Tasnime Akunjee

Citizenship

Around 100 extremists could enter Britain with their children if Shamima Begum is allowed to return: ‘It would open the floodgates’ The previous government argued that the jihadi bride posed a threat to national security if she returned home

December 29, 2024   

(GB News) Security sources have warned that up to 100 extremists and their children could enter Britain if jihadi bride Shamima Begum is allowed to return from Syria. Begum, who left London in 2015 to join Islamic State as a schoolgirl, previously […]

Interfaith

Shamima Begum’s lawyer fined after making false antisemitic claims on TV Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee was asked to pay £6,500 after making false claims about a law firm with Jewish roots

September 17, 2024   

(GB News) Shamima Begum’s lawyer has been forced to cough up thousands of pounds after being fined for making false antisemitic claims on TV. Mohammed Tasnime Akunjee was ordered by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to pay £6,500 for undermining trust in the […]

Government & Politics

‘Labour is 30,000 dead Gazans too late’: Muslim campaign aims to disrupt UK politics A new Muslim campaign is supporting independent candidates to run in the UK's upcoming election against MPs who have opposed a ceasefire

January 31, 2024   

(Middle East Eye) A new Muslim campaign supporting independent candidates to run in Britain’s general election has slammed the Labour Party’s concern over losing Muslim support as “30,000 dead Gazans too late.” The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Labour leader Keir Starmer’s […]

Government & Politics

Trudeau defends CSIS after U.K. author claims agency informant smuggled girls into Syria PM says the government will probe the claims and expects intelligence agencies to follow the rules

August 31, 2022   

(CBC) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood behind the country’s top civilian intelligence agency on Wednesday in response to an allegation that one of its contractors helped traffic three British teenage girls to Islamic State extremists seven years ago. A new book by U.K.-based writer Richard […]