Suspected militant returning from war in Syria arrested in Spain

January 5, 2014   An Islamist activist returning to Europe from Syria was arrested on Sunday at Malaga airport in southern Spain as a potential “threat to national security”, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The suspect, Abdeluahid Sadik Mohamed, belongs to the al Qaeda-linked group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the statement…

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The sons of Muslim immigrants are targets for Jihadist recruitment in Spain

November 28, 2013   “They live in a permanent schizophrenia. At home they are criticized because they are westernized and on the street they do not feel integrated. ” It ‘s the definition that Army Captain Julian Holguin applies to the second generation of Muslims that are socially vulnerable and in danger of falling into…

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Lee Rigby murder trial: Michael Adebowale offers no evidence in his defence stating ‘I’m a soldier just like Drummer Rigby… I killed him because this is war’

December 2013   Michael Adebowale, 22, was the front seat passenger in the car that rammed the soldier before he got out of the damaged car and attacked the prone man’s body with knives, witnesses have told the court. His co-defendant, Michael Adebolajo, 29, claimed earlier this week that he was a soldier of Allah…

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Hesse plans to establish an early warning system for detection of radicalization

December 3, 2013   The State of Hesse aims to establish an early warning system to detect the radicalization of young Muslim men living in Germany. Minister of Interior Boris Rhein expressed his concern about the number of young Muslim men leaving Germany to join the civil war in Syria. German security authorities have registered…

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One million Muslims will wear Remembrance poppies despite extremists’ opposition, say researchers

November 6, 2013   More than one million Muslims will be sporting poppies this weekend to mark Remembrance Sunday despite the bitter opposition of Islamist hardliners, research disclosed tonight. Some radical voices argue that poppy-wearing, ceremonies to commemorate the fallen dead and the one minute’s silence on Armistice Day are all forbidden to devout Muslims….

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