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Internet
Twitter user who published image of severed head sentenced to five and a half years in prison As well as tweeting out a picture of French teacher Samuel Paty's severed head, he also sought to encourage attacks on the governments of countries he believed to be 'acting against Islam,' the prosecutor said.
(Sky News) A Twitter user has been jailed for more than five years after using the platform to publish images encouraging the beheading of teachers for blasphemy against Islam. Ajmal Shahpal, 41, from Nottingham, made the comments shortly after a teacher was […]
Government & Politics
UK prime minister prepared to withdraw from ECHR amid strictest immigration law yet
(Arab News) UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is ready to withdraw his country from the European Convention on Human Rights as he finalizes plans for the UK’s strictest immigration legislation yet, the Times reported on Sunday. Official estimates warned that 65,000 illegal […]
Crime
Prosecutor questions Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan over 2018 rape complaint Already facing multiple rape charges, Ramadan was questioned in Paris by a Geneva prosecutor
(i24) Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan was summoned for questioning by a Geneva prosecutor after a new accusation of sexual assault surfaced from a complaint filed in 2018. The new complaint accuses the professor of Islamic studies of “rape” and “sexual coercion” and […]