A man has denied assaulting children while carrying out circumcisions in the community.

Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, of Birmingham, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday and denied 40 charges relating to 24 procedures between April 2015 and January 2019.

They include child neglect and ill-treatment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and administering prescription-only anaesthetic when not an appropriate practitioner, the court heard.

The court was told Siddiqui faces allegations of poor hygiene practice and operating in a way which caused unnecessary pain and suffering to children aged between a few days old and 15 years old.

The alleged offences took place privately across the West Midlands in the Muslim community and in some Christian communities, the court heard.

Bearded Siddiqui, of Anchor Crescent, Winson Green, appeared in the dock wearing a dark suit and a religious skullcap, shaking his head and folding his arms throughout the proceedings.

He was bailed by district judge Sam Goozee, to appear at Southwark Crown Court on January 7.

These stickers were reported into Tell MAMA today. They are from the far right extremist group, the North West Infidels and they were found in Coventry. The stickers show, what seems to be a male individual wearing clothing that could be from Afghanistan or Pakistan, even though a majority of refugees are from Syria.

These stickers are worrying and come on the back of other stickers which were distributed in mid-2015, where pictures of Prophet Muhammad were circulated in phone booths in the West Midlands area.

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These stickers were reported into Tell MAMA today. They are from the far right extremist group, the North West Infidels and they were found in Coventry. The stickers show, what seems to be a male individual wearing clothing that could be from Afghanistan or Pakistan, even though a majority of refugees are from Syria.

These stickers are worrying and come on the back of other stickers which were distributed in mid-2015, where pictures of Prophet Muhammad were circulated in phone booths in the West Midlands area.

If you come across such stickers from the North West Infidels, please do get in touch with us here at Tell MAMA. You can e-mail the material to us or report it through Twitter or Facebook to us.

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These stickers were reported into Tell MAMA today. They are from the far right extremist group, the North West Infidels and they were found in Coventry. The stickers show, what seems to be a male individual wearing clothing that could be from Afghanistan or Pakistan, even though a majority of refugees are from Syria.

These stickers are worrying and come on the back of other stickers which were distributed in mid-2015, where pictures of Prophet Muhammad were circulated in phone booths in the West Midlands area.

If you come across such stickers from the North West Infidels, please do get in touch with us here at Tell MAMA. You can e-mail the material to us or report it through Twitter or Facebook to us.

Our contact details are:

Phone: 0800 456 1226
Twitter: @tellmamauk
E-mail: info@tellmamauk.org
Whatsapp: 0734 184 6086
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These stickers were reported into Tell MAMA today. They are from the far right extremist group, the North West Infidels and they were found in Coventry. The stickers show, what seems to be a male individual wearing clothing that could be from Afghanistan or Pakistan, even though a majority of refugees are from Syria.

These stickers are worrying and come on the back of other stickers which were distributed in mid-2015, where pictures of Prophet Muhammad were circulated in phone booths in the West Midlands area.

If you come across such stickers from the North West Infidels, please do get in touch with us here at Tell MAMA. You can e-mail the material to us or report it through Twitter or Facebook to us.

Our contact details are:

Phone: 0800 456 1226
Twitter: @tellmamauk
E-mail: info@tellmamauk.org
Whatsapp: 0734 184 6086
SMS: 0115 707 0007
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Feedback from Participants in the Prevent Peers Programme Delivered by Faith Matters, 2009 / 2010

The Prevent Peers programme was a bespoke training programme on the Prevent (Preventing Extremism) programme that was delivered to 8 local authorities in the West Midlands by Faith Matters between October 2009 and March 2010. The work involved direct face to face training for councillors, council officers and faith leaders in the 8 local authorities, as well as Internet e-learning and e-mail support. The training supported learning on Al-Qaeda based extremism as well as Far Right extremism in the UK.

Comments from attendees included:

“I did write a bit on the evaluation form about how positive I felt about the training.  I continue to feel buoyed up by the training and feel much more confident that working alongside my (mainstream, moderate) Muslim friends and encouraging them in their various interfaith activities is one very good way to support them and increase our good community relations.  When asked what I think we can do about extremism I just say that supporting the majority Muslims, defending them when necessary and encouraging them to continue their own interfaith and community activities can help.  Its very important now that we strengthen our friendships with the Muslims we are already working alongside.”

“As an elected member, this is the first real opportunity that I have had to listen to and question individuals on what is a complex agenda – Prevent. This programme is needed especially when members sometimes find themselves in such difficult situations. It was also important to see how Faith Matters and their trainers decoupled Islam and Muslims from the political versions of faith used by groups like Al-Qaeda. This helps to push back stereotypes. Well done and we need another round of this programme.”

“The Far Right training courses provided an insight into the cyclical nature of support for such fringe groups. Their ideology seems to be growing in Europe and more work is needed on this. The sessions focussing on political extremism that Faith Matters ran were eye openers, whilst being sensitive to faith communities.”