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| Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, the new Shiite terrorist threat to Europe |
| 2026-07-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [OBSERVATORIOTERRORISMO] Over the past few weeks, a new terrorist threat has emerged in Europe under the name Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (HAYI). In just a month and a half, this Shia-oriented Islamist group has claimed responsibility for some fifteen attacks carried out in various European cities. The pattern of target selection is clear: Jewish communities and interests linked to Israel abroad. This was already evident in their first statement, which clearly illustrated their ideological framework and the identification of their enemies: “We will continue to threaten the United States and Israel, as well as their interests throughout the world, until we have avenged the death of every child in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and other resistant nations.” In this narrative, the United States and Israel are presented as responsible for regional instability following the outbreak of the conflict with Iran, thus legitimizing the use of violence in response to alleged indiscriminate attacks against Muslim countries and calling on citizens sympathetic to their cause to commit violent acts on their behalf. The series of actions claimed by HAYI began on March 9 with an attack on a synagogue in Liège, where several individuals threw explosive devices at the building's facade. Since then, the group has claimed responsibility for a series of low-intensity, limited-sophistication actions, closer to symbolic sabotage intended to generate fear than to conventional terrorism. These actions include, among others, the burning of synagogues in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as the burning of ambulances in London belonging to a Jewish charity. |
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