Spain

A Spanish court has grudgingly affirmed the right to critique Islam by clearing a Catholic priest who faced a three-year prison sentence for alleged “Islamophobic” remarks made years ago.
FWI News
Spanish Court Acquits Priests Charged with ‘Hate Speech’ Against Islam
Clergymen Stand by Statements against Islamism and “Radical Jihadism”
October 22, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The city council of Spain’s autonomous region of Aragon has sparked widespread condemnation for conferring a top honor on an organization founded by a leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, an organization that has bragged of participating in the October 7 massacre.
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Spanish City Honors Group Founded by Leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades
House of Palestine Founder Named City’s “Favorite Daughter”
October 17, 2025
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Jules Gomes
A Catholic priest in Barcelona, Spain, is facing jail time for offending Muslim sensibilities.
FWI News
Spanish Priest Faces Three Years in Prison for Article on Radical Islam
Islamists Who Praised Taliban Sue Barcelona Priest for ‘Islamophobia’
October 6, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The Spanish National Court has confirmed the pretrial detention of a Georgian national at the center of an international smuggling network that used Turkey as a key logistical hub to disguise the re-export of sensitive industrial equipment to Russia.
Middle East Forum Online
Spain Flags Ankara’s Growing Role in Sanctions Evasion for Russia
Goods Were Brought Into Turkey, Repackaged as Turkish Exports, and Then Shipped Onwards to Russia to Sidestep EU Trade Restrictions
September 7, 2025
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Abdullah Bozkurt
Casiano’s conviction highlights not only the enduring threat posed by European foreign fighters but also the unresolved question of Turkey’s role as a hub in their radical journeys.
Middle East Forum Online
Spanish Supreme Court Exposes Turkey’s Role in Channeling Jihadists to Syria
Spain’s Supreme Court Upheld the Conviction of a Spanish-Moroccan Who Fought with Al-Qaeda’s Syrian Affiliate in a Case That Underscored Turkey’s Role as a Gateway for European Jihadists
September 4, 2025
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Abdullah Bozkurt
The City Council in the Spanish city of Jumilla has banned the use of municipal facilities for religious and cultural activities "alien" to the city's identity. The passage of the ban coincided with anti-immigrant protests that erupted in response to the assault of a sixty-eight-year-old many by three men from Morocco in the nearby city of Torre Pacheco.
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Spanish Christians Back Islamists in Row over Worship in Public Spaces
Immigrant Attack on Elderly Man Provokes Fallout
August 20, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in a 2022 file photo.
Middle East Forum Observer
Turkey Cultivates Spain to Undermine Israel’s Security and Legitimacy
Ankara Is Actively Orchestrating to Turn NATO’s Internal Diversity Into a Political Weapon Against the Jewish State
June 17, 2025
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Babak Taghvaee
Islamist flags on display at anti-Israel rally held in Stockholm, Sweden on October 15, 2023. The protest was organized by Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamist group that seeks to re-establish the Islamic caliphate and implement sharia throughout the world. At the rally protesters chanted "Israelis are nothing but dogs of the West."
FWI Research
European Islamists Ignore — or Celebrate — Hamas’s October 7 Massacre
November 22, 2023
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Soeren Kern
Activists protesting the October arrest of Mohamed Said Badaoui, a prominent Salafist in Catalonia. Badaoui was subsequently deported from Spain for promoting Islamic separatism. (YouTube screenshot.)
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An Islamist-Leftist Alliance Threatens Freedoms in Spain
December 14, 2022
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Soeren Kern