Legal
Alleged jihadist in court accused of plot to blow up St Paul’s Cathedral (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Children & Teens
UK special forces may help British orphans escape Syria (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
British and Irish women who recruited for Isil found in makeshift jail after escaping detention camp (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Westminster car crash driver Salih Khater jailed for life
(BBC) A man who drove at cyclists and police officers outside Parliament has been jailed for life for attempted murder. Salih Khater, 30, of Highgate Street, Birmingham, aimed his car at members of the public before swerving towards the officers in Parliament […]
Government & Politics
Mayor Cllr Rakhia Ismail calls out Islington Council over failure to provide any Eid celebrations (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘Will you apologise for the murder of David Haines?’: ITV News confronts ISIS ‘Beatles’ over death of British aid worker
(ITV) The two surviving British members of the ISIS terror cell dubbed “The Beatles” have been confronted by ITV News about what they know of the last moments of murdered aid worker David Haines. In their last TV interviews before both were […]
News: Europe
British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK in last interview before removal from ‘unstable’ Syrian prison
(ITV) A British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK to defend himself in his last interview before he was moved from an “unstable” Syrian prison and into US custody. Speaking to ITV News security editor Rohit Kachroo, El […]
Government & Politics
US moves 2 British IS members known as ‘Beatles’ from Syria
(AP) Two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as “The Beatles” have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody, U.S. officials said Wednesday. President […]
Children & Teens
Counter-terror police running secret Prevent database (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Nursery forced to return government counter-extremism funding following backlash (LINK ONLY)
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History
Sikh peer leaves BBC Radio 4 show with swipe at ‘thought police’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Forced marriage and FGM to be a social work focus in Aberdeen (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Woman fled female genital mutilation ‘cutter’ role after Birmingham intervention (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Muslim woman, 38, in niqab filmed screaming ‘shame on you’ at gay marchers during Pride event admits hurling abuse to cause distress (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Helpline launched for forced marriage and ‘honour-based abuse’ victims in West Midlands (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
One of first British men to join so-called Islamic State traced to prison in northern Syria by ITV News
(ITV) One of the first British men to join so-called Islamic State has been traced to a prison in northern Syria by ITV News, where he said he misses his mother, his old life in Cardiff, and wants to return home. Aseel […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory event on challenging Islamophobia ‘actually promoted it’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Amina Ali: I’m a FGM victim, says candidate to be Labour MP (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Jihadi bride Shamima Begum told to forget ever returning home to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Revealed: Cabinet at war over Boris Johnson’s plans to send the SAS into Syria to bring 30 Isis children back to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Notorious extremist preached jihad on a UK-based Islamic TV channel on Sky and Virgin (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
‘I want to redeem myself,’ says jihadi bride. ‘Take me home’ (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
UK rapper Krept defends use of Arabic phrase in D-Block Europe song after furious online backlash (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Brit ISIS fighter ‘Hungry Hamza’ reveals he feels no guilt for group’s bloody reign of terror and claims he improved people’s lives (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Asylum seeker’s daughter faces deportation from Britain despite FGM risk
(Reuters) A British court said on Wednesday it had no power to stop the deportation of a 10-year-old girl at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) after authorities rejected her mother’s asylum application. The girl’s mother, who travelled to Britain from Bahrain […]
News: Europe
Cherie Blair denies smuggling Isis bride into UK but ‘she should be let back’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘I’ve lost my babies. I’ve lost my friends. I just want to come home’ (LINK ONLY)
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LGBT
LGBT Muslim festival: ‘We don’t just have one identity’
(BBC) “I think we’ve earned a party,” says 29-year-old Joy Muhammad. She is part of a group that wants to put on a UK festival to celebrate LGBT Muslim culture. “We’ve had Bi Pride, we’ve had Black Pride, we have Trans Pride,” […]
Demonstrations
Muslim of the Year nominee is probed by police after she was filmed telling a rally ‘jihad is the only solution’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Men ‘accuse wives of FGM to stop them going abroad’ (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Islamophobia: Conservative Party members suspended over posts
(BBC) A number of Conservative Party members have been suspended for posting or endorsing Islamophobic material online. The BBC highlighted over 20 new cases to the party, who said all those found to be members who shared or supported anti-Muslim posts on […]
Internet
Facebook taps London police to track terror livestreams
(AFP) Facebook on Tuesday teamed up with the London police as part of a ramped-up effort to thwart live-streams of terror attacks such as the New Zealand mosque massacre. A self-professed white supremacist used a head-mounted camera in March to broadcast live […]
Government & Politics
Ex-Respect leader and anti-war activist Salma Yaqoob launches shock bid to be West Midlands mayor (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Prevent review branded ‘superficial’ as past decisions overlooked (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
PM’s burqa jibes ‘dehumanising,’ says government’s extremism adviser (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Lifestyle website for Muslim teens is covertly funded by the Home Office (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Lib Dems to call for overhaul of revocation of UK citizenship rules (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
New law on FGM is racially motivated, Holyrood told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
ISIS bride Shamima Begum ‘has not been secretly flown back to UK’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
NHS to open specialist FGM support clinics across England (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Rise in crossings driven by Brexit ‘fake news’
(BBC) Eighty-six people attempted to cross the English Channel in a single day — amid claims that people smugglers were using threats about Brexit to pressure migrants. Border Force officials intercepted six small vessels travelling towards the UK on Tuesday. It is […]
Legal
Islamic State supporter plotted ‘lone wolf’ attack on barracks using drone to drop weapons, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Terror legislation watchdog rejects call to change treason laws (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Woman ‘who shouted shame on you’ at Pride participants charged with hate crime (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Police raids find huge arms cache linked to Islamic terror group (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Mosque trustees failed to monitor IS sympathiser who groomed boys for terrorism, inquiry finds
(Barking and Dagenham Post) The trustees of a mosque where children were groomed for terrorism failed to properly monitor an Islamic State sympathiser then attempted to cover up what happened, the Charity Commission has found. All five have been disqualified for 10 […]
Apostasy
Pair arrested over ‘plot to kill female relative who renounced Islam’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Shamima Begum: Journalists will not have to hand over notes (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Boris Johnson urged to apologise for ‘derogatory and racist’ letterboxes article (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Boris Johnson’s burqa comments ‘led to surge in anti-Muslim attacks’ (LINK ONLY)
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