(European Conservative) Austrian school teachers have sounded the alarm over Muslim children who are fasting during the Islamic holy month. Due to dehydration and poor nutrition, the children — some of whom are as young as six — are constantly tired and […]
(European Conservative) Seven fitness influencers were arrested in Spain on January 20th, suspected of jihadist indoctrination. The arrests, the result of a months-long investigation, took place in several Spanish cities, although the operations are not all connected. At least one of those […]
(EDATV) 30% of jihadists in Spain are in Catalonia, raising concerns among authorities. In 2024, 13 of the 49 anti-jihadist operations in the country were carried out in this region. This represents 25% of the total interventions conducted. The information comes from […]
(Voz) In Texas, an ambitious urban development project has triggered intense debate. It is EPIC City, a planned community near Dallas that, according to its promoters, will follow Sharia or Islamic law. The initiative, led by the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) and […]
(European Conservative) Negotiations between the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP) to form the next Austrian government have still not come to a conclusion, following a month of talks. The one issue both parties have come to an […]
(NL Times) The municipality of Almere violated Muslims’ fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of religion with its secret infiltration of mosques a few years ago, the ombudsman of the Amsterdam metropolitan region said in a report published on Tuesday. The ombudsman […]
(BBC) A Muslim convert who threatened to “flatten” a mosque and plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism has been found guilty of preparing a terrorist act. Jason Savage, 35, was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court […]
(NL Times) The K9, a coalition of regional mosque umbrella organizations in the Netherlands, is considering taking legal action against De Telegraaf, citing the newspaper’s alleged ongoing negative coverage of Muslims. The K9 claims the newspaper’s articles contribute to incitement and the […]
(BBC) A Muslim convert threatened to “flatten” a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard. Jason Savage, 35, from Small Heath, Birmingham, denies a single […]
(Jerusalem Post) Dyab Abou Jahjah, the man behind the Hind Rajab Foundation, which has been doxxing Israeli soldiers and seeking legal action against them in foreign states, admitted to joining Hezbollah as a youth and implied that he was returning to Lebanon […]
(AFP) Italian police said Tuesday they had dismantled a cell which promoted jihadist propaganda online, with five suspects of foreign origin targeted including their alleged leader, a Pakistani woman. Four of the suspects are accused of having “formed a terrorist association of […]
(European Conservative) An invitation by a mosque in Germany for girls as young as thirteen to take part in a “preparatory marriage course” has sparked a huge backlash, with centre-right and right-wing parties demanding an explanation. The invitation was sent out by […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Dutch House of Representatives voted in favor of a motion calling to close mosques that preach the destruction of Israel, the House revealed on Tuesday. The plenary comes amid significant debate among Dutch officials and lawmakers following the violent […]
(Courthouse News) A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 14 years in Manhattan federal court on Friday for trying to help the Islamic State group plan to attack the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and target his fellow servicemen in the Middle […]
(DPA) An Islamist social media influencer from the German city of Dusseldorf has been arrested on suspicion of commercial and gang-related fraud, law enforcement agencies said on Thursday. The 33-year-old is alleged to have raised over €353,000 ($385,000) through 19 fundraising appeals […]
(Jerusalem Post) A conference funded by Al Jazeera and led by Hamas officials in Europe was canceled by its Brussels host venue’s website following a recent US Treasury designation. The European Palestinian Council for Political Relations (EUPAC), a Belgium-registered lobbying organization, organized […]
(Jerusalem Post) “As a German, I wanted to learn how Auschwitz could have happened. This brought me to researching the topic of antisemitism about 30 years ago,” Dr. Matthias Küntzel told the Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview. Küntzel is a German […]
(National-UAE) When a phone rings at a former screw factory in Vienna’s old Jewish quarter, it could be a confused teenager, a hapless teacher — or a chance to stop a terrorist. Austria’s extremism hotline fields hundreds of calls a year from […]
(CNN) “Is Botox a sin?” A bearded man wearing a traditional white Muslim cap reads the question from a sheet of paper, then looks up to address his TikTok audience. “Yes, it is a sin,” he smirks. “You must accept that you […]
(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 […]
(DPA) The trial of seven suspected members of the Islamic State terrorist group started in Germany on Tuesday. German prosecutors accuse the men, who are between the ages of 21 and 47, of establishing a terror cell in the country. “They were […]
(Deutsche Welle) The Islam practiced in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Sandzak region in southwestern Serbia is considered open-minded and tolerant. For centuries, Sunni Muslims have lived their own form of a European Islam here alongside Christians and Jews. Since the 1990s, however, this […]
(BBC) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said the “Kevin Keegan effect” meant people still viewed him as a member of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard. Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group Al […]
(DPA) Authorities in Germany have moved to ban a Muslim association based in the central city of Braunschweig, accusing the group of spreading extremist views. Police also launched several raids aimed at the Braunschweig-based German-Speaking Muslim Association (DMG) on Wednesday morning, which […]
(Brussels Signal) A criminal court in Belgium has convicted a 21-year-old Islamist of plotting to assassinate Bart De Wever, president of the N-VA party and mayor of Antwerp. Identified by the court under the alias of “Elias EA,” the man was found […]
(Deutsche Welle) It’s estimated that some 1,000 people gathered at Hamburg’s popular street Steindamm late April, following a call to protests by an organization called Muslim Interactive (MI). Some demonstrators chanted “God is great,” and held up signs that read “caliphate is […]
(NL Times) Islam teacher Musa Ibn Yusuf of the Islamic center Ar-Rahmah in [Veenendaal] is urging Dutch Muslims to hate people of other faiths. “There is no solidarity with Christians,” he said in a podcast on YouTube, De Telegraaf reports. “Solidarity is […]
(NL Times) Outgoing Minister of Social Affairs Karien van Gennip has sent letters to 12 people apologizing for unlawfully using their personal data in an investigation into Salafist Islam and radicalization, she said in a letter addressed to the Tweede Kamer, the […]
(El País) Hugo Micheron, one of the brightest in a long line of French Arabists, recently published La colère et l’oubli (Anger and oblivion, in French), a history of European jihadism in which he explores a landscape still marked by ignorance and […]
(Reuters) European security officials are seeing a growing risk of attacks by Islamists radicalised by the Israel-Hamas war, with the biggest threat likely to come from “lone wolf” assailants who are hard to track. More than 10 intelligence and police officials in […]
(AFP) Italian police said Friday they had arrested a Bangladesh citizen suspected of belonging to a Pakistani Al-Qaeda-linked group who was studying military tactics and publishing incendiary videos online. Police in Genoa said the man, who described himself on Facebook as an […]
(Brussels Times) The Antwerp Criminal Court on Tuesday postponed the trial against the “Kruger group” to 24 October. Fifteen radicalized Muslims are on trial in this case for their participation in the activities of a terrorist group. To build up their arsenal, […]
(NL Times) In addition to Dutch municipalities, the Ministry of Social Affairs also commissioned secret investigations into mosques in the Netherlands, Minister Karien van Gennip of Social Affairs admitted in a letter to parliament this week, NRC reports. Social Affairs quietly investigated […]
(European Conservative) The terror threat from Islamic extremists remains high in Germany, according to the country’s Federal Ministry of the Interior. Department officials said in a press release this week that they must continue to approach this issue with the “greatest vigilance.” […]
(New Arab) The French government has deported an Algerian Salafist preacher who was accused of glorifying terrorism, French media reported on Wednesday. Abderrahim Sayah, who founded the As-Sunnah mosque in Hautmont which was shut down by authorities in 2018, was deported to Algeria on instructions from […]
(Military Times) An Army private first class has pleaded guilty to plotting the murder of U.S. service members on behalf of the Islamic State, government prosecutors announced Wednesday. The soldier, Cole Bridges, also pleaded guilty to trying to provide material assistance to […]
(UnHerd) Like a still from a cheap horror flick, Michael Adebolajo stands with a meat cleaver and a large knife clasped in one hand. His free hand, saturated in blood, is raised towards the camera. Together with his accomplice and fellow convert […]
(UnHerd) When two young men embellish a Toulouse FC replica shirt with the name of the city’s most notorious mass murderer, is it just a sick and provocative gag, or evidence of sympathy for the killer’s worldview? Earlier this month, the French […]
(NL Times) A self-proclaimed Salafist police force is causing fear among Dutch Muslims and starting to divide Dutch mosques. That’s because the instigators warn that they will pillory fellow Muslims as infidels who they believe are guilty of “wrong” behavior or “wrong” […]
(Deutsche Welle) The man who carried out a knife attack on a German high-speed train was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday. A court in Munich found that Abdalrahman A. was culpable despite claims he was mentally ill at the time. […]
(Dutch News) Education minister Dennis Wiersma has been accused of breaking the constitutional ban on discrimination with his plan to target Islamic weekend schools suspected of fostering radicalism. An organisation representing Islamic institutions in the Rotterdam area, SPIOR, has filed a police […]
(AFP) Spain has deported a Moroccan Muslim activist, who is accused of being one of the “main advocates” in Spain of the Salafist movement of ultra-conservative Islamism, Spanish police said Saturday. The 40-year-old was deported to Morocco on Saturday morning after he […]
(Detroit Free Press) Conflict in Dearborn over LGBTQ books in public schools has drawn national attention among Muslims as liberals and conservatives clash over differing views on religion while political candidates in Michigan campaign in the diverse Detroit suburb. Amid concern about […]
(AFP) A court in Spain has approved the deportation of [a] Moroccan Muslim activist, who is accused of being one of the “main advocates” in Spain of the Salafist movement of ultra-conservative Islamism. Police arrested Mohamed Said Badaoui on Tuesday in the […]
(European Conservative) With the start of the new school year, Islamist threats are once again hovering over French schools, according to two successive memos issued by the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalisation and Territorial Intelligence, one dated August […]
(Breitbart) A Malmö imam has been charged with incitement to racial hatred by Swedish prosecutors after antisemitic sermons in which he claimed Jews run the west and the Muslims who collude with Jews are “traitors.” Imam Basem Mahmoud is accused of spreading […]
(Breitbart) The manager of a suspected radical mosque, along with three others, was arrested this week in northern France over allegations of fraud and embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of euros of foreign cash. The manager of the Al Houda mosque in […]
(Florida Politics) A thirst for information led him to an ISIS website. There, he discovered how to meet with radical Islamic groups to decide which among them the American could assist. He bought a one-way ticket from Orlando and arrived in Istanbul, […]
(NL Times) The party leaders of Denk and PVV are furious about a series of secret reports from the National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism (NCTV), which qualified them as polarizing political parties. Party leaders Farid Azarkan (Denk) and Geert Wilders (PVV) […]
(NL Times) For years, national counter-terrorism coordinator NCTV reported on “polarising” political parties in confidential reports to municipalities, police, ministries, and foreign intelligence services, NRC reports based on 159 internal reports received through the Open Government (Public Access) Act. In some reports, […]
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