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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Two friends convicted of preparing for terrorist acts in support of the so-called Islamic State after trying to reach Syria have been jailed. Safwaan Mansur, from Birmingham, and Hanzalah Patel, from Leicester, travelled to Turkey in 2016 and 2017 after checking out an area near the Syrian border on TripAdvisor, a two-week trial was told. […]
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In 2016, intelligence services estimated that there were just over 23,000 right-wing extremists in Germany. A myriad of groups networking covertly, utilizing social media to extreme effect, was sowing major social discord. Germany has in modern times been regarded by the rest as immune to the reach of the far-right, partly out of collective shame […]
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A Cardiff man has gone on trial accused of sharing a terrorist song entitled Virgins Of Paradise. Zakaria Afey, 20, from St Mellons, allegedly disseminated the nasheed poem on January 12 2017. He is also accused of having the terrorist manual How To Survive In The West on May 15 2017. Opening his trial, prosecutor […]
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The girlfriend of the first victim of the London Bridge attack has told his inquest she had a “premonition” they would be caught by terrorists. Christine Delcros was walking on the bridge with father-of-two Xavier Thomas when they were mowed down by terrorists in a hired van on the evening of June 3 2017. Ms […]
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We are proud to launch the following report, which highlights the trajectory of the Democratic Football Lads alliance, offshoot groups and the ongoing engagement with anti-Muslim and radical far right movements in the United Kingdom. The report has been authored for Faith Matters by two leading lights in this area of work, Dr Matthew Feldman […]
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