(BBC) A man assaulted a detective constable during a police interview and put him in a chokehold as he shouted “Allahu Akbar,” a court has heard. Architecture student Muhammad Zakir Arif, 18, from Bury, lunged at the officer as he was questioned […]
(BBC) A man who stabbed two women at a Marks & Spencer store will be locked up indefinitely in a high-security hospital. Munawar Hussain, 60, attacked the store manager and a customer with a knife in 2020 in Burnley, Lancashire, and also […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in a Belfast court accused of gathering information for planned acts of terrorism. Habib Shamel, 27, originally from Afghanistan, also allegedly had files stored on a USB stick which could have been used in any suspected plots. […]
(BBC) A British man who had been investigated by MI5 threatened to shoot worshippers at a US synagogue as he demanded the release of a Pakistani scientist jailed in the country, an inquest has heard. Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, Lancashire, was […]
(BBC) A man who claimed he was trying to protect a mosque from being attacked by “racists” has been jailed. Prosecutors said about 60 Asian men clashed with about 30 white men in Darlington on the night of 5 August, with police […]
(BBC) A man who threw a punch while trying to protect a mosque during disorder in Middlesbrough has been jailed along with others involved in the violence. More than 1,000 people were estimated to have taken to the town’s streets on 4 […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of sharing videos glorifying terrorism on an encrypted chat group. Faseh Sajid, of Green Croft, Bristol, was 18 when he began posting videos on Telegram featuring armed executions and Islamic State fighters. Now aged 21, […]
(BBC) A British terror suspect has been deported to the UK after completing a lengthy prison sentence in Kenya. Jermaine Grant, 41, was arrested in London on Thursday after arriving on a flight from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. He was jailed in 2011 […]
(BBC) Conservative MP Robert Jenrick has defended himself after being accused of Islamophobia for saying police should have “immediately arrested” any protesters shouting “Allahu Akbar” during last year’s Gaza ceasefire protests. Speaking on Sky News, the Tory leadership candidate accused police of […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum will not be allowed to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the Supreme Court, judges have ruled. The 24-year-old hoped to overturn the government’s decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds after she travelled to […]
(BBC) A teenager shared terrorist videos featuring armed fighters and executions on an encrypted chat group, a court has heard. Faseh Sajid, now 21, was 18 when he began sharing videos glorifying the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Telegram, the […]
(BBC) The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been,” according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary. The Islamist preacher from east London is […]
(BBC) A controversial Islamic preacher is not in talks to buy a Scottish island, the estate agents have confirmed. Sheikh Yasser al-Habib was reportedly planning to buy Torsa in Argyll to make his own Sharia law-based Islamic “homeland.” His organisation launched a […]
(BBC) The extremist preacher Anjem Choudary has been found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation. Choudary, one of the most important radicalisers in the UK, was caught in an international undercover investigation into his long-banned organisation. Officers in the US and Canada […]
(BBC) Belgium will not host their Nations League match against Israel on 6 September over security concerns, the Belgian Football Federation (RBFA) has announced. The municipal government of Brussels said last month the “very high-risk” Nations League game would not be played […]
(BBC) A mother who failed to inform police about her son’s links to a man planning a terror attack has been jailed for three years. Biomedical scientist Nabeela Anjum, 49, of Upland Road, Roundhay, Leeds, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on […]
(BBC) A man from Leicester has been charged with terror offences. Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, has been charged with encouragement of terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation, Leicestershire Police said. The charges follow a warrant being carried out in […]
(BBC) A woman jailed after handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to Kenya has lost a Court of Appeal bid to reduce her sentence. Amina Noor, from Harrow, north-west London, was jailed for seven […]
(BBC) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said the “Kevin Keegan effect” meant people still viewed him as a member of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard. Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group Al […]
(BBC) A man accused of trying to detonate a pressure-cooker bomb outside a hospital did so because he was angry at colleagues rather than because of Islamist ideology, jurors have been told. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital […]
(BBC) An independent candidate standing in the general election has apologised after remarks he made about women were labelled “misogynistic” and “disturbing.” Akhmed Yakoob made the comments during the recording of a podcast called Minted Minds, while appearing alongside the host and […]
(BBC) A man accused of attempting to attack a hospital where he worked told a patient he was carrying a bomb and was seeking revenge, a court heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in Leeds on 20 […]
(BBC) An author who claims that the Manchester Arena bombing was staged and did not kill anyone has been denied a second chance to challenge a ruling that his theory is “absurd and fantastical.” Richard Hall is being sued by bombing survivors […]
(BBC) A man who was found guilty of wearing a headband in support of Hamas at a pro-Palestine rally in central London has been given a conditional discharge. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, wore the green headband which had the basic statement of the […]
(BBC) A man accused of trying to bomb a hospital had stored a homemade explosive device in his car for about three weeks before his arrest, jurors have heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in Leeds, where […]
(BBC) A Muslim entrepreneur has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Reform UK, claiming the UK has “lost control of our borders.” The precise amount Zia Yusuf has given to the party has not been disclosed but Reform UK claims it […]
(BBC) The Royal Belgian Football Association “deplores” the city of Brussels’ decision not to stage Belgium’s Nations League game with Israel on 6 September. The RBFA says it had “accepted” the game “would in all likelihood be played without an audience” at […]
(BBC) A man accused of trying to detonate a bomb outside a hospital estimated it was “double the size” of a device used in a US marathon attack, a court heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in […]
(BBC) A man accused of trying to bomb a hospital downloaded documents on how to make explosives, a court has heard. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital in Leeds in January 2023. He denies preparing acts of terrorism, […]
(BBC) A man who was stopped by a member of the public from detonating a bomb outside a hospital has been described in court as a “self-radicalised lone wolf terrorist.” Mohammad Farooq, 28, planned to “kill as many nurses as possible” at […]
(BBC) The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water. The nine are among more than 40 people alleged to have died […]
(BBC) Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said he viewed being called an extremist or fanatic as a “medallion” during lectures, a trial has heard. Mr Choudary is alleged to have taken a role in directing banned terrorist network Al-Muhajiroun (ALM), his trial at […]
(BBC) Anjem Choudary regarded being the number one radicaliser in Britain as a “badge of honour,” jurors have heard. Choudary, 57, from east London, is on trial at Woolwich Crown Court, facing charges including that he “directed” the group Al-Muhajiroun, which is […]
(BBC) Undercover officers in the US recorded lectures by radical preacher Anjem Choudary which show he was the director of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard. Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group […]
(BBC) A teenager has been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of a terrorism offence. Officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command stopped the 17-year-old under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Sunday as he returned to the UK. Police examined his […]
(BBC) There are fears that children in London could be taken to The Gambia to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) if it becomes the first country in the world to overturn a ban on the practice. A midwife specialising in FGM told […]
(BBC) The ringleader of a grooming gang in Telford has been sentenced to another 12 years in jail after admitting further charges. Mubarek Ali was jailed 12 years ago for his part in a paedophile ring uncovered in the town as part […]
(BBC) Three men have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences over an alleged plan for a gun attack targeting the Jewish community in the north-west of England. Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, have been charged with the preparation of […]
(BBC) Three men have been arrested on suspicion of planning terrorism offences. Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North West (CTPNW) carried out raids at about 19:30 BST. Four warrants were executed across Bolton and Great Lever and in the Abram and Hindley […]
(BBC) A teenage Muslim convert who was detained for plotting an attack on the Isle of Wight Festival has been spared an increased sentence after assaulting detention staff. At the time, the 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, had […]
(BBC) A Green Party candidate who shared anti-Semitic material relating to the Gaza conflict on social media has apologised, the party has said. The party was contacted by the government’s anti-Semitism adviser, Lord Mann, over posts by Bristol candidates Mohamed Makawi and […]
(BBC) The deaths of three men murdered by a man convicted under anti-terror laws in a Reading park were avoidable, an inquest has concluded. Khairi Saadallah killed James Furlong, David Wails, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, in Forbury Gardens in June 2020. He was […]
(BBC) Labour has suspended a local election candidate and withdrawn its support due to anti-Israel posts he apparently shared on social media, it is understood. Abdur Razaq had been running for the party in the Preston with Preston Grange ward on North […]
(BBC) A man accused of wearing a headband in support of Hamas told police it was a “statement of faith,” a court heard. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, wore the clothing at a pro-Palestine rally in central London where he was arrested by police, […]
(BBC) An Islamic extremist had “murder in his mind” when he attacked two men with a knife, prosecutors have said. Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid, 45, attacked his housemate and a man he met in the street, 70-year-old Terence Carney, in Hartlepool […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who fatally stabbed a pensioner in the street told jurors he “lost his mind” after feeling stress build up. Ahmed Alid, 45, is charged with murdering Terence Carney, 70, in Hartlepool town centre, minutes after repeatedly knifing his […]
(BBC) Three teenagers who spray-painted a war memorial with “Free Palestine” graffiti have been sentenced. Adeem Ahmed and Amaan Tariq, both 18, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were handed community orders for vandalising Rochdale Cenotaph. They targeted […]
(BBC) An Islamic extremist accused of murder has admitted stabbing two men but says he did not intend to kill. Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid, 45, attacked his housemate and a man he met in the street, 70-year-old Terence Carney, in Hartlepool […]
(BBC) A 25-year-old man from Cleethorpes has been charged with terrorism offences after an investigation by counter-terrorism police. Mohammed Mahfuz [Ahmed], of Crowhill Avenue, is charged with disseminating terrorist publications and encouraging terrorism. According to Counter Terrorism Policing, Mr [Ahmed] was arrested […]
(BBC) A man who set two worshippers on fire as they left mosques has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Mohammed Abbkr, who has schizophrenia, sprayed petrol before setting alight Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, [70], in London and Birmingham. […]
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