Islam: Santanche sentenced to 4 days of arrest and a fine

December 2, 2013   Daniela Santanche has been sentenced to four days of prison and payment of a fine of 1,100 Euros. The sentence came from Maria Luisa Balzarotti, a Milan judge, for Santache’s unauthorized anti-burka protest in September 2009. Santanche as the leader of the “Movement for Italy” promoted an anti-burka protest in front…

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Prosecutors ask for 1 month’s arrest and 100-euro fine for Santanchè

November 18, 2013   Prosecutors asked that Daniela Santanchè who organized an unauthorized demonstration be jailed for a month and fined € 100. The anti-burka demonstration outside of Milan’s Muslim cultural center was conducted on September 20, 2009. The prosecutor also asked that a 2000-euro fine be instituted against an Egyptian, Ahmed El Badry, who…

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‘White widow’: Interpol arrest warrant issued for Samantha Lewthwaite

Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Samantha Lewthwaite, the British woman dubbed the “white widow” who has been linked to the Kenyan shopping centre attack, in connection with suspected terrorist offences in 2011. The international police agency said its red notice had been issued at the request of Kenya and circulated to police…

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French man arrested for abetting terrorism

Liberation 19 September 2013 A 26-year Muslim convert who lived in the Normandie was arrested and charged with abetting terrorism and  promoting acts of terrorism. The man is named as the translator of the Al Qaida’s English language online magazine, Inspire. His arrest marks the first time that the anti-terror law that was passed in…

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The violence of Trappes

16.08.2013 Le Monde A month after the two day riots of July 19 to 20, the French daily Le Monde re-narrates the story of France’s second suburban riot of the 21st century. The violence started following the stop and search of a 21-year-old Muslim woman in a niqab in the priority neighbourhood of Mersiers in…

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