Cubeyda Hassan Jama, a computer science student studying at Middlesex University, was jailed for three and a half years yesterday for engaging in the preparation of terrorist acts. Jama used his student loan to stockpile survival equipment and buy a one-way ticket to Bucharest in February – aiming to cross the Turkish-Syrian border to join […]
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NUS criticised for ‘excluding’ Jewish students
Student Rights has long argued that there is a problem with antisemitism on the UK’s university campuses, and that this is an issue which the National Union of Students (NUS) has failed to take seriously. The perception the organisation has failed to deal with the problem was strengthened earlier this year following the election of […]
Continue readingGoldsmiths student unmasked as IS recruiter
A Mail on Sunday investigation has revealed the identity of Umm Muthanna Al-Britaniyah, an Islamic State (IS) recruiter who tried to lure young British Muslim women to travel to Syria to marry fighters. The woman is believed to be Tooba Gondal, a 22 year old from East London who studied English at Goldsmiths College. While […]
Continue readingNUS Black Students’ Officer attends Al-Quds Day march
On Sunday, hundreds of anti-Israel activists gathered in central London to take part in the annual Al-Quds Day march, following a tradition inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini. The march was organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), a group Student Rights has written on a number of times in the past. This has included highlighting […]
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