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Charlotte Littlewood speaks at a London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism event in this undated photo. (Lakruwan Rajapaksha/ London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism)
March 14, 2026, 2:17 pm
UK extremism expert: As Islamist narratives go mainstream, politicians fear confrontation
Charlotte Littlewood says Britain is losing an ‘uphill battle’ as groups like the Muslim Brotherhood use antisemitism as a strategic tool to undermine Western societies
By Robert Philpot
People look into a cordoned-off area where a man stabbed several people in the southern Austria city of Villach, February 15, 2025. (Wiesflecker/Kleine Zeitung via AP)
February 16, 2025, 2:18 pm
Austrian authorities say Villach stabber was Islamist, pledged allegiance to ISIS
Austrian minister says 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was radicalized online before killing 14-year-old boy, wounding five others
By Agencies
A police officer walks outside the Islamic Center Hamburg with the Imam Ali Mosque during a raid Wednesday, July 24, 2024, Hamburg, Germany. (Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP)
July 24, 2024, 10:12 am
Germany bans group accused of Iran links and Hezbollah support, raids properties
Hamburg Islamic Centre promotes ‘Islamist-extremist, totalitarian ideology’ and supports Hezbollah, says German interior minister, as ban shutters four Shiite mosques
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Belgian Police patrolling the Grand Place in central Brussels on October 17, 2023, following the shooting of two Swedish soccer fans by a suspected Tunisian extremist. (AP/Martin Meissner)
April 23, 2024, 8:06 pm
Dutch intelligence: Europe foiled 10 jihadist attacks in 2023, Gaza war among triggers
‘The terrorist threat is serious at this moment,’ agency head says
By Agencies
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the attacks by Hamas against Israel and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on October 18, 2023. (Frederick Florin/AFP)
April 12, 2024, 4:48 am
Europe turning blind eye to Hamas and Hezbollah networks in its territory, experts say
Analysts say terror groups operate largely unchecked, running charities, lobbying public opinion and recruiting supporters — and the legal means to stop them are scant
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Police officers search the 'Blue Mosque' housing the Islamic Centre of Hamburg, during raids across Germany over suspected links to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Hamburg, northern Germany on November 16, 2023 (Axel Heimken / AFP)
November 16, 2023, 12:42 pm
German police raid group over alleged ties to Hezbollah, amid antisemitism crackdown
‘We have the Islamist scene in our sights,’ says interior minister after 54 sites raided throughout country in probe against Islamic Center Hamburg
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Riot police monitor as pro Palestinian demonstrators 'in solidarity with Gaza' hold a rally in Duisburg, western Germany, on October 9, 2023. (Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
November 2, 2023, 5:07 am
Police in European countries arrest suspects in terror plots tied to Israel-Hamas war
Several men detained for allegedly perpetrating or planning to perpetrate attacks while citing events in Gaza
By PHILISSA CRAMER
German police and rescue workers walk with a detained man, on November 6, 2021, in Seubersdorf, southern Germany, after several people were wounded in a knife attack on a high-speed train. (Fabian Schreiner/dpa/AFP)
November 17, 2021, 1:22 pm
German prosecutors say Islamist motive possible in train knife attack
27-year-old suspect who wounded four people earlier this month had Islamic State propaganda videos on his phone, allege prosecutors in the case
By AFP
Illustrative: German police (AFP Photo/dpa/Jens Büttner)
September 14, 2020, 12:08 am
Driver stabbed in German town in possible terror attack
Police say ‘an Islamist background cannot be ruled out’ after reports suspected assailant shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ during stabbing
By AP
Police officers stand guard near the residential homes of the employees of Toennies abatoir, in Verl, western Germany on June 23, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (FASSBENDER/AFP)
June 23, 2020, 9:26 pm
Europol warns virus lockdown could fuel terrorist radicalization
EU’s police agency says both right-wing and left-wing violence are on the rise, with discontent and fear-mongering escalating
By AFP
Illustrative: Danish policemen stand guard in front of the city court in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 10, 2016. (AFP/SCANPIX DENMARK/Emil Hougaard)
April 30, 2020, 7:18 pm
Arresting suspect, Danish police thwart ‘militant Islamic’ attacks
Copenhagen raid nabs suspect authorities say was trying to acquire weapons and munition, planning to carry out ‘one or several attacks’
By AP
A participant in the 'wear a kippah' protest in Berlin holds up a sign, April 25, 2018. The solidarity event was held in response to a Syrian-Palestinian’s assault of a man wearing a kippah. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
May 9, 2019, 2:32 am
Germany issues an ‘early warning’ report about rise of Islamist anti-Semitism
Top intelligence agency describes analysis as leap forward, amid concern of rising expressions of hate in the country
By Toby Axelrod
A woman leaves flowers at the scene of a shooting in Liege, Belgium, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
May 30, 2018, 11:02 pm
Islamic State claims deadly attack on Belgium police
Benjamin Herman fatally shot two policewomen and a bystander in Liege, is suspected of killing a fourth person
By AFP
Belgian Federal Prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt, right, and Federal Prosecutor Wenke Roggen address a media conference in Brussels, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
May 30, 2018, 2:06 pm
Belgium killings were a terror attack, prosecutors say
Authorities confirm that Benjamin Herman, 31, shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ during shooting rampage that killed 3 people in Liege
By Agencies
Hearses are pictured inside the security perimeter set by the police at the scene of a shooting in Liege, on May 29, 2018, after a gunman shot dead three people, two of them policemen, before being killed by elite officers (AFP PHOTO / BELGA / ERIC LALMAND)
May 30, 2018, 12:20 pm
Belgium shooter killed 4th person the day before attack – minister
Benjamin Herman, who was on a terror watchlist and was released from prison on Monday, killed a former fellow inmate the night before Liege rampage
By Agencies
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