Government & Politics

Germany outlaws Islamist organization Ansaar International Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned the Düsseldorf-based Islamist association on suspicion of financing terrorist groups abroad such as the Palestinian Hamas and al-Shabab in Somalia.

(Deutsche Welle) Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Wednesday that Germany has banned the Islamist organization Ansaar International and several of its sub-organizations. “The network finances terrorism worldwide with donations,” Seehofer’s spokesman Steve Alter tweeted on Wednesday. Alter quoted Seehofer as saying: “If you want to […]

Government & Politics

Biden and Islamism: What’s past is prologue

During his April 28 speech to Congress, President Biden asserted that white supremacism is currently the most lethal terrorist threat to the country, implicitly downplaying the threat posed by Islamist terror. The Biden administration has yet to clarify its attitude toward Islamism, […]

Arts & Entertainment

Filmmaker hopes new doc on Canadian and other ISIS brides will help ‘leave hatred behind,’ allow repatriation Alba Sotorra Clua asks for compassion as Hamilton's Kimberly Polman renews plea to be allowed to come home

(CBC) Hamilton native Kimberly Polman is among former ISIS brides featured in The Return: Life After ISIS by Alba Sotorra Clua and her Barcelona-based production company, and the filmmaker hopes the new documentary will give insight into the issues surrounding repatriation. Sotorra Clua said the documentary, currently […]

Immigration

Dutch court hands 6-year prison term to former Syrian Ahrar al-Sham commander 31-year-old ‘Al Y’ was accused of war crimes after posing with the body of an enemy fighter and kicking another corpse in a YouTube video.

(Kurdistan 24) A former commander of the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham Islamist group has been sentenced to six years in prison in the Netherlands for war crimes and membership in a terrorist organization. The Dutch Public Prosecution earlier demanded a 10-year sentence, but […]