United Kingdom

The Royal Mint has sparked outrage after agreeing to donate profits from the sales of specially created Kaaba gold bars to Islamic Relief UK (IRUK), a U.K.-based charity.
FWI News
Special Report: U.K. Mint Donates Gold Sales Profits to Charity Banned by UAE
Charity Complains of Unfair Coverage
March 18, 2026
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Jules Gomes
British newspapers report on the shock by-election result in Greater Manchester’s Gorton and Denton constituency, where Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer defeated Labour in a contest marked by sectarian campaigning, Urdu-language outreach to Muslim voters, and allegations of family voting and NGO-driven mobilization.
FWI News
Red-Green Alliance on the March in Northwest England
Gorton and Denton Poll Marked by Voter Fraud and Canvassing in Urdu, Bangla
March 14, 2026
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Jules Gomes
A Royal Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook flying over Akrotiri in Cyrpus.
Middle East Forum Observer
The British Have Voided Any Reason to Retain Sovereign Bases in Cyprus
More than Sixty-Five Years After Cypriot Independence, It Is Time for British Forces to Leave
March 13, 2026
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Michael Rubin
Islamists in the United Kingdom mourned the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who was killed in a precision airstrike on February 28, 2026.
FWI News
Islamists in U.K. Mourn Death of Iranian Supreme Leader
Charity Commission Seeking Greater Oversight Authority
March 12, 2026
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Potkin Azarmehr
Efforts to stifle free speech with the accusation of 'Islamophobia' have a long and storied history in the United Kingdom. Above, a poster promoting "Islamophobia Awareness Month" on display in London in 2024.
FWI News
Muslim Council of Britain Rejects U.K. ‘Islamophobia’ Definition
Interpretive Guidance Says Definition Does Not Prohibit Criticizing or Insulting Islam
March 11, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Hamit Coskun was convicted of public disorder at Westminter's Magistrates' Court in a ruling that is a likely victory for people intent on silencing open debate about Islam, Islamism, and their impact on British society.
FWI News
U.K. High Court Denies Prosecutor’s Appeal Targeting Free Speech Activist
Ruling a Judicial Deathblow to Backdoor Islamic Blasphemy Law
March 5, 2026
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Jules Gomes
It’s time to address the U.K. rape gangs scandal as an institutionalized form of modern slavery within a Western democracy. A protest against grooming gangs in Whitehall, London, outside No. 10 Downing Street; June 28, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
The Rape Gang Crisis: Modern-Day Slavery on British Soil
With the Rape Gang Crisis, the Social Death of Vulnerable Girls Was Tolerated to Manage Tensions in a Multicultural Democracy
February 26, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
Protesters stigmatize the discussion of Islam, Islamism, and the behavior of Muslims in the modern world at a rally in London in
FWI News
Islamists Hijack U.K. Government Task Force Defining ‘Islamophobia’
Investigative Report Finds All Commission Members Display Extremist Views
February 24, 2026
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Jules Gomes
Middle East Forum Online
London: How You Can Conquer a Country With Demography
Public Religious Expression, Immigration, and Identity Debates Are Colliding in the U.K.’s Capital
January 20, 2026
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Giulio Meotti
A proposed U.K. definition of “anti-Muslim hostility,” intended to replace “Islamophobia,” has alarmed free-speech advocates who warn it risks functioning as a de facto blasphemy standard—chilling lawful criticism of Islam and Islamism while empowering police and public institutions to silence dissent.
FWI News
Islamophobiacs at It Again in U.K.
New Definition ‘Worse than Feared,’ MP Warns
December 16, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Nelson, a former mill town once defined by looms, pubs, and labor militancy, Nelson has emerged as a recurring source of jihadist violence in the United Kingdom.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Nelson, A Hotbed of Jihadism in Northwest England
U.K. Officials Need to Confront Extremism in Former Mill Town
December 16, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
FWI News
U.K. Government Ignores Plea to Proscribe Group Banned in Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan Promotes Violence Against ‘Blasphemers’
November 28, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is challenging the verdict of a U.K. court which cleared a free speech activist previously convicted of burning a Qur’an.
FWI News
Prosecutors Contest Dismissal of ‘Blasphemy’ Verdict Against Qur’an-Burning Activist
Labour Government is Pushing a Backdoor Blasphemy Law, Critics Warn
November 28, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Scholar Mark Durie contends that overlooked Islamic doctrines played a central role in the rise of grooming gangs, and warns that political correctness has prevented the U.K. from confronting the crisis honestly.
FWI News
Islamic Supremacism A Key Driver Behind U.K. Rape Gangs, Scholar Notes
Religion Is The Elephant in the ‘Grooming Gangs’ Room
November 25, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The U.K. government has sanctioned Ali Ansari, a Tehran-born tycoon with substantial real estate holdings in London, for providing financial support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
FWI News
Iranian Banker Sanctioned by U.K. for Supporting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Ali Ansari, Accused of ‘Ponzi Schemes’ in Iran, Amassed Real Estate in London
November 20, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
Protesters defend the right to free speech at a rally in London on September 13, 2025. Such protests appear to be having an impact on policies in the United Kingdom as a judge recently ruled in favor of an actuary who was punished by his professional organization for criticizing Islam on social media.
FWI News
U.K. Judge Upholds Right to Criticize Islam in Landmark Ruling
Final Disposition of Case in February 2026
November 13, 2025
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Jules Gomes
A teacher at a Church of England school has been banned from the teaching profession—for life—after the government’s Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) found him guilty of offending adherents of an unnamed religion.
FWI News
U.K. Teacher Banned for Life for Offending Adherents of Unnamed Religion
Islam is the Faith that Must Not Be Named in Government Ruling
October 30, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Free speech, a historic principle of Western democracies, is under attack in the U.K. Where law enforcement officials made more than 12,000 arrests over “offensive” social media posts in 2023.
FWI News
When Fear Replaces Freedom: Britain’s Slide Toward a Soft Blasphemy Law
Policy Exchange Conference Pushes Back against Failure of U.K. Elites
October 27, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
Shaykh Asrar Rashid delivers a sermon at the Nottingham Islamic Centre in which he calla for “offensive jihad” against the inhabitants of the U.K.
FWI News
Radical British Cleric Calls for ‘Preemptive’ Jihad Against the ‘White Man’
Police Fail to Investigate Multiple Islamist Preachers for ‘Hate Speech’
October 16, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Southwark Crown Court, where Justice Joel Nathan Bennathan overturned the conviction of Hamit Coskun, ruling that “there is no offense of blasphemy in our law.” Coskun was convicted of burning a Qur’an earlier this year.
FWI News
U.K. Court Overturns ‘Blasphemy’ Verdict Against Qur’an-Burning Activist
Shadow Justice Secretary Calls for Guidance Against ‘Criminalizing Heresy’
October 16, 2025
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Jules Gomes
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