi’ite summer school camp in England, known as Camp Wilayah, has been cancelled due to what its organizer described as safety threats, following accusations by a right-wing political party that it has ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran. […]
(Yle) Since the start of the school year, Muslim students’ headscarves have become a political topic of conversation. On Tuesday, Social Security Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (NCP) said in a social media post that the use of burkas and niqabs that cover the […]
(GB News) An illegal immigrant who taunted Britons on TikTok from a taxpayer-funded hotel room had fled Germany for the UK. It was revealed on Tuesday the man had garnered a million views by bragging about crossing the Channel on a dinghy. […]
(BBC) Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has said he was pelted with bottles and had a knife pulled on him while speaking to migrants in a camp in northern France. The Conservative MP posted a video on social media discussing the incident […]
(LBC) Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at HMP Frankland in Co Durham in April, Counter Terrorism Policing North East said. The incident, which happened at the […]
(Yle) Finland’s minister of social security, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (NCP), has spoken out on social media against the wearing of burkas and niqabs in schools. Posting on X, she said face coverings do not belong in schools. “Burkas and niqabs — scarves and […]
(Sky News) More than 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, according to new figures. Home Office statistics reveal that 474 people arrived on Monday in eight vessels — the highest number to […]
(LBC) A Labour minister has accused Reform MP Sarah Pochin of “singling out” Muslim migrants after she claimed those arriving on small boats held “medieval beliefs” and posed a threat to women’s safety in Britain. Baroness Jacqui Smith criticised the Runcorn and […]
(GB News) Sarah Pochin has declared that Britain “cannot go on like this” as she launched a scathing attack on Labour’s “betrayal” of women’s safety. Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP warned of the “invasion on British culture” amid the […]
(Anadolu) The Spanish government has formally requested the Jumilla City Council in Murcia to revoke an agreement between the main opposition conservative People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party that prohibits religious events in municipal sports centers, arguing that it violates […]
(Iran International) A right-wing political party in the UK is demanding an upcoming Shi’ite Islamic camp for children be cancelled over alleged ties to Iran’s government which organizers deny. Reform UK, formerly known as the Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage, says […]
(NL Times) Fourteen Islamic organizations in the Netherlands have filed a criminal complaint against far-right politician Geert Wilders, accusing him of inciting hatred, discrimination or violence, and of group insult and sedition over a social media post comparing images of women labeled […]
(GB News) Lisa Nandy has come under fire after she was accused of prioritising Islam and “excluding other faith groups” from the new committee for social cohesion. The culture secretary appointed the boss of a Muslim charity as an adviser to a […]
(European Conservative) The United Nations has taken the scandalous step of intervening in Austria’s deportation of a convicted terrorist while maintaining noticeable silence on the broader crisis of migrant-related crime affecting communities across the continent. The case involves a Syrian national who […]
(AP) Spain’s government on Friday criticized a ban enacted in a southeastern town that prohibits religious gatherings in public sports centers, a measure that will mainly affect members of the town’s Muslim community who in recent years have used the spaces to […]
(BBC) A private tutor who sexually assaulted five children has been jailed for 11 years. Umair Iqbal, 38, abused the students, aged between eight and 18, over a 10-year period while tutoring his victims in maths and to learn the Koran, Manchester […]
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