AKI reports on the failed efforts to grow a mosque in Italy, including this telling detail on a recent survey
The survey found that 31 percent of Italians are against the construction of new mosques because they are afraid of intolerance of Catholicism and possible terrorist attacks by Islamists.
But non-Muslim immigrants showed even less tolerance than their Italian counterparts and 50 percent of them rejected the idea of opening new mosques.
Expatica has links to German reports of online jihadist (or whatever it is we're supposed to call them) activity, including a recent call for jihad (or whatever it is we're supposed to call it) in Afghanistan-Pakistan posted to a German website.
Jamestown Foundation reports on a recent Europol analysis of trends in jihadi terrorist in Europe:
Islamist terrorism was statistically much less significant. Only four attacks were recorded: Two failed bombings in the United Kingdom (the Glasgow attacks), and two foiled plots in Germany (the Sauerland cell) and Denmark (the Glasvej case). The number of arrests could indicate a general decrease in jihadi activities. Indeed, EU police forces arrested 201 jihadi suspects, 56 fewer than in 2006. However, it should be mentioned that these numbers do not include arrests in Great Britain, which refuses to communicate precise statistics, although Britain did indicate a 30 percent increase in jihadi arrests. Including the British data could result in an increase of the arrests between 2006 and 2007.
Despite the comparatively low number of attacks, Islamist terrorism is still perceived as the main threat to European security. The reason for this assessment cannot be measured in number of attacks or arrests; it is an estimate of potential damages. “Most investigations into failed and foiled Islamist terrorist attacks in the EU in 2007 showed that Islamist terrorists continue to aim at causing indiscriminate mass casualties,” claims the report. “This is not only observed in the choice of targets but also in the methods and explosives used.”
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