Young Jihadis Follow a Path To Destruction in Syria

British teenagers are increasingly lured by “Jihadi-lite” images of the Islamic State militant group on social media that give them a false sense of security, Faith Matters, a non-profit organization, told Sputnik. MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko — In the recent months, the number of Britons trying to travel to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State has surged, which has triggered […]

Killings in Copenhagen Re-Ignite Fears

  The killing of a man attending a talk by Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks and the further murder of a man shot in the head in a synagogue, raise the alarming spectre of a campaign possibly inspired by an ISIS or AL Qaeda sympathiser, within the Danish capital. Coming so close after the Charlie Hebdo […]

Statement from Faith Matters

Faith Matters is an organisation that works on numerous social projects including interfaith, conflict resolution, preventing extremism and monitoring hate crimes work. We believe in dialogue, in speaking to those with different opinions and in bringing communities together. This is a fundamental part of who we are and what we are about. There is no […]

London Mayor Boris Johnson Right to State That Young Men Need a Purpose

Speaking to press sources today the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, stated that young men who join extremist groups have a low sense of self-esteem and need to be found work, so that they have a purpose. We welcome the fact that the Mayor has re-iterated the need for young people to have a focus […]

Letter to Mosques from Eric Pickles MP Not An Issue, Though Greater Face to Face Engagement With Key Activists Needed

“After a difficult time for all communities, I take this opportunity to praise the Right Honourable Eric Pickles MP, for recognising that extremism requires a multitude of voices to challenge. Unity against the voices of division is a potent and powerful message. We agree that Britain is diminished without its Muslim communities but we would […]

Charlie Hebdo & Reflecting of the Assassination of Cartoonist Naji Al-Ali (Handala)

Rev Nadim Nassar of the Awareness Foundation writes for Faith Matters on the Charlie Hebdo massacre. God created everything, and the Torah says that after this magnificent act, God found that everything was good; the first ever art critique. Creativity belongs to divinity. God has given humanity one of the best gifts that could be […]

Faiths Come Together To Remember Those Killed in Peshawar

Muslim and Christian, young and old, men and women came together last week at St John’s the Evangelist Church in the Diocese of Southwark in order to remember those young children so viciously cut down in their youth by the Taliban in Peshawar. Some of the speakers could not hold back their emotions as they […]

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ISIL Sympathisers and the Narratives of their Tweets

A quick observation of Twitter accounts of ISIL sympathisers shows a set of narratives that have been circulating for over more than a decade. These are the types of narratives that draw in and lead young men to destructive paths that ultimately lead to their deaths. Worryingly, the sheer willingness to destroy lives and historical […]

THE BRUTAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LAND IS AGAINST ALL THAT IS HOLY AND JUST

THE BRUTAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LAND IS AGAINST ALL THAT IS HOLY AND JUST The murder of Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land bodes ill for the future of both people in a land that has seen enough blood spilt for the sake of God’s glory. The murder of 4 Israelis […]