Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Boris Johnson’s Islamophobia inquiry accused of whitewash (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Government & Politics
Pushing back against the amplified call to prayer
The English city of Peterborough is the latest stop in the ongoing debate over a symbol of Islam’s growing footprint in the West: the amplified call to prayer (adhan). Last fall, Masjid Ghousia requested permission to broadcast three daily prayer calls using […]
Academics & Education
Muhammad cartoon teacher fundraiser under scrutiny
(Schools Week) A fundraising campaign for the teacher at the centre of the Muhammad cartoon row is being led by an activist accused of stirring up local ethnic tensions. It comes as a petition demanding the teacher’s reinstatement reached almost 70,000 signatures. […]
Crime
Daughter of murdered Muslim man calls for official Islamophobia definition (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Call for ‘Scottish exceptionalism’ to be tackled after Westminster’s race report (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Rochdale grooming ringleader shops in town where he abused children six years after he was supposed to be deported (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Controversial issues must not be ‘closed down,’ says union in wake of Batley school Mohammed row (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘I cried many a night’: The mothers whose sons died fighting for Isis in Syria reveal trauma (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
People smugglers sending fleets of migrant boats at the same time to overwhelm patrols (LINK ONLY)
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Banks & Banking
Three secret British jihadi brides: Previously unknown women are found in the same camp as Shamima Begum (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Parents ‘should be told’ if youth workers and community leaders have terror or race-hate convictions (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Eleven terror suspects including seven women allowed to secretly return to Britain in past four years (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
France rescues 159 migrants as they bid to make it to the UK
(Euronews) French authorities rescued 159 migrants as they attempted to cross the English Channel and make it to the UK. Among the migrants saved were 10 children and a pregnant woman. Several suffered from hypothermia. The French Maritime Prefecture said they were […]
Academics & Education
Supporters crowdfund for Batley Grammar School teacher living in fear of his life over prophet Mohammed cartoon (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Pupils in religious studies class ‘were not upset’ by images of Prophet Mohammed, it is claimed (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Pimlico Academy: Headteacher backs down over school’s ‘racist’ uniform policy after student protests (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Wheelchair-bound man and young children among latest wave of cross-Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Two more staff are suspended at blasphemy row school (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham terror inquest ‘should examine attacker’s background,’ coroner told (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Batley teacher’s union donated money to charity that accused him of ‘terrorism’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamist terrorists ‘being left free to radicalise other prisoners’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Batley school protests: Probe into Prophet Muhammad row
(BBC) A school where a teacher showed pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad is to be the subject of an independent probe, the trust which runs it has announced. Protests were held at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire after the […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: Border Force intercepts more than 200 migrants
(BBC) More than 200 migrants have been intercepted while attempting to cross the English Channel over recent days. The Home Office said 148 people in six incidents had tried to enter the UK on Tuesday. A further 81 people had been intercepted […]
Academics & Education
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out amid Mohammed cartoon row: We must hold onto freedom of speech (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Officer accepts police control room failings
(BBC) A police fixation with getting armed units to the Manchester Arena after it was bombed impacted the wider emergency response, an inquiry has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told the former police control room manager accepted his staff did not […]
Citizenship
Watchdog steps in over secrecy about UK women in Syria stripped of citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Fire manager ‘got lost on way to attack’
(BBC) The on-duty fire service commander got lost en route to Manchester on the night the city’s arena was bombed, the inquiry into the attack has heard. John Cooper QC told the Manchester Arena inquiry station manager Andy Berry was “at times […]
Academics & Education
‘My son fears he will be murdered’: Father of blasphemy row RE teacher (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
‘PM must insist on respect for Islam’ in Batley school cartoon row (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Batley school protests: Identifying prophet row teacher ‘unacceptable’
(BBC) Sharing the identity of a teacher who showed pupils an “offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad could result in police action, a watchdog has warned. Protests were held outside Batley Grammar School, where the staff member was suspended after complaints. Baroness […]
Children & Teens
Man ‘with terrorist mindset’ jailed after downloading bomb-making manual (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Religious leaders and politicians call for calm in Batley cartoon row (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Batley school protests: Petition calls for teacher to keep job
(BBC) A petition defending a teacher who showed pupils a “deeply offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has gathered more than 44,000 signatures. The staff member was suspended after protests were held outside Batley Grammar School. Some had demanded the teacher’s sacking […]
Academics & Education
Batley school protests: Prophet Muhammad cartoon row ‘hijacked’
(BBC) Protests outside a school where pupils were shown a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad are “deeply unsettling,” a government minister has said. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said teachers should be able to “appropriately show images of the prophet” in class. Protests […]
Immigration
Channel crossings: Three boats with 77 migrants on board cross Channel
(BBC) Three small boats with 77 people on board reached the UK after crossing the English Channel on Thursday, the Home Office said. At least one boat landed on the beach at Dungeness, Kent, but the Home Office has not divulged further […]
Crime
Migrant who helped steer dinghy has immigration convictions overturned (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
DfE accused of ‘amplifying divisions’ over prophet Mohammed cartoon school row (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
1,000 people cross Channel on small boats so far this year (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist identified as threat by MI5 11 days before attack, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Teacher suspended over use of Charlie Hebdo cartoons (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Wednesbury teenager denies 20 terror-related charges
(BBC) A teenager has pleaded not guilty to 20 terror-related charges. Nuh Raheel denied 10 counts of possession of an article for terrorist purposes, relating to documents including one named 39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad. Appearing via video-link at […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Only seven ambulances free’ after bombing
(BBC) Only seven ambulances were free to treat people when the Manchester Arena explosion took place, the public inquiry into the attack has heard. Dr Edward Tunn, associate medical director for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), said there was a delay in […]
Clothing
Judge orders Muslim woman to remove veil during High Court dispute
(BBC) A judge ordered a Muslim woman to remove her veil while giving evidence at a virtual High Court hearing. The woman was embroiled in a dispute with her estranged husband over their children. She did not wish to be seen “unveiled” […]
Government & Politics
Priti Patel defends asylum overhaul amid ‘inhumane’ claims (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings: Six boats with 183 migrants on board intercepted
(BBC) Six boats with 183 migrants on board reached the UK after crossing the English Channel on Tuesday. The figure is the highest daily number so far this year, and is just under the total in the whole of March 2020 when […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Chaos and confusion’ at bombing scene
(BBC) A paramedic has described the “chaos and confusion” at the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing and said initially there were not enough medics. Helen Mottram from North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) was triaging patients at Victoria railway station 46 minutes […]
Government & Politics
Migrants entering UK illegally to be liable for removal at any time (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb injured ‘waited for hours to go to hospital’
(BBC) Critically ill casualties were “waiting for hours” to be taken to hospital in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry has heard. Senior paramedic Joanne Hedges was one of the triage officers overseeing patients who were being treated on […]
Deradicalization
No proof deradicalisation scheme is working as terrorists ‘wear earphones and pretend to sleep’ in sessions (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
IS children brought back to Britain could pose a terror threat, watchdog warns (LINK ONLY)
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