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Germany arrests teen suspected of planning terror attack on Jews during school trip to Holland The teenager, who reportedly shared pro-ISIS material on TikTok, was allegedly being groomed online to carry out attacks on Jewish community centers in Europe.

October 3, 2024 Danielle Greyman-Kennard

(Jerusalem Post) The Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office arrested a 15-year-old Turkish-German teenager for allegedly planning Islamist-style attacks against European Jewry, Spiegel reported on Thursday. The police reportedly classified the teenager as a “threat.” The teenager had been in contact with Islamist terrorists […]

Wilders hints Dutch coalition will fall if emergency asylum measure is not implemented

October 1, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Dutch far-right political party PVV is continuing to insist that the Cabinet must declare the asylum situation in the Netherlands to be a state of emergency, and use extreme powers to sidestep Parliament and force a much stricter approach to […]

Motive for Erasmus Bridge fatal stabbing still unclear, Rotterdam mayor says

September 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) It is not yet clear whether the fatal stabbing at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam last week was an act of terrorism, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said during his last city council meeting as mayor. Many questions still need to be […]

Investigation opened into suspect’s treatment before fatal Erasmus Bridge stabbing

September 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The Inspectorate of Justice and Security (JenV) is going to investigate the actions of the judicial organizations regarding the man who is suspected of a fatal stabbing incident at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. The investigation revolves around “how judicial […]

Alleged terrorist in fatal Erasmus Bridge stabbing remanded to jail in first hearing

September 23, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A magistrate overseeing the investigation into a possible terrorist attack at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam last week ordered the only suspect in the case to remain in detention for at least another two weeks while the investigation into the […]

Suspect in Rotterdam stabbing ‘previously attacked his mother’

September 23, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The man accused of stabbing a man to death on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam seriously wounded his mother in a knife attack two years ago, Dutch media report. Ayoub M., 22, is due to appear in court for a […]

Attacker accused of terrorism over fatal stabbing at Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam

September 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The 22-year-old man alleged to have carried out a knife attack at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam is suspected of wanting to perpetrate a terrorist attack, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Friday. One victim was killed in the […]

Suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ in Erasmus Bridge stabbing; one dead, one hurt

September 20, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A man attacked two people with knives at the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on Thursday evening, killing one and leaving the other seriously injured. The police have arrested the man. Several witnesses reported that he shouted “Allahu akbar,” a phrase […]

Woman suspected of involvement in attempted murder of Iranian activist denies charges

September 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A 27-year-old woman from Den Bosch who is detained on suspicion of involvement with the attempted murder of an Iranian activist and journalist who is living in Haarlem denies knowing of the plans to assassinate him. “I expect the truth […]

Prosecutors demand man, 2 women serve prison for joining ISIS, preparing terrorist acts

September 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded prison sentences against a man and two women on Tuesday for participating in the terrorist organization ISIS, preparing terrorist crimes, and taking their minor children into a war zone. The OM demanded seven years […]

Dutch government led by hard right asks for formal opt-out from EU migration rules

September 18, 2024 Molly Quell and Raf Casert

(AP) The new Dutch government dominated by the far-right party of Geert Wilders officially asked the European Union for an exemption from its migration obligations on Wednesday, setting up a confrontation over one of the most explosive issues facing the bloc at […]

The new hard-right Dutch coalition pledges stricter limits on asylum

September 17, 2024 Mike Corder

(AP) The new hard-right Dutch government pledged Tuesday to launch stricter policies to hold back or kick out migrants who don’t qualify for asylum, as the king laid out the administration’s plans in a speech to open the parliamentary year. Dutch King […]

More cases of honour-related violence, police call for action

September 13, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) More attention should be paid to individual rights for women during the Dutch integration process as reports of honour-based violence are mounting, police have said. Some 619 cases of honour-related abuse were reported last year to the dedicated police unit […]

Dutch aim for migration clampdown as government sees ‘asylum crisis’

September 13, 2024 Bart Meijer

(Reuters) The Dutch government said on Friday it aimed to implement measures to limit migration in the coming months, including a moratorium on all new applications, days after Germany announced new border controls to keep out unwanted migrants. The new government, led […]

Russian secret services involved in Theo van Gogh’s murder, sources say in documentary

September 10, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Russian secret services played a role in the murder of Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam 20 years ago, a Chechen arms dealer and other sources revealed in the documentary De Wapenroute by Sinan Can and Daniëlle van Lieshout. The documentary […]

A Dutch court convicts 2 Pakistani men over death threats to anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

September 9, 2024 Mike Corder

(AP) A Dutch court convicted two Pakistani religious and political leaders in their absence Monday over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands. […]

More and more minors involved in terrorism, radicalization through social media

September 7, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Investigations show that more and more underage children are involved in terrorist crimes. The reason for this worrying development is the internet, where children can freely access content calling for violence and attacks, Het Parool reports. Public prosecutors and child […]

Parliament shoots down Arnhem mayor’s ban on Quran desecration

September 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, is against Arnhem mayor Ahmed Marcouch’s call for a national ban on Quran desecration. According to the parliamentarians, an attempted Quran burning by anti-Islam movement Pegida did […]

Afghan woman, Somali girl rejected as refugees under new rules

September 3, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) An increasing number of asylum requests that would have been granted previously are now being turned down because of new rules governing “credibility,” current affairs show Nieuwsuur reported on Monday evening. The programme spoke to lawyers, refugee agency Vluchtelingenwerk and […]

A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders

September 2, 2024 Mike Corder

(AP) Prosecutors demanded a 14-year sentence Monday for a Pakistani Muslim leader accused of inciting the murder of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the party that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands. Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali did not […]

Coalition parties want to send asylum seekers back to Syria

August 28, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The coalition parties want the government to investigate whether parts of Syria can be declared safe so that Syrian asylum seekers can be sent back. PVV leader Geert Wilders wants a debate on the topic next month and he is […]

Close Dutch borders to Syrian refugees, says Wilders

August 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Syria is safe enough to stop allowing refugees from there into the Netherlands and to send some back, Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV, said on social media. As a start, the Netherlands should close its borders to all […]

Terrorism suspect’s ‘jihadist ideology’ a possible motive in Utrecht cemetery vandalism

August 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Testimony from an expert in the Arabic language and culture indicated that the manner in which almost a hundred graves were vandalized at [a] Utrecht cemetery in May fits in with the “jihadist ideology.” Prosecutors presented more information about their […]

Solingen attack also fits the threat assessment of the Netherlands, says minister

August 25, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The deadly attack in the German city of Solingen, which was claimed by the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), “unfortunately also fits into the current threat picture in the Netherlands,” Minister David van Weel (Justice and Security) wrote on X. […]

Two men were arrested in May for trying to travel to ISIS territories

August 22, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Two 21-year-old men from Utrecht and Vleuten were arrested in May of this year on suspicion of joining a terrorist organization, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported. They attempted to travel to ISIS-controlled areas. The man from Vleuten is also […]

Woman ‘deeply affected’ by accusation she recruited own son to be ISIS child soldier

August 15, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A Dutch woman suspected of traveling to Syria to join a terrorist organization is “deeply affected” by the “bitter” accusation that she deployed her underage son in the ISIS armed struggle. Ayada K. said this on Thursday during the first […]

Court: Netherlands rightly refused asylum to Syrian who repeatedly visited home country

August 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The Netherlands rightly rejected the asylum application of a woman who traveled back and forth to Syria at least six times, the Council of State ruled on Wednesday. The Syrian woman left her country of origin for Egypt in 2013, […]

Mother suspected of war crimes for recruiting own son to become IS child soldier

August 10, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A female outbound traveler who was brought back from Syria with the help of the United States last May will appear in court for the first time on Thursday. The Public Prosecution Service is prosecuting 47-year-old Ayada K. for a […]

Pegida frontman gets suspended sentence for comparing Muslims to Nazis

August 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The court of appeals in The Hague has sentenced Pegida frontman Edwin Wagensveld to a conditionally suspended community service of 40 hours for group insult. The frontman for the radical far-right group had compared Muslims to Nazis. He was not […]

Jordan summons Dutch ambassador over ‘racist’ Wilders social media post

July 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Jordan has summoned the Dutch ambassador on Thursday to explain a “racist” post by PVV leader Geert Wilders on X earlier in the evening. Wilders wrote that Jordan is “the only real” Palestinian state, responding to the news that the […]

Case dropped: Deputy PM not prosecuted for saying Jew hatred is part of Muslim culture

July 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The group insult case against Deputy Prime Minister Mona Keijzer has been dropped, the lawyer representing the complainants told NU.nl. She won’t be prosecuted for saying that “hatred of Jews is almost part of the culture” in countries where Islam […]

Geert Wilders to ‘Post’: Mass immigration, lack of integration cause antisemitism In his first interview with Israeli media since his coalition's formation, Geert Wilders spoke to the Jerusalem Post about his support for Israel.

July 10, 2024 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) To stop rising antisemitism in the Netherlands and Europe political leaders must put an end to open border mass immigration and reverse the cultural relativist failure to foster integration, Dutch Party for Freedom founder and leader Geert Wilders told the […]

Netherlands extradites woman linked to Madrid shooting of politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras

July 10, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Authorities in the Netherlands will extradite 27-year-old Chahinez K., who is suspected of involvement in an attempt to assassinate Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras. The Den Bosch woman was the first of three people arrested in the Netherlands in connection with […]

Senate chair cuts off discussion about asylum minister’s controversial past statements

July 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A debate in the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate, was cut short by the chair when the topic of controversial past statements made by Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber were brought up by Senator Farah Karimi. The Senate was […]

Dutch right-wing government installed as Wilders’ shadow looms large

July 2, 2024 Bart Meijer

(Reuters) Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders saw ministers from his party sworn in for the first time ever on Tuesday, as the Netherlands’ new right-wing government was installed almost a year after the previous administration resigned. Far-right leader Wilders, the clear winner […]

Wilders tests new coalition’s ‘religious criticism’ boundary, calling Islam ‘disgusting’

June 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A few days before a Cabinet containing ministers from the far-right PVV is installed for the first time, party leader Geert Wilders lashed out fiercely against Islam in a post on social media. Wilders said the religion “is a disgusting, […]

Gunman in Spanish politician’s shooting was set to kill Iranian in the Netherlands: prosecutors

June 26, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The 38-year-old Tunisian man arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of shooting Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras was also preparing to assassinate an Iranian activist and journalist, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Wednesday. The Iranian individual was not […]

PVV asylum minister Faber retracts ‘replacement theory’ comments

June 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Prospective asylum minister Marjolein Faber has retracted her use of Nazi-era language on immigration, but insisted her concerns about the impact of asylum on the “demographics of the Netherlands” were well founded. The PVV MP came under intense questioning over […]

Far-right PVV to handle integration policy; minister won’t apologize for discrimination

June 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) In the Schoof I Cabinet, integration will fall under the Ministry of Justice and Security, not the Ministry of Social Affairs, as it currently does, Ingrid Coenradie of the far-right PVV, the candidate for state secretary of justice and security, […]

Dutch police arrest gunman suspected of shooting Spanish populist Alejo Vidal-Quadras

June 19, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Police in the Netherlands arrested a 38-year-old Tunisian man in connection with the attempted assassination of Spanish populist politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras. The suspect was captured in Haarlem on June 6, according to the Noord-Holland district of the Public Prosecution Service […]

Netherlands among 13 countries in global terrorism propaganda busts; Spain arrests 9

June 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Two major international operations to break up the propaganda and communications channels of terrorist organizations were carried out this week, leading authorities in 13 countries to take action against servers, web hosting services and websites, Europol announced on Friday. The […]

Islamic State terrorists planned to attack liberal Berlin mosque, says prosecutor

June 11, 2024 Oliver JJ Lane

(Breitbart) A liberal, women-led Berlin mosque known as a haven for gay Muslims was a target for an Islamic State terror cell in Germany, prosecutors say as the group goes to court. A group of seven immigrants arrested in 2023 across Germany […]

Terror threat in the Netherlands remains ‘substantial’

June 11, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The threat of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands has increased slightly over the past few months but remains at level 4, or substantial, the government’s counter-terrorism agency NCTV said on Tuesday. Level four means there is a realistic likelihood […]

Syrian father reportedly confessed to teen daughter’s ‘honor killing’ in Friesland

June 6, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Khaled Al N. from Joure allegedly confessed to killing his 18-year-old daughter Ryan in emails sent to the Telegraaf. The Syrian man said he took his daughter’s life and fled to Istanbul. Sources previously told the newspaper that Ryan’s very […]

‘Honor killing’ behind young Joure woman’s (18) death: report

June 5, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Ryan Al Najjar, an 18-year-old woman from Joure whose body was found a week ago in [Lelystad], was the victim of an “honor killing,” people who know the family told the Telegraaf. According to them, Ryan’s father killed her because […]

Murdered woman, 18, found in Lelystad water was missing for a week; two men arrested

June 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The police arrested two men for involvement in the death of 18-year-old Ryan al Najjar from Joure. The young woman’s body was found in the water along the Knardijk in Lelystad a week after she disappeared from her hometown. Al […]

Dutch PM hopeful thinks ‘hatred of Jews’ is part of the Muslim culture

May 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) According to BBB parliamentarian Mona Keijzer, “Jew hatred is almost part of the culture” in countries where Islam is the dominant religion. The BBB’s “prime minister candidate” said that on the talk show Sophie & Jeroen while discussing asylum seekers […]

Single-MP majority asks Cabinet to criminalize ‘From the River to the Sea’ statement

May 21, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A slim majority of parliamentarians voted on Tuesday in favor of a motion calling for the Cabinet to criminalize the statement, “From the River to the Sea.” The measure passed 74-73 during a roll call vote in the Tweede Kamer, […]

New Dutch government will aim to ‘opt out’ of EU asylum rules

May 16, 2024 Bart Meijer

(Reuters) The incoming Dutch government led by nationalist Geert Wilders’ PVV party will aim to pursue its curbs on immigration by opting out of European Union migration rules, setting up a clash with Brussels before it has even taken office. Wilders won […]

Netherlands set for right-wing government after Wilders strikes deal

May 15, 2024 Bart Meijer and Anthony Deutsch

(Reuters) Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders on Wednesday said a deal had been reached to form what was set to be the most right-wing government in the Netherlands in decades, almost six months after a major election victory. Wilders, who has influenced Dutch […]