A pro-Gaza independent candidate who campaigned in favor of segregating men and women won a local election in the United Kingdom, marking another victory for pro-Gaza independents who rose to prominence and beat other parties, such as Reform UK and the ruling Labour Party, in elections.
Authorities in the United Kingdom thwarted an alleged imminent terrorist plot after British police arrested eight suspects, including seven Iranians, on two separate occasions, amidst speculations that they were planning to attack a Jewish community site.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, known for launching the deadly attacks against Israel on October 7 that killed 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds of Israelis and foreigners hostage, sparking a brutal war that left more than 52,000 Gazans dead, filed a legal petition in the United Kingdom to be removed from its list of designated terrorist organizations.
Non-consensual possession of images considered intimate, possibly including photos of Muslim women without their hijabs, should be made a criminal offense and put on the same level as child sex abuse material.
The leader of a private Islamic faith school in England that segregated staff and students by sex and prevented girls from studying specific subjects was banned from managing other schools after his institution failed Ofsted inspections for seven years.
The British government’s faith minister is under fire for meeting and even kissing the hand of a controversial Pakistani cleric who has made several inflammatory remarks in the past against women.
A coalition of British Muslim organizations condemned a peace agreement signed by Muslims and Jews last February, describing the moderate Muslim leaders who signed the pact as “self-appointed Muslims“ who do not represent the wider Muslim community.
The United Kingdom’s Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, or Ofsted, appointed the head of a religious school as its interim chairman in what is believed to be the first for the country’s education watchdog.
Thousands of children have been accused of witchcraft in the United Kingdom over the past decade, according to new figures that come as a new film on the subject is released.
