Citizenship
Lisa Smith fights exclusion from the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Law Enforcement
Austrian police find ‘enemies list’ in raids targeting Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Raids took place days after last year's shootings in Vienna
(National-UAE) Raids on suspected Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas members in Austria last year led to the discovery of an “enemies list” of opponents of political Islam, according to people targeted by the groups. Austrian police carried out dozens of raids in an […]
Children & Teens
Switzerland urged to repatriate two girls from Syria camp — U.N. experts
(Reuters) United Nations human rights experts urged Switzerland on Thursday to repatriate two Geneva sisters from a squalid camp in north-eastern Syria five years after the girls were allegedly abducted by their mother who joined Islamic State (IS). A senior Swiss foreign […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police ‘had to wait in 999 queue’ after bomb
(BBC) A police commander who took control after the Manchester Arena attack has described his frustration at being unable to contact emergency services. British Transport Police (BTP) Insp Ben Dawson was based in a London control room on the night of the […]
Immigration
Feds push to extradite Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq
(AP) Prosecutors are urging a judge to approve a request to extradite a Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq on allegations that he participated in the killings of two police officers nearly 15 years ago in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as […]
Government & Politics
House passes bill aimed at stopping future Trump travel ban
(Hill) The House passed legislation on Wednesday that would limit executive authority to issue future travel bans like the one imposed by former President Trump against several Muslim-majority countries. Lawmakers passed the bill along party lines, 218-208, with only one Republican joining […]
Legal
Sacramento judge refuses to extradite refugee back to Iraq in murder case
(Sacramento Bee) In a major blow to federal prosecutors, a federal judge in Sacramento ruled Wednesday that Omar Ameen may not be extradited back to Iraq to face trial in the 2014 murder of an Iraqi police officer. The decision came in […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Ex-student’s ‘heroic’ first aid efforts
(BBC) A former student paramedic has been praised for his “heroic” efforts treating victims of the Manchester Arena bombing. Ryan Billington, 20, helped causalities and took charge of transporting the injured to ambulances, a public inquiry into the 2017 attack heard. Mr […]
Legal
German woman convicted over her time with IS in Syria
(AP) A German woman accused of joining the Islamic State group in Syria after traveling there with her young daughter was convicted on Wednesday of participating in a terrorist organization and other offenses. The state court in Duesseldorf sentenced the 35-year-old, whom […]
News: Europe
‘I won’t let him kill anyone else,’ said man who fought London Bridge terrorist with narwhal tusk (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Suspect linked to 2016 Nice attack arrested in Italy
(AP) Italian media say a 28-year-old Albanian wanted in connection with a 2016 truck attack in the French city of Nice that killed 86 people has been arrested in southern Italy. News agency LaPresse said police arrested the suspect, identified as Endri […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: First aiders ‘not appropriately qualified’
(BBC) Many of the first aiders working on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing did not have the appropriate qualifications, an inquiry has heard. Emergency Training UK (ETUK) had been contracted to provide medical services at the time for arena operator […]
News: Europe
Fishmongers’ Hall attack inquests: Kitchen porter describes battling terrorist with a pike as he stabbed his suicide vest (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Fishmongers’ Hall attack inquests: Ex-prisoner held Saskia Jones and told her she was loved as she lay dying (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Woman used handbag strap as tourniquet
(BBC) A woman has told the Manchester Arena inquiry that she used her handbag strap to stem the bleeding from her leg as she waited for help after the bombing. Josie Howarth was waiting with her sister Janet Senior in the arena […]
Government & Politics
Swiss anti-terror law: More police powers for more security?
(Swiss Info) On June 13, Swiss voters will decide the fate of a new anti-terrorism law which has sparked controversy both domestically and abroad. For some, the law is a threat to the rights of innocent citizens, while others say it will […]
Government & Politics
Nicola Sturgeon in hustings co-hosted by Muslim advocacy group accused of Islamist links (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Jihadists, Salafism, extreme right identified as top Dutch terrorist threats
(NL Times) The National Counterterrorism Coordinator (NCTV) warned that radicalized groups of jihadists, Salafist Muslims and members of the extreme right pose the greatest threat to national security. There is currently no concrete evidence that an attack is being planned, the NCTV […]
Health & Medicine
Amsterdam man cleared of planning terror attack on Gay Pride
(Dutch News) A 32-year-old man from Amsterdam has been sentenced to five months in jail to be followed by compulsory psychiatric treatment for making threats against gay people, Jews and the police on social media but was found not guilty of planning […]
News: Europe
Fishmongers’ Hall attack inquests: Armed officer describes ‘scene of devastation’ after terrorist rampage (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Denmark charges three members of Iranian opposition group for financing terrorist activity
(Reuters) Denmark’s public prosecutor said on Thursday it had charged three members of an Iranian Arab opposition group for financing and supporting terrorist activity in Iran in collaboration with Saudi Arabian intelligence services. The three members of the Arab Struggle Movement for […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Ex-military police officer hailed ‘a hero’
(BBC) A former military police officer who helped the victims of the Manchester Arena attack was a “hero,” the inquiry into the bombing has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told Darron Coster, who was picking up his son, used his Royal […]
Health & Medicine
Repatriated Vic nurse admits terror charge
(AAP) An Australian father of five who travelled to the Middle East as a nurse has pleaded guilty to a terror charge after more than five years of legal arguments. Melbourne nurse Adam Brookman was repatriated to Australia in 2015 after allegedly […]
Government & Politics
Sept. 11 victims call for release of FBI report detailing Saudi Arabia’s involvement in attacks
(Hill) Family members of victims and those injured in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are calling on Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to release publicly an FBI report detailing what role Saudi Arabia played in supporting the attacks. In a […]
News: Europe
Fishmongers’ Hall attack inquests: Victim Jack Merritt helped terrorist reach target after train was cancelled (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Terror offender monitoring rules lawful
(BBC) The High Court has upheld the Ministry of Justice’s power to impose tighter curbs on the movements of convicted terrorists in the wake of the Fishmongers’ Hall attack. Two judges rejected challenges from an associate of the man who carried out […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s brother will be ordered to appear
(BBC) The elder brother of the Manchester Arena bomber will be told he must appear in person to give evidence at the public inquiry into the attack. Ismail Abedi has so far refused to answer questions in case he incriminates himself. However, […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Dad helping arena victims ‘told to leave by police’
(BBC) A father who tried to help victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was ordered to leave the area by armed police, the public inquiry into the 2017 attack has heard. Daren Buckley from Salford was leaving the arena with his son […]
Government & Politics
House Judiciary Democrats advance bill to bar future ‘Muslim ban’
(Hill) Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would bar the White House from blocking immigrants from entering the U.S. based on their religion. The bill is a direct response to former President Trump’s so-called Muslim ban, an executive order signed during his […]
Law Enforcement
Hezbollah sleeper agent looks to beat 40-year sentence Ali Kourani said the FBI tricked him into incriminating himself, landing him a sentence nearly three times longer than those handed down for more serious terrorism charges.
(Courthouse News) A Lebanese man who told the FBI he planned to become a suicide bomber for the terrorist group Hezbollah fought to overturn his 40-year sentence at the Second Circuit on Tuesday, saying agents led him to believe the information he […]
Academics & Education
Scottsdale professor who offended Muslims gets hefty settlement from college district
(Phoenix New Times) The Maricopa County Community College District has agreed to pay $155,000 in a settlement to a Scottsdale professor whose quiz questions about terrorism offended Muslims. In return, Scottsdale Community College Professor Nicholas Damask agreed not to pursue a lawsuit […]
Deradicalization
Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist told rehabilitation conference he was turning from ‘wrong path’ before launching attack (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena bomber had ‘swagger’ before detonating device at Ariana Grande concert, says survivor (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Dutch court sentences wife of ISIS member to four years in prison
(Jurist) The Court of Rotterdam announced on Monday that Fatima H. has been sentenced to four years in prison in the Netherlands for her involvement with the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Shaam (ISIS) or Islamic State […]
Legal
Terror plotter who claimed he was peaceful ‘Alan Titchmarsh fan’ jailed for life (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Swiss government defends anti-terrorism law against critcism over child rights
(Reuters) The Swiss government on Tuesday defended a new anti-terrorism law that will be put to a nationwide referendum in June and that includes restrictive measures on child suspects. Under Switzerland’s system of direct democracy, a committee collected signatures to force a […]
Mosques
Mosque closed over Vienna attack to reopen
(AFP) A Vienna mosque ordered shut after last year’s jihadist attack that left four people dead can reopen, a Moslem community official said Monday. The Tewhid mosque was one of two closed down after authorities found gunman Kujtim Fejzulai, who killed four […]
News: Europe
Fishmongers’ Hall attack inquests: Terrorist launched rampage after victim chanced upon him making preparations in toilets (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Norway charges man over thwarted attacks in London, Denmark
(AP) A man has been charged in Norway for his alleged role in plans to carry out three extremist attacks in Denmark and in London, and for purportedly spreading Islamic State group propaganda on the internet. Authorities believe the 24-year-old man, who […]
Government & Politics
Security services and police to face questions over London Bridge attacker (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Mum noticed ‘odd’ bomber before blast
(BBC) A mother who saw the Manchester Arena bomber minutes before he detonated his device has told the inquiry into the attack about “desperately” searching for her child in the resulting “chaos.” Sarah Nellist told the Manchester Arena inquiry she was near […]
Legal
Syrian on trial in Germany for killing man, injuring another
(AP) A Syrian man went on trial Monday accused of killing a German man and seriously injuring another in an attack last year that prosecutors said was motivated by Islamic extremist ideology. The trial of Abdullah A.H.H., whose full name wasn’t released […]
Children & Teens
Son of suspected Isis fighter wins back Irish passport (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Afghan migrants arrested in Sweden suspected of plotting terror attack
(Breitbart) The Swedish security police Säpo arrested two Afghans, a man and a woman, during the Easter holiday on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in Stockholm county. Säpo announced the arrests earlier this week, saying that they took place on the […]
Law Enforcement
Suspected accomplice held in Vienna jihadist attack
(AFP) A man who may have been an accomplice in November’s deadly jihadist gun attack in the Austrian capital Vienna has been arrested, prosecutors said on Saturday. Convicted Islamic State sympathiser Kujtim Fejzulai killed four people on the evening of November 2 […]
Legal
Zion man gets more than 13 years in prison for conspiracy to support Islamic State, telling informant ‘I want to see blood flowing’ U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood called Edward Schimenti the 'more culpable' of the two men charged in the case, but she also described the crime as 'on the less serious end of a scale that starts at a very serious level.'
(Chicago Sun-Times) A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Zion man to 13 and a half years in prison for taking part in a conspiracy to support the Islamic State, in part by collecting cellphones he thought could be used as detonators […]
Academics & Education
Paris mosque implicated in teacher’s murder reopens after six-month ban
(Radio France) The mosque in the north-Paris suburb of Pantin is open for Friday prayers for the first time in six months. It was closed by police last October, following accusations that some members had contributed to the on-line campaign against Samuel […]
Legal
Six Islamic State women suspected of war crimes after returning to Sweden
(Breitbart) Six female Islamic State members who have returned to Sweden in the past year after being held in prison camps in Syria are suspected of participating in war crimes. The six women, all members of Islamic State who came back to […]
Legal
Ex-Drexel student whose Facebook posts wished ‘death to all Americans’ will be deported for ties to Yemeni rebels Gaafar al-Wazer was suspended from an English-language program at Drexel after staff became concerned about Facebook posts showing him carrying an AK-47 and wishing 'death to all Americans.'
(Philadelphia Inquirer) A former Drexel University student jailed since 2019 for lying about his contact with anti-American insurgents in Yemen will be released from custody and immediately deported under a deal approved Thursday by a federal judge in Philadelphia. FBI agents arrested […]
Law Enforcement
Massive Iranian spy network in Europe revealed (LINK ONLY)
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