Crime
Migrant who helped steer dinghy has immigration convictions overturned (LINK ONLY)
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Day: March 25, 2021
Legal
Failed subway bomber seeks 35 years in prison, not life
(AP) A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should face no more than the 35-year mandatory prison sentence for his crime because his attack was an aberration from an […]
Law Enforcement
Spain police bust suspected Al-Qaeda finance ring
(AFP) Spanish police said Thursday they had dismantled a ring suspected of financing Al-Qaeda and arrested three men, including the top representative of Spain’s Muslim community. Those detained were suspected of having “exploited an NGO to finance the activities of terrorist fighters,” […]
Government & Politics
Civil rights groups urge EU lawmakers to rebuff online terrorist content law
(Reuters) EU lawmakers should reject a proposed law that forces Google, Facebook and Twitter to remove terrorist content within an hour of publication because of the risks to fundamental rights, 61 civil rights groups said on Thursday. The European Commission drafted the […]
Academics & Education
DfE accused of ‘amplifying divisions’ over prophet Mohammed cartoon school row (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
1,000 people cross Channel on small boats so far this year (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Baltimore County schools remove Islamophobic image from math curriculum
(Baltimore Sun) Baltimore County public school leaders have removed an image depicting a negative stereotype of people who practice Islam from the school system’s online math curriculum. The lesson in question centered on a mathematical concept called radical expressions. An image featuring […]
Immigration
A third of Swiss feel ‘disturbed’ by people from other cultures
(Swiss Info) A third of the Swiss population say they feel disturbed by people perceived as “different,” with a fifth mentioning Muslims in particular, according to a government study. The Federal Statistical Office said on Thursday that tolerance had increased slightly but […]
Government & Politics
Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist identified as threat by MI5 11 days before attack, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Teacher suspended over use of Charlie Hebdo cartoons (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Only seven ambulances free’ after bombing
(BBC) Only seven ambulances were free to treat people when the Manchester Arena explosion took place, the public inquiry into the attack has heard. Dr Edward Tunn, associate medical director for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), said there was a delay in […]
Legal
Wednesbury teenager denies 20 terror-related charges
(BBC) A teenager has pleaded not guilty to 20 terror-related charges. Nuh Raheel denied 10 counts of possession of an article for terrorist purposes, relating to documents including one named 39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad. Appearing via video-link at […]
Clothing
Judge orders Muslim woman to remove veil during High Court dispute
(BBC) A judge ordered a Muslim woman to remove her veil while giving evidence at a virtual High Court hearing. The woman was embroiled in a dispute with her estranged husband over their children. She did not wish to be seen “unveiled” […]