(Belga) The Brussels Court of Assizes will rule on the damages awarded to the victims of the terrorist attacks of 22 March 2016 in Brussels and Zaventem on Thursday. The judgment marks the end of a long legal process. The sentencing part […]
(BBC) A former doctor has admitted causing “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust when he started visiting homes to carry out […]
(BBC) The former British soldier accused of spying for Iran and escaping from prison has said he is “a patriot” who loves his country. Giving evidence for the first time in his trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Daniel Khalife said “I am […]
(AP) Greece is seeking stricter European Union migration policies as it braces for a potential surge in migrants and refugees due to ongoing war in the Middle East, a senior government official said Wednesday. Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said the government is […]
(Jerusalem Post) People who incite violence against Jews must be prosecuted or deported from Sweden without pardon, Swedish politician and MEP Alice Teodorescu Måwe argued. Writing in a blog post on her Substack this weekend, Teodorescu said that any Swedish citizen who […]
(Jerusalem Post) Representatives of 10 Muslim groups in Denmark canceled a meeting with the integration minister and the church minister in which they were set to discuss antisemitism in the Muslim community. The 10 imams canceled last Thursday’s session at the last […]
(AP) Three men have been charged in a case that involves an alleged plan to attack a Jewish target in western Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday. The 25-year-old main suspect, a German citizen whose name wasn’t released in line with local privacy rules, […]
(Anadolu) UN experts on Monday called on France to reverse “discriminatory measures” banning women and girls who choose to wear the hijab from doing so while playing sports. The experts said in a statement that the decisions by the French football and […]
(Dutch News) A pro-Palestinian activist has held a speech via video link outside a building at Nijmegen’s Radboud University after he was banned by the Dutch government and campus authorities. Mohammed Khatib was due to give a lecture on the treatment of […]
(NL Times) The controversial Palestinian activist Mohammed Khatib will still speak at Radboud University in Nijmegen on Monday, lecturer Harry Pettit, the organizer of the address, wrote on X. “He will not be silenced,” Pettit said, referring to the Dutch government barring […]
(Philenews) Cypriot authorities are grappling with a complex and potentially far-reaching investigation tied to the Middle East and terrorism, which has come to light this month. This inquiry, spearheaded by the republic’s intelligence service and the Police Counter-Terrorism Office, is now under […]
(AFP) Thousands took part in rallies in the Canary Islands’ main cities on Sunday against irregular migration that has seen a huge increase in boats washing up on its shores. Located off the coast of northwest Africa, the Canary Islands are a […]
(LBC) The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess has spoken out on the third anniversary of his death, questioning why a terrorist was able to kill him. Sir David’s daughter Katie said her family’s world “shattered” on October 15, 2021, when […]
(NL Times) More and more children do not have to go to school because of their [parents’] beliefs. They have been granted an exemption from compulsory education, and the court in Amsterdam is concerned about this. The judges say that it is […]
(BBC) The number of migrants who have crossed the Channel in small boats in 2024 has already surpassed 2023’s total for the year, figures show. On Friday, 424 migrants crossed the Channel to bring 2024’s total up to 29,578 — compared to […]
(AFP) Denmark said Friday it had repatriated a mother and her eight-year-old son, the child of a dead Islamic State jihadist, from a Syrian detention camp. They arrived in Denmark on Thursday following an agreement with local Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria, […]
(Dutch News) A controversial Palestinian activist who had been invited to give a lecture at Radboud University in Nijmegen next week has been banned from entering the Netherlands. Mohammed Khatib, who had been asked to talk about Palestinian prisoners and the Israeli […]
(AP) The hard-right Dutch government announced unprecedented measures Friday aimed at reining in migration, including a re-introduction of border checks, making the Netherlands the latest European nation to take a hardline stance against migration as anti-foreigner sentiment surges throughout much of the […]
(Jewish News) The 7 October Hamas attack was praised as “just so beautiful” at a “peace and unity” festival at one of the UK’s top exhibition centres. Iranian Press TV presenter Latifa Abouchakra also described the atrocities in which Hamas terrorists killed […]
(Sky News) A soldier was only arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran after he twice emailed MI6 and then rang MI5 twice offering to be a double agent, a court has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, is accused […]
(Assahifa) The Spanish police, based on Moroccan intelligence, arrested two individuals in the city of Melilla on Tuesday, suspected of belonging to the terrorist organization “ISIS,” through the recruitment and training of jihadists to carry out attacks. According to Spanish media reports, […]
(Sky News) Two survivors of the Manchester Arena attack have won their harassment case against a conspiracy theorist who claims the bombing was “staged.” Former television producer Richard Hall has claimed without evidence that the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in […]
(Dutch News) The right-wing Dutch government has abandoned plans to declare a refugee crisis but will press ahead with a number of tough measures to reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to the country. These include reducing residency permits for refugees […]
(BBC) A Metropolitan Police officer who posted abusive tweets about Jewish and non-Muslim people has been dismissed without notice. Ruby Begum, 29, admitted to a police misconduct hearing she used language such as “dirty Zionists” while serving as a special constable but […]
(BBC) A “misguided” father-of-two who sent US dollars to a nephew who was fighting for an Islamist terrorist group in Syria has been given a community sentence. Restaurant worker Farhad Mohammad, [46], from Colchester, made payments totalling $350 (£270) suspecting his relative […]
(BBC) A jury has seen CCTV footage of a former soldier reading newspaper articles about his breakout from prison while allegedly on the run. Video shown at the Woolwich Crown Court trial of Daniel Khalife showed him in a west London newsagent […]
(Swiss Info) A Swiss parliamentary committee has voted in favour of banning both Hamas and Lebanon’s militia Hezbollah in Switzerland. The Security Policy Committee of the Swiss House of Representatives, along with its counterpart in the Senate, voted 20 to 2, with […]
(AP) German prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed an indictment against a man who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and planned to carry out an attack in Germany on its behalf. The Iraqi national, identified only as Mahmoud A. […]
(Sky News) A soldier accused of escaping from Wandsworth prison had earlier spent more than three weeks on the run after leaving a fake bomb on his desk at an army barracks, a court heard. Following his arrest after he went absent […]
(BBC) A man who shared online material “glorifying acts of terrorism” in support of the Islamic State group (IS) has been given a community order. Ryan Scuffil, from Somerset, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in London on Monday following an […]
(Sky News) A soldier boasted about stealing “crypto” shortly after a USB stick containing secret material went missing, a trial has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, south-west London, is accused of spending two years collecting secrets while serving with the Royal […]
(Jewish News) A Metropolitan Police officer has apologised for posting offensive tweets about Jewish people and non-Muslims, but denied they warranted her dismissal. Pc Ruby Begum, 29, admitted during a police misconduct hearing on Monday that she used offensive language such as […]
(European Conservative) Mohammed Khatib, a leading figure in the Islamist Samidoun group, has been announced as the main speaker at a seminar hosted by Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), scheduled for the end of October, reports the NieuwRechts website. While the Islamist outfit […]
(Politico) When Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau headed over to the Elysée palace to meet President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, he wasn’t looking for commonality. He went to stand his ground. Macron and Retailleau spoke face to face for the first [time] since […]
(National-UAE) Senior French officials have rallied behind Karim Bouamrane, a prominent mayor of Moroccan origin, in response to remarks widely viewed as racist by a researcher who said he is “Muslim in appearance” and suggested his popularity comes from his refusal to […]
(Reuters) Italy’s government on Monday passed a decree aimed at overcoming court objections to its flagship immigration plan that is aimed at deterring boat migrants by sending them to detention camps in Albania. The plan, launched last week, was immediately undermined as […]
(Brussels Times) Five imams have seen their work permits being withdrawn after it was uncovered that the Turkish government was funding them. They risk being evicted if they are not employed by the end of this year. The Flemish region’s Employment Minister […]
(Deutsche Welle) A Libyan man with alleged ties to the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group was set to appear before Germany’s highest court on Sunday, charged with planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. The man was detained on Saturday in […]
(Sky News) Islamist terrorism may get a “further boost” from recent unrest in the Middle East, including the killing of the leader of Hamas, a former head of MI6 has warned. Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the 7 October attack, was killed […]
(Morocco World News) The Spanish National Police, in collaboration with Morocco’s Directorate General for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), arrested two individuals in northern Spain suspected of being linked to the terrorist organization Daesh. The arrests took place on Friday in the towns of […]
(AP) A court in Italy on Friday ruled against the right-wing government’s move to detain 12 migrants at newly opened centers in Albania, highlighting a key hurdle in the administration’s plan to outsource some of its migrant processing to the Balkan country. […]
(BBC) A former British soldier accused of escaping prison “congratulated” a police officer on catching him after he was stopped on a west London canal towpath, a court has heard. The plain-clothes detective sergeant, who was not named in court, said he […]
(GB News) A Muslim police officer, praised as a role model for confronting anti-lockdown protesters while wearing a hijab, is now facing dismissal from Scotland Yard due to alleged connections with a female jihadist in Syria. PC Ruby Begum, 29, allegedly posted […]
(BBC) The 13-year-old boy should have been in school last Thursday, instead of sitting in a police station in central Gothenburg. But police say he fired shots outside the offices of Israeli tech firm Elbit Systems. “He was basically caught in the […]
(BBC) A teenager from Birmingham has been charged with terrorism offences. Adam Mahmood, 19, has been accused of disseminating terrorism material, West Midlands Police confirmed. A force spokesperson said he was arrested at a residential address in April this year during a […]
(Jewish News) Police have interviewed two people under caution who are alleged to have been holding placards showing support for the proscribed Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah at a pro-Palestine demo in London earlier this month. Earlier this month Jewish News exclusively revealed […]
(Middle East Eye) The new French interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, has declared that he is not ruling out classifying the Muslim Brotherhood as a “terrorist” group and banning it, while advocating for the establishment of a new criminal offence to fight political […]
(NL Times) The Cabinet is looking into the possibility of sending asylum seekers to Uganda if their request for asylum was rejected. Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Reinette Klever said this on Wednesday following a working visit to the country. The […]
(LBC) The contents of notebooks purportedly belonging to Daniel Khalife, the former soldier accused of spying for Iran, have been released for the first time. The black notebooks, released on Wednesday during Khalife’s spying trial, appear to show his plans to distribute […]
(Courthouse News) Two women kept as slaves by members of the Islamic State militant group described their experiences in captivity, including losing children, in a Dutch court on Wednesday. The women, referred to by the court as Z. and S. for privacy […]
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