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Children & Teens

Knife attacker in Germany kills two, including child

January 22, 2025 Sebastien Ash  

(AFP) A knife attacker killed a two-year-old child and a man on Wednesday in a public park in Germany, where police arrested an Afghan man as the main suspect. Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the “unbelievable act of terror” on a play school […]

Crime

France arrests new Algerian influencer as tensions soar

January 22, 2025 Nicholas McAnally  

(AFP) French authorities Wednesday arrested another Algerian social media influencer as tensions soar between Paris and its North African former colony, the interior minister announced, in a statement that earned him a rare rebuke from Paris prosecutors. Rafik M. had “called on […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

German Christmas market attack suspect held ‘anti-Islam, far-right’ views

January 16, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) The suspect in a deadly car ramming attack on a German Christmas market was mentally unwell, “massively Islamophobic and close to right-wing extremist ideologies,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said Thursday. His erratic behaviour over the years had come to the attention […]

Crime

Franco-Algerian influencer to stand trial in March

January 11, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Franco-Algerian influencer, arrested as part of an investigation into online hate videos, appeared before French prosecutors on Saturday and will stand trial in March, authorities said. A diplomatic row between France and Algeria has flared up over the arrests of […]

Government & Politics

France warns Algeria against escalation of influencers showdown

January 10, 2025 Laetitia Drevet and Tiphaine Le Liboux  

(AFP) France threatened on Friday to “retaliate” if Algeria escalates a diplomatic row that has flared up over the arrests of Algerian social media influencers accused of inciting violence. Tensions between France and its former colony mounted after Algeria on Thursday sent […]

Government & Politics

French mayor pulls recycling campaign Iran deemed ‘offensive’

January 9, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French city on Thursday removed posters depicting Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after Tehran called the images “insulting,” in the latest incident in a period of strained relations between the two countries. The southern city of Beziers ran a […]

Government & Politics

France orders tighter security after ramming attacks in US, Germany

January 6, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Monday ordered increased security at major gatherings following vehicle ramming attacks in Germany and the United States. Retailleau sought “optimal security conditions” in a memo to officials seen by AFP. “Given the high level of […]

Internet

France holds Algerian influencers on charges of urging violence

January 5, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French authorities on Sunday held three Algerians suspected of inciting violence in TikTok videos, with at least two of them facing terror-related charges. The arrests come amid growing political tensions between Paris and its former North African colony. A video blogger […]

Internet

Algerian TikToker faces French trial on terror-incitement charge

January 4, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) An Algerian online influencer will stand trial in France next month, accused of inciting terrorism on TikTok, prosecutors said Saturday. The 25-year-old suspect was remanded in custody on Friday in the western city of Brest, prosecutor Camille Miansoni said in a […]

Arts & Entertainment

10 years after attack, Charlie Hebdo is uncowed and still provoking

January 3, 2025 Adam Plowright and Anne Pascale Reboul  

(AFP) French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is set to publish a special God-mocking edition next week to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by jihadist gunmen that left eight staff members dead. The anniversary of the shocking attack on […]

Government & Politics

Spain’s Canary Islands received record 46,843 migrants in 2024: ministry

January 2, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A record 46,843 migrants reached Spain’s Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers, official data showed on Thursday. The landmark came as the European country received 63,970 irregular migrants […]

Government & Politics

Signs Christmas market attack suspect mentally ill: German minister

December 30, 2024 Frank Zeller  

(AFP) The German government, under fire for failing to prevent a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market, argued on Monday that the tragedy would have been hard to prevent and said that the suspect appeared to be mentally disturbed. Interior Minister […]

Crime

Spain arrests traffickers accused of killing asylum seekers

December 29, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Spanish police said on Sunday they had arrested seven people smugglers accused of murdering four migrant[s] during a sea crossing in November from the African mainland to the Canary Islands. The seven were detained at an emergency accommodation centre on the […]

Internet

Italian police dismantle terror propaganda cell

December 24, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Demonstrations

Germany’s far-right AfD holds march after Christmas market attack

December 23, 2024 Ralf Hirschberger and Frank Zeller  

(AFP) Germany’s far-right AfD party on Monday held what it called a “memorial” rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy. Meanwhile, an anti-extremist initiative called “Don’t Give Hate […]

Government & Politics

Sorrow and fury in German town after Christmas market attack

December 21, 2024 Céline Le Prioux  

(AFP) The German city of Magdeburg was in mourning Saturday over a car-ramming attack that brought death and carnage to its Christmas market, but the sorrow gave way to anger when the politicians showed up. Chancellor Olaf Scholz led a group of […]

Apostasy

Suspect in deadly Christmas market attack railed against Islam, Germany

December 21, 2024 Céline Le Prioux and Frank Zeller  

(AFP) The Saudi suspect in Germany’s deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market held strongly anti-Islam views and was angry with Germany’s migrant and asylum policy, officials said Saturday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the “terrible, insane” attack that killed five people and […]

Academics & Education

French court hands down heavy sentences in teacher beheading trial

December 20, 2024 Alain Jean-Robert  

(AFP) A French court on Friday handed heavy sentences to several men convicted of having played a role in the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020 — a murder that horrified France. Paty, 47, was murdered in October 2020 by […]

Crime

Germany jails Syrian for 10 years for Assad-era war crimes

December 18, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A German court handed a 10-year jail term to a Syrian former militia leader on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed under former president Bashar al-Assad. The man, named only as Ahmad H., 47, had come to Germany […]

Academics & Education

French prosecutors seek up to 16 years in teacher beheading trial

December 16, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French prosecutors on Monday sought jail terms of between one and 16 years for eight people on trial over the 2020 beheading of a school teacher by an Islamist radical that shocked France. The harshest sentence was reserved for a defendant […]

Legal

N. Macedonia officials say foiled terror plot

December 16, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Four people arrested over the weekend had been inspired by the Islamic State and were planning to carry out a “terrorist attack” targeting civilians, North Macedonia prosecutors said Monday. The four were detained in separate raids across the country on Sunday […]

Arts & Entertainment

France’s Charlie Hebdo holds God cartoon contest 10 years since attack

December 15, 2024 Adam Plowright  

(AFP) Ten years after a deadly attack on its office that shocked France, Charlie Hebdo magazine is marking the anniversary with a cartoon contest mocking God, with Sunday the deadline for submissions. The satirical weekly was targeted by two Islamic extremists on […]

Government & Politics

European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Assad’s fall

December 9, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries said Monday they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. While Berlin and other governments said they were watching the fast-moving developments […]

Legal

Three charged in France over suspected bomb plot: prosecutors

December 8, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Three young suspected Islamic extremists have been charged with terror offences in France over an alleged bomb plot, prosecutors said on Sunday. The three men aged between 19 and 20 are thought to have become radicalised while watching extremist videos online […]

Children & Teens

Muhammad most popular boy’s name in England and Wales for first time

December 5, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Muhammad was the most popular name for baby boys in England and Wales last year, topping the annual rankings for the first time, the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Thursday. The name, which has been in the top 10 […]

Crime

German police raid Iraqi ring smuggling migrants to UK

December 4, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) German police carried out sweeping pre-dawn raids Wednesday targeting an alleged Iraqi-Kurdish criminal network accused of smuggling migrants by boat from France to Britain. More than 500 officers searched locations in multiple western German cities in an operation coordinated with Europol […]

Children & Teens

Sweden charges alleged IS trio with terror plot

December 2, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Swedish prosecutors said Monday they had charged three people with alleged ties to the Islamic State (IS) of plotting terrorist acts, including against Jewish interests, and seeking minors to carry them out. The trio, as well as a fourth suspect, were […]

Government & Politics

France says UK can’t ‘sub-contract’ Channel border security

November 29, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France’s hardline interior minister on Friday said Britain could no longer “sub-contract” Channel border security out to Paris, with no end in sight to the flows of migrants heading across the waterway. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is set to meet with […]

Academics & Education

Teen who lied about beheaded French teacher’s class says ‘sorry’

November 26, 2024 Alain Jean-Robert  

(AFP) A teenager whose lies about her teacher are accused of contributing to the educator’s murder by an Islamist radical apologised to his family in a French court on Tuesday. Eight people have been on trial since early November, charged with contributing […]

Government & Politics

French minister denounces push to remove ‘apology for terrorism’ from penal code

November 25, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) France’s justice minister said on Monday that he was “resolutely opposed” to a bill aimed at removing “apology for terrorism” from the criminal code, a move that has attracted condemnation across the political spectrum. The hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) proposal aims […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Man killed by French police outside Paris after ‘threatening’ officers: source

November 17, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A drunk man on Sunday was killed by French police outside Paris after threatening officers and shouting “Allahu akbar,” an Arabic expression often shouted by Islamist attackers, police sources told AFP. According to preliminary information, the man brandished a dummy gun, […]

Crime

Muslims in Amsterdam reject govt rhetoric after violence

November 14, 2024 Akshata Kapoor  

(AFP) Arranging fruit crates in a market on the western edge of Amsterdam on Thursday, Mohamed Errakil said the Dutch government’s rhetoric a week after the city was shaken by anti-Israeli attacks could encourage discrimination. “We’re called foreigners, you’re a Moroccan, you’re […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

London mayor says Trump attacks due to his ethnicity and religion

November 14, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) London Mayor Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of repeatedly criticising him because of his “ethnicity” and Muslim faith, in comments likely to renew his long-running feud with the US president-elect. The pair became embroiled in an extraordinary war of words […]

Government & Politics

Norway lowers terror threat level as Iran threat wanes

November 14, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Norway’s intelligence agency lowered its terror threat level from “high” to “moderate” on Thursday, saying the threat posed by Iran against Jewish and Israeli targets had waned. The decision brings the threat level down to three on a scale of five, […]

Demonstrations

Germany charges Afghan over deadly ‘Islamist’ knife attack

November 6, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) An Afghan man has been charged with killing a police officer and wounding several others in an Islamist-inspired knife attack that shocked Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attack in the western city of Mannheim in late May took place just before […]

Crime

French court jails 18 members of Channel people smuggling gang

November 5, 2024 Laurent Geslin  

(AFP) A French court on Tuesday issued prison terms of up to 15 years to 18 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, convicted of forming a vast gang to smuggle migrants aboard small boats across the Channel to England. The investigation found that this […]

Government & Politics

‘Lost faith’: Michigan Muslims shun Harris over Mideast turmoil

November 5, 2024 Issam Ahmed  

(AFP) Haunted by the daily violence ravaging the Middle East, Soujoud Hamade, a registered Democrat, felt compelled to back Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the US presidential election. “It is very emotional,” the 32-year-old real estate lawyer told AFP after casting […]

Government & Politics

Italy court deals fresh blow to Meloni’s migrant plan

November 4, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Sicilian court on Monday dealt a fresh blow to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s migrant policy by declaring applications for asylum from Egypt could not be fast-tracked. Egypt was included on the government’s list of so-called “safe” countries to which […]

Demonstrations

Anti-migrant protests in Spain’s Canaries draw thousands

October 27, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Thousands took part in rallies in the Canary Islands’ main cities on Sunday against irregular migration that has seen a huge increase in boats washing up on its shores. Located off the coast of northwest Africa, the Canary Islands are a […]

Children & Teens

Denmark repatriates woman, son from Syrian detention camp

October 25, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Denmark said Friday it had repatriated a mother and her eight-year-old son, the child of a dead Islamic State jihadist, from a Syrian detention camp. They arrived in Denmark on Thursday following an agreement with local Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria, […]

Legal

Alleged Hezbollah fighter on trial in Germany over war crimes in Syria

October 15, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Syrian man went on trial in Germany Tuesday accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting for Hezbollah on the side of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The defendant, identified by the court in Stuttgart only as 32-year-old Ammar […]

Legal

Afghan man imprisoned in France, accused of planning ‘violent action’

October 12, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A 22-year-old Afghan was indicted and imprisoned in France on Saturday, accused of supporting the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) and of having “fomented” a “plan for violent action” in a football stadium or a shopping center. His arrest, which […]

Children & Teens

Austria court orders repatriation of IS woman and her children

October 11, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A Vienna court on Friday ordered that an Austrian woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria be repatriated along with two children she bore to jihadist fighters there. The Austrian administrative court ordered their return “in the greater interest of […]

Animals

Rising Belgian politician courts Muslim vote — and controversy

October 11, 2024 Matthieu Demeestere  

(AFP) Weaving between market stalls in the working-class Brussels district of Molenbeek, Fouad Ahidar likes to remind voters he was a market vendor himself as a teenager — driving home his credentials as a people’s politician. Something of a rising star on […]

Government & Politics

Norway hikes terror threat level to ‘high’ over Mideast escalation

October 8, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Norway’s intelligence agency on Tuesday raised its terror threat level to “high,” fearing fallout from escalating tensions in the Middle East. The announcement, which brings the threat level to four on a scale of five, comes after attacks last week on […]

Government & Politics

German security chief warns over October 7 ‘trigger point’

October 4, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Germany’s domestic intelligence chief warned Friday that the anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel could be a “trigger event” for unrest. Next Monday marks one year since the attack by the Palestinian Islamist militant group that sparked […]

Legal

French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers jailed for life

October 3, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French jihadist close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment. Peter Cherif, 42, had been on trial in Paris since mid-September for “belonging to a criminal terrorist association” […]

Children & Teens

Blasts, shooting around Israeli embassies in Nordic capitals

October 2, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Police in Denmark and Sweden said on Wednesday they were probing explosions and gunfire around Israeli embassies in their capitals which took place amid spiralling Middle East tensions. In Denmark, police said three Swedish nationals had been arrested after two blasts, […]

Legal

French jihadist admits role in kidnapping of aid workers

September 24, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French jihadist linked to the perpetrators of the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo made a surprise admission Tuesday that he was involved in the 2011 kidnapping of three French aid workers in Yemen. Peter Cherif, 42, also known […]

Children & Teens

French IS suspect to be tried over enslavement of Yazidi teenager

September 24, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A woman linked to the Islamic State group will be tried in France on “genocide” charges over allegedly enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Syria, a source close to the case said Tuesday. Sonia Mejri, a 35-year-old born in southern France, stands […]

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