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.
The trial opened with a striking statement by the ‘mastermind’ Salah Abdeslam. “First of all, I would like to say that there is no God but Allah and Mohamed is his servant.” By explicitly declaring the religious dimension of his act, he embarrassed the judges and the media who, despite the horror of the attacks, still struggle to accept the notion of Islamist terrorism.
Moura and the surrounding area are semi-controlled by Islamist insurgents. They impose taxes and Sharia law, threaten those refusing to adhere to their strict behavioural code, and often attempt to recruit fighters from the Peuhl ethnic group in the region by exploiting their grievances against both the Malian government and other ethnic groups, according to Human Rights Watch.
