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Alleged neo-Nazi youth accused of synagogues attack plan to face trial next year
March 16, 2025 By Faith Matters

Alleged neo-Nazi youth accused of synagogues attack plan to face trial next year

An alleged neo-Nazi youth accused of planning a terrorist attack on synagogues faces a trial next year. The 15-year-old boy, from Northumberland, is charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for committing acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. It is alleged he began to discuss planning a terrorist attack […]

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Tommy Robinson to miss planned protest after being remanded into custody
October 25, 2024 By Faith Matters

Tommy Robinson to miss planned protest after being remanded into custody

Political activist Tommy Robinson will miss his own planned march for thousands of people after being remanded into custody by police. The 41-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is accused of being in contempt of court following the airing of a film at a protest in central London. He attended Folkestone Police station on […]

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Germany’s Central Council of Jews dismayed by far-right election win
June 25, 2023 By Faith Matters

Germany’s Central Council of Jews dismayed by far-right election win

The Central Council of Jews is deeply shocked by the electoral success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a local election in Thuringia. “To be clear: not every one of the AfD voters has extreme right-wing views,” said the president of the Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, according to the Jüdische […]

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Far-right politician will be denied entry to UK, says security minister
March 20, 2023 By Faith Matters

Far-right politician will be denied entry to UK, says security minister

A far-right politician planning to burn a copy of the Koran during a visit to Wakefield will “not be allowed access” into the UK, the security minister has said. Tom Tugendhat said Danish-Swedish Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Stram Kurs party founded in 2017, has been added to the “warnings index” and will be […]

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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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Satanic teenager jailed for life for murdering sisters
October 28, 2021 By Faith Matters

Satanic teenager jailed for life for murdering sisters

A teenager has been jailed for at least 35 years for murdering two sisters as part of a Satanic blood pact. Danyal Hussein, 19, savagely stabbed Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, to death in a Wembley park in June last year. The Old Bailey heard he had embarked on a “campaign of vengeance” […]

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German soldier in alleged far-right plot faces trial
February 16, 2021 By Faith Matters

German soldier in alleged far-right plot faces trial

A German court has said that a military officer indicted on allegations that he plotted to kill prominent politicians and blame the attack on refugees will go on trial in May. The case of the officer, identified only as 1st Lt Franco A in line with German privacy rules, raised concerns about extremism in the […]

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Far-right ‘freedom picnic’ for Poles in Manchester features antisemitic speaker
September 13, 2019 By FM

Far-right ‘freedom picnic’ for Poles in Manchester features antisemitic speaker

A speaker at a far-right “freedom picnic” in the Bury area of Greater Manchester on September 15 had previously said that Poles were “being outmanoeuvred by Judeans who are trying to force our government to pay extortion money disguised as compensation”. Stanisław Michalkiewicz, hosts a radio show on the Polish-Catholic owned Radio Maryja, which, according […]

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Far Right Extremist Admits Arson Attack on Synagogue in Exeter
May 31, 2019 By Faith Matters

Far Right Extremist Admits Arson Attack on Synagogue in Exeter

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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Pegida – A Snapshot into their Protectionist World of German Culture & Ardent Xenophobia
May 19, 2019 By Faith Matters

Pegida – A Snapshot into their Protectionist World of German Culture & Ardent Xenophobia

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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