Suspected militant returning from war in Syria arrested in Spain

January 5, 2014   An Islamist activist returning to Europe from Syria was arrested on Sunday at Malaga airport in southern Spain as a potential “threat to national security”, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The suspect, Abdeluahid Sadik Mohamed, belongs to the al Qaeda-linked group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the statement…

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Radical Islam in Spain: Summary of the Real Instituto Elcano Report

November 18, 2013   1) Seven out of ten Spanish jihadists become radicalized in Spain (homegrown terrorists). 2) They are concentrated in Madrid, Catalonia, Valencia and Ceuta. 3) It takes four to five years to become terrorists. How are jihadist terrorists radicalized in Spain ? How long does it take them ? Where does this…

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Morocco: Terrorist Suspect Arrested in Ceuta

19 September 2013   Spanish security services on Monday (September 16th) arrested a Moroccan expatriate for allegedly recruiting jihadists to fight in Syria. Just a few days after the arrest of Mohamed El Bali, a Moroccan expatriate accused of co-ordinating the “Muwahideen” and “Attawhid” cells, another Moroccan terror suspect was arrested in Ceuta. Yassin Ahmed…

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Another citizen of Ceuta recruited by Jihadist networks dies in Syria

07 July 2013   Mohamed H., 27, is the latest casualty in the list of Ceuta’s citizens that participated and died in the Syrian war. The Spanish authorities do not know exactly how many Muslims have gone to the Middle East or how many, for sure, have died since April 2012. According to the estimates…

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PSOE breaks relationships with Muslim Party, Caballas

23 July 2013 The Socialist Party of Ceuta has decided this afternoon to “break” their relationships with Caballas, the first group in the opposition of Ceuta’s political Assembly, for their defence of Koranic scholar Malik Ibn Benaissa[1]. Benaissa had been denounced by the Socialists for classifying as a “fornicator” the woman who wears perfume and…

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