The largest Muslim sect in the UK, controlling half of Britain’s Mosques, hosted an Al-Qaeda associate of Osama bin Laden who spoke to numerous future terrorists as he toured their mosques across the country. The Deobandi sect was founded in
A Muslim Conservative Councillor in Bradford has admitted that some local Muslims believe child victims of Muslim sex-grooming gangs are complicit in their abuse. “They believe it takes two to tango,” he said. His comments come after 12 Muslim men
A think tank has called on the government to do more to integrate ethnic communities following publication of a report showing that poor Muslim areas are among the most segregated in Britain. But a UK Independence Party MEP said the
Muslim communities are “unlike others in Britain” and “will not integrate in the same way”, Labour’s former head of Britain’s equalities watchdog has stated. Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission under Tony Blair, argued that it was
A member of a British Muslim family that was prevented from flying to the United States for a trip to Disneyland had been refused entry to Israel two years ago. Eleven members of the family traveling together, two brothers and nine
Last month’s Islamist terror attacks in Paris, in which 130 innocent people lost their lives, are likely to cost the city up to a quarter of its expect economic growth, the Bank of France has said. The bank revealed on Thursday
A French Muslim blogger has called upon his fellow Muslims to rise up against radical Islam within their midst – directly opposing the mainstream narrative that Muslims cannot be held responsible for combatting extremism in their midst. The warning of
A British Christian man has been attacked on the streets of Bradford, England, by men wielding a pickaxe handle – because he converted from Islam to Christianity over a decade ago. The attack is the latest incident in a long
Muslim inmates in many of Britain’s high security prisons are forcing non-Muslims to pay a “protection” tax if they refuse to convert to Islam in jail. The ‘tax’, known as ‘jizya’, is described in the Koran and is currently being
A Christian NHS employee who was suspended after praying for a Muslim colleague has been granted permission to appeal against the decision of the tribunal which ruled against her. The judge acknowledged the importance of the case and said her “human right” to freedom of
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has spoken out against the forces of secularism, on the one hand, seeking to force religion out of the public sphere, and extremism, on the other, seeking to replace mainstream religion with a radicalised
Scotland’s largest prison has been “twinned” with the country’s largest mosque in a bid to cut reoffending rates among Muslim ex-convicts. If successful, the scheme is likely to be rolled out to other institutions across the country. HM Prison Barlinnie,
Question the number of immigrants entering the UK and you are labelled a racist, xenophobe or a bigot. The Labour Party is especially fond of shouting these insults when it wants to shut down the immigration issue in the public arena. Remember how
The battle to tackle radicalism on Britain’s university campuses is being severely hampered by student union leaders and academics, working in conjunction with British Muslim community leaders, a new report has found. Under the guise of protecting freedom of expression,
A front group for Muslim extremists has boasted of its intent to act as “kingmakers” in the general election, and claims to be able to influence the outcome of up to 30 seats. Last month Azad Ali, a senior figure
Britain needs to be vigilant as many more young Muslims are travelling to Syria to join ISIS than previously realised, a senior politician has said. Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, made his comments last night following the
A known Islamist has appeared in Parliament to present a ‘Muslim Manifesto’ ahead of the general election. Azad Ali, who has previously spoken of his “love” for al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, received a warm reception from the audience which included a
One in nine British Muslims believe that publications like Charlie Hebdo which publish images of Mohammed deserve to be attacked, a poll has found. Nearly one in three Muslims polled also said that they had sympathy for the motives behind
Baroness Warsi has accused the government of failing to do enough to ‘engage’ with Muslim groups in Britain, and has even blamed the government for the failure by the Muslim Council of Britain to react positively to a letter from
Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, and Lord Ahmed, the communities minister, have written to every mosque in Britain urging British Muslims to help purge the country of hate preachers and radicals. The letter states “British values are Muslim values”, and
