Two “committed” supporters of the so-called Islamic State group have been handed substantial jail sentences for sending thousands of pounds to help fighters in Iraq. Ayub Nurhussein, 29, and Said Mohammed, 30, admitted funding terrorism by transferring £2,700 in three instalments via Denmark between April and July last year. Chicken shop delivery worker Nurhussein, of […]
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Two British-born women who allegedly travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group are mounting an appeal against the Government’s decision to revoke their citizenship. The women – who are of British-Bangladeshi heritage, and known as C3 and C4 for legal reasons – are being held with their young children in “appalling conditions” […]
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Silences in memory of key workers who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic have been held across Northern Ireland. The acts of tribute were particularly poignant in hospitals where health workers thought of fallen colleagues. More than 100 healthcare staff have died with Covid-19, including Pat McManus, 60, a nurse from Co Tyrone […]
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Spanish police who arrested a former London rapper allegedly turned fighter for so-called Islamic State in Syria, say they have no evidence he was planning an attack in Europe, but his illegal entry raises suspicions about his motivation. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, whose father was convicted in the US of involvement in al Qaida bombings, was […]
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More than 16% of people who had tested positive for coronavirus when they died were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, new data shows. On Monday, NHS England released data showing the ethnic breakdown of people who have died with coronavirus for the first time. The figures, using data up to 5pm on […]
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Environmental campaigners have been referred to the Home Office’s anti-terror Prevent programme amid fears they may become radicalised, it has emerged. Data obtained by The Times newspaper under Freedom of Information laws found at least 45 activists were referred to Prevent over alleged environmental extremism between April 2016 and March last year. The figures come […]
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Domestic abuse incidents related to the coronavirus outbreak have already been seen, according to a police leader. Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor for policing and crime Baroness Beverley Hughes said on Wednesday there had been reports of abuse linked to the virus, which has seen the country put on lockdown, and the force was preparing for […]
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A small area of south Manchester has been home to more than 20 terrorists and terror suspects all within a three-mile radius of Salman Abedi’s home. In recent years, at least 24 people have been tracked by the PA news agency living close to the neighbourhood in Fallowfield the Abedis called home. They have included […]
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Interfaith group – FACES – which is a Pakistan based interfaith group brought a group of Islamic clerics to meetings with key politicians, ministers, hate crime practitioners and interfaith organisations in the U.K. The Founder and former Director of Faith Matters, Fiyaz Mughal, met with the group and explained how sectarian hatred from Pakistan was […]
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Faith Matters and the ‘Never Again’ Association are concerned that a failure to vet speakers with anti-Muslim, xenophobic and other bigoted views undermines the importance of the Polish-British Belvedere Forum, which is being hosted at Chatham House today and tomorrow. The event, which brings together dignitaries, civil society leaders, academics, business, media, and diaspora voices, […]
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