Tag archives: Islamist extremism

Terror Accused Shared Virgins of Paradise Song, Court Told
May 14, 2019 By Faith Matters

Terror Accused Shared Virgins of Paradise Song, Court Told

A Cardiff man has gone on trial accused of sharing a terrorist song entitled Virgins Of Paradise. Zakaria Afey, 20, from St Mellons, allegedly disseminated the nasheed poem on January 12 2017. He is also accused of having the terrorist manual How To Survive In The West on May 15 2017. Opening his trial, prosecutor […]

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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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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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Jihadi Bride’s Brother Jailed For Funding Islamic State in Syria
February 8, 2019 By Faith Matters

Jihadi Bride’s Brother Jailed For Funding Islamic State in Syria

The brother of a 16-year-old jihadi bride has been jailed for 30 months after he was found guilty of funding Islamic State in Syria.  Salim Wakil, 25, arranged the transfer of 3,000 dollars (about GBP2,300) via Western Union for his sister Sumaiyyah in February last year, despite repeated warnings from police.  He used a friend’s […]

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Strasbourg Attacker Had Pledged Allegiance to the Islamic State Group
December 22, 2018 By Faith Matters

Strasbourg Attacker Had Pledged Allegiance to the Islamic State Group

The alleged gunman who shot and killed five people in a Christmas market attack this month in Strasbourg had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, an official says. The judicial official said investigators have found a video stored on a USB stick in which Cherif Chekatt had claimed allegiance to the extremist group. The […]

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Egypt says 19 militants killed in security operation after attack on Christians
November 5, 2018 By Faith Matters

Egypt says 19 militants killed in security operation after attack on Christians

Egyptian security forces killed 19 Islamist militants from a cell believed to be responsible for an attack on Christians in Minya province in central Egypt in which seven people died, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Security forces killed the suspects in a firefight after a chase in a mountainous area of the desert west […]

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Imminent Release of Anjem Choudary is a Mistake Which Will Have Community Impacts
October 14, 2018 By Faith Matters

Imminent Release of Anjem Choudary is a Mistake Which Will Have Community Impacts

Convicted criminal Anjem Choudary who was found guilty of telling British citizens to join ISIS, is to be released this week. He will be living in a tax-payer funded safe house in North London and we have learnt that he will be living within reach of his wife and family, so that his human rights […]

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FAITH, HOPE AND CLARITY The Reintegration of Terrorist Offenders after Custody
May 14, 2018 By Faith Matters

FAITH, HOPE AND CLARITY The Reintegration of Terrorist Offenders after Custody

Report by Ian Acheson, Former Prison Governor and Reviewer of Islamist Extremism in Prisons, Makes the Case. This report – “Faith, Hope and Clarity”, commissioned by Faith Matters, and published today makes the case that Muslim communities, working in a unique new partnership with statutory services, can reduce risk of released extremist prisoners re-offending through a community re-integration […]

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The Battle Against Extremism is Being Lost. Is it Time To Bail Out?
April 21, 2018 By Faith Matters

The Battle Against Extremism is Being Lost. Is it Time To Bail Out?

For years, Faith Matters has been working to ensure that people and communities in our country, have a stake in their future and in decision making. We know full well, that disaffection and alienation are avenues by which extremists can manipulate young men and women in these vulnerable positions. Both far right and Islamist extremists […]

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French Muslims Want to Be Like Anyone Else, Just Not Victims
April 7, 2018 By Faith Matters

French Muslims Want to Be Like Anyone Else, Just Not Victims

We have spent a week in France meeting with key organisations and with people who understand how poisonous the tentacles of Islamist extremism have been and how they have also given rise to greater feelings of anti-Muslim hatred, which have been fuelled by a number of factors. We have spoken to Muslims who see the […]

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