(BBC) A teenage Muslim convert who posted Islamic State videos online because he “wanted to join the trend” has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Leo Walby, 19, from Swanley, Kent, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey last […]
(Brown Daily Herald) On Monday, lawyers from Muslim Advocates and Marzouk Law submitted an amended lawsuit challenging the March deportation of Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh. She was deported to Lebanon despite holding a valid H-1B visa and a federal judge’s […]
(BBC) An art dealer who appeared as an expert on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt has been charged with terror offences, the Metropolitan Police has said. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, of west London, has been charged with eight counts of “failing to make a […]
(Euronews) Iran has denied any involvement in an alleged terror plot against Israel’s embassy in London, following the arrest of five Iranian nationals on Saturday. Four of the men who were arrested in counter-terrorism raids across England over the weekend are still […]
(Free Beacon) A Palestinian activist at Columbia University spooked neighbors in his small Vermont town by bragging about his hatred of Jews and his background of building weapons for terrorist groups, according to interviews and 2015 police records obtained by the Washington […]
(GB News) Asylum hotels were searched as counter-terror police and military personnel detained five Iranian nationals over the weekend, GB News can reveal. As part of the pre-planned operation, five men were arrested by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Four men are […]
(Jewish News) The Israeli embassy in London was a target of an alleged Iranian terror plot, the Times has claimed. Police swooped after a group of men, including at least seven [Iranian] nationals, were believed to be planning an attack on the […]
(Jewish News) Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has given a “categorical assurance” that the government will work “tirelessly” with the Community Security Trust and other communal organisations to ensure the safety of Britain’s Jews. Jarvis made the pledge after giving an update […]
(BBC) The public has been urged not to speculate about an arrest made in public as part of a major counter-terrorism investigation. A 29-year-old Iranian man in Swindon was among eight men arrested on Saturday in two separate operations into an alleged […]
(Washington Post) A Virginia man who was convicted of sending at least $185,000 to the Islamic State’s coffers as the terrorist organization struggled to rebuild its depleted operations in Syria was sentenced Wednesday to more than 30 years in prison after a […]
(Global News) A Yemeni citizen arrested in the Toronto area on terrorism allegations has been charged with uttering threats, Global News has learned. Husam Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee was taken into custody on April 19 as he was allegedly preparing to leave Canada […]
(BBC) Searches are continuing at a number of addresses after five men were arrested on Saturday over an alleged terror plot in the UK. Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said hundreds of officers were carrying out forensic investigations and collecting evidence at […]
(Jerusalem Post) One of the Iranian nationals arrested in the UK on suspicion of planning a terror attack has close ties to the Iranian regime, the Telegraph reported on [Monday], citing Iranian sources in the UK. The suspect’s family reportedly holds major […]
(NY Times) A military judge on Monday postponed the trial in Al Qaeda’s 2000 bombing of the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole until next year to give defense lawyers more time to prepare for the death penalty case. The judge, Col. Matthew S. […]
(BBC) Four men are continuing to be questioned by police over an alleged terror plot in the UK. The men, who are Iranian nationals, are being held over an alleged plan to target “a specific premises,” the Metropolitan Police said. A fifth […]
(GB News) A terror attack was just “hours away” from being committed on “specific premises” before being foiled by the authorities. Officers arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, in a move Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described as one of the biggest […]
(Sky News) These are two separate and unrelated investigations by counter-terror officers. But the common thread is nationality — seven out of the eight people arrested are Iranian. And that comes in the context of increased warnings from government and the security […]
(LBC) Eight men, including seven Iranians, have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids across the UK, concerning two separate suspected plots. Five men — four of whom are Iranian — were arrested on Saturday in London, the north-west and Swindon. Separately, three other […]
(Sur in English) Officers of the National Police and the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police force) have arrested three people for their alleged involvement in crimes of glorification of terrorism and making threats. The arrests took place in the early hours of Monday […]
(Global News) A Yemeni accused of trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group appeared in court north of Toronto on Thursday for a bail hearing. Husam Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee, 32, was arrested by RCMP national security officers on April 19 […]
(Free Beacon) California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) recently awarded taxpayer funds under a state antiterrorism program to a San Diego mosque that has been linked to 9/11 hijackers and whose imam defended the Hamas attack on Israel. Newsom, considered a top 2028 […]
(Honest Reporting) An upcoming convention by one of Canada’s biggest Muslim organizations features a roster of a who’s who of anti-Israel and, in our view, anti-Jewish extremists. The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), a registered Canadian charity which received millions of dollars […]
(Free Beacon) A Harvard University faculty member who teaches courses on human rights law and international “negotiation skills” recently praised the slain leader of Hamas as a “hero” and called the terrorist organization a “movement for freedom, for liberation.” Harvard refers to […]
(Reuters) A man armed with two knives who tried to enter the grounds of Israel’s London embassy was carrying a “martyrdom note” and told police he wanted to send a message to end the war in Gaza, prosecutors said after charging him […]
(Swiss Info) Starting May 15, Hamas will be banned in Switzerland for five years. The Swiss government set the effective date for the ban, which was approved by parliament last December, on Wednesday. The bill was drawn up by the government, at […]
(RTÉ) A 17-year-old boy who repeatedly stabbed an Army chaplain outside a barracks last year has been sentenced to ten years’ detention with the final two years suspended. The boy had pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Fr Paul Murphy by stabbing […]
(AFP) A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman went on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal jurisdiction, accused of complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war. As his trial opened, Majdi Nema, 36, told the court in Paris there […]
(NL Times) Of the 14 mostly minor suspects arrested last week on suspicion of incitement to terrorism on social media, ten are still in custody. The other four have been released from custody without arraignment, but remain suspects in the case, said […]
(AFP) Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspected member of the Islamic State group for inciting a January truck-ramming attack that killed 14 people in the US city of New Orleans, Iraq’s judiciary said Sunday. The city in the southern state of Louisiana […]
(CBC) A 32-year-old Ontario man has been arrested for allegedly trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group, the RCMP says. In a news release on Friday, the RCMP said the man was arrested by its Central Region (Ontario) Integrated National […]
(AFP) France will repatriate French jihadists detained in Iraq, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday, adding that detainees held in other countries could follow. Darmanin told a question and answer session with the Voix du Nord newspaper that the three from […]
(Belga) The Court of Appeal in Antwerp has handed down prison sentences of up to six years for the foiled assassination attempt on Belgium’s current prime minister, Bart De Wever. The group’s leader was sentenced to six years in prison and a […]
(Reuters) The United States has deported to Rwanda a resettled Iraqi refugee who it long tried to extradite in response to Iraqi government claims that he worked for the Islamic State, according to a U.S. official and an internal email. Omar Abdulsattar […]
(Iran International) The leader of a Swedish criminal network accused of assisting Tehran in attacks on Israeli-linked targets in Europe is currently living in Iran under the protection of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), sources told Iran International. Rawa Majid received […]
(JNS) The Chicago Jewish Alliance denounced Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday after the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations posted a photo of him wearing a keffiyeh to celebrate Arab Heritage Month. “This is outrageous,” the alliance wrote. “For […]
(BBC) A 15-year-old girl has appeared in court accused of six terrorism offences. One charge alleges she belonged or professed to belong to a banned organisation, while another charge alleges she invited support for such an organisation. Four of the charges are […]
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) A former Pennsylvania Air National Guard member already accused of defacing Jewish religious property in Squirrel Hill has been indicted on new charges of possessing homemade pipe bombs and lying during a federal background check for top-secret clearance. The latest […]
(Jewish Insider) On the morning of Monday, May 13, 1996, David Boim, an American teenager studying abroad at a yeshiva in Israel, was waiting at a bus stop, en route to his parents’ home in Jerusalem, when two Hamas terrorists drove by […]
(Hill) Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) rebuked Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday evening for “peddling conspiracy theories” about the 9/11 attacks. Johnson, in an interview this week with a conservative influencer, said he wants to hold additional hearings on the attack on […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Peter Welch (D., Vt.) visited detained Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, calling him a “friend” and praising his work with “Jewish brothers and sisters” on Columbia’s campus. In the wake of Oct. 7, Mahdawi said he could […]
(BBC) The use of tasers in prisons will be trialled after officers were injured by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, the justice secretary has said. The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) had called for staff to have access to electric stun […]
(NL Times) Fourteen individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 were arrested across the Netherlands on Tuesday in connection with multiple investigations into incitement to terrorism through social media. Some of the suspects are minors, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution […]
(BBC) Prison officers are to demand that staff be immediately given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the UK’s most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary on Wednesday. The meeting with Shabana Mahmood comes after Hashem Abedi, one […]
(Breitbart) In the wake of the stabbing of multiple prison guards allegedly by the Manchester Arena terrorist, the head of the largest prison officers’ union revealed that the prison was barred from conducting searches with sniffer dogs on Muslim inmates. Earlier this […]
(NL Times) The United States has issued a 5-million-dollars reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Khadra Essa, a Somali-Dutch woman believed to be a key figure in the terrorist organization ISIS, RTL reports. According to the U.S. Department of State, […]
(AFP) Italian anti-terrorism police said on Friday they had arrested a Tunisian citizen suspected of working as an “organiser” for the Islamic State group, which they said was planning to attack Italy. The resident of Cosenza, in the southern region of Calabria, […]
(Daily Wire) Nejwa Ali, a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who the Department of Homeland Security hired and put in charge of vetting asylum seekers, was fired by the Trump administration in February after the Biden administration declined to […]
(Olive Press) An alleged jihadist follower of terrorist groups including Daesh has been arrested in Murcia City. The Guardia Civil said he had been active in his support since 2019 and his sister had been expelled the following year for activities “contrary […]
(Jewish News) One of two organisations attempting to pursue a private prosecution in the UK against an Israeli minister has denied its founder has links with the Hezbollah terror organisation. The Brussels-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) announced on Wednesday that it had joined […]
(Oklahoman) The second Afghan national accused of an Election Day terrorism plot pleaded guilty Thursday in Oklahoma City federal court. Abdullah Haji Zada, now 18, of Moore, was identified Thursday by name for the first time when he was charged as an […]
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