A panel of independent experts, monitoring states compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, said France had 180 days to report back about actions it had taken to restore rights of wearing niqab. #France: Fining two women for wearing the #niqab in public violated their freedom of religion — #HRCttee experts not…
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Wilders blames Merkel for Amsterdam CS attack
A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam’s Central station last week named Dutch critics of Islam Geert Wilders during police questioning and added he was motivated by perceived insults to Islam in the Netherlands, according to prosecutors. The attacker, identified by Dutch media as Jawed S., is a 19-year-old Afghan with residency in…
Sudanese immigrant arrested on terrorist charges in UK
A man arrested on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack at the UK Parliament has reportedly been identified as 29-year-old Salih Khater. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1029633134445383680 The suspect, a British national from Sudanese origin, has been identified by a European security source, Reuters reports. The was not known to intelligence services before, and he was not on the…
Vienna expels foreign-funded imams
Austria is considering to expel up to 60 Turkish-funded imams and their families and would shut down seven mosques as part of a crackdown on “political Islam“. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1005366911520137216 “The circle of people possibly affected by these measures – the pool that we’re talking about – comprises around 60 imams,” said Interior Minister Herbert Kickl of the …
Liège attack: two policemen shot dead
According to the Liège (Belgium) police, a man shot two policemen and took a cleaning woman as a hostage at Waha High School, located in the heart of the vibrant and busy city. Liège: un homme tire sur deux policiers et prend une femme de ménage en otage avant d'être … https://t.co/qq0WCBctaQ — DH les…
MEP Gomes: local communities are key allies to fight radicalistion
Ana GOMES reflects on the ways of possible solutions of a radicalisation phenomenon in EU after exchange of views with experts during European Parliament Special Committee on Terrorism hearing in Brussels (08/04/2018). According to Centre d’Analyse du Terrorisme @CAT_Centre (Strasbourg) at present between 60 000 and 70 000 radicalised individuals are under surveillance in EU member-states (dependent…
EU mobilises €25 million to defeat radicalisation in prisons
Attending the the Conference on Radicalisation in Prisons Commissioner Vera Jourová in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality put forward proposals to minimise the risk of terrorist attacks, tackling the “root of the problem” – the radical extremist political ideology, but the same time to distinguish it from Islam as religion. To help tackle #radicalisation at large @EU_Commission…
Rouhani admits political demands of Iranian youth
President Hassan Rouhani said young Iranian protesters were unhappy about far more than just the economy and they would no longer defer to the views and lifestyle of an aging revolutionary elite. In jab at hardliners, Hassan Rouhani says Iran protests were not only economic https://t.co/HgifaQAWAm — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) January 8, 2018 The…
Macron declares fight against terrorism as a priority
President Macron confirmed that the fight against “Islamic terrorism” is the priority of his foreign policy, announcing the news at a conference dedicated to the fight against the financing of terrorism. https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/902519918435876864 Speaking in front of 170 ambassadors of France at the meeting in Paris, the head of state considered that the security of the…
EU encourages Bosnia and Herzegovina to fight radicalization
The Stabilisation and Association Council (SA Council) between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union held its second meeting on 10 July 2017. The SA Council welcomed Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU perspective as a single, united and sovereign country. It noted the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina in its EU integration process following the country’s…
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