Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
UK police charge 2 men with spying on the Jewish community for Iran
British police have charged two men with spying on the U.K.’s Jewish community on behalf of Iran. Iranian-British national Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, and 22-year-old Iranian citizen Alireza Farasati have been charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service. Prosecutors said the country the charges relate to is Iran. Frank Ferguson, head…
Read More4 teens suspected of terror offenses in Rotterdam synagogue explosion, Dutch prosecutors say
Four teens arrested on suspicion of setting off an explosive outside a Dutch synagogue are suspected of terror offenses, prosecutors said Monday, after they appeared before an investigating magistrate. The suspects, whose names weren’t released in line with Dutch privacy rules, are suspected of “causing an explosion, arson and attempted arson, all with a terrorist…
Read MoreExplosion at Amsterdam Jewish school ‘a deliberate attack’ says mayor
An explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam was a “deliberate attack against the Jewish community”, the mayor of the Dutch capital has said. Femke Halsema said the overnight blast caused limited damage to the outer wall of the school in the Buitenveldert district. No injuries were reported. “This is a cowardly act of aggression…
Read MoreDutch police arrest four men over Rotterdam synagogue fire
Dutch police said Friday, March 13, they had arrested four young men on suspicion of setting off an explosion outside a synagogue in Rotterdam that caused a brief blaze and damage to the building. After the blast, police monitored other synagogues as a precaution and stopped a vehicle near another building driven by someone matching…
Read MoreMan who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says
The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was fatally shot by security officers after driving through a hallway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan,…
Read MoreBelgian interior minister slams ‘anti-Semitic act’ as police probe Liège synagogue explosion
Belgium’s prime minister vowed to combat antisemitism on Monday, after a pre-dawn blast damaged a synagogue in eastern Belgium, with prosecutors in charge of organised crime and terrorism heading up the investigation. The explosion took place around 4:00 am (0300 GMT) in front of the synagogue, causing no injuries, police said. “Antisemitism is an attack…
Read MoreDefendant Charged with Damaging the Brooklyn Headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Movement
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a complaint was unsealed charging Dan Sohail with intentionally damaging religious property, specifically the global headquarters for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement (Chabad Headquarters) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Sohail was taken into federal custody earlier today and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Clay…
Read More4 men arrested in UK on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on Jewish community
London police said Friday that four men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on the Jewish community. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the suspects — one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals — were taken into custody on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service. The men, who were…
Read MoreSocial media believed to be tied to Austin shooter is full of antisemitic, anti-Christian, misogynistic posts
The attacker who gunned down revelers at a bar in Austin, Texas, over the weekend appears to have posted antisemitic, anti-Christian and misogynistic posts in the year and a half leading up to the deadly shooting, according to law enforcement sources in Texas. Three people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in…
Read MoreWinnipeg man charged with posing threats to prime minister, Jewish communities
A Winnipeg man is facing charges after RCMP allege he posted multiple online threats targeting Prime Minister Mark Carney. RCMP say a national security investigation began in January into a user on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. They say along with threats targeting Carney, the account also made posts inciting hatred…
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