(ANSA) Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter on Tuesday removed a video of a Guinean asylum seeker raping a Ukrainian woman in Piacenza Monday, which had been controversially re-posted by conservative leader Giorgia Meloni in a post vowing to boost law and order in […]
(BBC) Almost 1,300 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Monday, setting a new record for crossings in a single day. The Ministry of Defence said 1,295 migrants made the crossing in 27 boats, topping the previous high of 1,185 […]
(Brussels Times) Several people have been arrested in Molenbeek after consecutive days of fighting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reported Bruzz. The clashes seem to be the result of a dispute between two Syrian families and involved between 50 and 100 people, […]
(AP) Police in North Macedonia have detained 26 migrants thought to have entered illegally from neighboring Greece, and arrested a suspected smuggler who had been driving them in a van toward the northern border with Serbia. A police statement said the migrants […]
(AP) The far-right candidate who aspires to be Italy’s first female leader came under fire Monday from opponents for posting a pixelized video that purports to show a woman being raped by an asylum-seeker. Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of […]
(National-UAE) The head of a pro-Iranian non-profit group based in Britain voiced support for the fatwa calling for the death of Sir Salman Rushdie, it has been claimed. Massoud Shadjareh, founder and chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), allegedly backed […]
(Breitbart) A man wielding a shotgun in the centre of the French city of Saint-Quentin was shot and injured this week after firing toward police while yelling “Allahu akbar!” Investigators have not ruled out a possible terror motive. The armed man, said […]
(NL Times) As-Siddieq, the largest Islamic educational institution in Amsterdam, may face sanctions for misuse of government funds and general mismanagement. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dennis Wiersma will decide on possible consequences for As-Siddieq, in consultation with the Education Inspectorate, according […]
(BBC) A Conservative councillor has been suspended from the group after sharing alleged Islamophobic posts on Twitter. Steve Flood, who represents the Sprites ward on Ipswich Borough Council, allegedly shared tweets that criticised Islam on his account. Ipswich Conservative Association suspended him […]
(Breitbart) The European Commission has come under criticism over its decision to promote an Islamic youth organisation with alleged ties to the radical Muslim Brotherhood organisation. French broadcaster CNews revealed on Thursday that, earlier this month, an Instagram post celebrating International Youth […]
(Kathimerini) Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos on Friday dismissed recent statements by a Turkish minister that Greece is a “training center for terrorists” as provocative and outright lies. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Greece was training members of the Kurdistan Workers’ […]
(AP) Greek authorities on Friday raised to 71 the number of migrants aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera a day earlier, the third crammed vessel to do so in two days. The boat, a sailing catamaran, was located […]
(AFP) Police and migrants faced off Thursday as Greek authorities started evacuating one of the last refugee camps in Athens, officials said, with videos showing authorities using tear gas and a flash grenade. The attempted eviction of the Eleonas camp, which hosts […]
(BBC) The Ministry of Defence said 606 people crossed the English Channel in 12 small boats on Wednesday. It means 21,164 people have made the crossing so far this year, compared to 28,461 in the whole of 2021. The French authorities said […]
(AP) Greek authorities say another sailboat carrying dozens of migrants arrived Thursday at Kythera, the third in just under two days to make it to the southern island that isn’t on the usual route for asylum-seekers trying to reach the European Union. […]
(BBC) A Metropolitan Police firearms officer is facing a dangerous driving charge over a crash involving parked vehicles that happened as he responded to the Streatham terrorist attack in 2020. PC Paul Fisher’s unmarked police car is said to have hit three […]
(ITV) A 15-year-old boy is to go on trial in the spring accused of plotting a terror attack after allegedly researching the Isle of Wight Festival as a potential target. The teenager, from Cowes, is charged with preparation of terrorist acts under […]
(Sky News) Freed hostages were able to give British police key information identifying an IS kidnap gang nicknamed “The Beatles” which had held and tortured them, Scotland Yard has revealed. Officers have disclosed key breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadis […]
(AP) Two sailboats carrying dozens of migrants arrived on a southern Greek island early Wednesday, with the first one running aground on rocks. Nobody was reported injured or missing. The coast guard said the first sailboat, which ran aground on the southern […]
(AFP) A ceremony was held in Barcelona on Wednesday in memory of 16 people killed in jihadist attacks in the Spanish city and a nearby resort exactly five years ago. Dozens of people observed a minute’s silence on the tree-lined Las Ramblas […]
(Brussels Times) Belgium hasn’t seen any major terrorist attacks since 2016 and Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) rates the actual terror threat as two out of four — far lower than previously. Yet this is not to say that the […]
(Kathimerini) A day after police said they found 38 migrants who had been reported stranded on an islet in the Evros River on the Greek-Turkish border, Greece on Tuesday accused Turkey of pushing the migrants into Greek territory. During a visit to […]
(BBC) The Royal Navy’s role in dealing with migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is to be reviewed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD said it would continue to support the Home Office until January 2023, when “the […]
(Daily Beast) A man has been arrested in France after being found with his father’s decapitated head in one hand and the knife that was presumably used to remove it in the other, police near the Lyon suburb of Saint-Priest say. The […]
(AP) Greek police say they have found 38 migrants who had been reported stranded on an islet in the Evros River on the border between Greece and Turkey. Police announced they found 22 men, 9 women and 7 children Monday at a […]
(Breitbart) A 34-year-old Afghan migrant accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls at an Italian beach has been released by a judge just a day after his arrest. The Afghan admitted to touching one of the girls while swimming but was able […]
(BBC) More than 20,000 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. On Saturday 607 made the crossing in 14 boats — the third time the total has exceeded 600 in 2022. There […]
(Breitbart) Swedish academics have denounced a proposal by a government minister to limit the number of non-Scandinavian residents in neighbourhoods as “state racism.” Ten academics largely comprised of professors from various Swedish universities slammed the proposal made by Minister for Integration Anders […]
(Local) Swedish police said there have been no disturbances associated with the Koran burning by Danish far-right extremist Rasmus Paludan and his party Stram Kurs (“Hard Line”) this week around Stockholm, unlike the riots seen over Easter. Paludan and his party have […]
(AFP) French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a devastating 2015 attack over cartoons about the Prophet Mohammed considered blasphemous by many Muslims, has denounced the stabbing of Salman Rushdie. “Nothing justifies a fatwa, a death sentence,” wrote the magazine’s managing editor […]
(BBC) The Ministry of Defence said 261 people managed to cross the English Channel in seven small boats on Thursday. It means 18,998 people have made the crossing so far this year, compared to 28,396 in the whole of 2021. So far […]
(ITV) A terrorist who plotted mass murder will remain behind bars after being denied parole. Rochdale-born Rangzieb Ahmed was the first person to be convicted in the UK of directing terrorism. The 47-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum of 10 […]
(Al-Arabiya) Since the fall of Kabul over one year ago to the Taliban, Britain’s Afghan refugees are still struggling to form new lives. Most have still not settled into permanent homes and have been repeatedly moved from hotel to hotel by the […]
(BBC) A man who was alleged to be a member of an IS terror cell nicknamed the Beatles has been remanded in custody. Aine Davis is charged with offences including possession of a firearm for a purpose connected with terrorism and charges […]
(AP) A truck carrying Syrian migrants believed to have entered from neighboring Greece overturned on a road in North Macedonia, injuring 35 people, police said Thursday. A police statement said 49 people were in the heavy vehicle during the crash late Wednesday […]
(Breitbart) Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has stated she supports a proposal to reduce segregation by banning areas where non-Scandinavians are the majority of residents. Prime Minister Andersson, whose Social Democrat Party … has controlled Sweden for nearly a decade and has worked […]
(BBC) A man accused of being part of a notorious Islamic State group cell which murdered hostages has been arrested on terror charges in the UK. Aine Davis, of west London, flew into Luton airport after his release from a Turkish jail […]
(ITV) A British man who is alleged to have been part of an Islamic State execution cell dubbed “The Beatles” is due to be returned to the UK after officials in Turkey confirmed he is no longer in custody there. Aine Davis […]
(Radio France) As Paris marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous Rue des Rosiers terrorist attack in which six people lost their lives, the only suspect charged with the killings still claims he is not guilty. Was he a “militant Palestinian” or […]
(Budapest Times) A Hungarian man was charged with incitement to war for spreading Islamic State propaganda and claiming to be a supporter of the terrorist organisation, the Pest county public prosecutor said on Tuesday. A few years ago, the man developed an […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has been sent back to jail after keeping secret financial accounts from authorities. Kristen Brekke, 26, had been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for preparing terrorist acts in 2016. He was released in September 2017, and made […]
(Anadolu) The UK leadership candidates must address Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, according to the head of the country’s largest and most diverse Muslim umbrella organization. That has triggered demands that the next prime minister takes Islamophobia within the Tory party seriously […]
(BBC) The weekend saw 513 migrants arriving in Kent by small boat, according to the Ministry of Defence. The latest figures show 337 people in 10 boats arrived on Saturday and 176 in five boats on Sunday. It means 1,886 people crossed […]
(Morocco World News) Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) recently collaborated with Spanish authorities to arrest in Spain and Austria two foreign terrorist fighters believed to be members of a global jihadist organization. The two foreign terrorist fighters hold Moroccan nationality […]
(AFP) “It’s just words, words,” complains Pino D’Aietti, who like many residents of the tiny island of Lampedusa feels abandoned by Italy’s politicians — except when a surge in migrant arrivals makes the headlines. The 78-year-old retired plumber is sitting outside a […]
(Morocco World News) The Paris Administrative Court on Friday suspended the expulsion order of Moroccan-French imam Hassan Iquioussen. The court ruled in favor of the imam, suggesting that his expulsion would cause a “disproportionate attack” on his private life and family. The […]
(NL Times) Three years after the Netherlands implemented its “burqa ban,” the police have not issued a single fine for violating it, RTL Nieuws reports based on figures from the National Police. But women who wear burqas or niqabs have experienced significantly […]
(Breitbart) A total of 91 per cent of French people are behind deporting radical Islamist imams who give sermons and speeches that are contrary to the republican values of France. The data comes from a poll released this week by the CSA […]
(AP) Polish officials on Thursday reported a change in migration patterns across the country’s border with Belarus, with Africans who first traveled to Russia making up most of those seeking to enter Poland illegally by that route instead of people from the […]
(AFP) Italian anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini warned Thursday his country would not host “the refugee camp of Europe” as he visited a migrant centre on the tiny island of Lampedusa on a campaign stop for September elections. Dozens of overcrowded boats have […]
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