Citizenship
Shamima Begum says ‘whole world fell apart’ after losing citizenship appeal (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Foreign minister: Shamima won’t be allowed to enter Bangladesh UK revoked her citizenship on account of her radicalization
(Dhaka Tribune) Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has reiterated that Shamima Begum, who got her British citizenship revoked, will not be allowed to enter Bangladesh. Shamima Begum, a British woman of Bangladeshi decent who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join […]
News: Europe
Prison officers to carry pepper spray to foil terror attacks behind bars (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester Arena attack: Brother insulted man after car crash
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s brother insulted a man for calling police after the siblings crashed their car, a court has heard. Hashem Abedi, 22, allegedly verbally abused Eddie Cooper following the collision on 23 March 2017, two months before Salman Abedi […]
Islamic Law
Islamic faith marriages not valid in English law, appeal court rules (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
HMP Belmarsh: The high-security prison where terrorists exchange ideas and ‘jihad banter’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
‘Toxic’ Islamist terror website editors jailed
(BBC) Two web managers who ran a website glorifying Islamist terror groups and encouraging attacks have been jailed. [Mohammed] Abdur Kamali and Mohammed Abdul Ahad promoted “toxic ideologies” including speeches by hate preacher Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal. Their website also featured material from […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sayeeda Warsi accuses government of ‘hypocrisy’ over Islamophobia definition (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester bomber’s brother asked friend to buy acid, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Terror sentence changes ‘must extend to Northern Ireland’
(BBC) There have been calls for new legislation ending the early release of people convicted of terror offences to be extended to Northern Ireland. MPs are debating the Terrorist Offenders Bill at Westminster. It means terror offenders will only be considered for […]
Government & Politics
MPs approve emergency terror law
(BBC) Emergency legislation designed to end the release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their sentence has been approved by MPs. The measures — which would apply to England, Scotland and Wales — were drawn up after the attack in […]
Demonstrations
The UK’s first-ever Muslim LGBT+ Pride festival is finally happening
(Pink News) LGBT+ Muslim group Imaan has set the date for the UK’s first-ever Muslim Pride festival. The event will take place in London on Saturday, April 11, the group announced on social media. Imaan announced: “It’s happening! We’ve set the date […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Manchester Arena bomber ‘disapproved of brother’s drug use’ (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Manchester attacker’s brother ‘deceived cousins to buy bomb ingredients’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Urgent crackdown on terror sentences will affect about 50 inmates (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Mum of jihadi who vowed to ‘chop off heads’ claims he’s a ‘good boy’ as officials scramble to stop his early release (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Man plotted Madame Tussauds attack after 2018 terror acquittal (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Muslim Brotherhood should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, UK Parliament hears British MPs say group is intolerant of other beliefs and drives 'fanaticism'
(National-UAE) A British MP called for the Muslim Brotherhood to be proscribed as a terrorist group as politicians criticised its intolerance towards other faiths, during a parliamentary debate on the persecution of Christians. Ian Paisley of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said […]
Citizenship
Ministers refuse to reveal how many extremists they have stripped of British citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Preacher who inspired Streatham terror attack peddling jihad from behind bars (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Junior police ‘must make split-second decisions on terrorists’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Islamic extremist preaching hate to army of followers on YouTube days after Streatham terror attack (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Brother of Manchester Arena bomber says he was ‘shocked’ by attack (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Released jihadis could be forced to sign a new sex offenders-style register for terrorists (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Revealed: Former Bolton school teacher Jamshed Javeed jailed for terror offences is already back on street (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum loses first stage of appeal against citizenship removal (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Priti Patel orders officials to explain status of grooming gang review Frustrated home secretary 'being given the run around by officials' on long-awaited probe into gang ethnicity.
(HuffPost) Home secretary Priti Patel has ordered officials to explain what has happened to a long-awaited review into the ethnicity of grooming gangs, HuffPost UK has learnt. A frustrated Patel has been met with “obfuscation” from Home Office officials when asking about […]
Legal
Manchester bomber’s brother set up ‘slaughter’ email address, court told (LINK ONLY)
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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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