France 24 – December 4, 2012 French police arrested two people in connection with the attacks by extremist gunman Mohamed Merah, whose shooting spree in and around the southern city of Toulouse this year left seven people dead. One man described by police as a member of the traveller community who converted to Islam was…
Sometimes good intentions are just not enough: a new campaign by the German interior ministry, says Robert Misik, only contributes to the widespread paranoia about “the Muslims” – and thus encourages the very radicalism it wants to fight The German interior ministry is currently on the hunt for missing persons. In fact, quite a lot…
08./09.03.2012 Last week, Lower Saxony’s interior minister Uwe Schünemann presented his proposal for a de- radicalisation programme designed to prevent young Muslims from being lured into extremist groups. With his proposal, Schünemann continues his hardliner course on extremism and terrorism; in 2010, he had already proposed a plan to fight an increasing terror threat, which…
13 September 2011 The Dutch Security Services indicated that ‘several’ Dutch nationals are involved in holy war in foreign countries. The comment was made to NOS television by the head of the Dutch security services, though no further details were provided. DutchNews reports that these individuals may attack Dutch or Nato operations in risky…
04.09.2011 A week before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Germany’s Interior Minister Friedrich told the Bild (tabloid) newspaper that Germany was home to an estimated 1000 people who can be identified as potential Islamic terrorists, 20 of whom have actually trained in terrorist camps. While Friedrich commended the work of German security services…
