Husbands involved in forced marriages could face prosecution for rape under tough new laws being planned by leading Scottish Asians. As many as 300 young women are believed to be coerced into marriage against their will annually in Scotland, with violence and even murder being the result in a small number of cases. England is…
The Spanish secret service CNI mistook relatives of a top Pakistani politician for terrorists, prompting British police to detain them in London. CNI informed Scotland Yard that six members of a dangerous radical cell were flying from Barcelona to London to commit attacks. The warning followed the detention of several Pakistanis and Indians in Barcelona….
An inquiry was launched today after it was claimed high-profile Muslim MP Sadiq Khan was secretly bugged twice by Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist unit while he visited a prisoner in jail – and that Prime Minister Gordon Brown knew about it. Shadow home secretary David Davis has claimed he wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown several…
Over the last three years, the number of Scots who hold discriminatory attitudes towards Muslims has increased. A report titled _Attitudes to Discrimination in Scotland’ surveyed around 1,600 people between August 2006 and January 2006. The rise in discriminatory attitudes is cited from an increased feeling of threat following the London subway attacks. According to…
A hard core of 20 Islamic extremists with links to foreign terror groups is operating north of the Border and poses a “significant” risk to public safety, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. Senior intelligence insiders have revealed the suspects – many of them born and brought up in Scotland – pose a similar threat to…
