12 Mar 2021
A man from a family of several jihadists who plotted a radical Islamic terror attack after his release from prison has been convicted at the Old Bailey in London.
27-year-old Sahayb Abu, who wrote that “Islam is for war, hostage-taking, killing infidels, fighting tyranny, taking war booty, taking women of the enemy as concubines” online, had purchased balaclavas, a combat vest, fingerless gloves, a knife, and an 18-inch (46cm) sword, which he paid to have specially sharpened, according to a BBC report which avoided mentioning his nationality or any migration background.
Abu was found to have discussed his radical Islamic beliefs in a number of chat groups, praising the Westminster Bridge terror killer and proclaiming that “We need a 9/11 2.0” just hours before his arrest.
She then went to the police on October 8th to report Paty for “dissemination of pornographic images”, according to the newspaper. The incident was later amplified by the girl’s father, Brahim Chnina, who posted a video to social media repeating the accusations and condemning the teacher.
Chnina was also revealed to have been in contact with 18-year-old Chechen refugee and terrorist Abdulakh Anzorov through the messaging app Whatsapp.
Ten days after the girl made the accusations, Anzorov beheaded the 47-year-old history and geography teacher on the street.
Before the 13-year-old’s confession, investigators had learnt from the girl’s classmates that she had not been present for the lesson. They also contradicted her claims that Paty forced pupils to leave the class, saying that he asked them to close their eyes if they were shocked by the images.
27 Feb 2021
A German court has sentenced 37-year-old Abu Walaa to ten and a half years in prison for his role in trying to radicalise young people and recruit them for the Islamic State terrorist group.
Abu Walaa, whose real name is Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., was originally arrested alongside four other Islamic radicals in 2016 and had come to Germany as an asylum seeker in 2000 after fleeing his native Iraq along with members of his family.
The conviction comes after a nearly four-year trial that began in 2017 but despite the conviction, the lawyer for Walaa has maintained that prosecutors were not able to prove their case fully, Deutsche Welle reports.
Three Jihadists Sentenced for Plotting Paris Terrorist Attack
20 Feb 2021
A Paris court handed out jail terms of between 22 and 30 years to three jihadists after they were found guilty of plotting a terror attack in the French capital in December 2016.
The court handed Strasbourg residents Hicham Makran and his friend Yassine Bousseria 22 and 24 years respectively, and a longer sentence to Moroccan national Hicham El-Hanafi.
The court also ruled that El-Hanafi will be permanently banned from French territory upon the completion of his sentence. All three men will be put on the French terrorist offences register, Franceinfo reports.
According to the broadcaster, none of the three men reacted as the verdict was read. The defendants have ten days to launch an appeal.
13 Feb 2021
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and MEP Gilbert Collard were in court this week as prosecutors demand a 5,000 euro fine against the two for exposing Islamic State atrocities by sharing pictures of them on Twitter in 2015.
The two French politicians had posted the photographs after journalist Jean-Jacques Bourdin compared the Front National, as National Rally was formerly known, to the radical Islamic terrorist group.
Both politicians admit to posting the photographs but protested the hate speech charges against them, French newspaper Le Figaroreports, with Le Pen stating: “It is crime, not photographic reproduction of the crime, that undermines human dignity!”