(DPA) Nearly a year after three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled for fear of a terrorist attack, the trial of a suspected Islamic State supporter began in Berlin on Monday. The now 15-year-old is alleged to have helped with preparations […]
(Breitbart) A rising number of young German women are being converted to Islam through hardline Salafist outreach on social media, according to Berlin’s domestic political intelligence agency. The fundamentalist Salafism branch of Sunni Islam is making gains in Germany through increased proselytising […]
(European Conservative) A new dress code has been introduced by some pools in Baden-Württemberg to improve water hygiene. This means that burkinis — swimsuits covering body and hair, designed for Muslim women — are banned in the future. The move drew criticism […]
(DPA) German police have arrested a man and searched multiple properties across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in connection with a suspected Islamist terrorist plot, the Dusseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Essen police said on Wednesday. Raids were carried out simultaneously […]
(Reuters) A German court ruled on Tuesday that the government is obliged to issue visas to Afghan nationals and their family members who were accepted into a humanitarian admissions programme that the new centre-right coalition intends to shut down. A foreign ministry […]
(European Conservative) A disturbing report from a Hamburg elementary school has revealed growing Islamist pressure on children in German classrooms, with one young girl allegedly assaulted and humiliated for refusing to wear a headscarf. In the BR podcast Kaffee extra Schwarz, journalist […]
(AFP) Germany is to start deporting Syrians with criminal records, the interior ministry said Saturday, days after Austria became the first EU country to do so in recent years. The ministry had instructed the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) to […]
(European Conservative) A daycare center in Bad Harzburg has triggered outrage by serving only Islamic halal sausages for breakfast, leaving many parents frustrated. Introduced by new management as a step toward inclusivity, the policy has instead fueled accusations of cultural bias, with […]
(DPA) A Syrian man has been detained after attacking people on a high-speed train in southern Germany with a total of five people hurt including three other Syrians, German police said late Thursday. The ICE express train, which was carrying 500 passengers, […]
(Reuters) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to negotiate a direct agreement with the Taliban on receiving Afghan migrants deported from Germany, he told Focus magazine in an interview. In August, Germany resumed flying convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home […]
(Ynet) What began as a mission of inclusion for Uziel Inácio-Steck, a 43-year-old Jewish gay teacher from Brazil, ended in isolation, harassment and trauma. His story — reported by Thorsten Schmitz in Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung — sheds light on what many educators […]
(European Conservative) A rejected asylum seeker received a lighter sentence for manslaughter after the court took into account a payment of “blood money” made under Shariah and tribal customs. In June 2024, Abdi A. stabbed his childhood friend Abdihannan M. during an […]
(Reuters) A Danish national has been arrested in Denmark on suspicion of spying for Iran by collecting information on Jewish sites and individuals in Berlin, and will be extradited to Germany, German and Danish authorities said on Tuesday. German prosecutors said the […]
(European Conservative) A prominent Berlin university hospital is under fire after a Muslim student group hosted gender-segregated events on its campus, raising fresh concerns over growing tolerance for illiberal practices at German universities. The events, which took place at the prestigious university […]
(Reuters) Germany’s Bundestag lower house passed a bill on Friday to suspend family reunification for migrants who do not qualify for full refugee status, fulfilling a conservative election pledge to curb migration and ease pressure on integration systems. Migration was a pivotal […]
(AFP) German prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against a Syrian youth and alleged Islamic State group supporter linked to a 2024 attack plot on a Vienna concert by US pop megastar Taylor Swift. The suspect, only partially named as Mohammad A., […]
(European Conservative) The Christian Albrechts University in Kiel is facing criticism following its recent “Islam Week,” held in early May and organised by the Islamic Student Group. Participants reported gender-segregated seating, including separate entrances and distinct seating areas for men and women. […]
(AFP) A Syrian migrant accused of stabbing four people outside a bar in the German city of Bielefeld was a member of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Mahmoud M., 35, is accused of randomly attacking customers […]
(DPA) Two young brothers and a third man are facing charges over allegations they planned or supported an Islamist terrorist attack in Germany, authorities announced on Friday. Two of the suspects are German-Lebanese brothers, aged 21 and 15, who reside in the […]
(AFP) A German court on Monday handed a life sentence to a Syrian doctor who tortured opponents of former ruler Bashar al-Assad during the country’s brutal civil war. The higher regional court in Frankfurt found Alaa Mousa, 40, guilty of crimes against […]
(Jerusalem Post) Against the backdrop of the current war, multiple pro-Iranian regime rallies have taken place in major cities worldwide, with demonstrators expressing support for the Islamic Republic and condemnation of Israel. Pro-Palestine protesters rallied in London’s Parliament Square on Saturday shouting […]
(Politico) Shakerah Baresh and her four children were on one of the last planes to Germany. Baresh, the former principal of a girl’s school in Afghanistan’s northeastern Panjshir province, arrived in Germany with her children at the end of March, just weeks […]
(DPA) The former leader of the Islamic State terrorist group in Germany, Abu Walaa, has lost his appeal to avoid deportation. The 41-year-old Iraqi is currently serving a sentence that keep[s] him behind bars until May 2027. Following his release, he is […]
(Proto Thema) A 14-year-old boy suspected of planning a terrorist attack was arrested today in Cologne and is believed to have joined the Islamic State group. Emirhan A. was allegedly planning a terrorist attack in the name of the Islamic State, possibly […]
(DPA) Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said migration is a significant factor behind the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany, calling it a “terrible challenge” for the country. “We have a sort of imported anti-Semitism with the big numbers of migrants we have within […]
(Deutsche Welle) The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved several measures to tighten Germany’s asylum laws, including a plan to make it easier to determine “safe countries of origin” and thus to deport rejected asylum-seekers. This comes after another policy put in place […]
(Reuters) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that a court ruling against the expulsion by border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government’s migration crackdown but would not stop it. People would continue to be turned away at […]
(Reuters) A German court sentenced a Syrian man to life in prison on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes it said he had committed as a leading member of a Hezbollah-backed militia during Syria’s civil war. The Higher Regional Court […]
(DPA) In a legal setback for the German government, a Berlin court ruled on Monday that rejecting asylum seekers at border checks within German territory — without first initiating proper asylum procedures — is unlawful. The urgent decision by the Berlin Administrative […]
(Breitbart) One in five Muslims with a “migrant background” in Germany, or over a million people, are currently susceptible to becoming radical Islamists, a study has found. Research from the Islam and Politics Research Centre at the University of Münster, conducted under theologian Mouhanad […]
(Reuters) Germany’s government approved measures to restrict family reunification for migrants and delay citizenship access on Wednesday, forging ahead with a major shift in migration policy under conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The cabinet agreed to a two-year suspension of the right for […]
(Deutsche Welle) A Syrian man who allegedly knifed three people to death at a street festival in the western city of Solingen last August entered a guilty plea as his trial began in Düsseldorf on Tuesday. Issa Al H., 27, told the […]
(AFP) An alleged former Syrian prison guard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity under former president Bashar al-Assad, prosecutors said Tuesday. The man, identified only as Fahad A., is accused of “acts of killing, torture and […]
(Deutsche Welle) The charges against the four defendants, all Russian nationals, are serious. Appearing at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg on Monday, they will be facing accusations of being members of a foreign criminal organization and of supporting a foreign terrorist […]
(Deutsche Welle) The man accused of a mass stabbing at a festival in the western German city of Solingen is due to face court in the North Rhine-Westphalia capital of Dusseldorf. Federal prosecutors have charged Syrian Issa Al H. with three counts […]
(Jerusalem Post) Majed Al-Zeer, a designated senior Hamas operative and one of the group’s main operatives in Europe, is now wanted under a European arrest warrant issued by Germany, as reported by Swedish Aftonbladet. German authorities have accused Al-Zeer of playing a […]
(DPA) German authorities have arrested a man suspected of being a member of Yemen’s Houthi militia, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. The suspect, a Yemeni national who was taken into custody in the southern town of Dachau, just outside Munich, is believed […]
(AFP) A Syrian held in Germany over a weekend knife attack that seriously wounded four people allegedly told the police officers who arrested him that he had jihadist beliefs, media reported Wednesday. The suspect, identified only as Mahmoud M., 35, was arrested […]
(AP) A man suspected of attacking and injuring five people outside a bar in Germany has been arrested, and investigators believe the attack may have been “religiously motivated,” authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, a 35-year-old Syrian national identified only as Mahmoud M. […]
(Euronews) Following an attack with a sharp object on Sunday morning in front of a bar in Bielefeld that left several people injured, police in the German city continued their search for the perpetrator, who is presumably still armed and at large. […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany has begun rejecting asylum seekers at its borders with other European countries, the first such action since the new government tightened immigration, a German newspaper reported Sunday. On Thursday and Friday, out of 365 undocumented entries at all borders, 286 migrants and […]
(Anadolu) The German government on Thursday denied a media report which said that Chancellor Friedrich Merz had declared a state of “national emergency” to restrict migration. “The chancellor is not declaring a national emergency,” government spokesman Stefan Kornelius told the BILD newspaper. […]
(AFP) Germany’s new government on Wednesday said that it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to limit irregular immigration and curb the rise of the far-right. The move is a key part of Merz’s […]
(Euronews) In the heart of Germany’s capital, a heated political debate has reignited over the boundaries of religious freedom in the public sphere. The Bundestag’s Green Party group has submitted a motion to abolish Berlin’s Neutrality Act (“Neutralitätsgesetz”), a law that prohibits […]
(Euronews) The Greens party’s group in the Berlin House of Representatives has made a motion calling for the abolition of the so-called Neutrality Act, a law that prohibits civil servants from visibly wearing or displaying religious symbols while at work. The 2005 […]
(Reuters) Germany’s outgoing government has suspended flights for voluntary admissions of Afghan refugees for two weeks pending a decision by the next government on how to proceed, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the future governing coalition of conservatives […]
(Ynet) A German court on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian student, identified as Mustafa A., to three years in prison for the antisemitic assault of Lahav Shapira, the grandson of Amitzur Shapira — one of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists […]
(European Conservative) Germany’s government is moving forward with plans to bring in more Afghan migrants, despite the incoming CDU/CSU-SPD coalition’s promise to shut down these resettlement programs. A flight carrying over 150 Afghans is set to arrive in Leipzig soon, according to […]
(Times of Israel) A multinational Hezbollah smuggling network operating across Europe has been exposed and dismantled, with authorities intercepting large quantities of drone components intended for use in attacks against Israel, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported. The sophisticated operation reportedly spanned […]
(Jerusalem Post) Two men, one from Gaza and the other from Lebanon, were charged for a February antisemitic attack against a non-Jewish man in Berlin, the Berlin State Prosecutor’s Office announced on Friday. The man was reportedly attacked based on the perception […]
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