CategoriesNewsTory prime minister Theresa May is fighting to hide her party’s deep-seated Islamophobia. The growing furore over Islamophobia in the Tory Party came as home secretary Sajid Javid announced fresh “counter-terrorism” policies to spy on Muslims on Monday. Read more
CategoriesNewsHome Secretary Sajid Javid has announced Birmingham City Council will be asked to work closely with the police and MI5 to fight terrorism. Three new anti-terror partnerships has been designed to step up the fight against violent extremism and this will be in London, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. Read more
CategoriesNewsLABOUR blasted Sajid Javid’s updated counter-terrorism strategy today, warning that only a properly funded police force will protect Britain from potential attacks. The Home Secretary unveiled the government’s updated Contest strategy, which will see MI5 intelligence passed to councils, local authorities or government departments. Read more
CategoriesNewsHome Secretary Sajid Javid sets out the UK’s response to evolving threat of terrorism. Read more
CategoriesNewsTheresa May should publicly acknowledge that Islamophobia is a problem in the Conservative Party, former party chairman Baroness Warsi has said. Parts of the party had been “in denial” about the issue and a “clear statement” was needed about what was to be done to tackle it, she told the BBC. Read more
CategoriesNewsThe Conservative party has a problem with Muslims. It is not a few bad apples; not a few social media posts taken out of context. The problem has been growing unchecked for years, despite warnings by Muslim party members, and has now become so normalised that incidents are being reported with alarming frequency. Last week, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) called for an independent inquiry into Islamophobia following more-than-weekly occurrences in the party last month. Read more
CategoriesNewsAn “official” document from British “counter-terrorism” police lists anti-fascists, animal rights campaigners, and supporters of the Kurdish-led anti-terror fighters of the YPG as extremists – alongside neo-nazi and other far-right extremists. The Canary appears to be the first organisation to reveal the existence of this document, entitled Extremist Symbols and Flags. We discovered this document online among training materials for the government’s ‘counter-radicalisation’ Prevent programme. Read more