(AFP) German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. […]
(Dutch News) The immigration service IND has ruled two women should be deported to Afghanistan even though the Netherlands is involved in a separate international court case about the Taliban’s discriminatory laws against women. The IND said the fundamentalist Islamic regime was […]
(Le Monde) For years, Emilie König, now 40, was nicknamed “the muse of jihad.” In the coming months, she will be tried by a criminal court in Paris, following an indictment order issued on September 16 by anti-terrorism investigating judges, for joining […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who claimed that the “Royal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspit” has appeared before a medical tribunal. Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, is being investigated by the GMC over a series of posts and comments made […]
(Kathimerini) Turkey’s foreign minister has repeated claims about Greece’s Muslim minority that Athens has criticized in the past. Chairing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers during the group’s Annual Coordination Meeting held on the sidelines of the 80th […]
(Yle) The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has resumed processing of asylum applications from Syrians. Those applications have been in limbo since December due to dramatic changes in the security situation in Syria. Migri said on Friday that it had begun conducting asylum […]
(Helsinki Times) A coalition of 40 Finnish Muslim organisations has issued a joint statement rejecting proposals to ban face-covering religious garments in schools and public spaces. The statement, dated 24 September and signed by groups including Finland’s Muslim Forum and Federation of […]
(AFP) Adrien Guihal, who claimed the 2016 Nice attack for the Islamic State group, will be tried in Iraq alongside 46 other French nationals recently transferred from Syria, a source close to the investigation told AFP. “Adrien Guihal, known as Abu Osama […]
(AFP) More than 80 town halls in France hoisted the Palestinian flag Monday ahead of the recognition of a Palestinian state by President Emmanuel Macron in defiance of a government warning not to do so. Macron is to recognise a Palestinian state […]
(AP) Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. It’s unclear how many cities will […]
(AFP) France’s interior ministry has ordered prefects to oppose the display of Palestinian flags on town halls and other public buildings next week when Paris is set to formally recognise the Palestinian state. “The principle of neutrality in public service prohibits such […]
(AP) France’s president on Friday welcomed the arrest this week in the occupied West Bank of a key Palestinian suspect in a 1982 terror attack in Paris, calling it the result of “excellent cooperation” with the Palestinian Authority. The suspect, Hicham Harb, […]
(Fox) A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil deported to either Algeria or Syria after ruling he hid information on his U.S. green card application. Judge Jamee Comans issued the Sept. 12 decision in Louisiana and said that Khalil did not […]
(AFP) France on Tuesday repatriated three women and 10 children from Syrian camps housing alleged jihadists, anti-terror prosecutors said, in the first such operation in two years. Repatriation is a deeply sensitive issue in France, which has been a target of Islamists […]
(Western Standard) Cabinet’s $191,000-a-year special representative on combating Islamophobia insists she had no correspondence with the Muslim Association of Canada, despite being photographed at the group’s June 6 conference where its chair accused Israel of committing genocide. “No records exist,” Amira Elghawaby’s […]
(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]
(Jewish News) Middle East minister Hamish Falconer has insisted the UK government remains “clear-eyed” about the threat the Iranian regime poses to British Jews in this country, adding this is one reason why Tehran now faces the reimposition of sweeping new sanctions. Speaking […]
(Ynet) Italy is considered a favorite destination for Israelis. Over the years, the two countries have also maintained relatively warm relations. However, in recent months, with the prolongation of the war and the shift in European public opinion regarding it, all of […]
(Free Beacon) The New York Times began a Wednesday report on President Donald Trump’s student visa crackdown aimed at criminals and terror sympathizers with a lament that fewer Iranian nationals will be attending U.S. colleges this year. “Many Iranians are not going […]
(National Review) Mahmoud Khalil will be awarded the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) 2025 Champion of Justice award, the organization announced today. His wife, Noor Abdalla, and attorney Amy Greer will also be honored “for their courageous efforts to free Mahmoud and […]
(JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that his department is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. “I got to ask you: Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR?” Sid […]
(Iran International) The Islamic Republic’s threats to critics in Canada could grow in 2025, with Iran using organized crime networks to intimidate and harm them, Canada’s intelligence agency warned on Saturday. “Iranian threat-related activities directed at Canada and its allies are likely […]
(Canadian Press) As Canada and other countries accuse Tehran of spreading intimidation and violence abroad, an online broadcaster says two of its journalists working in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks. “It’s very, very […]
(European Conservative) The United Nations has taken the scandalous step of intervening in Austria’s deportation of a convicted terrorist while maintaining noticeable silence on the broader crisis of migrant-related crime affecting communities across the continent. The case involves a Syrian national who […]
(Iran International) A US-based advocacy group on Thursday called on Washington and its European allies to confront Iran’s transnational repression by issuing a credible military threat, a week after they accused Tehran of plotting to kill individuals in Europe and the US. […]
(Free Beacon) Lawyers representing the family members of nearly 200 Oct. 7 massacre victims believe that a former Harvard University adviser accused of aiding Hamas ahead of the attack is hiding in Palestinian territories to avoid a court summons. The family members sued […]
(Iran International) Iran International on Tuesday filed an urgent appeal with United Nations experts urging them to take action against Iran over serious risks to the lives and safety of their journalists worldwide and relatives inside Iran. Over the past six weeks, […]
(Deutsche Welle) Mohammed Iriqat has witnessed first-hand France’s shifting stance on the crisis in the Gaza Strip, from the taunts he once received for wearing a kaffiyeh, a scarf symbolizing Palestinian solidarity, to being part of widespread protests as the devastating war in the […]
(AP) The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats throughout Europe and North America and demanding that it end its attempts to harm dissidents and others. “We are united in our opposition […]
(Swiss Info) What will happen to Swiss nationals who joined the Islamic State terrorist group and who are now imprisoned in northeastern Syria? Human rights experts, humanitarian groups, and even the US are calling for repatriation. Switzerland says it won’t support their […]
(Algemeiner) A Palestinian from Gaza studying at the prestigious Sciences Po Lille has been expelled after French authorities discovered hundreds of antisemitic social media posts, including praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and calls for the murder of Jews. The episode has […]
(Iran International) Iran is one of the most aggressive state actors targeting individuals in the United Kingdom through transnational repression, according to a new parliamentary report. The inquiry alleged Tehran’s intelligence services have orchestrated dozens of operations to surveil, intimidate, or physically […]
(Deutsche Welle) Nobody ever used to ask Hassan which sect he belonged to. The 32-year-old Syrian has been in Germany since 2015, having fled after taking part in his country’s civil war on the side of anti-government forces. But now they do. […]
(Canadian Press) Ottawa’s approach to the war in Gaza is eroding many Muslim-Canadians’ “sense of belonging” in this country, says the federal special representative on combating Islamophobia. “This ongoing, horrifying situation is deeply, deeply damaging the sense of belonging that people feel,” […]
(Deutsche Welle) Shafiq* is a Palestinian man who ended up in limbo after he managed to get out of Gaza and make his way via Egypt and Turkey to Germany, where he applied for asylum. The right to asylum is enshrined in […]
(Jewish News) The independent MP Ayoub Khan has repeatedly claimed there are “no red lines” between Hamas and Israel after accusing the IDF of “beheading babies, rape, and hostage taking” in Gaza. Speaking in the House of Commons, the MP for Birmingham […]
(AP) A Libyan accused by the International Criminal Court of crimes against humanity and war crimes was arrested in Germany on a sealed arrest warrant, the court announced Friday. Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was allegedly one of the most senior officials […]
(AFP) A French appeals court Thursday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats. Abdallah, 74, is one of the longest-serving prisoners in France, where most convicts on […]
(Middle East Eye) It’s a hot Friday night at the City Gates Conference Centre in Ilford, where the suburbs of east London begin to creep towards the county of Essex. On stage, a young British-Palestinian woman is joined by two lions of […]
(BBC) The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had “worked to lift the pause as […]
(Breitbart) All Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip will be eligible for the first time to apply for asylum in France, a court ruled on Friday. Deciding on a case brought by a Palestinian mother seeking asylum in the wake of the […]
(AP) Greece’s parliament approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving from Libya on Friday, despite strong criticism from the United Nations refugee agency and Europe’s top human rights official. The measure suspends asylum application processing for those arriving by […]
(Courthouse News) After 104 days in federal immigration custody, a stint that forced him to miss the birth of his first child, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is seeking $20 million from the Trump administration for his “politically motivated arrest,” according to his […]
(Reuters) Austria is preparing to deport a Syrian man whose asylum status was revoked due to a criminal conviction, in what an EU official and rights groups say will be Europe’s first forced deportation to Syria since the fall of President Bashar […]
(AP) The European Union’s commissioner for migration says Europe will take a “firm” approach with authorities in Libya following a spike in illegal migration across the Mediterranean. Commissioner Magnus Brunner plans to travel to Libya next week with government representatives from Greece, […]
(Free Beacon) In his first broadcast interview since his release from detention, Mahmoud Khalil blamed the United States’ “unconditional support” of Israel for the recent string of anti-Semitic attacks. “What is happening is a direct result of the U.S. unconditional [sic] support […]
(Politico) As his New York City mayoral candidacy surges, Zohran Mamdani has come under fire for his defiant stance against Israel, which critics say crosses into antisemitism. The criticism, plastered across mailers funded by a super PAC backing Andrew Cuomo, took on […]
(Breitbart) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear sites on Saturday night, calling it an “illegal and unjustified act of war” against the regime. CAIR executive director Nihad Awad — who praised the October […]
(Kathimerini) Greece’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s claims that the rights of a “Turkish minority” in northern Greece are being violated, calling them unfounded and contrary to international law. “The Treaty of Lausanne clearly defines the minority […]
(NY Post) The Trump administration can continue to hold anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil at the Louisiana detention facility where he’s been locked up since March, a federal judge ruled Friday. Judge Michael Farbiarz had issued a preliminary injunction earlier this week barring […]
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