“A judge has refused to let a Muslim woman in a full-length burka enter a plea until she shows her face to the court.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has fined an Islamic TV channel £85,000, for inciting violence.”
BBC News, 21st August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Imam performs the duty of offering prayer for the congregation in mosques. Essentially mosques are a centre of community worship where Muslims perform ritual prayer and where historically they also gathered for political, social and cultural functions. The function of the mosque is summarised by the 13th Century jurist Ibn Taymiyah as a place of gathering where prayer was celebrated and where public affairs were conducted. Services connected to marriages or birth are not usually performed inside the mosque. The rites that are important and integral to the function of many churches such as confession, penitence and confirmation do not exist in mosques.”
No. 5 Chambers, 25th July 2013
Source: www.no5.com
“This case concerns a hitherto little-explored aspect of the right to a private and family life: a parent’s opportunity to teach their offspring about their own religious faith.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Ministers are ‘actively considering’ a second-tier banning order that would outlaw groups that are not outright terrorist organisations but promote extremism and hatred on the streets, the home secretary, Theresa May, has confirmed.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man with links to radical Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for two years for terrorism offences.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother who beat her seven-year-old son to death for failing to learn the Qur’an by heart and then burned his body in an attempt to hide her crime has been jailed for life.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A court has allowed a hospital trust to withhold live-saving treatment from a severely brain-damaged man if his condition deteriorates, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A religious teacher at a Lancashire mosque who admitted using torture techniques on four children has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 7th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Muslim man’s right-to-live court battle has been adjourned until October after claims he is no longer in a persistent vegetative state.”
BBC News, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The curious episode of the juror asked to withdraw from a crown court case because she was wearing a niqab, or full veil, raises a number of questions.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Muslim juror has been excused from sitting on a case because her veil concealed her facial expressions.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May is banning Muslims Against Crusades, a group planning an anti-Armistice Day protest.”
BBC News, 10th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An appeal judge has said a leading Israeli Arab activist, who was detained in London on the home secretary’s orders, should remain on bail pending the outcome of legal proceedings.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May has launched the government’s updated strategy for tackling terrorism by saying there needs to be better focus on preventing extremism at community levels.”
BBC News, 8th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Doctors are to be drafted into the fight against terrorism by being asked to identify patients at risk of being drawn into violent extremism. The controversial move will be spelt out today by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, as she publishes the Government’s much-delayed strategy for combating extremism.”
The Independent, 7th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The West Midlands police force faces a judicial review over its plans to continue using cameras installed under a discredited scheme to place thousands of Muslims under permanent surveillance.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Christian minister is bringing a legal test case to try to prevent a radical Islamic preacher coming to Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Magistrates ordered a pregnant Muslim woman to remove her veil while she gave evidence against her violent ex-partner.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A secret police operation to place thousands of Muslims living in Birmingham under permanent surveillance was implemented with virtually no consultation, oversight or regard for the law, a report found today.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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