Guantánamo inmate and British resident Binyam Mohamed is said to be sent home to the UK within a short time. The student from West London went on hunger strike on 5 January and is in a very weak physical condition. Trying to avoid a British fatality US authorities have pressed ahead with negotiations. Mohamed says…
A British advertising campaign is launched to prevent people in Pakistan from engaging in extremism. In a series of television and radio commercials, prominent British Muslims declare that it is no contradiction to be British and Muslim and condemn violent extremism. The commercials will be broadcasted on major channels in Pakistan from Monday, 16 February,…
A police chief was slapped down by the Government yesterday for suggesting Britain could open talks with Al Qaeda. Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said he knew of no terror campaign that had not ended with negotiation. And he said his 30 years spent tackling the IRA had convinced…
Under a _25m government programme around 2000 Iraqis may be flown over to the UK from next month to start a new life. Interpreters and other staff who have worked for the UK government are being offered a one-off payment or the chance to settle in the UK with their family. About 50 Iraqis, many…
The British government will link schools at home with madrassahs (Islamic schools) in restive Muslim countries in an effort to combat extremist ideologies. “These projects have a tremendous effect on how young people see the modern world,” said Martin Davidson, the chief executive of the British Council, a Foreign Office-funded educational body, which has been…
