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Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Moazzam Begg
Ex-Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg held in Birmingham terror raids | World news | The Guardian "Begg, released from Guantánamo without charge, arrested with two men and a woman on suspicion of Syria-related offences"
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
"My indoctrination at a local madrassa" - opinion piece
My indoctrination at a local madrassa | DocSyK: mostly coherent, 23 Feb 2014 "My name is Syma Khalid, and between the ages of 11 and 15 I attended a madrassa in Wolverhampton, for 2 hours every day after school." Opinion piece.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
As Hate Crimes Rise, British Muslims Say They’re Becoming More Insular
As Hate Crimes Rise, British Muslims Say They’re Becoming More Insular - NYTimes.com "Anti-Muslim hate crimes are up, the police and Muslim advocacy groups say. In response, many British Muslims say they are becoming more insular and more reluctant to leave their areas of Britain’s big cities, where they are among other Muslims and South Asians."
Friday, 14 February 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Woolwich murder: Man pleads guilty to Rigby videos
BBC News - Woolwich murder: Man pleads guilty to Rigby videos: "In one of the videos posted under his account Musa Real Talks, Barnes laughed uncontrollably as he drove past floral tributes for Fusilier Rigby."