‘Think carefully before you pack your holiday reading. As The Independent reported earlier this week, Faizah Shaheen was detained under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act last month after cabin crew on her Thomson Airways flight spotted her reading a book about Syria.’
The Independent, 7th August 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Prosecutors will be urged to push for tougher sentences for people committing hate crimes, following a rise in incidents after the EU referendum.’
BBC News, 24th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former British soldier who tried to join the so-called Islamic State has been jailed for 18 years for attempting to buy machine guns and pistols.’
BBC News, 12th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government’s Prevent strategy aimed at combating homegrown terrorism is stifling freedom of expression within the classroom and risks being counterproductive, a human rights report warns.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Individuals with experience of sharia law are being urged to take part in an independent review into its use.’
Home Office, 4th July 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A passenger who sparked terror panic and left holidaymakers in tears after shouting “Allahu Akbar” and “boom” on a Birmingham-bound flight has been jailed.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A London imam has sued the BBC for libel over a broadcast which he says meant he was a member of a “rogue’s gallery of extremists”.’
The Independent, 27th June 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘MPs on the Commons home affairs committee have launched an inquiry into the operation of sharia courts in the UK to ensure their principles are compatible with British law.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Project Blue Limited (PBL) was not liable for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in respect of its acquisition of the former Chelsea Barracks by means of a Shari’a finance scheme, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Companies should be free to ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves at work if they have a general policy barring all religious and political symbols, a senior EU lawyer has said.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The high court has ruled that the three children of a Leicester woman who tried to take them to Isis-controlled territory must live with their grandmother.’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two British students have been jailed for life for plotting to kill police or soldiers in a shooting inspired by so-called Islamic State.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A boy as young as eight is among scores of children feared by judges to be at risk of forced marriage as official figures reveal police are struggling to bring cases to court.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A devout Muslim has failed to persuade a high court judge to rule that his sons should be circumcised.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Christian health worker in the NHS has lost her appeal against a ruling which suspended her for giving a religious book to a Muslim colleague.’
BBC News, 7th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager who did not want to live with her family because “they were not strict enough Muslims” after being returned from the Syrian border, should have been provided with accommodation and support by the local authority, the High Court has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The ringleader of a child sex grooming gang has appealed against deportation from Britain on human rights grounds.’
BBC News, 16 February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former international development secretaries have called for an inquiry into the way in which UK counter-terrorism laws are hampering the humanitarian work of Islamic charities, including some of the few British charities capable of operating inside Syria.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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