Islamic State (ISIS)

Legal

Aran Sherani: ISIS hopeful in prison ‘isolation’ over radicalisation fears, court told A convicted terrorist who once planned to join Islamic State has been removed from the general prison population because of concerns he was radicalising others, a court has been told.

July 9, 2024   

(NCA NewsWire) A man who made videos lighting fires and pledging himself to Islamic State has been placed in isolation in prison after authorities alleged he was radicalising other inmates. Aran Sherani, 22, was found guilty of doing acts in preparation for […]

Clerics & Preachers

Preacher Anjem Choudary says he performed marriage for Woolwich killer Choudary is accused of directing a banned terrorist group after his release from jail for encouraging support for ISIS.

July 9, 2024   

(Sky News) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has told a court he performed a marriage ceremony for one of the Woolwich killers. Choudary is accused of directing a banned terrorist group called al Muhajiroun after his release from jail for encouraging support for […]

Law Enforcement

Morocco, Spain collaborate to arrest 8 terror suspects Morocco frequently called for a shared responsibility to address security threats, particularly terrorism.

July 5, 2024   

(Morocco World News) Morocco’s security services and the Spanish Civil Guard announced on Friday arresting a group of eight terror suspects in a joint operation. The joint operation between the Spanish Civil Guard Intelligence Service and Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance […]

Health & Medicine

Trainee nurse guilty of plot to launch suicide bomb attack on hospital The attack was prevented by a hospital patient who spotted the 28-year-old and persuaded him to abandon the plan, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

July 2, 2024   

(Sky News) A trainee nurse has been found guilty of attempting to launch an ISIS-inspired suicide attack using a homemade bomb on the hospital where he worked. Mohammad Sohail Farooq, 28, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds with a viable […]

Immigration

DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network Over 150 have been arrested, but the whereabouts of over 50 remain unknown, officials said. ICE is looking to arrest them on immigration charges when they are found.

June 25, 2024 and   

(NBC) The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere who crossed into the U.S. in the past three years as “subjects of concern” because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network, three U.S. officials […]

Crime

Man claimed Isis membership

June 21, 2024   

(Otago Daily Times) A man claiming to be an Isis member threatened government employees because he wanted to be deported, a court has heard. Mohammed Omar Mohammed Al-Attas, 33, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after he admitted two charges of […]

Academics & Education

New Jersey school district apologizes for offending Muslim group with question about ISIS terror group in quiz 'The question was offensive and contrary to our values of respect, inclusivity, and cultural sensitivity'

June 21, 2024   

(Fox) A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as a terror group. The Wayne Township […]

Children & Teens

Federal Court rejects legal effort to force reparation of women and children in Syrian detention camps The Federal Court has again rejected an effort to force the federal government to bring home Aussie women and children in Syrian refugee camps.

June 18, 2024   

(NCA NewsWire) The Federal Court has upheld a previous judgment rejecting legal arguments that would bring Australian ISIS brides and their children home from a refugee camp in Syria. On Tuesday morning, Justice Christopher Horan announced the court would dismiss an appeal […]

Internet

Report claims Islamic State were urged to shoot Real Madrid players and attack the Bernabeu stadium The Guardia Civil has dismantled an Islamic State media centre that advised people to attack the Santiago Bernabeu stadium and shoot Real Madrid players

June 17, 2024   

(Marca) “El Confidencial” reports that the Guardia Civil’s Information Service has dismantled the self-styled I’lam Foundation, one of the largest propaganda centers linked to the Islamic State/Daesh. Jose Maria Olmo publishes that “the dismantled network ordered its followers to attack the bus […]

Legal

France charged jihadist with genocide crimes against Yezidis This investigation aimed to address suspicions of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Iraq and Syria since 2012 against ethnic and religious minorities.

June 15, 2024   

(Kurdistan 24) The French anti-terrorism prosecution announced on Friday that a French jihadist who returned to her country in August 2021 from Syria is being tried on terrorist charges, including crimes of genocide against the Yezidi minority. Following an interrogation session on […]

Legal

St. Louis Park man sentenced to 10 years for joining, fighting for ISIS overseas Abdelhamid Al-Madioum has since said he 'joined a death cult' and has helped the FBI investigate terror cases around the country.

June 13, 2024   

(Star Tribune) One sleeve of Abdelhamid Al-Madioum’s orange sweatshirt dangled where his right arm once was as he walked into a Minneapolis federal courtroom Thursday a decade older than he was when he began devouring the terror propaganda that led him to […]

Immigration

8 suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia, sources say The men from Tajikistan came to the U.S. through the southern border and their criminal [background] checks came back clean at the time they crossed, officials familiar with the matter said.

June 11, 2024 , , and   

(NBC) Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. The suspects had been on the […]

Law Enforcement

Suspected IS supporter arrested at Cologne airport The suspect allegedly supported an offshoot of the Islamic State. He also reportedly unsuccessfully applied to work at Euro 2024-related events.

June 9, 2024   

(Deutsche Welle) A suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS) was arrested a week before the start of the UEFA European football championship in Germany, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday. According to a spokesperson for the Karlsruhe authority, the suspect […]