Clerics & Preachers
Extremist preacher Anjem Choudary to be freed on parole (LINK ONLY)
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Prisons & Parole
Deradicalization
Spain: Islamic State recruiting in prisons
(Gatestone) Spanish police have dismantled a jihadi network operating inside and across more than a dozen Spanish prisons. The network, allegedly linked to the Islamic State, was established and operated by one of the most implacable jihadis in the Spanish prison system […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim inmate sues Somerset County Jail alleging religious discrimination
(Bridgewater Courier News) A Muslim inmate is suing Somerset County Jail, claiming he’s been discriminated against when employees attempted to offer him kosher meals in place of halal. Sherone Long, who filed a federal lawsuit in August, is alleging the jail does […]
Clothing
Helicopter jailbreak gangster captured in France after 3-month hunt
(AFP) A gangster who made a Hollywood-style helicopter prison break was nabbed in northern France, charged and returned to jail Wednesday, a judicial source said, after three months on the run, at times wearing a burqa as a disguise. Notorious French robber […]
Clothing
Settlement agreement in hijab lawsuit reached, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office says
(Ventura County Star) Settlement terms have been reached in a federal lawsuit against the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office concerning a Muslim woman whose head scarf was removed while she was in custody, officials announced Monday. The civil rights lawsuit concerns Newbury Park resident Jennifer Hyatt, […]
Government & Politics
Supo: 200 imprisoned terrorists to be freed in Western Europe soon The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) says there are more potential 'mentors' who may radicalise individuals to carry out terrorist acts.
(Yle) The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) warns that more than 200 convicts jailed for terrorism crimes will be freed from Western European prisons within the next few years. “While in prison, these people may not necessarily have changed the way they […]
Clerics & Preachers
Imam deported from Italy after celebrating terror attacks in prison
(Breitbart) A Tunisian imam has been expelled from Italy after it was revealed that he had celebrated the Berlin Christmas Market terror attack in December of 2016 from his prison cell. The 32-year-old imam, who had been convicted of robbery and drug dealing, […]
Clerics & Preachers
Anjem Choudary: Security concerns over radical preacher release
(BBC) Security concerns have been raised about the imminent release from prison of the radical preacher Anjem Choudary and other supporters of the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun. About a dozen followers are out or will be soon, as restrictive terror protection orders […]
Children & Teens
Gerard Batten drags Ukip further right with harsh anti-Islam agenda (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Prison imam’s bizarre attack on Barbies (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
The day jihadis hijacked my jail Bible class yelling support for Lee Rigby’s killers (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
1993 World Trade Center bomber wins federal prison worship concessions Terrorist Ahmad Ajaj’s lawsuit impacts many other Muslim prisoners
(Denver Post) A federal judge sided with one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers in a bench judgment requiring the Federal Bureau of Prisons to hire a food vendor to provide meals that meet his specific Muslim diet requirements. R. Brooke […]
Internet
Toronto terrorist leader is locked up, but was still on social media
(Global News) The former terrorist leader Zakaria Amara is locked away at Millhaven maximum-security prison, serving a life sentence for plotting Al Qaeda-inspired truck bombings in downtown Toronto. But for the past six months, a Facebook page in his name has been […]
Clothing
Guard called Muslim headscarf a ‘rag,’ Kansas prison discriminates, rights group says
(Kansas City Star) A civil rights group said Wednesday that a Muslim woman is facing religious discrimination at a privately run prison in Leavenworth. The prisoner, Valeriece Ealom, has complained that staff at the Leavenworth Detention Center have repeatedly disparaged her wearing […]
Clerics & Preachers
Release of Islamist hate preacher Anjem Choudary next month ‘is danger for us all,’ prisons minister warns (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
1993 World Trade Center bomber’s religious freedom case against U.S. prison system goes to trial in Denver Ahmad Ajaj was convicted in the Feb. 26, 1993 bombing in which six people were killed
(Denver Post) A trial began Monday in Denver U.S. District Court in which a man serving a 114-year sentence for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombings is suing the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons for violating […]
Crime
Here’s the case that shows how to handle the jihadist prison radicalization threat
(PJ Media) A debate has long circled around the proposition that American prison systems at state and federal levels need counter-radicalization programs. The hypothesis claims that circle-talking and counseling will preempt the manipulation of predisposed inmates by predatory visiting prison imams, or […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Liberals took steps to block Omar Khadr from celebration near Parliament Hill
(Globe and Mail) The Liberal government took steps to bar Omar Khadr from attending a celebration near Parliament Hill in late June where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the keynote speaker, even though Mr. Khadr was not on the guest list for […]
Clerics & Preachers
Islamic inmates need more religious support, say Muslim prison chaplains
(Global News) Prison can be a lonely, isolating place. But in some cases, it transforms prisoners completely. For example, an inmate who was a self-declared white supremacist used to walk around the prison with a chip on his shoulder, rattling off racist […]
Legal
Tommy Robinson: Prison letters reveal EDL founder was ‘paranoid’ about his food and complained about ‘high population of Muslims’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Tommy Robinson and Britain’s ongoing descent into madness Future ages will see the UK’s persecution of foes of jihad terror as its darkest hour.
(FrontPage) Britain’s darkest hour has followed its finest hour by 78 years. Tommy Robinson has been freed from a stint in prison that he never should have been serving in the first place. The New York Times reported: “On Wednesday, the Court […]
Crime
Are prisons conveyor belts to jihad?
(IPT) As the United States and its coalition partners continue to squeeze ISIS out of its remaining territory in Iraq and Syria, more and more foreign fighters are returning to their home countries. This migration from the battlefield to the hometown is […]
Legal
Contempt judge in Tommy Robinson case did not see full video, says lawyer (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France: Freeing extremists 450 radicalized Islamists to be freed by 2019
(Gatestone) A curious story is getting attention in France. Two Japanese winemakers who have been living in Banyuls-sur-Mer since 2016 were notified that they would have to leave France due to a lack of financial resources. Rie Shoji, 42, and Hirofumi Shoji, […]
Clothing
Ventura County denies pulling off woman’s head-covering in response to civil rights suit
(Ventura County Star) In a response filed Wednesday to a federal lawsuit, the County of Ventura said a local Muslim woman’s head-covering was “gently and respectfully” removed for security reasons while she was in jail custody and denied her allegations it was stripped from her. Attorneys for the county […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim cleric says two-and-a-half years behind bars not enough for Irishman helping fund IS (LINK ONLY)
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Fasting
A Mecklenburg inmate signed up for Ramadan fast. Now he’s suing because he got hungry
(Charlotte Observer) During a holy month when he was supposed to be fasting, a Muslim inmate in the Mecklenburg County Jail still wanted his lunch. So Travaile Speller has sued, claiming that his jailers and the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office discriminated against his […]