United Kingdom

In April, French President Emmanuel Macron (right) announced that he might recognize a Palestinian state “in the coming months.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) announced July 29 that the U.K. would also recognize a Palestinian state in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and meets several other conditions. Starmer and Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris; Feb. 17, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
With Palestine Recognition, Allies Try to Get Netanyahu to Listen, but Risk Boosting Hamas
Macron and Starmer Are Sending a Frustated Message to Israel, but Give Hamas More Reason to Avoid a Ceasefire
August 5, 2025
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Lazar Berman
U.K. officials have failed to confront the willingness of Muslim institutions, many of them in Scotland, to advance the interest and agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
FWI Opinion & Interview
How Many More Outposts Are We Going to Let Iran Establish in the U.K.?
Time to Confront ‘Cultural’ Centers that Promote Islamism
August 1, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
On July 29, 2025, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that the United Kingdom would recognize a State of Palestine unilaterally unless Israel and Hamas reach a ceasefire by September 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
Europe Is Encouraging a New Age of Terrorism
What Happens in Gaza Does Not Stay in Gaza. By Validating Hamas’s Choices, European Leaders Today Promote Hamas as a Model
July 31, 2025
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Michael Rubin
The U.K. government will allocate millions of pounds to the British Muslim Trust (BMT) to monitor anti-Muslim hatred. BMT's CEO Akeela Ahmed serves on a working group charged with creating an "Islamophobia" definition.
FWI News
U.K. Government Funds New Anti-Muslim Hatred Monitor with Islamist Links
Labour Accused of Conflict of Interest for Appointing ‘Islamophobia’ Advisor to Run Watchdog
July 28, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Thirty-seven members of the House of Lords have warned that an a working group called to write a definition of "Islamophobia" could have a negative impact on free speech in the U.K. They add that the group's recommendations should be made available to the general public.
FWI News
U.K. Lords Raise Alarm Over Labour Government’s Push for ‘Islamophobia’ Definition
Working Group’s Report Will Remain Private, Lords Fear
July 25, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The parent company of the Islamist radio station Salaam BCR has protested a £3,500 fine imposed by U.K. media regulator Ofcom, which penalized the station for broadcasting an antisemitic speech by Shujauddin Sheikh, a leader of the Pakistan-based Islamist group Tanzeem-e-Islami.
FWI News
U.K. Media Regulator Fines Islamist Broadcaster for Hate Speech
Radio Station Accuses Watchdog of ‘Islamophobia’
July 22, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Anti-Israel leftists protest against Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems in Manchester, England in November 2023, weeks after Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis, many of them peace activists, during the October 7 massacre. Islamist organizations in the United Kingdom have come to the defense of Palestine Action, a group which has targeted Elbit with protests and vandalized U.K. military equipment.
FWI News
U.K. Islamists Come to Defense of Leftist Vandals
Red-Green Alliance United by Hatred of Israel, Contempt for U.K.
July 2, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Mousa Abu Marzouk, head of Hamas’s International Relations and Legal Office—a terrorist organization responsible for the October 7 massacre and the brutal killing of Palestinians who speak out against its policies—has hired Riverway Law to advocate for its rights in the United Kingdom.
FWI News
U.K. Law Firm Advocating for Hamas Has History of Defending Jihadis
Hamas, Which Has Killed Dissidents in Gaza, Claims Right of Free Speech in U.K.
April 25, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Britain’s most controversial Islamist television station faces an investigation from Ofcom, the nation’s broadcasting authority, which received complaints that the channel continues to promote jihadist terrorism, Jew-hatred, and Wahhābī-Salafi Islamism.
FWI News
Media Regulator Cracks Down on U.K.’s Biggest Islamist Television Network
Funded with Saudi-Linked Cash, Channel Watched by Millions Promotes Marital Rape
April 4, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Lord Wajid Khan kissed the ring of a Deobandi extremist during the imam’s visit to Khan’s Burnley constituency in late February.
FWI News
U.K. Faith Minister Kowtows Before Fundamentalist Pakistani Cleric
Lord Wajid Khan Kisses Ring of Deobandi Extremist
March 21, 2025
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Hannah Baldock
An angry mob threatened to kill a Christian preacher when they heard him preaching against Islam in Walsall town center in the West Midlands, England, on January 14, 2023. The preacher was charged with blasphemy. A judge threw out the chargers earlier this month.
FWI News
U.K. Court Acquits Christian Preacher Accused of ‘Blaspheming’ Islam
Judgment Critical as U.K. Parliament Considers ‘Islamophobia’ Definition
March 20, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The United Kingdom’s actions require anyone acting on Iran’s behalf to register or face up to five years in prison.
Middle East Forum Online
The U.K. Launches New Strategy Against Iranian Influence
The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Seeks to Expose Covert Political Influence and Strengthen National Security in the United Kingdom
March 6, 2025
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Anna Stanley
Book Reviews
The British Suicide: The U.K.'s Self-Inflicted Failure to Defeat Jihad for Two Decades
March 1, 2025
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee known for his public Quran burnings in Sweden, was fatally shot on January 29, 2025, in his apartment in Södertälje, near Stockholm.
FWI Opinion & Interview
The Islamist Threat to Free Speech in Sweden and the U.K.
Burning Qur’ans is Bad, but Setting up People for Retribution Worse
February 10, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
Middle East Forum Online
A Century of Chaos in Syria
From the Sykes-Picot Agreement to Abu Mohamed Al-Julani’s Lightning Revolution
January 23, 2025
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Michel Gurfinkiel
A few posts on X by Elon Musk have generated renewed interest in the failure of U.K. officials to prosecute sexual predators in numerous cities throughout the country for fear of being called racist. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is feeling the heat as a consequence.
FWI Research
5Pillars and the Denial of Systemic Child Exploitation in the U.K.
Publication Dismisses Outrage Over Rapes as ‘Far-Right’ Recruitment Tool
January 10, 2025
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Anna Stanley
Figure 1 Taken at Usamah’s last U.K. Sermon https://youtu.be/zKgCte-hNuQ?si=uWqd9XZKoHP6919V
FWI News
Good Riddance for Britain, but Bad News for Florida: The Radical Teachings of Sheikh Abu Usamah At-Thahabi
Florida’s New Imam: A Legacy of Radical Rhetoric and Division
January 9, 2025
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Anna Stanley
FWI Research
Sharia Finance Industry a Symptom of Britain’s Expanding Islamist Ecosystem
December 23, 2024
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Hannah Baldock
Middle East Forum Online
Don’t Dare to Criticize Islam in Europe or the Police Will Come
Critics of Islam in 2024 Europe Face Repression Akin to the Treatment of Anti-soviet Writers in the 1950s—Silenced with Fear and Police at the Door.
November 18, 2024
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Giulio Meotti
A Republican congressman from Florida has urged the U.S. State Department to bar Naseem (Naz) Shah, above, a member of the British Parliament, from entering the country due to her alleged ties to charities affiliated with Hamas.
FWI News
Terror Links Could Derail British Member of Parliament’s Visit to U.S.
British MP Allegedly Has Ties to Hamas-Linked NGOs
November 8, 2024
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Anna Stanley
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