A Lebanese man on trial for a failed train bombing in Germany last year testified Thursday that he and another suspect planted crude bombs to protest cartoons that ridiculed Islam’s prophet Muhammad, but he denied any links to al-Qaida.
A court in Antwerp has found Hans van Themsche guilty of a race-inspired shooting spree resulting in the death of two people, and wounding of one. The victims included a Malian nanny and her two year old, and an injured woman of Turkish descent. The gunman told police he hoped to kill at least five…
The employment agency Randstad reports that 60% of workers in Belgium do not approve of wearing a headscarf or other religious symbol to work, citing its inappropriateness. The study also includes a large, but lesser disapproval of piercings, tattoos, and other displays.
The Minister of Justice, Mariano Fern_ndez Bermejo, hopes the current anti-Islamic trend will not end in the type of persecution experienced by the Jewish community. We can not fall under the temptation of blaming a religious community for the crimes committed in their name. Bermejo’s statements were made during the Intolerance and Discrimination Conference organized…
The leader of a gang of trainee terrorists said he wanted to see “six or seven atrocities” before the 2012 Olympics, a court has heard. Mohammed Hamid, 50, also allegedly praised the 9/11 hijackers as the “magnificent 15”. Woolwich Crown court later heard that the four men convicted of the July 21 failed bombings attended…
