After years of waiting, the UK government has finally recognized the acts of genocide against the Yazidi people by the Islamic State terror group in Iraq, citing a German court ruling.
If Anjem Choudary is convicted of terror charges, anything other than a life sentence will be risible. It’s high time our government got serious on the issue of radical Islam.
The raids on the alleged Islamic State sympathizers come mere weeks after intelligence agencies warned that a resurgent IS is plotting attacks in the West.
AfD MP Martin Sichert said that the Bundestag’s recognition of the genocide was long overdue, and called for the “nice words” to be followed by concrete actions.
The suspect, whose identity remains unknown, faces two charges: membership in a terrorist organization and membership in a criminal organization with the aim of committing war crimes.
Whereas this group is barely a factor on the global scene any longer, Egypt has continued to deal with its militants, especially in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
