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Boris Johnson faces questions over ‘arguably racist’ comments (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Tommy Robinson faces jail after being found in contempt of court (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Swedish woman arrested over terror offences after landing at London’s Gatwick Airport (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Tommy Robinson denies reporting ban breach over live stream of criminal trial (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Chesterfield chip shop owner denies ‘unhealthy interest in Islamic State’ during terror trial (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Keith Ellison embraces anti-Semitic UK leader Jeremy Corbyn
(IPT) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a former Democratic National Committee deputy chairman, posted a photo of himself Tuesday night with U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn’s Labour Party has been embroiled in an anti-Semitism controversy that has seen key leaders […]
News: Europe
Counter-terrorism group loses members over appointment of new panellist
(Guardian Series) Redbridge’s counter-terrorism panel will no longer benefit from the advice of a religious cohesion group amid disagreement over a new panel member. Faith Matters representatives walked away in protest from Redbridge’s Prevent programme advisory group following a vote to admit […]
Government & Politics
UK minister Sajid Javid makes rare visit to Western Wall, Temple Mount In black skullcap, Muslim-born Cabinet minister visits Jewish holy site in contested Old City of Jerusalem, reassures Palestinians Britain still committed to 2-state solution
(Times of Israel) UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday made a rare visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Temple Mount on the last day of [his] three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank. Javid, who comes from a Muslim family, […]
Children & Teens
Bristol girl detained at airport over FGM fears
(BBC) A 10-year-old girl from Bristol was stopped from flying to Djibouti from London because of fears she was at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). The girl was detained by police at an airport on Thursday and is now the subject […]
Arts & Entertainment
‘FGM doesn’t define us’ — Somali women take to stage in play on female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Naz Shah MP welcomes backing for definition of Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Qatari charity head gives millions to European Muslim Brotherhood-linked bodies Some of the money has gone to groups linked to a hate preacher banned in the UK
(National-UAE) The head of a Qatari charity that founded a website instructing Muslims to hate Jews and Christians is behind more than £28.2 million (Dh131.4 m) in donations given to a UK benevolent fund. Some of the money has recently been given […]
Legal
Redhill man Haider Ahmed jailed over knife terror plot
(BBC) A supporter of Islamic State (IS) who planned a terror attack with a hunting knife has been jailed for six years. Haider Ahmed, 19, from Redhill in Surrey, was found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism at an earlier hearing […]
Clerics & Preachers
London Bridge attack: Anjem Choudary ‘incited’ ringleader to commit carnage — so why wasn’t he arrested, ask families (LINK ONLY)
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Forced & Underage Marriage
Orders to prevent forced marriages double in year (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
London Bridge attack: Victims’ families criticise authorities for clearing MI5 and police (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Schoolgirls feared FGM after being sent abroad to be ‘de-westernised’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
London Bridge inquest: Coroner criticises Butt family’s evidence (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Countries urged not to strip terror suspects of citizenship
(Reuters) Stripping terror suspects of citizenship does not increase national security and may even make it worse, legal experts told a conference on ending statelessness. They are particularly concerned over the increasing use of the measure by Britain which this year revoked […]
Legal
Ex-beauty queen and aspiring actress accused of funding terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Britain has ‘by far the highest rate of returning jihadi fighters in Europe’ (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory Islamophobia inquiry now ‘general investigation,’ says Boris Johnson (LINK ONLY)
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Animals
Greedy Pigs cafe stands firm after hate letter brands its name ‘disgusting, shameful and offensive’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
UK’s Prevent strategy ‘biggest threat to free speech on campus’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
London Bridge victims’ relatives ask judge to criticise police and MI5 (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Cities can be ‘antidote’ to extremism, says London mayor
(Reuters) Cities can provide an “antidote” to populism and extremism if they build bridges between their diverse communities, London’s mayor said on Tuesday, as he met the leaders of other major European cities in the British capital. From funding parenting classes to […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Almost half of Tory members want to ‘reduce Muslims coming to UK,’ shock poll shows (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
London Bridge inquest: ‘Extremist’ denies close links to attackers (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Labour MP forced to scrap Commons invite for leader of Yemen anti-Jewish rebel group (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Labour MP risks fresh anti-Semitism storm by inviting top figure from Houthi movement to Parliament (LINK ONLY)
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‘Jihadi Jack’ Letts: I’d love to come home, I won’t blow up Brits Speaking to Sky News from a jail in Syria, Jack Letts urges his parents who were convicted of funding terrorism 'not to give up.'
(Sky News) A suspected Islamic State militant from the UK, dubbed “Jihadi Jack,” has told Sky News he regrets what he did and feels guilty for what he put his parents through. Speaking from the prison in Syria where he is being […]
Deradicalization
Home Office thwarted return home of Isis suspect Jack Letts (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Jack Letts, Islamic State recruit: ‘I was enemy of UK’
(BBC) Jack Letts, who left the UK to join the Islamic State group as a teenager, has said he had been an “enemy of Britain.” The Muslim convert, who is in custody in a Kurdish jail, admitted he was once ready to […]
Clothing
Thugs ‘dressed in burkas’ hurled ‘acid’ in a market trader’s face as the 45-year-old father set up his stall in east London this morning (LINK ONLY)
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Isis suspect Jack Letts’ parents found guilty of funding terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
JLC policy director raises concerns about Linda Sarsour UK speaking tour Sarsour, a leader of the Women’s March movement, is due to speak at events in the UK this week
(Jewish News) Concerns have been raised by a member of the Jewish Leadership Council about the activist Linda Sarsour who is due to speak at events in the UK this week. “It is no surprise that an organisation like Mend have invited […]
Arts & Entertainment
Six pull out of Bradford festival over counter-extremism funding (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Imam and solicitor suspended from jobs after BBC Tory debate (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Venues ‘still too vulnerable to attacks’
(BBC) A former national counter terrorism co-ordinator has told the BBC the government is not doing enough to ensure that venues are secure. Nick Aldworth has warned new legislation is needed to reduce the impact of any future attack. He is supporting […]
Clerics & Preachers
BBC Tory leadership contest imam revealed to have tweeted about ‘Zionists … hiding behind the Holocaust’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Sajid Javid puts rivals on the spot over Tory party ‘Islamophobia’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Study: Radical Muslim inmates rule UK prisons
(IPT) One group, radicalized Muslims, dominates the UK prison system, Britain’s Ministry of Justice found in a study into prison gangs released earlier this month. The study included interviews with 83 inmates and 73 staffers from several prisons. Operating as a prison […]
Law Enforcement
London brother of ISIS fighters with ‘links’ to Jihadi John arrested in Portugal (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
ISIS ‘Beatle’ Jihadi Ringo begs to return to UK with secret wife and 3 children (LINK ONLY)
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Animals
Abattoir worker poses for gory picture ‘with ears from slaughtered lamb’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Terror threat in Spain raised to ‘severe’ as Brits warned of ‘high risk’ of attacks (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Donald Trump criticised for quoting Katie Hopkins in attack on Sadiq Khan (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Ten terrorists released from jail were sent back to prison last year (LINK ONLY)
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Conservative Muslim chair to quit if Johnson wins leadership race
(BBC) The chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum has told the BBC he will resign his party membership if Boris Johnson wins the leadership race. Mohammed Amin said the MP was not “sufficiently moral” to be PM. He criticised Mr Johnson’s comments […]
Government & Politics
London Bridge inquest hears MI5 lost tipoff about attacker (LINK ONLY)
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