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• Charlie Hebdo Republishes Controversial Mohammad Cartoons as Terror Trial Begins
  2 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  As the trial of the January 2015 attacks opens this Wednesday, September 2, Charlie Hebdo has republished the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that had caused controversy. The weekly magazine insists that it will never give in.
  "The hatred that struck us is still there and, since 2015, it has taken the time to mutate, to change its appearance to go unnoticed and relentlessly pursue its merciless crusade. We will never lie down. We will never give up," says Riss, editor-in-chief of the (…)

• Morocco Terror Plot: Wife of Key Suspect Admits Knowledge of Planned Attacks
  17 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  While she had denied her husband’s involvement in the attacks that a terrorist cell dismantled last week in the cities of Témara, Tangier, Tiflet and Skhirate was preparing, the wife of Abderrazak A., alias "moul triporteur", finally confesses.
  During her hearing on Monday, the terrorist’s wife stated that her husband had informed her of the attacks that he and his "brothers in arms" were about to carry out, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. She added that her husband had asked her to take (…)

• Five Suspects Charged in Alleged Terrorist Plot, Facing Multiple Serious Accusations
  24 September 2020, by Jérôme

  Two of the five defendants are accused of their alleged involvement in the constitution of a criminal association, the manufacture of explosives, the possession and use of weapons. They are also accused, among other things, of attempted premeditated murder, the collection and management of sums of money for use in the commission of terrorist acts, the advocacy of a terrorist organization, and the exercise of an activity in an unauthorized association.
  The three other individuals, adds the (…)

• Morocco Tightens Controls on Ammonium Nitrate Following Beirut Blast Concerns
  25 September 2020, by Jérôme

  Strengthen control over the trade and use of ammonium nitrate. This is what the central services of the Ministry of the Interior, through a note, are alerting the local authorities and the police services throughout the Kingdom.
  Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound well known to Moroccans. It is the same one that has mourned and caused countless damage in the recent explosion at the port of Beirut.
  It is used in the manufacture of homemade explosive devices used in terrorist attacks. (…)

• Former Leader of Islamist Group Forsane Alizza Remains Under House Arrest After Terrorism Conviction
  27 September 2020, by Jérôme

  To recall, the leader of the Islamist movement Forzane Alizza ("The Knights of Pride") had been sentenced in 2015 to nine years in prison by the Paris Criminal Court for "criminal association with a view to preparing a terrorist act".
  On September 18, 2020, the Ministry of the Interior had renewed the house arrest that had been notified to him on his release from detention on December 31, 2019: Prohibition to leave the Loire-Atlantique. He can only leave Bouguenais for the sole needs of (…)

• Muslim Leaders Condemn Attack Near Charlie Hebdo’s Former Office
  29 September 2020, by Bladi.net

  The National Observatory against Islamophobia has just condemned the knife attack near the former premises of the newspaper "Charlie Hebdo".
  Abdallah Zekri, general delegate of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) and president of the said Observatory, condemned the attack that took place last Friday near the former headquarters of the French satirical newspaper.
  For him, in the midst of the trial of the deadly January 2015 attacks, this attack against innocent people is a (…)

• French Interior Minister Rushes Back to Paris After Teacher Beheaded in Suspected Terror Attack
  17 October 2020, by Ginette

  The French Minister of the Interior, on a working visit to Morocco, returned urgently to Paris on Friday, October 16, following the attack perpetrated against a teacher. The victim was beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in the Yvelines, near Paris.
  The French had barely recovered from their emotions after the cleaver attack that took place near the former premises of Charlie Hebdo, when they had to face another brutal attack. The victim in this case is a history-geography teacher at the (…)

• Anti-Muslim Attacks Surge in France Following Teacher’s Murder
  23 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  Hatred towards Muslims is growing since the murder of teacher Samuel Paty, killed in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
  Damage has been reported in Montélimar, graffiti and broken windows in Bordeaux. Arson threats in Béziers, two veiled women assaulted in Paris, and especially three mosques targeted, including the Maison du Maroc in Montélimar and the one in Bordeaux.
  These acts were immediately reported by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. "I have asked the prefects of the departments (…)

• Belgian Muslims Express Solidarity with Catholics After Nice Basilica Attack
  2 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  Following the attack on the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020, Belgian Muslims have expressed their solidarity with the Catholic community.
  "In these difficult times, as representatives of the Federation of Mosques of Brussels and as Belgian Muslims, we wanted to express our solidarity with the Catholic community and with all Christians, following the attack perpetrated in the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice and the murder of three believers," said Mohamed Belabed, advisor to (…)

• Muslim Youth Guard Cathedral in Solidarity After Nice Attack
  2 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  After the attack in Nice, young Muslims decided to symbolically protect the Saint-Fulcran Cathedral in Lodève in the Hérault. They organized a gathering in front of this place of worship last Thursday.
  "We come symbolically to protect the cathedral. We are accused of many things, in particular of not reacting when there are attacks, we are insulted on social networks. (...) We are not enough, or poorly represented in the media, on TV sets where many people speak in our place," explains (…)