An alleged white supremacist has appeared in court accused of plotting an act of terror in a bid to bring about a race war. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was allegedly caught with a shopping list for a Molotov cocktail when he was arrested on March 13. The teenager, […]
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A terror suspect accused of attempted murder after a stabbing in Manchester on New Year’s Eve will stand trial in November. Mahdi Mohamud, 25, was arrested after a couple in their fifties were stabbed several times at the city’s Victoria railway station at around 9pm on December 31. Mohamud faces three counts of attempted murder […]
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The parents of a Muslim convert dubbed Jihadi Jack are facing jail after being found guilty of funding terrorism. Organic farmer John Letts, 58, and former Oxfam fundraising officer Sally Lane, 57, refused to believe their 18-year-old son Jack had become a dangerous extremist when they allowed him to travel, the Old Bailey heard. They […]
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The Duke of Sussex was branded a “race traitor” and pictured with a gun to his head in an image posted online by an extremist teenager. The image of Harry, against a blood-spattered background and featuring a swastika, was shared on a far-right social media platform last year. Michal Szewczuk, who is being sentenced for […]
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Twitter has removed almost 5,000 accounts it believes are linked to the Iranian government with the aim of manipulating conversations about political and social issues. The social network has been cracking down on state-backed information operations as part of an effort to clean up its platform of fake news. In its latest disclosure, Twitter removed […]
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We within Faith Matters, have made the decision to disengage from any further association with the Redbridge Prevent Advisory Group. This group, which is meant to provide advice, support and scrutiny where possible on local Prevent programmes, now constitutes of some individuals who are part of groups who see nothing positive in Prevent and who […]
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Police failures to investigate the gym attended by the London Bridge attackers and a primary school where two of them worked were “a very real missed opportunity” to stop the atrocity, an inquest has heard. Khuram Butt attended and worked at the Ummah Fitness Centre in Ilford which was run by a suspected extremist Sajeel […]
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A far-right extremist has admitted carrying out an arson attack on an historic synagogue. Tristan Morgan, 52, set the fire at the synagogue in Exeter on July 21 last year. He broke a window at the rear of the building, accelerant was poured in, then a match was used to ignite it. Built in the […]
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A teacher whose lesson programme covering LGBTQ+ relationships has been at the centre of recent protests is leading the Birmingham Pride parade. Andrew Moffat, assistant headteacher at Parkfield Community School, has been teaching No Outsiders classes at the school since 2014. Mr Moffat was joined at the front of the parade by Khakan Qureshi, founder […]
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A Muslim convert dubbed Jihadi Jack ranted about decapitating an old school friend after finding out he was in the British Army, a court has heard. Despite Jack Letts’ apparent online outburst about Linus Doubtfire, his supportive parents still tried to help him, the Old Bailey was told. Organic farmer John Letts, 58, and his […]
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