A father told of his family’s three years of hell at the hands of racists after two boys admitted carrying out a number of racially-motivated attacks on the man’s home in New Way, Whitworth. Police said one of the boys, 13, told them he had targeted the family on up to five occasions by throwing…
Previously loyal backbench Muslim MP Mohammed Sarwar turned against Gordon Brown’s counter-terrorism plans and prepared to deliver the first parliamentary defeat of his premiership. Sarwar warned that tension in Muslim communities was rising as a result of the plans. Opponents said they were “reasonably optimistic” they would be able to throw out plans to extend…
Counter terrorism police have won the right to force the author of a new book about terrorism to hand over his research. The book about Hassan Butt, a British citizen who admits that he acted as a recruiting agent for al-Qa’ida and raised tens of thousands of pounds for terror networks. He said he left…
Plans for a controversial new mosque in Fulwood, in Lancashire, have been put on hold by members of Preston City Council’s planning committee. The councillors voted to defer the plans, to replace the Masjid-e-Salaam mosque in Watling Street Road with a new purpose-built building, amid concerns over traffic – despite the proposals being recommended for…
An agreement was drawn up which will see Pendle Council compulsory purchase land for the Jamia Sultania Mosque, Brierfield, Lancashire. The construction of the _2.5m. mosque, in Oxford Street, ground to a halt when the trustees were unable to buy a small section of land needed. The trustees own 95 percent of a parcel of…
