Children & Teens
Shamima Begum will not be allowed here, says Bangladesh (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: 78% of Britons support revoking IS bride’s UK citizenship — Sky Data poll Eight in 10 Britons think Sajid Javid is right to remove her UK citizenship — as Bangladesh insists she is not a dual citizen.
(Sky News) The vast majority of the British public support the home secretary’s decision to remove the UK citizenship of Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum, a Sky Data poll reveals. Eight in 10 Britons (78%) think Sajid Javid was right to remove […]
Legal
Newcastle man appears in court charged with inciting an atrocity in Germany Fatah Mohammed Abdullah was charged with inciting two people to commit a terror attack in Germany
(Newcastle Chronicle) A Newcastle man accused of plotting a terrorist bomb attack in the UK has appeared in court charged with inciting an atrocity in Germany. Fatah Mohammed Abdullah, 33, was arrested in December last year after he allegedly bought “explosive pre-cursors” […]
Academics & Education
Forced marriage: Union warns over ‘criminalising’ teachers
(BBC) The UK’s largest teachers’ union has warned government not to introduce measures that would make teaching staff criminally responsible for failing to report the forced marriage of a pupil. A Home Office consultation is exploring such proposals for teachers, health workers […]
Academics & Education
Preston UKIP in dispute with UCLan over student’s halal meat comments (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Isis Briton faces move to revoke citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: ‘I didn’t want to be IS poster girl’
(BBC) Shamima Begum — the schoolgirl who fled London to join the Islamic State group in Syria — has said she never wanted to be an IS “poster girl.” Ms Begum, who has just given birth, said she now wants the UK’s forgiveness and […]
Children & Teens
Tory London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey calls for register of girls at risk of FGM after NHS reveals 21 per cent increase in cases (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Third of Britons believe Islam threatens British way of life, says report (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Let Shamima Begum return to UK or risk more terror recruits, says expert (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
UK’s ‘most dangerous extremist group’ regenerating after terrorist prisoners released (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Former MI6 director says schoolgirl who joined Isis should be ‘given a chance’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
UK will not put officials at risk to rescue Isis Britons, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
DfE bans ISIS supporter Mizanur Rahman from running schools
(Schools Week) A man jailed for his support for terrorist group Islamic State has been banned from being involved in running schools. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman is now barred from holding management positions in private schools and being a state school governor under […]
Academics & Education
Madrassa ousted from secondary school following lesson telling Muslim girls to have children, not careers (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Bring me home, says Bethnal Green girl who left to join Isis (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Banned school governor Tahir Alam fights gay equality lessons (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Brunel University introduces sports hijab to boost participation
(BBC) Brunel University in London is hoping to encourage more Muslim women to play sport by launching a sports hijab. A 2017 study by Sports England found just 18% of Muslim women participate in regular sport, against 30% of the UK’s female […]
Clothing
Man wearing burqa and dress steals £7k Rolex watch in knifepoint robbery He was arrested seconds later though
(Leicester Mercury) A man who robbed a shop at knifepoint while wearing a dress and made off with a Rolex watch worth thousands has been jailed. Imtiaz Patel appeared at Leicester Crown Court today (February 11) following an incident on January 5 […]
Books
Rushdie: from fatwa fugitive to free speech hero
(AFP) On February 14, 1989, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for British writer Salman Rushdie to be killed for writing “The Satanic Verses,” which the cleric said insulted Islam. In a fatwa, or religious decree, Khomeini urged “Muslims of the […]
Children & Teens
Pressure grows to oust Christopher Chope after FGM law blocked (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Tory MP who blocked upskirting bill halts FGM protection law (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Glasgow schoolgirls join bid to end female genital mutilation in Scotland (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
IPSO rules against Daily Mail over multiple inaccuracies in report claiming 300,000 illegal migrants lived in one French suburb (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
We’re too slow to quash un-British practices (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
FGM ‘increasingly performed on UK babies’
(BBC) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not […]
Christians
Many people in mostly Christian countries believe values clash with Islam — poll (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Former London imam Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal ‘drew hundreds of recruits to terror’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Urgent action needed to address lack of FGM awareness, say experts (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Mother of three-year-old is first person convicted of FGM in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Muslim school will not allow girls to eat lunch until after boys have finished, Ofsted chief says (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
These 9 things are ‘officially Islamophobic’ after UK councils adopt new definition (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Slough Borough Council pledges support to the #EndFGM campaign (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Muslim councillor in probe after endorsing ‘homophobic views’ in Birmingham (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Muslim councillor ‘overstepped the mark’ in public apology to school ‘promoting homosexuality’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Muslim pupils at Trojan Horse schools meet Holocaust survivors (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Scotland looks to introduce FGM protection orders (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Councillor backs Muslim mums who accused school of ‘promoting homosexuality’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Muslim mums protest outside school for ‘promoting homosexuality’ to their kids (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Trio of family members jailed for having terrorist propaganda (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
UK starts returning cross-Channel migrants to France
(BBC) The UK has begun returning migrants, who cross the Channel in small boats, to France in a bid to deter others from doing the same, the Home Office said. On Thursday, a small number of failed asylum seekers, who landed on […]
Academics & Education
Muslim girls should not be forced to wear a hijab at school simply because of pressures at home, head of Ofsted says (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic Law
Council of Europe: ‘Judicial’ activities of Sharia councils in UK a cause for concern
(Scottish Legal News) The Parliamentary Assembly of the 47-nation Council of Europe has expressed concern about the “judicial” activities of “Sharia councils” in the UK and has recommended that barriers to Muslim women’s access to justice be removed. A resolution adopted last […]
Government & Politics
Prevent strategy on radicalisation faces independent review (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Second scout volunteer suspended and more groups referred to police amid extremism concerns (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Universities double invitations to extremists (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamist activists promote divide between Muslim and non-Muslim, says Tony Blair Organisations often held overlapping views with extremists according to report
(National-UAE) A number of UK Islamic activist groups proliferate views that align with proscribed extremist groups, a report by the think tank of former prime minister Tony Blair said. It was found that many worldviews held by these organisations, such as the […]
Children & Teens
Police called in after scout group run from mosque is linked to Islamic extremist and Holocaust denier (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Halal meat row is being used to stir up racial hatred, says council leader (LINK ONLY)
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Forced & Underage Marriage
‘Lack of awareness’ around forced marriage law
(BBC) Potential victims in areas where forced marriage is prevalent are unaware it is a crime, a charity has said. While legislation has seen a rise in people reporting concerns, campaigners said there was a “worrying split” with some victims and families […]