Security and Counterterrorism
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urges U.S. Muslim community to increase security measures following ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ campaign in UK
While the ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ campaign appears to exclusively target British Muslims, CAIR has received concerns from American Muslims who wonder whether their families and communities might be similarly targeted, part of a trend of growing anxiety in the U.S. Muslim community about Islamophobia. CAIR has urged the community to increase security measures in response.
Report finds some individuals have been referred to Prevent by National Health Service staff for watching Arabic TV or going on pilgrimage to Mecca
The report, entitled ‘Counter-terrorism in the NHS’, found that a number of NHS staff are unaware of how to implement the Prevent initiative, corresponding with findings by the BMJ, and adds to already well-established concerns about the counter-terrorism programme.
France’s Catholic leaders respond to Aude attacks
Four people were killed and sixteen injured in Carcassonne and Trèbes (Aude) during a series of attacks claimed by Daech and carried out by a single person, who was later killed by police. The Bishop of Carcassonne Alain Planet led Mass following the attacks, where he prayed for the victims. Planet published a brief statement on…
French Council of the Muslim Faith and Great Mosque of Paris condemn attacks
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) condemned the recent terror attack in Carcassonne. It released the following statement: “Horror has once plunged our country into mourning in the name of a totalitarian and deadly ideology! The French Council of the Muslim Faith vigorously condemns the terror attacks in Carcassonne and Trèbes, leaving four…
What we know about the Caracassonne gunman
The gunman who killed three people and fatally wounded a policeman in Carcassonne on Friday before being shot dead by police was a 25-year-old small-time drug dealer with a history of minor crimes. The rap sheet against Radouane Lakdim, a French citizen born in Morocco according to sources close to the inquiry, eventually drew deeper…