After a conference the German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière, announced that radical Islamists should be hindered to travel to war zones in order to join Jihad. This should be achieved by substituting the original ID card with a document which does not allow for exit. Indirectly, the ministry is also addressing the issue of…
The inclusion by the United Arab Emirates of some of the most respected Islamic organizations established within Nordic states and the UK on a list of groups – including al-Qaeda and the ISIL- suspected of having links to terrorism has triggered a wave of protest. In the UK, the Muslim Association of Britain expressed its “total and utter condemnation” at…
Two British citizens are understood to have been killed fighting for Islamic State in Syria. Abu Abdullah al Habashi, 21, and Abu Dharda, 20, both from London, are reported to have died in the Syrian border town of Kobani. Al Habashi is believed to have made comments supporting Isis on social media and appeared in…
A recent online video released by ISIL (Daech) shows three mujahideen addressing French Muslims and calling on them to join the fight in Syria or to commit attacks on French soil. The Public Prosecutor’s department has opened an investigation on the basis of “criminal association in connection with a criminal enterprise,” “possession of a weapon…
The Union of Islamic Organizations in France (UOIF), which has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, said it discovered with “shock and anger” its presence on a list of “terrorist organizations” established by the United Arab Emirates. The list was published in mid-November by the UAE, which is part of an international anti-jihadist coalition led…
