News: Europe
Terrorist prisoners free to network and radicalise inmates in British jails (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic State (ISIS)
Government & Politics
Populist politician demands Oslo refugee moratorium
(Local) A senior politician for Norway’s far-right Progress Party has called for a total moratorium on new refugees in Oslo, as her party mulls what price it will demand for staying part of Norway’s coalition government. Tone Ims Larssen told [the] Norwegian […]
Children & Teens
Raids without warrants: Denmark unveils tough new anti-jihadist proposals
(Local) The government is to work for tough new laws on citizens convicted of foreign militant activity, but is likely to be challenged by parties to its left. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup and Minister for […]
Children & Teens
Danish government to announce additional anti-jihadist laws
(Local) The government is to announce new policies clamping down on individuals who have connections to foreign militant groups. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup and Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye, will on Thursday present […]
Legal
Bradford man jailed for possessing terrorist publications (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Iranian regime-linked cleric protests Soleimani killing with CAIR and NIAC
(IPT) A Detroit-area Shiite imam with direct ties to Iran’s leadership used a press conference last week to push disinformation and propaganda about the U.S. killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani ran the IRGC and […]
Children & Teens
Norway government crisis brews over ISIS prisoner return
(Bloomberg) Norway’s government risks splitting after a coalition partner threatened to pull its support over the repatriation of a woman who joined Islamic State in Syria. The anti-immigration Progress Party threatened to abandon the Conservative-led administration in the next few weeks if […]
Children & Teens
Norway repatriates IS-linked woman, children from Syria
(AFP) Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria a woman linked to the Islamic State group and her two children, one of them reportedly seriously ill, citing humanitarian reasons. Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide, confirming the operation to bring them home, […]
Children & Teens
Government takes first steps towards repatriating children of ‘ISIS recruits’
(ITV) The government will “urgently investigate” the possibility of repatriating four British children from a Syrian refugee camp — as long as their mother agrees that she cannot return with them. The proposal, made to a London woman who joined so-called Islamic […]
Law Enforcement
German police raid ‘Islamists’ suspected of planning attack Prosecutors in Berlin said that the suspects are believed to have staked out locations for a future 'Islamist-motivated' attack. Evidence gathered so far does not indicate that there were any concrete attack plans.
(Deutsche Welle) Police carried out raids at properties across four German states on Tuesday morning, targeting suspected Islamists who were believed to be “planning a serious violent act endangering the state.” Prosecutors in Berlin said the suspects were of “Chechen origin from […]
Government & Politics
Home Office proposes offence of possessing terrorist propaganda (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Prison guards guilty of mistreating infamous jihadist recruiter in Belgium
(Brussels Times) Two prison guards have been found guilty of mistreating an infamous jihadist preacher accused of “perverting” a generation following his conviction for running a large radicalisation network in Brussels. The two guards were accused of violently handling Khalid Zerkani, throwing […]
Immigration
Germany jails jihadi for Syrian massacre An ex-member of al-Qaida affiliate Nusra Front has been sentenced to life in prison for involvement in a 2013 massacre of regime forces. Prosecutors have sought to jail war criminals who arrived in Germany as refugees.
(Deutsche Welle) A German court on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old Syrian man to life in prison for double homicide and accessory to 17 counts of murder committed during his time as an Islamist militant. The former Nusra Front jihadi was found guilty […]
Government & Politics
Man convicted of joining ISIS says he was a spy for Danish intelligence Ahmed Samsam claims he travelled to Syria on behalf of police and defence services in Denmark
(National-UAE) A Danish man who is serving eight years in a Spanish jail for joining ISIS in Syria has claimed he was actually working for Denmark’s intelligence services. Ahmed Samsam, 30, travelled to Syria “several” times under the direction of Denmark’s Police […]
News: Europe
Danish jihadist arrested in Turkey Mohammad El-Ali gained notoriety by posing with mutilated bodies in 2014
(Copenhagen Post) The Danish jihadist Mohammad El-Ali has been arrested in Turkey near the Syrian border. El-Ali’s lawyer Mette Grith Stage confirmed his arrest, stating that he wanted to come back to Denmark and stand trial. The Lebanese-born Dane claims he lost […]
Government & Politics
€5,000 bill to bring Lisa Smith back from Turkey (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
French researcher links ‘neglected’ enclaves and prisons to rise of radical Islam
(Breitbart) Hugo Micheron, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), has claimed that the rise in jihadist activity in France and Belgium is directly linked to “neglected” enclaves and prisons in the two countries. Micheron interviewed 80 jihadists […]
News: Europe
Revealed: conversations between terror suspect Abdeslam and fellow prisoners
(Brussels Times) Accused terrorist Salah Abdeslam held wide-ranging and open conversations with his fellow prisoners while he was detained in Bruges prison following his arrest in Brussels in March 2016, according to secret recordings made by Belgian state security. A document containing […]
Legal
ISIS fangirl Asia Siddiqui gets 15 years for plotting to build bomb
(NY Post) An ISIS-obsessed Queens woman was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison — and threw herself a pity party in court for being “so stupid.” Asia Siddiqui has been locked up since her 2015 arrest for allegedly plotting with her […]
Children & Teens
Belgium will comply with ruling to repatriate ten children of IS members
(Brussels Times) The Belgian government will not appeal a ruling to repatriate ten children of Belgian jihadist fighters from Syria, departing from previous statements that it would likely appeal the order. Defence Minister Philippe Goffin said in parliament that the government would […]
Legal
Lansing man pleads guilty to supporting Islamic State, faces up to 20 years in prison
(Lansing State Journal) A Lansing man has pleaded guilty to supporting the Islamic State group, according to court records. Muse Abdikadir Muse pleaded guilty to one felony charge of conspiring to providing material support to a designated terrorist organization during a Tuesday afternoon […]
Legal
Relative of Belgium’s ‘executioner of Raqqa’ charged
(Brussels Times) A relative of a Belgian jihadist said to be the “executioner of Raqqa” has been charged with financing terrorism after prosecutors found he had transferred funds suspected of ending up in the hands of one of the suspects of the […]
Legal
Lisa Smith’s lawyers call for terrorism case to be dropped (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
National security review agency looking at complaint over arrest of Canadian ISIS recruit
(Global News) A complaint over the RCMP’s role in the arrest in the United States of a Toronto-area ISIS recruit has been referred to Canada’s new national security review agency, handing its members a challenging case early in their mandate. A copy […]
Legal
Trial opens in Paris over ‘jihadist network’ linked to Charlie Hebdo attacks
(Radio France) On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the trial of 24 suspected jihadists linked to the massacre that killed 12 people at the satirical weekly has opened in Paris. Only five of the suspects are […]
Immigration
Germany charges Syrian accused of commanding IS unit
(AP) German prosecutors have filed terror charges against a Syrian man accused of commanding a unit of Islamic State group fighters in his homeland. Prosecutors in Frankfurt said Monday that the 33-year-old, whose name they didn’t release, was charged with membership in […]
Clerics & Preachers
Italy expels Moroccan imam, cites his support for IS
(AP) Italy on Saturday expelled a Moroccan imam back to his home country because of what it said was his support for the Islamic State group. Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese cited reasons of state security in sending the 41-year-old imam, identified only […]
Immigration
Foreign terror suspect thought to have been planning an IS-style attack granted legal aid to fight extradition (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Knife attacker kills man in Paris suburb before he is shot dead
(AFP) A knife-wielding man ran amok Friday in a park south of Paris, killing a man walking with his wife and wounding two other people before being shot dead by police, officials said. The Paris police department said the man, identified as […]
Government & Politics
U.S. sees no domestic threat but New York braces for Iranian retaliation
(Reuters) U.S. authorities and major cities saw no imminent threats on Friday from potential Iranian retaliation over a U.S. air strike that killed Tehran’s most prominent military commander, but New York’s mayor said his city was bracing for an attack like never […]
Citizenship
Jihadist stripped of Belgian nationality found and detained in Turkey
(Brussels Times) A jihadist fighter from Antwerp was found and detained in Turkey just before Christmas day, according to reports which emerged just hours after he was stripped of his Belgian nationality. Fouad Akrich, 27, was found in an unspecified location in […]
Citizenship
Swiss revoke mother’s citizenship over suspected Islamic State links
(Swiss Info) The Swiss authorities have revoked the citizenship of a French-Swiss [woman] for her suspected links to the Islamic State militant group. In an information published in the Federal Gazette on December 31, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) said the […]
Legal
Federal prosecutor now more interested in tracking ‘terrorism of inspiration’
(Brussels Times) The federal prosecutor, Frédéric Van Leeuw, has explained that the service remains fully occupied in the fight against terrorism, although their focus has now shifted towards what he calls “terrorism of inspiration” as opposed to structured terrorism, he told the […]
Citizenship
Six foreign fighters stripped of Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) A Brussels court has stripped six foreign fighters of their Belgian nationality, after being sentenced to prison in absentia for their involvement in the terror group Sharia4Belgium. The six fighters all had Belgo-Moroccan nationality and could not be notified of […]
Law Enforcement
Lisa Smith signs on at Garda station as part of bail conditions (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith released on bail and moved to undisclosed location (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Denmark blocks return of ISIS fighters’ children stranded in Syria Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said children should remain with their parents, who are not welcome in Denmark
(National-UAE) Denmark will not allow the return of about 30 children whose parents travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS, the country’s prime minister said. Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the left-wing coalition government, said allowing children into Denmark would […]
News: Europe
‘Jihadi’ Jack Letts married into a ‘top ISIS family’ in Iraq while fighting for the depraved terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Counter-terror police arrest five men at sites across England (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Turkey deports ISIS bride and child back to the Netherlands
(Dutch News) Turkey has sent a 28-year-old Dutch woman who went to Syria to join IS forces back to the Netherlands, along with her four-year-old child, the public prosecution department has confirmed. The Telegraaf named her as Kawtar S from Gouda who […]
Legal
Terror cases in Belgium on the decline, to pre-IS levels
(Brussels Times) The number of new cases of terrorist activity opened by the federal prosecutor’s office fell in 2019 to 90, compared with 155 in 2018. The figure is significant as the first time since 2013 that numbers have been at the […]
Government & Politics
Major Afghan politician allegedly collecting benefits in Sweden
(Breitbart) Afghanistan politician Razaq Ahmadzai, a close ally of President Ashraf Ghani, has been accused of actively collecting pension payments from the Swedish government for his mother who died in 2017. According to the accusations, the Afghan’s mother was not reported to the Swedish […]
Law Enforcement
Court: 17-year term in attack on FBI agent ‘shockingly low’
(AP) A 17-year sentence for a New York City man who sought to aid the Islamic State group by trying to kill an FBI agent is “shockingly low,” a federal appeals court said Friday as it ordered a judge to re-sentence him. […]
News: Europe
One Belgian behind 2015 and 2016 terror attacks in Europe: French investigators
(Brussels Times) One Belgian man was responsible for the planning of a series of terrorist attacks in Europe in 2015 and 2016, including the Paris attacks of November 2015 and the two attacks at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro on 22 March […]
Legal
Repatriated IS woman recognises ‘debt’ and will no longer oppose conviction
(Brussels Times) One of the two sisters affiliated with the Islamic State who said they would appeal their prison sentences after their repatriation to Belgium will no longer oppose her conviction. The woman, identified as 24-year-old Fatima B., was brought back to […]
Legal
Lisa Smith likely to spend Christmas in prison after ruling (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Islamist extremists hold Sharia trials and groom young Muslims in British prisons (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic Law
Queen is enemy of Islam and must die, says jail ‘emir’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Second Swedish school linked to extremism by security services Sweden’s security service Sapo says children are at risk of being subjected to radicalisation
(National-UAE) Sweden’s security service has warned an extremist network has been meeting at a school and says children are at risk of radicalisation. It comes weeks after another school was shut down after it was revealed its staff had included former ISIS […]
Legal
Lisa Smith may spend Christmas in jail despite bail ruling (LINK ONLY)
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