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Netanyahu says Israel must retain control of security in Gaza after the war
December 6, 2023 By Faith Matters

Netanyahu says Israel must retain control of security in Gaza after the war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the military would have to retain open-ended security control over the Gaza Strip long after the war against Hamas ends. The remarks came as Israel’s military said its troops had entered Gaza’s second-largest city in its its pursuit to wipe out the territory’s Hamas rulers. The war […]

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Jewish-Arab school in Israel wins global prize for overcoming adversity
November 4, 2023 By Faith Matters

Jewish-Arab school in Israel wins global prize for overcoming adversity

A bilingual and integrated Jewish-Arab school in Israel has won a global education prize in recognition of its efforts to heal longstanding divisions. The Max Rayne Hand In Hand Jerusalem School – where Jewish and Arab students learn together in both Hebrew and Arabic – has been crowned winner of the T4 Education World’s Best […]

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Sunak announces £3m extra to protect British Jewish community after Hamas attack
October 12, 2023 By Faith Matters

Sunak announces £3m extra to protect British Jewish community after Hamas attack

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced £3 million in extra funding to protect schools, synagogues and other Jewish community buildings in the UK in response to Hamas’ attacks in Israel. The money will be given to the Community Security Trust (CST) after the group, which acts on the behalf of British Jews on matters of […]

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Minister wishes no revenge after bombers killed his mother and 19 relatives
September 21, 2023 By Faith Matters

Minister wishes no revenge after bombers killed his mother and 19 relatives

A minister whose mother and 19 other family members were murdered by terrorists a decade ago has told of how he was able to resist revenge. Rev Aftab Gohar says he found peace through Jesus Christ after a double suicide bomber attack at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan on September 22 2013. There were […]

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Vatican honours Polish family murdered by Nazis for sheltering Jews
September 11, 2023 By Faith Matters

Vatican honours Polish family murdered by Nazis for sheltering Jews

The Vatican has made the unprecedented move of beatifying an entire Polish family for their “gesture of hospitality and care” in sheltering Jewish people during the Second World War. The family-of-nine — a married couple and their small children — were murdered by the Nazis in 1944 after they were apparently betrayed. Speaking during a […]

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Clashes erupt in Swedish city after another Koran burning
September 5, 2023 By Faith Matters

Clashes erupt in Swedish city after another Koran burning

Clashes have erupted in an immigrant neighbourhood in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Koran, police have said. Police in Malmo said they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage, describing the events that started on Sunday and lasted […]

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AfD politician resigns from local council after daubing Nazi symbols
August 31, 2023 By Faith Matters

AfD politician resigns from local council after daubing Nazi symbols

A local councillor from the south-western German city of Baden-Baden has resigned from the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) after being accused of daubing Nazi swastikas on cars with Ukrainian licence plates. The public prosecutor’s office in Baden-Baden had announced at the beginning of the week – without giving a name – that a […]

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University PhD student made drone to help Islamic State terror group, court told
August 23, 2023 By Faith Matters

University PhD student made drone to help Islamic State terror group, court told

A University of Birmingham PhD student plotted to supply Islamic State terrorists with a drone capable of delivering a bomb or chemical weapon, a terror trial jury has heard. Prosecutors allege Mohamad Al-Bared was designing and building the unmanned aerial device, found in a bedroom at his home, when he was arrested in January this […]

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Why the Home Office must stop these Polish far-right politicians from entering the UK
April 28, 2022 By FM

Why the Home Office must stop these Polish far-right politicians from entering the UK

Faith Matters calls on the Home Office to stop two far-right politicians from Poland from speaking at a community event in Manchester on Sunday, May 1. Those names include the disgraced former MEP and far-right extremist from Poland, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, and Konrad Berkowicz of the far-right Confederation bloc, which we’ve highlighted before. We made the […]

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Man guilty of promoting ‘jihad by sword’ in mosque speech
January 19, 2022 By Faith Matters

Man guilty of promoting ‘jihad by sword’ in mosque speech

A father whose two sons died fighting in Syria has been found guilty of encouraging violent jihad in a speech at his local mosque. Abubaker Deghayes, 53, promoted “jihad by sword” when he addressed worshippers at the Brighton Mosque and Muslim Community Centre. The defendant, who originally comes from Libya, had denied intending to encourage […]

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