Government & Politics
Labour council group leader suspended over incendiary comments (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Mohammed film protest backer is government’s Islamophobia adviser (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
Revealed: Extreme anti-Israel views of peace advocate Hassen Rasool (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after being stopped by police at Luton Airport
(ITV) A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after he was stopped by police at a UK airport. The 40-year-old man was intercepted by officers as he arrived at Luton Airport on Wednesday after boarding a flight from Kosovo, […]
Academics & Education
Pakistani Muslim primary school worker loses religious discrimination lawsuit she brought after boss called her a ‘guinea pig’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Derby doctor who asked Muslim woman to remove veil found guilty of misconduct (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
UK cinema chain cancels screenings of ‘blasphemous’ film after protests (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Majority of British Muslims say their lives have improved (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Home Office offers asylum seekers choice between war zones they fled and Rwanda (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Man ‘posted terror video’ after Liverpool hospital bombing
(BBC) An asylum seeker posted Islamic State (IS) propaganda on social media after the bombing at a Liverpool hospital, a jury has heard. Ahmiri Ahmedi Azizi, 24, from Sheffield, is said to have shared the footage the day after the attack. The […]
Arts & Entertainment
Silent protest held against ‘provocative’ film (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
UK warned it is failing to adapt as terror threat shifts from groups to lone attackers (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant arrivals nearly hit 10,000 in UK for this year (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Anti-extremism Prevent strategy ‘failing to engage Muslim communities’
(BBC) The government’s flagship counter-extremism Prevent strategy is failing to engage with Muslim communities, a government adviser has said. Dame Sara Khan said a “vacuum” of information about its purpose had been left by the government, which was then being filled by […]
Government & Politics
Home secretary ‘absolutely determined’ to proceed with Rwanda deportation plan (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Essex man appears in court accused of plotting Islamist terror attack (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
First Rwanda deportation flight to leave UK on 14 June, says Priti Patel (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Women and young children among latest small boat arrivals in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
GPs failing Asian victims of ‘honour abuse’ over racism fears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Asylum seekers to receive Rwanda deportation notices within days with No10 hoping first flight will take off in June (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Lefty lawyers at the Home Office ‘are blocking a major review into the Prevent anti-terror scheme’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Afghans ‘largest group’ fleeing to the UK by crossing the Channel — figures (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Labour councillor defended calling Jihadi John a ‘beautiful young man’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Ban on legal aid for terrorists ‘could backfire’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings exceed 9,000 for the year (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena attack: Runners and events mark fifth anniversary
(BBC) About 20,000 participants in the Great Manchester Run held a minute’s applause for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack on its fifth anniversary. Twenty-two people died when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 […]
Legal
Man who had ‘extremely harmful’ ISIS terrorist manuals jailed (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Peace TV founder Zakir Naik’s charity that funded hate speech channels shut down in UK Islamic Research Foundation International closed over 'repeated misconduct,' says watchdog
(National-UAE) A charity founded by Zakir Naik, a television personality whose Peace TV stations were fined in the UK for broadcasting hate speech, has been shut down due to misconduct. UK charity watchdog the Charity Commission took action against Islamic Research Foundation […]
Children & Teens
Teenage boy, 18, and girl, 17, arrested on suspicion of encouraging Islamic terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
UK taxpayer funds pro-BDS arts company founded by terrorist (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rwanda says UK asylum seekers to arrive ‘in next few weeks’
(AFP) The first batch of asylum seekers sent to Rwanda from the UK under a controversial new deal will likely arrive in the East African nation “in the next few weeks,” officials in Kigali said Thursday. Since being announced last month, the […]
Government & Politics
Britain, Rwanda defend asylum-seekers plan at UN agencies
(AP) Britain and Rwanda on Thursday faced down two United Nations agencies that have sharply criticized their controversial plan in which Britain expects to send some asylum-seekers from the U.K. to the African country. In an interview with the Associated Press before […]
Government & Politics
Labour councillor suspended after ‘antisemitic’ social media posts revealed (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Boy, 13, arrested on suspicion of terror offence in London (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel crossings continue for a fourth consecutive day (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Alarm as leak reveals Prevent ‘carrying the weight’ for mental health services (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Leaked Prevent review attacks ‘double standards’ on far right and Islamists (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings exceed 8,000 for the year (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
UK government suspends engagement with NUS over antisemitism allegations (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Three people arrested on suspicion of involvement in female genital mutilation at unregistered school (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
UK’s charity regulator urged to investigate Policy Exchange over ‘anti-Muslim agenda’ Complaint to Charity Commission accuses think tank of Islamophobia over report in which David Cameron said Muslim critics of Prevent were 'enabling terrorism'
(Middle East Eye) The UK’s charities regulator is being urged to investigate the Policy Exchange think tank for alleged racism and Islamophobia, over a report in which it accused Muslim critics of the government’s Prevent strategy of “enabling terrorism.” In a letter […]
Government & Politics
Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre an ‘open prison in middle of nowhere’
(BBC) Villagers have branded a planned asylum centre on an ex-RAF station site an “open prison in the middle of nowhere.” The Home Office wants to place up to 1,500 male asylum seekers at Linton-on-Ouse near York. Residents have flooded the prime […]
Government & Politics
Rwanda plan ‘sends clear signal but will take time,’ says Patel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
First refugees to be told this week of their relocation to Rwanda (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
London Mayor Sadiq Khan tells Muslim crowd they are Trump’s ‘worst nightmare’
(Breitbart) Thousands of Muslims gathered in London on Saturday to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid, in an event sponsored by a controversial Islamic charity and arranged by Mayor Sadiq Khan, who described the event as Donald Trump’s “worst nightmare.” Marking the […]
Government & Politics
Only 300 migrants face being sent to Rwanda each year (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Plan to send failed asylum seekers to Rwanda will get under way next week (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Babies wrapped in blankets brought to safety after Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Villagers decry UK plan to house 1,500 asylum seekers
(AFP) The village of Linton-on-Ouse is usually a sleepy place, but its residents are up in arms at a UK government plan to house up to 1,500 asylum seekers, whose numbers will dwarf local residents. In mid-April, 43-year-old Steve says he was […]