Lawmakers in Germany are under increased pressure to tackle the country’s growing trend of child marriages, renewing the debate over whether to allow Islamic Sharia law to supersede the country’s legal system when applied to its refugee population. With the wave of more than 1.2 million migrants, mostly of the Islamic faith, coming in from…
An Islamic State militant was arrested in Sweden this week but is now being held by immigration authorities because he has already applied for asylum, officials said Thursday. The 46-year-old Bosnian jihadist who arrived at the country’s Malmo Airport Monday along with his four children, displayed signs of nervousness prompting Swedish authorities to delve deeper…
An angry war of words has erupted between Greece and Turkey after Turkish authorities permitted a daily Koran reading to be broadcast from Turkey’s famous Hagia Sophia, a former Byzantine cathedral. Turkish national broadcaster TRT Diyanet will broadcast the sahur or Islamic predawn meal along with daily readings from the Koran during the Islamic holy month…
In light of the Brussels attacks which revealed a serious lapse in Belgium’s counterterrorism measures, the former head of Britain’s intelligence agency has suggested that the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union would improve British security. A British exit, or ‘Brexit’ from the E.U. would give the U.K. more autonomy vis-à-vis the European Convention…
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s deadly attacks in Brussels, documents can now confirm the existence of an Islamic State “Suicide Brigade,” a groups of 123 members including 25 Belgians trained and readied by ISIS to launch attacks in Europe. The “Suicide Brigade,” consisting of jihadi recruits who join the Caliphate solely to die as martyrs,…
Norway is now considering the appropriate steps to deal with dozens of asylum-seekers as young as 11, who are already married and either have children or are pregnant. According to Norwegian broadcaster NRK, 10 of the 61 married migrants, who came from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq last year, were under 16, Norway’s age of consent,…