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People walking in Rabat. Photo: Pixabay.

World

ELECTIONS

Morocco's ruling Islamists defeated by liberals after decade in power

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/9/21

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has been in power since 2011, won just 12 seats in the country's 395-seat parliament

FILED - 18 June 2021, Berlin: French President Emmanuel Macron makes a statement to journalists together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured). Macron will hold an extraordinary meeting of the Defense Council on the “Pegasus” hacking of his phone. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Reuters-Pool/dpa

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FRANCE

French parliament passes law against radical Islamism

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/24/21

It specifically deals with facilitating the dissolution of associations that question French values, fighting against forced marriages and meting out punishment against online hate speech

26 June 2021, Bavaria, Wuerzburg: Candles and flowers are placed in front of a closed and cordoned off department store in downtown Wuerzburg, where a fatal knife attack took place last night leaving three people dead and seven injured. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

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GERMANY

Bavarian minister: Islamist motive possible in Wuerzburg stabbing

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/28/21

When the suspect's accommodation was searched, a number of items were found that could refer to Islamist propaganda material, and the suspect himself had spoken of his 'contribution to the Jihad'

05 May 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Police officers stand in front of the building of the Ansaar International association. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned the Islamist organization Ansaar International and several of its sub-organizations. Photo: Marcel Kusch/dpa

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SALAFIST NETWORK

Germany bans Islamist group Ansaar International, raids its facilities

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/5/21

Children were being sent to facilities set up abroad where they were indoctrinated with "extremist Salafist ideas," the Interior Ministry said.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaking to police officers at the crime scene. Photo: Twitter/@JeanCASTEX

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FRANCE

Islamist terror suspected in murder of policewoman near Paris

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/24/21

The perpetrator is said to be a 36-year-old man from Tunisia, who shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest).

World

ISLAMIST THREAT

14 detained for suspected terrorist plot in Denmark and Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/12/21

"Our security authorities have once again prevented an Islamist terrorist attack," German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.

The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen. Photo: Photo: Thierry Roge/dpa.

World

TERRORIST THREAT

Denmark arrests seven on suspicion of planning terror attacks

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/11/21

The suspects are accused of acquiring ingredients for the manufacture of explosives.

19 December 2020, Berlin: A woman wears a face mask looks at the candles and white roses laid in the shape of a heart at the "Golden Rift" memorial during the commemoration on the fourth anniversary of the Islamist attack on the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market. where On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa

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ISLAMIST ATTACK

Church bells ring for those killed at Berlin Christmas market

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/20/20

On 19 December 2016, Tunisian national Anis Amri drove a stolen truck through the festive gathering at the Berlin square, killing 11 people and injuring 70 more.

World

TERRORISM

Additional suspects detained in relation to French teacher killing

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/9/20

Five suspects of Chechen origin aged between 18 and 21 were taken into custody near Paris.

World

EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

France: WWI commemoration in Saudi Arabia attacked, injuries reported

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/11/20

The "attack with an explosive device" took place in the non-Muslim cemetery in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.

09 November 2020, Austria, Vienna: Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer speaks during a press conference with the title "Today's police measures". Austrian police raided more than 60 premises linked to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestinian Hamas movement as part of a terrorist investigation. Photo: Roland Schlager/APA/dpa.

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TERRORISM

Austria cracks down with raids on Muslim Brotherhood

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/9/20

The investigations focus on more than 70 people suspected of belonging to terrorist and criminal organizations , financing terrorism or money laundering.

03 November 2020, Austria, Linz: Police officers stand guard in front of a building during a raid to arrest a man who might have a connection about last night terrorist attack which took the lives of several people. Photo: Werner Kerschbaummayr/dpa.

World

CERTAINTIES AND QUESTIONS

Terrorist attack in Vienna: What we know so far

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/3/20

At least five people were killed , including one perpetrator shot by police, though it remains unclear whether he was acting alone.

File photo of a police patrol vehicle near the port of Helsinki. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Finland

TERRORIST THREAT

Helsinki police increase vigilance after jihadist attacks in Europe

The Nomad Today 11/3/20

"Whenever a terrorism-related incident occurs in Europe, we prepare for someone to copy it here as well," Chief Inspector Seppo Kujala explained. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto…

(L-R) President Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo. Photos: Government.

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ISLAMIST ATTACK IN VIENNA

Finnish state leaders convey "condolences" to Austrian government

The Nomad Today 11/3/20

The Interior Minister, Maria Ohisalo, called to "stand strong against terrorism and hatred. "

02 November 2020, Austria, Vienna: Armed policemen search a man in the vicinity of Seitenstettengasse synagogue, after shots have been fired with multiple people injured, amid what the Interior Ministry has termed an ongoing terrorist attack. Photo: Roland Schlager/dpa.

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UPDATE: FOUR PEOPLE KILLED

Austrian minister: Terrorist attack in Vienna had Islamist motive

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/3/20

The attack has claimed the lives of four victims, two men and two women. At least seven people are in a critical condition. The attacker was a 20-year-old man previously convicted for…

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd R) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: Twitter/Christian Estrosi.

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ISLAMIST TERRORISM

New detentions bring Nice knife attack arrests to 4

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/31/20

The two latest detentions were reported on Saturday. The two men in question were taken into custody late on Friday.

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd L) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: -/Christian Estrosi Twitter via PA Media/dpa

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ISLAMIST TERRORISM

Second man arrested in connection with Nice church attack

The Nomad Today 10/31/20

Brahim Aouissaoui, a Tunisian man who entered France illegally on Thursday killed three people in Nice with a knife,

World

ISLAMIST ACTION

Teacher beheaded outside Paris in 'terrorist attack'

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/17/20

The suspect had apparently shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is greater" in Arabic). The teacher had reportedly shown cartoons of the prophet Mohammed to his class as part of his lessons.

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