Switzerland: Land of Jihad

by Soeren Kern • September 26, 2014 at 5:00 am

Al-Qaeda will once again become legal in Switzerland in 2015 because a further extension of the ban of the group is not possible under Swiss Law.

"[It is] debatable whether Switzerland possesses an adequate legal framework to mitigate this [jihadist] threat." Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point.

Another factor obstructing an official ban appears to be bureaucratic confusion. Swiss authorities are impeding progress by "blocking" each other. Berner Zeitung

If the NDB's estimates are correct, they would imply that—in terms of percentage—there are now more Swiss jihadists in Syria than French jihadists, even though France has the largest Muslim population in Europe.

"IS shows us that modern terror threats can only be combatted through prevention." Thomas Hurter, President of the National Security Commission.

Swiss lawmakers have filed a motion calling on the Swiss Parliament formally to ban the jihadist group Islamic State [IS] from operating in Switzerland.

The measure—signed by more than 40 politicians from across the political spectrum—is in response to new revelations that the IS has established a network of cells inside Switzerland to raise money and recruit fighters for the jihad in Syria and Iraq.

The jihadist cells are primarily focused on providing financial, logistical and propaganda support to help the IS establish an Islamic theocracy in the Middle East, according to a report published by the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on September 21.

But terrorism analysts are warning that the cells could easily be used to perpetrate terror attacks inside Switzerland.

According to the NZZ, Swiss authorities are investigating at least three Iraqi nationals who are the alleged ringleaders of IS activities in Switzerland.

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BREAKING NEWS: Iran Executing "Iran's Mandela," Dissident Hero Ayatollah Boroujerdi

by Shadi Paveh • September 25, 2014 at 12:30 pm

Now that the world's headlines are dominated by ISIS, and while Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is at the UN, the Iran is using these distractions to step up its executions, its mass-arrests of minorities, and now its execution of Ayatollah Boroujerdi -- that is if Iran, by again withholding crucial medical attention, does not passively execute him first.

Iran's Prosecutor of the Special Court, Mohamad Mohavadi, continued that the punishment for these crimes of "anti-government views" is execution, and stated that all those who had a hand in publishing [his] book will also be killed. When Boroujerdi suggested an open, public debate, Mohavdi announced that his office did not participate in debates, just trials and punishments [executions]. Iran has been trying to kill Ayatollah Boroujerdi for the past eight years of his 11-year prison sentence.

The threat of execution comes only one day after Ayatollah Boroujerdi's latest letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

Days before Iran's President Hassan Rohani addresses United Nations General Assembly, Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, the prominent dissident clergy was informed that he will be executed for "anti-government views" -- that is if Iran, by again withholding repeatedly-requested medical attention, does not passively execute him first.

According to reliable sources inside Iran, "Ayatollah Boroujerdi's health condition is worse than ever, and prison docors have said that if the prisoner does not receive immediate medical attention, he will die within days or even hours…." The authorities have been refusing medical intervention.

Ayatollah Boroujerdi, has spoken out against political Islam and been strong advocate of separation of religion and state, for which Iran sentenced him to 11 years as an Iranian political prisoner.

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