A Month of Islam in Britain: September 2014
A review of some of the main stories involving the rise of Islam in Britain in September 2014.
Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins
Belgium’s largest-ever terrorism trial has begun under tight security in the port city of Antwerp.
Anjem Choudary, In His Own Words
The British Islamist Anjem Choudary has been released from police custody after he was arrested for allegedly being a member of a banned terrorist group.
Switzerland: Land of Jihad
Swiss lawmakers have filed a motion calling on the Swiss Parliament to ban the jihadist group Islamic State from operating in Switzerland.
Britain’s Female Jihadists
Great Britain is now the leading European source of female jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
Portugal’s Jihadists
Jihadists are becoming increasingly strident in their vows to reconquer Al-Andalus—of which Portugal is a key component—for Islam.
Germany’s “Sharia Police”
Muslim radicals have begun enforcing Islamic Sharia law on the streets of Wuppertal, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany.
Why Europe Must Not Be Trusted to Disarm Hamas
European leaders are calling for a greater European role in enforcing the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
Austria: Springboard for Global Jihad
Austria figures prominently in a map produced by the Islamic State that outlines the group’s five-year plan for expanding its caliphate into Europe.
Islamic State: We Will Take Spain Back
Jihadists have vowed to reconquer Spain from non-Muslims and make it part of their new Islamic Caliphate.
Holy War Arrives in Germany
Supporters of the jihadist group “Islamic State” have clashed with Kurdish Yazidis in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany.
Catalonia to Muslims: Support Independence, Get Mega-Mosque
Muslim leaders in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia say they have been promised a mega-mosque in Barcelona if they support independence from Spain in a referendum set for November 9.
