Islamic terrorism is the greatest threat to the security and stability of Germany, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in Berlin on Thursday, May 15. Germany had been lucky to escape terrorist attacks because of preventive measures taken by the security services, the minister said in presenting the annual report of the nation’s domestic intelligence service….
Two short films have appeared on the Internet featuring the German Islamist Eric B. in which he calls his “brothers” to join the jihad. The authorities have been hunting him for weeks, fearful that he could be preparing a terrorist attack in Kabul. The video messages are fanning those fears. The news spread like wildfire…
The recent film “Fitna” by the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders was seen by many as an attack on Islam. Now a Saudi blogger has created a film featuring violent texts from the Bible, with the intention of showing that stereotyping can go both ways. A Saudi blogger has produced an online movie mocking the…
In 2007, the number of arrests for Islamic terrorism declined 22 percent, from 257 to 201, as separatists arrests climbed well over 1,000. However, nationals in a number of EU member states continued to be recruited for missions in or related to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan throughout 2007. “Radicalization is a very worrying phenomenon…
Geert Wilders has kept his word. He has circulated his film Fitna before April 1 and has, as he puts it, been ‘properly’ restrained. The film, which nevertheless appeared unexpectedly on the Internet on Thursday, is indeed not as shocking as expected during the hyped-up prelude to the premiere. This might still prove a problem…
