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Germany’s FDP urges probe into Islamic Relief funding and ties to Muslim Brotherhood Demands for background checks on Islamic Relief leaders before the government issues millions of euros in grants

October 7, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Politicians in Germany are demanding urgent answers over the government’s funding of charity Islamic Relief and its links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) is demanding an inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood’s ties in the nation. It follows […]

Alleged rapist Tariq Ramadan hires convicted teacher for his new school Yacob Mahi was barred from teaching for 10 years for assaulting pupils

October 6, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has recruited a barred teacher who showed support for the Charlie Hebdo massacre to work in his new school. Mr Ramadan is launching a centre in France to teach ethics and feminism this month, despite being suspended […]

Concerns anti-extremism programmes can radicalise Muslim youths Warnings some programmes are being used as a ‘get out of jail free card’

October 2, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Anti-radicalisation programmes are risking turning young Muslims towards extremism if they wrongly assume they are lacking role models, a report has warned. In a review of mentoring programmes aimed at preventing youngsters from a path of radicalisation, experts have warned some […]

Photo of Twin Towers cake used to prosecute terrorists Battlefield evidence featuring mobile phones and marriage certificates helps convict returned foreign fighters

October 1, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Photos of a woman celebrating Osama Bin Laden’s birthday with a Twin Towers cake are among a cache of battlefield evidence being used in European courts to prosecute returned foreign fighters. Wedding invitations and marriage and death certificates found in conflict […]

Swedish police to quiz Black Widow relative as bid to capture ISIS fugitive intensifies Officers step up efforts to catch Fatiha Mejjati who ran ISIS torture camps

September 30, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Swedish police have been drafted in to question the daughter-in-law of a woman known as the Black Widow as European authorities ramp up efforts to track down and detain her and her ISIS accomplices. The 25-year-old woman, who has not been […]

Muslim Brotherhood fails to expand across Europe Terrorist attacks in Europe have dampened the extremists' reach

September 29, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to expand into central and eastern Europe have failed, a report says. Terrorist attacks in Europe, including the 2015 Paris atrocity and the 2016 Brussels suicide bombings that killed dozens of people, have led to a […]

Muslim Brotherhood threat grows as British government fails to take coordinated stand MP demands formal inter-ministerial engagement on the Muslim Brotherhood.

September 25, 2020 Thomas Harding

(National-UAE) Fears have been raised that a lack of coordination within the British government is allowing the Muslim Brotherhood threat to grow. Whitehall has admitted that there is no central planning between key departments in dealing with the organisation that is proscribed […]

Extremist fails in legal bid to dodge UK counter-terror course ‘Threat to national security’ who played chess on deradicalisation programme had claimed breach of human rights

September 22, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) A senior Al Qaeda-linked leader who played chess during deradicalisation sessions has failed in his legal bid to stop attending a UK counterterrorism course. The extremist, referred to in court papers as QX, had taken his case to London’s High Court, […]

Calls for expired Swedish school permits to be axed after ISIS school exploits loophole Romosseskolan school plans to expand into site of former Muslim school shut down amid allegations it hired ISIS fighters as teachers

September 18, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Politicians in Sweden are calling for tougher measures on school permits after a controversial school with links to the Muslim Brotherhood exploited a loophole. The Romosseskolan school, which runs Muslim independent schools, sparked controversy when it announced it was expanding into […]

Wedding invitations and terrorist plot lists helped to convict returning foreign fighters New report shows more nations using battlefield evidence to win convictions

September 15, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Battlefield evidence, including wedding invitations and terrorist plot lists, have been used across Europe to prosecute returning foreign fighters, a report has revealed. ISIS and Al Qaeda militants have been prosecuted by at least 10 EU nations with help from battlefield […]

UK Muslim charities face ‘serious mismanagement’ inquiries Human Appeal, a prominent Muslim charity based in Manchester, is under statutory investigation by the Charity Commission

August 28, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Britain’s Muslim charity sector is in systemic crisis with leading organisations under scrutiny by regulators over governance and accounting issues. As Islamic Relief Worldwide is forced to restructure amid revelations about the social media activities of its trustees, one organisation it […]

Dismissed Muslim charity boss on the comeback trail Othman Moqbel has been pictured with prominent MPs including Alok Sharma, Jeremy Corbyn and Andrew Mitchell

August 27, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The man now at the helm of the UK’s largest Syrian aid group has been repeatedly pictured at high-level meetings, and with prominent politicians, since his dismissal from British Muslim charity Human Appeal. In January this year Othman Moqbel, chief executive […]

New Islamic Relief Worldwide chairman celebrated Muslim Brotherhood on social media Posts by employees of the global charity raise concerns over extremist influence for governments

August 27, 2020 Damien McElroy and Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Senior employees of Islamic Relief Worldwide, a British registered charity, have regularly published social media posts showing support for Hamas and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, and circulating conspiracy theories. Three current employees have used personal accounts to highlight material of a type […]

Halal charity wins UK case after bitter feud with butchers Meat sellers’ group had accused British certification charity of restricting the market over its strict interpretation of halal

August 11, 2020 Unlisted Author

(National-UAE) A charity that certifies halal products in Britain won a legal fight after being accused of unfairly controlling the market by insisting its members sold meat only from animals that were slaughtered under its strict code. The Halal Monitoring Committee persuaded […]

Swedish Islamic school accused of gender segregation takes over building linked to ISIS Romosseskolan school plans to expand into site of former Muslim school shut down amid allegations it hired ISIS fighters as teachers

July 28, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) A Muslim school in Sweden that sparked controversy earlier this year is set to expand into an education building that was shut down after allegedly employing former ISIS fighters as teachers. The Romosseskolan school, which runs Muslim independent schools, has gained […]

Lebanese-German woman arrested over ISIS membership Fadia S is accused of taking her children from Germany to Syria in 2015 as lawyers say she and her husband wanted to live in an ‘Islamic state’

July 28, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) Police in Germany have arrested a Lebanese-German woman they say took her four young children with her to Syria, where she joined ISIS. Fadia S is accused of leaving Germany in April 2015 to follow her husband — known as Ahmad […]

Terror reports issue urgent warnings to European governments over repatriation of ISIS fighters Following a UK court decision on Shamima Begum, reports warn prisons could be ‘overwhelmed’ if all foreign ISIS fighters are returned

July 23, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) European governments are being warned of the “urgent” need to adopt a uniform plan for the repatriation of ISIS fighters as thousands are set to return and be released from prisons. Two reports focusing on the threat posed by extremists in […]

Ban on Qaradawi urged by French commission into Islamist radicalisation Capture by Muslim Brotherhood of elite institutions and grassroots organisations across France aids radicalisation

July 21, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) A French commission of inquiry has called for the leading Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Yusuf Al Qaradawi and his supporters to be barred from France, as it puts forward recommendations to reduce the group’s influence. The 44 recommendations in the report on […]

Million Muslim Votes: Campaign seeks unprecedented turnout in US presidential election Efforts under way to increase Muslim American voter turnout

July 18, 2020 Cody Combs

(National-UAE) As the 2020 US presidential election approaches, several groups are working to ensure that as many of America’s approximately 3.4 million Muslim citizens as possible make their voices heard at the ballot box. “The strategies are kind of old school and […]

Austria takes ‘pioneering’ approach to tackle influence of political Islam Austrian Integration Minister [Susanne] Raab sets up new centre to document Islamist ideological control over community groups

July 15, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Austria launched an initiative on Wednesday to identify and register social and educational institutions that are the targets of Islamist-controlled organisations for political purposes. The new approach will involve an audit of groups through the country’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam, […]

Radicalisation still a threat in UK jails British authorities have introduced measures to clamp down on extremism in prisons as government admits 'lone-wolf' terrorists remain a threat

July 14, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) The British government is still trying to get on top of the threat posed by so-called lone-wolf terror attacks and extremists in prison, it has conceded. Responding to questions in parliament on Tuesday, justice minister Lucy Frazer said the government had […]

Italian police arrest ISIS supporter accused of inciting violence Nicola Ferrara shared images online of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and Osama bin Laden

July 8, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) Italian police have arrested a 38-year-old man who was spreading ISIS propaganda online and allegedly inciting people to carry out violent attacks. Nicola Ferrara is originally from Bari in Puglia but now lives in Milan where he was detained. He is […]

UK campaigner investigated over praise for dead Iranian commander Suleimani Police investigate after London centre's candlelit vigil earns rebuke from charity regulators

June 28, 2020 Paul Peachey

(National-UAE) British police are investigating whether the founder of a human rights group broke terrorism laws by praising Iranian general Qassem Suleimani after his death in a US drone strike. The National reported last week that charity regulators censured an Islamic centre […]

France did not break the law by stripping terrorists of nationalities, top court rules The five dual nationals had been convicted on terror charges for links to an Al Qaeda affiliate

June 25, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) France did not break the law when it stripped five dual nationals of their French nationality over their ties to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group linked to attacks that have killed hundreds, a top European court has ruled. The European Court of […]

More than 1,000 terrorists arrested across Europe as 119 plots uncovered Almost all 2019 terrorism attack deaths in Europe were caused by ISIS, report reveals

June 24, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Almost 120 terrorist plots were uncovered across Europe last year, resulting in more than 1,000 arrests. ISIS was responsible for all but one of the 10 people killed. The latest figures covering terrorist incidents in 2019 have been revealed in Europol’s […]

UK’s counter-extremism tsar calls for urgent review of anti-terror strategy Sara Khan warns of rise in extremism if British government fails to act fast

June 18, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The UK’s counter-extremism tsar is calling on the government to overhaul urgently its terror legislation to ensure extremists are not exploiting gaps in the law. The head of the Commission for Countering Extremism, Sara Khan, has launched a legal review into […]

Barred Peace TV preacher Zakir Naik prompts UK hate laws review Former head of British counter-terrorism will lead investigation into new law to stop hate behaviour

June 10, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The actions of barred Indian preacher Zakir Naik, whose Peace TV stations have been fined for hate speeches, have prompted a review into UK hate laws. Dr Naik ran two television stations, Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu, which were fined […]

Uproar in Italy over Qatari influence under bilateral funding agreement Italian politicians fear Rome is aiding expansionist agenda of Doha and Muslim Brotherhood

June 2, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Italy has ratified an agreement with Qatar that will give the Gulf country an official platform to fund organisations and build mosques, a move that has bitterly divided politicians in Rome. Warnings that ratification of the accord would let Doha use […]

Tariq Ramadan lawyers face inquiry over links to alleged victims Both men deny any conflict of interest and say they followed the rules

May 28, 2020 Paul Peachey

(National-UAE) Two lawyers representing an Oxford professor accused of rape are under investigation after it emerged that they had spoken with his alleged victims. French legal authorities are examining the actions of the two men who each contacted one of Tariq Ramadan’s […]

Coronavirus claims life of Sweden’s leading terror recruiter Swedish intelligence monitored shoe salesman with links to plotters from Mumbai to Brussels

May 26, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Sweden’s leading terrorism expert has confirmed the death of one of the country’s central figures in radicalisation circles and a key “recruiter” with links to the perpetrators of terrorist plots around the world. Over 15 years, Swedish intelligence had gathered evidence […]

British government to prosecute Hezbollah flag wavers at online protests Supporting the organisation in the UK carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail

May 21, 2020 Thomas Harding

(National-UAE) The British government warned it will prosecute protesters who break the law if Hezbollah flags are displayed in online demonstrations. In a change of policy in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Home Office announced to the National that it will […]

Suspected Al Qaeda-linked extremist played chess on counter-terror programme Suspect ‘banned from Britain’ but arrived back after deportation from Turkey

May 19, 2020 Paul Peachey

(National-UAE) The problems faced by governments in the West dealing with returning foreign fighters have been revealed in the case of an alleged British extremist who snubbed de-radicalisation efforts to play chess with a government-assigned mentor. The married father-of-three, identified as QX, […]

British charity regulator investigates charity that funded Peace TV Channels handed back broadcasting licences ahead of fines for content

May 15, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) An investigation has been launched into a UK charity that funded television channels which have been fined by the country’s media regulator. The Charity Commission is to examine the operations of the Islamic Research Foundation International, which is run by Indian-born […]

Disgraced French secret agent stole identity of Tariq Ramadan accuser Woman subjected to social media abuse by supporters of the Oxford professor

May 14, 2020 Damien McElroy

(National-UAE) Efforts to bring Tariq Ramadan to justice over alleged rapes of women have taken another sinister twist after it emerged that his supporters engaged a rogue French intelligence expert to expose the identity of an accuser. Lawyers for the woman known […]

European prisons releasing 1,000 returned ISIS fighters in 2020 poses new security challenge UN co-ordinator tells 'The National' that counter-terrorism effort is crucial after military defeat

May 6, 2020 Damien McElroy and Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The threat from ISIS will be greater after the release of 1,000 of its returned fighters from European prisons over the course of 2020, chief analyst at the UN told the National. Efforts to reform Europeans from the ISIS battlefields through […]

German woman claimed to have kept Yazidi child as slave is on trial for ISIS membership She was the wife of ISIS fighter Denis Cuspert, a rapper known as ‘Deso Dogg’

May 4, 2020 Unlisted Author

(National-UAE) A woman who married a German rapper-turned-ISIS fighter and who allegedly kept a Yazidi child slave in Syria went on trial in Germany on Monday. Known only as Omaima A, 35, the German-Tunisian woman is accused of membership of a foreign […]

British government asked to account for rise in Muslim Brotherhood activity MP Andrew Rosindell calls for international action to stop the group exploiting coronavirus downturn

April 29, 2020 Thomas Harding

(National-UAE) A senior British politician has demanded international action to prevent extremists taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to “exploit” vulnerable people. Andrew Rosindell has raised his concerns at the highest level of British government, asking ministers to answer questions over the […]

New head of anti-radicalisation probe sought in UK after campaign of complaint UK's Prevent scheme has had a 50% drop in referrals due to the coronavirus outbreak

April 27, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Britain has launched a search for a new independent reviewer of its biggest anti-radicalisation scheme after the appointment of a former reviewer of terror laws caused a backlash and legal action. The Prevent programme has been the main platform for monitoring […]

Experts warn that high-profile ISIS terror arrest in Spain shows group is using virus lockdowns to move around Europe One of Europe's most wanted terrorists, British extremist Abdel Majed Abdel Bary, had used a coronavirus face mask as a disguise

April 22, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Terrorists are using the coronavirus lockdown to infiltrate Europe, experts said. One of Europe’s most high-profile ISIS terrorists, Abdel Majed Abdel Bary, was arrested in Spain on Tuesday and last week, a new ISIS terrorist cell was caught in Germany. British […]

Coronavirus: French imam dismisses viral claims Ramadan will be cancelled A well-known TV presenter in the Moroccan community claimed the month could be pushed back

April 20, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) A Muslim cleric in France has rejected viral claims Ramadan will be “postponed” in some European countries and urged worshippers to not share reports suggesting so. Rumours have spread across the Moroccan community in Belgium that Ramadan could be “cancelled” or […]

European terror investigations rise by 14 per cent Crime agency Eurojust has helped capture an Isis extremist and tackled terror propaganda

April 15, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) The number of EU terror investigations has risen by 14 per cent. It comes as the bloc’s crime agency has exposed thousands of cases of Isis propaganda. Crime agency Eurojust has revealed it dealt with 222 terror cases last year compared […]

‘Muslims were not foreigners’: Why do Portugal’s restitution laws not include everyone? Restitution laws in Portugal offer citizenship only to the descendants of Jews expelled from the country 500 years ago

March 31, 2020 Marta Vidal

(National-UAE) Mouraria, a trendy neighbourhood in Lisbon’s city centre, still bears the name of its former inhabitants, the Moors — Muslims who lived in the Iberian Peninsula in modern Spain and Portugal, and once walked its maze of narrow and winding streets […]

Google rejects requests by EU terrorists to wipe reports of their crimes Social media giant reveals to 'The National' that it has received almost 40 requests

March 19, 2020 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Google has rejected dozens of requests from convicted terrorists and their families to delete news reports on atrocities that killed hundreds of people. Terrorists across Europe have asked the media giant to act under the EU’s “right to be forgotten” scheme […]

Just one in ten returning foreign fighters face prosecution in UK About 40 fighters who have returned from Syria have been prosecuted, report reveals

March 19, 2020 Paul Peachey

(National-UAE) Britain has prosecuted just ten per cent of foreign terrorist fighters who have returned from Iraq and Syria, highlighting the difficulty of securing battlefield evidence of crimes, a UK terrorism watchdog said. The UK government estimates that a fifth of the […]

Muslim Brotherhood should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, UK Parliament hears British MPs say group is intolerant of other beliefs and drives 'fanaticism'

February 9, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) A British MP called for the Muslim Brotherhood to be proscribed as a terrorist group as politicians criticised its intolerance towards other faiths, during a parliamentary debate on the persecution of Christians. Ian Paisley of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said […]

Emmanuel Macron blames failed social policies for spread of Islamist extremism French president argued ‘global phenomenon’ must be looked at head on

January 24, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(National-UAE) President Emmanuel Macron said the “global phenomenon” of radical Islam can in part be blamed on failed economic and social policies in countries including France. The particular pressures from radicalisation within the community that were apparent in France stemmed from the […]

UK shuts down Islamic school after extremism fears Inspection reports detail litany of failures at school run by controversial charity

January 15, 2020 Paul Peachey

(National-UAE) The UK government has shut down a scandal-hit British Islamic school where the head was identified as a “potential risk to pupils” after more than a decade of management failures and concerns over radicalisation. The closure came in a year when […]

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

January 13, 2020 Jamie Prentis

(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 […]

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

December 30, 2019 Paul Peachey

(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 […]

Second Swedish school linked to extremism by security services Sweden’s security service Sapo says children are at risk of being subjected to radicalisation

December 23, 2019 Nicky Harley

(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 […]