(BBC) A man has been jailed for posting a string of Instagram videos that endorsed or depicted terrorist killings. Abdullah Bellil, from Southampton, previously pleaded guilty at Kingston Upon Thames Crown Court to expressing support for the Islamic State group. The 29-year-old, […]
(BBC) A man who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has won his appeal against his conviction. Hamit Coskun, 51, shouted abusive comments about Islam as he held the flaming book aloft in […]
(BBC) A man who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London was using his “human right to free speech,” an appeal hearing has been told. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted abusive comments about Islam as […]
(Sky News) An Islamic State supporter was said to have “hero-worshipped” the mastermind of the 2015 Paris attacks, a court has heard. Walid Saadaoui, 38, of Abram, Greater Manchester, is accused along with Amar Hussein, 52, of preparing a terrorist attack by […]
(BBC) A man accused of planning a terror attack “regularly expressed a wish to kill Jews,” a jury has been told. Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of an act […]
(BBC) A man has been convicted of raping a teenager near a busy city centre shopping centre. Amin Abedi Mofrad, who is an asylum seeker staying in Reading, attacked the 15-year-old close to the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford on 14 February […]
(Sky News) A trial accusing two men of planning “untold harm” and “mass fatalities” with an attack on members of the Jewish community in Manchester has been interrupted by an outburst from one of the defendants. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, […]
(Sky News) The Manchester synagogue terrorist made a call to police during the attack where he pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, police say. Jihad al Shamie, 35, carried out the attack last Thursday as he tried to get inside Heaton […]
(Sky News) An asylum seeker who posted a video about Nigel Farage said that “he’s going to shoot me,” the Reform UK leader has said in court. Fayaz Khan, 26, is charged with making a threat to kill the Reform UK leader […]
(Jewish News) One of Manchester’s most prominent concert venues has been heavily criticised for ignoring Jewish community concerns about a hate preacher it hosted earlier this year — after it transpired that his social media account was one of [a] small number […]
(BBC) Counter-terrorism detectives have charged a 62-year-old woman with offences relating to the support of Hamas. The group is a proscribed terror group in the US, UK and EU. Sarah Wilkinson, from Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, was charged on Sunday with five offences […]
(Sky News) The synagogue killer, Jihad al Shamie, radicalised himself after searching online for videos of the Islamic State terror group, according to a friend. The man, Qas, said al Shamie “started using [encrypted messaging app] Telegram and searching for ISIS videos. […]
(Jewish News) Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Michael Gove has called on Keir Starmer’s government to introduce a “fundamental and comprehensive anti-extremism strategy” following the terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Speaking to Jewish News at the Conservative Party […]
(Jewish News) Kemi Badenoch has used her leader’s speech at the Tory Party conference to draw a direct link between pro-Palestine protests on Britain’s streets and the Manchester synagogue terror attack. Speaking on Sunday at the start of the party’s conference in […]
(GB News) The father of the Manchester synagogue attacker praised the October 7 Hamas terrorists as “Allah’s men on earth” on the day of the massacre. Faraj Al-Shamie, whose son Jihad carried out the attack on the Heaton Park synagogue yesterday, said, […]
(BBC) Jihad Al-Shamie was arrested on suspicion of rape and on police bail at the time he launched a deadly knife and car attack on a Manchester synagogue, police have said. Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz were killed in the attack on […]
(Reuters) Two men were killed on Thursday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, British police said. […]
(BBC) A man who “married” a 15-year-old girl in an Islamic wedding ceremony is among eight men to have been found guilty of sexual offences against her. The victim was groomed and sexually abused by men from the age of 13 and […]
(Jerusalem Post) A blogger from northern England was arrested on Thursday night over a post he made on X condemning the Hamas terrorist organization and Islam, according to British media reports. Pete North, 47, was arrested over the meme on suspicion of […]
(LBC) Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh has had his terror charge dismissed on a technicality after blundering CPS officials failed to ask the attorney general for approval. Mr O hAnnaidh, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomb-maker Hashem Abedi used five makeshift knives to conduct a terrorist attack on prison officers while shouting “Allahu akbar,” prosecutors have alleged. Abedi, 28, is serving life in prison for helping his suicide bomber brother murder 22 people […]
(BBC) Three people have appeared in court charged with supporting and financing Hamas. Bisharet Ali, 61, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, and Mohmed Patel, 50, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, have been accused of inviting support for the proscribed terrorist organisation between 5 October 2023 […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who regularly posts diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” on social media and has called for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel has been allowed by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to continue practicing medicine while the General […]
(GB News) Grooming gangs will be given “impunity” to carry out their crimes if a new definition of Islamophobia is passed, the Tories have warned. Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho warned that the definition risks enhancing the “culture of censorship” by giving […]
(BBC) A Muslim man who attacked someone burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been spared jail. Moussa Kadri, 59, saw Hamit Coskun setting alight the text and shouted: “I’m going to kill you” before slashing at him with […]
(Toronto Sun) Shamima Begum fled the United Kingdom when she was just 15 to become a bride in the Islamic State death cult. Now, effectively stateless and living in a compound for the exiled foreign women of ISIS, the young fanatic is […]
(GB News) Isis has issued a horrific threat to Britain as it urged its followers to attack “Jews, Christians and their allies.” A spokesman for the Islamic State, Abu Hudhaifa al-Ansari, encouraged supporters to pursue individuals of the two faiths throughout America, […]
(Press Release) A 35-year-old man has been jailed for breaching conditions of his release from prison after serving a sentence for terrorism offences. Ismael Watson was arrested in London in September 2024 after failing to comply with his notification requirements which were […]
(ITV) Six people from London have denied being part of a banned Kurdish separatist group over a period of 23 years. Turkan Ozcan, 60; Macahit Sayak, 28; Berfin Kurban, 31; Ali Boyraz, 63; Ercan Akbal, 56; and Agit Karatas, 23, appeared at […]
(LBC) An Egyptian asylum seeker who was jailed for raping a woman in London’s Hyde Park is a convicted Islamic terrorist, it has emerged. Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, was found guilty in his absence of being part of a bomb-making cell in […]
(Breitbart) The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad-stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around […]
(BBC) Manchester Arena bombmaker Hashem Abedi has refused to leave his cell to appear in court accused of attempting to murder three prison officers in an alleged terrorist attack. Abedi, 28, is serving a life sentence for helping his suicide bomber brother […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who raped a woman in Hyde Park has been jailed for eight and a half years. Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, a married father of one, approached her in the central London park as she was walking home alone from […]
(GB News) Labour’s plans for an official definition of Islamophobia will be used to object to police investigating Muslims for criminal offences, a lawyer claimed. Prior to her resignation earlier this month, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner set up a group […]
(National-UAE) Former UK defence and international trade secretary Liam Fox warned that fear of being labelled racist or Islamophobic has left some British politicians hesitant to confront extremist groups, creating what he called a “toxic environment.” The UK has so far stopped […]
(GB News) The Home Office has advertised for a religious adviser, who can help detained migrants get married. The vacancy is for Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre, near the village of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, which is set to be reopened after it shut […]
(ITV) A cleric has appeared in court accused of illegally allowing two children to marry. Ashraf Osmani, 52, of Abington Avenue, Northampton, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth when he appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. […]
(GB News) A British judge has caused outrage after he wished the mastermind behind the 7/7 tube bombings in London “all the best” as he prepares to walk free. Sir Robert Jay made the remark to Haroon Aswat, who is set to […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of possessing a bomb-making video which explained how to make explosives similar to those previously used in UK terror attacks. Adam Mahmood, 20, of Platt Brook Way, Sheldon, Birmingham, could now expect a sentence “measured […]
(GB News) The Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) has been accused of being a key player in the launch of Islamist organisation [the] Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in the UK. The French Ministry of Interior (FMI) previously raised concerns […]
(GB News) Britain should ban the burka in public because it poses a “huge impediment to assimilation,” Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf has claimed. Zia Yusuf was quizzed on his position at a fringe meeting at the NEC just four […]
(Jewish News) The chief rabbi has told thousands of demonstrators that the expected recognition of Palestine by Britain “strengthens extremists in our midst” as he stepped up his public condemnation of the move. His comments came during Campaign Against Antisemitism’s third annual […]
(Sky News) Nigel Farage has confirmed he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister. The Reform UK leader’s position on the topic has not been clear, with him previously saying he wouldn’t […]
(National-UAE) The Reform UK party will ban the Muslim Brotherhood if it is voted into power in the next general election, its leader Nigel Farage has said. The UK has so far stopped short of following the example of countries such as […]
(National-UAE) An official definition of Islamophobia would present a risk to free speech, and plans to introduce one should be ditched, the UK government’s adviser on terror laws has said. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said a definition would […]
(Iran International) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is using online grooming tactics to recruit potential operatives in Britain, a report by the Daily Express said on Friday, one day after London vowed to frustrate what it called escalating Iranian threats to people on UK […]
(LBC) LBC has seen the digital posters and videos being pumped out to people in a bid to stop them making the dangerous Channel crossing. They feature warnings both in English and French, saying they risk being sent back under the new […]
(GB News) A bombshell new report reveals scores of migrants have lied about their age to get into Britain, as almost 50 per cent of under-18s who come alone are waved through upon arrival. The report, by Stand for Our Sovereignty and […]
(Iran International) The British government on Thursday said it was determined to frustrate what it called escalating Iranian threats to people on UK soil, citing cyberattacks and the use of criminal proxies to carry out attacks. “The Government has long recognised there […]
(BBC) An imam has been charged after two children were allowed to marry each other in a mosque. Northamptonshire Police said Ashraf Osmani had been charged under forced marriage legislation after he allegedly conducted a nikah wedding ceremony involving two 16-year-olds at […]
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