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Clerics & Preachers

French Muslim Council agrees accord on ‘principles’ sought by Macron

January 17, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France’s Muslim federations agreed Sunday on a “charter of principles” requested by President Emmanuel Macron in his bid to eradicate sectarianism and extremism. Macron urged the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) to devise the charter in November, after the […]

Children & Teens

France repatriates seven jihadists’ children from Syria

January 13, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France said on Wednesday it had brought home seven children of French jihadists from northeast Syria, continuing a repatriation process begun after the toppling of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. The children, aged between two and 11 and “particularly vulnerable,” were […]

Government & Politics

Austria expels alleged Turkish spy

January 12, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) An Italian man of Turkish origin who claimed to have been tasked with killing public figures in Austria has been expelled from the country, his lawyer said Tuesday. Feyyaz Ozturk, 53, turned himself in to the Austrian intelligence services last year. […]

Legal

Spain court remands three suspected IS members

January 11, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A court in Spain on Monday remanded in custody three suspected members of Islamic State arrested last week in Barcelona, including an Algerian man who had fought for the Islamist group in Iraq. Spanish authorities began their investigation after becoming aware […]

Government & Politics

Bosnia must act to help hundreds of homeless migrants: EU

January 5, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Tuesday called on Bosnia to assume responsibility for hundreds of Bosnian migrants left sleeping out in the cold after their camp burned down. In a damning summary of the crisis there, the EU’s High […]

Immigration

Nearly 2,200 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2020: NGO

December 29, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Nearly 2,200 migrants died trying to reach Spain by sea this year, the vast majority of them on their way to the Canary Islands, a migrant rights group said Tuesday. [Migrant] arrivals in the archipelago have increased this year as they […]

Government & Politics

Vienna attack report lays bare intelligence lapses

December 23, 2020 Jastinder Khera  

(AFP) Austria’s intelligence agencies missed several chances to spot the danger posed by a jihadist [gunman] who launched a deadly attack in Vienna in November, an official report said on Wednesday. The report is the first from a government commission assessing how […]

Law Enforcement

France charges four over attack on former Charlie Hebdo offices

December 18, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French authorities have charged and detained four Pakistanis suspected of links to a meat cleaver attack by a compatriot outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that wounded two people, the national counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Friday. The four […]

Legal

French court jails Moroccan for life over foiled 2015 train attack

December 17, 2020 Marie Dhumieres  

(AFP) A French court on Thursday jailed for life a Moroccan man who planned a terror attack on a Paris-bound international train in 2015 but was thwarted by passengers including off-duty US soldiers. The Paris court convicted Ayoub El Khazzani, now 31, […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

US Muslims press Organization of Islamic Cooperation on China

December 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) US Muslim groups pleaded Thursday for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to speak out on China’s mass incarceration of Uighurs, accusing the global body of abetting what some described as genocide. The OIC consists of 57 Muslim-majority nations and frequently takes […]

Immigration

From Africa to Europe … via the Canary Islands

December 12, 2020 Pablo Melian and Diego Urdaneta  

(AFP) After a three-day boat trip from Western Sahara, Mohceine Ait Lamadane reached the Canaries and from there travelled to Italy, taking advantage of a system swamped by arrivals and slowed by the coronavirus. “I paid 2,000 euros ($2,430) for the crossing,” […]

Legal

Trial over deadly Paris jihadist attacks to begin late 2021

December 11, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The trial of 20 people charged over the November 13, 2015, jihadist attacks in Paris that were France’s deadliest peacetime atrocity will get underway in late 2021, sources close to the case and prosecutors said on Friday. The night of carnage […]

Government & Politics

Germany to allow deportations of ‘suspect’ Syrians

December 11, 2020 Deborah Cole  

(AFP) Germany said Friday it would allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed a security risk, five years after a massive refugee influx. The EU’s biggest economic power and most populous member allowed in hundreds […]

Academics & Education

Austria court overturns primary school headscarf ban

December 11, 2020 Jastinder Khera  

(AFP) Austria’s constitutional court on Friday struck down a law introduced last year which banned the headscarf in primary schools, saying the measure was unconstitutional and discriminatory. In a statement explaining the decision, the court said the law “contravened the principle of […]

News: Europe

Jihadism in Spain: a silent but real threat

December 9, 2020 Alvaro Villalobos  

(AFP) Europe’s latest jihadist attacks may have targeted France and Austria, but Spain, like the rest of the continent, remains within the sights of extremists and the threat level is still “severe,” experts say. The issue has returned to the headlines in […]

Government & Politics

US envoy ‘concerned’ about religious freedom in France

December 8, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The US envoy on international religious freedom on Tuesday voiced concern about France, warning against “heavy-handed” measures as President Emmanuel Macron targets radical Islam. “I am concerned, obviously, for what’s happening in France,” Ambassador Sam Brownback told reporters when asked about […]

Christians

Tunisian charged over fatal French church stabbings

December 7, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The chief suspect in the fatal stabbings of three people in a church in the French city of Nice was charged on Monday with their murder, anti-terrorism prosecutors said. Brahim Aouissaoui, a 21-year-old Tunisian national, was shot and seriously injured by […]

Interfaith

France charges suspect in deadly 1982 Paris attack

December 5, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A suspect in a 1982 attack on a Jewish neighbourhood in Paris that killed six people was on Saturday charged and remanded in custody by French authorities after his extradition from Norway, judicial sources said. Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed was charged […]

Interfaith

Suspect in deadly 1982 Paris attack extradited from Norway

December 4, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A suspect in a deadly 1982 attack at a Jewish neighbourhood in Paris arrived in France late Friday after being extradited from Norway, airport officials said. Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, 62, landed at around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) at Paris’ Charles […]

Government & Politics

Belgian court to give verdict in Iran diplomat case on Jan 22

December 4, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Belgian court will deliver its verdict on January 22 in the trial of an Iranian diplomat accused of plotting to bomb an exiled opposition group’s rally, his lawyer told AFP. Assadollah Assadi, a 48-year-old diplomat formerly based in Vienna, faces […]

Legal

Hungary jails Syrian IS commander over imam beheading

December 3, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Hungarian court sentenced a Syrian man to life imprisonment Thursday for terrorism and crimes against humanity including the beheading of an imam in Syria in 2015. The man was a commander of the Islamic State group, and must spend at […]

Government & Politics

France targets mosques in crackdown on radical Islam

December 3, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French authorities will inspect dozens of mosques and prayer halls suspected of radical teachings starting Thursday as part of a crackdown on Islamist extremists following a spate of attacks, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Darmanin told RTL radio that if any […]

Immigration

French ships pull 64 migrants from Channel

November 29, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Sixty-four migrants including a pregnant woman and several children were rescued in the English Channel in the past 24 hours as they were seeking to reach Britain aboard rickety vessels, French maritime authorities said Sunday. A first group of 45 migrants […]

Government & Politics

Belgium tries Iranian diplomat over bomb plot

November 27, 2020 Matthieu Demeestere  

(AFP) An Iranian diplomat went on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an Iranian opposition rally outside Paris, in a case that has stoked tensions with Tehran. Assadollah Assadi, formerly based in Vienna, faces a 20-year prison term […]

Academics & Education

Four more students charged in France over teacher’s beheading

November 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Four teenage students have been charged in France over the killing of Samuel Paty, including three for allegedly pointing out the teacher to his murderer, a judical source said Thursday. Three other pupils were charged with complicity earlier this month over […]

Immigration

For Canary Isles tourism, migrant surge a new nightmare

November 25, 2020 Pablo Melian  

(AFP) In a normal year, it would be high tourist season for the Canary Islands, but a huge influx of migrants has given the archipelago “a bad image,” bar owner Miguel Gonzalez grumbles. With migrant reception centres completely swamped after the arrival […]

Legal

Paris train gunman tells trial he was looking for US soldiers

November 25, 2020 Marie Dhumieres  

(AFP) The Moroccan gunman on trial for an attempted terror attack on a Paris-bound train five years ago said Wednesday he had aimed at the heads of American soldiers but could not shoot. On August 21, 2015, after drinking a coffee at […]

Immigration

Arguineguin: From quiet Canaries port to migrant hotspot

November 24, 2020 Pablo Melian  

(AFP) After three years, Said El Hallaji finally got to hug his brother Lehcen as they were reunited at Arguineguin, a once-quiet Canary Islands port now overwhelmed with migrant arrivals. More than 18,000 people have landed on this Spanish archipelago over the […]

Government & Politics

Anger in France over ‘brutal’ migrant removal as security bill wins green light

November 24, 2020 Stuart Williams and Shahzad Abdul  

(AFP) French authorities on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the “brutal” removal by police of a camp of migrants in central Paris, as parliament gave initial approval to a new security law condemned by activists as eroding press freedom. Interior Minister Gerald […]

Immigration

Police use tear gas to disperse migrant camp in central Paris

November 23, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Police used tear gas as they dismantled a new migrant camp in the centre of Paris set up to house hundreds of refugees evacuated from makeshift suburban shelters without being relocated. Volunteers had helped set up around 500 blue tents at […]

Government & Politics

Spain to set up camps for 7,000 migrants in Canaries

November 20, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Spain will set up emergency camps for up to 7,000 migrants as part of a plan to tackle the huge influx of arrivals in the Canary Islands, the government said Friday. The plan also involves reinforcing Salvamento Maritimo’s coastguard rescue teams […]

Health & Medicine

Over 2,000 migrants cleared from Paris camp amid Covid fears

November 17, 2020 Alice Lefebvre  

(AFP) French police on Tuesday cleared a migrant street camp outside the Stade de France stadium north of Paris where around 2,000 people, mainly Afghan and African, had been living in cramped tents. Dozens of police were deployed to carry out the […]

Legal

Trial starts over foiled Paris train attack that inspired movie

November 16, 2020 Marie Dhumieres  

(AFP) A Moroccan man and three alleged accomplices went on trial in France Monday for an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago that was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. Hollywood legend […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Macron criticizes media over coverage of Islamic extremism

November 15, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron has called the New York Times media correspondent to criticize English-language coverage of France’s stance on Islamic extremism after recent attacks, arguing it amounts to “legitimizing” violence. “When France was attacked five years ago, every nation in […]

Arts & Entertainment

Trial to begin over foiled Paris train attack that inspired movie

November 13, 2020 Marie Dhumieres  

(AFP) A Moroccan man goes on trial in France on Monday accused of an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago which was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. Director Clint Eastwood, 90, […]

Christians

Attacker in Nice had picture of teacher’s killer: prosecutors

November 13, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The Tunisian migrant who killed three people at a French church last month had a picture on his phone of the man who beheaded a teacher two weeks earlier, anti-terror prosecutors said Friday. In addition to the photograph of 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov […]

Immigration

Seeking asylum in Greece — an interminable waiting game

November 12, 2020 Marina Rafenberg  

(AFP) It can be months or even years before the thousands of migrants waiting in camps on Greek islands or on the mainland finally receive the prize they crave: asylum. Omar Singh, a young man from Burkina Faso, arrived on the island […]

Legal

German woman charged over crimes against humanity in Syria

November 11, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) German federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they had charged a German woman with crimes against humanity allegedly committed while she was living in Syria as a member of the Islamic State jihadist group. The suspect, identified only as Nurten J. and […]

News: Europe

France on edge five years after Paris attacks

November 11, 2020 Tiphaine Le Liboux and Alexandre Hielard  

(AFP) Five years after a squad of jihadist killers carried out France’s deadliest peacetime atrocity, the country is again on its highest security alert following a spate of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. The night of carnage on November 13, 2015, saw […]

Legal

Eight to stand trial over 2016 terror attack in Nice

November 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Seven men and a woman will stand trial in France for alleged links to the perpetrator of the 2016 attack in Nice that killed 86 people when he rammed a truck into Bastille Day revellers. The three main suspects, Mohamed Ghraieb, […]

Government & Politics

Macron stirs controversy with defence of French secularism

November 10, 2020 Clare Byrne  

(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron has stirred controversy even beyond the Muslim world with a staunch defence of the French model for secularism and integration of minorities in the wake of a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. The approach of Macron […]

Legal

Trio on trial for aiding 2017 Barcelona attackers

November 10, 2020 Alvaro Villalobos and Daniel Silva  

(AFP) Three men went on trial Tuesday for helping the jihadists behind the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16 people and left 140 wounded. The Islamic State group took responsibility for the August 17-18 bloodshed, including a […]

Law Enforcement

Austria police raid dozens of ‘Islamist-linked’ targets

November 9, 2020 Jastinder Khera  

(AFP) Austrian police on Monday raided more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists and seized millions of euros in cash, with orders for 30 suspects to be questioned. The operation came a week after a convicted Islamic State group supporter […]

Government & Politics

French minister seeks to ease tensions over cartoons in Cairo visit

November 8, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Egypt Sunday where he sought to ease tensions with the Arab world, after the furore surrounding the republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Le Drian met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Foreign […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Austria’s Muslims wary of backlash after attack

November 7, 2020 Denise Hruby  

(AFP) When Osama Abu El Hosna found himself under a hail of bullets during the shooting rampage in Vienna, he heroically risked his life to save a policeman at the scene. But while Hosna has been lauded for his courage, other Muslims […]

Christians

French PM says ‘radical Islamism’ the ‘enemy’ after Nice attack

November 7, 2020 Claudine Renaud  

(AFP) French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday lamented the killings of three people killed by a knife attacker in Mediterranean city Nice and named “radical Islamism” as an “enemy” for the country. “We know the enemy, it has not only been […]

Books

France fines Islamic scholar for revealing rape accuser’s name

November 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Paris court on Friday fined Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan for disclosing the name of one of several women who have accused him of rape, violating a French law that protects alleged victims from “retaliation and harassment.” Ramadan, who denies the […]

Legal

Trio on trial for helping Barcelona jihadist attack cell

November 6, 2020 Daniel Bosque and Alvaro Villalobos  

(AFP) Three men go on trial at Spain’s top criminal court Tuesday for helping the perpetrators of twin jihadist attacks in 2017 that killed 16 in Barcelona and a nearby seaside town. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bloodshed which […]

Academics & Education

Three teens charged in French teacher’s beheading

November 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Three teenagers were indicted Friday in the murder of French history teacher Samuel Paty, beheaded last month after showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed to his students during a free speech lesson, a judicial source told AFP. Two 18-year-old men and […]

Christians

France church attacker transferred to Paris

November 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The Tunisian migrant who was shot and seriously wounded after killing three people in a knife attack on a French church last month was flown Friday from the southern city of Nice to Paris for treatment. Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, was flown […]

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