Wahhabism – Eye on Islamism

Is Islamist radicalization returning to the Western Balkans? The recent crossbow attack on a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade has stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas war could trigger a wave of radicalization in the region. Are these fears justified?

July 19, 2024 Claudia Mende

(Deutsche Welle) The Islam practiced in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Sandzak region in southwestern Serbia is considered open-minded and tolerant. For centuries, Sunni Muslims have lived their own form of a European Islam here alongside Christians and Jews. Since the 1990s, however, this […]

Two detained after attack outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade

June 30, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Two men were remanded in custody Sunday in connection with an attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade that Serbian authorities called a “targeted terrorist act,” a minister said. The assailant, whom the police said was a “convert” to Islam, shot […]

Attacker killed after firing crossbow at policeman guarding Israeli embassy in Serbia

June 29, 2024 Ivana Sekularac

(Reuters) An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot dead on Saturday in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a terrorist attack against Serbia. No embassy staff were wounded in the attack, the […]

Abaya controversy tests French schools’ secular limits

June 21, 2023 Imran Marashl

(AFP) A reported increase in Muslim girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country’s sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education. France’s identity has long been wedded to its conception of secularism in […]

France deports Salafist preacher accused of ‘radicalising Muslims’ to Algeria Salafist preacher Abderrahim Sayah was deported from France to Algeria after being accused of 'radicalising' Muslims in Hautmont

June 15, 2023 Unlisted Author

(New Arab) The French government has deported an Algerian Salafist preacher who was accused of glorifying terrorism, French media reported on Wednesday. Abderrahim Sayah, who founded the As-Sunnah mosque in Hautmont which was shut down by authorities in 2018, was deported to Algeria on instructions from […]

Self-proclaimed Salafist police sows fear and division within Dutch mosques

January 28, 2023 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A self-proclaimed Salafist police force is causing fear among Dutch Muslims and starting to divide Dutch mosques. That’s because the instigators warn that they will pillory fellow Muslims as infidels who they believe are guilty of “wrong” behavior or “wrong” […]

In ‘grey zone’ of national security, suspects face no charges but can’t leave Canada

April 25, 2022 Stewart Bell

(Global News) To Canadian national security officials, Samy Nefkha-Bahri is a supporter of “armed jihad abroad,” who had “dubious associations” and wanted to take part in “combat in Syria.” Classified government reports obtained by Global News allege he led a group that […]

Study finds international Islamist groups have limited Swiss clout

March 30, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Claims that international Islamist movements exert significant influence over mosques and Muslim communities in Switzerland are exaggerated, a study has found. While international networks and money from places like Saudi Arabia or Qatar help in the setting up of structures […]

Muslim leaders at odds over Macron curbs (LINK ONLY)

December 30, 2020 EoI News

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Macron gave French Muslims two weeks to renounce political Islam, but little progress made six weeks on

December 28, 2020 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) Muslim groups were given two weeks to sign on to a “Republican values charter” by French President Macron after a series of terror attacks, but six weeks later the groups have yet to agree on and finalise a signed document. The […]

German Hezbollah mosque declares it is proud of terrorism and pro-Khamenei According to the intelligence document reviewed by the Post, the number of Hezbollah members climbed from 105 in 2017 to 110 in 2018 in North Rhine-Westphalia.

August 29, 2019 Benjamin Weinthal

(Jerusalem Post) The Hezbollah mosque in the German city of Münster posted a shocking video in December on its Facebook page, announcing it was proud of terrorism and its allegiance to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Washington-based […]

Qataris are exporting political Islam to West (LINK ONLY)

August 5, 2019 EoI News

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State security lists more than 100 active Salafist organisations in Belgium

April 19, 2019 Alan Hope

(Brussels Times) The federal state security agency has listed more than 100 organisations in Belgium representing the extremist religious Salafist tendency of Islam, according to a written answer provided to justice minister Koen Geens. Salafism is a tendency of Islam developed in […]

Islamic center of Belgium wants to retain control over Great Mosque

September 6, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) The Islamic and Cultural Center of Belgium (CICB) contests before the State Council the decision of Interior Minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) to cancel the concession agreement for the Great Mosque of Brussels, Sudpresse newspapers report Thursday. The oral arguments were […]

Taj Hargey interview: ‘The burka is a fifth column … we will wake in the Islamic Republic of Britain’ (LINK ONLY)

August 11, 2018 EoI News

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Spain deports Egypt imam opposed to government to Cairo

July 23, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Monitor) The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK has revealed details about the deportation of an Egyptian Islamic preacher who is opposed to the Egyptian regime by the Spanish authorities. Spain handed over Alaa Mohamed Said, 45, who […]