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on December 19, 2017 at 11:12 am
Extremists target Birmingham campuses in the lead up to Christmas
Although students are already heading home for the Christmas holiday, extremists are still appearing on campuses. This was very much the case in Birmingham. Between 15 and 17 December, the University of Birmingham Islamic Society hosted controversial American preacher Abdul Nasir Jangda. Jangda is an instructor at the Al-Maghrib Institute which has a history of promoting speakers with extreme views. Meanwhile, the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) held their 2017 Winter Conference at Aston University with the local Islamic Society that same weekend. The conference was co-sponsored with Human Appeal, a charity that has previously been linked to Hamas. It also featured Majed Mahmoud, an instructor at the Al-Maghrib Institute, and Aman Ali, MEND’s London Regional Manager. This high volume of Islamist speakers in one location over one weekend is unusual. We hope that Birmingham and Aston universities will ensure that these extremists are not given so much oxygen in future.
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on November 15, 2017 at 6:05 am
‘Students Not Suspects’ begin new tour with CAGE speaker convicted of terror offence
As part of ‘Islamophobia Awareness Month’, the NUS have announced that a new ‘Students Not Suspects’ tour will visit campuses across the UK. The first of these speaker events will be hosted by the UCL students’ union on 15 November 2017. The panel discussion will feature CAGE’s International Director Muhammad Rabbani. Disturbingly, Rabbani was recently arrested and convicted of an offence under the Terrorism Act for withholding information on his phone and laptop from counter-terror police. Future ‘Students Not Suspects’ events are due to take place in Manchester (20 November), Sussex (21 November), Bristol (22 November), and Leicester (27 November). We have long written about ‘Students Not Suspects’ and its close links to CAGE and other extreme groups. Like previous tours, these workshops and panel events will most likely spread misinformation surrounding Prevent. In doing so, they ignore the critical safeguarding aspect of the policy, its efforts at challenging far-right extremism, as well as its ability to prevent individuals from being drawn into terrorism.
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on June 30, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Controversial group CAGE uses Facebook to ‘suggest’ advertisement
Student Rights recently received a ‘suggested video’ on Facebook from CAGE, the controversial prisoner lobby group, which was entitled ‘10 Reasons to donate to CAGE’. Many members of the Facebook community who have received this advertisement will be unaware of CAGE’s history of extremist and Islamist connections as well as their record of opposing the government’s counter-terrorism measures. Troubling advertising of this kind is not sufficiently regulated or moderated by internet sites.
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Student Rights
on March 6, 2017 at 9:58 am
Friends of al-Aqsa at the FOSIS Palestine Conference
On Saturday 4th March, Friends of al-Aqsa and the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) co-hosted the annual FOSIS Palestine Conference at University College London (UCL)...
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Student Rights
on November 16, 2015 at 12:49 pm
FOSIS work with MEND on Islamophobia campaign
Bigotry towards Muslims remains a problem at UK universities, but the work of those who fight it is fatally undermined when extremists are allowed to hijack the debate...
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Student Rights
on September 15, 2015 at 6:55 am
Huffington Post UK: National Union Of Students Accused Of Hypocrisy Over Invite To 'ISIS Apologists' Who Called Jihadi John 'Beautiful'
The National Union of Students has defended inviting one of the directors of CAGE - a group which said Jihadi John was a "beautiful man" - to speak at its events...
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Student Rights
on May 20, 2015 at 6:46 am
Muhammad Salah and the University of Greenwich
An event at the University of Greenwich which was due to feature Muhammad Salah has had the speaker changed. However, questions remain about why he was invited in the first place...
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Student Rights
on April 9, 2015 at 8:04 am
CAGE events show FOSIS failure to challenge extremism
Appearances by a senior member of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies at CAGE events highlight the group's ongoing failure to oppose extremist ideology...
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Student Rights
on February 5, 2015 at 12:27 pm
The Counter-Terrorism Bill and David Souaan
While universities must remain bastions of free speech, the case of David Souaan demonstrates why it is so important universities are vigilant for signs of radicalisation...
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Student Rights
on January 21, 2015 at 6:43 am
IERA Dawah training and its effects
While universities have a duty to defend freedom of expression, they also have a duty of care to students – and must ensure extremists cannot recruit on campus without challenge...
