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Young British girl returns to UK from IS detention camp in Syria, authorities say The girl, who is thought to be around nine years old, was found at the Al Hol camp in northeast Syria, which houses the wives and children of IS fighters and supporters of the terror group.

August 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) A young British girl has been repatriated from a detention camp housing alleged Islamic State family members in [northeast] Syria, authorities in the region have told Sky News. The girl, who is thought to be around nine years old, was […]

After years of legal wrangling the United States extradites terrorist Nizar Trabelsi to Belgium

August 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(VRT) The convicted terrorist Nizar Trabelsi is on his way to Belgium from the United States. VRT NWS has learned from a reliable source that the US is extraditing Trabelsi, who was convicted of terrorist offences and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment […]

Tunisian knife attacker shot by police in Germany The Wuppertal knife assault raises questions over public safety and sparks security concerns.

August 7, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) A 40-year-old Tunisian man with a Swedish residence permit was shot and injured by police in the German city of Wuppertal on Wednesday afternoon after a knife attack on a passerby. The incident began around 3:30 p.m. when the man […]

Pakistani asylum seeker faces trial for alleged multiple rapes of eight-year-old London girl

August 7, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) A 43-year-old asylum seeker from Pakistan appeared this week before a court in London on charges of allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl multiple times. Kamran Khan, 43, faces two counts of rape, two counts of forcing a child under the age […]

Wilders’ election post spurs over 2,500 discrimination complaints

August 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders has sparked more than 2,500 discrimination complaints in just days over a controversial social media post, AD reports. The post, shared earlier this week, shows a split image: on the left, a blonde woman labeled “PVV,” […]

Spain steps up social media ‘hate speech’ monitoring after council bans Islamic festivals from its properties

August 7, 2025 Alex Trelinski

(Olive Press) Spain’s government has increased monitoring to track “hate speech” on social media after a Murcia region council banned Islamic festivals from using municipal property and land. The Partido Popular-led authority in Jumilla voted in the controversial measure which was initially […]

Five arrested for smuggling Syrian migrants to Europe

August 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Five people have been arrested in Germany, the Netherlands and Bosnia in a coordinated operation against a gang accused of smuggling Syrian migrants into Europe, German authorities said on Thursday. The suspects are Syrian nationals aged between 26 and 37, police […]

Belgium revokes refugee status of Samidoun head Mohammed Khatib Samidoun itself released a statement on Thursday confirming the news, and informing of Khatib's intention to appeal the decision to the Council for Asylum and Immigration Proceedings.

August 7, 2025 Mathilda Heller

(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has revoked the refugee status of the European head of the pro-Palestine group Samidoun. Former secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V) requested […]

Man sentenced to prison for attack on Jewish tourist in Davos

August 7, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) An asylum seeker has been sentenced to six months in prison in Graubünden for an attack on a Jewish tourist in Davos in the summer of 2024. The man did not appear before the Prättigau/Davos regional court for his trial […]

New racism controversy in Spain as council bans Islamic festivals from using its properties and land

August 6, 2025 Alex Trelinski

(Olive Press) There’s fresh controversy over racism in the Murcia region after Jumilla council voted for the right to ban Islamic religious celebrations from municipal sports halls and football fields. Such commemorations at public venues have gone on for years without any […]

Germany: Palestine activists blend crafts for kids with pro-Hamas speeches People are invited to bring their friends and colleagues to hear supporters of the Islamist death cult.

August 6, 2025 Michael Curzon

(European Conservative) Parents in Berlin stuck for ideas about how to entertain their children this Saturday might consider attending the so-called Solidarity Neighborhood Event — so long as they don’t mind their craft and dance classes being accompanied by antisemitic rants. The […]

YouTuber who approached Jews in Golders Green about Gaza loses libel case against Douglas Murray Mohammed Hijab had brought a defamation suit against the writer and the Spectator over a 2022 article focusing on his actions during 2022 riots in Leicester

August 6, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Jewish News) A social media influencer notorious for approaching strictly Orthodox Jews in Golders Green on a Shabbat to quiz them about Israel has lost a defamation case against the Spectator magazine and its associate editor Douglas Murray, with the judge ruling […]

Migration time bomb: Germany urged to act before society blows apart Ignoring statistical overrepresentation of foreigners in violent crime out of fear of promoting xenophobia is not just dishonest but socially harmful, psychiatrist Frank Urbaniok argues.

August 5, 2025 Zoltán Kottász

(European Conservative) Germany is grappling with a surge in violent crime, particularly group rapes — and it’s not the Germans getting more prone to commit crimes. The rising share of foreign suspects — up from 34% in 2010 to 51% in 2024 […]

Iran International lodges urgent UN appeal over persecution of staff

August 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Iran International) Iran International on Tuesday filed an urgent appeal with United Nations experts urging them to take action against Iran over serious risks to the lives and safety of their journalists worldwide and relatives inside Iran. Over the past six weeks, […]

Police deny ‘cover up’ claims after Reform councillor demands release of immigration status of rape suspects

August 5, 2025 Flaminia Luck

(LBC) A police force at the centre of a controversy have denied accusations of a “cover up” following the alleged kidnap and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Two men, Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir, both aged 23, have been charged […]

Home secretary calls for ‘greater transparency’ by police as unrest grows over handling of migration crisis

August 5, 2025 Henry Moore

(LBC) The home secretary has called for “greater transparency” from police forces when dealing with serious crimes committed by asylum seekers. It comes as unrest spreads across the country following a number of incidents where alleged asylum seekers were accused of serious, […]

UK Islamist’s libel lawsuit backfires in court The YouTuber’s actions hurt his own reputation at least as much as the article, the judge said.

August 5, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) Muslim activist Mohammed Hijab has lost his defamation case against the conservative Spectator magazine and the author Douglas Murray. Influencer Hijab (real name, Mohammed Hegab) traveled to Leicester in the English East Midlands during sectarian conflict there in 2022, where […]

How Yahya Sinwar stirred uproar at a German maternity ward The name of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar appearing on a newborn board at a German hospital sparks backlash, prompting apology from Leipzig University Hospital

August 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(New Arab) The name of the late Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar has sparked controversy in Germany after it appeared on a welcome board for newborns at Leipzig University Hospital. The hospital displays a board each day listing the names of babies […]

Christian preacher ‘threatened with arrest’ after being assaulted by Muslim men on street He told the People's Channel that the experience was 'extremely intimidating'

August 4, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) A Christian preacher has said he has experienced “two-tier policing and censorship” after being threatened with arrest while addressing the public. Pastor Dia Moodley is considering taking legal action against Avon and Somerset Police after he claims he was assaulted […]

Italian police arrest Moroccan linked to jihadist terrorism at Malpensa Airport

August 4, 2025 Sebbane Fatima Zahra

(Yabiladi) Italian police arrested a 24-year-old Moroccan citizen at Malpensa Airport as he attempted to travel to Bahrain. The arrest was carried out by border police in coordination with the Varese Police Command, following confirmation that the individual was wanted by French […]

‘Death to Jews’ migrant who crossed Channel in small boat returned to prison Palestinian Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, who posted armed images and violent antisemitic rants, recalled to serve remainder of sentence

August 4, 2025 Annabel Sinclair

(Jewish News) A Palestinian man who arrived in Britain illegally after crossing the Channel in a small boat — and who was filmed calling for the mass killing of Jews — has been sent back to prison after breaching his release conditions. […]

Farage accuses police of ‘Rotherham style’ coverup over Nuneaton child rape scandal

August 4, 2025 Oliver JJ Lane

(Breitbart) Brexit leader Nigel Farage and the leader of Warwickshire Council took to the stage on Monday to decry police making a bid to apparently hush up an alleged sex crime by Afghan asylum seekers against a 12-year-old girl in the county […]

Two Afghan migrants charged with rape and kidnap of girl, just 12, in much-loved market town Warwickshire Police is said to have urged local officials not to reveal the pair's migrant background over fears of fuelling 'community tensions'

August 3, 2025 James Saunders

(GB News) A pair of Afghan “asylum seekers” have been charged with the rape and kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, allegedly raped the child in the evening of July 22 on the town’s Cheverel Street. He was […]

Robert Jenrick ‘gagged by Home Office after exposing how Isis terrorists waltzed into Britain’ Critics have described this government intervention as efforts to 'suppress' debate regarding security risks associated with large-scale migration

August 3, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) Robert Jenrick was prevented from publicly discussing his claims that individuals connected to Islamic State had entered the UK through Channel crossings. The former immigration minister had written in the Telegraph that terror suspects had “waltzed right in” to Britain […]

Imam ‘marriage counselling’ for underage girls, polygamy spreading in Berlin amid Islamist immigration, says integration officer

August 2, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) Multicultural neighbourhoods in Berlin are now home to Islamic imams giving marriage counselling to underage girls following a mass influx of Palestinians and other hardline Muslim migrants, an integration officer has claimed. Güner Balci, a Turkish-born integration officer for the Berlin borough […]

France halts intake of Gazans over student’s antisemitic posts

August 1, 2025 Fabien Zamora and Erin Flanagan

(AFP) France said Friday it would suspend a programme receiving Palestinians from conflict-torn Gaza until an investigation into how a student accused of sharing antisemitic posts was allowed into the country was concluded. The move comes after officials said the female student […]

Frustration from communal groups as ‘Jewish supremacy’ doctor continues to hold medical licence Dr Rahmeh Aladwan's latest includes the claim that the Royal Free Hospital in North London, used by many in the Jewish community, is a 'Jewish supremacy cesspit'

August 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Jewish News) The General Medical Council has been unable to confirm the status of an investigation into a doctor who regularly posts screeds about “Jewish supremacy” and has called for the ethnic cleansing of Jews living in Israel. Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, who […]

Recognizing Palestine would deepen French Muslim-Jewish rift President Emmanuel Macron's announced intention to recognize a Palestinian state has sharply divided French politicians. France's Jewish and Muslim communities also fear it could drive them even further apart.

August 1, 2025 Elizabeth Bryant

(Deutsche Welle) Mohammed Iriqat has witnessed first-hand France’s shifting stance on the crisis in the Gaza Strip, from the taunts he once received for wearing a kaffiyeh, a scarf symbolizing Palestinian solidarity, to being part of widespread protests as the devastating war in the […]

Terrorist who said he ‘masterminded 7/7’ set to be freed from secure unit ‘within days’

August 1, 2025 Asher McShane

(LBC) A terrorist who is said to have confessed to being a mastermind behind the 7/7 bombings is set to be freed from prison “within days.” Haroon Aswat, 50, has been declared “a risk to national security” but could be released soon […]

Meloni fumes as EU top court makes it harder to reject asylum-seekers Italian PM accuses European judges of a power grab.

August 1, 2025 Ferdinand Knapp and Elena Giordano

(Politico) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacted with fury on Friday as the EU’s top court raised the threshold for member countries to reject asylum-seekers. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said EU nations may only create national lists […]

Yahya ranked in top 100 names for boys in UK, says Office for National Statistics 583 babies share name of October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in October 2024

August 1, 2025 Michelle Rosenberg

(Jewish News) A new report by the Office [for] National Statistics reveals that Yahya ranked 93rd in the top 100 most popular baby names in England and Wales in 2024, 33 places higher than the previous year. ONS, which compiles the list […]

Dutch-Muslim nurse threatens to kill Israeli patients with injections, sparking investigation Batisma Chayat Sa’id, a Dutch-Muslim nurse, allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients with lethal injections

August 1, 2025 Itamar Eichner

(Ynet) Batisma Chayat Sa’id, a Muslim nurse in the Netherlands, has been accused of threatening to administer lethal injections to Israeli patients under her care. In a disturbing Instagram comment, she wrote: “You know what [I’m] doing with Zionists — giving an […]

Flemish school headscarf ban postponed until 2026

July 31, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The introduction of religious and ideological “neutrality” in East Flemish provincial schools has been postponed to September 2026. The decision would apply to both students and staff, banning any visible symbols of religious or political beliefs, such as headscarves, skullcaps, […]

Quran burning in France punished with one year in prison The severity of the sentence has all the hallmarks of a conviction for blasphemy.

July 31, 2025 Hélène de Lauzun

(European Conservative) On the night of June 2nd, Lionel M., aged 27, stole a Quran and burned it in front of the Errahma mosque in Villeurbanne, in the suburbs of Lyon. He has now been sentenced to twelve months in prison and […]

Report: After war with Israel, Iran seeks Jewish targets in Europe, increases arrests Islamic Republic has increased convictions and executions of minorities, including Iranian Jews, a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom finds

July 31, 2025 Zev Stub

(Times of Israel) Iran is increasing its efforts to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Europe, as well as ramping up its persecution of minority religions, including Jews, within the Islamic Republic, according to a report by the United States Commission […]

Six Palestinians to stand trial in a deadly 1982 attack on a Jewish deli in Paris

July 31, 2025 Nicolas Vaux-Montagny

(AP) A terrorism court in France has ordered six suspected Palestinian militants to go on trial for an attack 43 years ago at a Jewish restaurant and deli in Paris that killed six people, a lawyer said Thursday. Attackers threw grenades and […]

Sweden jihadist jailed for life over Jordan pilot burned alive

July 31, 2025 Nioucha Zakavati and Mussa Hattar

(AFP) A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria. The Swedish court was the first to try a […]

Mosque warned over posts after 7 October attacks

July 31, 2025 Ethan Gudge

(BBC) A mosque has been given an official warning by the charity regulator over what it called “involvement in inflammatory and divisive communications.” The Charity Commission for England and Wales criticised the Central Oxford Mosque Society for “failing to prevent their platforms […]

German Christmas market attacker shocks victims with letters A man charged with killing six people, and injuring hundreds more, last December wrote letters to several survivors asking forgiveness. Shocked recipients want to know how he got their addresses.

July 31, 2025 Jon Shelton

(Deutsche Welle) A 50-year-old Saudi Arabian man who rammed a rented SUV into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg last December triggered shock among survivors by writing personal letters to at least five of them asking forgiveness. The attack in the state of […]

Lost in limbo: Calls for repatriation of Swiss jihadist detainees in Syria grow louder

July 31, 2025 Annegret Mathari

(Swiss Info) What will happen to Swiss nationals who joined the Islamic State terrorist group and who are now imprisoned in northeastern Syria? Human rights experts, humanitarian groups, and even the US are calling for repatriation. Switzerland says it won’t support their […]

France demands probe into refugee vetting process as Gazan expelled by top university over antisemitic posts

July 30, 2025 Ailin Vilches Arguello

(Algemeiner) A Palestinian from Gaza studying at the prestigious Sciences Po Lille has been expelled after French authorities discovered hundreds of antisemitic social media posts, including praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and calls for the murder of Jews. The episode has […]

Radical Islamic cleric ‘who praised Hezbollah leader’ hosts spiritual and fitness camp in Peak District Britain classified Hezbollah as a terrorist entity in 2019

July 30, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) A London-born radical Islamic preacher who praised deceased Hezbollah figures is organising a fitness and religious education programme in the Peak District this week. Sayed [Hussain] Makke previously grieved for associates of the Lebanese organisation, including a British national who perished […]

This is the Hezbollah-linked activist behind lawfare on Israelis Dyab Abou Jahjah's Brussels-based NGO exploits courts to spread antisemitic hate, his critics say.

July 30, 2025 Canaan Lidor and David Isaac

(JNS) Long before he perfected the use of lawfare to hound Israelis abroad, Belgian-Lebanese anti-Israel activist Dyab Abou Jahjah was already seen as “one of the most dangerous figures” for modern European Jews, according to a community activist from Antwerp. Versatile, charismatic […]

UK parliamentary report classes Iran among greatest foreign threats

July 30, 2025 Negar Mojtahedi

(Iran International) Iran is one of the most aggressive state actors targeting individuals in the United Kingdom through transnational repression, according to a new parliamentary report. The inquiry alleged Tehran’s intelligence services have orchestrated dozens of operations to surveil, intimidate, or physically […]

‘To kidnap me is an attack on democracy itself’: Belgian MP Safai after alleged kidnap plot

July 30, 2025 Anas El Baye

(Brussels Times) The Iranian regime has been after her for decades now. She has spent most of her life speaking out against the Islamic Republic’s abuses, and was once jailed for 24 days in one of Iran’s worst prisons. Darya Safai knows […]

Jews in Belgium ‘must hide again’ The Belgian League Against Antisemitism president is concerned and angered by widespread Jew hatred and rising violence.

July 30, 2025 TEC News

(European Conservative) When Joël Rubinfeld, the president of the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, wrote an article thanking the “Righteous of our time” for standing up for Jews, it was rejected by the entire Belgian press. Eventually Marianne magazine did run the article, […]

Court finds Veenendaal guilty of privacy breach in mosque probe

July 30, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The municipality of Veenendaal acted unlawfully in an investigation into the Taubah foundation and mosque, the court ruled. Veenendaal commissioned the company NTA to investigate the organization and its community without Taubah’s knowledge, thereby violating privacy rights. Several municipalities had […]

How recent Syrian communal violence is impacting Germany Fighting between different community groups inside Syria is also causing tensions among Syrians living in Germany. After a brawl on the streets in Dusseldorf, some fear more unrest here.

July 29, 2025 Cathrin Schaer

(Deutsche Welle) Nobody ever used to ask Hassan which sect he belonged to. The 32-year-old Syrian has been in Germany since 2015, having fled after taking part in his country’s civil war on the side of anti-government forces. But now they do. […]

Halle-Vilvoorde prosecutor’s office to investigate alleged Darya Safai abduction plot

July 29, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The Halle-Vilvoorde Office of the Public Prosecutor is set to launch an investigation into alleged plans by the Iranian regime to kidnap Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) parliamentarian Darya Safai. This was announced on Tuesday evening by OPP spokesperson Ingrid Moriau. Safai […]

Germany advances taxpayer-funded Islamic curriculum despite warnings What we are witnessing is not a spontaneous process of growing religious pluralism, but a well-structured plan by organisations with a clear ideological agenda.

July 29, 2025 Javier Villamor

(European Conservative) The recent call by the German Association for Education and Training (VBE) to establish comprehensive Islamic religious education in schools across the country has reignited the debate on institutionalised Islamisation in Europe. Gerhard Brand, the VBE’s federal president, urged political […]