(GB News) Two extremists who plotted a terror attack against Jews in Manchester are being held in a cushy jail where inmates are given paint classes and DVDs. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were convicted last week over their plot […]
(BBC) A man arrested after a crowbar attack at a Merseyside hospital has since been detained under the Mental Health Act, police have said. Six people were injured after a man assaulted staff and patients shortly after 12:00 GMT on Tuesday at […]
(BBC) The British-Egyptian activist at the centre of a political row appears to have endorsed new and baseless claims that he is the victim of a “smear campaign.” Alaa Abd El Fattah flew to the UK on Friday to be reunited with […]
(JFeed) A Palestinian-owned cafe in London’s upscale Marylebone neighborhood has sparked outrage by displaying portraits of a detained Gaza doctor alleged to be a high-ranking Hamas commander, placed prominently on outdoor chairs just minutes from a popular Jewish restaurant. The move drew […]
(GB News) Counter-terrorism police are assessing Egyptian extremist Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s tweets, after he described the killing of Zionists as heroic and appeared to call for violence against the police. Mr El-Fattah returned to the UK on Boxing Day after receiving a […]
(LBC) A 20-year-old man, originally from Afghanistan, has been arrested after five people were assaulted in a hospital, police said. Officers were called to Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows just after 12pm on Tuesday following a report a man had attacked several […]
(BBC) British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived following his release from an Egyptian jail. Tory […]
(Jewish News) Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is unlikely to face deportation from the UK, despite historic social media posts supporting violence against Zionists and derogatory remarks about British people. Jewish News understands government officials believe that his actions do not meet […]
(Middle East Eye) The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called on the UK government to explain its decision to strip a British woman of her citizenship after she fled to Syria as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State (IS) […]
(BBC) The Conservatives have called for a British-Egyptian activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media messages emerged of him calling for Zionists to be killed. Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised for saying he was […]
(GB News) A former MI6 operative has issued a stark warning that Britain faces the threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack comparable to 9/11 or the 7/7 London [attack]. Aimen Dean, who worked as a double agent within the terrorist organisation for […]
(Jewish News) Senior government ministers including the prime minister have provoked fury by welcoming the arrival to the UK of an activist who had previously called for “all Zionists” to be killed. Dual British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a democracy activist in […]
(BBC) Two men who plotted to attack Jews in Greater Manchester in what could have been “the UK’s most deadly terrorist attack” were caught by an undercover operative who put himself in “significant danger,” police said. Walid Saadaoui, 38, arranged to smuggle […]
(Sky News) Two Islamic State extremists have been found guilty of plotting a deadly gun attack on Manchester’s Jewish community. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday. They had bought […]
(GB News) Labour is under mounting pressure over a new government-backed definition of “anti-Muslim hatred” after a petition was sent to MPs calling for the plans to be scrapped. It comes amid warnings the definition could shut down honest discussion about grooming […]
(BBC) A 23-year-old man has been charged with being a member of the Islamic State group. Abdullah Yousef, of Galapagos Grove in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, was arrested on 16 December and charged with a string of terrorism offences on Monday. Mr Yousef […]
(GB News) A Palestinian migrant who arrived in Britain after crossing the Channel on a small boat has been released from prison after calling for the “death to all Jews.” Abu Wadee, 34, was jailed for nine months for attempting to enter […]
(Jewish News) A pro-Palestinian activist who allegedly chanted “I love 7 October” during an anti-Israel protest has been charged by the Metropolitan police after the CPS repeatedly declined to take the case further. Police arrested Mohamed Hassn, of Unwin Way, Stanmore, on […]
(GB News) Muslim gangs have launched a violent takeover of a drug-addled Kent jail, prison watchdogs have warned. HMP Swaleside has been placed under special measures after it emerged the religious gangs had gained unchecked control. Charlie Taylor, HM chief inspector of […]
(GB News) Laws that ban female genital mutilation (FGM) have been deemed harmful and perpetuate stigma towards migrant communities, a group of 25 academics from leading British universities has said. The essay, published in the British Medical Journal‘s (BMJ) Journal of Medical […]
(Reuters) Two British-Lebanese men appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with belonging to the banned Iran-backed group Hezbollah and attending terrorism training camps, with one of the two accused of helping procure parts for drones. Annis Makki, 40, is charged […]
(BBC) A 22-year-old man who promoted “violent jihad” by sharing online content has been jailed. A mobile phone found at Cameron Gloria De Almeida’s home in Leeds linked him to a cloud-based storage account he had used “to share electronic libraries of […]
(LBC) The police and courts have been accused of trying to “downplay” the rape of a child by two Afghan migrants. The case of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal was shrouded in secrecy from an early stage. Despite arriving in the UK […]
(BBC) The government is considering a draft definition of anti-Muslim hatred which does not include the term “Islamophobia.” The BBC has seen the form of words from the Islamophobia/anti-Muslim hatred working group, which the government has taken to stakeholders for consultation. Free […]
(LBC) Two Afghan rapists were reportedly allowed to walk the streets for a month despite admitting the rape of a 15-year-old girl. Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, targeted the girl in the horrific attack in a park in Leamington Spa […]
(BBC) An alleged associate of Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie is to face trial accused of driving him to survey the UK’s Defence Academy to carry out hostile reconnaissance. Mohammad Bashir, 31, of Shaftsbury Road, Manchester, appeared by videolink at the Old […]
(Jewish News) An independent MP elected on a pro-Gaza platform has shared a social media post alleging that Israel was responsible for the deaths of the Bibas family, who were taken hostage in Gaza. The post shared by Iqbal Mohamed, MP for […]
(Algemeiner) Hamas operatives have pushed far beyond Gaza, embedding themselves across Europe — and now posing a growing threat inside the United Kingdom, where covert arms caches and active attack plots have put intelligence services on high alert, according to a new […]
(ITV) Two asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been sentenced for raping a 15-year-old girl in a park in Warwickshire. Israr Niazal and Jan Juahanzeb, who are both 17, assaulted the girl in Newbold Comyn country park in Leamington Spa on Saturday, 10 […]
(Breitbart) The wife and children of a Somalian ISIS leader are reportedly living in taxpayer-funded accommodation in Britain. The purported global leader of the so-called Islamic State terrorist network, Abdul Qadir Mumin, has a wife and three children living in a council apartment […]
(Iran International) A briefing prepared for MPs by the UK House of Commons Library said Iranian operatives had increasingly sought to carry out kidnappings, physical attacks and assassinations against dissidents and opponents in Britain. The House of Commons Library provides research briefings […]
(BBC) A man who allegedly drove the Manchester synagogue attacker to survey a UK defence site has appeared in court. Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, is accused of driving Jihad Al-Shamie to UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, on 14 August for a […]
(Sky News) A convicted terrorist from Iraq who entered the UK illegally has been sentenced to more than two years in jail. Rebwar Hamad, 48, from Iraq, arrived with other migrants on 19 September and later pleaded guilty to entering the country […]
(National-UAE) The British government has put the Muslim Brotherhood under “close review,” with the prospect that it could be banned from the UK. The prime minister’s official spokesman has confirmed to the National that the extremist group, which seeks close ties to […]
(Jewish News) Jewish communal organisations have expressed frustration after two men who allegedly chanted an infamous slogan citing the massacre of Jews were found by a jury to be not guilty of intent to stir up racial hatred. Video footage from an […]
(BBC) A man has been charged with terror offences after allegations he drove the Manchester synagogue attacker to survey a UK defence facility. Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, who lives in Cheetham Hill, north Manchester, has been charged with one count of preparation […]
(BBC) On the morning of 2 October, father-of-four Yoni Finlay was nervous as he prepared to help lead Yom Kippur prayers at his synagogue for the first time. But not long after the service began, 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie launched a deadly attack […]
(ITV) A specially designed hijab for female front-line Muslim police officers has gone into production in Leicestershire after a team effort between the county’s police force and De Montfort University. The design includes a quick-release system so the lower section detaches if […]
(ITV) The brother of a man accused of plotting to kill Jewish people at a mass gathering in Manchester has told a jury that he thought he was being “abducted or kidnapped” when police came to arrest him. Bilel Saadaoui claimed six […]
(Jewish News) The central role played by an MP who campaigned to have Israeli football clubs thrown out of European competitions in the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a game against Aston Villa has been confirmed by police chiefs […]
(BBC) A Green Party councillor and chair of one of the region’s biggest mosques faces a possible three-year charity suspension imposed by the Charity Commission after sharing a social media post about the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Abdul Malik was […]
(European Conservative) Last May, two brothers allegedly bound their 18-year-old sister in packing tape, gagged her, and drowned her in a swamp. This was an honour killing, motivated by what the girl’s brothers saw as her “westernisation.” During the trial last week, […]
(Sky News) A man from Afghanistan has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting three women in Southampton, as well as entering the UK illegally. Sohail Amiri, 30, is accused of approaching a woman and trying to kiss her in Upper Shaftesbury […]
(BBC) Police have been given more time to question a 31-year-old man arrested in connection with the attack on a synagogue in Manchester earlier this year. He was arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after arriving […]
(ITV) A woman in Jersey is facing terrorism charges, accused of using social media to invite support for Hamas and Hezbollah. Both groups are proscribed terrorist organisations, which means it is an offence to promote them. The case against Natalie Strecker, 50, […]
(BBC) A man has been arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terror offences over the synagogue attack in the city earlier this year, police have said. Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz died at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on 2 October […]
(Middle East Eye) An MP has been reported to parliament’s standards commissioner for claiming that police banned Israeli fans from a football match due to Muslim influence, Middle East Eye has learnt. During a parliamentary session on Monday, the Democratic Unionist Party’s […]
(Jewish News) A British-Palestinian doctor who has become infamous for her rants about “Jewish supremacy” in the UK has had her licence to practice medicine suspended for 15 months while the General Medical Council (GMC) investigates her conduct. The decision, announced by […]
(BBC) A 71-year-old former Islamic teacher has been jailed for 12 years for sexual assaults against children. Hafez Ashraf Uddin, who worked in Ipswich, was found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault, relating to six girls, aged between seven and 14, […]
(GB News) A Christian street preacher has been arrested after telling Muslim protesters “God bless you” at a pro-Palestine demonstration. Shaun O’Sullivan, 36, claims that police are trying to suppress his freedom of speech after being arrested 16 times. He is now […]
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