Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena bomber’s brother held in UK after extradition (LINK ONLY)
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Sajid Javid
Government & Politics
Jordanian MP who called Israel a ‘Jewish cancer’ was welcomed to Parliament by the Labour shadow minister for peace (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK minister Sajid Javid makes rare visit to Western Wall, Temple Mount In black skullcap, Muslim-born Cabinet minister visits Jewish holy site in contested Old City of Jerusalem, reassures Palestinians Britain still committed to 2-state solution
(Times of Israel) UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday made a rare visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Temple Mount on the last day of [his] three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank. Javid, who comes from a Muslim family, […]
Forced & Underage Marriage
Orders to prevent forced marriages double in year (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory Islamophobia inquiry now ‘general investigation,’ says Boris Johnson (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Almost half of Tory members want to ‘reduce Muslims coming to UK,’ shock poll shows (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Jack Letts, Islamic State recruit: ‘I was enemy of UK’
(BBC) Jack Letts, who left the UK to join the Islamic State group as a teenager, has said he had been an “enemy of Britain.” The Muslim convert, who is in custody in a Kurdish jail, admitted he was once ready to […]
News: Europe
‘Dangerous’ Muslim Brotherhood fatwa app in Apple Store’s top 100 downloads Exclusive: Despite calls for the Muslim Brotherhood-linked app to be banned for its 'poisonous' content, it remains among the most downloaded
(National-UAE) A “dangerous hate” app linked to the Muslim Brotherhood has been in the top 100 downloads in the Apple Store in a third of European countries since its launch, despite international calls for it to be banned. The Euro Fatwa app, […]
Academics & Education
Imam and solicitor suspended from jobs after BBC Tory debate (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
BBC Tory leadership contest imam revealed to have tweeted about ‘Zionists … hiding behind the Holocaust’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Sajid Javid puts rivals on the spot over Tory party ‘Islamophobia’ (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sajid Javid: Exclusion from Trump state banquet ‘odd’
(BBC) Home Secretary Sajid Javid has said his exclusion from the state banquet held for the US president was “odd.” Several other ministers, including Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, attended the event earlier this month. Mr Javid criticised […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim Council asks why Trump banquet excluded Sajid Javid (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: ‘Record number’ of boats and 74 people intercepted
(BBC) More than 70 people were intercepted in one day as they crossed the English Channel on eight boats, the government has confirmed. HM Coastguard assisted UK Border Force off the south coast, as a total of 74 migrants tried to reach […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Lawyer says teen was ‘groomed’
(BBC) The lawyer representing Shamima Begum’s family has written to the home secretary accusing UK authorities of failing to protect the east London girl from being “groomed” by Islamic State. The letter accuses police and her local council of failing to safeguard […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Watchdog urged to launch inquiry into Tory Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
British citizens who help Isil could face life in prison under updated treason laws, Sajid Javid suggests (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sajid Javid: I get abuse because of my colour
(BBC) Sajid Javid has said he gets abuse “because of my colour” from the “far left” and “far right” of UK politics. The home secretary told the BBC’s Political Thinking podcast he was criticised either for being “too brown” or “not brown […]
Clerics & Preachers
Imam accused of helping smuggle migrants into Britain
(Breitbart) An imam working in the French city of Rouen was arrested along with another individual on suspicion of aiding the illegal migration of individuals across the English Channel. The imam, who came to France seeking asylum as a political refugee, and […]
Immigration
Dozens rescued while attempting to cross the Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: IS bride set to be granted legal aid
(BBC) Shamima Begum — who joined the Islamic State group aged 15 — is set to be granted legal aid to fight the decision to revoke her UK citizenship. The 19-year-old, who left east London in 2015, was stripped of her citizenship […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum was cruel enforcer in Isil’s morality police, say Syrian witnesses (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Britons going to terror hotspots face 10 years in jail under new laws (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Anti-Muslim Tory members on Facebook are telling one another to stop Sajid Javid from becoming prime minister BuzzFeed News has presented Conservative HQ with a list of another 20 people who claim to be Tory members and have made Islamophobic comments.
(BuzzFeed) Conservative party members are posting anti-Muslim comments on Facebook urging one another to prevent Sajid Javid from becoming prime minister, in the latest escalation of the Tory Islamophobia crisis. On Monday, BuzzFeed News presented Conservative HQ with a list of another […]
Children & Teens
ISIS husband of Shamima Begum says he wants to return to the Netherlands with her so they can live a ‘normal life’ and ‘regrets’ going to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: I was brainwashed. I knew nothing (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum husband: Isis bride is heartbroken and alone (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum’s lawyer: ‘What Javid has done is morally appalling and flawed legally’ Tasnime Akunjee on his quest to bring the Isis bride back to the UK.
(New Statesman) I met Tasnime Akunjee for the first time in autumn last year. I was interested in the case of the three girls from Bethnal Green Academy who in February 2015 joined Islamic State (IS) in Syria and, because he was […]
Government & Politics
‘Disgusting’: Morrison slams senator’s comments on Christchurch massacre
(Sydney Morning Herald) Scott Morrison has led a swift and strong repudiation of Queensland Senator Fraser Anning, who linked Muslim immigration to the terror attack carried out at two mosques in New Zealand by suspected far-right extremists. The prime minister tweeted late […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: ‘Not safe’ to rescue IS bride’s baby, says Hunt
(BBC) It was too dangerous to send British officials to rescue Shamima Begum’s baby son in Syria, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. The child died in a refugee camp after his mother, who joined IS in 2015, was stripped of UK […]
Children & Teens
Isis brides with five sons lose UK citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Call for Sajid Javid to review FGM risk girl case
(BBC) The lawyer for a failed asylum seeker fighting to protect her daughter from female genital mutilation (FGM) says the Home Office should review the case. Last week the High Court ruled a judge could not prevent Home Secretary Sajid Javid from […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory councillors in East Staffordshire quit over Islamophobia row
(BBC) Two Tory councillors have quit after being accused of sharing Islamophobic posts on social media. Len Milner and Chris Smith, who sit on East Staffordshire council, “liked” a cartoon posted on Facebook depicting a mock beheading of Labour’s Sadiq Khan. Mr […]
Children & Teens
Sajid Javid can deport mother of FGM risk girl, judge decides
(BBC) The home secretary cannot be barred from deporting a failed asylum seeker whose daughter would be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) if taken abroad, a senior judge decided. The High Court heard the woman, who has links to Bahrain […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tories suspend 14 members over alleged Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shooting range criticised for Shamima Begum target
(BBC) A shooting range in Merseyside has been criticised for using images of IS bride Shamima Begum as a target. Labour MP Angela Eagle said she was “disapproving” of the use of living people’s faces by Ultimate Airsoft Range in Wallasey. Ms […]
Children & Teens
Sajid Javid: Difficult to strip Shamima Begum of UK citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
One hundred British children born to Islamic State brides remain in Syria, experts warn (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Islamic State bride Shamima Begum: I am willing to change The 19-year-old tells Sky News her newborn son is unwell and she will not allow him to return to Britain from Syria alone.
(Sky News) Islamic State bride Shamima Begum has told Sky News she is “willing to change” as she asked for “mercy” from politicians after being stripped of her UK citizenship. The 19-year-old — who wants to return to Britain from Syria — […]
Children & Teens
Jeremy Corbyn: Removing IS teen Shamima Begum’s UK citizenship ‘not right’ The Labour leader questions the government's action against the 19-year-old and claims 'she should be brought back' to Britain.
(Sky News) Jeremy Corbyn has told Sky News stripping Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum of her British citizenship is “not the right thing to do.” The Labour leader questioned Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to bar the 19-year-old from the UK, adding […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum will not be allowed here, says Bangladesh (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: 78% of Britons support revoking IS bride’s UK citizenship — Sky Data poll Eight in 10 Britons think Sajid Javid is right to remove her UK citizenship — as Bangladesh insists she is not a dual citizen.
(Sky News) The vast majority of the British public support the home secretary’s decision to remove the UK citizenship of Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum, a Sky Data poll reveals. Eight in 10 Britons (78%) think Sajid Javid was right to remove […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Isis Briton faces move to revoke citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: ‘I didn’t want to be IS poster girl’
(BBC) Shamima Begum — the schoolgirl who fled London to join the Islamic State group in Syria — has said she never wanted to be an IS “poster girl.” Ms Begum, who has just given birth, said she now wants the UK’s forgiveness and […]
Children & Teens
Let Shamima Begum return to UK or risk more terror recruits, says expert (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Former MI6 director says schoolgirl who joined Isis should be ‘given a chance’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Pressure grows to oust Christopher Chope after FGM law blocked (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Tory MP who blocked upskirting bill halts FGM protection law (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
FGM ‘increasingly performed on UK babies’
(BBC) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not […]
Immigration
UK starts returning cross-Channel migrants to France
(BBC) The UK has begun returning migrants, who cross the Channel in small boats, to France in a bid to deter others from doing the same, the Home Office said. On Thursday, a small number of failed asylum seekers, who landed on […]