Press articles on matters of faith

Watchdog is essential to curb hate on social media.
March 26, 2019 By Faith Matters

Watchdog is essential to curb hate on social media.

Five Birmingham mosques were attacked with a sledgehammer yesterday. A week ago, Muslims praying in two mosques in New Zealand were gunned down by a far-Right extremist. Click here to read in detail.

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Hate crime victims left suicidal and afraid to leave home by attacks ‘unleashed after Brexit referendum’
February 5, 2019 By Faith Matters

Hate crime victims left suicidal and afraid to leave home by attacks ‘unleashed after Brexit referendum’

People have been left suicidal and afraid to leave their homes by a wave of hate crime “unleashed” after the EU referendum, MPs have found. The first inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hate Crime warned that rising offences were causing “psychological and emotional harm”. A report contains testimonies from victims who suffered mental illness, depression […]

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Hate preacher Anjem Choudary got ‘more extreme and aggressive’ while locked up and – on the verge of being released – is determined to spread his TOXIC propaganda
October 19, 2018 By Faith Matters

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary got ‘more extreme and aggressive’ while locked up and – on the verge of being released – is determined to spread his TOXIC propaganda

Anjem Choudary walks free today despite becoming ‘hardened’ in jail and more determined than ever to spread his toxic Islamist propaganda. The hate preacher’s already militant views became ‘far more extreme and aggressive’ while locked up and he now sees regards himself as a ‘martyr’, according to those who met him in prison. And he […]

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Polish embassy ‘funded far-right speakers’ at UK event
June 26, 2018 By Faith Matters

Polish embassy ‘funded far-right speakers’ at UK event

The Polish Embassy in London part-funded an event that gave a platform to right-wing extremists in the UK, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found. The embassy helped to finance a book fair in Slough in 2017, which included speakers from Poland well-known for promoting hate speech in their country. Experts have questioned whether such speakers […]

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SUPER SALAH Liverpool’s Egyptian goal machine Mo Salah is breaking down religious barriers
February 26, 2018 By Faith Matters

SUPER SALAH Liverpool’s Egyptian goal machine Mo Salah is breaking down religious barriers

HE is the Liverpool striker who has already netted 31 goals in his first season at the club. But Egyptian ace Mo Salah has also inspired a hilarious fans’ chant which is helping to dismantle racial prejudice in the football world. Fans have been filmed, in both the stadium and pubs, singing: “If he’s good […]

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Home Office urged to refuse Polish far-right speaker entry to UK
February 14, 2018 By Faith Matters

Home Office urged to refuse Polish far-right speaker entry to UK

The Home Office has been urged to prevent a Polish far-right speaker from entering the UK, amid growing concern about extremist groups sending people to Britain to spread hateful views. Rafał Ziemkiewicz, a Polish author and journalist who has compared Muslims to “invaders” and “barbarians”, is due to speak at events in Bristol and Cambridge […]

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Charity Commission looks into far-right groups’ work with homeless people
January 30, 2018 By Faith Matters

Charity Commission looks into far-right groups’ work with homeless people

Far-right groups are being investigated for potentially breaching Charity Commission rules after the Guardian found they were distributing food and clothes to homeless people. The fascist party the National Revival of Poland – known as Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP) – is one of several far-right groups across Britain that have launched charity campaigns. The NOP’s […]

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Extremists change narrative to attract vulnerable youths to cause
September 5, 2017 By Faith Matters

Extremists change narrative to attract vulnerable youths to cause

LONDON: The latest wave of terror attacks across Europe has drawn the spotlight on popular platforms being used as a recruiting tool for groups like Daesh to spread their message of hate and recruit young extremists with increasingly sophisticated narratives. As the front lines of conflict extend from the Middle East to the streets of […]

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Muslims join today’s Eucharist at Bethnal Green to mark French priest’s murder by Islamists
August 26, 2016 By Faith Matters

Muslims join today’s Eucharist at Bethnal Green to mark French priest’s murder by Islamists

A service at St John’s on Bethnal Green was held in the wake of the murder last month of Father Jacques Hamel. One Muslim at the service, Mohammed Amin, publicly denounced Islamic extremism as “barbarity”. He said: “I am outraged by the way bloodthirsty savages like ISIS have hijacked my religion and used it to […]

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Revealed: UK keeps no record of citizens barred from boarding US flights
February 14, 2016 By Faith Matters

Revealed: UK keeps no record of citizens barred from boarding US flights

The Home Office has admitted it holds no record of British citizens barred from boarding transatlantic flights despite them being identified by US security officials as potential threats at UK airports. James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, confirmed that information regarding the numbers, religion and ethnicity of Britons prevented from travelling abroad was not retained by […]

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