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Islamic State leader killed in US special forces raid in Syria, president says
The leader of the militant Islamic State group has died after US special forces carried out a pre-dawn raid in north-west Syria, according to the US President Joe Biden.
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Early investigations into MP’s killing reveal ‘potential links to Islamist extremism’, say police
What more do we know about the man arrested after the attack?
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Foreign ministers meet to discuss how to tackle Islamic State in Africa
In Rome, British foreign secretary Dominic Raab has pledged £12.6 million from the UK to fight jihadi violence in West Africa.
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Tory Islamophobia inquiry finds anti-Muslim views and criticises Johnson’s burka comments
A long-awaited inquiry into Islamophobia has criticised the Conservative Party for failing to properly deal with allegations of racism within its ranks. Boris Johnson was also condemned in the report for saying Muslim women who wear burkas looked like “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”. The inquiry found clear evidence of anti-Muslim sentiment in local parties…
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Mozambique military ‘regain’ control of Palma after deadly raid by militant Islamists
Leaders of Mozambique’s military say they have retaken the coastal town of Palma, over a week after it came under attack by Islamist militants. The army claimed a “significant” number of extremist fighters had been killed, and that residents who had fled the area are now starting to return. Dozens of people died when the…
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Dozens feared dead in Mozambique terrorist attack claimed by Islamic State
Dozens of people are feared to have been killed in a terrorist attack in Mozambique.
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Islamist and former settler leaders could be kingmakers in Israel after elections
Israelis had hoped that their fourth election in two years would produce a clear winner.
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French draft law aimed at tackling radical islamists raises fears of social division
President Macron is still pushing ahead with some controversial measures – not least, a draft law to establish what’s described as French Islam.
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Dossier alleging Islamophobia against 300 people in Conservative party handed to watchdog
A dossier containing allegations of Islamophobia against 300 people in the Conservative Party has been handed to the UK’s human rights watchdog.
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‘You cannot defeat Islamism without Islam’ – Prof Ian Acheson
Professor Ian Acheson, a former prison governor, who is a senior advisor to the Government’s Counter-Extremism project and wrote a report on islamist extremism in jails and Usama Hasan – an Imam and counter-extremism consultant, speak to Cathy Newman about the emergency legislation the government is preparing which would end automatic early release for terrorists.
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Baroness Warsi slams Matt Hancock for ‘whitesplaining’ Islamophobia in Tory Party
The Health Secretary has come under attack today from one of his senior colleagues – former Conservative Party Chairman Baroness Warsi.
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Inside northern Syria: Five Islamic State militants break out of prison after shelling
Five militants from the extremist Islamic State group have broken out of a Kurdish prison in northern Syria – after Turkish shelling nearby.
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Fatima Bhutto on what drives young people to join Islamic State
Poverty, alienation, dislocation: just some of the experiences which drive young people towards terror organisations like Islamic State – eloquently described in a new novel by Fatima Bhutto.
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Baroness Warsi: Conservatives ‘not the best arbiters of finding a definition of Islamophobia’
A row has broken out over a proposed definition of Islamophobia.
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How France is struggling with those radicalised by Islamic State
European countries are still struggling with the challenge of how to deal with citizens who travelled to join extremist Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq.