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Hungary’s president pardons right-wing terrorists as pope visits
May 2, 2023 By Faith Matters

Hungary’s president pardons right-wing terrorists as pope visits

Hungarian President Katalin Novák has pardoned several convicted far-right terrorists on the occasion of Pope Francis’ trip to Budapest. “The week of the Pope’s visit offers a special opportunity for the head of state to make use of her right of amnesty,” the presidential chancellery announced in Budapest on Thursday evening. The amnesty affected the […]

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Syrian man arrested for planning Islamist attack in Germany
April 25, 2023 By Faith Matters

Syrian man arrested for planning Islamist attack in Germany

German police have arrested a 28-year-old Syrian man in the northern port city of Hamburg on suspicion of planning an Islamist attack, police and prosecutors announced on Tuesday. His brother, who is four years younger and lives in Kempten near the Austrian border in the southern state of Bavaria, is suspected of having aided and […]

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Two conspiracy theorists accused of plotting to destroy 5G masts
April 24, 2023 By Faith Matters

Two conspiracy theorists accused of plotting to destroy 5G masts

Two anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists plotted to destroy 5G masts and called for MPs to be hanged, prosecutors have told a jury. Darren Reynolds, 60, and Christine Grayson, 59, discussed armed uprisings and advocated violence towards people they called “traitors” on social media, Leeds Crown Court heard. Reynolds “went further” and posted extreme right-wing, antisemitic and […]

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Lebanese-Canadian academic convicted of Paris synagogue bombing in 1980
April 21, 2023 By Faith Matters

Lebanese-Canadian academic convicted of Paris synagogue bombing in 1980

A Lebanese-Canadian academic has been convicted in absentia of terrorism charges and sentenced to life in prison over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46. The court in the French capital issued an arrest warrant for Hassan Diab, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, and denies wrongdoing. His lawyers […]

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Terrorist police called in to investigate house explosion
April 12, 2023 By Faith Matters

Terrorist police called in to investigate house explosion

Terrorist police have been called in to investigate an explosion at a house which left a man in his 40s with life-changing injuries. A specialist explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team has been leading searches at the property in Loring Road, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, following the incident at around 7.40pm on Monday. And the police investigation, being […]

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Man appears in court over alleged terror plot to burn bookshop
April 2, 2023 By Faith Matters

Man appears in court over alleged terror plot to burn bookshop

A former British soldier has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of an extreme far-right terrorist plot to burn down a book shop. William Howitt, 26, of West Bridgford, Nottingham, is charged with preparation of terrorist acts. It is alleged that on or before March 14, he “wrote a plan for conducting an arson attack […]

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Two women stabbed to death at Muslim centre in Lisbon
March 28, 2023 By Faith Matters

Two women stabbed to death at Muslim centre in Lisbon

A man wielding a large knife killed two women and injured several other people at an Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon in an attack which Portuguese authorities said they were investigating as a possible terror act. The women were Portuguese staff members at the centre, Ismaili community leader Narzim Ahmad told Portuguese TV channel SIC. […]

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Counter-terrorism police involved after man set alight on way home from mosque
March 21, 2023 By Faith Matters

Counter-terrorism police involved after man set alight on way home from mosque

Counter-terrorism police are involved in an investigation into a man being set alight as he walked home from a mosque and a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The victim suffered facial burns when his jacket was set alight in Shenstone Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, at around 7pm on Monday. West Midlands […]

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Terror trial jury told tweet ‘encouraging terrorism’ was bid to gain followers
March 20, 2023 By Faith Matters

Terror trial jury told tweet ‘encouraging terrorism’ was bid to gain followers

A Twitter user accused of encouraging others to decapitate anyone who insulted Islam has told a jury he retweeted praise for a terrorist “just to have some more followers”. Ajmal Shahpal told Birmingham Crown Court he did not believe that the killer of French school teacher Samuel Paty was “as brave as a lion” or […]

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Far-right politician will be denied entry to UK, says security minister
March 20, 2023 By Faith Matters

Far-right politician will be denied entry to UK, says security minister

A far-right politician planning to burn a copy of the Koran during a visit to Wakefield will “not be allowed access” into the UK, the security minister has said. Tom Tugendhat said Danish-Swedish Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Stram Kurs party founded in 2017, has been added to the “warnings index” and will be […]

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