(AP) Germany’s top prosecutor has filed charges against a Syrian man in connection with a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February that seriously wounded a Spanish tourist. The suspect sought to use the alleged crime to join the militant Islamic […]
(AFP) One 14-year-old was allegedly planning to blow up an Israeli embassy, while a 16-year-old was convicted of having plotted to attack far-right bars incensed by “injustice.” French prosecutors are alarmed at an increasing number of young teenage boys seemingly plotting “terror” […]
(European Conservative) After a daycare center in Lower Saxony recently raised the hackles of parents by only serving sausages from halal-slaughtered animals, now a school in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhein-Westphalia, is also bowing to the demands of the Muslim population when it comes […]
(LBC) A job advert for a role in a sharia court posted on a government website has caused major controversy, with critics saying it promotes a separate Islamic legal system in the UK. Outraged politicians have called on the Department for Work […]
(Iran International) A Belgian lawmaker of Iranian descent said the European country’s police warned her of an Iranian plot to abduct her via Turkey after she backed labeling the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group. “Today, the Belgian police and security services contacted […]
(Morocco World News) In response to a sharp spike in irregular migration attempts toward Ceuta, Moroccan and Spanish authorities have significantly ramped up their joint security operations in recent days, according to El Mundo. The Spanish outlet reports that Morocco has deployed […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in court over a disturbance on an Easyjet flight from Luton to Glasgow Airport on Sunday. Abhay Nayak, 41, was arrested and charged after the flight landed at about 08:20 on Sunday morning. Mr Nayak, of Luton, […]
(Breitbart) The overwhelming majority of Britons believe that the government should deploy the Royal Navy to stem the tide of the illegal boat migrant crisis in the English Channel, a poll has found. According to a survey from the More in Common […]
(GB News) Passengers on board an easyJet plane have tackled a man allegedly shouting about a bomb and saying “death to Trump.” The alleged incident on Sunday was caught on camera and posted online which showed the man standing in the aisle […]
(LBC) Former Taliban fighters were allegedly among those brought to the UK for their safety following the Afghan data leak. Former Taliban fighters are currently living in the UK after being airlifted from Afghanistan by British planes because their names were on […]
(Cyprus Mail) Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos has predicted that by 2037, there will be more Muslims than Christians in Cyprus. “In the Paphos district, 57 per cent of the population are Greek Cypriots. By 2034, between 2032 and 2034, in the Paphos […]
(Reuters) At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday. Video footage on Spanish television channel RTVE showed Civil Guard launches making repeated […]
(GB News) John Steele, who has spent a quarter-century sharing his Christian faith without incident, told GB News he felt “flabbergasted” and “frightened” after he was detained by police for questioning Islamic teachings during a public conversation in Rotherham. “I feel silenced,” […]
(GB News) A Christian street preacher arrested in Rotherham town centre after asking a Muslim about the Quran’s teaching on domestic violence has said he has been vindicated after charges against him were dropped. Former miner John Steele, 60, was arrested and […]
(Belga) The federal government has approved a preliminary draft law that bans the activities of radical organisations in Belgium. The text introduces a mechanism that can ban certain organisations that pose a serious threat to national security and the democratic order. “The […]
(AP) An Austrian court on Friday convicted an acquaintance of the main suspect in last year’s foiled plan to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna on terrorism charges unrelated to the plot and sentenced him to two years in prison. The state […]
(Euronews) Since demonstrations in Berlin and Düsseldorf turned violent when supporters of Syria’s new government clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators, discussions surrounding radical Islamism in Germany have been on the rise. At the protests last weekend, people celebrated the wave of attacks on […]
(GB News) More than half of Britons think Islam is not compatible with British values, and four in 10 feel Muslim immigrants have a negative impact on the UK, according to a recent survey. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
(Brussels Times) Flemish Interior Minister Hilde Crevits has overturned a decision by the East Flanders provincial council to ban religious symbols, including the Islamic headscarf, in all schools directly managed by the province. The decision, made on 30 April, was set to […]
(European Conservative) In front of Berlin’s Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall), the seat of the city’s mayor, nearly 400 men — many of them reportedly Syrian refugees — publicly celebrated the recent massacres committed against the Druze community in Syria. Eyewitnesses report […]
(Deutsche Welle) “We have succeeded in organizing another deportation flight with convicted criminals to Afghanistan,” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in a press release on July 18, following the departure of a plane from Leipzig to Kabul with 81 Afghan men with […]
(Deutsche Welle) Shafiq* is a Palestinian man who ended up in limbo after he managed to get out of Gaza and make his way via Egypt and Turkey to Germany, where he applied for asylum. The right to asylum is enshrined in […]
(GB News) Whitehall mandarins have been receiving anti-Islamophobia training from an organisation which once claimed the word “Islamist” was discriminatory. Civil servants at Ed Miliband’s Energy Security & Net Zero Department (DESNZ) sat through an hour-long course in November, costing £350. The […]
(Euronews) German authorities filed criminal charges against dozens of participants following weekend protests in Berlin and Düsseldorf, where demonstrators celebrated violence against Syria’s Druze minority and clashed with Kurdish counter-protesters. Hundreds gathered Saturday outside Berlin’s city hall, waving Syrian flags and chanting […]
(European Conservative) Earlier this month, members of the right-wing populist ESN group submitted a request to the chair of the EU Parliament’s anti-interference committee, Democracy Shield (EUDS), to hold formal debates on the spread of political and ideological influence by Turkey and […]
(GB News) Supporters of a highly-controversial plan to set “appropriate limits to free speech” about Muslims have been given up to £2.6million by the government to police and monitor “Islamophobia.” The British Muslim Trust has been awarded a £1million-a-year contract by ministers […]
(European Conservative) An 18-year-old man with Macedonian roots has been arrested in Austria on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks against “Western institutions.” The radicalized youth, reportedly born and raised in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district of Upper Styria, was apprehended on Sunday, July 20th, […]
(BBC) An investigation into an attack on prison guards by the Manchester Arena suicide bomber’s brother is continuing, with no arrests or charges brought, counter-terrorism police have confirmed. Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil and stabbed three prison officers with improvised blades […]
(Remix News) Despite claims of the alleged grave threat of “right-wing extremism” presented by the media and the political left in Germany, the data tells another story. In the first half of 2025, a staggering 99 percent of new proceedings initiated by […]
(AFP) The German government said Monday that two new envoys had been sent by Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to help coordinate deportations, days after 81 convicted Afghans were sent back to their homeland. The flight on Friday was the second from Germany since […]
(European Conservative) The Cesare Beccaria Youth Detention Centre is located in the outskirts of Milan. A small institution that can hold up to 70 people, but is usually overcrowded, has been the focus of several articles in the Italian press recently after […]
(Jewish News) The independent MP Ayoub Khan has repeatedly claimed there are “no red lines” between Hamas and Israel after accusing the IDF of “beheading babies, rape, and hostage taking” in Gaza. Speaking in the House of Commons, the MP for Birmingham […]
(European Conservative) More than half a year has passed since Denmark began offering €27,000 for every Syrian refugee who voluntarily chooses to return to their home country after it was deemed “safe” with the fall of the Assad regime. However, the scheme […]
(NL Times) A 31-year-old man from Tajikistan was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Monday for recruiting members for Islamic State (IS) across multiple countries, including the Netherlands, to allegedly prepare attacks. The Rotterdam court said the man […]
(Anadolu) The Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGO) on Monday criticized Austrian [Integration] Minister Claudia Plakolm for her controversial statement on a headscarf, in which she called it a “sign of oppression.” In a press release, the IGGO said: “We are deeply […]
(Catalan News) Ripoll, in northern Catalonia, has banned the use of the burkini in the town’s public swimming pool. The announcement was made on Monday by the mayor, Sílvia Orriols, leader of the far-right pro-independence party Aliança Catalana. In a post on […]
(Anadolu) A French court on Friday suspended a municipal order banning burkini coverall swimsuits on public beaches in a town near Cannes, ruling that the decree violated fundamental freedoms, according to local media. The ruling by the administrative court in Nice followed […]
(European Conservative) Some of the Afghan nationals deported from Germany to Kabul on Friday have already said they plan to return, according to media reports. The flight, from the city of Leipzig, carried 81 Afghan men, all either convicted criminals or considered […]
(LBC) A man has been found guilty of travelling to Syria to fight with a terrorist group linked to al Qaida for jihad. Isa Giga, 32, resigned from his job as a technical support consultant … at a technology firm and bought […]
(Jewish News) A UK-based Islamic radio station that aired a hate-filled sermon accusing Jews of “killing prophets” and being the “biggest enemies of humanity” just days after the Hamas massacres has launched a blistering attack on Ofcom — branding the regulator a […]
(Reuters) Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and five European counterparts agreed on a set of goals on Friday to tighten asylum rules in the bloc, including allowing deportations to Afghanistan and Syria. The meeting at Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, follows Berlin’s […]
(AP) Germany deported dozens of Afghan men to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Taliban returned to power and the first since a new government pledging a tougher line on migration took office in Berlin. […]
(BBC) A teenage Islamic extremist has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack. Muhammad Billal, 18, was arrested on 11 February and charged with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts, relating to an alleged gun attack plan and travelling to […]
(Jewish News) The barrister representing Mohammed Hijab described his client as “provocative, a bit of a smart-alec, a bit too cocky” but insisted that lawyers for the Spectator and its associate editor Douglas Murray had failed to substantiate serious claims against him. […]
(AP) A Libyan accused by the International Criminal Court of crimes against humanity and war crimes was arrested in Germany on a sealed arrest warrant, the court announced Friday. Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was allegedly one of the most senior officials […]
(Jewish News) A Gazan who on 7 October talked of the “unprecedented reaction of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam brigades, which Insha’Allah will bode well for the long-waited liberation” appeared this week at a panel event held inside the House of Commons, alongside the […]
(Middle East Eye) A Tunisian organisation has filed a legal complaint against French-Tunisian imam Hassen Chalghoumi and called for him to be stripped of his Tunisian citizenship following his recent visit to Israel in the midst of its onslaught on Gaza. Chalghoumi, the […]
(GB News) The killer of MP Sir David Amess was described as a “great person” before his case was dropped by counterterrorism officers. Amess was murdered by Ali Harbi Ali, who stabbed him more than 20 times during a constituency surgery in […]
(Arab News) The Marseilles administrative court has reversed a burkini ban on a French Riviera beach after police threatened fines against a teenager and her family for wearing the Muslim swimsuit, the Times reported on Thursday. The seaside town of Carry-le-Rouet had […]
(European Conservative) A 15-year-old boy accused of planning a terrorist attack on Vienna’s Westbahnhof station is due to appear before the Vienna Regional Court on Monday under tight security. The teenager, described as a suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS), has […]
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