News: Europe
Fears over jihadist attacks in jail (LINK ONLY)
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Radicalization
Crime
‘We want our voices heard’: Muslims in Maryland showcase power of door-to-door lobbying Scores of Muslims from across Maryland converge on state capital and find some lawmakers willing to listen
(Middle East Eye) The energy was palpable at Maryland’s House of Delegates late Monday, as members of the Muslim community hurried through the building’s hallways and knocked on doors, trying to lobby politicians on key bills and issues under consideration in the […]
Books
The challenges of French jihadism are ‘ahead of us, not behind,’ says French author
(Radio France) Since the fall of the self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq in October 2019, the threat of mass terror attacks has waned. But a new book shows home-grown French jihadists still pose a threat as they seek to reconfigure themselves […]
Academics & Education
School branded ‘inadequate’ over Islamic leaflet launches legal challenge
(Schools Week) An Islamic girls’ school has launched a legal challenge after being rated “inadequate” because inspectors discovered an “inflammatory leaflet” advertising a conference in 1994 on a bookshelf in the library. Birchfield Independent Girls’ School, in Birmingham, insisted they had no […]
News: Europe
Terrorist prisoners free to network and radicalise inmates in British jails (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
UK shuts down Islamic school after extremism fears Inspection reports detail litany of failures at school run by controversial charity
(National-UAE) The UK government has shut down a scandal-hit British Islamic school where the head was identified as a “potential risk to pupils” after more than a decade of management failures and concerns over radicalisation. The closure came in a year when […]
Clerics & Preachers
Prison guards guilty of mistreating infamous jihadist recruiter in Belgium
(Brussels Times) Two prison guards have been found guilty of mistreating an infamous jihadist preacher accused of “perverting” a generation following his conviction for running a large radicalisation network in Brussels. The two guards were accused of violently handling Khalid Zerkani, throwing […]
Government & Politics
Islamist extremists hold Sharia trials and groom young Muslims in British prisons (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic Law
Queen is enemy of Islam and must die, says jail ‘emir’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Second Swedish school linked to extremism by security services Sweden’s security service Sapo says children are at risk of being subjected to radicalisation
(National-UAE) Sweden’s security service has warned an extremist network has been meeting at a school and says children are at risk of radicalisation. It comes weeks after another school was shut down after it was revealed its staff had included former ISIS […]
Government & Politics
Lord Carlile removed from Prevent review after legal challenge (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Prevent figures show only one in 10 anti-radicalisation referrals need acute support (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Plan to be put in place over radicalisation risk (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
How Melbourne teenager Ali Khalif Shire Ali became a terror plotter
(Age) In an unassuming family home in the heart of Werribee, a 16-year-old boy watched the atrocities of Islamic State with his brother for up to three hours each night. Videos of beheadings and bloody executions in the Middle East consumed his […]
Children & Teens
Isis women driven by more than marriage, research shows (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
What makes a teenager give up her Western life to join the Islamic State?
(Age) It was a truth universally acknowledged that all young women traveling from Britain to the Islamic State needed to go shopping first, and in that strange winter when girls started to go missing, Westfield Stratford City, a sprawling mall in east […]
Law Enforcement
France strips 7 police officers of guns after Paris attack A fatal attack by an employee at headquarters in Paris has prompted increased internal vigilance, but experts warned about religious stereotyping.
(NY Times) Seven French police officers have been ordered to hand over their weapons and at least one employee has been suspended after security forces were encouraged to report signs of radicalization in their ranks following the fatal knife attack this month […]
Clerics & Preachers
Sweden expels imams and associates, citing radicalisation concerns It is not clear that the men will be deported as they risk persecution in their home countries
(National-UAE) Sweden has decided to expel six detained Muslim extremists from the Scandinavian country who “contribute to Islamist radicalisation and pose threats to the security of the kingdom.” The six men, who are described by the government as central figures in the […]
Government & Politics
EU sees risk as inmates possibly radicalized in prison walk free
(Reuters) Thousands of inmates about to be freed from European prisons at the end of their terms may have been radicalized as Islamist militants in detention and pose a risk, the European Union security chief said on Wednesday. Returning fighters from Syria […]
News: Europe
Call for state to repatriate Lisa Smith in effort to understand radicalisation (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
French govt minister announces a dozen cases of radicalised Muslim teachers
(Breitbart) French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer revealed cases of a dozen Muslim public school teachers who have been radicalised, along with a far greater number of radicalised pupils. Blanquer announced ten cases of radicalisation on Friday morning, stating, “These are cases that can […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
After knife rampage, French police are alert for radicalised colleagues
(Reuters) French police have re-opened an internal investigation into the suspected Islamist sympathies of a senior police officer, three sources close to the police said, as part of a security review after a police IT worker killed four colleagues in a knife […]
Government & Politics
Pressure for answers after deadly Paris attack on police
(AFP) Pressure grew Monday on France’s government to explain how the radicalisation of a man who stabbed four colleagues to death at Paris police headquarters failed to raise red flags inside the intelligence unit where he worked. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, summoned […]
Children & Teens
Counter-terror police running secret Prevent database (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France admits ‘failings’ over Paris police attacker’s radicalisation
(AFP) France’s interior minister acknowledged Sunday that officials should have kept a closer eye on the Paris police employee who stabbed four colleagues to death last week, after investigators found evidence he had supported an extreme version of Islam. “Obviously, there were […]
Children & Teens
Nursery forced to return government counter-extremism funding following backlash (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Five jihadists in Irish prisons, says study (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
‘Crying out for help:’ Calgary radicalization program evolves to help others
(Canadian Press) The soft-spoken young man wasn’t being recruited by neo-Nazis or the Islamic State, but he was in a downward spiral. Andy, who asked not to have his real name published, says he hit rock bottom a few years ago when he was […]
Government & Politics
Prevent review branded ‘superficial’ as past decisions overlooked (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
PM’s burqa jibes ‘dehumanising,’ says government’s extremism adviser (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Mosque trustees failed to monitor IS sympathiser who groomed boys for terrorism, inquiry finds
(Barking and Dagenham Post) The trustees of a mosque where children were groomed for terrorism failed to properly monitor an Islamic State sympathiser then attempted to cover up what happened, the Charity Commission has found. All five have been disqualified for 10 […]
Government & Politics
German state fights Islamist extremism with YouTube satire The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia is betting on wit and humor as an antidote to Islamist extremism. Extremists use YouTube to target young people, but NRW wants to fight fire with fire.
(Deutsche Welle) The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has launched a satirical YouTube channel in the hope of stopping young people from becoming radicalized via the video sharing platform. The project launched by the NRW Office for the Protection of the Constitution […]
Government & Politics
Controversial anti-radicalisation scheme Prevent could be scrapped as peer leading a new review admits ‘everything is up for discussion’ (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Jihadi Jack: ‘Free me so I can fight against Islamic radicalisation’ Jack Letts tells Sky News he doesn't mind losing his British citizenship because he doesn't want to be governed by Boris Johnson.
(Sky News) The Briton who ran away to join Islamic State as a teenager has told Sky News he wants to be released from jail to join the fight against Islamist radicalisation. In an interview from prison, Jack Letts told Sky News […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Specialist jails aimed at stopping radicalisation are underused, say staff (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
This is the US-born jihadi believed to have radicalised Isis bride Lisa Smith (LINK ONLY)
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Employment
Organisations that fail to uphold British values to be barred from recruiting foreign workers (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Ex-jihadist Tania Joya now fights to ‘reprogram’ extremists
(AFP) Tania Joya has devoted her life to “reprogramming” extremists and reintroducing them into society — a process she understands well as a “former Islamic jihadist” herself. “My aim is for them to feel a sense of remorse and to train them […]
Clerics & Preachers
London Bridge attack: Anjem Choudary ‘incited’ ringleader to commit carnage — so why wasn’t he arrested, ask families (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Al Qaeda’s master terrorists are still on Facebook and YouTube Facebook and YouTube say they have scrubbed tens of thousands of violent extremists' posts. But we found 105 from the most dangerous preachers of jihadist terror.
(Daily Beast) In 2006, Ibrahim Suleiman al-Rubaish was repatriated to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo Bay after he’d served more than five years as an enemy combatant for training with al Qaeda, and fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan against the United States. […]
Government & Politics
Revealed: Islamist infiltration of French public services
(Breitbart) French media have leaked details from a report on Islamic extremism within the French public service, claiming that many in the public sector are concerned about Islamist infiltration. The new report, which has been compiled by MPs Éric Diard of the conservative […]
News: Europe
‘Dangerous’ Muslim Brotherhood fatwa app in Apple Store’s top 100 downloads Exclusive: Despite calls for the Muslim Brotherhood-linked app to be banned for its 'poisonous' content, it remains among the most downloaded
(National-UAE) A “dangerous hate” app linked to the Muslim Brotherhood has been in the top 100 downloads in the Apple Store in a third of European countries since its launch, despite international calls for it to be banned. The Euro Fatwa app, […]
Children & Teens
Anna, a young woman seeking love and Allah Elke Müller is fighting for her daughter Anna, who fell in love with a young Afghan and converted to Islam. Her mother spoke to DW about feeling alienated and her fear that Anna might become radicalized.
(Deutsche Welle) The day that Elke Müller dreads so much is not long off — the day her daughter Anna turns 18. “When she is of age, I can no longer legally hold her back,” Müller told DW. And then, she fears, […]
Arts & Entertainment
Don’t give up on radicalised Muslim youths, say Cannes directors
(AFP) When is it too late to save a radicalised Muslim teenager? Two-time Cannes winners the Dardenne brothers said Tuesday their new film is a call not to give up on these “lost” youths. “Young Ahmed,” which premiered at the world’s top […]
Clerics & Preachers
ICNA solicits donations for prison program
(IPT) The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) recently sent out an urgent request to its followers seeking donations to assist Muslim prison inmates. Some of the donations will help “facilitate Islamic education” in the U.S. prison system. Americans are generous in […]
Legal
Belgium forced to compensate radical Islamic prisoners
(Breitbart) A court in Belgium has forced the Belgian state to compensate radical Islamic prisoners because of a policy of isolating them from the rest of the prison population aimed at stopping the spread of radicalisation. The court has ordered the state […]
Clerics & Preachers
Sri Lanka suicide bomber was ‘radicalised by hate preacher Anjem Choudary in UK’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary prowls streets unsupervised in UK terror hotbed despite bail conditions (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Anjem Choudary disciple who radicalised teenager to carry out Lee Rigby-style attack out of prison and living mile from his mentor (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Imams act to stop radicalisation as terror plotters’ Swinburne link revealed
(Age) Victoria’s Islamic leaders are dispatching moderate preachers to universities as it emerges a suspected ringleader in Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terror attack studied at the same Melbourne university as two other terrorists. Sri Lankan suicide bomber Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed was […]