https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish authorities have deported a Moroccan Muslim activist who has lived in the country since he was ten, after accusing him of being one of the "main advocates" of the Salafist movement of ultra-conservative Islamism in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20221121/pro-jihadist-deported-after-living-in-spain-for-30-years Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:27:16 +0100 pro-jihadist-deported-after-living-in-spain-for-30-years Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221005/spain-arrests-11-suspected-jihadists-in-melilla-and-granada Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:14:33 +0200 spain-arrests-11-suspected-jihadists-in-melilla-and-granada Police have arrested a suspect in Morocco allegedly preparing a jihadist attack on Seville, the southern Spanish city known for its Holy Week processions, Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190418/spanish-police-foil-jihadist-attack-at-sevilles-holy-week-processions Thu, 18 Apr 2019 11:55:11 +0200 spanish-police-foil-jihadist-attack-at-sevilles-holy-week-processions Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy opened a Euro-Mediterranean meeting on terror in Barcelona on Monday, making veiled references to the issue of Catalan independence in his opening remarks and warning that jihadism should not be confused with Islam. https://www.thelocal.es/20150413/rajoy-islamic-world-just-as-much-a-victim-of-terrorism Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:52:17 +0200 rajoy-islamic-world-just-as-much-a-victim-of-terrorism Fears are growing over increased radicalization of women in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta with local leaders saying a lack of opportunities is exacerbating the problem. https://www.thelocal.es/20141217/if-my-husband-died-for-isis-i-would-accept-it Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:09:00 +0100 if-my-husband-died-for-isis-i-would-accept-it The cafeteria of Madrid's M-30 mosque was the base of a network that recruited jihadists to fight for the terror group Isis in Syria, a Spanish judge said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141212/madrid-mosque-was-jihadi-recruitment-centre Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:12:58 +0100 madrid-mosque-was-jihadi-recruitment-centre Spanish Police have arrested two teenage girls, 14 and 19, who were planning on joining jihadist forces in Iraq and Syria. https://www.thelocal.es/20140804/spain-arrests-its-first-female-jihadists Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:30:00 +0200 spain-arrests-its-first-female-jihadists