June 15, 2015 Karl Vick By gaining territory in Iraq, Syria and Libya the extremist group adds credibility for its caliphate, a potent concept to Muslims When ISIS wins more ground, it gains more than just territory. Every additional inch on the map produces an inflated sense of both the group’s own power and the
June 15, 2015 Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who gained notoriety for an attack on an Algerian oil field in 2013, had 'faded' as a threat U.S. airstrike targeting a top militant leader in Libya on Sunday underscored the complex and ever-shifting politics of Libya’s internal conflict that has created a haven for insurgents from elsewhere in the
BERLIN - An exponential rise in anti-Israel crimes in Germany committed by foreigners and immigrants in 2014 points to an urgent need for action, a German politician says. http://www.timesofisrael.com/dramatic-increase-in-anti-semitic-and-anti-israel-crimes-in-germany/
Swiss officials are investigating an alleged plot by a man affiliated with the ISIL Takfiri terrorists to kill German President Joachim Gauck, a report says. The suspect, 27-year-old Osama M., has been accused of preparing to carry out terrorist attacks using explosives and poisonous gases, with his main target supposed to be Gauck, the Berliner Morgenpost daily reported on Saturday. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/05/24/412541/Switzerland-ISIL-Germany-Takfiri-Gauck-
by Daniel Koehler After the discovery of the German right-wing terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU) in 2011, which allegedly assassinated at least 10 people, committed two bombings, and went completely undetected over the course of 14 years, right-wing terrorism has received greater international attention. In the same year, the attacks by Anders Behring Breivik caused 77 casualties.
Terror-related arrests in the UK have reached levels not seen since the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in the US, Scotland Yard has revealed, as police have stepped up their response to the threat of radicalized jihadis returning to Britain from the Middle East. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6aeca81c-fa44-11e4-b432-00144feab7de.html#axzz3cV8j4qbr
Terror-related arrests in England, Wales and Scotland reached record levels last year, when 338 people were held, Scotland Yard has said. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32735484
One August evening, in Brue Close, a housing estate in Weston-super-Mare, police and emergency services were called to No 39. Two police cars, a police van, a dog and several officers arrived. They saw a crowd of hostile white adults, “an angry mob” and a middle-aged black man standing in his front garden bleeding profusely
More than 47,000 hate crimes were recorded between 2012 and 2014. Hate crimes against Muslims in Britain have spiked in the last three years, police documents reveal. Figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests show that racially or religiously aggravated harassment crimes surged from 15,249 to 17,605 between 2012 and 2014. More than 47,000 hate
By Johanna Markind Now that Britain’s Conservative Party has won a Parliamentary majority, it has the opportunity to implement its campaign promise of requiring United Kingdom police to record anti-Muslim hate crimes. Muslims as victims of hate crime has become a familiar trope, although factual data have been lacking. A British government report published in December 2013 finds that