Demonstrations
Tommy Robinson contempt of court case adjourned at Old Bailey (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Children & Teens
Toddler born in Syria when her radicalised Muslim convert father travelled to join ISIS should be brought up in the UK by a non-Muslim grandmother, court rules (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Primary schools must be ‘entrenched’ in FGM awareness, says St Helens councillor (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Extremists Hizb ut-Tahrir targeting inner-city youth in Birmingham (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
The bright new smiling faces that preach radical Islam (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Muslim children victims of UK’s counter-terror policy Report released by advocacy group documents unjust practices by Prevent strategy
(Anadolu) Muslim children are being falsely accused of radicalization by the British government as part of its counter-terrorism strategy Prevent, a report said Thursday. The report released by the human rights advocacy group Cage details how Prevent has erroneously targeted Muslim communities […]
Clerics & Preachers
Anjem Choudary: Security concerns over radical preacher release
(BBC) Security concerns have been raised about the imminent release from prison of the radical preacher Anjem Choudary and other supporters of the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun. About a dozen followers are out or will be soon, as restrictive terror protection orders […]
Children & Teens
Gerard Batten drags Ukip further right with harsh anti-Islam agenda (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Belfast councillor Jolene Bunting vows court fight over ‘absolute joke’ suspension (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Belfast councillor Jolene Bunting suspended from duties ‘for criticising Islam’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamic Relief UK director Imran Madden on ‘leave of absence’ amid leadership probe (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
New West Yorkshire Police uniform designed for Muslim women (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory MP Nadine Dorries deletes misleading tweet about Muslims claiming benefits for multiple wives (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Dozens of Muslim charities probed in UK Cases include mosques under investigation for promoting extremism
(National-UAE) Regulators have opened dozens of investigations into UK Muslim charities over the last five years following weapons discoveries, the unmasking of extremists in religious schools and allegations of terrorist financing, analysis of official data shows. The Charity Commission publicly announced some […]
Government & Politics
Four in 10 think British culture is undermined by multiculturalism (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
First clinic for young female genital mutilation victims sees just five girls in a year (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Hard-line groups are ‘weaponising’ Islamophobia, government’s counter-extremism tsar warns (LINK ONLY)
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Animals
Halal and kosher meat should be labelled so people don’t accidentally eat ‘cruel’ meat, peer says (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Prison imam’s bizarre attack on Barbies (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
The day jihadis hijacked my jail Bible class yelling support for Lee Rigby’s killers (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Release of Islamist hate preacher Anjem Choudary next month ‘is danger for us all,’ prisons minister warns (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Muslim group calls for preacher linked to Trump to be denied UK visa (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Pay-off for Scout leader expelled for making ‘Darth Vader’ veil remark (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Girls ‘being pressured into FGM in UK playgrounds,’ survivor warns amid international crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
UK and US border officials join forces in bid to tackle female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Six years in jail for failure to stop female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Piers Morgan asks Muslim woman to take off her full face veil during heated ‘ban the burka’ debate (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Rabbi condemned for saying Islam ‘has no place in Britain’ (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
TV drama lifts lid on the dark world of Britain’s undercover war on terror (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Cash grant to help tackle violence against women (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Man and woman plead not guilty to genital mutilation of three-year-old girl The suspects, from Ghana and Uganda, have also been charged over several allegations of possessing indecent images.
(Sky News) A man and a woman have pleaded not guilty to the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a three-year-old girl. The man, a 43-year-old from Ghana, and the woman, a 36-year-old from Uganda — who cannot be named for legal reasons […]
Children & Teens
UK Somali teenagers taken ‘on holiday’ and forced into marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Tories need to promote and elect more Muslims, Ruth Davidson says in swipe at Boris’s burka row (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Unstunned halal meat back on school menu — for now (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Young, gay and married — Britons wed to avoid abuse
(Reuters) Dressed in a golden, laced gown, Noor was relieved to wed a man she had met briefly online, ending years of pressure from her Pakistani family to marry. As lights flashed and guests danced merrily inside an English wedding hall, Noor […]
Animals
Deal to sell non-stun-slaughtered lambs to Saudis condemned (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Deep sadness and growing distrust: Inside the neighbourhood that’s produced a tenth of the UK’s convicted Islamist terrorists HuffPost UK spoke to people in Sparkbrook, home of Westminster crash suspect Salih Khater.
(HuffPost) “If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it,” reads a sign welcoming visitors to the Birmingham neighbourhood of Sparkbrook. It’s a quote from the legendary boxer [Muhammad] Ali, whose legacy has a […]
Clothing
Scholar under Glasgow fatwa Paigham Mustafa defends Boris Johnson’s burqa remarks (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Government accused of inaction as number of British girls forced into marriages abroad has soared by a third since 2015 (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Comedian Eshaan Akbar on trying to highlight the humour in Islam 'There’s no representation on TV of Muslims having a laugh. There isn’t anything out there that allows white British people to see Muslims just being normal,' he says
(National-UAE) Most comedians have to put up with a fair degree of heckling in their careers, but British comedian Eshaan Akbar has received violent threats for his new stand-up routine at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In Prophet Like It’s Hot, the 34-year-old […]
Clerics & Preachers
Manchester mosque denies ‘military jihad’ support
(BBC) A mosque where the Manchester Arena bomber worshipped denies encouraging people to “fight in any military struggle” following a BBC report. A sermon by Imam Mustafa Graf at Didsbury Mosque in 2016 called for the support of fighters in Syria, according […]
Children & Teens
Girl, 3, ‘needed emergency surgery after FGM in London’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Manchester mosque sermon ‘called for armed jihad,’ say scholars
(BBC) A sermon at the mosque where the Manchester bomber worshipped called for the support of armed jihadist fighters, according to two Muslim scholars. An imam at Didsbury Mosque in December 2016 was recorded praying for “victory” for “our brothers and sisters […]
Animals
Animal sanctuary shocked at ‘lenient’ fines for abuse at halal abattoir (LINK ONLY)
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Animals
Slaughtermen sentenced after secret cameras expose suffering in halal abattoir (LINK ONLY)
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Halal
Whittington Hospital apologises for mistakenly selling non-halal chicken in canteen NHS Trust says sorry to Muslim patients and visitors after error by private firm Sodexo
(Camden New Journal) The Whittington and its private contractor Sodexo offered “sincere apologies” to Muslim patients and visitors for wrongly selling non-halal chicken in its canteen. The Whittington said it was now “reviewing our relationship” with its contractor Sodexo. The firm was […]
Academics & Education
Classical scholars turn backs on Boris Johnson over burqa comments (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Trojan horse teacher called gays ‘animals’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Muslim leaders urge May to launch inquiry into Tory party Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
‘Morally empty’ Johnson is courting fascism, says peer as Tory crisis mounts (LINK ONLY)
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