islamism

France

Six on trial in France for second attack 10 years after Charlie Hebdo

Six men face trial for a 2020 knife attack outside Charlie Hebdo's former offices, five years after the deadly 2015 attacks.

06/01/2025

Europe News

Austrian security forces raid 72 alleged Islamic extremists

Tuesday's raids came a month after authorities foiled a plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna which were subsequently cancelled.

12/09/2024

Europe News

Austria to team up with Germany in joint deportations to Afghanistan

Austria's Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum has said that deportations to Afghanistan are permissible on a case-by-case basis due to the "changed security situation" in the country.

01/09/2024

Europe Decoded

Euroviews. Why Islamism will continue to threaten liberal democracies in Europe

Just as in the fight against right-wing extremism, clear lines must be drawn with Islamists, not just concerning the question of violence but regarding their stance on democratic core values, Gülden Hennemann writes.

29/08/2024

Germany

German police swoop on Hezbollah-supporting 'extremists'

Authorities are cracking down on supporters of Islamist groups after a rise in public antisemitism.

16/11/2023

France

France bans abayas in school in the name of secularism

French Education Minister announced that the traditional clothing known as abaya will be banned in schools in the name of secularism. Certain Muslim students wear this loose dress on top of other clothes.

28/08/2023

World News

Euroviews. Europe should take action against Hezbollah's growing strength | View

Europe as well as Lebanon is under threat from Hezbollah and must fully designate the group as a terrorist entity, argues the Counter Extremism Project's Hans-Jakob Schindler

15/10/2021

Tunisia

Euroviews. The US and EU must put pressure on Tunisia before it’s too late | View

The international community must speak up after the recent presidential power-grab in Tunisia, argues Adnen Hasnaoui, president of the Maghreb Institute for Sustainable Development.

04/10/2021

Germany

Four indicted in Germany over links to Islamic extremist group

German citizen Marius A. is alleged to have travelled to Syria in 2013 to fight with the Al-Qaida splinter group, while three other men are accused of collecting funds on his behalf.

16/09/2021

Germany

Teen arrested in Germany over alleged synagogue attack plot

The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia said officials had been tipped off about an "Islamist-motivated threat" ahead of the Jewish holiday.

16/09/2021

France

French military chief invites ‘civil war’ letter soldiers to quit

The chief of staff of the French armed forces said the anonymous signatories of a second letter, which claimed “civil war is brewing” in France, should resign for the military.

12/05/2021

France

Teenagers due to be indicted over links with Samuel Paty killer

Two men aged 18 and a 17-year-old woman were arrested by examining magistrates on Tuesday.

06/11/2020

France

'We know what needs to done': Macron promises radical Islam crackdown

French people must be protected against "this evil that is radical Islam," Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

20/10/2020

No Comment

French MPs hold a minute's silence for murdered teacher Samuel Paty

Paty, a history teacher, was beheaded on Friday by an 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, who was later shot dead by police.

20/10/2020

France

France boosts anti-terror force in Sahel as US mulls pull-out

The 600 new troops bring the total number of French soldiers on the ground to 5,100.

02/02/2020

Europe News

'There might be retaliation' - EU security fears after al-Baghdadi

The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so called Islamic State group or Daesh, leaves a vacuum at the top of the terrorist organisation, and while the frequency of IS attacks on European soil has been decreasing recently. EU officials are warning the threat is far from over.

31/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump is using ISIS leader's death to distract from his failures. Don't let him ǀ View

Despite Trump’s grandstanding, and despite even this latest, legitimately positive news regarding Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the past few weeks have not been a collective success. Rather, they have been a boon for America’s adversaries and a catastrophe for its friends.

28/10/2019

France

Senior figure asks French Muslims to donate to Notre Dame restoration

"I think it is our obligation as citizens and as Muslims to participate in the reconstruction of this beautiful cathedral," Kamel Kabtane, President of the Council of Rhone Mosques told Euronews.

17/04/2019