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Government & Politics

Cage director accuses France after being refused entry to Poland Muhammad Rabbani, who has accused the French government of Islamophobia, says border officers at Warsaw airport told him France had placed him on an EU no-entry list

October 3, 2023   

(Middle East Eye) The director of the UK-based advocacy group Cage has accused the French government of placing him on a European no-entry list after he was refused entry to Poland to attend a high-profile security conference in Warsaw. Border officers at […]

Arts & Entertainment

Birmingham police pull out of controversial Islamic conference after sparking outrage Speakers at the LPM conference have made charged remarks about non-Muslims and compared Israeli policy to the Nazis

September 29, 2023   

(GB News) West Midlands Police has pulled out of exhibiting at a religious conference this weekend after a GB News investigation uncovered a litany of controversial remarks by the speakers. The Birmingham police were set to exhibit at the LPM Conference, hosted […]

Arts & Entertainment

Ofcom fines Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcasts antisemitic documentary Broadcasting watchdog fines the Islam Channel over broadcast of The Andinia Plan — a one-hour documentary examining a conspiracy theory which originated in a neo-Nazi publication.

September 26, 2023   

(Jewish News) Ofcom has fined the Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcast a documentary which was deemed to have amounted to “hate speech against Jewish people.” An investigation by the broadcast watchdog found that Islam Channel Limited (“Islam Channel”) had failed to […]

Government & Politics

Tory councillor rejoins party after apologising for ‘Zionist murderers’ posts Shakeel Hussain, a councillor in Stockton, had been suspended while the party investigated inflammatory social media posts

September 15, 2023   

(Jewish News) A Conservative councillor suspended earlier this year over social media posts, including one condemning “Zionist murderers,” has been allowed back into the party after apologising and insisting: “I am not antisemitic. I want to make amends.’” Shakeel Hussain has been […]

Clerics & Preachers

Pressure for investigation into ‘dangerous’ association between UK imams and Taliban A group of British mosque leaders and Islamic scholars held meeting with the Taliban on a 'fact-finding mission'

September 5, 2023   

(National-UAE) Afghan activists are calling for an investigation into British imams who met Taliban ministers amid fears they could have been influenced by the regime’s strict ideology. Hundreds of people including women’s rights campaigners and former Afghan politicians have signed a petition […]

Academics & Education

Taxpayers’ funding to controversial mosque halted amid investigation The Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre was set to receive £2.2million before GB News raised concerns about controversial speeches

August 25, 2023   

(GB News) A Birmingham mosque with a long history of hosting controversial speeches recently awarded millions in taxpayers’ cash has had its grant paused after a GB News investigation. The Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre in Birmingham was awarded £2.2million from […]

Clothing

GP to be monitored by a ‘responsible officer’ after asking Muslim woman to remove veil Dr Keith Wolverson requested a patient to take off her niqab three times as he could not hear her describing her daughter’s symptoms

August 21, 2023   

(GB News) A general practitioner is being forced to be monitored by a “responsible officer” after asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil. Dr Keith Wolverson was suspended for nine months after being found guilty of or admitting to a total […]

Clerics & Preachers

UK probing Islamic center linked to Iran

August 20, 2023   

(Iran International) The UK Charity Commission has begun investigating an Iran-linked British foundation, which has hosted hardline Islamic clerics and paramilitary figures. According to the Sunday Times, the watchdog, which regulates registered charities in [the] UK, opened a compliance case into the […]

Government & Politics

Suella Braverman urged to ‘stand up’ to France and demand repayment after reports Channel interceptions are falling Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed a three-year £480m Anglo-French deal in March as a key element of his pledge to 'stop the boats.' Despite this, the Telegraph reports French interceptions in the Channel are falling.

August 18, 2023   

(Sky News) Suella Braverman has been urged to “stand up” to France as reports emerged the country is intercepting fewer migrants in the Channel despite a £480m funding deal. The call from Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis came as the Telegraph claimed just […]

Banks & Banking

Like Nigel Farage, British Muslims say they are being ‘de-banked’ Often without providing clear reasons, major high-street banks appear to be disproportionately closing the accounts of British Muslims, members of the minority group and experts say.

August 15, 2023   

(Al-Jazeera) Two months ago, the Cordoba Foundation, a British think tank, was organising a forum in central London about political tensions in Tunisia. But when trying to settle invoices, its efforts to pay for the event failed. “Multiple attempts to pay the […]

Government & Politics

Over 100,000 people now likely to have crossed Channel in small boats since records began New arrivals crossing the English Channel this week have now likely taken the overall number of people who have made the journey in small boats to more than 100,000 since records started in 2018.

August 10, 2023   

(Sky News) The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the past five years is now likely to have passed 100,000. Government figures show that since 2018, when records began, 99,960 people have made the perilous […]

Books

Fury as Iran-linked IHRC stages Wembley event chaired by disgraced academic Miller Exclusive: Board says Friday evening event, also featuring pro-Corbyn writer Asa Winstanley at the Islamic Human Rights Commission's HQ in north London, 'shows utter contempt for Jewish community'

August 9, 2023   

(Jewish News) A human rights organisation alleged to have close links with Iran is at the centre of renewed controversy over its staging of an event featuring the disgraced sociology professor David Miller and a writer criticised over antisemitism claims. The Islamic […]

Academics & Education

Iran’s IRGC poses biggest security threat to Britain, authorities say Group reportedly attempting to recruit members of crime gangs to target opponents of Iranian regime

August 6, 2023   

(National-UAE) British authorities consider Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be the greatest threat to national security amid reports the group is increasing activities in the country. Home Secretary Suella Braverman is said to be concerned over reports that the group […]

Academics & Education

UK Muslim student org hosts IRGC talks calling for war on Jews IRGC leaders have encouraged violence against and parroted conspiracies regarding Jews. The talks have reached tens of thousands of people.

August 4, 2023   

(Jerusalem Post) Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) leadership preached an ultimate war on the Jewish people in live-streamed talks arranged by the Islamic Students Association of Britain, according to a Jewish Chronicle report on Thursday. Some of the speakers who addressed the Muslim […]