UK Government’s anti-terror scheme backed organisations that went on to promote extreme Islamist ideas

Taxpayers’ money has been handed to groups promoting Islamist extremism, a landmark review of the Government’s flagship Prevent programme has found.

Key figures in organisations funded by Prevent are alleged to have supported the Taliban, defended militant Islamist groups banned in the UK and hosted hate preachers, according to a leaked draft of the report seen by The Telegraph.

The review by William Shawcross, a former head of the Charity Commission, is expected to say that the “unacceptable” cases undermined Prevent’s ability to “effectively undertake counter-radicalisation” work.

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Paris Riots: Migration and Mistrust

Recent events in France remind us of the plot of the recently released French film Athena, which tells the story of how the murder of a young Algerian-French boy by the police sparks a civil war in France. Our discussion begins with a devastating spoiler—I highly recommend, therefore, that anyone who has not watched Athena do so before proceeding, as it is, in my estimation, one of the best films to come out in recent memory.

This is not a review, however, and the spoiler I am leading up to—revealed in the very last scene—is key to the present discussion: For after the violence and tragedy of the plot have run their course, we learn that it was not police officers who murdered the lad, but some criminals belonging to a far-right group disguised as police, precisely in order to coax immigrant communities into rioting against security forces and so initiate a civil war.

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Sweden: Two Independent Muslim Schools Forced To Shut Doors Over Islamist Ideology

Following rulings from an administrative court, two independent Muslim schools in Sweden which function outside of the state’s traditional educational system will not be allowed to continue their operations after Swedish security services warned that students risked being radicalized by Islamist ideology contained in course material.

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French police detain man over World Cup hit-and-run in Montpellier

French police have detained a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a teenage boy during celebrations of France’s win over Morocco in the World Cup semi-finals, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

A man was detained on Tuesday near the southern city of Perpignan, prosecutors said.

The 14-year-old boy, Aymen, was killed on 15 December in the Paillade district, one of the poorer areas of the southern city of Montpellier.

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Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

Haraj marketplace remains on App Store and Google Play despite UN slavery warning

She will work day and night and does not need rest, boasts Noura, a housewife in Riyadh. Gesturing to the cowering Ugandan maid next to her, who is 23 according to Noura, she adds: “If she does something wrong, you just send her to her room and do not let her out.”

Noura, who clutches gold Gucci sunglasses as she bargains for a price of £3,500 for the maid, is eager for a quick deal when she talks to an undercover Times reporter. “I can take her to your home tonight,” she says. “If you are still unsure, no problem, you can rent her instead . . . But tell me now, because by tomorrow someone else will buy her.”

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‘South Park‘ Episodes Banned from HBO for Depicting Pagan Murder Cult’s So-Called Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad does fire tricks for Satan

Five episodes of South Park have been banned from HBO Max for depicting Islamic prophet Muhammad, reminding fans that virtually every other religion is considered fair game for making fun of — except for Islam.

South Park, which started in 1997, has five episodes that depict Muhammad: “Super Best Friends,” “Cartoon Wars Part I & II,” “200,” and “201,” all of which are missing from the HBO Max lineup, notes Screen Rant.

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Ankara summons French envoy over ‘anti-Turkey propaganda’ after attack on Paris Kurds

Turkey on Monday summoned France’s ambassador over “anti-Turkey propaganda” that it alleged French officials did little to stop following the killing of three Kurds in Paris.

Friday’s shooting was followed by days of protests by Kurdish groups and their supporters in the French capital.

Some of the protesters waved flags of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its Western allies.

Others held banners with slogans accusing Turkey of being a killer state and connected to the shooting.

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Suspect in Paris shooting ‘had pathological hatred of foreigners’

The French man detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris last week has told investigators he had a “pathological” hatred of foreigners, the city’s prosecutor said on Sunday.

The 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday after shooting dead two men and a woman in a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in the 10th district of Paris, which the French president, Emmanuel Macron, described as a “vile” attack on the Kurds of France.

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The Death of Christianity in Bethlehem

“The only thing that interests the PA is that events of this kind not be leaked to the media. Fatah regularly exerts heavy pressure on Christians not to report the acts of violence and vandalism from which they frequently suffer, as such publicity could damage the PA’s image as an actor capable of protecting the lives and property of the Christian minority under its rule. Even less does the PA want to be depicted as a radical entity that persecutes religious minorities. That image could have negative repercussions for the massive international, and particularly European, aid the PA receives.” — Dr Edy Cohen, “The Persecution of Christians in the Palestinian Authority,” BESA Center, May 27, 2019.

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Suspect in Deadly Paris Shooting Transferred to Psychiatric Unit as Protests Enter 2nd Day

Police and protesters clashed in Paris for a second day after a man on Dec. 23 opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and killed three people. A 69-year-old suspect shooter, who was wounded and detained, had since been removed from custody for health reasons.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said in an update on Dec. 24 that the suspect was moved to a police psychiatric facility. Questioning of the suspect was halted on medical grounds prior to his transfer. The man will be presented to an investigating magistrate when his health permits, according to the update.

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Viva diversity…

The video says undeclared civil war.

But this is the CBC’s headline – Kurds, anti-racism groups rally in Paris after 3 killed in cultural centre shooting

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Trained To Kill: Iranian Mullahs’ Militia Group

While the European Union is busy appeasing the ruling mullahs of Iran who are delivering weapons to Russia with which to kill Ukrainians, and while the United Nations is turning a blind eye to the massive crimes against humanity committed in Iran, neither the UN nor a single European country has yet to hold accountable the Iranian regime’s mercenary paramilitary group, the Basij. It consists of millions of members and they are killing protesters with full impunity.

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Clashes in Paris after three people killed in shooting at Kurdish centre

Clashes have erupted in Paris after three people were killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre that the French government said appeared to have been racially motivated.

French media reported that a 69-year-old man opened fire on a group of people at the Ahmet-Kaya centre on Rue d’Enghien in the 10th arrondissement on Friday morning. Shots were also fired at a hairdresser’s and a restaurant in the street. Three people have been wounded, one critically.

Prosecutors said police detained the alleged gunman, who had previous convictions for assault and possession of an illegal weapon, and seized a weapon within minutes of the shooting. He was wounded in the face and taken to hospital.

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“Mental Illness” Ruse Fails – Mohammedan Jailed 14 Years For Terror Attack On German Train

The 28-year-old pulled a knife on four passengers on a high-speed train in the southern state of Bavaria last November. The trial focused on whether his attack was motivated by Islamic extremism or schizophrenia.

… Presiding judge Jochen Boesl rejected a defense of mental illness on the basis of seven expert evaluations and identified a jihadist motive for the crime.

Boesl said the defendant had frequently listened to radio programs “with Islamist content” and from May 2021 “at the latest” began envisioning “taking part in jihad, or armed combat.”

“These views led him to this act,” Boesl said. “He wanted to kill non-Muslim passengers because they were in his view non-believers and thus had no right to live.”

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