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Crime
Man who burnt the Koran forced into hiding after ‘imminent threat’ to his life The 50-year-old was convicted last week of a racially aggravated public order offence
(GB News) An asylum seeker who burnt the Koran has claimed he has been forced into hiding after police warned him of a terror plot to murder him. Hamit Coskun was woken at 2am on Saturday by officers acting on behalf of […]
Clerics & Preachers
‘Serious blunder’ led to missed chances to stop Rochdale imam’s murder, inquiry finds Mohammed Kadir, who murdered Jalal Uddin in 2016, was known to counter-terrorism police and had been identified as a person of high risk and significant concern. But action was not taken to investigate him.
(Sky News) A “serious blunder” by officials meant they failed to disrupt a murder plot against an imam by Islamic State (IS) extremists, an inquiry has found. Father-of-seven Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in Rochdale in February […]
Clerics & Preachers
Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’ Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7
(Times of Israel) When Imam Youssef Masbeh introduced himself to President Isaac Herzog on Monday, he could not help but start singing a special chant in Arabic, offering a reinterpretation of the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah. Masbeh, who has served as a […]