From Engadget.com; Unfortunately, it's all too clear that some government officials just don't understand how the internet works. After police in Nice, France were shamed online for forcing Muslim women to remove burkinis and other tradition-honoring apparel at the beach, deputy mayor Christian Estrosi announced that the city would sue people who post photos of … Continue reading French official threatens lawsuits over internet photos of police
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MI5 stopped Scotland Yard taking Choudary down
From The Telegraph; The security services repeatedly prevented Scotland Yard from pursuing criminal investigations against hate preacher Anjem Choudary, it has been claimed. Met counter-terror officers often felt they enough evidence to build a case against the radicalising cleric, only to be told to hang fire by MI5, because he was crucial to one … Continue reading MI5 stopped Scotland Yard taking Choudary down
Anti-terror police question schoolboy for wearing pro-Palestine badge
Teenager referred by his teachers after trying to raise money to help Palestinian children From Matt Broomfield in the Independent; A schoolboy has been questioned by anti-terrorism police because he wore a "Free Palestine" badge to school. Rahmaan Mohammadi's teachers at Challney High School for Boys in Luton referred him to police under Prevent - … Continue reading Anti-terror police question schoolboy for wearing pro-Palestine badge
Police Raid on a Berlin Mosque
Some UK news media have carried a news item stating that 'Berlin Mosque' has been raided by the German police searching for terrorists. The name 'Berlin Mosque' is synanomous with the first mosque to be built on the continent. The headquarters of this organisation, now located in Lahore in Pakisan, built this mosque in 1924. … Continue reading Police Raid on a Berlin Mosque
Presumed Guilty
Remember the Birmingham Six, the Maguire Seven, the Guildford Four and Judith Ward? Behind the campaigning numbers were 18 innocent people who collectively spent scores of years in British jails after being falsely convicted of terrorism offences. Their sin was to be Irish (or, in Ward's case, to have spent time in Ireland) during that … Continue reading Presumed Guilty
Police tear down minarets on Ahmadi Mosque
The police approached the community on Friday after a local cleric complained that three worship places for Ahmadis had features that resembled mosques, namely minarets and verses from the Quran written on the walls. The minarets and verses were covered up, apparently to the police’s satisfaction, but a baying mob gathered at one worship place … Continue reading Police tear down minarets on Ahmadi Mosque
Police face court over refusal to hand over reports on anti-Muslim ‘bias’
Originally written by Vikram Dodd From The Guardian Scotland Yard is facing court action next week after refusing to hand over the results of investigations it was ordered to conduct into claims that it used counter-terrorism powers to discriminate against and harass innocent Muslims. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is seeking a high court … Continue reading Police face court over refusal to hand over reports on anti-Muslim ‘bias’
Anti-Ahmedi laws: Police act as worship place ‘looks like a mosque’
Policemen scratched out Quranic verses written on the walls of an Ahmedi place of worship and ordered them to cover up short minarets at the entrance as they made the place look like a mosque, The Express Tribune has learnt. After receiving a complaint about the place of worship in Sultanpura, Kachhupura, a large contingent … Continue reading Anti-Ahmedi laws: Police act as worship place ‘looks like a mosque’