Citizenship
Shamima Begum ruling reignites debate over Britons who joined Isis (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Citizenship
Up to 150 jihadists could attempt to come to UK after Isil bride Shamima Begum’s court victory (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Sajid Javid ‘deeply concerned’ after judges rule Shamima Begum can return to the UK to fight for citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum can return to UK to fight for citizenship, Court of Appeal rules
(BBC) Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic […]
Government & Politics
Big increase of Palestinian terrorist members, supporters in Germany Support for the ... PFLP has risen, which was founded in 1967 and is animated by a Marxist-Leninist doctrine coupled with radical Arab nationalism.
(Jerusalem Post) The number of members and supporters of the US- and EU-designated terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has dramatically increased in Germany, the Jerusalem Post can report. According to a review of the newly released […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Salford Tory councillors accused of racism for not accepting Islamophobia definition over ‘counter-terrorism concerns’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Police in Germany conduct raids on suspected Islamists in Berlin Berlin police are investigating 12 suspects who are accused of financing terrorism, among other crimes. Investigators have carried out a total of 20 search warrants.
(Deutsche Welle) Investigators from Berlin’s Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) are executing 20 search warrants against 12 suspects from the Islamist scene, Berlin’s public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. A total of 450 officers and police officials were deployed in the operation, […]
Health & Medicine
NCR military stabber OK for passes but not to live in community
(Toronto Sun) Despite being cleared last year for two-day passes into Toronto, the pandemic has delayed those privileges for a mentally ill man who stabbed three soldiers at a North York recruitment office. Instead, Ayanle Hassan Ali, 32, was only able [to] […]
Law Enforcement
Police detain two Algerians in anti-terrorism operation in Barcelona
(Reuters) Two Algerian men were detained in an anti-terrorism raid in Spain’s second largest city Barcelona on Tuesday morning, police said. The two Algerians were part of a cell, under investigation since 2017, which was planning an attack with explosives in Barcelona, […]
Clerics & Preachers
Radicalisation still a threat in UK jails British authorities have introduced measures to clamp down on extremism in prisons as government admits 'lone-wolf' terrorists remain a threat
(National-UAE) The British government is still trying to get on top of the threat posed by so-called lone-wolf terror attacks and extremists in prison, it has conceded. Responding to questions in parliament on Tuesday, justice minister Lucy Frazer said the government had […]
Government & Politics
Terror suspect wages court fight for info in bid to stave off deportation
(Canadian Press) A terrorism suspect is waging a new court fight against the federal government for information he says he needs to mount a full argument against deportation to his native Egypt and possible torture. It is just the latest twist in […]
Children & Teens
Family asks court to order Canada to repatriate orphan from ISIS camp
(Global News) The family of a Canadian orphan living at a camp for ISIS detainees in Syria filed legal action against the federal government on Tuesday, alleging Ottawa is violating her rights by not bringing her home. The case was filed in […]
Government & Politics
Law Council urges parliament to pull back Australia’s broad counter-terrorism powers (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester Arena attack: Survivors to appeal inquiry decision
(BBC) A group of Manchester Arena terror attack survivors will appeal against a ruling to not give them legal counsel at a public inquiry into the bombing. In April, chairman Sir John Saunders denied the group “core participant” status at the hearing, […]
Internet
ISIS ‘still evading detection on Facebook,’ report says
(BBC) Facebook accounts linked to the Islamic State group (ISIS) are still finding ways to evade detection on the social media platform, a new report claims. One network’s tactics included mixing its material with content from real news outlets, such as recorded […]
Legal
Coventry man denies WhatsApp terror videos charges
(BBC) An engineer has denied using WhatsApp to send videos glorifying terror groups. Aftab Khan, 52, is charged with five counts of disseminating terrorism material and possessing material likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing acts of terrorism. Mr […]
Law Enforcement
Two Syrians arrested in Germany for aiding Islamist execution
(AFP) Two Syrians have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of helping to carry out an execution by an Islamist terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, prosecutors said Monday. Named only as Khedr A.K. and Sami A.S., the men are accused of having […]
Government & Politics
Total of 56 terrorists were freed early before new law finally banned it (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamic State inmate who grew up in London ‘killed in Syria’
(BBC) A man who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria has died while being held in prison in the country, the BBC has been told. One source said that Ishak Mostefaoui, previously from east London, was killed while […]
Clerics & Preachers
Mullah Krekar convictions upheld Spiritual leader of jihadi cell, extradited from Norway
(ANSA) A Bolzano appeals court on Friday upheld all the convictions in a trial into a jihadi cell in Italy featuring an Islamist leader recently extradited to Italy from Norway, Mullah Krekar. The man’s 12-year prison term was upheld. Krekar was found […]
Law Enforcement
Three men and teenager questioned over suspected terror plot
(BBC) Four people are being questioned following a series of terror arrests on Thursday as part of an investigation into a suspected plot in the UK. Armed police raided a house in Ilfracombe Gardens, Romford, and a flat in Frank Slater House, […]
Legal
Manchester Arena attack: Survivors refused role in inquiry
(BBC) Manchester Arena bombing survivors have lost their bid to be represented at a public inquiry into the 2017 bombing. In April, chairman Sir John Saunders denied survivors of the blast “core participant” status in the hearing. The group took legal action […]
Legal
Man who plotted gun and knife rampage at tourism hotspots jailed (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
French jihadist to be retried as prosecutors seek life term
(AFP) A French jihadist given a 30-year jail term last week for crimes committed in Syria will be retried after prosecutors appealed Thursday seeking life imprisonment. On Friday, a court jailed Tyler Vilus, 30, for crimes committed between 2013 and 2015 when […]
Law Enforcement
Counter-terrorism police arrest four men over ‘potential attack’ (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Islamic State terrorist propaganda is going viral on Facebook A small army of pro-terrorism accounts has polluted Facebook with dangerous propaganda
(Wired) On August 10, 2019, a woman on Facebook posted a status warning her contacts not to accept friend requests from her sister Charlotte, whose account had been hacked. She shared a screenshot of the account: an image of a blonde-haired boy […]
Internet
Italian police arrest ISIS supporter accused of inciting violence Nicola Ferrara shared images online of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and Osama bin Laden
(National-UAE) Italian police have arrested a 38-year-old man who was spreading ISIS propaganda online and allegedly inciting people to carry out violent attacks. Nicola Ferrara is originally from Bari in Puglia but now lives in Milan where he was detained. He is […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Renewed call for Key to apologise over ‘jihadi brides’ claim
(Radio NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it’s not her place to decide if Sir John Key should apologise over false claims brides were leaving New Zealand for ISIS in 2015. The Islamic Women’s Council says the later-disproven comment to the Parliamentary […]
Government & Politics
Boris Johnson pays tribute to 7/7 bombing victims hailing London as city ‘stronger than any hate-filled ideology’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Former member of Toronto 18 terrorist group asks court to take him off no-fly list Saad Gaya is now a lawyer who speaks against extremism.
(Global News) A former member of a terrorist group that plotted truck bombings in Toronto to protest Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan is appealing a government decision to place him on the no-fly list. Saad Gaya was part of the Toronto 18 […]
Legal
Terrorism suspects indicted in Swiss court
(Swiss Info) The Swiss justice authorities have filed an indictment against two suspects for terror offences. The charges include travelling to a Middle East conflict zone controlled by the Islamic State organisation, which is banned in Switzerland. The two suspects, a Swiss […]
Government & Politics
Draft law axing early release of terrorism offenders ‘offers no hope of reform’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘My son was a 7/7 suicide bomber and nobody’s doing anything to stop radicalisation’ (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Judge extends hospitalization of truck attack plot suspect
(AP) A federal judge has extended the court-ordered hospitalization of a Maryland man deemed mentally unfit for trial on charges he planned an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said in […]
News: Europe
Spain: More than half of suspected terrorists arrested in 2019 are Moroccan
(Yabiladi) In 2019, Spain arrested 58 suspected terrorists, twice as many as the previous year, according to data compiled by NGO Memorial Center for Victims of Terrorism. Out of the 58 arrestees, 30 are suspected of having links with ISIS and 10 […]
Legal
French court sentences homegrown militant to 30 years in prison for crimes in Syria
(Reuters) A Frenchman who converted to Islam and went abroad to fight for Islamic State was sentenced by a Paris court on Friday to 30 years in prison in France’s first successful prosecution of an Islamist militant for crimes committed in Syria. […]
Law Enforcement
Safiyya Shaikh: How undercover operation caught a drug addict jihadist
(BBC) A supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years after admitting a plot to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Muslim convert […]
Legal
Prosecutors demand life sentence for French jihadist Tyler Vilus
(Radio France) Prosecutors on Friday called for the maximum life sentence for French jihadist Tyler Vilus, who is on trial for crimes that were allegedly committed in Syria. The son of a radicalised woman known as “Jihadi Gran,” he is believed to […]
Legal
US court orders continued detention of 26/11-accused Rana sought by India
(PTI) A US court has ordered the continued detention of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who has been declared a fugitive by India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case. Rana, 59, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, […]
Legal
St Paul’s bomb-plotter Safiyya Amira Shaikh given life sentence (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
London man believed to be ‘most high value suspected ISIS detainee’ worldwide could face death penalty in Iraq
(ITV) An east London man — who is suspected of involvement in the kidnap of a British journalist in Syria — has been transferred to Iraq by American forces where he could face trial and the death penalty. Nero Saraiva, a Portuguese […]
Legal
St Paul’s bomb plotter now denies she got cold feet, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Terrorist and radical pressure in Belgian prisons is gradually decreasing
(Brussels Times) Pressure from terrorists and radicals in Belgian prisons is gradually decreasing, according to a report on the fight against radicalisation in Belgian prisons written by Egmont Institute researcher Thomas Renard. At the end of May, there were 165 inmates linked […]
Law Enforcement
Bulgarian of Syrian descent arrested in Bourgas for terrorism
(Novinite) A Bulgarian national of Syrian descent as well as 15 of his associates were arrested on July 1 for suspected terrorism. The operation took place in Bulgaria’s coastal city of Bourgas and was conducted jointly by the State Agency for National […]
Legal
Reading stabbings: Terror suspect Khairi Saadallah appears at Old Bailey
(BBC) The man accused of stabbing three men to death in a park in a suspected terror attack has appeared at the Old Bailey. Khairi Saadallah, 25, appeared by video link from Belmarsh Prison in south-east London, flanked by two guards. He […]
Children & Teens
Three convicted IS wives and their children return to Belgium
(Brussels Times) Three wives of IS fighters and six of their children are on their way to Belgium, the federal prosecutor’s office confirmed on Wednesday. Tatiana Wielandt, Bouchra Abouallal and Nadia Baghouri are being repatriated with six of their children, according to […]
Immigration
Judge rules that man once jailed for terrorism crimes must be freed from immigration center
(Democrat and Chronicle) A federal judge has ruled that a man once convicted of terrorism-related crimes must be released, and the government’s case to jail him indefinitely has been constructed on slipshod evidence and informants’ lies. On Monday, Rochester-based U.S. District Judge […]
Legal
Reading stabbings suspect ‘shouted Allahu Akbar’ moments before killing three, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Repatriate Canadian former ISIS fighters and family members, Human Rights Watch urges Conservatives want any Canadian who joined ISIS to be prosecuted
(CBC) The Canadian government is flouting its international human rights obligations by failing to repatriate and provide adequate consular assistance to 47 citizens who are currently detained in northeast Syria because of alleged ties to the Islamic State, a new report from […]
Law Enforcement
UK campaigner investigated over praise for dead Iranian commander Suleimani Police investigate after London centre's candlelit vigil earns rebuke from charity regulators
(National-UAE) British police are investigating whether the founder of a human rights group broke terrorism laws by praising Iranian general Qassem Suleimani after his death in a US drone strike. The National reported last week that charity regulators censured an Islamic centre […]