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Islamic Extremists

The Woolwich Attack: Should We Feel Terrorised?‎

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Murder, Soldier, Civil Liberties, Liberty, Al Qaida, Lee Rigby, Terrorism, Cameron, Freedom, Dame Stella Rimington, Islamic Extremists, Woolwich, London, Extremism, UK Politics News
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

It is a rather trite observation to state that the term 'terrorism' has become eminently politicised, ‎used much more readily and easily to refer to violence by certain types of political dissidents, such ‎as those whose violence targets the majority, than to refer, as it was originally devised, to states, ‎or groups targeting minorities. ‎

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Now Danish Authorities Set To Probe Abu Qatada's Connection To Islamic Publisher

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Metropolitan Police, Islam, Islamic Extremists, UK News, Abu Qatada, Denmark, UK News

Scotland Yard has passed on material found in Abu Qatada's home to Danish authorities to reportedly investigate a connection with a controversial Isla...

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Richard Dart Jailed For Terrorism Offences

PA | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Jahangir Alom, Terrorists, UK News, Imran Mahmood, Richard Dart, Terrorism, Old Bailey, Islamic Extremists, Richard Dart Jailed, UK News

Three British Islamic extremists including a white Muslim convert and a former police community support officer have been jailed for terrorism. Ric...

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Islamic Extremism on Campus - Is the Tide Turning?

Anne Marie Waters | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Religious Extremism, UK Students, Islamic Extremists, Islam, Ucl, Islamic Radicalism, UK Universities, Conversations on Campus, Students, UK Universities & Education News
Anne Marie Waters

Though UCL deserves credit for standing up to medieval misogyny, a pattern has emerged in British universities in recent years in which Islamist extremists have been given free reign. I hope that UCL's brave stance is a sign that the tables are beginning to turn.

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Islamic Extremist Told UK Muslims To Claim Benefits To Fund Terrorism

PA | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Fundamentalism, Benefits, Terrorist Training Camp, Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism, Pakistan, Radical Islam, Islamic Extremists, Usman Khan, Muslim Extremism, Extremism, UK News

An al Qaeda-inspired extremist called on British Muslims to claim benefits to raise funds for a terrorist training camp, a court has heard. Usman K...

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Are we returning to the political extremism of 1930s Europe?

Tom J Wilson | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Islamic Extremists, Rightwing Extremists, Edl, Islamists, Extremism, UK Politics News
Tom J Wilson

Over the weekend I paid a visit to my native Suffolk and called in on some relatives while I was there. My great uncle, a man now going into his 90s,...

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As the EDL Marches in Towns This Summer, the Last Thing we Should be Debating is how Much it Costs

Patrick Hayes | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Civil Liberties, Demonstrations, Far Right, England, Protest, Islamic Extremists, Edl, English Defence League, Right-Wing Extremism, Extremism, UK Politics News
Patrick Hayes

Demonstrations should be used to try to engage in a political argument, not to try to force cash-strapped councils to abolish policies because of the costs they'll face otherwise.

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