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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
The Home Office has done little to show that it is enforcing the much-touted Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, introduced under the United Kingdom’s National Security Act in 2023. Proper enforcement could prevent Sheikh Hasan Ali Al-Taraiki, a radical Shia cleric from Bahrain, from promoting hateful, anti-Western ideologies.
FWI Opinion & Interview
Britain Sheltering Bahraini Cleric Who Supports Hamas and Hezbollah
Sheikh Hasan Al-Taraiki Portrays Jihad as Religious Duty
October 14, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
The port city of Aden, Yemen, is located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea.
Middle East Forum Online
How to Secure the Red Sea
Supporting and Training the Yemeni Coast Guard Is a Low-Cost Way to Undermine Houthi Threats to the Red Sea
October 10, 2025
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Eric Navarro
The Turkish Embassy in London was the scene of a knife attack in February. Judge Adam Hiddleston allowed the assailant, Moussa Kadri, to go unpunished after the Crown Prosecution Service declined to file “religiously aggravated” charges. Kadri had expressed outrage that his victim was burning a Qur’an.
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Knife-Wielding Islamist Avoids Jail Thanks to Friendly Prosecutors, Compliant Judge
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service Excludes Charge of ‘Religiously Aggravated’ Offense Against Assailant
October 9, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The British Muslim Heritage Center of Manchester condemned a jihadist attack that resulted in the death of two Jews and the serious wounding of two others at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, also in Manchester. The attack took place on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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Muslim Council of Britain Offers Crocodile Tears over Stabbing at Manchester Synagogue
Groups Whose Leaders Defamed Israel Now Issue Statements Condemning Antisemitic Attack in U.K.
October 2, 2025
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Dexter Van Zile
Members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, seen during a patrol in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Jan 26, 2020. U.K. officials maintained a close collaboration with Hamas even after designating it a terrorist organization in 2021 according to internal Hamas documents declassified by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and published by the human rights organization NGO Monitor.
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U.K. Government Colludes With Hamas Contravening Its Ban on Terror Outfit
Cache of Declassified Documents Reveal Details of Funding After U.K. Proscribed Hamas
October 1, 2025
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Jules Gomes
While condemning Israel for striking those who orchestrated October 7, Western leaders are lavishing praise on the Gulf emirate as if it were a trustworthy ally rather than a funder of global Islamism and terror.
Middle East Forum Online
Playing Arsonist and Firefighter: How the West Is Falling for Qatar’s Deadly Game
While Harbouring and Funding Hamas and Spreading the Muslim Brotherhood’s Agenda, Qatar Has Styled Itself as an Ally and ‘Mediator’
September 16, 2025
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Jonathan Spyer
The U.K.'s Department of Education recently announced that under the new Shariah-compliant finance system, Muslim students will no longer be required to pay interest on government loans.
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Government to Offer Sharia-Compliant University Student Loans in U.K.
Islamists Will Manage Loan Fund
September 8, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Didsbury Mosque in Manchester, once attended by Salman Abedi and three other jihadis responsible for the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing that killed 23 and injured 113, recently advertised a position for a "Shariah Law Administrator" through the Department for Work and Pensions’ portal. The mosque removed the posting after a public outcry.
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U.K. Mosque Deletes Ad for Islamic Law Administrator after Outcry
U.K. Site Displayed Ad from Mosque Attended by Manchester Arena Jihadi Bomber Who Killed 23
August 25, 2025
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Jules Gomes
The reach of the Islamic Republic of Iran into the United Kingdom extends far beyond the walls of its embassy in London.
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Islamist Summer Camp Canceled; Another Iran-Promoting Institution Discovered in U.K.
Center Director Who Lamented Soleimani Death, Lauded Khomeini, Deletes Post Soliciting Donations
August 18, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
CAGE International, a U.K. Islamist group with a track record of defending Muslim terror suspects, has organized demonstrations in four English cities in support of Majid Freeman, accused of instigating violence against Hindus in Leicester in 2022.
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U.K. Islamists Champion Terror Suspect Charged with Promoting Anti-Hindu Hostility
CAGE Rallies Behind Leicester Riots ‘Influencer’ Ahead of Trials
August 8, 2025
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Jules Gomes
Paris and London have opened a Pandora’s Box of terrorism. Western progressives are useful idiots for terror sponsors; academics, Western journalists, and human rights activists despise strength and embrace any movement that claims victimhood.
Middle East Forum Online
France, U.K.’s Recognition of Palestine Will Open Pandora’s Box of Terrorism
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron Virtue Signal, but Hamas’s Terrorism Cannot Be Legitimated
August 6, 2025
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Michael Rubin
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