Law Enforcement
Returning jihadists ‘threaten new wave of terror in Europe’ (LINK ONLY)
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Radicalization
Deradicalization
Strasbourg attack: Do French prisons breed jihadists?
(Radio France) Chérif Chekatt had been imprisoned 27 times and was about to be arrested again when he opened fire on the Strasbourg Christmas market last week, killing five people and injuring 11. Although the motives for his attack are not clear, […]
Government & Politics
Report: Czech Muslim community moderate, well integrated
(Radio Prague) The Muslim community in the Czech Republic is moderate and well integrated, but attacks by some politicians could lead to some being radicalised, the Ministry of Interior says in its annual report for 2017 on extremism. Extracts of the report […]
Crime
To neighbors, suspect in French market killings seemed just a local boy
(Reuters) The fugitive Strasbourg man suspected of shooting and knifing people as he shouted “Allahu Akbar” at the French city’s Christmas market is a criminal who turned radical Islamist in jail, officials say. Neighbors remember Cherif Chekatt as an ordinary local guy, […]
Children & Teens
Scouts can save children from extremism and gangs, says Bear Grylls (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Government’s counterterrorism is limiting texts and topics students can access, experts say (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Prevent critics ‘on side of extremists,’ says home secretary Sajid Javid (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Radicalisation threat in Belgium jails: intel report
(AFP) Belgium’s domestic intelligence agency warned Friday that the country faces a persistent terror threat, in part because of the radicalisation of prisoners. The State Security Service said Belgium faces a “considerable problem” of extremism in jails and that convicted terrorists continue […]
Academics & Education
Annual report of state security warns of growth of extremist home-schooling
(Brussels Times) The Belgian intelligence services have warned of a growing trend for Muslim parents to take their children out of [the] schools system, for home-schooling which exposes the children to extremist Salafist propaganda. The state security was announcing its latest annual […]
Government & Politics
CAIR continues building its ‘wall of resistance’ against law enforcement
(IPT) Several years ago the Investigative Project on Terrorism exposed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)’s deep-seated hostility toward law enforcement agencies. This hostility was vividly displayed in a poster produced by CAIR’s California chapter that depicted a law enforcement officer, complete […]
Clerics & Preachers
Scott Morrison slams ‘lame excuse’ for Bourke Street terrorist
(Age) Prime Minister Scott Morrison has attacked the “lame excuse” of blaming mental health problems for Friday’s horrific attack in Melbourne by Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, after the killer’s family said he was “crying for help” and should not be the subject […]
Health & Medicine
How France was forced to reassess its ideas about radicalised youth
(France 24) When Paris was hit by two major terrorist attacks in 2015, France embarked on a painful journey to understand the radicalisation of its youth. Three years later, researchers have discredited initial theories about the “typical” home-grown terrorist. On January 7, […]
Clothing
When your daughter suddenly becomes radicalized Children's life decisions are often difficult for parents to bear and even more difficult to understand — especially when the children radicalize themselves. DW met an affected German mother.
(Deutsche Welle) It’s something no mother would ever want to experience. The unexpected appearance of state security officers on your doorstep, to inform you that your daughter was planning to leave for Syria to allegedly join the terrorist militia “Islamic State.” But […]
Christians
Ex-Prague imam Samer Shehadeh in custody for allegedly promoting terrorism
(Radio Prague) A former Prague-based Islamic cleric, who faces charges of supporting terrorism, has given up his right to lodge a complaint against his detention and so will remain in custody pending a trial, along with two other suspects. Imam Samer Shehadeh […]
Academics & Education
German public schools are teaching Islam to students who are not sure if they belong
(Washington Post) It was the second week of Islam class, and the teacher, Mansur Seddiqzai, stood in front of a roomful of Muslim teens and pointed to the sentence on the chalkboard behind him: “Islam does not belong to Germany.” He scanned […]
Government & Politics
Radical Muslim should be allowed to leave the country he hates: court
(Sydney Morning Herald) A Supreme Court judge has challenged an “assumption” that Islamic radicalism equates to extremist violence in freeing from anti-terrorism supervision orders a Muslim “bigot,” who hates Australia. Justice Des Fagan further urged authorities to assist violent career criminal Mohamed […]
Academics & Education
Must try harder: France vows to end school neglect of Arabic
(AFP) In the ethnically mixed Paris suburb of Kremlin-Bicetre, a group of children sit quietly at their desks while outside their classmates frolic in the autumn sunshine. “Ayna yaskunu Adel? (where does Adel live)” teacher Hanan asks the children, pointing to a […]
Moderation & Reform
Battling Salafism on Germany’s streets Saloua Mohammed's most important tool in the fight against Salafism is listening — to parents whose kids radicalize online, to youth who rave about Salafism, and to women returning to Germany after fighting alongside IS.
(Deutsche Welle) “Let’s see who is going to win in the end, shall we?” social worker Saloua Mohammed says. “They won’t get my youths that easily.” “They” are radical Salafists: ultraconservative Muslims who interpret the Quran literally, live their faith the way […]
Books
Invisible and dangerous: The Salafist scene in North Rhine-Westphalia There are more Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia than in any other German state. The scene has all but vanished from the public eye in its stronghold. But it is still very active, as DW is told by numerous sources.
(Deutsche Welle) “Speak after me,” the red-bearded German convert and Salafist preacher Pierre Vogel says as he publicly summons the young woman. Cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd in the pedestrian zone of the western city of Offenbach, she does exactly that, […]
Government & Politics
Tunisian deported for terror reasons Clear signs of radicalisation
(ANSA) A 37-year-old Tunisian expelled in February who returned on a migrant boat and was intercepted on October 8 was deported for terror reasons Friday, the interior ministry said. He was deported because he is considered a “danger to state security,” the […]
Converting to Islam
Time to break the barriers to researching prison radicalization
(IPT) As more foreign fighters return from the ISIS battlefields to their home countries and face possible prosecution and imprisonment, the European Union continues to wrestle with how to deal with Islamic radicalization within its prisons. American policymakers need to pay attention […]
Academics & Education
Schools monitored for jihad recruitment Cooperation between schools and intelligence
(ANSA) Italian authorities said Thursday that they had started monitoring schools for the risk of jihadi recruitment. According to anti-terror investigators, the young are among the “vulnerable individuals most exposed to the risks of radicalisation.” Intelligence services were [said] to be in […]
Clerics & Preachers
We need to know more about spread of Islam in prisons (LINK ONLY)
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Converting to Islam
Ministry blocks study into radicalisation in prisons (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Government & Politics
Arnhem keeping an eye on 25 radicalized Muslims, mayor says
(NL Times) The authorities in Arnhem [have] been intensively monitoring a group of about 25 radicalized Muslims for some time, Mayor Ahmed Marcouch said. The seven men arrested last week on suspicion of planning a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands belonged […]
Children & Teens
Cage asked to remove video over claims woman’s delivery room was ‘raided’ after giving birth (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Jihad roadshow: Banned Islamist group is using children as young as 13 to peddle books supporting suicide bombing and jihad in Britain (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Children & Teens
Toddler born in Syria when her radicalised Muslim convert father travelled to join ISIS should be brought up in the UK by a non-Muslim grandmother, court rules (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Extremists Hizb ut-Tahrir targeting inner-city youth in Birmingham (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Muslim children victims of UK’s counter-terror policy Report released by advocacy group documents unjust practices by Prevent strategy
(Anadolu) Muslim children are being falsely accused of radicalization by the British government as part of its counter-terrorism strategy Prevent, a report said Thursday. The report released by the human rights advocacy group Cage details how Prevent has erroneously targeted Muslim communities […]
Clerics & Preachers
Amsterdam’s mayor says closing mosques where imams sow hate is ‘a last resort’
(Dutch News) Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema has told local broadcaster AT5 that she will close down mosques if imams are spreading messages of hate but “only as a last resort.” Halsema, who outlined her strategy to deal with radicalisation in a briefing […]
Government & Politics
Trump administration draws fire for ‘misleading’ report linking terrorism, immigration
(Washington Post) Eighteen former counterterrorism officials are urging the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to retract or correct a report that implies a link between terrorism and immigration, calling its findings “misleading” and counterproductive. Released in January, the report says that […]
Children & Teens
ISNA speaker decries focus on Palestinian incitement as ‘a form of Islamophobia’
(IPT) Like most Islamist gatherings, “Islamophobia” was a big topic at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)’s annual convention during Labor Day weekend. For example, author Khaled Beydoun linked Islamophobia’s origins to white supremacy, while pollster Dalia Mogahed cited concern over […]
Children & Teens
Germany’s Salafist Muslim children being radicalized faster and younger: intelligence report
(Fox) Germany faces a growing threat from children raised in Salafist families, according to the country’s domestic intelligence service. A recent report issued by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) warned that these children are “educated from birth with […]
Children & Teens
Probe launched into ‘Soldiers of God’ dolls in ‘image of former ISIS leader’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Amsterdam’s mayor shakes up strategy to deal with radicalisation
(Dutch News) Amsterdam’s new mayor Femke Halsema wants to take action against radical imams who do not break the law but are still “undesirable,” according to the city’s local paper the Parool. In addition, Halsema wants an end to mosque financing from […]
Government & Politics
Berlin sees rise in Salafists, extreme right and radical left: report Number of Muslims who espouse the Salafist ideology has risen to 950, according to new report.
(Politico) The German capital is home to a growing number of followers of radical Islam and members of the extreme right, according to a new report. The total number of Salafists in Berlin rose to 950 from 840 the previous year, Der […]
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”
LA mayor turns down $425K in federal funding to counter violent extremism after opposition from civil rights groups stalls process
(OC Register) Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office has turned down a $425,000 federal grant to counter violent extremism after a wave of opposition from civil rights organizations, which said the program would target and vilify Muslims. Garcetti’s office, which was to […]
Children & Teens
Council drops bid to take children of two known Islamist extremists into care (LINK ONLY)
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Apostasy
Ottawa mosque loses charity status for promoting ‘hate and intolerance’
(Global News) The federal government has stripped one of Ottawa’s largest mosques of its charity status over “activities that promote hate and intolerance,” Global News has learned. The Canada Revenue Agency took action against the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque following […]
Children & Teens
Islamist children pose real ‘threat’ to Germany, spy chief warns Germany's domestic intelligence chief has warned that children growing up in Islamist families in Germany may pose a risk to society. Conservative politicians say authorities should be allowed to monitor kids under 14.
(Deutsche Welle) Children from Islamist households in Germany represent a “not insignificant potential threat,” the head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence service, Hans-Georg Maassen said Monday. In a new report cited by the Funke media […]
Academics & Education
Islamic convert principal dumped from a Muslim-majority high school over allegations he was radicalising students is back in the classroom (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Law Enforcement
Amsterdam mosque gave shelter to jihadis, recruiters, Telegraaf says
(Dutch News) A mosque in Amsterdam has been giving shelter to fundamentalist Muslims who went on to join Islamic State, the Telegraaf reported on Friday. The paper bases its claim on a photograph which it says shows four “heavyweights from extremist circles” […]
Academics & Education
Nursery marked down because staff can’t spot children at risk of becoming terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Muslims ‘genuinely fear’ being persecuted by Prevent due to lack of official information, report warns (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Germany: Rise of the Salafists
(Gatestone) The number of Salafists in Germany has doubled over the last five years and now exceeds 10,000 for the first time, according to Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence agency. BfV estimates that Germany is home to more than 25,000 Islamists, nearly 2,000 […]