(AFP) Five people were arrested in northern France on Friday as part of an investigation into a criminal terrorist conspiracy, the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office said. A source close to the case confirmed to AFP that they had been taken into police […]
(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors have charged two Syrian men with war crimes they are accused of having committed some 10 years ago in the Syrian capital Damascus, as part of the so-called Islamic State militant group. In line with German privacy rules, the […]
(NCA NewsWire) Convicted terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika will be banned from the MCG for life after he was released from prison days before the Boxing Day cricket test. The notorious Muslim cleric walked free from Barwon Prison on Tuesday after […]
(AP) A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to planning to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria was sentenced to 12 years in prison on a terrorism charge Thursday, a lighter punishment than what had been sought by prosecutors who called […]
(CBS) A group of Democrats in Congress is calling on the Biden administration to review the redress process for removing people from the federal government’s terrorist watchlist over concerns about due process and the list’s reliability, and to provide greater transparency to […]
(Jewish Insider) A bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent a letter on Friday criticizing the Associated Press and its style guide for guidance that advises against using the terms “terrorist” and “terrorism” to describe Hamas and its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. […]
(BBC) A man accused of distributing terrorist videos via messaging platform Telegram has appeared in court via videolink. Mohammed Hamasaleh, 24, from Bolton, has been charged with seven counts of disseminating terrorist publications between March 2022 and January 2023. These include using […]
(Global News) The Ottawa youth arrested on terrorism charges Friday was allegedly in possession of a chemical commonly used in homemade explosives, according to court documents. The youth, who cannot be named due to his age, has been accused by the RCMP […]
(Fox) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) appears to have scrubbed Democratic lawmakers’ praise for its group from its website following blowback over its leader’s controversial statements regarding Hamas, Fox News Digital has discovered. Nihad Awad, CAIR’s executive director, recently said he […]
(Jewish Insider) Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) met with affiliates of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Connecticut chapter in early December, according to a Facebook post from the group. CAIR has come under recent scrutiny over its supportive rhetoric regarding Hamas’ Oct. […]
(ITV) Iranian spies offered a people-smuggler $200,000 (around £158,290) to assassinate two news presenters codenamed “the bride and the groom” outside their London studio, to show critics of the regime they “could do harm to them at any time.” The organisers can […]
(CBC) A 15-year-old Ottawa boy charged with plotting a terrorist attack against Jewish people appeared in court on Wednesday, where a bail hearing was scheduled for January. He will remain in custody until his next appearance in the Ontario Court of Justice […]
(Sky News) A Chechen-born man has been found guilty of spying on a London-based dissident Iranian TV station to help terror plotters. Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 31, was accused of conducting surveillance on the west London headquarters of Iran International as part of a […]
(Deutsche Welle) Police in Berlin, Germany’s capital, conducted on Wednesday a raid targeting members of a pro-Palestinian, left-wing feminist group, German media reported. The Zora group is accused of backing the radical, left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The European […]
(Morocco World News) The Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) and Spanish authorities carried out a joint counterterrorism operation, during which several terror suspects were arrested in Nador, Morocco’s Oriental region, and in the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The BCIJ arrested […]
(ABC-Australia) Convicted Australian terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been released into the community after spending nearly two decades in prison. On Tuesday morning, Victorian Supreme Court justice Elizabeth Hollingworth granted Benbrika’s release on an extended supervision order for 12 months. His movements […]
(KMGH) A Westminster 18-year-old who allegedly planned to join the Islamic State (ISIS) was arrested at the Denver International Airport Monday before boarding an international flight, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado. Humzah Mashkoor, 18, of Westminster […]
(NY Post) Police arrested “roughly 60” anti-Israel protesters inside the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday after a group led by controversial activist Linda Sarsour staged an illegal rally in the iconic venue. “Not another nickel! Not another dime! No more money for Israel’s crimes!” […]
(El País) Hugo Micheron, one of the brightest in a long line of French Arabists, recently published La colère et l’oubli (Anger and oblivion, in French), a history of European jihadism in which he explores a landscape still marked by ignorance and […]
(Swiss Info) The House of Representatives has followed the Senate in supporting a government proposal to classify Hamas as a terrorist group. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives tacitly adopted a committee motion calling for the Islamist organisation to be declared a […]
(AP) A Syrian man described as radicalized was convicted of murder, attempted murder and bodily harm on Tuesday over two knife attacks in Germany this year, including an assault on visitors to a gym. The 27-year-old defendant, identified only as Maan D. […]
(AP) Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. The official told the Associated Press […]
(Free Beacon) Two decades ago, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said the Council on American-Islamic Relations has “ties to terrorism” and called for the federal government to cut ties with the controversial anti-Israel group. Schumer, now the Senate majority leader, has flip-flopped […]
(National Post) The Ottawa youth facing five terrorism- and explosive-related charges targeting Jewish people allegedly possessed bomb-making materials, such as chemicals and metal ball bearings, when he was arrested by the RCMP Friday. A detailed version of the charges against the minor […]
(Algemeiner) Almost half of French Muslims consider the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in southern Israel to have been “an act of resistance against colonization” while nearly one in five expressed sympathy for the atrocities, according to a new survey published on Monday […]
(AFP) Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal went on trial in France Monday accused of inciting hatred after posting a video in which a Palestinian preacher purportedly threatens Israel with a “black day.” Atal, who plays for Ligue 1 side Nice, shared the […]
(Local) Danish prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old man for “publicly expressing approval of a terror crime,” in a case related to Hamas’ October attack on Israel, while announcing that they are dropping three other cases. The man made statements approving Hamas’ brutal […]
(Hill) Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Sunday argued “there’s a lot that has to be done” for President Biden to win back Muslim voters ahead of the 2024 election as some voters raise calls to “abandon Biden” over his handling of the […]
(Global News) A Canadian Jewish organization wants police to investigate Facebook posts allegedly made by the father of a teenage terror suspect arrested in Ottawa. On Facebook, a user whose name and photo match the father of the youth arrested by RCMP […]
(Morocco World News) Spanish police announced on Saturday that they dismantled a network that helped plan and finance the activities of ISIS members, in collaboration with Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). Spanish authorities arrested five people in the provinces of […]
(Global News) The arrest of a teenager accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Ottawa Jewish community is the latest sign that Canada is struggling with the radicalization of youths. The minor, taken into custody on Friday night, was the second […]
(Global News) The RCMP has charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community, Global News has learned. The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday […]
(Deutsche Welle) A 20-year-old Iraqi has been deported back to his home country after German authorities suspected he was planning a “terrorist attack,” Germany’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday. The Interior Ministry of the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt accused the unnamed man of […]
(HuffPost) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country, on Friday denounced three Republican senators for their treatment of President Joe Biden’s historic judicial nominee Adeel Mangi during his recent confirmation hearing. GOP Sens. Ted Cruz […]
(Fox) A Michigan Islamic scholar posted a video on social media calling on Muslims in the West and U.S. to embrace jihad, continuing a trend that threatens to spread extremism in the United States. “You have pretty radicalizing, extreme content happening,” Alberto […]
(Jewish News) One of the leaders of an Islamic political organisation involved in pro-Palestine protests should be deported from the UK, an MP has claimed. Conservative MP Bob Blackman called for Abdul Wahid, the chairman of the UK arm of Hizb ut-Tahrir, […]
(NL Times) The Rotterdam resident arrested on Thursday in connection with an attack plan by Hamas is Nazih R., sources told the Telegraaf. He previously worked at a foundation suspected of raising funds for the terrorist organization. The head of that foundation, […]
(BBC) A man who planned a gun attack at central London’s Hyde Park has been jailed for at least 16 years. Edward Little, 22, had intended to kill Christian preacher Hatun Tash after travelling from Brighton to the capital on 23 September […]
(AP) Denmark is holding two people in custody and four others are the target of a terrorism investigation, a prosecutor said Friday, in a case that coincided with an arrest in the Netherlands and several in Germany of alleged Hamas members. Authorities […]
(CBS) The U.S. government’s terrorist watchlist has nearly doubled in size in just six years, a CBS Reports investigation has found. An extensive review of court records, government documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former intelligence community leaders […]
(Canadian Press) A fourth person has been arrested in Calgary as part of an ongoing national security investigation related to terrorism-related posts on TikTok and other social media sites. Federal crown prosecutor Kent Brown says a 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday and […]
(Calgary Herald) The Calgary judge who ordered a city teen to comply with a 12-month terrorism peace bond expressed concerns Thursday about his potential success. “I wish your client every success in complying,” Justice John Shaw told defence counsel Vignesh Pillai about […]
(Free Beacon) A Republican in Congress is probing the Biden administration’s communications with an anti-Israel group that is known to promulgate anti-Semitic propaganda and whose leader celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Rep. Darrell […]
(Sky News) A Chechen-born man accused of being an “international terrorist” conducting hostile reconnaissance against a dissident Iranian TV station in West London has claimed he was “set up.” Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 31, is accused of conducting surveillance on Iran International at the […]
(Stars and Stripes) An Indiana man who teamed up with his brother to try and sell arms to the Islamic State group has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his crimes, the Justice Department said. Moyad Dannon’s sentence […]
(NL Times) The Rotterdam resident arrested on Thursday morning in Rotterdam-Zuid as part of an anti-terrorism operation is suspected of being “a long-standing member” of Hamas. This was reported by the German Public Prosecution Service on Thursday afternoon, which stated that a […]
(Local) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described three terror-related arrests made by police across Denmark on Thursday as “as serious as it gets.” A major police action on Thursday morning resulted in three arrests in Denmark, while a related [arrest] was made […]
(BBC) German authorities say they have made four arrests of suspected Hamas members linked to an alleged plot to attack Jewish sites. Prosecutors said the suspects intended to store weapons in Berlin for possible use in an attack. Danish authorities also said […]
(Free Beacon) President Biden’s “historic” nominee for a federal appellate court served on the board of a Muslim advocacy group that has blamed Israel for provoking Hamas’s terrorist attack and hosted an event with a convicted terrorist fundraiser on the 20th anniversary […]
(NL Times) The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is appealing the decision of the Rotterdam court in the case of Utrecht tram shooter Gökmen T. regarding his misconduct in prison. The OM said in a press release published on Wednesday that it [is] […]
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