(LBC) Police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of inviting support for Hamas after a pro-Palestine protest in north London. Officers arrested the woman, 19, from central London, early on Wednesday and searched an address. She is in custody at a police […]
(European Conservative) Polls indicate that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is losing the support of a large number of Muslim voters by refusing to call on Israel to cease fire permanently in its war against Hamas. The head of one West Midlands […]
(Middle East Eye) A new Muslim campaign supporting independent candidates to run in Britain’s general election has slammed the Labour Party’s concern over losing Muslim support as “30,000 dead Gazans too late.” The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Labour leader Keir Starmer’s […]
(Jewish News) The Finchley and Golders Green MP Mike Freer has confirmed he is stepping down at the election citing intimidation and threats that have left him and his family frightened for his life. The 63-year-old told the Daily Mail he feels […]
(Breitbart) Three years after sparking Muslim protests after showing his class a caricature of Mohammed at the Batley Grammar School, a religious studies teacher is still in hiding with his family for fear of violent reprisals from the Islamic community in Britain. […]
(BBC) A man who planned to attack British military personnel and join the so-called Islamic State has had a bid to reduce his life sentence rejected. Matthew King, from Essex, was jailed for life with a minimum of six years at the […]
(BBC) People screamed “we are going to die” as a boat holding more than 40 migrants started sinking crossing the English Channel, a court heard. At least 43 people made the journey on 14 December 2022 — not all had life jackets […]
(National-UAE) Vigilance against threats from Iran has increased significantly despite sanctions being imposed, journalists threatened by Tehran have told the National. Officials at the London-based Iran International TV channel, which has found itself in Tehran’s crosshairs, say they “have to be lucky […]
(LBC) A man who allegedly brandished a knife at staff in a Jewish supermarket during an alleged hate crime has been charged and is set to appear in court. Gabriel Abdullah, 34, was arrested minutes after the alleged attack, where he demanded […]
(LBC) A man has been arrested after a person wielding a knife was fought off from outside a kosher shop in North London. Footage shows a small group of men use a trolley and poles as they try to force off a […]
(BBC) A man and his daughter who were seriously injured in the Manchester Arena bombing are suing a conspiracy theorist who claims the attack was faked, the High Court has been told. Martin and Eve Hibbert are pursuing Richard Hall for harassment, […]
(Jewish News) Home secretary James Cleverly has insisted the police are now making “significant arrests” of those responsible for antisemitic hate crimes at pro-Palestinian rallies. But he has admitted these arrests and prosecutions need to be better publicised to help calm widespread […]
(Middle East Eye) The British government intends to stop funding an interfaith charity because one of its trustees is a member of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which the British government refuses to engage with. Communities Secretary Michael Gove told the […]
(National Post) The day after an Islamic organization was declared a terrorist group in Britain, the group’s Canadian branch cancelled a conference it was hosting this weekend that was calling for the resurrection of the Muslim caliphate and the imposition of Shariah […]
(Sky News) The brother of a terrorist who killed three people in a park in Reading rang police the day before the attack, warning he “could harm himself or others,” an inquest has been told. Khairi Saadallah stabbed to death three men […]
(BBC) A killer who stabbed three men to death in a Reading park joined a terrorist group in Libya a decade before moving to the UK, an inquest has heard. Khairi Saadallah killed James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, […]
(BBC) Whether a man who murdered a stranger in a row over an e-scooter was involved in terrorism will not be considered as part of his victim’s inquest. Afghan asylum seeker Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai stabbed 21-year-old Tom Roberts in Bournemouth in March 2022. […]
(BBC) The ambulance service responding to the Reading stabbings said there was a delay in learning it was a terrorist attack, an inquest has heard. South Central Ambulance Service was told the murders in Forbury Gardens [were] a “marauding terrorist attack” almost […]
(Jewish News) Three schools have postponed educational programmes combating antisemitism and prejudice with the Anne Frank Trust UK owing to “local community tensions” since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The organisation, founded in 1991, empowers nine- to 15-year-olds to challenge all […]
(BBC) Videos of antisemitic speeches by Iranian generals, given to UK students, are being investigated by the Charity Commission. The regulator is also looking at footage of “death to Israel” chants at an Islamic charity’s UK premises. Verified by the BBC, two […]
(Jewish News) NHS England has confirmed that the Harrow GP who heads the UK branch of newly banned Islamist terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir has been suspended. As reported by Jewish News, Dr Wahid Shaida, who also uses the name Abdul Wahid, was […]
(BBC) A primary school has warned parents it may have to close its doors because of a worsening row over a pupil wearing a Palestine flag patch to school. Barclay Primary School, in Leyton, east London, said it may have to revert […]
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(BBC) The Israel-Gaza war has created a new “radicalisation moment” in the UK with the potential to push more people towards terrorism, the head of counter-terrorism policing has said. Matt Jukes said “extraordinary amounts” of online comment, amplified by misinformation and AI-generated […]
(ITV) Plans to ban Islamist political group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation have been approved by Parliament. Hizb ut-Tahrir has organised rallies which took place on the streets of London alongside pro-Palestinian marches in recent months, following the outbreak of the […]
(Jewish News) The General Medical Council has been urged to take action against a Harrow GP who also leads the UK branch of a soon-to-be-banned Islamist terror group. Dr Abdul Wahid, who also uses the name Wahid Asif Shaida, also trains newly […]
(BBC) The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess is taking legal action against police and the Home Office for failing to prevent his death. High Court papers show Katherine Amess has filed a personal injury claim against the authorities. The Conservative […]
(Sky News) A 15-year-old schoolboy who converted to Islam was arrested with a kitchen knife in his rucksack as he prepared for an “imminent” attack on one of his teachers who made a joke about pork, a court has heard. The schoolboy, […]
(BBC) Reversing a school’s “emergency” decision to ban prayer rituals would again expose it to “an unacceptable risk of threats,” the High Court was told. Michaela School in Brent, north London, was challenged over a policy allegedly amounting to a “prayer ban.” […]
(Sky News) A school decided to introduce a “prayer ban” for pupils against a “backdrop of events including violence, intimidation and appalling racial harassment” of teachers, its founder has said. Michaela Community School in Brent, north London, which was previously dubbed Britain’s […]
(Jewish News) Rishi Sunak has attempted to use Keir Starmer’s past record as a barrister, when he offered advice to the Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir in a case in Germany, as means of discrediting the Labour leader’s position on UK security. […]
(BBC) A man accused of wearing a headband said to arouse “reasonable suspicion” he supports Hamas has appeared in court. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, who lives in Birmingham, wore the clothing at a pro-Palestine rally in central London where he was arrested by […]
(BBC) A school led by former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh is being challenged in the High Court over a policy allegedly amounting to a “prayer ban.” Michaela School in Brent, north London, introduced a policy in March 2023 “banning prayer […]
(Sky News) A 15-year-old schoolboy, who converted to Islam, planned to attack the Isle of Wight music festival using a vehicle and knife, a court has heard. The youth, who cannot be named, was arrested on the day of his alleged planned […]
(BBC) Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The review covers 2004 to 2013 and sets out a series of failed investigations by Greater […]
(BBC) One of the most controversial Islamist groups in the UK, Hizb ut-Tahrir, is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, accused of praising the Hamas attacks. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the group was “antisemitic” and “actively promotes and encourages terrorism.” […]
(Sky News) Four people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences during a pro-Palestine march in London. Police officers detained a 34-year-old man from Kent, a 58-year-old man from west London and a 36-year-old woman from South Yorkshire all on suspicion […]
(Sky News) The family of a man stabbed to death in a park in Reading during a terrorist attack have told the opening of an inquest that “time has stood still” since the attacks. Khairi Saadallah, a Libyan refugee, stabbed three men […]
(Jewish News) An official speaker [at] the latest pro-Palestine demonstration in London has been cheered loudly as he called for the world to be “de-Zionised.” Mohammed el-Kurd, a Palestinian writer and poet who spoke from the stage at Saturday’s protest, added: “We […]
(BBC) A man has been charged over wearing a green headband with writing on it, said to give “reasonable suspicion” he supports Hamas. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, from Birmingham, was accused over the presence of the Islamic Shehada on the item of clothing […]
(Jewish News) A Liberal Democrat councillor exposed by Jewish News for questioning evidence that Hamas carried out atrocities in Israel on October 7th has sparked renewed anger after refusing to confirm he has undertaken antisemitism awareness training for linking the Jewish state […]
(BBC) Police have warned of the dangers of virginity testing after a GP reported they were asked to “prove” a teenager was still a virgin. South Yorkshire Police said a GP in the region reported they had been visited by a teenage […]
(BBC) There has been an unprecedented 12-fold increase in hateful social media content being referred to specialist police officers since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, according to the UK’s Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit. Once focused on propaganda shared by the […]
(BBC) A man who planned a gun attack at central London’s Hyde Park has had his jail sentence increased. Edward Little, 22, had intended to kill Christian preacher Hatun Tash after travelling from Brighton to the capital on 23 September 2022. He […]
(BBC) The number of migrants crossing the Channel has fallen year-on-year for the first time since current records began. Government figures show the total arrivals in 2023 were down by more than a third on 2022. The provisional annual total for the […]
(Breitbart) An ISIS-supporting illegal migrant from Sudan has been granted the right to permanently reside in the United Kingdom after his lawyers successfully argued that deporting him to his homeland would endanger his human rights. British judges have dismissed concerns raised by […]
(Jewish News) Police have refused to investigate a vile video of a man declaring “love and support” for Hamas, saying the footage shows the terrorist sympathiser “amicably arguing” for his cause. Jewish News supplied video [of] the incident on Oxford Street on […]
(BBC) Primary school pupils expecting halal meat may have been served food which breached the Islamic rule due to a failure in checks, a school has said. In June, it was discovered some meat served to pupils at Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill […]
(Sky News) A Chechen-born man has been jailed after being found guilty of spying on a London-based dissident Iranian TV station to help terror plotters. Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 31, was accused of conducting surveillance on the west London headquarters of Iran International as […]
(Planet Radio) A Coventry man’s been sentenced to life in prison for preparing acts of terrorism, after building a drone with the intention of supplying it to a banned terrorist organisation. Mohamad Al-Bared will serve a minimum of 20 years. The jury […]
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