(Jewish News) The Home Office is set to block an extremist preacher who has previously expressed support for Hamas from entering the UK to speak at a mosque in Middlesbrough, Jewish News understands. Lebanese-born preacher Mohamed Hoblos was due to appear on […]
(BBC) A woman has been found guilty of terrorism offences after she planned to travel to join Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in Afghanistan. Farishta Jami, from Stratford-upon-Avon, had saved money to pay for a one-way flight to travel to the country, […]
(Jewish News) The government “will look carefully” into calls from MPs and community leaders to prevent an extremist preacher who has expressed support for Hamas from appearing at a new mosque in Middlesbrough. MP Luke Myer told the Commons he is “very concerned” […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(BBC) An 18-year-old man has been charged with preparing terrorist acts as part of an ongoing investigation by counter-terrorism police. Muhammad Billal was arrested in Nelson, Lancashire, on Tuesday, Greater Manchester Police said. He was charged with two counts of preparation to […]
(GB News) Shamima Begum, the Isis bride held in a Syrian detention camp, resides in a tent covered with expletives and messages about “hell.” Begum, a 25-year-old woman originally from London, had her citizenship revoked after she joined the terror group in […]
(GB News) A Pakistani pedophile has managed to avoid deportation despite preying on “barely pubescent girls” as it would “harm his children,” a court has heard. The man, who has been granted anonymity for his own protection, was caught in August 2022 […]
(Jewish News) A Charity Commission disqualification order against National Jewish Assembly chair Gary Mond has been quashed after a tribunal ruled in favour of his right to free speech. Mond was disqualified from acting as a charity trustee or senior manager for […]
(Jewish News) The Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s fanatical anti-Israel agenda has been laid bare by a freedom of information request that reveals it applied at lunchtime on 7 October 2023 — as Hamas was executing its savage attack on southern Israel — to […]
(GB News) Police have been accused of “enforcing Sharia law on the streets of Britain” after naming a man who burnt a Koran in Manchester on Saturday. A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a “racially aggravated public order offence” over […]
(Middle East Eye) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has urged the UK government to adopt the contentious definition of Islamophobia proposed in 2018 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Muslims in comments made to Middle East Eye. Earlier, it emerged that […]
(GB News) Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is set to create a “council on Islamophobia” to draw up an official definition of the term. The 16-member council is said to provide advice to ministers on tackling Islamophobia, [and] ex-Tory Attorney General Dominic […]
(ITV) A man has admitted to setting fire to the Islamic holy book, the Koran, which was live-streamed on social media. Martin Frost, 47, was filmed holding a flag of Israel before tearing out pages of the text and setting fire to […]
(Jewish News) A 29-year-old man has admitted a series of antisemitic posts and supporting Hamas on social media. Zakir Hussain had denied wrongdoing but changed his plea and admitted 11 charges against him on the first day of his Old Bailey trial […]
(BBC) Daniel Khalife has been jailed for 14 years and three months after escaping from prison while awaiting trial for spying for Iran. Khalife joined the Army aged 16, and shortly after began passing sensitive information — including the names of special […]
(GB News) A man has been arrested after appearing to burn a Koran in central Manchester this afternoon. The man, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a “racially aggravated public order offence” following an incident near the city’s Glade of Light Memorial, […]
(BBC) A man has been jailed for possessing and distributing terrorism material which supported the group calling itself Islamic State (IS). Shaan Farooq, from Saltley in Birmingham, was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court in December of three counts of intentionally distributing […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences after allegedly sharing extremist Islamist videos on social media. Mohammad Ahmad Malik, of Burnt Oak Terrace, Gillingham, Kent, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Mr […]
(BBC) A Muslim convert who threatened to “flatten” a mosque and plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism has been found guilty of preparing a terrorist act. Jason Savage, 35, was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court […]
(Sky News) Muslim charities say they are still having their bank accounts closed without warning or explanation and face difficulties opening an account despite the political backlash after Nigel Farage’s high-profile debanking. It means charities face obstacles in carrying out their work, […]
(National-UAE) The child of a British woman from north London held in an ISIS detention camp in Syria died amid a stand-off over the family’s return to the UK. The woman, who is said by her MP to be in declining health, […]
(Premier) A Christian street preacher who was arrested for displaying a controversial sign that read “Love Muslims, Hate Islam, Jesus Is Love and Hope” outside Southwark Cathedral has lost his legal challenge, with a High Court judge ruling that his detention was […]
(BBC) There are no plans to expand the definition of extremism, Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has said, following reports it could be broadened to cover potentially violent environmentalists and misogynists. He said Islamist extremism followed by far-right extremism were the biggest […]
(BBC) A minister has been spoken to for attending a Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) event, despite a government ban on engagement with the group. Labour’s leadership “reminded” Sir Stephen Timms of his “duty to uphold collective responsibility” after he attended an […]
(BBC) Family life is busy for Israr Hussain and his wife, Tasleem Akhtar, who have four daughters between the ages of five and 15. They chose to have their wedding back home in Pakistan in 2007 and live in Birmingham. The 47-year-olds […]
(BBC) When Zara Mohammed became the first female leader of one of the largest representative bodies for British Muslims in 2021, she already had a lot on her plate: rising Islamophobia, the Covid-19 pandemic, and a government refusing to engage with the […]
(Sky News) Kemi Badenoch has defended blaming “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis. Speaking to Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, she insisted she would not be “shy” when talking about the scandal, which saw a […]
(Hyphen) A new body that hopes to lobby the government on issues affecting Muslims across areas including education, healthcare and the criminal justice system is set to launch next month — and insists it won’t seek to rival the Muslim Council of […]
(Arab News) A new national body, the British Muslim Network, launches next month with the aim of providing a mainstream voice for Britain’s Muslim communities and engaging directly with the government, the Times newspaper reported on Friday. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first […]
(BBC) The families of three men murdered by a man after multiple failures by state agencies fear lessons have not been learned after the killings in Southport and are demanding more government action. James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett were attacked […]
(BBC) An inmate has been convicted of carrying out a string of attacks with homemade plastic weapons on prison officers. Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly attacked staff at HMS Swaleside in Kent and high-security Belmarsh jail, south London, in September and October 2022, […]
(Jewish News) An MP has been criticised after calling for the release of “hostages on both sides” in a question put to Keir Starmer on the Gaza conflict during PMQs. The independent MP Iqbal Mohamed asked a question relating to allegations about Israel and […]
(Sky News) The first Islamist extremist to be found with plans for 3D-printed firearms has been jailed for seven years after using a far-right internet channel to download the instructions. Abdiwahid Mohamed, 33, from Neasden, north London, had used encrypted messaging app […]
(Politico) Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a fresh warning about the dangers of online radicalization, as he pointed out that the teenager who carried out July’s deadly Southport attack, Axel Rudakubana, watched violent online content before killing three young girls in a […]
(LBC) A 15-year-old boy has been charged with terror offences connected to extremist Islam. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of three counts of having a document or record of information likely to be useful to a […]
(BBC) An inmate has admitted a string of prison attacks with homemade weapons, but continued to deny attempting to murder five prison officers. Aklakar Rahman, 38, had repeatedly attacked staff at HMP Swaleside in Kent and high-security south London Belmarsh jail in […]
(BBC) An alleged Islamic State supporter has appeared in court charged with sharing terrorist publications. Abdullah Bellil, 29, from Southampton, is facing four charges — three of distributing terror documents and one of expressing an opinion in support of Islamic State, which […]
(BBC) A man from East Yorkshire has appeared in court accused of … a terrorism offence. Jordan Richardson, 20, of Oliver Close, Howden, near Goole, was arrested on 19 December and charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of an act of […]
(BBC) A man has been convicted and jailed for terrorism offences for the second time in 17 years. Aabid Khan, from Bradford, received a 12-year prison sentence in August 2008, following his conviction for possessing articles for a purpose connected with terrorism. […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in court, charged with belonging to the Islamic State group. Musa Abdrabba, 23, from Worcester, is also charged with professing to belong to the proscribed terrorist organisation in August 2023. He appeared at the Old Bailey via […]
(BBC) Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced plans for a nationwide review of grooming gang evidence and five government-backed local inquiries. She stopped short of launching a statutory national inquiry, as called for by the Conservatives and some Labour MPs, but this […]
(BBC) A former doctor has been jailed for five years and seven months after admitting he caused “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor at the University Hospital Southampton NHS […]
(BBC) A Muslim convert threatened to “flatten” a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard. Jason Savage, 35, from Small Heath, Birmingham, denies a single […]
(GB News) Kemi Badenoch has said that “peasants” from “sub-communities” within some countries are behind the grooming gangs abuse that has scarred Britain. In an exclusive interview with GB News, the Tory leader reaffirmed her call for a public national inquiry into […]
(BBC) A “highly dangerous” inmate tried to kill five prison officers with homemade weapons including a sharpened plastic spoon, a court has heard. Aklakar Rahman, 38, allegedly repeatedly attacked staff at HMP Swaleside in Kent and Belmarsh prison in London in September […]
(BBC) A second man has been charged with helping former soldier Daniel Khalife after he escaped from prison. Adeel Khan, 30, from Waltham Forest, east London, is accused of assisting Khalife after he fled HMP Wandsworth in September 2023. Khalife was convicted […]
(Middle East Eye) Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has claimed the Labour Party is influenced by “Islamism,” suggesting it is linked to a purported failure to tackle “grooming gangs.” She further accused Muslim independent MPs of being “Islamist MPs” and suggested […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) wrote to 460 town halls and educational centers asking them to boycott the UK’s Holocaust Memorial Day. The IHRC, which British media has linked to Iran, said it was “morally unacceptable” that Gaza was […]
(BBC) The government should consider repatriating British members of the Islamic State group (IS) who are being held in Syrian detention camps, the government’s independent terrorism legislation reviewer Jonathan Hall KC has said. Mr Hall’s comments come after Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism […]
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