Violence and Security

Court Acquits "Shariah Police" Group in German City

November 30, 2016

Deutsche Welle reports that a German court's acquittal of a group of men in the city of Wuppertal wearing "Shariah Police" uniforms and instructing people not to drink alcohol or listen to music has laid bare tensions in the country, and others in which such uniforms have appeared, over the clash between sharia law and Western culture.
CoE Body: UK Media Fuels Anti-Muslim Prejudice

November 29, 2016

Journalist Yves Mamou writes that the Council of Europe's Commission Against Racism and Intolerance has released a report warning that the British media's association of those who commit acts of jihadi terror with Islam generates anti-Muslim sentiment in the UK and calling on British authorities to establish measures to counter such "incitement to hatred."
Lego Cites "Hate Speech" in Halting Newspaper Ads

November 29, 2016

Under pressure from social media campaigners decrying stories in The Daily Mail they say incite violence and hatred toward migrants and others, Danish toy company Lego has agreed to stop running advertisements in the British tabloid newspaper because of its alleged promotion of "hatred, discrimination and demonisation."
Lawyer Warns of UK Restrictions on "Extreme" Speech

November 29, 2016

Attorney Paul Coleman warns that, while leaving the EU will disentangle the UK from the bloc's online Code of Conduct and other restrictions on so-called "hate speech," Britain will maintain its own laws clamping down on speech identified by authorities as being too extreme, including under the provisions of the country's Counter-Extremism Bill.
Israeli Attack on IS Reflects Concerns About Jerusalem

November 28, 2016

Israeli Defense Force officials view the Islamist jihadi activity in the Golan Heights, culminating in the Israeli military's killing of Islamist militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in the triangular border area of Israel, Syria, and Jordan, as a concerning signal that IS remains committed to its declared ideological goal of capturing Jerusalem.
US Warns Americans Traveling in Europe of Jihadi Terror Attacks

November 22, 2016

In the wake of French officials' arrests of jihadis plotting Islamist terror attacks against civilians and soft targets in European countries, the US State Department has issued a travel alert urging American citizens traveling in Europe to use extreme caution in public spaces.
Islamist Terror Groups Signal Jihadi Attacks on US Targets

November 22, 2016

US security agencies are on high alert for Islamist jihadi attacks on major American homeland sites after al-Qaeda and Islamic State propaganda magazines identified the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the upcoming presidential inauguration as "excellent" soft targets.
Brooklyn Man Faces Charges for IS Ties and Terror Plot

November 22, 2016

US authorities have arrested a Brooklyn man from Yemen on charges of providing material support to the Islamic State, including the planning of a jihadi terror attack in New York city's Times Square.
IS Confirms Strategic Shift to Jihadi Attacks on West

November 22, 2016

One the most prominent Islamic State leaders in Europe, who planned a spate of Islamist terror attacks in France, has confirmed in an extensive online interview that the organization's retreat from Iraq and Syria will be matched by a strategic shift to jihadi assaults on countries in the West.
IS Steps Up Attacks and Recruitment in Pakistan

November 22, 2016

The Islamic State (IS) has ratcheted up its recruitment and attacks in Pakistan, partnering with local jihadi groups to replenish the IS's ideological support and expand its impact in South Asia as a balance against recent caliphate losses in Iraq.