Government & Politics
Police investigate whether David Amess specially targeted for killing (LINK ONLY)
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Prevent
Government & Politics
Sir David Amess: MP murder suspect held under Terrorism Act
(BBC) The man arrested by police following the killing of the MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali. The 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him. Whitehall officials confirmed […]
Government & Politics
David Amess: MP’s killing declared a terrorist incident (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Parents must alert police to terrorist-sympathising children if they don’t want them to be prosecuted, says Prevent head (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Zarah Sultana invited to learn about Prevent after repeating false ‘Free Palestine’ claim (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
UK’s most senior police officer takes aim at tech companies over online harms (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
Chief executive of MEND wrote: ‘Israel’s generosity is like that of Hitler’ Exclusive: Azhar Qayum, head of Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), tells Jewish News his incendiary comment on Facebook from 2014 was 'not meant as an insult to any people.'
(Jewish News) The chief executive of Islamic advocacy group Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) wrote that “Israel’s generosity is like the ‘generosity’ of Hitler” in an incendiary social media post. Azhar Qayum made the claim during a heated online debate sparked by […]
News: Europe
Streatham terror attacker said was ‘not finished with non-believers’ days before release from prison, inquest hears (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Jihadi bride injured in an allied air attack is given a new arm and a £500,000 council house (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Boy, 11, referred to Prevent for wanting to give ‘alms to the oppressed’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Hate preachers now a ‘priority threat’ amid concerns over return of Islamist extremism (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Ministers fear revival of Islamist extremism could be fuelling rise in anti-Semitism (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Fishmongers’ Hall: Intelligence warned killer might attack on release — but it wasn’t widely circulated, inquest told Before Khan's release, a policeman's pocket book recorded he was a 'radicaliser of others' and in prison 'holds shariah court.'
(Sky News) Intelligence warned the Fishmongers’ Hall killer might launch an attack on his release from prison — but it was not shared with his probation officer, an inquest has heard. Usman Khan was handed an indeterminate sentence in 2012 for plotting […]
Law Enforcement
Fishmongers’ Hall attacker ‘was welcoming’ to police after jail release (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist monitored by ‘inexperienced, untrained’ police officers whose previous subject planned an attack (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
New extremism chief appointed by Priti Patel dismissed ‘Islamophobia’ and ‘violent extremism’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
‘Hope it goes well’: Police email said they ‘could not justify’ escorting terrorist to event where he committed attack (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim nuclear plant engineer wins religious discrimination claim after bosses called police (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘I cried many a night’: The mothers whose sons died fighting for Isis in Syria reveal trauma (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Parents ‘should be told’ if youth workers and community leaders have terror or race-hate convictions (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Man ‘with terrorist mindset’ jailed after downloading bomb-making manual (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Hundreds of Islamic groups boycott Prevent review over choice of chair (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Terrorist who stabbed 3 men to death using £2,000 legal aid to fight police complaint (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK’s anti-terror chief fears rights group boycott threatens Prevent review (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Amnesty defends signing anti-Prevent statement with Islamist-linked groups (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Human rights groups to boycott government’s Prevent review (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Austria attack highlights Europe’s jihadist dilemma
(AFP) The fallout from last November’s shootings on the streets of Vienna has shone a light on Europe’s dilemma in dealing with jihadists, particularly the continent’s struggles to deradicalise such individuals. An Austrian court had in 2019 already convicted Kujtim Fejzulai, the […]
Academics & Education
Muslim boy, 4, was referred to Prevent over game of Fortnite (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
William Shawcross’s selection for Prevent role strongly criticised (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Authorities had four warnings about Reading attacker’s mental health (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Reading attacker Khairi Saadallah given whole-life prison sentence (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Just one in 50 suspected extremists are still being monitored by Prevent deradicalisation scheme (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Shamima Begum must be treated as a threat, anti-terror commander Neil Basu says (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Deradicalisation doesn’t work, says terror watchdog (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamist extremists plotting Christmas terror campaign in UK and Europe, warns former MI6 spy (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Brit ISIS terrorist ‘told mum I’d be home in two hours — but I was on my way to Syria’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Peterborough man admits spreading ‘terrorist publication’ after a major police investigation (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Islamist referrals to counter-extremism scheme rise for first time since 2016 (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Reading park attack: Khairi Saadallah pleads guilty to three murders (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
London Bridge killer’s Prevent officers had ‘no specific training’ (LINK ONLY)
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FGM
Britain to overhaul its counter-extremism strategy (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Concerns anti-extremism programmes can radicalise Muslim youths Warnings some programmes are being used as a ‘get out of jail free card’
(National-UAE) Anti-radicalisation programmes are risking turning young Muslims towards extremism if they wrongly assume they are lacking role models, a report has warned. In a review of mentoring programmes aimed at preventing youngsters from a path of radicalisation, experts have warned some […]
Legal
Liam Fenn: Muslim convert who downloaded suicide vest videos jailed
(BBC) An “obsessional” Muslim convert who downloaded videos on how to make a suicide vest has been jailed. Liam Fenn, 21, repeatedly accessed an “enormous volume” of extremist material online, Manchester Crown Court heard. He admitted eight counts of possessing a document […]
Law Enforcement
Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief warns new attack on London is ‘likely’ after lockdown (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Police may drop ‘Islamist’ term when describing terror attacks (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester colleges agreed to share data of students referred to counter-terror scheme (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Safiyya Shaikh: How undercover operation caught a drug addict jihadist
(BBC) A supporter of the banned Islamic State terror group has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years after admitting a plot to blow herself up in a bomb attack on St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Muslim convert […]
Legal
St Paul’s bomb-plotter Safiyya Amira Shaikh given life sentence (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Priti Patel defies her critics to expand Prevent anti-terror drive (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Reading attack: Suspect ruled out as possible terrorist twice in two years (LINK ONLY)
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