
Spanish Court Upholds 5-Year Sentence for Imam Convicted of Promoting Jihad
The Audiencia Nacional has confirmed the 5-year and 6-month prison sentence of Bilal Jfita, the imam of a mosque in Getafe, for self-radicalization and incitement to jihad.

The Audiencia Nacional has confirmed the 5-year and 6-month prison sentence of Bilal Jfita, the imam of a mosque in Getafe, for self-radicalization and incitement to jihad.

Federal Minister of Climate, Zakia Khattabi , as well as her entire Ecolo party, are wrongly included among the 160 Belgians considered "Muslim Brotherhood" by a Swiss intelligence company that would have provided this erroneous information to the secret services of the United Arab Emirates.

The National Court has rejected the appeal of a Moroccan jihadist who was demanding the cancellation of his expulsion ordered by the Secretary of State for Security because he poses a threat to national security. In his defense, the man claimed to be homosexual and that he would be in danger once in Morocco.

Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini, convicted for the Maelbeek and Zaventem attacks in 2016, were wiretapped in the Bruges prison. These recordings reveal the personality traits of the two men of Moroccan origin.

A Moroccan residing in Cazoul-les-Béziers was sentenced, in immediate appearance, to a 2-year prison sentence and a permanent ban from French territory for terrorism apology .

Four individuals with extreme ideologies are due to appear this Monday, June 19, before the Paris Assize Court. Accused of criminal terrorist conspiracy, these men, aged 22 to 28, are suspected of having wanted, among other things, to attack Muslims.

Suspected of radicalization, Abderrahim Sayah, the former president of the mosque in Hautmont, France, was arrested and then expelled on Tuesday to Algeria, his country of origin.

Judge of the Audiencia Nacional, Santiago Pedraz, is asking France for authorization to question Loubna Fares, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin married to a jihadist and arrested in 2019, as part of the investigation against the two Spanish women repatriated from a Syrian camp in January.

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) , based on information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), announced the dismantling of a terrorist cell linked to the Daesh organization . The latter was preparing to deploy a series of terrorist acts aimed at destabilizing the security of the kingdom, according to a press release relayed by the MAP agency.

Morocco has managed to free Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi, the two Moroccan cyclists kidnapped more than a month ago in the Sahel region, precisely in the border area between Burkina Faso and Niger.

Islamic extremism in Morocco has been marked by five key moments, including the Casablanca attacks in 2003 and 2007, the Arab Spring in 2011, and the creation of the Islamic State (IS) in 2014. To fight the phenomenon, the Moroccan authorities have put in place institutions and reforms.

Thirteen people were arrested by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) last Thursday. Suspected of being supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State", the individuals were arrested during operations carried out in several cities of the country, including Casablanca, Béni Mellal, Mohammedia, Khénifra, Témara, Tiflet, Tanger, Ksar El Kébir, Rissani and Berkane.