British Muslims help raise $50,000 for Alan Henning’s Family

The killing of Alan Henning, a British hostage held by extremist group Islamic State, has caused anger and turmoil for many who knew him, and many who didn’t. Notably, many of the most prominent voices of anguish have come from Britain’s Islamic community.   There are at least two separate online accounts dedicated to Henning. One fund was…

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Profiles of British Muslims going to fight for Jihad

More profiles of young British Jihadists have been released. Samiun Rahman, a young man arrested in Dhaka as an ISIS volunteer to fight in Syria was a serious rock singer and guitarist with a recording contract with a British music company. According to police, Rahman had turned to militant Islam just over two years ago…

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Orthodox Salafi Imams, British Muslim Activists, Organisations and the youth speak out against the Islamic State

British Muslim scholars, activists and the community speak out against ISIS. Scholars from the Orthodox Salafi school of Islamic thought have made a direct video appeal to release Alan Henning, warning the killing would directly oppose Islamic laws. Furthermore, activists led by Britain’s Active Change charity are spreading peace online, using the same social media…

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Caliphate? What an Islamic state means to British Muslims

August 14, 2014 When the extremist group Isis (now known as Islamic State or IS) declared a caliphate taking in parts of Syria and Iraq it reignited a debate over the role of an Islamic state. For many a caliphate is a political leadership, others a spiritual figurehead, and for some a combination of the…

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British Muslims’ right to fight in Syria backed by ex-adviser on radicalisation

June 28, 2014 A former senior government adviser on tackling radicalisation and extremism has defended the right of British Muslims to travel to Syria and fight. Farooq Siddiqui, a former regional manager for the government’s controversial Prevent strategy, said it was acceptable for Britons to “walk the walk” and travel to Syria to fight the…

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