Radicalization
Two Birmingham Men Admit to Planning Terror Attack
10 April 2013 Mohammad Rizwan and Bahader Ali, two Birmingham gang members, pleaded guilty to plotting and preparing for acts of terrorism at Woolwich Crown Court on 10 April. Both men are from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and planned to carry out an attack in Birmingham, the second most populated city in Britain. Police say that…
Moroccan citizen charged for inciting Jihad via Facebook
12 April 2013 The National Court judge Santiago Pedraz has released with charges the Moroccan citizen living in Ulldecona (Tarragona) who used his social network page on Facebook to spread links of videos that encouraged jihad and terrorist attacks. As reported by legal sources, Ridouan Ben Omar, 23, will deliver the passport, will be…
Nick Clegg: We will deport Abu Qatada
In this report Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, said the Government “will get there” despite losing an appeal against a ruling which prevented the cleric being sent to Jordan, where he is due to face terrorism charges. He said ministers would continue to seek strengthened assurances from his native Jordan that the authorities would…
Home Office Warns of Threat Posed by Britons Fighting in Syria
27 March 2013 The annual United Kingdom counter-terrorism strategy report (CONTEST) released this month reveals that hundreds of Europeans are fighting in Syria and warns of the domestic threat posed by the UK nationals taking part in the conflict. Charles Farr, a former MI6 officer, claimed that an estimate of between 70-100 UK nationals…
Chatham House Briefing Paper Examines the Rise of “Counter-Jihad” Groups
27 March 2013 A report released this month by Chatham House entitled, “The Roots of Extremism: The English Defence League and the Counter-Jihad Challenge” examines the rise of counter-jihad groups as a particularly confrontational and unpredictable variation of right-wing extremism in Europe and North America. The author of the paper, Dr. Matthew Goodwin, an…