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• Former French Politician Faces Jail Time for Islamophobic Tweet About Christchurch Attack
  2 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Catherine Blein, a regional councilor of Brittany ex-RN, had made an Islamophobic tweet to justify the Christchurch attack in New Zealand that killed 51 Muslims in March 2019. For this message, the prosecution requested eight months of suspended prison and three years of ineligibility against her.
  "An eye for an eye." This was one tweet too many for Catherine Blein, a regional councilor of Brittany ex-RN. She was reacting to the massacre of 51 Muslims that occurred in March in (…)

• Béziers Mosque Files Complaint After Online Calls for Arson Following Teacher’s Murder
  22 October 2020, by Ginette

  The officials of the Grand Mosque of Béziers filed a complaint against X following the call issued by Internet users to burn the mosque the day after the assassination of teacher Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
  According to information provided by the police, Internet users called for the burning of the Grand Mosque of Béziers. "Do you want to pay tribute to this teacher? Go burn the mosque in Béziers. Get the message across that we’ve had enough," could be read on Facebook. But (…)

• Grenade Attack on Suspected Drug Traffickers’ Home Shocks Belgian Neighborhood
  21 October 2019, by Kamal

  Surveillance camera footage released by the Belgian federal police traces the course of a grenade attack targeting the home of a Moroccan family in the Antwerp region of Belgium.
  The attack, which took place on September 2, would be part of a settling of scores between drug traffickers, and apparently targeted a Moroccan family known in the region for its illicit activities.
  The video shows an individual riding a bicycle, unscrewing the tip of a grenade and pulling the string before (…)

• Moroccan Terror Suspect: American Soldier’s Smile Thwarted Train Attack
  3 July 2019, by Kamal

  On August 21, 2015, on a train connecting Amsterdam to Paris, the Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani had planned a terrorist attack, when he was neutralized by an American soldier named Spencer Stone. Four years after his arrest, he tells the investigating judge that a simple smile from him had prevented a massacre.
  Speaking by videoconference with the investigating judge, the Moroccan admitted that he was blocked by the smile of the American soldier, as he had prepared the attack in the train (…)

• Strasbourg Terror Attack Survivor: Taxi Driver Recounts Hostage Ordeal
  16 February 2023, by Ginette

  The "Dans les yeux d’Olivier" show broadcast on France 2 on February 13 welcomed Mostafa, the taxi driver taken hostage in 2018 by a terrorist. Five years after this kidnapping that could have turned into a tragedy, the man of Moroccan origin still bears the scars.
  On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, Mostafa, a professional taxi driver, went to work. But what should have been a routine day turned into a nightmare, according to the person concerned. The man who took Mostafa hostage had already (…)

• Brussels Terror Suspect Salah Abdeslam Charged in 2016 Airport and Metro Attacks
  14 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Salah Abdeslam, a French jihadist terrorist of Moroccan origin who grew up in Belgium, has been formally charged in the case of the March 22, 2016 attacks in Brussels, according to details provided by the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office. A radicalized petty criminal from the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek, Salah Abdeslam, incarcerated in France, is the only surviving member of the jihadist commandos behind the French attacks of November 13, 2015.
  The information that had been (…)

• Fourth Suspect in 2016 Nice Attack Released After 3 Years in Custody
  30 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Mohamed Oualid G., 43, was released after more than three years of pre-trial detention.
  The persons charged in connection with the July 14, 2016 attack in Nice are gradually regaining their freedom. This is the case of Mohamed Oualid G, the fourth suspect to benefit from a release.
  On August 6, 2019, an investigating judge of the Paris Court ordered the release of Mohamed Oualid G. under house arrest with electronic monitoring, reports Le Parisien. The same source indicates that this (…)

• Gunman Attacks Brest Mosque, Injures Imam; Suspect Found Dead After Apparent Suicide
  27 June 2019, by Kamal

  Gunshots were fired at worshippers in a mosque located in the Pontanézen district of Brest. It was in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Two people were hit, including the imam.
  Rachid El Jay, the imam of the Brest mosque, and one of the officials responsible for video recording the sermons, were injured by gunfire from an individual who arrived at the scene in a Renault Clio car. He fired six or seven times before fleeing.
  The alleged perpetrator of the terrorist (…)

• French Report Finds Low Radicalization in Key Sectors, Urges Vigilance in Others
  28 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  The rate of radicalization in the police, gendarmerie, the army and the national education system is very low in France, despite the persistence of the threat. This is what a parliamentary report has just revealed. However, progress is to be hoped for in the health sector, transport and in prison environments, the same document notes.
  The Report by Eric Poulliat (LREM Deputy from Gironde) and Eric Diard (Les Républicains Deputy from Bouches-du-Rhône), published as part of an information (…)

• US Adds Moroccan Terrorist Leader to Global Blacklist, Citing Mali Threat
  20 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  According to a recent ranking by the United States, the Moroccan Ali Maychou, a leading member of a terrorist movement active in northern Mali, is one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world.
  Two members of "Jamaat-Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin", in Mali, described as "dangerous", have been identified and placed on the US global terrorism blacklist. This is the result of coordination between the US Department of State, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Intelligence Agency (…)