Citizenship
Terror bride Shamima Begum is ‘ticking time bomb,’ warns ISIS victim’s daughter (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic State (ISIS)
Children & Teens
UK ministers ignore pleas to return ‘innocent orphans’ from Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Former Islamic State suspect Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif to be monitored by AFP
(ABC-Australia) An Adelaide woman acquitted of being an Islamic State member will have her social media use, employment and movements controlled by the Federal Police for a further four months, a court has ruled. Federal Court Justice Natalie Charlesworth today ruled that […]
Citizenship
Shamima Begum: Leaving Isis Britons in Syrian camps could be more dangerous than allowing them into UK, government warned (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Case of ISIS suspect Lisa Smith delayed until next week (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum ruling reignites debate over Britons who joined Isis (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
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, […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim woman outraged after barista writes ‘ISIS’ on her coffee cup in St. Paul. Target calls it a mistake
(Pioneer Press) While ordering a drink Wednesday in St. Paul, a 19-year-old Muslim woman gave the barista her name — Aishah — and repeated it for clarity. The Minneapolis woman was shocked when she saw what the barista then wrote on her […]
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 […]
Books
Manchester University Press criticised for publishing book linked to Islamist advocacy group (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
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 […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Italy seizes drugs from Syria worth one billion euros
(AFP) Italian police said Wednesday they had seized a 14-tonne haul of amphetamines allegedly made by the Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure of such drugs in the world. The drug, in the form of around 84 million […]
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 […]
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 […]
Legal
St Paul’s bomb plot: IS supporter Safiyya Shaikh ‘got cold feet’
(BBC) An Islamic State terror group supporter who planned to “blow up St Paul’s Cathedral” was getting “cold feet” about the attack, a court has heard. Muslim convert Safiyya Shaikh, 37, went on a reconnaissance trip to scope out the London landmark […]
Internet
Court hands down lighter sentence over IS propaganda
(Swiss Info) The Federal Criminal Court has reduced a sentence for a man who spread propaganda from the banned Islamic State (IS) group from a suspended prison sentence to a CHF2,500 ($2,635) fine. The 35-year-old had originally been handed a 180-day suspended […]
Citizenship
Belgium strips Islamic State returnee of Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) An Antwerp court has stripped an Islamic State supporter of her Belgian nationality and sentenced her to five years in prison. The 32-year-old woman, identified as Rahma B., was also fined €8,000 as part of her conviction for participating in […]
Children & Teens
Dutch state does not have to help women, children trapped in Syria: Supreme Court
(NL Times) The Dutch state does not have to repatriate women and children currently trapped in camps in Syria or Iraq, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a cassation case filed by 23 Dutch women who went to areas controlled by […]
Legal
Islamic State fanatic who encouraged terror cell in Germany jailed for life (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Suspected ISIS ‘emir’ goes on trial in France for crimes in Syria
(Radio France) French jihadist Tyler Vilus appeared before the Paris criminal court on [Thursday] for the start of a week-long trial into his role within the Islamic State armed group where he is accused of serving as an “emir.” He faces life […]
Law Enforcement
More than 1,000 terrorists arrested across Europe as 119 plots uncovered Almost all 2019 terrorism attack deaths in Europe were caused by ISIS, report reveals
(National-UAE) Almost 120 terrorist plots were uncovered across Europe last year, resulting in more than 1,000 arrests. ISIS was responsible for all but one of the 10 people killed. The latest figures covering terrorist incidents in 2019 have been revealed in Europol’s […]
Citizenship
Jailed jihadis stripped of citizenship including Shamima Begum could be allowed back (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Trial requested for 9 suspects in France’s 2016 truck attack
(AP) France’s counter-terrorism prosecutors made a formal request Tuesday for nine suspects to face trial in connection with the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that left 86 people dead. In a statement following the end of a judicial investigation, the […]
Deradicalization
Reading killings: Suspect Khairi Saadallah was on anti-terror programme (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
St Paul’s bomb plotter encouraged attacks by others, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
France brings home 10 jihadists’ children from Syria
(AFP) The government said Monday it had brought home 10 French children of jihadist fighters overnight from a refugee camp in Syria, the latest in a piecemeal repatriation process since the Islamic State group was ousted from its Syrian base in March […]
Law Enforcement
Libyan held over Reading multiple stabbing ‘known to security services’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Alleged ISIS recruiter is ‘don’ of Ottawa jail, inmate alleges
(Global News) Alleged ISIS recruiter Awso Peshdary has become the “don” of his Ottawa jail and was behind the assault of another inmate, according to allegations contained in court records obtained by Global News. The allegations surfaced in court after Peshdary, arrested […]
Citizenship
IS bride Shamima won’t be allowed in Bangladesh, says govt She was never a Bangladeshi citizen, Foreign Ministry reiterates
(Dhaka Tribune) British citizen Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom at the age of 15 to join the Islamic State (IS), will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. At the same time, it reiterated that […]