Speaking to the European Parliament’s home affairs committee, the EU’s anti-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove said the departure of hundreds of young Europeans to fight in Syria poses “a serious threat” to Europe’s security. A report released early this month by King’s College London said up to 600 people from 14 countries, including Austria, Britain,…
24 April 2013 Nouh Mediouni, a member of Al Qaeda for the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), who was arrested yesterday in Zaragoza in the operation of the General Information Commissioner of the National Police, had numerous contacts with the “katibas” (units of combat), who were commanded by Moktar ben Moktar (presumed dead in the war…
23 April 2013 The spokesman for the Union of Islamic Communities in Murcia (UCID-Murcia), Mohamed Reda El Qadi, expressed his opposition to any terrorist act “even in the name of any religion Islamic, Catholic or Protestant.”
April 8 Femen activists initiated a campaign called “Topless Jihad Day”, demonstrating for the rights of Muslim women in European countries such as Germany. On April 4th, activists gathered in front of some mosques and the Tunisian embassy in Berlin, showing posters with the slogan “Fuck your morals” and “Free Amina”. A Muslim preacher…
April 6 Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) dismissed the idea of gender segregation. Her government spokesman Streiter described the segregation of Muslim boys and girls as “the absolute wrong signal for the integration policy of Germany”. Before, Peer Steinbrück the chancellor candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) refused a clear statement; neither…
