News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
November 18, 2013 1) Seven out of ten Spanish jihadists become radicalized in Spain (homegrown terrorists). 2) They are concentrated in Madrid, Catalonia, Valencia and Ceuta. 3) It takes four to five years to become terrorists. How are jihadist terrorists radicalized in Spain ? How long does it take them ? Where does this
17 February 2013 In terms of national origin, the two main Muslim groups in Spain are the Spanish and the Moroccan, adding now the growing Pakistani group (a majority in some towns like Barcelona and Valencia); being the rest divided among different nationalities considered in the census made by the Observatorio Andalusi and the Union
08 February 2013 Spanish Police Force arrested yesterday in the city of Valencia a suspect of Islamic terrorism, a Moroccan citizen, Mohamed Echaabi. The monitoring and control carried out by the National Police on the detainee and his activities, have confirmed his intentions to commit terrorist acts against personalities or other targets, according to
10 Octobre 2012 The local authorities in Valencia had authorized the creation of two exclusive classrooms for Moroccan children from 3 to 5 years old (at the school La Paz) although having now pushed back the measure. The parents of the Spanish children asked for the North African students to be distributed in the other
The head of the Central Court of Instruction, Pablo Ruz, has ordered the prison without bail of Mudhar Hussein Almalki, considering that there is evidence that he was engaged in internet broadcasting of all types of Salafi-jihadi exaltation materials, and manuals on making explosives, gases or poisons. The judge understood that Hussein Almalki, arrested Tuesday