The Lebanese journalist Ibrahim Moussawi was denied an entry visa to the UK to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Moussawi is editor of the Hezbollah-linked newspaper Al-Intiqad and the former political editor of Al-Manar, the group’s television station. ‘Station of Resistance’ by self-description, it broadcasts Hezbollah’s ideology, campaigns against…
A man wanted by Interpol for alleged terrorist offences is advising Scotland Yard on ways to combat extremism among Muslims. Mohammed Ali Harrath, 45, regularly speaks to officers from a section set up to keep in contact with Britain’s Muslim community. Scotland Yard has also been urged by the former intelligence chief Baroness Neville-Jones to…
City chiefs have been handed just under £100,000 by the Government to help tackle future terrorist threats to the city. Plymouth City Council made a bid for money from the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund, which aims to “support priority local authorities in their work to tackle violent extremism in their communities”. A spokesman for…
Extremists banned from entering the UK will be “named and shamed” under plans to be announced by the Government this week. In the last three years, 230 people have been barred from entering the country because of their extreme views but they are not currently named publicly. However, the Home Office is expected to issue…
The age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 as part of a crackdown on forced marriage, the Home Office announced on Wednesday. In 2007 the Forced Marriage Unit dealt with 215 cases of overseas forced marriage where the age of the victim was known, 69 of…
