Cambridge University prison rehab programme used by London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan is scrapped

Cambridge University has scrapped its prison rehabilitation programme after a convicted terrorist went on a bloody rampage in London.

Freed terrorist Usman Khan, 28, convinced staff at the Learning Together programme he was a reformed character before killing two graduates.

Khan, wearing a fake suicide vest with kitchen knives strapped to his hands, stabbed rehab worker Jack Merritt, 25, and volunteer Saskia Jones, 23, at an event at Fishmonger’s Hall to mark the scheme’s fifth anniversary. He then ran on to London Bridge where he was shot dead by police on November 29, 2019.

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Saudi court orders first naming of man guilty of sexual harassment

A court in Saudi Arabia has for the first time ordered that a man convicted of sexual harassment be named and shamed in public, local media report.

Yasser al-Arawi was found guilty by the Criminal Court in Medina of harassing a woman using obscene remarks.

He was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined $1,330 (£980).

The anti-harassment law was amended a year ago to allow for offenders’ names and sentences to be published in local newspapers at their own expense.

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Police raid homes of 18 of the usual suspects over New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Milan

Police said the 18 suspects are aged between 15 and 21 and are foreign or Italian of north African origin.

Italian police have raided the homes of 15 young men and three boys who are suspected of involvement in a series of sexual assaults during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Milan.

Nine women have so far reported that they were assaulted during celebrations in front of Milan’s Cathedral on Piazza del Duomo.

The case has prompted comparisons with the mass sexual attacks and muggings that took place in the German city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve in 2015-16.

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[Ex-Muslims:] The Challenge to Islam It Has Never Faced

Pipes: Ex-Muslims are my topic today. Had you mentioned them to me just a few years ago, I would have said they have no significance beyond some individuals, mostly cowering in secret, not letting the world know their about their hostility to Islam. But I’ve recently concluded that they represent a significant phenomenon, especially as they challenge Islam in an unprecedented way, leaving Muslims with few effective defenses.

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That’s how they roll…

Crook teacher banned over terrorist funding

… It told the Teaching Regulation Authority that some of the payments were made to people who had been investigated or arrested for suspected terrorism related offences.

The misconduct panel report said Ms Sebbagh believed violent jihad was the correct interpretation of Islamic teaching but lied about her beliefs and actions.

She claimed not to know ISIS was a terrorist organisation and not to know a video she sent to one person promoted jihad, it said.

She also claimed not to have known another individual was involved in encouraging hate against the West when she sent him money when in fact she shared his views.

Imagine that, the teacher doesn’t know nuffin.

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‘I don’t understand why he is still in Canada,’ judge says after sentencing violent criminal offender “refugee” Mohammed Al-Samaneh

A Niagara judge has questioned why a violent criminal, who had amassed more than 40 convictions since arriving in Canada from Syria, is still in the country.

“He has lived a life in Canada of persistent criminality,” Judge Joseph De Filippis said in Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines Thursday.

“As an aside, and respectfully, I don’t understand why he’s still in Canada. He is not a Canadian citizen, he’s a permanent resident, and there are rules around permanent residents who commit crimes.”

Mohammed Al-Samaneh, who originally came to Canada as a refugee, has 44 criminal convictions for multiple offences including assault and forcible confinement. His name is on the National Flagging System which identifies high-risk, violent offenders.

h/t RM

PS. Paywalled use Hidemyass.

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US judge rejects torture claims by ISIL ‘Beatles’ defendant

Incriminating statements made by a British national charged with a significant role in the torture and beheading of American and British hostages held by ISIL (ISIS) can be used against him at trial, a judge in the United States has ruled.

El Shafee Elsheikh sought to have statements admitting his role in the scheme tossed out, claiming they were obtained through torture after he was captured.

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Dear Sir, so sorry I stabbed you to please my death cult idol Mohammed….

British MP Stephen Timms open to meeting extremist who stabbed him

Roshonara Choudhry – muslim terrorist

An Islamist extremist who stabbed a former UK government minister more than 11 years ago has written to him to apologise.

Roshonara Choudhry stabbed and wounded opposition Labour politician Stephen Timms during a meeting in 2010, saying it was in retaliation for him voting for war in Iraq. She is currently serving a life sentence in prison.

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Prosecutors want to seize Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s $1,400 COVID relief check to use as restitution for victims

The surviving Boston marathon bomber has been ordered by a judge to hand over a $1,400 COVID relief stimulus check he received in prison and give the cash to his victims.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, now 28, was sentenced to death in 2015 for the April 2013 bombings, which killed three and injured more than 260.

He remains at the Colorado ‘supermax’ prison, but in June 2021 received a $1,400 payment from the federal government as part of coronavirus relief available to all Americans.

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France opens terror investigation after Dakar rally explosion

French prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation after a car participating in the Dakar rally was hit by an explosion in Saudi Arabia last week that badly wounded its driver.

After the 30 December attack in the city of Jeddah, the driver, Philippe Boutron, underwent surgery in Saudi Arabia for serious leg injuries before returning to France.

“A preliminary investigation has been opened into multiple attempted killings in connection with a terrorist group,” national anti-terror prosecutors said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Palestinians: We Are Proud of Terrorists

Normally, parents are proud to see their sons and daughters graduate from high school or university and go on to pursue their lives. This is true of ordinary parents who care about the well-being of their children and want the best for them.

Some Palestinian parents, however, are proud to see their children carry out terrorist attacks or murder Jews. For these parents, it is more “honorable” if their son or daughter murders a Jew than becomes a doctor, lawyer or engineer.

In the past few decades, many Palestinian parents have publicly boasted of the involvement of their children and family members in terrorist attacks against Jews.

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Canadian Arabic-Language Paper Publishes Column Calling for Israel’s Destruction

In a recent December 31 column in Meshwar Media, an Arabic-language publication that has been accused of antisemitism and of publishing blood libels, praising terrorists and comparing Israelis to Nazis, Kamal Khalaf extols the virtues of the Palestinian “revolution” in the 1960s, when Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization achieved widespread international legitimacy in his terror war against Israel.

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