Author archives: Faith Matters

Shamima Begum’s Loss of Her Son Means We Need to Rethink How We Safeguard British Children
March 9, 2019 By Faith Matters

Shamima Begum’s Loss of Her Son Means We Need to Rethink How We Safeguard British Children

Shamima Begum’s decision to go to the Islamic State was made when she was 15. No doubt, she was a young person who was influenced by what she consumed through slick Islamic State propaganda online. She was vulnerable to being drawn into the propaganda and those working on extremism realise that those personal vulnerabilities involve […]

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Teenage Support of IS Found Guilty Of Preparing Terror Attack
March 9, 2019 By Faith Matters

Teenage Support of IS Found Guilty Of Preparing Terror Attack

A teenage student with an interest in Islamic State (IS) has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack. Haider Ahmed, 19, was convicted at Kingston Crown Court of preparing to undertake an attack, Thames Valley Police said. He was aged 16 and 17 and living with his parents at the family home in Redhill, […]

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Islamist Extremist Group Targets British Muslims of Pakistani Heritage for Support
March 6, 2019 By Faith Matters

Islamist Extremist Group Targets British Muslims of Pakistani Heritage for Support

There is a violent Islamist extremist group called Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), which we have highlighted on many occasions. Here are just a few examples of their support for the murderers of innocent people they regard as ‘blasphemers’. (See here and here). We have highlighted many times, the fact that TLP is trying to target British […]

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Muslim Convert Who Planned Street Attack Jailed for 15 Years
March 6, 2019 By Faith Matters

Muslim Convert Who Planned Street Attack Jailed for 15 Years

A Muslim convert nicknamed “The Eagle” has been jailed for at least 15 years for planning a “spectacular” terror attack on Oxford Street in London. Lewis Ludlow, 27, swore allegiance to Islamic State as he prepared to drive a van through London’s shopping district or Madame Tussauds. The former Royal Mail worker, who called himself […]

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Rebel Media: A Platform Promoting Division, White Nationalism and Fear Mongering
March 4, 2019 By Faith Matters

Rebel Media: A Platform Promoting Division, White Nationalism and Fear Mongering

We are launching this report on Rebel Media and its influence online in a world where click-bait content, conspiracy theories and untruths become fact in the minds of some. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE This report, entitled ‘Rebel Media – a platform promoting division, white nationalism and fear mongering‘ highlights the following. Key points include the […]

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Germany to strip IS fighters of citizenship under certain criteria – report
March 3, 2019 By Faith Matters

Germany to strip IS fighters of citizenship under certain criteria – report

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have agreed a plan to strip some Germans who fight for the Islamic State militant group of their citizenship, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. More than 1,000 Germans have left their country for war zones in the Middle East since 2013 and the […]

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Terror Accused ‘Had Islamic State and Al-Qaida Magazines’
March 3, 2019 By Faith Matters

Terror Accused ‘Had Islamic State and Al-Qaida Magazines’

A Somali Muslim had numerous Islamic State and al Qaida magazines on electronic devices, including articles on how to carry out terrorist attacks using vehicles and knives to create “a trail of carnage”, a court heard. Police seized two laptops, a mobile phone and a USB memory stick after searching the home of Abdirahman Mohamed […]

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What’s This Jewish Thing? The Man Asked the Rabbi
March 1, 2019 By Faith Matters

What’s This Jewish Thing? The Man Asked the Rabbi

Dear Community, I was having a coffee at Charing X Station when a man approached me and asked with bemusement, ‘What’s this anti-Jewish thing?’ I muttered something about hate, racism, age-old, when he asked again, ‘What’s that ‘s’ word?’ ‘Anti-Semitism?’ ‘Ah, yes, that’s it’, and he wandered off. I was left asking myself why I […]

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PM Assassination Plotter’s Friend Jailed for Planning To Join Islamic State
February 26, 2019 By Faith Matters

PM Assassination Plotter’s Friend Jailed for Planning To Join Islamic State

A friend of an Islamic State terrorist who plotted to assassinate the Prime Minister has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Mohammed Aqib Imran, 23, planned to travel for jihad, while Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, was set on a suicide attack on the heart of Government. Imran, from Ombersley Road, Birmingham, researched travel and tried to […]

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IS Bride’s Return to UK Could Open ‘Floodgates’ for Terror Suspects
February 26, 2019 By Faith Matters

IS Bride’s Return to UK Could Open ‘Floodgates’ for Terror Suspects

Floodgates could be opened for Islamic State supporters coming back to the UK if Shamima Begum succeeds in getting back into the country, a former counter-terrorism police chief has warned. Scott Wilson, who helped lead the response to the 2017 London Bridge attack, said monitoring the teenager would cost millions of pounds and the security […]

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