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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City has killed at least seven Palestinians. The airstrike early Saturday in the western part of Gaza City recorded the highest number of fatalities in a single hit. The militant group Hamas reported the number is likely to rise as efforts to recover casualties from under the rubble of the house on the edge of Shati refugee camp are still ongoing. There was no immediate update from the Health Ministry and its spokesman did not...

13 May 2021 French president Emmanuel Macron’s party has pulled support from one of its candidates in a local election after she wore a hijab in a campaign flyer. Stanislas Guerini, the head of La République En Marche, President Macron’s party, said that they would not support Sara Zemmahi if she did not produce new campaign promotional material without the hijab. Although wearing the Islamic headscarf as a political candidate is not prohibited by law in France, the En Marche leader argued...

Over 1,000 Illegal Aliens on French Anti-Terror Watch List 11 May 2021 French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has revealed that there are over 1,000 illegal immigrants registered on the Terrorist Radicalisation Prevention Report Index (FSRPT), an anti-terrorism watchlist. According to Minister Darmanin at least 1,083 illegal migrants have been registered on the FSRPT, an anti-terrorism watchlist created in 2015 which lists individuals who are thought to be religiously radicalised. “To date...

The warning comes amid a wave of jihadist attacks — including the beheading of a schoolteacher — committed by young men, none of whom were previously known to French intelligence services. The letter also comes after widespread public indignation over a French justice system compromised by political correctness — as evidenced by the refusal to prosecute an African immigrant from Mali who, while shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("Allah is the Greatest"), killed an elderly Jewish woman by breaking i...

UK Govt to Revamp Treason Laws to Prosecute Returning Jihadis: Report 1 May 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is reportedly looking to modernise 650-year-old treason laws in order to make it easier to prosecute jihadis returning from the Middle East. An overhaul of the treason statutes in Britain — set to be included in the Queen’s Speech on May 11th — will update what qualifies someone as an enemy of the state, including “acts of betrayal” such as joining foreign terro...

Muslim Migrant Who Stabbed Gay Couple Has No Regrets, Court Hears 26 Apr 2021 A Syrian Muslim migrant who attacked a homosexual couple with knives, killing one, has no regrets, a German court has heard. Abdullah al HH, as the migrant is referred to in the press, wanted “to live according to the strict interpretation of the Qur’an” and turned to the Islamic State, a psychologist told the Dresden Higher Regional Court, according to a The Syrian revealed his thoughts to the psychologist, su...

24 Apr 2021 Italian police have arrested a 28-year-old Albanian man suspected of helping procure a weapon for the radical Islamic extremist behind the 2016 Nice terrorist attack. Albanian national Endri E. was taken into custody this week in the commune of Sparanise near Naples after France issued a Europe-wide arrest warrant for him. The 28-year-old is accused of supplying a weapon to terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who carried out the 2016 Nice truck attack that caused the deaths of 86...

Police taken hostage by Pakistani Islamists after days of anti-France protests Issued on: 18/04/2021 - 16:45 Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party block a street during a protest after their leader was detained, in Lahore on April 18, 2021. © Arif Ali, AFP 2 min At least seven Pakistan police officers and special rangers were taken hostage Sunday by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said, after ...

Islamists Take Police and Rangers Hostage During Anti-French Riots 18 Apr 2021 (AFP) — At least seven Pakistan police officers and special rangers were taken hostage Sunday by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said, after days of violent anti-France protests. Rioting has rocked Pakistan for the last week since the leader of the now-banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was detained in the second biggest city Lahore after calling for the expulsion of the French ambassador. Th...

Report: One in Seven Extremists In Sweden Are Women 18 Apr 2021 A study conducted by the Swedish Institute for Future Studies has revealed that women are far more active in extremists groups than previously thought, with women making up one in seven extremists in the country. The study found that women make up around 15 per cent of those actively involved in various extremist groups from the far right, far left, and radical Islam. Women also are highly active within the groups, though their rol...