It’s “cool” to be charged with terrorism

In the radical Islamic milieu in Denmark being charged with or convicted for terrorism means high status. Two researchers from the Danish Institute for International Studies, PhD fellow Ann-Sophie Hemmingsen and senior researcher Manni Crone have investigated the Danish radical Islamic milieu and their conclusion is that persons who have been charged with terrorism typically…

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Growth of Salafism in the Netherlands Slows

The growth of Salafism in the Netherlands has slowed, the intelligence service AIVD told Nos TV on September 8. A 2007 report by the agency warned of the increasing influence of Salafist imams on Dutch Muslims, not because of a call to violence, but because they prevent the integration of Muslims by rejecting Western society….

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MI5 blackmails British Muslims

Five Muslim community workers have accused MI5 of waging a campaign of blackmail and harassment in an attempt to recruit them as informants. The men claim they were given a choice of working for the Security Service or face detention and harassment in the UK and overseas. None of the six men, who work with…

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    Councillor claims Gülen movement is fundamentalist

    According to Rotterdam council member Anita Fahmel, the Turkish Fethullah Gulen movement is an “Islamic fundamentalist” group, on the basis of her own study of the Turkish movement. Fahmel claims that the movement plays an important role in the Islamization of Turkey, and uses intimidation, discrimination, and oppression to manifest strength. Her conclusions are based…

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      Ten people arrested for financing group tied to al-Qaeda – Summary

      Agents from the French, German and Dutch anti- terrorism services on Friday arrested 10 Turkish nationals suspected of helping finance a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda. Eight of the suspects were arrested in France by members of French domestic intelligence service DST, French media reported. The raids by DST agents took place in the eastern…

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