Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Tory vice-chair Kemi Badenoch says ‘political motive’ to Islamophobia call Conservative rising star Kemi Badenoch is rebuked by a Tory peer for dismissing the demands of the Muslim Council of Britain.

(Sky News) A high-ranking Tory has suggested demands for an inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the party have a “political motive,” prompting a backlash from a Conservative peer. Party vice chair and Saffron Walden MP Kemi Badenoch, considered a rising star […]

Banks & Banking

Paypal halts services for UK charity with alleged ties to terrorism The termination of Paypal's service for War on Want means that people who choose to donate to the organization can no longer do so through PayPal.

(Jerusalem Post) PayPal stopped providing services to War on Want, a UN NGO, after UK Lawyers for Israel, a pro-Israel consortium of lawyers, provided evidence to PayPal claiming to show that the charity had ties with terrorist organizations. UK Lawyers for Israel […]

Clerics & Preachers

UK: Anjem Choudary released from prison

(Gatestone) The Islamist firebrand preacher Anjem Choudary, described as Britain’s “most dangerous extremist,” has been released from prison after serving only half of the five-and-a-half-year sentence he received in 2016 for pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. Prison authorities could not prevent […]