Legal
Manchester bomber’s brother set up ‘slaughter’ email address, court told (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Children & Teens
Two arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of FGM offences
(Rotherham Advertiser) A man and a woman have been arrested in Rotherham on suspicion of facilitating female genital mutilation (FGM). Police said the arrests came after a woman attended a police station in Rotherham and reported she had been subjected to FGM, […]
Crime
Man sprayed in face with ‘unknown substance’ is director of UK counter-terrorist group 'I couldn't see, it was very heavy burning, very heavy pain'
(Leicester Mercury) A man who was sprayed in the face with an “unknown substance” in the city this week is a prominent expert in counter-terrorism. Noor Dahri is the executive director of Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism (ITCT), a UK-based group that was […]
News: Europe
Terror offenders due to be freed ‘told they will not be’ — lawyer
(BBC) Terror offenders who were due to be released from prison in the next two months are being told they will not be let out under planned new laws. Earlier this week, the government said that new terror legislation to end automatic […]
Legal
Manchester attacker’s brother tried to buy bomb ingredient, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Streatham terror attacker devoted to ‘sheikh’ who inspired London Bridge killer (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attack: Sudesh Amman was not marked ‘man-to-man’
(BBC) Britain’s most senior police officer has said the Streatham attacker was able to stab people despite being under surveillance because such operations are not “man-to-man marking.” Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick told a committee that Sudesh Amman was under “covert” police […]
Deradicalization
Lawyers told Islamist inmates to shun deradicalisation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rush to change sentencing laws before release of convicted terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Met Police’s Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu admits: We can’t trail all terror suspects because there’s too many (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Orders made to protect Rotherham children from forced marriage
(Rotherham Advertiser) Vulnerable children at risk of forced marriage have been given the protection of full court orders. Initial proceedings began last autumn over the group of youngsters, which includes boys and girls. The orders are a safeguarding tool to help police […]
Legal
Manchester Arena bomber’s brother ‘just as guilty,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Streatham attack: Will terror sentence changes stop offences?
(BBC) The government wants to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, following two attacks by men convicted of terror offences in recent months. But what legal challenges could ministers face and how effective might the changes be? There […]
Government & Politics
UK may bypass human rights convention to rush through terror laws (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Slight decrease in the number of Islamist attacks in Europe in 2019
(Brussels Times) The number of Islamist attacks in Europe slightly decreased in 2019, according to a report delivered by the French terrorism assessment centre (CAT) highlighting the problems Islamic State (IS) has experienced since losing its self-proclaimed caliphate. “In 2019, the threat […]
Government & Politics
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamic State claims south London attack: Amaq news agency
(Reuters) Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack in south London, without giving evidence, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Monday. “The perpetrator of the attack in Streatham district in south London yesterday is a fighter of Islamic State, […]
News: Europe
Man shot dead by British police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
(Reuters) The man shot dead by police after wounding two people in a stabbing spree on a busy London street had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents. He had also once written […]
Government & Politics
Questions for investigators over surveillance of attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker freed from jail days ago after terror conviction (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
The terrorists among us: Eight convicted offenders revealed to be living on our streets (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Birmingham uncle jailed for trying to force niece into Pakistan marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Historic victims of female genital mutilation offered help through Sheffield support services (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Uncle used niece as a slave at his Birmingham home and tried to force her to marry in Pakistan (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Muslim Association of Britain elects first female president who vows to ‘bridge gender disparity’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
School branded ‘inadequate’ over Islamic leaflet launches legal challenge
(Schools Week) An Islamic girls’ school has launched a legal challenge after being rated “inadequate” because inspectors discovered an “inflammatory leaflet” advertising a conference in 1994 on a bookshelf in the library. Birchfield Independent Girls’ School, in Birmingham, insisted they had no […]
Government & Politics
Terror alarm as UK drags Scotland out of EU security databases (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK: Prevent review ‘will go ahead’ following concerns by rights groups Conservative party pledges to review counter-terrorism strategy facing renewed criticism from Muslim community
(Middle East Eye) The British government said it will continue its review of the controversial Prevent strategy amid concerns by rights groups that the Conservative Party was planning to scrap its report into the counter-terrorism scheme. Prevent is a strand of the […]
Government & Politics
Government terror adviser warns ‘no magic test’ to stop reoffending (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland: ‘I won’t apologise for trying to stop new terror attack’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows
(BBC) Terror offenders will face more time in jail and be monitored more closely as part of new laws being introduced within weeks, the government has said. Automatic early release from prison will be scrapped for terror offenders while a minimum jail […]
News: Europe
Almost 500 terrorists freed from prison in the past decade — with many living back where they were radicalised (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
‘End Prevent’: UK government faces new calls to drop counter-terrorism strategy Academics and activists call for 'alternative approach' as government's own promised review of contentious programme remains stalled
(Middle East Eye) The British government is facing fresh calls to abolish its Prevent strategy amid uncertainty over the future of its own suspended review of the contentious counter-terrorism programme. More than 100 academics, activists and public figures opposed to the strategy […]
News: Europe
Terrorist prisoners free to network and radicalise inmates in British jails (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Bradford man jailed for possessing terrorist publications (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
UK shuts down Islamic school after extremism fears Inspection reports detail litany of failures at school run by controversial charity
(National-UAE) The UK government has shut down a scandal-hit British Islamic school where the head was identified as a “potential risk to pupils” after more than a decade of management failures and concerns over radicalisation. The closure came in a year when […]
Children & Teens
Government takes first steps towards repatriating children of ‘ISIS recruits’
(ITV) The government will “urgently investigate” the possibility of repatriating four British children from a Syrian refugee camp — as long as their mother agrees that she cannot return with them. The proposal, made to a London woman who joined so-called Islamic […]
Government & Politics
Home Office proposes offence of possessing terrorist propaganda (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man facing terror charges described New Zealand mosque shootings as ‘win-win,’ court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
MI5 to hire behavioural scientists as it seeks new ways to combat terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government backs Martyn’s Law airport security for venues
(BBC) Concert venues and sports stadiums could soon get airport-style checks after the government backed “Martyn’s Law” security measures. It follows a campaign by the mother of Manchester Arena bomb victim Martyn Hett, who died in the 2017 attack. Security Minister Brandon […]
Islamic Law
Prison terror attack suspect, Brusthom Ziamani, held sharia courts inside HMP Whitemoor (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
How many people are in prison for terror offences?
(BBC) An inmate suspected of attacking a prison officer is understood to be in jail for “preparing an act of terrorism.” Brusthom Ziamani was found guilty in 2015 of planning to behead a soldier. A union says the officer, who was seriously […]
Law Enforcement
HMP Whitemoor prison stabbings classed as ‘terror attack’
(BBC) An attack on prison staff by two inmates with bladed weapons is being treated as a terror attack, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Four officers and a nurse were injured at HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday. One attacker is […]
Legal
Man accused of Pride attack plot ‘showed sister how to stab someone’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
HMP Whitemoor: Brusthom Ziamani named as attack suspect
(BBC) An inmate suspected of attacking an officer at a maximum security prison was jailed for planning to behead a soldier, the BBC has learned. He is understood to be Brusthom Ziamani, 24, who was found guilty of preparing an act of […]
Government & Politics
Manchester City Council set to adopt Martyn’s Law early
(BBC) Clubs and venues in Manchester will be asked to adopt new anti-terror measures following a campaign by the mother of arena bomb victim Martyn Hett. The 29-year-old was one of 22 people killed in the suicide bombing in 2017. His mother […]
Academics & Education
Education chiefs set to reject plan to open separate Islamic schools for boys and girls (LINK ONLY)
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