German army’s special forces partly disbanded due to far-right links

Politics surrounding Germany’s armed forces – the Bundeswehr – is fiercely contested: politically, some (not least the U.S. President) are demanding a reversal of decades of cutbacks, while others view such plans with scepticism and distrust. Operationally, the forces have been much affected by severe staff and materiel shortages, as well as by corruption scandals…

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Should Jihadis be allowed back into the UK?

Jihadis who traveled to Syria to join ISIS, who are now Jailed in Syria and Iraq should be allowed to return to Britain. A new report from the Soufan Centre, a nonprofit organization based in New York dedicated to serving as a resource and forum for research, analysis, and strategic dialogue related to global security…

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The struggle over ‘British Fundamental Values’

“British Fundamental Values”, a concept introduced almost five years ago, in June 2015, by the then-education secretary Michael Gove, has remained at the centre of policy and debate with regards to education, integration and the Muslim community in Britain. The idea was introduced as part of the government’s response to the Trojan Horse Affair, where…

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Anger, fear and exasperation among German Muslims after the Hanau attack

Germany has been rocked by one of the worst far-right attacks in its recent history: at around 10pm local time on the evening of Wednesday, February 19, a gunman opened fire on two Shisha bars in the town of Hanau, around 25km from Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt. Racially motivated gun attacks on two hookah establishments…

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President Macron announces his plan to fight “ Islamist separatism”

On February 18, French President Emmanuel Macron held his first speech aiming at fighting “separatism” in France. Announced a few months ago, this one and an half hour discourse  finally took place on the eve of municipal elections during a visit of the President in Mulhouse, a 15 000 inhabitants city in east France. The choice…

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