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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Terror threat "substantial", NCTV warns of radicalised youth

The threat of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands remains at substantial, or level four out of five, counter-terrorism agency NCTV said in its latest quarterly update. The speed at which this is now happening is “concerning”, the NCTV said, adding that several hundred Dutch youngsters, some as young as 14, are now active in far-right and jihadi online groups. …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Thousands join terror convict SA Basha's funeral procession in Coimbatore: How the jihadi had orchestrated the 1998 blast, killing 58 people

Op India

On 17th December, the founder of the banned terrorist outfit Al-Umma, SA Basha, died at a private hospital while undergoing treatment. Funeral procession of SA Basha who plotted the 1998 Coimbatore blasts that killed 58 people and injured 231 others. Basha was the conspirator in 1998 Coimbatore Bomb blast that took away 58 lives and… — Narayanan Thirupathy December 17, …

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4 weeks ago

Jihadi groups carrying out atrocities against Buddhists, Hindus on Myanmar-Bangladesh border: Arakan Army

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The separatist Arakan Army has gained control over nearly all of Rakhine state in Myanmar, pushing back against junta-led forces. "There are nearly 11 militant groups operating out of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh which include the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, Arakan Rohingya Army. The radical militant groups have allegedly recruited young orphans from Rohingya …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Syria doesn’t have to become a jihadi hellhole

The Independent

Sam Kiley is far too pessimistic about Syria’s future. A lot will depend on whether Donald Trump will return America to isolationism – but he has already said: “It’s not our war.” As long as the West, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries see it in their interest to create a peaceful Syria, its descent into a jihadi tyranny will …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Jihadi bride jailed for keeping Yazidi slave while in Syria

Dutch News

A woman from Hengelo who went to Syria in 2015 and married an IS fighter has been jailed for 10 years for crimes against humanity, endangering the life of her son and membership of a terrorist organisation. The sentence is the longest handed down to a Jihadi bride by a Dutch court, and reflects the fact that Hasna A had …

Court Syria Hasna A Yazidi Slave Bride Jailed

1 month, 1 week ago

Britain's 'Jihadi Jack', 29, pleads to be repatriated to Canada 'to rot in jail' there rather than in a Syrian prison camp in his first television interview in years

Daily Mail

Britain's 'Jihadi Jack' has pleaded to be repatriated to Canada so he can 'rot in jail' there instead of being sent to a Syrian prison camp, in his first TV interview in years. Jack Letts, 29, a Canadian originally from the UK who has been detained for seven-and-a-half years among suspected Islamic State members in northeastern Syria, was found by …

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2 months ago

Kenyan Jihadi is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style terror attack in America on behalf of al-Shabab

Daily Mail

A Kenyan member of terrorist group al-Shabab has been convicted of plotting to fly an airliner into a United States' skyscraper after training as a pilot in the Philippines. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was found guilty on all six accounts he faced for the 9/11 style attack by a federal jury in Manhattan on Monday, court records show. Cholo Abdi …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Burkina Faso massacre: Al-Qaida group kills more than 100 people in one of the worst jihadi attacks

India TV News

Abuja: At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, which is 80 kilometres …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, which is …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Inmates escape from one of Niger’s most fortified prisons where jihadis are held

Associated Press

NIAMEY, Niger — Nigerien authorities enforced a curfew Friday as they searched for inmates who escaped from one of the country’s most fortified prisons in the Tillaberi region after it was breached under unclear circumstances. Niger’s Ministry of Interior alerted government agencies to the escape of the inmates from Koutoukale prison on Thursday night. Considered one of the safest in …

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6 months ago

Dreadful incidents of Islamist attack, abuse, threats on Hindus in Maharashtra in past 15 days

Op India

The state of Maharashtra is witnessing a massive increase in crime incidents against Hindus. The state stood shaken last week as it saw around 7-8 incidents where the Islamists attacked the Hindu community people just for belonging to one particular region. Akshay Dhavre attacked for raising voice against Islamists in Pune: The most dreadful incident happened in the Lohiyanagar region …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says

LA Times

Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, according to a new report, the latest trend in the militants’ movements to wealthier West African coastal nations. The extremists believed to be linked to al Qaeda have in the last year crossed over from Benin’s hard-hit northern region …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Jihadi fighters have settled in Nigerian national park popular with tourists, report claims

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Violent Jihadi fighters who had …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

'No criminality': Delhi Police gives clean chit to POCSO complainant who called Alt News co-founder Md Zubair a 'jihadi'

Op India

The Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that no case has been filed against the person who called Alt News co-founder and ‘fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair a “Jihadi” in a tweet in 2020. The Delhi Police has stated that nothing incriminating has emerged for further action against Singh, who commented “Once a jihad is always jihadi” on Zubair’s tweet …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Jihadi activities increasing in State due to appeasement policies of the Congress: Jagadish Shettar

The Hindu

“Jihadi mentality is growing in the State due to the appeasement policies of the Congress government,” Jagadish Shettar, BJP candidate from Belagavi constituency said in Belagavi Friday. He said that a sense of lawlessness was gripping the citizens with the rise in incidents like the murder of Neha Hiremath by Fayaz Munavalli in a college in Hubballi on Thursday. ABVP …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Beheaded by a jihadi Beatle – a mother’s true story

The Independent

Hope and history never rhyme, and literature is humanity’s riposte to the tragedy of events. American Mother falls into two, equally compelling, halves: the torment of Diane’s parenthood, followed by the “chest-thumping shock” after Jim was taken hostage by the Isis group known as “the jihadi Beatles” in November 2012. Her steady candour resounds through McCann’s narrative like a trumpet …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died

Daily Mail

ISIS bride Shamima Begum married her Dutch jihadi husband Yago Riedjik just 10 days after she arrived in Syria to join the Islamist terror group. Yago Riedijk is currently behind bars in Syria after being captured by Kurdish forces fighting for ISIS Riedijk was a 21-year-old ISIS fighter when he wed the 15-year-old Londoner in Raqqa after they had spent …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Cross-border Pakistan, Iran attacks and menace of jihadi sanctuaries

New Indian Express

Recent cross-border attacks by Iran and Pakistan on each other’s territory and their subsequent kiss and make up tell the tale of jihadi sanctuaries in both lands. Contiguous regions of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan are home to ethnic Balochs, which is at the root of separatism. All three nations its people straddle have been playing a dangerous jihadi game to …

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1 year ago

625 arrests, 1040 raids, 513 chargesheets and 74 convictions: Here's how NIA battled against terrorists, and jihadists in the year 2023

Op India

In 2023, the National Investigation Agency attached assets valued at approximately Rs 56 crores and achieved an astounding conviction rate of 94.70 percent in its battle against terrorism. The 74 defendants found guilty in 2023 received punishments including varying terms of “rigorous imprisonment” and “fines.” NIA’s fight against absconders As far as the absconders are concerned, the NIA found and …

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1 year ago

NIA raids 19 places in South India against a highly radicalised jihadi terror group

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency carried out searches at 19 locations in South India by busting a "highly radicalised jihadi terror group," sources said. Of the 19 places being searched by the NIA, the majority of them are linked to suspects affiliated with the jihadi group. The move comes days after the NIA raided multiple locations across Bengaluru, Karnataka, …

Nia

1 year, 1 month ago

Burkina Faso rights defender abducted as concerns grow over alleged clampdown on dissent

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — A prominent human rights defender in Burkina Faso has been abducted by unknown individuals, rights groups have announced, in what activists say could be the latest attempt by the military government to target dissidents using a controversial law. Daouda Diallo, a 2022 recipient of the Martin Ennals international human rights award, was abducted on Friday in Burkina …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Burkina Faso authorities say 70 people, mostly children and elderly, slain in village massacre

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Assailants in northern Burkina Faso killed about 70 people, most of them children and the elderly, in a village massacre earlier this month that remains under investigation, authorities said Monday. Investigators were meeting with families of the victims and expected to then update the provisional death toll of 70 people, Gnanou said. The junta notified at …

Burkina Faso Burkina Elderly Slain 70 People Village Massacre

1 year, 2 months ago

Spain: Major jihadi network busted, 14 Pakistani-origin persons arrested by police

Op India

Police in Spain arrested 14 Pakistan-origin individuals and busted a suspected jihadist network based in the country, Euro Weekly News reported. All of the detainees were of Pakistani origin and are said to have lived in Catalonia, Valencia, Guipuzcoa, Vitoria, Logrono and Lleida, according to Euro Weekly News, the largest English newspaper in Spain. A similar anti-terror operation was carried …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Why an ex-Hamas chief addressing a pro-Palestine rally in Kerala is problematic, dangerous and disturbing

Firstpost

The Kerala incident needs a strong, categorical reaction: That Hamas is not Palestine and any attempt to club the two is not just a concealed anti-Semitism at play but also against India’s larger interest Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre had just announced their decision to write a book on Israel. But when Lapierre asked her what it was, according to …

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Terror threat "substantial", NCTV warns of radicalised youth

Thousands join terror convict SA Basha's funeral procession in Coimbatore: How the jihadi had orchestrated the 1998 blast, killing 58 people

Jihadi groups carrying out atrocities against Buddhists, Hindus on Myanmar-Bangladesh border: Arakan Army

Syria doesn’t have to become a jihadi hellhole

Jihadi bride jailed for keeping Yazidi slave while in Syria

Britain's 'Jihadi Jack', 29, pleads to be repatriated to Canada 'to rot in jail' there rather than in a Syrian prison camp in his first television interview in years

Kenyan Jihadi is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style terror attack in America on behalf of al-Shabab

Burkina Faso massacre: Al-Qaida group kills more than 100 people in one of the worst jihadi attacks

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Inmates escape from one of Niger’s most fortified prisons where jihadis are held

Dreadful incidents of Islamist attack, abuse, threats on Hindus in Maharashtra in past 15 days

Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says

Jihadi fighters have settled in Nigerian national park popular with tourists, report claims

'No criminality': Delhi Police gives clean chit to POCSO complainant who called Alt News co-founder Md Zubair a 'jihadi'

Jihadi activities increasing in State due to appeasement policies of the Congress: Jagadish Shettar

Beheaded by a jihadi Beatle – a mother’s true story

Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died

Cross-border Pakistan, Iran attacks and menace of jihadi sanctuaries

625 arrests, 1040 raids, 513 chargesheets and 74 convictions: Here's how NIA battled against terrorists, and jihadists in the year 2023

NIA raids 19 places in South India against a highly radicalised jihadi terror group

Burkina Faso rights defender abducted as concerns grow over alleged clampdown on dissent

Burkina Faso authorities say 70 people, mostly children and elderly, slain in village massacre

Spain: Major jihadi network busted, 14 Pakistani-origin persons arrested by police

Why an ex-Hamas chief addressing a pro-Palestine rally in Kerala is problematic, dangerous and disturbing