Government & Politics
London Bridge attack: MI5 agent defends security services (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Sajid Javid: Exclusion from Trump state banquet ‘odd’
(BBC) Home Secretary Sajid Javid has said his exclusion from the state banquet held for the US president was “odd.” Several other ministers, including Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, attended the event earlier this month. Mr Javid criticised […]
Government & Politics
Inquest told MI5 knew two of London Bridge attackers were meeting (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Conservative Party accused of ‘fundamental failure’ over Islamophobia
(BBC) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has accused the Tory Party of “fundamental failures” in tackling Islamophobia. Its head of public affairs, Miqdaad Versi, said he had seen “hundreds of cases” within the party, “demonstrating the scale of the problem.” When […]
Children & Teens
Liz Truss calls on government to put more money into tackling FGM (LINK ONLY)
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News Media
BBC bosses accused of ‘sanitising’ Islamist attacks after it emerges reporters will be told to stop using the word ‘terror’ unless quoting someone else (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Iran-linked terrorists caught stockpiling explosives in north-west London (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
MI5 analysing former terror suspects to catch potential attackers (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Unmasked: Islamic extremist linked to ringleader of London Bridge terror attacks and hate preacher Anjem Choudary (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
London Bridge attacker’s brother says he was monitoring him (LINK ONLY)
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Converting to Islam
Extremist Muslim gangs are recruiting prisoners to be their foot soldiers and ‘beating them’ if they refuse to convert to Islam (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim Council asks why Trump banquet excluded Sajid Javid (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Majid Mahmood urges Anderton Park School protesters — ‘call off the demo’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Widow ‘cannot register’ that husband was London Bridge attacker (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
London Bridge attacker ‘had been caught with Isis propaganda’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
French imam jailed over Channel migrant crossings
(AFP) A French court on Monday sentenced an imam from northern France to two years in prison for helping migrants try to cross the English Channel in inflatable boats. The 39-year-old preacher, who is of Iranian origin and was granted political asylum […]
Law Enforcement
London Bridge attack: Family’s warning was not passed to police (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Birmingham people seeking help for forced marriages hits astonishing high (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: ‘Record number’ of boats and 74 people intercepted
(BBC) More than 70 people were intercepted in one day as they crossed the English Channel on eight boats, the government has confirmed. HM Coastguard assisted UK Border Force off the south coast, as a total of 74 migrants tried to reach […]
Academics & Education
Council wins injunction banning mass protests at Anderton Park School — as campaigners say fight goes on (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
London Bridge inquests: Chances ‘galore’ to stop attack, says lawyer
(BBC) There were “opportunities galore” to identify that the London Bridge extremists were plotting an attack, an inquest has heard. Gareth Patterson, the lawyer representing several victims’ families, said there was evidence the attackers had been in contact since January 2017. Eight […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Lawyer says teen was ‘groomed’
(BBC) The lawyer representing Shamima Begum’s family has written to the home secretary accusing UK authorities of failing to protect the east London girl from being “groomed” by Islamic State. The letter accuses police and her local council of failing to safeguard […]
Academics & Education
‘Cowardly government’ blamed for breakdown of Anderton Park protest peace talks (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
British Al Quds march organiser should be probed by counter-terror police — report Islamic Human Rights Commission permeated 'at every level' by extremism, according to UK think tank
(National-UAE) A group which organises the annual Al Quds Day march in London should be investigated by Britain’s counter-terror police, according to a recommendation by a leading think tank. A report published on Thursday by the Henry Jackson Society investigating the Islamic […]
Children & Teens
Extra protection against female genital mutilation under proposed legislation (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
‘White Widow’ Sally Jones was killed by airstrike, a so-called Islamic State hostage-keeper tells ITV News
(ITV) A British jihadist known as “the White Widow” was killed, along with her son, three days after the Manchester attack, ITV News has been told. Former punk rocker and L’Oreal saleswoman Sally Jones from Kent and her 12-year-old son Jojo died […]
News: Europe
British hostage-keeper Alexanda Kotey reveals to ITV News his role in so-called Islamic State
(ITV) A London-born “hostage-keeper” has for the first time admitted the role he played in the so-called Islamic State. Alexanda Kotey, who has been detained by Kurdish forces for the past 16 months, has now given a public confession about his part […]
Clerics & Preachers
Family had reported London Bridge attacker to police, inquest hears (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Watchdog urged to launch inquiry into Tory Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
[Birmingham] school protests have roots in ‘Trojan Horse’ claims (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Notorious jihadist group banned after it was linked to 7/7 bombings which killed 52 people ‘is active once again and grooming new terrorists online’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
French boat seller jailed for helping migrants cross Channel
(AFP) A French boss of a second-hand boat firm was sentenced to prison Friday for selling dozens of vessels to desperate migrants who used them to cross the English Channel. Emmanuel Desreux, 45, was given 18 months behind bars and another 18 […]
Children & Teens
Forced marriage unit reports spike in cases as awareness rises (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Father of Isis suspect said in email he blamed himself (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Isis suspect told parents he wanted to behead schoolfriend, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Isis suspect Jack Letts’ parents ignored warnings, court told (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Family court judge will not reopen FGM case
(BBC) A family court judge has refused to reopen the case of a man accused of subjecting a three-year-old girl to female genital mutilation (FGM) after he was cleared by a jury. In April 2018, Judge Carol Atkinson said she was “satisfied” […]
Government & Politics
West hit by 112 terrorist attacks in 15 years: Dutch intelligence service
(NL Times) A total of 112 terrorist attacks were committed in Western countries over the past 15 years. Three-quarters of these happened in the last five years, a strong increase related to the rise of terrorist organization Islamic State since 2014, according […]
Government & Politics
British citizens who help Isil could face life in prison under updated treason laws, Sajid Javid suggests (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Doctor who faces inquiry for asking a Muslim to lift her veil says he will quit after 23 years as a GP due to the ‘major injustice’ of the investigation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Bradford MP Naz Shah takes the cake as part of Syria campaign (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Durham church criticised for offering to cover crosses and host Muslim prayers
(Premier) A Darlington church is coming under fire after offering to cover up crosses and allow Muslims to say prayers in its building. St Matthew and St Luke’s had initially invited members of the Muslim community for an event next month to […]
Clerics & Preachers
One of U.K.’s most prolific extremist cells is regrouping
(NY Times) Even as fellow European countries worry about hardened Islamic State fighters returning from Syria and Iraq, Britain has another problem: the re-emergence of a homegrown militant cell, Al Muhajiroun, one of Europe’s most prolific extremist networks, which was implicated in […]
Academics & Education
MP Khalid Mahmood insists Trojan Horse was real and criticises report suggesting controversy was ‘Islamophobia’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Family GP could be struck off for asking Muslim mum to remove veil during appointment because he couldn’t hear her (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Government rejects Islamophobia definition ahead of debate
(BBC) The government has rejected a definition of Islamophobia created by a cross-party group of MPs. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims wanted to define it to tackle what it called a “social evil.” But a government spokesman said the wording […]
Crime
Omar Ashfaq jailed for leaving ‘violent footage’ in shoes at mosques
(BBC) A man who left USB sticks containing terrorist propaganda inside shoes at six mosques in England has been jailed. Omar Ashfaq, 24, of St Thomas Road, in Derby, left 17 of the sticks in footwear while Muslim worshipers were praying between […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Police chiefs in row over definition of Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Tommy Robinson: High Court gives go-ahead for new contempt case (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Derby man spread terrorist documents at mosques
(BBC) A man has pleaded guilty to spreading terrorist documents around six mosques. Omar Ashfaq, from Derby, was charged with eights counts of dissemination of a terrorist publication between 31 May and 8 June last year. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty on the […]