Sweden’s chief of police has promised to increase the number of officers on the ground in the southern city of Malmö during what he called “troubled times.” The announcement comes just three days after the latest grenade attack in a city that has already seen 30 explosions so far this year – up from 25 in 2014. On a visit to the city on Thursday, Sweden’s police chief Dan Eliasson said hundreds of extra officers would be sent there after months of shootings, stabbing and explosions. Exacerbating matters, up to two thirds of the city’s police are reported to be on holiday, with concerns the public is being put at risk. Eliasson said the southern city was in “troubled times now, so I want to see an increased presence and visibility.” He denied the grenade attacks were terror related: “other stuff is behind [the attacks],” he said. “There are very sprawling motives –
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Terror Sympathiser Moans After UK Govt Refuses Entry to Speak at Palestinian Festival in Scotland
An anti-Israel photographer and vocal supporter of Palestinian “resistance” has been denied a visa for the UK. Hamdi Abu Rahma had been due to partake in “Palestinian Day” at the Edinburgh festival; a so-called “celebration of links between Scotland and Palestine”. Rahma, 28, wrote in a statement that the reason given to him for the denial was that he could not prove he was able to support himself here. He wrote: “We all know the real reason for this refusal” and called the decision, “another act of injustice against the Palestinian people and our cause.” The statement began: “After more than 3 months of organising and planning for my trip to the UK on a speaking tour of England and Scotland to participate in this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival my application for a visa has been refused. “The major art’s festival invited me to show my photographs which represent the
Mega-Mosque Plans Scrapped, Council Refuse £325,000 Muslim Group Inducement
Plans for a controversial new mega-mosque in Dudley will not go ahead, after a £325,000 out-of-court settlement to end the eight-year planning dispute was unexpectedly turned down by Dudley Council. Instead, an “action group” will be set up to find a new site for a mosque by the end of the year. Feuding between Muslim community leaders was exposed during a two-day hearing last month. Afterwards, Dudley Council’s overview and scrutiny management board recommended not accepting the out-of-court settlement offer from the Dudley Muslim Association (DMA) to build on the proposed site. Councillor Dave Tyler, chairman of the scrutiny board, said that after hearing evidence from all sides, it was clear that “significant historical opposition” to the Hall Street site was “likely to be exacerbated if a development there went ahead,” Dudley News reports. A dispute over the appropriateness of the planed construction and the proposed Hall Street location of
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Racist ‘Sikh Taliban’ Thugs Are Attacking Inter-Faith Marriages
A wedding between a white Christian man and an Asian Sikh woman has been called off after a gang of more than twenty “fanatical thugs” stormed the temple where it was due to take place. The attack is part of an increasing trend of Sikh groups attempting to stop what they call “insulting” and “outer faith” weddings in temples. Members of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara temple in Southall, London said that as they made final preparations for the wedding on Friday, a group of 22 men arrived to put a halt to proceedings. “They were all thugs,” Sohan Singh Sumra, vice-president of the temple, told the Independent. Adding: “… It was because it was a mixed marriage… they just came here to spoil it and intimidate us.” The wedding was between a Catholic Polish man and an Asian Sikh woman. Police were called, and the wedding has been
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Government Quietly Scraps ‘Minister For Faith’ Cabinet Position
The government has quietly scrapped the title of “Minister For Faith,” which will now no longer carry a cabinet seat. After some confusion about who actually held the role since the general election in May, a Number 10 spokesperson has finally confirmed it no longer exists. The role is still described on government websites as: “The minister [who] works with religious and community leaders to promote faith, religious tolerance and stronger communities within the UK.” However, an investigation by Premier Christian Radio has revealed that the government has stealthily retired the title. In a statement, an official from Number 10 said: “Baroness Williams has responsibility for integration and faith issues. The title of Faith Minister (sic) was a specific one given to first Baroness Warsi and then to Eric Pickles when she left the coalition Government.” Lady Williams is now in charge of “faith and integration,” in addition to and alongside; so-called
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Banned: Islamic School Teachers Admit To Beating Boy With Stick
Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have changed their plea to guilty and confessed to beating a ten-year-old boy with a stick for making mistakes when reciting the Quran. Mohammed Siddique, 60, and his son Mohammed Waqar, 23, spoke through an interpreter at Birmingham Crown Court to admit child cruelty. They will be banned from their mosque until September when they are to be sentenced and could face jail. They confessed to using a plastic cane to hit the boy on the hands and legs, and to slapping him in the face on four occasions, leaving him with bruising on his limbs and a black eye. The men, who will be banned from teaching, were described as being “of some standing in the community.” Prosecutor Matthew Brook said he was content with their pleas, as the ruling would send a message that such behaviour was “unacceptable and criminal”.
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UKIP MEP Threatened With Gun In ‘War Zone’ Migrant Camp
UKIP’s Mike Hookem was threatened with a gun in a migrant camp in Dunkirk yesterday afternoon. The incident happened in the same camp widely reported to be controlled by a brazen South London gangster turned people smuggler. “Just been threatened with a gun by migrants in Dunkirk,” tweeted Hookem, who represents Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire in the European Parliament. Adding ten minuets later: “We’ve just told the police in Dunkirk we were threatened with a gun and they told us to call the police.” Mr. Hookem’s reports have been dismissed by some people on social media as a publicity stunt and ignored by much of the left-wing press. “All those saying I made it up: unlucky. We have footage. Looking forward to the apologies,” he tweeted. Not especially surprised @BBCNews didn’t even mention armed migrants gangs in Calais. @BBCr4today had @Oxfam on this morning, naturally. — Mike Hookem MEP (@MikeHookemMEP) August
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Left Wing Extremists Traveling En Masse To Calais To ‘Support’ Illegals Attempting To Cross Channel
Up to 700 hard-left activists are planning to travel en masse to Calais from London to deliver “support” to illegal migrants camped near the Channel Tunnel. The development follows reports last week that French Police are “convinced” that British anarchist groups are working in the camps to “manipulate migrants” and coordinate attacks, demonstrations and crossings. Yesterday, once more, hundreds of migrants stormed lorries waiting to board ferries as French Police temporarily stood down their guard. And on Saturday, masked British activists accompanied over 200 migrants on a march from the ‘Jungle’ camp to the tunnel entrance, to demand open borders, The Times reports. Weyman Bennett, 50, a far-left activist from Tottenham addressed the march. He has held senior positions in the Socialist Workers Party and is an organiser for Unite Against Fascism. He said: “You are welcome to England and we are there to fight for your rights,” and went
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‘Lone Wolf’ Islamic Terror Threat Surpasses That Of Republicans And IRA In Ireland
The threat from so-called ‘lone wolf’ Islamic terrorists in Ireland has surpassed that posed by indigenous republican and Irish Republican Army (IRA) militants, for the first time in the nation’s history, according to Irish Police and Defence forces. Sources inside the Gardai (the Irish Police force) and other security agencies have confirmed to The Irish Independent that they now consider Islamic extremism “far more serious an issue” than militant republicans, who historically used terror tactics to fight for a united Ireland. The majority of the small number of killings in the past decade by the so-called Real IRA (RIRA) and Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAR) – who merged with the RIRA in 2012 – have been petty retaliations against rival groups or targeted killings of drug dealers. The Gardai sources suggested that the remaining so-called “dissident” republicans are using a terrorist identity primarily as cover for other criminal activities. Many
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Bomb Squad Deployed In Anti-Terror Raid After ‘Suspicious Items’ Found
A bomb disposal unit has been deployed in Birmingham and homes evacuated after a man was arrested for terrorism offences and “suspicious items” were found at his home. The man, 27, was initially arrested on suspicion of “going equipped” and possession of an offensive weapon at 1:20am on Sunday morning. Properties on Naseby Road were temporarily evacuated as the fire service and a bomb disposal unit conducted safely checks after “suspicious items” were allegedly found at his home in the Alum Rock area of the city. Bomb disposal on the scene in Alum Rock, Birmingham. Pic via @AbuAlamgir pic.twitter.com/42XyWsbJKF — AssedBaig (@AssedBaig) August 9, 2015 The man is currently being held under section 41 of the Terrorism Act, which relates to the “commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.” Detectives from the West Midlands counter-terrorism unit will have until Tuesday to question him. The force has said the house will
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