(Arab News) A member of a Deash cell known as “The Beatles” faces dying alone in an American prison, described by an ex-warden as a “place not designed for humanity,” after his appeal for a sanity assessment was rejected. Having been given […]
(BBC) A financial analyst has been found guilty of making a homemade bomb and having explosives. Asad Bhatti, 49, from Redhill, Surrey, was reported to police by the owner of a computer repair shop who became suspicious of content on his laptop. […]
(BBC) A man who murdered his 20-year-old niece and dumped her body on wasteland after she refused a forced marriage has been jailed for life. Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, killed Somaiya Begum at her home before leaving her body wrapped up in […]
(BBC) A man has been convicted of terrorism offences after extremist material was found on his mobile phone. Mohammed Adnan Saleem, 22, of Montrose Avenue, Luton, had saved several banned documents, including a bomb-making manual and a file on explosives. He was […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of murdering his 20-year-old niece after she refused a forced marriage. Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, killed Somaiya Begum before dumping her body on wasteland in Bradford in July 2022. Jurors heard the university student was […]
(Pink News) The Abu Bakr Trust has released an apology after staff used its social media channels to urge followers to pray for protection against the LGBTQ+ community and called gay people “evil.” Bosses of the Abu Bakr Trust — a charity […]
(BBC) A former suspect in the Manchester Arena bombing had his British citizenship revoked and then returned after MI5 changed its view of his role in the attack, the BBC can reveal. Mohammed Soliman, 26, was arrested in Libya after being stripped […]
(BBC) The UK will give France almost £500m over three years to help stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. The cash was announced at a summit in Paris between UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron, who said […]
(BBC) A British Muslim convert who allegedly travelled to Syria for terrorism has denied a string of charges. Aine Davis was arrested at Luton Airport in August and charged. The 39-year-old, formerly from London, pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm […]
(BBC) The charity watchdog has opened a probe into a mosque that was criticised by the Manchester Arena bomb inquiry. Didsbury Mosque in south Manchester had been attended by the suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his family. The public inquiry into the […]
(Politico) The European Union warned Britain its crackdown on Channel migrant crossings violates international law — as the U.K. urged it to read the details. In an interview with POLITICO in Brussels, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said she had spoken […]
(AFP) France and Britain are working on a new deal to thwart migrants crossing the Channel, which could be agreed at a summit between leaders Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak later this week, a French official said Wednesday. Macron is set to […]
(BBC) Most of London’s anti-terrorism referrals are for “Islamist activity,” bucking a national trend, London’s Police and Crime Committee has heard. Latest figures from Prevent show there were more than three times the number of referrals compared to right-wing extremism, the meeting […]
(BBC) A man posted an image of a terrorism victim’s severed head on Twitter while encouraging others to decapitate anyone who insulted Islam, a trial has heard. Ajmal Shahpal is alleged to have praised the killer of a French teacher for being […]
(BBC) A man on trial for murdering his niece had no motive, unlike her father who was “humiliated” after her failed forced marriage, a jury has heard. Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, is accused of killing Somaiya Begum at her home in Bradford, […]
(ITV) A long-awaited plan to “stop the boats” has finally been unveiled, with Home Secretary Suella Braverman announcing the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament. The new law will force detention on virtually everyone who enters the UK illegally and make it impossible […]
(BBC) A new law set to go before Parliament later will introduce new measures aimed at removing migrants entering the UK on small boats. The Illegal Migration Bill is set to prevent those arriving illegally from claiming asylum, and will block them […]
(Middle East Eye) The High Court in London has ruled that a tweet sent by the author and commentator Ed Husain had defamed a senior leader of the Muslim Council of Britain. Husain, also known as Mohammed Mahbub Husain, founded the defunct […]
(BBC) MI5’s apology for not preventing the Manchester Arena attack is not “enough,” MPs have heard. The head of the security agency said on Thursday it was “profoundly sorry” that it did not thwart the suicide bombing in 2017 which killed 22 […]
(Sky News) The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing intends to sue MI5. Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos was one of the 22 people killed in the attack by suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, in May 2017. Now her father, […]
(National-UAE) New measures to curtail the number of migrant boats sailing across the English Channel to land asylum seekers in the UK are being urgently considered. Legislation promised as part of the UK government’s efforts to tackle illegal migration could come as […]
(Sky News) Reports of death threats against West Yorkshire school pupils who allegedly damaged a copy of the Koran are alarming, the home secretary has said. Suella Braverman has spoken of her “deep concern” over the case and said it raises broader […]
(BBC) A man on trial for murdering his niece asked police “what the sentence was for someone in his position,” a court has heard. Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, is accused of killing Somaiya Begum at her home in Bradford, in June 2022. […]
(BBC) Death threats sent to pupils who damaged a copy of the Quran at a school have been condemned by an education minister as “totally unacceptable.” West Yorkshire Police said officers had spoken to a child alleged to have made threats and […]
(BBC) The body of a 20-year-old woman was so badly decomposed it was not possible to determine how she died, a murder trial has heard. Somaiya Begum was found wrapped in a rug on waste ground in Bradford in July last year. […]
(BBC) The head of MI5 said he was “profoundly sorry” the security service did not prevent the Manchester Arena attack. A public inquiry found MI5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have stopped the 2017 bombing. Chairman Sir John […]
(ITV) There was a “significant missed opportunity to take action” which could have prevented the Manchester Arena terror attack, a report has found. Failures to obtain “actionable intelligence” on bomber Salman Abedi meant he was able to build a “devastatingly destructive” device […]
(Arab News) Political correctness in the UK had created a “blind spot” in its national security regarding Islamist extremism, the British home secretary said on Wednesday. Suella Braverman also said not enough had been done to clamp down on a “highly coordinated” […]
(BBC) The chair of trustees at a mosque which was accused of turning a “blind eye” to extremist views prior to the Manchester Arena attack said he “would have done anything” to prevent the 2017 atrocity. Fawzi Haffar said he felt Didsbury […]
(BBC) A 20-year-old woman was murdered by her uncle and “dumped like rubbish” for refusing a forced marriage, a court was told. Somaiya Begum’s body was found wrapped in a rug on land near Fitzwilliam Street, Bradford, on 6 July. Prosecutors at […]
(BBC) Four trustees of a mosque have been jailed after attacking a worshipper who was unhappy they were using the site during lockdown. The victim, a 48-year-old man, was lured to the mosque in Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, on 4 June […]
(BBC) A woman has been charged with disseminating materials relating to terrorism. Roma Iqbal, 23, of Kestrel Crescent, Oxford, is accused of three counts relating to content published online in December 2021. The charges concern Islamist publications, Counter Terrorism Policing South East […]
(BBC) A judge has taken action to protect a woman with learning disabilities in an arranged marriage that happened in Pakistan. Luton Borough Council, which had responsibility for the woman, asked Mrs Justice Theis to consider issues relating to her care. The […]
(BBC) A Muslim preacher who was close to the Manchester bomber had been suspected by MI5 of radicalising people more than a decade earlier, the BBC can reveal. A public inquiry into the atrocity will this week report on how Salman Abedi […]
(National-UAE) Shamima Begum and other women who joined ISIS should be allowed to return to Britain to face justice, according to the UK’s independent reviewer of anti-terror legislation. Jonathan Hall KC said British women or those who are former citizens should be […]
(AFP) A convicted Islamic State member allegedly linked to the group’s notorious “Beatles” kidnap-and-murder cell appeared in a UK court ahead of the planned start Monday of his terror trial. Aine Davis sat in the dock at London’s Old Bailey criminal court, […]
(Sky News) One of three candidates vying to take over from Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP says his absence from a key vote on gay marriage is being “dragged up” for political reasons. Humza Yousaf told Sky News that his […]
(Breitbart) Leftist Humza Yousaf, frontrunner to become Scotland’s new first minister, allegedly caved to “pressure” from a mosque to skip a vote on same-sex marriage — but he has faced little scrutiny of his religious views compared to Christian rival Kate Forbes. […]
(BBC) SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf has defended his decision to miss the final vote on Scotland’s equal marriage legislation. Former minister Alex [Neil] said Mr Yousaf arranged a meeting in February 2014 as cover. But the health secretary said he had […]
(BBC) Four pupils have been suspended from a West Yorkshire secondary school after a copy of the Quran was damaged by students. Wednesday’s incident at Wakefield’s Kettlethorpe High School happened when a copy of the Islamic text was brought in by a […]
(Middle East Eye) Labour leader Keir Starmer on Thursday said he supported a court ruling dismissing an appeal by Shamima Begum challenging the UK government over the removal of her British citizenship. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) on Wednesday rejected Begum’s […]
(National-UAE) The Home Office plans to fast-track thousands of asylum cases from a handful of countries, including Syria and Yemen, as the backlog of people waiting for an initial decision climbs to almost 161,000. About 12,000 asylum seekers from nations that have […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a “credible” case she was trafficked. Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismissed. The […]
(Arab News) Scotland’s Health Minister Humza Yousaf has emerged as a front-runner in the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the Scottish National Party and the country’s first minister. Sturgeon, 52, shocked many in British politics last week when she […]
(BBC) A university professor falsely accused of Islamophobia said the experience had been “terrifying.” A student society complained about Professor Steven Greer when he worked at the University of Bristol. In October 2021 the university said its investigation into a module taught […]
(Middle East Eye) An immigration court in London will rule this week on whether Shamima Begum, who fled Britain to join the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria aged 15, has won her appeal against the UK government who revoked her British citizenship. […]
(National-UAE) Britain summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat on Monday to make clear that threats to journalists on UK soil “will never go unchallenged” after a Persian-language TV channel was forced to close its London newsroom. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he was […]
(BBC) More than 1,000 staff in Manchester have taken counter-terrorism training ahead of new legislation to tighten venue security after the Arena bomb. The Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) course aims to equip staff to identify, mitigate and respond to terror attacks. It […]
(National-UAE) Refugee charities that work with migrants in northern France are “just as bad as people smugglers” who ferry people across the English Channel in search of new lives, the new Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson has said. The MP, who was […]
(Arab News) The mother of a Daesh extremist known as “Jihadi Jack” has said that she has “guilty thoughts” about whether his “chaotic” childhood led him to join the terrorists as a teenager. In an autobiography, Sally Lane says her “over-liberal” parenting […]
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