Labour Party (UK) – Eye on Islamism

Gove urges Starmer to deliver ‘comprehensive anti-extremism strategy’ after synagogue attack Former cabinet minister tells Jewish News last Tory government failed to effectively deliver plan to tackle extremism

October 6, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Michael Gove has called on Keir Starmer’s government to introduce a “fundamental and comprehensive anti-extremism strategy” following the terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Speaking to Jewish News at the Conservative Party […]

Terror case against Kneecap rapper Liam O hAnnaidh dropped following legal blunder by CPS staff

September 26, 2025 Stephen Rigley

(LBC) Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh has had his terror charge dismissed on a technicality after blundering CPS officials failed to ask the attorney general for approval. Mr O hAnnaidh, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused […]

Grooming gangs can act with ‘impunity’ if Labour’s Islamophobia definition goes ahead, Tories warn The Tories claimed that Labour is only pushing ahead with the new definition to fend off opposition from pro-Gaza candidates

September 23, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) Grooming gangs will be given “impunity” to carry out their crimes if a new definition of Islamophobia is passed, the Tories have warned. Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho warned that the definition risks enhancing the “culture of censorship” by giving […]

Isis issues horror threat to Britons after telling followers to attack Christians and Jews: ‘Shoot, stab and ram!’ Isis said the proposed violence should be considered revenge for attacks by Israel on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

September 19, 2025 Isabelle Parkin

(GB News) Isis has issued a horrific threat to Britain as it urged its followers to attack “Jews, Christians and their allies.” A spokesman for the Islamic State, Abu Hudhaifa al-Ansari, encouraged supporters to pursue individuals of the two faiths throughout America, […]

Left-wing Labour gov’t defends sharia courts in Britain, backs broad ‘Islamophobia’ definition

September 18, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad-stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around […]

Labour’s new Islamophobia definition could be ‘used to hinder police’ The government has said it would not accept any definition of anti-Muslim hatred which 'stops criminals being investigated'

September 16, 2025 Isabelle Parkin

(GB News) Labour’s plans for an official definition of Islamophobia will be used to object to police investigating Muslims for criminal offences, a lawyer claimed. Prior to her resignation earlier this month, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner set up a group […]

Home Office sparks outrage after advertising for religious adviser who can help illegal migrants get married The adviser would need to provide appropriate rooms for literature and artefacts for detainees to observe their faith

September 13, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) The Home Office has advertised for a religious adviser, who can help detained migrants get married. The vacancy is for Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre, near the village of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, which is set to be reopened after it shut […]

Group accused of being front for Islamist organisation opens in Britain despite French concerns Nigel Farage called for the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood

September 8, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) The Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) has been accused of being a key player in the launch of Islamist organisation [the] Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in the UK. The French Ministry of Interior (FMI) previously raised concerns […]

Farage confirms he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to Taliban in Afghanistan Speaking to Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby, the Reform UK leader clarified his position on deporting asylum seekers back to the Taliban.

September 6, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) Nigel Farage has confirmed he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister. The Reform UK leader’s position on the topic has not been clear, with him previously saying he wouldn’t […]

Nigel Farage says Reform UK would ban Muslim Brotherhood Party leader promises Britain will follow lead of several countries if he is voted into power

September 5, 2025 Tariq Tahir

(National-UAE) The Reform UK party will ban the Muslim Brotherhood if it is voted into power in the next general election, its leader Nigel Farage has said. The UK has so far stopped short of following the example of countries such as […]

UK drive to define Islamophobia under fire from top terror adviser Jonathan Hall says defining Islamophobia could hinder free speech

September 5, 2025 Tariq Tahir

(National-UAE) An official definition of Islamophobia would present a risk to free speech, and plans to introduce one should be ditched, the UK government’s adviser on terror laws has said. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said a definition would […]

‘You risk being deported’: Home Office adverts shown to migrants in France in bid to stop them crossing the Channel These are the adverts the Home Office is pushing to migrants in France — warning they could be deported.

September 4, 2025 Natasha Clark

(LBC) LBC has seen the digital posters and videos being pumped out to people in a bid to stop them making the dangerous Channel crossing. They feature warnings both in English and French, saying they risk being sent back under the new […]

A decade of lost opportunity: How groundbreaking Muslim Brotherhood report was ignored Man behind inquiry says Britain should now be better placed to understand and tackle extremist influence

August 29, 2025 Tariq Tahir

(National-UAE) It has been 10 years since Sir John Jenkins’ landmark inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK was wrapped up but he says the need to understand the movement’s role is now even more pressing. The former diplomat was commissioned […]

Interview: Falconer says UK government clear-eyed to threat posed by Tehran to UK Jews Middle East minister Hamish Falconer spoke to Jewish News about E3 decision to impose snapback sanctions on Iran

August 28, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Middle East minister Hamish Falconer has insisted the UK government remains “clear-eyed” about the threat the Iranian regime poses to British Jews in this country, adding this is one reason why Tehran now faces the reimposition of sweeping new sanctions. Speaking […]

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Shoah victims could have been offered ‘land for a homeland in Europe’ Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain was attempting to defend Jeremy Corbyn's position on Zionism

August 28, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain has appeared to suggest Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust could have been provided “with land for a homeland, in Europe” rather than in Israel during an online debate about Zionism. The independent MP, elected on […]

Britain ‘faces social unrest’ if Labour pursues Islamophobia definition A campaign group has warned that the plans may establish a ‘blasphemy law by the back door’

August 26, 2025 Dan McDonald

(GB News) Britain may face social upheaval and deepening perceptions of a “two-tier society” if Labour persists with plans to create a formal definition of Islamophobia, the head of an advocacy group has warned. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has formed a […]

Pro-Palestinian activists who harassed MP appeal sentence

August 22, 2025 Oliver Slow

(BBC) Two pro-Palestinian activists found guilty of harassing a UK government minister have appeared in court to appeal against their convictions. Ayeshah Behit, 31, and [Hiba] Ahmed, 26, were found guilty of the charge against Alex Davies-Jones, the Labour MP for Pontypridd, […]

Zarah Sultana previously expressed support for antisemitism definition she now opposes Anti-Israel MP expressed support for IHRA in 2019 survey

August 20, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Anti-Israel MP Zarah Sultana “willingly” expressed support for the IHRA definition of antisemitism during the 2019 general election, despite now accusing Jeremy Corbyn of “capitulating” to those who support it. Jewish News has learned that the Coventry South independent MP, now […]

Anger over council decision to invite convicted Palestinian terrorist to address meeting Communal leaders condemn Preston City Council over invite to mayor of Hebron

August 18, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Communal leaders have said it is “beyond comprehension” that Preston City Council has invited the mayor of Hebron to address a working group seeking to forge links with the West Bank city because he is a convicted terrorist who “has […]

Illegal Afghan migrant taunted Britons online as he ‘fled Germany’ for ‘soft-touch’ Britain The man's TikTok account has been taken down for promoting people-smuggling

August 13, 2025 Aymon Bertah

(GB News) An illegal immigrant who taunted Britons on TikTok from a taxpayer-funded hotel room had fled Germany for the UK. It was revealed on Tuesday the man had garnered a million views by bragging about crossing the Channel on a dinghy. […]

I had knife pulled on me in migrant camp, says Philp

August 13, 2025 Kate Whannel

(BBC) Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has said he was pelted with bottles and had a knife pulled on him while speaking to migrants in a camp in northern France. The Conservative MP posted a video on social media discussing the incident […]

More than 50,000 people have crossed Channel in small boats since Starmer became PM The milestone has been reached by Sir Keir faster than his predecessors.

August 12, 2025 Faye Brown

(Sky News) More than 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, according to new figures. Home Office statistics reveal that 474 people arrived on Monday in eight vessels — the highest number to […]

Labour minister accuses Reform MP of ‘singling out’ Muslim migrants over women’s safety claims

August 12, 2025 Frankie Elliott

(LBC) A Labour minister has accused Reform MP Sarah Pochin of “singling out” Muslim migrants after she claimed those arriving on small boats held “medieval beliefs” and posed a threat to women’s safety in Britain. Baroness Jacqui Smith criticised the Runcorn and […]

Sarah Pochin tears into Labour’s ‘betrayal of safety’ for Britain’s women and children amid migrant crisis: ‘We can’t go on like this!’ Speaking at the Reform UK conference, Mayor of Lincolnshire Dame Andrea Jenkyns declared she 'doesn't feel safe' in Britain

August 11, 2025 Georgia Pearce

(GB News) Sarah Pochin has declared that Britain “cannot go on like this” as she launched a scathing attack on Labour’s “betrayal” of women’s safety. Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP warned of the “invasion on British culture” amid the […]

‘Death to Jews’ migrant who crossed Channel in small boat returned to prison Palestinian Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, who posted armed images and violent antisemitic rants, recalled to serve remainder of sentence

August 4, 2025 Annabel Sinclair

(Jewish News) A Palestinian man who arrived in Britain illegally after crossing the Channel in a small boat — and who was filmed calling for the mass killing of Jews — has been sent back to prison after breaching his release conditions. […]

Robert Jenrick ‘gagged by Home Office after exposing how Isis terrorists waltzed into Britain’ Critics have described this government intervention as efforts to 'suppress' debate regarding security risks associated with large-scale migration

August 3, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) Robert Jenrick was prevented from publicly discussing his claims that individuals connected to Islamic State had entered the UK through Channel crossings. The former immigration minister had written in the Telegraph that terror suspects had “waltzed right in” to Britain […]

Majority of Britons think Islam is not compatible with British values, new poll finds Less than a quarter of people asked felt Muslim immigrants had a positive impact on the UK

July 24, 2025 Sophie Little

(GB News) More than half of Britons think Islam is not compatible with British values, and four in 10 feel Muslim immigrants have a negative impact on the UK, according to a recent survey. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]

Civil Service anti-Islamophobia training led by group who claim term ‘jihadist’ stigmatises Muslims The session cost hundreds of pounds to run

July 23, 2025 Aymon Bertah

(GB News) Whitehall mandarins have been receiving anti-Islamophobia training from an organisation which once claimed the word “Islamist” was discriminatory. Civil servants at Ed Miliband’s Energy Security & Net Zero Department (DESNZ) sat through an hour-long course in November, costing £350. The […]

Government-backed Islamophobia group linked to foundation that slammed counter-extremism programme The Aziz Foundation said that Prevent 'actively harms Muslims' as a Tory MP described the move as 'deeply concerning'

July 22, 2025 Charlie Peters

(GB News) Supporters of a highly-controversial plan to set “appropriate limits to free speech” about Muslims have been given up to £2.6million by the government to police and monitor “Islamophobia.” The British Muslim Trust has been awarded a £1million-a-year contract by ministers […]

In Ilford North, Leanne Mohamad and the British left set their sights on Labour A new coalition, angry at Labour's response to Gaza and failure to challenge the rich, believes it can defeat MPs like Wes Streeting

July 16, 2025 Oscar Rickett

(Middle East Eye) It’s a hot Friday night at the City Gates Conference Centre in Ilford, where the suburbs of east London begin to creep towards the county of Essex. On stage, a young British-Palestinian woman is joined by two lions of […]

UK government blocked own Islamophobia advisers from consulting Muslim organisations Working group appointed to draw up new definition has not been allowed to engage with Muslim Council of Britain, but consulted public figures accused of Islamophobia

July 9, 2025 Imran Mulla

(Middle East Eye) The British government blocked a working group it set up to advise on a possible definition of Islamophobia from consulting the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), while the group consulted prominent figures and organisations themselves accused of Islamophobia, Middle […]

Bombshell report exposes attempts by Muslim Council of Britain group to censor UK media The Muslim Council of Britain's Centre for Media Monitoring complained about reports labelling 'Jihadi John' a terrorist

July 7, 2025 Jack Walters

(GB News) The Muslim Council of Britain’s media monitoring unit “acted in bad faith” by trying to suppress accurate reporting about terrorism and risks curtailing press freedom, a bombshell report has claimed. Policy Exchange tonight released its 94-page report, titled “Bad Faith […]

UK forced to rethink approach to terrorism 20 years after deadly 7/7 attacks Experts say narrow focus on Islamist extremism fostered far-right sentiment

July 6, 2025 Lemma Shehadi

(National-UAE) The 20th anniversary of the July 7, 2005, attacks in London, on Monday, throws a spotlight on how the UK’s counter-terrorism approach changed, and how its focus on Islamist groups has deepened social divisions. The bombings, also referred to as 7/7, […]

Sultana leaves Labour to set up new party with Corbyn Jewish Labour source says 'Corbyn and Sultana have much in common — Labour is better off without them'

July 3, 2025 Lee Harpin

(Jewish News) Zarah Sultana has resigned from the Labour Party to “co-lead the founding of a new party” with Jeremy Corbyn. The Coventry South MP, who has sat as an independent since she had the Labour whip withdrawn last year, made the […]

Ex-Muslim Council of Britain chief warns grooming gang review leading to ‘scapegoating’ of Pakistani culture

June 19, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) The former head of the Muslim Council of Britain has warned that the recent review on child rape grooming gangs threatens … “the scapegoating of British Pakistani culture” and the Islamic community. A government-backed review published this week, which gathered already […]

Former Rochdale MP says he was ‘warned’ not to mention ethnicity in grooming gangs scandal: ‘They were concerned about votes’ The prime minister told GB News that he is 'glad' to be the leader that has implemented a national inquiry

June 18, 2025 Georgia Pearce

(GB News) Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk has told GB News he was “warned off” by party figures from raising the issue of ethnicity in grooming gangs, due to concerns about “votes.” Speaking to host Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former Rochdale representative […]

Grooming victims’ concerns not dismissed, says Reeves

June 15, 2025 Joshua Nevett

(BBC) Rachel Reeves has insisted ministers “never dismissed the concerns of victims” of grooming gangs, as she defended the decision to launch a national inquiry after months of pressure. The chancellor said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was focused on victims “and […]

UK Islamist group pushes to take Hamas off terror list A second challenge against Hamas’ proscription again relies on the ECHR. And more could be on the way.

June 11, 2025 Michael Curzon

(European Conservative) Another UK group is trying to get Hamas off the terror list — this time accusing the government of “discrimination.” CAGE International — which past reports describe as being run by “extremists peddling lies to British Muslims to turn them […]

Reform chairman Zia Yusuf quits after ‘burqa ban’ row Zia Yusuf has resigned as chairman of Reform UK, saying working to get the party elected is no longer 'a good use of my time,' after a row over a 'burqa ban.'

June 5, 2025 Alice Padgett

(LBC) Reform UK’s chairman Zia Yusuf has resigned after just 11 months. He said: “I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and [hereby] resign the office.” It comes as Yusuf said […]

Reform infighting as chairman appears to call MP’s burqa ban question ‘dumb’

June 5, 2025 Lewis Denison

(ITV) Reform UK is being rocked by more infighting after the chairman said MP Sarah Pochin’s first question at PMQs was “dumb” because it did not align with party policy. Parliament’s newest MP, who recently won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, urged […]

Starmer has handled Gaza ‘badly,’ say four in five elected Labour Muslim representatives New survey by Labour Muslim Network shows two-thirds do not believe Muslim representatives are treated equally in the party

June 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) A major survey has revealed that 82 percent of Britain’s Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and mayors believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handled Israel’s war on Gaza “badly.” The poll of over 220 elected Muslim representatives by the Labour […]

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin demands Keir Starmer ‘ban the burqa’ in first PMQs question The Reform UK representative quizzed the prime minister during Prime Minister's Questions

June 4, 2025 Georgia Pearce

(GB News) Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “ban the burqa” in the “interest of public safety.” Addressing the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions, the representative for Runcorn and Helsby questioned the […]

George Orwell’s magazine taken over by founder of Muslim TV channel A Labour MP has welcomed the takeover

June 3, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) Tribune magazine, the historic Labour publication where George Orwell once served as literary editor, has been acquired by Mohamed Ali Harrath, founder of the Islam Channel. The takeover sees the 1937-founded magazine, which has traditionally been a key publication for the […]

Palestine activists convicted of harassing minister

June 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) Two women have been convicted of harassing a government minister. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard that justice minister and Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones was “terrified” after being confronted by two pro-Palestine activists while campaigning. Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring found Ayeshah Behit, […]

‘Tribal instinct’ is making groups ‘protect their own’ in grooming gangs, Kemi Badenoch claims The Conservative leader spoke exclusively to GB News about the issue

May 29, 2025 Charlie Peters

(GB News) A “tribal instinct” is making racial and religious groups “protect their own” in grooming gangs, Kemi Badenoch has told GB News. In an exclusive interview after the Tory leader met with Bradford abuse victim Fiona Goddard, Badenoch said that Britain […]

City names first black, hijab-wearing lord mayor

May 19, 2025 Lucy Ashton

(BBC) The new lord mayor of Sheffield has made history as the first black woman wearing a hijab to be appointed to the role. Labour’s Safiya Saeed was inaugurated as the city’s 128th lord mayor at a council meeting on Monday. Members […]

Over 550 UK lawmakers urge proscription of Iran’s IRGC as terrorist group

May 17, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Iran International) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure from across the political spectrum to officially ban Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), especially after several Iranian nationals were arrested in two separate anti-terror operations in Britain. A cross-party group […]

Mahmood pledges ‘moment of reckoning’ over grooming gangs

May 15, 2025 Jennifer McKiernan

(BBC) Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised “a moment of reckoning” for those who turned a blind eye to the … scandal of grooming gangs. The scale of abuse was set out by Prof Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse […]

Iranian accused of plot on Israeli embassy entered UK illegally, was living in taxpayer-funded house: report

May 11, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) An Iranian man who was arrested in connection to the alleged terror plot on the Israeli embassy in London entered the UK illegally and was living in accommodation provided by the taxpayer, a report has claimed. Earlier this month, police revealed […]

UK’s Galloway receives ‘Ismail Haniyeh award’ at Tehran festival

May 5, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Iran International) An Iranian state media festival on Monday bestowed its Ismail Haniyeh award on former British MP George Galloway in Tehran, where he praised the Islamic Republic for what he called its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause. Galloway traveled to […]