Prevent

Interfaith

Manchester synagogue killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’ during attack, police say Police said Jihad al Shamie called 999, claimed responsibility for the attack, and pledged allegiance to Islamic State. They added that four individuals arrested and interviewed about the attack will be released without charge.

October 8, 2025   

(Sky News) The Manchester synagogue terrorist made a call to police during the attack where he pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, police say. Jihad al Shamie, 35, carried out the attack last Thursday as he tried to get inside Heaton […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

London hospital reports midwife to Prevent after UK Lawyers for Israel complaint over Gaza posts Midwife was accused of antisemitism for social media posts and referred to the counterterrorism programme a year after she left her job at the hospital

August 20, 2025   

(Middle East Eye) A London hospital reported a former midwife to Prevent and the nursing regulator more than a year after she had left her job, following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) over her social media posts describing Israel’s […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

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   

(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 […]

Children & Teens

Prevent scheme needs to ‘rapidly’ adapt to online world, review finds after failures in Southport case Lord Anderson KC was appointed as the new independent commissioner for Prevent in January and the long-awaited report into the scheme was published on Wednesday, outlining 10 recommendations to improve the anti-extremism programme.

July 16, 2025   

(Sky News) The Prevent scheme needs to “rapidly” adapt to the online world “where so much radicalisation takes place,” an independent review has found. The anti-extremism programme has been under increased scrutiny after two recent terror incidents involving Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana […]

Children & Teens

How Prevent is tackling young extremism 20 years after the 7/7 bombings Over the last six years, 50% of referrals to the deradicalisation programme Prevent have been children under the age of 18, with 11 to 15-year-olds being the largest age group to get referred.

July 6, 2025   

(Sky News) Radicalised nine-year-olds, teenagers mixing incel culture with extreme right ideologies and a Muslim who idolises Hitler — this is just some of the casework of those tasked with deradicalising young extremists in the UK. Monday will mark 20 years since […]

Clerics & Preachers

Islamist antisemitism goes beyond Israeli-Palestinian conflict, CEG report argues The central argument of the near-100-page report is that it is futile to rationalize (or attempt to rationalize) Islamist antisemitism as a response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

June 30, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) “There is persuasive evidence of a connection between extremism in the Muslim world and antisemitism,” found a Monday report by the UK-based Counter Extremism Group. The central argument of the nearly 100-page report is that it is futile to rationalize […]

Government & Politics

Concern about mass migration is a ‘terrorist ideology’ that requires government intervention, claims Prevent Sir Keir Starmer might be included, Lord Young claimed, citing the prime minister's recent statement

June 7, 2025   

(GB News) Government documents have classified concern about mass migration as a “terrorist ideology” requiring intervention through the anti-radicalisation Prevent programme. An online training course on the government’s website identifies “cultural nationalism” as a belief that could trigger referral to the deradicalisation […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

UK Islamophobia definition to protect right to ‘insult religions’ The new working group on Islamophobia signals the government is engaging with the British Muslim Network, but not the Muslim Council of Britain

March 24, 2025   

(Middle East Eye) The UK government has published more details about a working group set up to advise it on a possible definition of Islamophobia which would also protect the right to “insult” religious beliefs and practices. The membership of the working […]

Academics & Education

New Ofsted chair Hamid Patel said ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal alienated Muslims Patel said now-debunked allegations of a plot to [take over] Birmingham schools had left Muslim teachers fearful of 'establishment suspicion'

March 14, 2025   

(Middle East Eye) The new interim chair of Ofsted, the UK’s school regulator, has previously criticised the official narrative around the Birmingham “Trojan Horse” affair, saying the episode left some Muslims worried that expressing their faith would bring about “establishment suspicion.” The Trojan […]

Government & Politics

Islamist extremism ‘the foremost threat we face,’ security minister tells MPs Dan Jarvis was outlining the findings of a Prevent learning review which looked at the late MP Sir David Amess’s killer Ali Harbi Ali

February 12, 2025   

(Jewish News) Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has suggested the anti-terror Prevent programme has been underestimating the threat posed by Islamist extremism. Dan Jarvis told the Commons that Islamist referrals into [the] Prevent programme increased by 17 per cent last year. But […]

Government & Politics

Killer of MP Sir David Amess was ‘exited’ from Prevent ‘too quickly,’ review finds Ali Harbi Ali stabbed the veteran Tory MP to death five years after he was released from the Prevent programme following one meeting at a McDonald's to deal with his interpretation of what is forbidden under Islamic law.

February 12, 2025   

(Sky News) The man who killed Conservative MP Sir David Amess was released from the Prevent anti-terror programme “too quickly,” a review has found. Sir David was stabbed to death by Islamic State (ISIS) supporter Ali Harbi Ali during a constituency surgery […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

UK government urged to overhaul Prevent and counter-extremism policies Letter from civil society groups also calls on Labour to suspend Michael Gove's proposed definition of extremism

September 23, 2024   

(Middle East Eye) A coalition of leading civil society organisations has urged the UK Labour government to overhaul counter-extremism policies including the controversial Prevent programme, Middle East Eye can exclusively report. In a letter sent to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, the organisations also […]

Clerics & Preachers

Imam from extremist-led London mosque claims ‘Zionists’ behind violent riots that rocked Britain Ashraf Dabous said that rioters had been misled by 'individuals who do not have their best interests at heart'

August 20, 2024   

(GB News) An imam from an extremist-led London mosque has blamed “Zionists” for the violent immigration riots that shook the UK. Ashraf Dabous, of the Lewisham Islamic Centre, said that rioters were being “manipulated and misguided” so that supporters of the state […]

Government & Politics

UK election: What is The Muslim Vote — and why does it matter? The campaign backs a list of MPs for the election, and has been driven by Labour's early support for Israel’s war on Gaza

June 6, 2024   

(Middle East Eye) Launched in December 2023, The Muslim Vote (TMV) is a campaign in the UK supporting parliamentary candidates for the upcoming election in constituencies with a significant Muslim electorate. Much of its driving force has been the early support from the […]

Children & Teens

Mother facing jail for failing to tell police about son’s involvement in plot to bomb London Nabeela Anjum failed to tell police about what she knew of her son Sameer Anjum's cooperation with another terrorist.

May 14, 2024   

(Sky News) A mother is facing jail after she failed to inform police that her teenage son knew about a terrorist plot to bomb central London. Nabeela Anjum, 48, a biomedical scientist at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, tried to persuade her […]

Government & Politics

Khairi Saadallah: The missed opportunities to stop Reading attacker An inquest into the deaths of Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, James Furlong and David Wails heard six weeks of evidence from witnesses including probation and immigration officials, police and MI5 officers.

April 26, 2024   

(Sky News) When three men were stabbed to death in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on Saturday, 20 June 2020, Nick Harborne instantly knew Khairi Saadallah was responsible. “Something inside me just went cold,” he told Sky News. The chief executive of the Reading […]

Government & Politics

New extremism definition unveiled because ‘democracy at risk from far-right and Islamist extremists’ Michael Gove updates the description to include conduct that falls short of criminality, but the government still deems 'unacceptable.'

March 14, 2024   

(Sky News) The government has unveiled its new definition of extremism despite warnings it could have a “chilling effect” on free speech. Michael Gove, the communities secretary, has updated the definition as part of a drive to clamp down on the Islamist […]

Government & Politics

Government’s new extremism definition will ‘vilify the wrong people,’ warn Muslim organisations Groups say the new definition 'signals an attack on civil liberties by attacking law-abiding individuals and groups that oppose government policy' by labelling them as 'extremist.'

March 13, 2024   

(Sky News) The government’s proposal to redefine extremism will “vilify the wrong people” and “risk more division,” according to a coalition of Muslim organisations. Signatories include groups which fear they may fall under the new definition announced as part of the government’s […]

Demonstrations

Michael Gove says ‘good-hearted people’ at pro-Palestine marches should question potential ‘extremist organisers’ Tens of thousands of people participated in a Gaza protest on Saturday in London — the fifth march in the capital this year — which saw five arrests and a counter-protester de-arrested.

March 10, 2024   

(Sky News) Michael Gove has urged pro-Palestinian protesters to question whether extremist groups are behind some of the demonstrations — days ahead of publishing a new official definition of extremism. The housing secretary said “good-hearted people” attending the marches should be aware […]

Academics & Education

UK to create ‘blacklist’ of Muslim groups under new extremism definition Government is bringing in robust changes to target groups and individuals 'undermining' British values

March 5, 2024 and   

(National-UAE) The UK government is creating a “blacklist” of organisations under a new definition of extremism which would see their funding cut. Several Muslim groups are likely to be on the list after being singled out in government reports. The groups facing […]