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The Italy/Islamists files: File 2. The Sala/Abedini exchange and the relations between Italy and the Iranian regime – December 2024/January 2025

by Giovanni Giacalone Mohamad Abedini Najafabadi’s arrest On December 16th 2024, Iranian citizen Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi was arrested by the Italian authorities on US request after landing at Milan’s Malpensa airport. As indicated in the press release of the DOJ, Abedini and his colleague Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi (who was arrested in Massachusetts) have been charged […]

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The Italy/Islamists files: File 1. Najeem Almasri and the GNA connection – January 2025

by Giovanni Giacalone On January 19th, 2025, Libyan police chief and director of Tripoli’s infamous Mitiga detention center, Najeem Almasri, was arrested by Italian authorities on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Libya from February 2015 onwards. On January 21st, three judges of […]

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Fighting terrorism: Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office promotes indictment against two alleged ISIS members

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  • December 20, 2024

by Stefano Piazza The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has brought charges in the Federal Criminal Court against two Swiss nationals aged 22 and 28. The two defendants, both of whom have significant criminal records and are domiciled in the Canton of Zurich, are accused of first supporting the banned terrorist group […]

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The New Security Dilemma in Afghanistan Amid Race for Ascendancy

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  • December 12, 2024

by Maryam Noureen Janjua The killing of Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, at the hands of ISIS (Islamic State of Khorasan Province or ISKP), underscores the growing and evolving security dilemma facing Afghanistan. This assassination, carried out by a terrorist group that the Taliban had previously tolerated, reflects not only […]

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In Italy, there is an increasingly strong link between pro-Hamas groups and the far left.

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  • November 16, 2024

by Stefano Piazza In Italy, the link between pro-Hamas groups and the far left is increasingly strong with leftist political forces remaining silent or nearly silent. It was a Friday of very high tension in 30 Italian cities where thousands of students took to the streets for “No Meloni day’: slogans, placards, burned mannequins, photos […]

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Europe Iran Politics

Iran’s troubling infiltration into Germany and France.

by Stefano Piazza Germany’s intelligence agencies are investigating some 700 individuals linked to the Berlin-based “Mustafa Institute” for possible espionage and terrorist recruitment on behalf of Iran, according to German media. The institute, a branch of Iran’s Mustafa University, serves as a recruitment platform for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, which supports terrorist groups such […]

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Germany: more than 2,000 Islamists demonstrate in Hamburg to call for the establishment of a caliphate

by Stefano Piazza On Saturday, the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv organized a new mobilization in the German city of Hamburg to call for the establishment of a caliphate. More than 2,000 people participated Saturday, Oct. 12, in Hamburg in a mobilization in favor of the establishment of a caliphate and the imposition of Sharia law. […]

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The US DOT sanctioned Hamas fundraiser Mohammed Hannoun. Is Italy going to intervene?

by Giovanni Giacalone On October 7th, 2024, exactly one year after the massacre perpetrated by Hamas against Israelis in the south of the country, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and one sham charity that are prominent international financial supporters of Hamas, as well as one […]

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Hizbullah and Hamas Supporters in Italy on the March: Who is Protecting Their Operations?

  by Giovanni Giacalone     On Saturday, September 28th, 2024, scenes worthy of Nazi Germany were seen in Milan, during a “pro-Palestinian” demonstration organized by the far-left group “Committee for the Support of Communist Resistance (CARC)” and the Arab-Palestinian Democratic Union. During the street march, cardboard signs with the faces of several people including […]

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Transgenerational Trauma: Shoah and Antisemitism

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  • September 18, 2024

by Elisa Garfagna The concept of transgenerational trauma refers to the transmission of the psychological and social effects of traumatic experiences from one generation to the next. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in the context of the Shoah,i perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II, and anti-Semitism, which continues to manifest itself in various […]

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