(AFP) Spain’s top criminal court has handed seven-and-a-half-year prison terms to two prisoners jailed for terror offences for writing to other inmates encouraging them to stick to jihadist ideology, court documents showed Tuesday. In a ruling dated February 12, the Audiencia Nacional […]
(Sky News) Three people accused of displaying images of paragliders at a pro-Palestinian march have escaped jail after being found guilty of showing support for a terrorist group. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, and Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, were handed […]
(European Conservative) On Wednesday, February 7th, French Justice Minister Éric [Dupond]-Moretti announced the arrival on French soil of the terrorist Salah Abdeslam, who until then had been imprisoned in Belgium, to serve an “irreducible life imprisonment” (perpétuité incompressible) — a penalty that […]
(BBC) A second teenager has been charged with multiple terror offences. Shaan Farooq, from Birmingham, has been accused of one count of possessing terrorism material and three counts of distributing terrorism material. The 18-year-old is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court […]
(Columbus Dispatch) An Iraqi man who was living in Columbus when federal authorities say he plotted to assassinate former President George W. Bush as revenge for the Iraq War has been sentenced to 14 years and eight months in prison. Shihab Ahmed […]
(Fox) The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), a conservative judicial advocacy organization based in Virginia, is rolling out a digital ad campaign against one of President Biden’s controversial nominees who has alleged ties to 9/11 hijacker sympathizers. The advertising campaign from JCN — […]
(JNS) The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has again taken to task an Islamic preacher in Florida who recently advocated numerous antisemitic conspiracy theories during a religious service. Imam Fadi Kablawi gave a Friday sermon on Jan. 26 at Masjid As-Sunna[h] […]
(CBC) Percy Downe from Prince Edward Island has walked back comments he made urging security checks on international students and immigrants from Gaza, but an advocacy group is still calling for his resignation. “Islanders are concerned about terrorists coming to our country, […]
(Belga) A 31-year-old Belgian man listed in an international terrorist database was denied entry to the Philippines at Manila airport, according to a statement released on Monday by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration. The man was turned away on 7 February after […]
(LBC) Labour has withdrawn its support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali after criticism of remarks about Israel, a party spokesperson has said. The Rochdale by-election candidate, Azhar Ali, was forced to issue an apology after he claimed at a party meeting […]
(BBC) Three people at a pro-Palestine march in central London displayed images of paragliders, “celebrating” the Hamas tactic, a court has been told. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images to their backs, prosecutors allege, just seven days after Hamas […]
(Dutch News) A cyber attack on vital infrastructure, such as the provision of energy or banking services, is top of the list of fears among the Dutch, according to the latest edition of the Clingendael Institute’s foreign affairs barometer. The research, carried […]
(Washington Examiner) He’s called Palestinian terrorists “freedom fighters,” bragged about telling the White House he won’t “apologize for Hamas firing rockets at Israel,” and defended the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in the Jewish state. Meet Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab […]
(Jewish News) Labour’s by-election candidate in Rochdale has been recorded claiming Israel deliberately allowed the 7 October Hamas massacre to give it the “green light” to invade Gaza. In a recording obtained by the Mail on Sunday newspaper, Azhar Ali said: “The […]
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(National Post) Concordia and Carleton universities have apparently cancelled speaking engagements featuring Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator, over his comments celebrating Hamas atrocities during the terror group’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. Hamdi spoke at Western University on Thursday and is […]
(National-UAE) A woman who left the UK to join the ISIS terrorist group has lost a bid to have her British citizenship restored. Now 27 years old, the woman is living with her son in Syria’s Al Roj camp, after being stripped […]
(Washington Examiner) House Democrats accepted donations late last year from a staunch anti-Israel activist who helps lead an organization long accused of sharing ties to Palestinian terrorism, records show. CEO Hussam Ayloush of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, […]
(CBC) The Social Justice Centre (SJC) at the University of British Columbia is suing a prominent Jewish organization and one former contractor for defamation after pro-Hamas stickers bearing the SJC’s logo were placed on campus in November. The stickers said “I [heart] […]
(Courthouse News) A Texan who joined the Islamic State group to teach English to its soldiers accused the United States of war crimes at his sentencing hearing Thursday, saying it reminded him of white supremacist bombings in the South when he saw […]
(Jewish Insider) A Thursday meeting between several senior Biden administration officials and Muslim leaders in Michigan drew scrutiny from leaders in the Jewish community over the inclusion of Osama Siblani, a Dearborn political activist and newspaper publisher who has in the past […]
(AFP) Meta on Thursday said it had removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for violating its content policy. “We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy,” a Meta spokesperson […]
(ABC-Australia) A Sydney man has been ordered to surrender personalised number plates that appear to reference the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel. A utility vehicle with the registration number “OCT7TH” was spotted in Sydney’s west on Wednesday afternoon. Tom, who […]
(Free Beacon) Top White House officials will meet Thursday with an Arab-American activist who has praised Hamas and refers to the president as “Genocide Joe,” part of the administration’s latest gambit to shore up President Joe Biden’s waning support with Arab and […]
(BBC) Two survivors of the Manchester Arena attack have won their bid to sue a writer who said it was faked. Richard Hall’s claim that no-one died in the 2017 attack, which killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert, was “preposterous,” […]
(Swedish Radio) Sweden’s security service Säpo has stopped several different attacks planned by Iran against Sweden in recent years, Swedish Radio News reports. On Tuesday, Swedish Radio News was able to reveal that in 2021 two Iranian agents are suspected of having […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration launched a civil rights investigation into anti-Muslim incidents at Harvard University based on a complaint from a Muslim legal fund that has represented convicted terrorists and pushed anti-Semitic rhetoric. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights […]
(Dutch News) A member of the anti-terrorism taskforce NCTV suspected of divulging classified information to Morocco for years had some 928 documents in his possession, including 345 documents from secret service AIVD and 65 from military intelligence service MIVD, the public prosecution […]
(Swedish Radio) According to a Swedish Radio News investigation, there was more evidence against the Iranian couple suspected of planning to murder Swedish Jews, but the prosecutor was unable to use the information. Another country is said to have prevented Sweden from […]
(France 24) Salah Abdeslam, sentenced to life in jail over the 2015 Paris jihadist attacks, was removed from his Belgian prison cell on Wednesday and transferred back to France. Abdeslam is the only surviving member of the Islamic State group cell that […]
(AP) An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital” is being condemned by two Democratic state lawmakers, who described it as “racist and Islamophobic” in a resolution presented Tuesday. Introduced by state Rep. Alabas Farhat and House Floor Leader […]
(Swedish Radio) Iran is suspected of a plot to murder Swedish Jews, a Swedish Radio investigation reveals. An Iranian couple, a man and a woman acting as undercover agents, are believed to have targeted three Swedish Jews, among them Aron Verständig, chair […]
(NL Times) The 56-year-old Rotterdammer Nazih R., who is a suspect in a Danish and German terror investigation, is denying the accusation he is a member of Hamas. His lawyer said this on Tuesday during a hearing at the International Legal Assistance […]
(GB News) A terrorist who murdered three people was allowed to stay in the country after a series of “woeful” Home Office errors. Khairi Saadallah murdered James Furlong, 36, Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, and David Wails, 49, in Forbury Gardens, Reading, on Saturday, […]
(AFP) A Mali-born man suspected of injuring several people with a knife and hammer at a Paris railway station deliberately sought out French people to attack, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday. The 32-year-old was on Tuesday charged by an investigating magistrate with […]
(Detroit News) The media clash between local Arab American leaders and the writer of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece continued Monday as both sides doubled down on accusations their opponents are peddling hate. On Monday, members of the Arab American Civil […]
(Jewish Insider) A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation last week requesting information on alleged links between Hamas and U.S.-based tax-exempt charities that they […]
(BBC) A formal consultation has been launched into proposals for new legislation to ensure stronger protection against terrorism in public places. Known as Martyn’s Law, it is named after Martyn Hett, one of 22 people killed in the 2017 Manchester attack. The […]
(BBC) A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack after researching the Isle of Wight Festival as a potential target. The teenager from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was planning […]
(Detroit Free Press) An increased number of police patrols began monitoring the streets of Dearborn on Saturday after an opinion article posted by the Wall Street Journal dubbed the city “America’s Jihad Capital.” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said Dearborn police would ramp up […]
(ITV) An inquest into the deaths of three men stabbed to death in Reading has heard authorities were repeatedly warned about the terrorist’s mental health. Giving evidence today, the CEO of Reading Refugee Support Group said he wrote to health and probation officials […]
(Press Release) Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences. Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to a seven-year extended sentence with at least five years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. A youth, 17, was sentenced […]
(Euro Weekly) In a coordinated effort between Spanish and Norway authorities, a Spanish woman evading justice has been apprehended in Norway. The arrest, carried out under a European arrest and surrender order issued by the National Court, was down to the successful […]
(Florida Politics) The full House has adopted a Rep. Randy Fine nonbinding House resolution (HR 1209) strongly encouraging “all executive agencies of the State of Florida, all law enforcement agencies, and all local governments in this state to suspend contact and outreach activities” […]
(LBC) Police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of inviting support for Hamas after a pro-Palestine protest in north London. Officers arrested the woman, 19, from central London, early on Wednesday and searched an address. She is in custody at a police […]
(National-UAE) European prosecutors are adopting harsher sentences towards female ISIS returnees as their numbers increase due to government repatriation programmes from prison camps in north-east Syria, a new book published by Dutch counter-terrorism think tank ICCT has found. “Women can be both […]
(Euro Weekly) In a significant breakthrough, the Guardia Civil has apprehended a crypto-jihadist in Barcelona as part of an international investigation into terrorist financing. A report published on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, revealed how events in Barcelona resulted in the culmination of […]
(BBC) A man who planned to attack British military personnel and join the so-called Islamic State has had a bid to reduce his life sentence rejected. Matthew King, from Essex, was jailed for life with a minimum of six years at the […]
(National-UAE) An Austrian school textbook that described Hamas as a “resistance movement” has been rewritten under official orders. The geography book for secondary school pupils is being modified in light of the war in Gaza triggered by Hamas’s October 7 attack on […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden campaign, in a bid to shore up the president’s waning support among Arab and Muslim voters, dispatched campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez last week to meet with an Arab-American activist who has praised Hamas and refers to the […]
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