(NCA NewsWire) A Melbourne-born alleged Islamic State fighter has again refused to appear in court, claiming he “does not attend court.” Neil Prakash, 32, was due to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon, but a prison officer appeared on […]
(Brussels Times) The Constitutional Court on [Wednesday?] annulled several provisions of a Flemish decree banning local religious communities from receiving funding or support from abroad, a measure aimed primarily at mosques. The decree of 22 October 2021 regulating the recognition of local […]
(NCA NewsWire) A senior diplomat has told a court she was not aware of any plans to bring ISIS brides and their children back to Australia. On Tuesday, a “last resort” legal fight began in the Federal Court hoping to force the […]
(National-UAE) A woman who was a child refugee from Turkey has promised to address voter fears over excessive migration if she is elected prime minister of the Netherlands. Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius has a realistic shot at power after winning the leadership of departing […]
(Anadolu) The leader of PEGIDA, an Islamophobic group, once again tore down a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in front of the Turkish Embassy in the Netherlands on Saturday. Tearing down more copies of the Quran outside the embassies […]
(Dutch News) At least two Dutchmen who travelled to Syria to fight for Islamic State are hoping to return to the Netherlands, the Telegraaf said on Thursday, quoting a television documentary to be broadcast on Thursday evening. Lawyers are now taking steps to bring back the […]
(AP) A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 4 1/2-year prison sentence for a Turkish man who was found guilty of attempted extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. […]
(AFP) Muslim leaders addressing the United Nations on Tuesday berated the West over burnings of the Koran, denouncing the acts protected as free speech as discriminatory. Sweden has seen a series of burnings of the Islamic holy book, with the government voicing […]
(Bergen Record) A New Jersey mayor who was abruptly disinvited from a White House Eid celebration in May was not on the federal terrorism watchlist at the time when the U.S. Secret Service denied his security clearance, his attorneys said in a […]
(NY Times) The State Department is working to repatriate a family of 10 American citizens stranded in Syria, where they are among the tens of thousands of people effectively imprisoned in desert camps and detention centers from the war against the Islamic […]
(AP) Police in Serbia said they rounded up hundreds of migrants and found automatic weapons during a raid Tuesday along the border with Hungary, the location of frequently reported clashes between groups of smugglers exploiting the hardship of people trying to reach […]
(Anadolu) A leading Muslim group on Saturday condemned the desecration of the Quran outside the Turkish House in New York City, which houses Türkiye’s consulate general and UN mission. “We condemn this apparent attempt to desecrate the Quran — a sacred text […]
(Anadolu) The US State Department on Friday described the act of desecrating religious texts as “abhorrent” when asked about the desecration of the Quran outside the Turkish Center in New York. “We are not tracking the details on this specific incident and […]
(Anadolu) An unidentified person threw a copy of the Muslims’ holy book, the Quran, to the ground and kicked it outside of the Turkish House in New York on Friday morning. The Quran was desecrated at 10:46 a.m. local time (1446 GMT), […]
(Daily Caller) Top Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday demanding information regarding an ISIS-tied smuggler that crossed the southern border. The members […]
(Anadolu) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that attacks on the Quran cannot be “defended with the excuse of freedom of expression” and that such acts “target social peace and stability” during talks with a delegation from the US Council of […]
(BBC) The EU’s top court has dismissed a case against European border agency Frontex, brought by a family of Syrian refugees who were sent out of Greece to Turkey in 2016. Lawyers for the family had argued the EU agency should be […]
(NL Times) Around 300 Netherlands residents left for Syria and Iraq in recent years with jihadist intentions. About 90 of them have returned to the Netherlands. About 80 minors have also returned, the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) reported in its […]
(AP) Austrian security officials said Tuesday they have broken up a suspected terror cell linked to the Islamic State group that consisted of nine young men and one woman. One suspect was detained. The investigations and interrogations carried out so far show […]
(AP) More than 450 migrants reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on the high-end resort of Mykonos. The new arrivals come amid a steady […]
(CTV) A humanitarian delegation was able to get proof of life from some Canadians who have been held without charge for years in prisons and detention camps in northeast Syria. In a news conference, Senator Kim Pate, who led the delegation, told […]
(National-UAE) Sweden’s counter-terrorism chief warned on Thursday that the country will have to live with a changed image abroad after the repeated burning of the Quran in Stockholm. The country was warned that security threats are likely to remain high for some […]
(CNN) The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with […]
(AP) Authorities on Sunday found 53 people apparently headed for Germany crammed into a small truck that was stopped in the Austrian city of Linz. Four men were in the cabin of the vehicle when it was stopped on Sunday morning, one […]
(Anadolu) Muslims participated Saturday in a protest organized by Islamic organizations in the Dutch city of The Hague amid ongoing Islamophobic incidents around Europe. Protesters carried copies of [the] Quran and gathered in Malieveld Square. They had signs that read: “The Qur’an […]
(Anadolu) The Swedish prime minister on Friday voiced respect for Denmark’s step toward criminalizing the public desecration of religious scriptures. “I have great respect for what Denmark is doing,” Ulf Kristersson said in a news conference, according to local media. He added […]
(AP) The Danish government on Friday said it will propose a law that would make it illegal to desecrate any holy book in Denmark, where a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists has sparked […]
(AP) Cyprus said Wednesday it dismantled a criminal human smuggling ring responsible for bringing boatloads of Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. The eastern Mediterranean island nation has seen almost daily migrant boat arrivals in recent days. Cypriot police said three […]
(National-UAE) Denmark on Wednesday lifted emergency border checks introduced after public desecrations of the Quran drew protests in Muslim countries and threats from militant groups. Authorities said the security threat had eased, and the “intensified efforts” at Denmark’s land border with Germany […]
(Prague Monitor) Sweden’s prospective entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is uncertain due to concerns arising from incidents of Quran burning, as highlighted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his return from Hungary. Erdogan’s remarks underscore a potential hurdle […]
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(AFP) A Dutch far-right activist trampled on and tore up a copy of the Koran at a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in The Hague on Friday, infuriating dozens of counter-protesters. The Dutch government had already condemned the holding of the demonstration […]
(NL Times) DENK and four organizations representing Muslims and Dutch people of Turkish origin asked Mayor Jan van Zanen of The Hague to ban a “threatening hate action” that Pegida wants to hold in the city on Friday. The anti-Islam movement announced […]
(Deutsche Welle) “Living in fear and uncertainty every day, expecting the police to come back and snatch us from our beds, take us to the station and torture us … we couldn’t stand it anymore. After the death of my father, we […]
(Deutsche Welle) There are about 2,800 mosques in Germany. Often, they find themselves at the center of discussions or disputes, especially whenever Islamic houses of worship with distinctive characteristics, such as a tall minaret, appear as part of the cityscape. Although the […]
(Reuters) Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged Muslims. In updated travel advice, Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests. […]
(Anadolu) Members of the ultranationalist group Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, on Saturday burned a copy of the Quran in front of [the] Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen. The group then proceeded to burn another copy of the Quran in front of the […]
(BBC) More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel on small boats in the last five years. The milestone was reached on Thursday as 755 people crossed in 14 boats, according to the Home Office — the highest daily number so […]
(Sky News) The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the past five years is now likely to have passed 100,000. Government figures show that since 2018, when records began, 99,960 people have made the perilous […]
(BBC) The UK and Turkey have agreed a new deal to disrupt people-smuggling gangs and tackle illegal migration. The partnership includes a “centre of excellence” in Turkey to strengthen collaboration and increase intelligence-sharing between enforcement agencies. The government said it would help […]
(Anadolu) A Danish anti-Islamic and ultranationalist group escalated attacks Wednesday on the Quran, despite wide-ranging condemnation. Members of the Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, burned copies of the Muslim holy book in front of the Turkish, Pakistani, Algerian, Indonesian and Iranian embassies […]
(Deutsche Welle) Husam El Gomati scrolls through his phone and points at a long post in Arabic. “Mohammad Ahmad Ali, the most typical name, with some funny picture,” he notes. Scrolling through the post, El Gomati confirms what he expected: “Yeah, you’re […]
(Anadolu) A Danish anti-Islam and ultranationalist group escalated its attacks on the Quran on Monday, despite wide-ranging condemnation. Members of Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots) burned copies of the Muslim holy book in front of the embassies of Türkiye, Algeria, Pakistan, Iran and […]
(Australian) Australia’s first jihadi bride, Zehra Duman, has had her Australian citizenship formally restored by the High Court — and the taxpayer ordered to pay her legal fees. The former Melbourne schoolgirl became a high-profile online cheerleader for ISIS after moving to […]
(AP) Greece’s government met on Friday to try to improve coordination on migration as a group of 102 migrants crossed by land from Turkey and other parts of the Mediterranean country saw a spike in arrivals by sea. The ministers for merchant […]
(GB News) A group of British imams has met with Taliban ministers during a visit to Afghanistan supporting a charity that was previously investigated for links to jihadists, GB News can reveal. An NHS Muslim chaplain who supports patients in South London […]
(Anadolu) Members of the ultranationalist group Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, continued Thursday to desecrate Islam’s holy book, for a fourth [straight] day in Copenhagen. The group burned the Quran in front of the Turkish, Iraqi, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian and Iranian embassies […]
(Politico) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen spoke out for the first time on the burning of the Quran in her country, saying that a potential ban on setting fire to the religious text would not limit freedom of expression. “I don’t consider […]
(Dutch News) An unknown number of Dutch nationals may have ended up on a US list of terrorism suspects even though they are not under suspicion of extremism in the Netherlands, according to research by investigative website Follow the Money. The problem […]
(Anadolu) Members of the ultranationalist group known as Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots) continued the desecration of Muslims’ holy book, the Quran, for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen, as they burned a copy of the Quran in front […]
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