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UK has “by far the highest rate of returning jihadi fighters in Europe”: 400 have returned, only 40 prosecuted

Jun 28, 2019 9:03 am By Robert Spencer

The Islamic State is at war with Britain. These are enemy combatants. They should have been stripped of their citizenship as soon as they went to the Islamic State. Would Britain have allowed 400 British Nazis who had gone to Germany to reenter Britain and roam around freely in 1941? But the present-day British government is only interested in keeping out foes of jihad terror, not jihad terrorists.

“Britain has ‘by far the highest rate of returning jihadi fighters in Europe,'” by Bill Gardner, Telegraph, June 27, 2019 • 6:51pm

Britain has by far the highest rate of “exceptionally dangerous” returning jihadis in Europe, police chiefs have warned.

A report from Europol revealed that of hundreds of Britons who travelled to Syria and Iraq amid the rise of Isil, nearly half have been able to return safely.

It comes amid widespread concern at the low number of returning fighters and so-called jihadi brides successfully prosecuted in British courts.

According to the annual Europol report, roughly 45% of Britons who travelled to Syria and Iraq have already come back to their home country.

The country with the next highest proportion was Germany, where 33% have returned, while in the Netherlands and Spain the return rate is thought to be just 18%.

The report warned that returning jihadis and their supporters pose a serious ongoing threat to national security.

“Those that have returned garner kudos with like-minded individuals,” it said.

“Their training and experience – such as handling weapons and explosives – makes them exceptionally dangerous.

“Furthermore, EU Member States’ ongoing concern is that these individuals can perpetuate and strengthen their networks both nationally and internationally.”

Out of around 400 jihadists who have returned to the UK, just 40 have been prosecuted. Most have been placed in rehabilitation schemes instead….

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  1. John McKenna says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 9:31 am

    Churchill said as war broke out with Hitler “we are fighting for Christian civilisation ‘as early as 1958 the EU created its founding treaty that erased Christianity not only from its future path but in essence its history.

  2. James C. says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 10:10 am

    And the MSM say almost nothing about this.

  3. Tom says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 10:26 am

    Tick, tock, tick, tock, the time is getting closer when the Islamists in the UK will initiate their takeover of the British parliament and government.

    As they so blatantly said in conference years ago the day will soon come when the black flag of ISIS will fly over the parliament buildings and they will turn the palace into a mosque.

    Their strategy has worked a charm in the UK and in Europe.

    Infiltrate all political parties with Muslim Brotherhood operatives,
    Claim minority victim status,
    Censor free speech by using “Islamophobia” as a weapon,
    Force mass immigration of mostly Muslims,
    Vilify and criminalize all who oppose it,
    Create a straw man by forming the narrative that “Right wing white supremacy” is on the rise and that “hate speech” must be censored online,
    Control police and their response,
    Bring back those ISIS jihadi’s who survive,
    Use intimidation and threats along with planned jihad attacks, using those ISIS returnees, to force the host country to adopt Sharia Law.

    Once that objective has been achieved, it is a small step to the complete take over of the host country and turning it into an Islamic state.

    This is all laid out in the Muslim Brotherhood manifesto online.

    Control the narrative, control the politics, control the police, and you control the population.

    It’s how the Nazi’s, Russian communists, and all other despotic regimes took control.

    The Liberal left in the west were just too naive or stupid or complacent or apathetic to believe that Islam is anything other than a religion of peace.

    And so the clock ticks its way to midnight and the demise of western democracy.

    • Jay says

      Jun 28, 2019 at 1:55 pm

      Tom – great post! Thank you. England is lost! PM Churchill is not resting easy today!
      The USA and our allies will not be able to save England and Europe again!
      It’s the enemy within that is destroying civilization as we know it! Open border liberal progressive
      communists and their Muslim counterparts work every day to destroy us! The current pope is
      also a fraud and is a one world order open border communist! Yet he lives behind the Vatican walls!

      I pray that England and Europe wake up in time! America is on alert but it’s a daily battle to
      protect our soverignity, our constitution, our identity, our borders, etc etc.
      I am thankful Pres. Trump is aware of what is at stake and vows to protect America !
      Trump,2020 our only hope! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

      • Tom says

        Jun 28, 2019 at 2:54 pm

        Jay

        There are SO many 5th columnists hiding in plain sight in our countries and around the world, and they are open about their agenda’s, that the rise in conservatism is our only hope in defeating them.

        Our greatest hope is with Gen Z who are, without doubt, the most conservative generation in decades.

  4. tgusa says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    They traveled from Britain to Iraq and Syria and committed horrific atrocities on the people there. The people in Iraq and Syria deserve the opportunity of administering justice to them but that justice is being denied by the British government. That is a giant screw you to the people and victims in Iraq and Syria.

  5. CRUSADER says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 4:26 pm

    Fellow in the photo seems so gleeful with his waving of the black flag ….

    Meanwhile….

    10-year-old Cub Scout Liam Holmes takes a knee, reportedly against racial discrimination, during the Pledge of Allegiance at a city council meeting in Durham, North Carolina.

    https://video.foxnews.com/v/6000056191001/

  6. Queenbourbon says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    Won’t be long until Buckingham Palace is the big,beautiful mosque the Muslims promised it would be.

  7. Queenbourbon says

    Jun 28, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    I so clearly remember David Cameron publicly stating they would never be allowed to return . He received huge thunderous applause and cheers for that statement. Proving everything out of a politicians mouth is lie after lie.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 29, 2019 at 12:32 am

      Yep.

  8. gravenimage says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 12:22 am

    UK has “by far the highest rate of returning jihadi fighters in Europe”: 400 have returned, only 40 prosecuted
    …………………

    The UK has also lost track of some of these Jihadists. Just madness.

    • Rufolino says

      Jun 29, 2019 at 4:01 am

      Madness indeed.

      If it is not an aspect of willed self-destruction, what is it ?

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 29, 2019 at 9:46 pm

        Suicidal insanity.

  9. Truth says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 12:57 pm

    I won’t be visiting the UK unless all of these ISIS scum are prosecuted and jailed.

  10. Truth says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 1:09 pm

    Don’t spend money in the UK. They just don’t get it.

  11. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 5:50 pm

    Re: “Would Britain have allowed 400 British Nazis who had gone to Germany to reenter Britain and roam around freely in 1941?”

    The Nazis were whites, and therefore, to racist leftists, intelligent enough to be held responsible for their crimes.

    ‘Nuff said!

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