Hesse plans to establish an early warning system for detection of radicalization

December 3, 2013   The State of Hesse aims to establish an early warning system to detect the radicalization of young Muslim men living in Germany. Minister of Interior Boris Rhein expressed his concern about the number of young Muslim men leaving Germany to join the civil war in Syria. German security authorities have registered…

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Abu Qatada will be able to preach while incarcerated at Jordanian prison

Abu Qatada will be able to preach while incarcerated, prison officials said at the Muwaqqar facility where the firebrand preacher is currently being held. Inmates are referred to as guests, “like we’re talking about a hotel where we provide them with services,” say staff at Jordan’s smartest prison, the Muwaqqar Rehabilitation and Correctional Center. “It…

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Police raid against German Salafists

March 13   German police has started a raid against German Salafists in the States of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia. The German police focused its raid at cities such as Frankfurt am Main, Oberhausen, Gladbeck, Solingen und Wuppertal. The Ministry of Interior declared that more than twenty investigations have been initiated against suspects. The Minister…

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Islamic radicalism in Belgian cities

La Libre 09.03.2013 Following the discovery of some 70 Belgian Muslims to have departed to fight alongside the Syrian rebels, an editorial published by the Belgian newspaper La Libre brings the question of Islamic radicalism in Europe to the forefront. Lamfaluss focuses upon the Belgian urban space as a futile soil for the radicalisation of…

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Critiquing Salafism in the Netherlands

4 September 2012   Radio Netherlands Worldwide profiles Izzeddin Ruhulessin, a young convert to Islam, and his assessment of the Salafist movement in the Netherlands. According to the article, Salafism gained in prominence in the country in the years following the 2004 murder of film maker Theo van Gogh. Researcher Martijn de Koning attributes the…

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