(Swiss Info) Compensation and damages of CHF95,000 for the victims of Tariq Ramadan will not be postponed by the Islamic scholar’s appeal against his rape conviction. Tariq Ramadan justified the request for suspensive effect for satisfaction and compensation on the grounds that […]
(Daily Wire) An Algerian national in France who raped a child has been granted refugee status after claiming he would be persecuted in his home country due to his trans identity. The criminal, referred to in court documents as Medhi F., was […]
(BBC) The murder of a 19-year-old female student in an exclusive neighbourhood of Paris is fuelling new calls from the French right for tougher action on immigration. The body of the young woman, named only as Philippine, was found on Saturday, half-buried […]
(AFP) A woman linked to the Islamic State group will be tried in France on “genocide” charges over allegedly enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Syria, a source close to the case said Tuesday. Sonia Mejri, a 35-year-old born in southern France, stands […]
(GB News) A Rotherham rape gangs survivor was ordered by a judge to remove a demand for her abusers to be deported in her courtroom victim impact statement, GB News can reveal. The woman, who has her identity protected by court order, […]
(Radio France) The Paris prosecutor has called for a trial of the woman suspected of the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Paris in 2022 — a case that shocked France and sparked outrage over the government’s handling of immigration. The Paris […]
(AFP) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, convicted on appeal of rape and sexual coercion by a Geneva court, is a Swiss intellectual accused of masking violence and radicalism behind a mild facade. Ramadan, 62, is the grandson of the founder of the Islamist […]
(BBC) A Swiss appeals court has convicted the prominent scholar of Islam Tariq Ramadan of rape, overturning a previous acquittal dating back to 2023. Swiss broadcaster RTS reported that, at the end of August, the court ruled Ramadan must serve a three-year […]
(Iran International) An Iranian dissident man was gang-raped in Germany by four men who are believed to be Islamic Republic loyalists, in an attack that has shocked the town of Iserlohn in North Rhine-Westphalia, according to German media reports. The incident, which […]
(Jerusalem Post) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib reposted on Wednesday a doctored poll claiming that 47% of Israelis believe IDF soldiers have a right to rape Palestinians. It was tweeted by Noura Erakat, who later admitted on X that it was fake. Erakat […]
(Times of Israel) The parents of the 12-year-old Jewish girl who was gang-raped in a Paris suburb earlier this month tell French newspaper Le Parisien that the attack, which has sent shockwaves through France’s Jewish community, was a “mimicry” of the atrocities […]
(Jerusalem Post) The 12-year-old girl who was gang-raped in an antisemitic incident in France was asked to convert to Islam by her attackers, her parents told the French media outlet Le Parisien. “Before letting her leave, they made her swear on Allah […]
(AP) The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections. The anti-immigration National Rally party, which has tried […]
(AP) Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said Wednesday. A Jewish leader said the girl is Jewish. The attack elicited widespread shock and concern, notably after […]
(Swiss Info) The Geneva public prosecutor’s office on Tuesday demanded a three-year prison sentence for Tariq Ramadan, 18 months of which would be mandatory, in an appeal trial. It believes the Islamic scholar is guilty of raping a woman in a hotel […]
(Swiss Info) The 61-year-old Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was acquitted of rape and sexual coercion, will be back before judges in Geneva on Monday. The public prosecutor’s office and the plaintiff had appealed against the court’s decision last year. As the […]
(BBC) The ringleader of a grooming gang in Telford has been sentenced to another 12 years in jail after admitting further charges. Mubarek Ali was jailed 12 years ago for his part in a paedophile ring uncovered in the town as part […]
(AFP) France has charged the ex-wife of a top Islamic State official with crimes against humanity on suspicion of enslaving a teenage Yazidi girl in Syria, French media reported. A woman identified as Sonia M., the former wife of the jihadist group’s […]
(Breitbart) The number of so-called “honour-based” crimes, associated with some Islamic cultures, has risen by over 60 per cent in England over the past two years, according to an analysis of police data. A report from the left-wing Guardian newspaper, based on […]
(BBC) A man jailed 12 years ago for a string of child sex offences in Telford has admitted further charges. Mubarek Ali, 40, whose address was given as HMP Hewell, pleaded guilty at Shrewsbury Crown Court to rape, trafficking and other offences […]
(BBC) A church which supported the asylum claim of the Clapham alkali attacker limited his rights to attend services after a sexual assault conviction, newly released documents reveal. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi’s body was found in the river Thames in February, ending a […]
(Fox) The House on Wednesday passed a bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas terrorists’ use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war during — and since — the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., […]
(CBC) Percy Downe from Prince Edward Island has walked back comments he made urging security checks on international students and immigrants from Gaza, but an advocacy group is still calling for his resignation. “Islanders are concerned about terrorists coming to our country, […]
(Breitbart) Seven teenage migrants from Egypt have been arrested after a 13-year-old girl was gang raped in front of her boyfriend this week in Catania, an ancient port city on the island of Sicily. According to information released by local police, a […]
(ITV) The government has come under pressure to explain how a refugee suspected of launching a chemical substance attack on a mother and her children was granted asylum after being convicted of a sex offence. Police are hunting Abdul Ezedi, 35, after […]
(BBC) Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The review covers 2004 to 2013 and sets out a series of failed investigations by Greater […]
(NL Times) A 55-year-old Syrian man was arrested in Druten in the province of Gelderland on Friday on suspicion of crimes committed in Syria, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported. He is notably suspected of sexual violence and torture as crimes against […]
(Daily Wire) Google search is burying news articles explaining Hamas’ terrorism under curated pull-quotes that seek to make a false equivalence between Israel and the terrorists, a Daily Wire review of search results conducted this week found. If a user searches “Hamas […]
(ITV) A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences and possessing indecent images of a child. Metropolitan Police officers arrested the 17-year-old in east London on suspicion of collecting material that is likely to be useful to a person committing […]
(BBC) A claim by the home secretary that UK child grooming gangs were “almost all British-Pakistani men” was misleading, the press regulator has ruled. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) instructed the Mail on Sunday to publish a correction to an opinion […]
(Breitbart) An asylum seeker from Afghanistan has been jailed for twice raping a 12-year-old girl with learning disabilities in a migrant hotel in London. Sakhidad Ahadi, 25, was sentenced at the Croydon Crown Court to twelve years in prison for grooming and […]
(BBC) Rochdale is “synonymous” with grooming — that was what one of the defence lawyers told a jury that has just convicted five people of committing 22 sexual offences against two girls as young as 12. They were worried the Greater Manchester […]
(BBC) Five men have been convicted of “sickening” historical child sexual offences as part of a grooming gang. Mohammed Ghani, 38, Insar Hussain, 38, Jahn Shahid Ghani, 50, Martin Rhodes, 39, and Ali Razza Hussain Kazmi, 35, sexually exploited two teenage girls […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan will stand trial at a Paris criminal court for rapes alleged to have taken place between 2009 and 2016, two judges decided on Friday. The judges, however, partially dismissed allegations made by two of the […]
(Arab News) UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has reportedly lost the backing of staunch ally Steve Baker over her position on child sexual abuse and grooming gangs. Baker, a prominent figure on the right wing of the UK Conservative Party and current […]
(LBC) A 33-year-old asylum seeker has been charged with raping a woman in a park just a few weeks after arriving in the UK on a dinghy. The 33-year-old is said to have dragged the alleged victim into bushes to attack her. […]
(Swiss Info) The Office of the Attorney General of Geneva has confirmed its appeal against a local court’s decision to clear Tariq Ramadan last month. The renowned Islamic studies scholar had been accused of “rape and sexual coercion” by a Swiss woman. […]
(BBC) A victim of an alleged grooming gang has told a court how performing sex acts for a series of different men became “just like normal life.” The girl is one of two alleged victims of a group of eight men accused […]
(AFP) A Swiss court on Wednesday found Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan not guilty of rape and sexual coercion in a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, with his accuser immediately indicating she would appeal. The court also decided to compensate the former Oxford […]
(AFP) Tariq Ramadan’s lawyers pleaded Wednesday for the controversial Islamic scholar to be acquitted, on the third and final day of his trial in Geneva on charges of rape and sexual coercion. Prosecutors are seeking a three-year sentence for the former Oxford […]
(AFP) Swiss prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek a three-year sentence for Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, a former Oxford University professor charged with rape and sexual coercion. “It would be right to hand down a sentence of three years: 18 months […]
(AFP) The Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan went on trial in Geneva on Monday charged with “rape and sexual coercion,” allegations which the former Oxford University professor denied. Ramadan told the judges that he let himself be kissed by his accuser but […]
(Arab News) UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing complaints that she has used “racist sentiments and discriminatory narratives” while in office. The allegations — in relation to her rhetoric regarding illegal migration to the UK and child sex offense allegations leveled […]
(BBC) An unconscious teenager was filmed being sexually assaulted as members of a grooming gang laughed, a court has heard. The youngster, referred to as Girl A, was 12 when the alleged abuse began in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. She and another young […]
(BBC) Eleven men have been charged in connection with investigations into the grooming and sexual abuse of teenage girls. The men from Greater Manchester are accused of abuse against three girls in Rochdale between 2000 and 2006. Nine are charged with rape […]
(Sky News) Suella Braverman has defended her use of language after claiming grooming gang members are “almost all British-Pakistani,” describing them as “unfashionable facts” in the face of a backlash. In a column for the Spectator, the home secretary said it was […]
(NZ Herald) A rapist who bought his young victim alcohol and drugs pinned her down by the neck, telling her he wasn’t finished when she tried to push him away during an assault. Abdullah Baura was sent to jail for raping a […]
(BBC) Tory peer Baroness Warsi has warned that what she describes as Suella Braverman’s “racist rhetoric” is putting British Asian families at risk. The peer, the UK’s first South Asian cabinet minister, claimed the home secretary’s comments on small boats and grooming […]
(Sky News) Suella Braverman has been urged to withdraw “divisive” comments around child sexual exploitation (CSE) by dozens of medical bodies, businesses and Muslim community organisations, Sky News can reveal. A number of Muslim organisations across the country have written to Rishi […]
(BBC) Victims of grooming gangs have been ignored because of political correctness, Rishi Sunak said as he set out plans for a police taskforce. Specialist officers supported by the National Crime Agency will be sent to help forces with their investigations, the […]
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