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Scholars are warning against the spread of niqab shops in Germany after an investigation has revealed they serve as Salafist meeting places and indoctrination centres.

A French scholar of Islam has a dire warning for Europe, claiming that the third generation of young Muslim men are being increasingly radicalised and may lead the continent into a civil war.

(AFP) – The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burkinis – full-body swimsuits – on the beaches of the French Riviera resort famous for its annual film festival, officials said on Thursday.

Raids targeting Islamist preachers accused of backing Islamic State and recruiting fighters for the terrorist group were carried out in German cities yesterday.

Violence against Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christian minority, one of the largest and oldest groups of Christians in the Middle East, has escalated at an alarming rate in the last several weeks, with little official response.

A Catholic church in Lyon, France, has sold off statues of monks killed by Muslims, for fear they will provoke attacks. The statues, which were to be shown at Saint Louis church, honoured monks who were beheaded by Muslims in Algeria

Former FBI Counterterrorism Center instructor Kim Jenson told Breitbart News Sunday that the proper context for understanding the heinous atrocity in Orlando is that “the War on Terrorism is not against Islam,” but rather against “a very specific ideology within the community of Islam.”

During a radio interview on Sunday, Breitbart’s Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter asked an Islamic State-aligned terrorist whether he believes his group can truly defeat the Jewish state.

TEL AVIV – Over the last month alone, 12 jihadists have left Gaza to join the Islamic State in Sinai, a top Salafi source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

An asylum home in Germany was built just yards from a radical mosque and a conservative councilor is demanding answers. An asylum home in Regensburg is only yards away from a mosque linked to radical Islamic preachers. Councillor Bernadette Dechant of the conservative

A former radical Islamist spoke at a German university about the “generational” dangers of radical Islamism among young Germans and incoming migrants. Ahmad Mansour is a psychologist and author who used to be a radical Islamist. He recently published a book which

EILAT, Israel – Iran has taken advantage of the recent cold spell in the Gaza Strip to increase its influence over the local population at a time when subsidies for Islamic organizations have been severely cut.

(AFP) – A documentary on radical Islam has struck a nerve in France two-and-a-half months after a devastating jihadist attack in Paris and sparked a debate about freedom of expression. The documentary “Salafists” opens on Wednesday in only five cinemas

TEL AVIV – The Army of Islam, a Gaza-based Salafi organization that was involved in the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, is attempting to become the Islamic State’s sole representative in Gaza and the West Bank, according to militant Salafi sources in Gaza close to the organization.

TEL AVIV – Following in the footsteps of the Islamic State, another Gaza-based Salafi organization has launched a campaign against Hamas, accusing it of espousing an “anti-Islamic” doctrine.

TEL AVIV – Breitbart Jerusalem on Sunday interviewed Abu Ayna Al-Ansari, a top Salafi militant in the Gaza Strip associated with Islamic State (IS) ideology, about the possibility of IS cells among the Israeli-Arab population.

A Salafi terrorist group associated with Islamic State claimed responsibility for the volley of rockets fired at southern Israel on Friday night. “We take responsibility for the rocket bombardment on the Sderot settlement at 11:07 p.m. Friday night. Praised God,

The number of fundamentalist Salafi Islamists in Germany — those who aim to practice their religion according to 7th century norms — is rising at an unprecedented rate. A survey commissioned by Germany security services estimated that there were around 7,900

Germany’s security experts have rounded on the country’s leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, warning that her immigration policy will “produce extremists”, and stating that the country is importing “Islamist extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, [and] national and ethnic conflicts of other nations”. Former Interior Secretary